Social Studies/Science
Here is a great resource for Social Studies and Science. Scholastic News for Kids has twenty days of activities for free. Just click the Scholastic link below, find your grade level, read some interesting articles, view videos, and play some fun games.
www.scholastic.com/.../home-learning-resources.html
Here are some enrichment websites, with their links, from GPS.
Remote Learning - Science last update March 27, 2020
Maricopa Co. Teacher Discussion Forum PD Opportunities to Transition to Remote Learning
“Playlist” example (lesson plan template that more clearly communicates what students should be doing for a week or day).
Science Enrichment Resources
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Mystery Science
https://mysteryscience.com/school-closure-planning
K-5 lessons and activities. No login or sign up required.
Kids National Geographic
https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/
Games, Vidoes, Slides, and articles on a variety of topics.
NASA
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html
Space topics and videos for students to explore. See the newly named Mars rover, “Perseverance.” Also, learn about the newest experiments in the International Space Station, and check out its view of Earth from outer space!
Az Game and Fish
https://sites.google.com/view/learningfromhome/home
“Focus Wild” articles and “Wild Kids” articles(a few are available in Spanish) for students and lessons for teachers. They have webinars listed for April 1, April 7, May 5 and May 7.
Spanish articles:
Native Fish K-3 Native Fish 4-6
Engineering website for kids
Engineering activities for elementary students.
Easy to navigate lessons organized by grade level. You will find activities and some great science articles here.
Videos and educational games. Daily activities and tips to help kids learn and play at home.
Pitsco K-5 STEM activities
https://resources.pitsco.com/stem-at-home
STEM activities that can be easily modified to use household objects. This also has articles with some quizzes at the end.
When students log onto this page they can choose from a plethora of topics to explore. Each topic provides a number of activities such as watching the AnimalCam live at the national zoo
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NASA
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html
Space topics and videos for students to explore. See the newly named Mars rover, “Perseverance.” Also, learn about the newest experiments in the International Space Station, and check out its view of Earth from outer space!
Maricopa County STEM Pro Live!
http://schoolsup.org/stem-pro-live
Students learn about various STEM careers through this collection of videos of STEM professionals sharing from their worksites.
Chem 4 kids
Students can explore a variety of chemistry topics on this site.
Phet
Simulations for chemistry, physics, Earth Science and Biology
PBS Learning
https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/subjects/science/
Explore various science topics through the videos and games arranged by grade and content. Engineering activities are also listed.
Gale Resource Database https://azlibrary.gov/dazl/educational-resources/highschool
Informational database available through the Arizona Library system. Search for many science topics in the “Science in Context” section.
Ebsco (On the Rapid Identity Screen)
Informational database. It has “Points of View”, “Science Reference Center” and more.
ACM (American Chemical Society)
https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/whatischemistry/adventures-in-chemistry.html
Ck12
https://flexbooks.ck12.org/cbook/ck-12-middle-school-life-science-2.0/r46/
This is a Life Science “flex book” for middle school. There are other choices also of content. This also has some embedded videos in it.
NSTA FREE e-books
https://www.nsta.org/ebooks/Grades6-12/
Free science e-books from NSTA
AZ Game and Fish
https://sites.google.com/view/learningfromhome/home
“Focus Wild” articles and “Wild Kids” activities (some available in Spanish) for students and lessons for teachers. They have webinars listed for April 1, April 7, May 5 and May 7.
Easy to navigate lessons organized by grade level. You will find activities and some science articles here.
Interactive periodic table. They have made a video for each element and have other videos as well.
National Geographic
Resource Library
Numerous topics with
activities, articles, maps, infographics, videos
No account needed to use the library.
High School GPS Teacher Created Science Lessons
High School
NASA
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html
Space topics and videos for students to explore. See the newly named Mars rover, “Perseverance.” Also, learn about the newest experiments in the ISS, and check out its view of Earth from outer space!
Khan Academy
https://www.khanacademy.org/science
Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Astronomy, and Medicine and Health resources and videos.
Maricopa County STEM Pro Live!
http://schoolsup.org/stem-pro-live
Students learn about various STEM careers through this collection of videos of STEM professionals sharing from their worksites.
Phet
Simulations for chemistry, physics, Earth Science and Biology.
Gale Resource Database https://azlibrary.gov/dazl/educational-resources/highschool
Informational database available through the Arizona Library system. Search for many science topics in the “Science in Context” section.
Ebsco (On the Rapid Identity Screen)
Informational database. It has “Points of View”, “Science Reference Center” and more.
NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
https://research.noaa.gov/News/PID/451/evl/0/CategoryID/16/CategoryName/Ecosystems
Contains current research such as the effect of ocean acidification on the dungeness crab larvae and has
“A day in the life of..” for many of their scientists.
USGS (U.S. Geological Survey)
Contains real-time (or near) on current Earth conditions and observations. Water, earthquake, landslides, volcanoes, remote sensing and landsat information can be found here.
ACM (American Chemical Society)
https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/whatischemistry/adventures-in-chemistry.html
Information for teachers and students. Check out the Chem Matters magazine for articles, games and puzzles.
NSTA FREE! e-books
https://www.nsta.org/ebooks/Grades6-12/
Free science e-books from NSTA
California Academy of Sciences
https://www.calacademy.org/educators/search?mpweb=1018-11071-1311711
Lessons and videos
Flinn Scientific at home resources
Flinn is hosting some webinars that you may find helpful.
Vernier
https://www.vernier.com/video/
Free videos and sample lab data, but lab data is only available if you download graphical analysis 4.
AZ Game and Fish
https://sites.google.com/view/learningfromhome/home
Lessons and activities. They have webinars listed for March 26, March 27, April 1, April 7, May 5 and May 7.
Interactive periodic table. They have made a video for each element and have other videos as well.
National Geographic
Resource Library
Numerous topics with
activities, articles, maps, infographics, videos
No account needed to use the library.
Miscellaneous Information
AP College BoardUpdates
Free remote learning resources as well as updates regarding the testing.
Listing of the AP class reviews
Professional Development Opportunities to Transition to Remote Learning
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GPS webinars and resources for teachers
Preparing to Teach Online Webinar & Guidebook
https://educationcloset.com/teaching-online/
Webinar and guidebook with help to move into online learning.
Article “Resources For Teaching and Learning During This Period of Social Distancing”
Mindshift has published an article with lots of resources to help teachers cope during this time.
The Edublogger
https://www.theedublogger.com/teaching-online-school-closures/
This article provides a comprehensive overview of online learning and how it works.
Teaching Through a Pandemic: A Mindset for This Moment
A quick read and has some of the "less is more" lessons learned by teachers in China and Europe that are a few weeks ahead of us in all this.
25 Practical Ways to use Google Forms
https://ditchthattextbook.com/20-practical-ways-to-use-google-forms-in-class-school/
Learn the many ways to use Google Forms.
Create a video discussion with students.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_jGqSYstPV-qKvIErqjbOcKW6iHdSDu_/view