Science Databases & Simulations
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Science Databases
World Book Spanish Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos is the optimal beginner’s Spanish language reference tool. The site offers World Book’s excellent editorial content, rich media, and engaging features in Spanish.
Gale In Context: Science is a resource that provides in-depth contextual information on hundreds of today’s most significant science topics. By integrating authoritative reference content with experiments, projects, interactive simulations, videos, and images, students see how real-world issues relate to scientific disciplines across the curriculum.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context provides information and opinions on today’s hottest science issues. Issues include updated viewpoint articles, academic journals, statistics, images, videos and links to vetted websites.
Global Issues in Context offers international viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global Science issues, topics, and current events. Each topic includes an overview, references and rich multimedia – including videos, and interactive graphs.
World Book Timelines offers hundreds of pre-generated timelines which cover various time periods in science history. Students can browse existing timelines in science and technology and visualize the cause / effect relationship between events. World Book Timelines also allows users to create their own timeline from scratch, adding events, descriptions, and media.
Science Simulations
All St Vrain middle and high school teachers have access to the following science resources to use as enhancements in their science classrooms. Below are guides to get started with each resource and tips on how to search by standards, science topic, grade level, and language.
How to find GIZMOS, Nearpod, and LabXchange in St. Vrain Science Unit Plans
Look in each middle and high school science unit plan under Hands On, Minds On Connections for a list of GIZMOS, Nearpod, and LabXchange sorted by standard and concept for each unit.
How to search for sciecne content in GIZMOS, Nearpod, and LabXchange
Gizmos are interactive online simulations and case studies for science with built in assessments that power inquiry and understanding through experimentation. (Access Gizmos through CLasslink)
GIZMOS - Search by standard, grade or topic
Nearpod is a classroom presentation tool that allows learners to interact with the instructor and with content through activities such as polling, quizzing, drawing, fill-in-the-blank, and matching as well as embedded video, web content, and documents. (Access Nearpod through Classlink)
Nearpod - Search lessons, activities, and videos by standard, grade or topic
LabXchange is a FREE global science classroom. Created at Harvard University with support from the Amgen Foundation, this powerful digital tool makes high-quality science education accessible through simulations and short videos. (Access LabXchange here and through Links in the Science Unit Plans)
LabXchange - Search lessons, activities, and videos by standard and concept
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