Digital Teaching and Distance Learning Tools
Although not specifically for digital teaching, these challenges from the McCall Outdoor Science School are full of great ideas for getting your students outside and practicing science skills in their own backyard.
The California Academy of Science has created week-long collections of science lessons for elementary students that combine science and art. New collections are released each month!
The SDE and Idaho Digital Learning Alliance (IDLA) have released several modules to support teachers in the transition to blended learning. These Twenty (20) modules are packaged as Hyperdocs - a digital document where all components of a learning cycle have been pulled together into one central hub, and are available now.
This Introduction to Hyperdocs helps you access and use the resources and includes categories so you can easily find what you need.
This resource highlights effective ways to adapt science materials while maintaining or enhancing elements of the standards.
This article from NSTA has suggestions for teachers hoping to make online learning an engaging experience for their students.
Investigation and design are essential aspects of science learning and can be a focus of students learning from home. The following ideas provide some guidance for working to engage students in science investigations and engineering design beyond the traditional classroom environment.