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Over 1.1 billion simulations delivered

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Founded 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 research and engage students through an intuitive, game-like environment where students learn through exploration and discovery.

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Founded 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 research and engage students through an intuitive, game-like environment where students learn through exploration and discovery.

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PhET Lab experiments represent real interactive, and research-based simulations of physical phenomena from the PhET™ project at the University of Colorado. For teachers and students around the world, the PhET project provides interactive simulations that are based on extensive education research and support more effective science education.

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Virginia State Standards of Learning Science, Math and Technology Practice Tests

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Practice for the Virginia State Standards of Learning Tests!

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Jarrett, Amy - Science / Earth Science SOL Links

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Improving Science Education Through Three-Dimensional Learning

Quick Search Next Generation Science Standards

THE THREE DIMENSIONS OF SCIENCE LEARNING

Within the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), there are three distinct and equally important dimensions to learning science. These dimensions are combined to form each standard-or performance expectation-and each dimension works with the other two to help students build a cohesive understanding of science over time.

Crosscutting Concepts help students explore connections across the four domains of science, including Physical Science, Life Science, Earth and Space Science, and Engineering Design.

When these concepts, such as "cause and effect", are made explicit for students, they can help students develop a coherent and scientifically-based view of the world around them.

Science and Engineering Practices describe what scientists do to investigate the natural world and what engineers do to design and build systems. The practices better explain and extend what is meant by "inquiry" in science and the range of cognitive, social, and physical practices that it requires. Students engage in practices to build, deepen, and apply their knowledge of core ideas and crosscutting concepts.

Disciplinary Core Ideas (DCIs) are the key ideas in science that have broad importance within or across multiple science or engineering disciplines. These core ideas build on each other as students progress through grade levels and are grouped into the following four domains: Physical Science, Life Science, Earth and Space Science, and Engineering.

More about 3D Learning

GET TO KNOW

The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) are K-12 science content standards. Standards set the expectations for what students should know and be able to do. The NGSS were developed by states to improve science education for all students.

A goal for developing the NGSS was to create a set of research-based, up-to-date K-12 science standards. These standards give local educators the flexibility to design classroom learning experiences that stimulate students' interests in science and prepares them for college, careers, and citizenship.

Get to Know the Standards

IMPLEMENT

The NGSS call for a three-dimensional approach to K-12 science instruction. This represents a significant transition from previous state standards. That's why effective implementation demands a great deal of collaboration and patience among states, districts, schools, teachers, and students.

Thoughtful and coordinated approaches to implementation will enable educators to inspire future generations of scientifically literate students. That is the vision of the NGSS. This website provides a range of high-quality resources that empower educators, administrators, parents, and the general public to help bring this vision to life.

Find Tools and Resources

WHY

Science-and therefore science education-is central to the lives of all Americans.

A high-quality science education means that students will develop an in-depth understanding of content and develop key skills-communication, collaboration, inquiry, problem solving, and flexibility-that will serve them throughout their educational and professional lives.

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Home Page | Next Generation Science Standards

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Improving Science Education Through Three-Dimensional Learning Quick Search Next Generation Science Standards Within the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), there are three distinct and equally important dimensions to learning science. These dimensions are combined to form each standard-or performance expectation-and each dimension works with the other two to help students build a cohesive understanding of science over time.

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Welcome to the Teachers and Students page, your destination for all things educational! We have exclusive tools resources and you won't find anywhere else. Take a tour with S.K Worm, learn about conservation and agriculture or even watch fun videos! New content is added regularly, so keep checking back!

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Lesson Plan Tool - Educators can use the UEN Lesson Plan Tool to create their own lessonplans online. Lesson Plans can be easily shared with others.

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The Precipitation Education website, presented by NASA's Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission, provides students and educators with resources to learn about Earth's water cycle, weather and climate, and the technology and societal applications of studying them.

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Virginia Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts - The official site of the Virginia Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts

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The official site of the Virginia Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts

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Kids - Online Activity Resources for Students

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This material is based upon work supported by the Corporation for National and Community Service under Learn and Serve America Grant No. 09KSSVA002. Opinions or points of view expressed in this document are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official position of the Corporation or the Learn and Serve America Program.

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Where can I learn how to use Dreamweaver? How do I integrate word processing into my classroom? Where can I find technology tips?

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Technology Tutorials at Internet 4 Classrooms

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Technology Tutorials: Learn how to use software applications at Internet 4 Classrooms; MS Office, technology tutorials, tutorial

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Don't miss out! Points, badges and certificates are added to your profile as you complete courses and attend Skype in the Classroom activities.

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Get Minecraft Education for your classroom. Find out how using this game will take your students' learning to the next level.

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More than a year after its $2.5 billion acquisition of Minecraft maker Mojang, Microsoft says it's buying MinecraftEdu - a version of the game that was created for the classroom - in an attempt to expand the blockbuster franchise further into schools and education.

Microsoft says it will build on MinecraftEdu to create an expanded version called "Minecraft: Education Edition," available initially this summer as a free trial. MinecraftEdu was created by TeacherGaming LLC in 2011, and it has since spread to more than 40 countries with the support of Mojang.

"One of the reasons Minecraft fits so well in the classroom is because it's a common, creative playground," said Vu Bui, COO of Mojang, in a post by the company announcing the plans. "We've seen that Minecraft transcends the differences in teaching and learning styles and education systems around the world. It's an open space where people can come together and build a lesson around nearly anything."

