Grade 6-8 Science Learning Resource
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Resource suggestions to explore and consider as a way to support your family learning during school closures.
Grade 6-8 Science Learning Resource
#Going 3-D - Gathering, Reasoning and Communicating: These lessons utilize local phenomenon and are organized by grade level. By organizing instruction around local phenomenon, students are provided with a reason to learn shifting the focus from learning about a disconnected topic to figuring out why or how something happens.
American Chemical Society - Adventures in Chemistry: This site provides resources including activities, animations, projects, simulations, webinars, and videos.
ESCOLAR: Project ESCOLAR (Efective Scholastic Curriculum for Online Learning and Academic Results) aims to offer all middle-school students the opportunity to learn science within an engaging online environment.
Next Generation Storylines: This site focuses on a coherent sequence of lessons, in which each step is driven by students' questions that arise from their interactions with phenomena.
PBS Learning Media - Science: This site explores natural phenomena and scientific practices with videos, lesson plans, and interactive tools.
PHeT Interactive: PHet creates free interactive math and science simulations. PhET sims are based on extensive education research and engage students through an intuitive, game-like environment where students learn through exploration and discovery.
Teach Engineering: Teach Engineering is a digital library comprised of engineering curricula for K-12 educators to make applied science and math come alive through engineering design.
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