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13 Must-Have Biology Apps and ToolsHow should educator’s best prepare students for careers in biology? By finding innovative ways to reach students. But there is a blurry line between creative learning and babysitting tactics to keep students from declaring boredom. For students to thrive in the area of biology, we need teachers to make it exciting and meaningful. Thankfully, there are an abundance of tools, apps, and resources that seek to help teachers do just that. To get educators started, we have compiled a list of 13 tools, apps, and resources for the biology classroom. If these tools don’t spice things up in your classroom, …

Nature Maestro Environmental Apps: Explore Earth's Biomes - Class Tech TipsThe Nature Maestro series of environmental apps introduce students to Earth’s biomes and animals through immersive audio and visual explorations.

iNaturalist.orgiNaturalist.org is a social network for naturalists! Record your observations of plants and animals, share them with friends and researchers, and learn about the natural world.

bioGraphicbioGraphic is a new multimedia magazine powered by the California Academy of Sciences, featuring beautiful and surprising stories about nature and sustainability.

How Much Warmer Was Your City in 2015?Interactive chart showing high and low temperatures and precipitation for 3,116 cities around the world.

Conserving Acres for Tigers : Discovery ProjectCAT#ProjectCAT is Conserving Acres for Tigers to increase wild tiger numbers. Get fierce and #ProtectTigers

Live ScienceLive Science features groundbreaking developments in science, space, technology, health, the environment, our culture and history.

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Solar Energy Curricula Now Available Through Schools Power, ForeFront Power -- SteamUniverseForeFront Power and Schools Power recently teamed up to develop and launch a number of educational resources that teach K–12 and college students the basic principles of solar energy.

The Best Sites To Learn About TreesArbor Day celebrates the importance of trees, and takes place on the last Friday of April in the United States. I’m a day late, but I thought readers might find a “The Best…&#8221…

Science Games For Teachers and Students: Don Your Cape!Teachers looking for science learning games aligned to standards (like NGSS) will find Legends of Learning produces increased engagement and test scores.

PhET Interactive SimulationsFounded in 2002 by Nobel Laureate Carl Wieman, the PhET Interactive Simulations project at the University of Colorado Boulder creates free interactive math and science simulations. PhET sims are based on extensive education <a {0}>research</a> and engage students through an intuitive, game-like environment where students learn through exploration and discovery.

ZooniverseThe Zooniverse is the world’s largest and most popular platform for people-powered research.

Rock and Mineral Identifier App - Class Tech TipsI love hands-on science activities, especially when I can integrate technology into my lesson. Two fantastic free apps for Earth Science are Mineral Identifier and Common Rocks Reference. These apps are full of information for students who are identifying rocks and minerals. If you’re school doesn’t have access to hands-on materials this app can work…

Science News, Space News, Health News, & MoreRedorbit makes science, space, health, and technology fun and engaging by bringing you the latest news and original content. Do your brain a favor today!

Nautilus | Science ConnectedNautilus is a different kind of science magazine. We deliver big-picture science by reporting on a single monthly topic from multiple perspectives. Read a new chapter in the story every Thursday.

National Geographic EducationNational Geographic Education brings geography, social studies and science to life. Using real-world examples and National Geographic's rich media, educators, families, and students learn about the world and the people in it.

Phys.org - News and Articles on Science and TechnologyPhys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Space Science, Earth Science, Health and Medicine

Brilliant | Math and science done rightBrilliant - Understand concepts and build your problem solving skills with thousands of free problems and examples in math, science, and engineering.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationU.S. Department of Commerce

ExploreLearning Gizmos: Math and Science Simulations That Power Inquiry and UnderstandingHundreds of online simulations with lesson materials, supporting research-based strategies to build deep conceptual understanding in math and science.

Discovery Education Digital Textbooks

Science News, Articles, and InformationLatest news and features on science issues that matter including earth, environment, and space. Get your science news from the most trusted source!

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JogNog Vocabulary by Level

Use JogNog for vocabulary games and review. It's free for all educators and was built with researchers from MIT. JogNog will automatically grade your quizzes, it will show progress per standard, and gives students a way to review required concepts. There are about 10 different games to play.

Apollo 17 in Real-timeA real-time interactive journey through the Apollo 17 mission. Relive every moment as it occurred in 1972. 300+ hours of audio, 22+ hours of video, 4,200+ photos.

Free Chemistry Resources -With some of these Free Chemistry resources you will be able to learn right along with your child of any age!

Open Educational Resources for Science

HowStuffWorks - Learn How Everything Works! The index to hundreds of fantastic 'How Stuff Works' articles!

National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA.gov brings you the latest news, images and videos from America's space agency, pioneering the future in space exploration, scientific discovery and aeronautics research.

This Awesome Periodic Table Tells You How to Actually Use All Those ElementsThanks to high school, we’ve all got a pretty good idea about what’s on the periodic table.

CK-12 Foundation provides a library of free online textbooks, videos, exercises, flashcards, and real world applications for over 5000 concepts from arithmetic to historywww.ck12.org/

Khan AcademyLearn for free about math, art, computer programming, economics, physics, chemistry, biology, medicine, finance, history, and more. Khan Academy is a nonprofit with the mission of providing a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere.

Science Articles

Watts Up With That?The world's most viewed site on global warming and climate change

Open-and-go lessons that inspire kids to love science.Mystery Science offers open-and-go lessons that inspire kids to love science. The hook, visuals, and activity have all been prepared for you. Less prep, more learning.

Blogs and articles

An Explosion of Never-Before-Seen Minerals Could Mark The Dawn of a New Geological EpochScientists have identified a sudden explosion of mineral diversity on the surface of our planet that would not exist if it weren't for humans, adding weight to the argument that we're living in a new geological epoch - the Anthropocene .

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CU Boulder Researchers Win Recognition in Effort to Prepare the Next Generation of ScientistsA partnership at CU is creating a new way of teaching science concepts that prepares young scientists to tackle the problems of our 21st century world.

3D Cell Simulation: Videos, Models and More - Class Tech TipsWhether you have one teacher iPad to lead a demonstration or a handful to distribute to your students, there are powerful apps for the science classroom. Students can explore cells with the Molecular Probes 3D Cell App app for iPads. In addition to accessing video content, users can create their own cell image. This completely free app…

How Technology can Enhance Science Lessons

Overview - Life Sciences IP Summit 2017PROVEN STRATEGIES TO MAXIMISE YOUR PATENT PORTFOLIO! C5’s Life Sciences IP Summit 2017 returns for its fourth year covering all of the IP challenges arising from the different stages of development and protection of such products from Freedom to Operate (FTO), obtaining patents, extending patent terms and enforcing breaches of such patents through litigation. Designed…

Top 100 Science Blogs on the Web - Feedspot BlogScience Blogs Best 100 list. Find popular blogs on Science for kids, Earth, Medicine , Bio, Life, Space, Biology, Physics, Astronomy, Environment, Science Projects, News & Magazine

Bad Science Debunked Debunking dangerous junk science found on the Internet. Non-scientist friendly!

The 20 Best Science Blogs | GeekWrappedReady to learn something new while being entertained? Discover the 20 sharpest, funniest, most fascinating science blogs on the internet.

Half of This College's STEM Graduates Are Women. Here's What It Did DifferentlyJust 18 percent of computer science graduates nationwide are women--but at Harvey Mudd College, President Maria Klawe is beating the odds

top life sciences blogs you should be readingRemember back in high school and college when you had a required summer reading list to prepare yourself for school to begin in the fall? As...

8 Must-Have Websites and Apps for Science Reading Passages - Class Tech TipsLooking for Science Reading Passages? These websites and apps will take you to science short texts you can share with your students.

The 20 Best Science Blogs | GeekWrappedReady to learn something new while being entertained? Discover the 20 sharpest, funniest, most fascinating science blogs on the internet.

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