The company says the new version will include input by an advisory board of educators, and will come with a community site that will offer lesson plans and a new program, Minecraft Mentors, in which teachers experienced in using the game will help others introduce it in their classrooms.

It's big news for Minecraft in education, but not a big surprise: an acquisition of MinecraftEdu was one of possibilities cited by GeekWire contributor Frank Catalano in analyzing the potential for Minecraft in education after Microsoft's Mojang deal.

Separately this morning, Microsoft's education technology team also announced an add-on called OneNote Learning Tools, a toolbar for the Microsoft note-taking software designed to help students improve their reading and writing skills.

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Microsoft acquires MinecraftEdu, plans new 'Education Edition' of blockbuster game

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More than a year after its $2.5 billion acquisition of Minecraft maker Mojang, Microsoft says it's buying MinecraftEdu - a version of the game that was created for the classroom - in an attempt to expand the blockbuster franchise further into schools and education.

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PowerPoint Game Template Links at Internet 4 Classrooms

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PowerPoint game template links, download a show to edit

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Wikispaces was founded in 2005 and has since been used by educators, companies and individuals across the globe.

Unfortunately, the time has come where we have had to make the difficult business decision to end the Wikispaces service.

We first announced the site closure in January 2018, through a site-wide banner that appeared to all logged-in users and needed to be clicked on to dismiss

During the closure period a range of banners were shown to users, including a countdown banner in the final month. Additionally, the home page of Wikispaces.com became a blog, detailing the reasons for the closure. Private Label Site Administrators were contacted separately regarding the closure

Wikispaces Tier

Closedown Date

Classroom and Free Wikis end of service

31st July 2018

Plus and Super Wikis end of service

30th September 2018

Private Label Wikis end of service

31st January 2019

Why has Wikispaces closed?
Approximately 18 months ago, we completed a technical review of the infrastructure and software we used to serve Wikispaces users. As part of the review, it became apparent that the required investment to bring the infrastructure and code in line with modern standards was very substantial. We explored all possible options for keeping Wikispaces running but had to conclude that it was no longer viable to continue to run the service in the long term. So, sadly, we had to close the site - but we have been touched by the messages from users all over the world who began creating wikis with it and now running them on new platforms.

The Wikispaces team

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Racing Games

No preparation required, just have a sheet of vocabulary or review questions in your hand. Click a button on the screen and the car or horse moves one step closer to the finish line and victory. (Whole Class Participation Game)

Download Car Race (Beach Rally)
Download Horse Race

| Instructions | Office 2007 Instructions | Video Tutorial |

What is Louie Thinking (Pyramid Game Show)

Similar to Pyramid Game. In this game students will describe words or phrases that Louie is thinking about in an effort to get other students to say those words or phrases. But they have to be fast, Louie only gives them a short amount of time to read his mind! (Whole Class Participation Game)

Download Guess Louie

| Instructions | Office 2007 Instructions | Sample Game | Video Tutorial |

March Mayhem - Basketball

Great for the Basketball March Madness time of year. An engaging Basketball game for the whole class! Instructor asks a question, if a student or team gets the question correct, the teacher clicks a button that shoots the ball. Computer then assigns points to the shot. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins. No preparation required, just have a sheet of vocabulary or review questions in your hand and launch the game.
(Whole Class Participation Game)

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Big Board Facts (Jeopardy Game Show)

Similar to Jeopardy. Put your who, what, when, where questions onto the board and let students try to answer them for points. Also comes in a "with answers" version that allows the teacher to show the correct answer after the question. The "with Answers" version provides an Answer screen after the question. (Whole Class Participation Game)

Download Big Board Facts
Download Big Board Facts with Answers Slide

| Instructions | Office 2007 Instructions | Sample Game | Video Tutorial |

Easter Bunny Road Race

No preparation required, just have a sheet of vocabulary or review questions in your hand. Click a button on the screen and the Easter Bunny of your choice moves one step closer to the finish line and victory. Five correct answers will get your Easter Bunny across the finish line where there is cheering and applause. Great for whole class vocabulary review or test review for any subject. (Whole Class Participation Game)

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The Big Wheel

No preparation required, just have a sheet of vocabulary or review questions in your hand. Simply click "Spin the Wheel" and total up the points in the columns on the right. The Big Wheel Elementary is the same except that it has smaller numbers on the wheel. (Whole Class Participation Game)

Download The Big Wheel
Download The Big Wheel Elementary

| Instructions | Office 2007 Instructions | Video Tutorial |

Easter Themed Timer

This is a very simple Easter themed PowerPoint timer that you can use in your classroom or training. As a teacher or trainer there is no longer any need to wonder where the minute or second hand was when you told your students they had 5 minutes. You can use this timer immediately. This timer is a good basic clock that can countdown almost any time from one hour down. Simply open it, start the PowerPoint show and click on the time to start.

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Sunken Treasure

There is treasure buried behind one of the square grids overlaying this picture of islands. Can you find it? No preparation required, just have a sheet of vocabulary or review questions in your hand. (Whole Class Participation Game)

Download Sunken Treasure

Align the Stars

Plays similar to Connect Four board game. No preparation required, just have a sheet of vocabulary or review questions in your hand. When a team answers a question correctly they are allowed to pick a star on the board. First team to line up four stars in vertical, horizontal, or diagonal line wins. (Whole Class Participation Game)

Download Align the Stars

| Instructions | Office 2007 Instructions | Video Tutorial |

Easter Themed Big Wheel Game for Whole Class

No preparation required, just have a sheet of vocabulary or review questions in your hand. Simply click "Spin the Wheel" and total up the points in the columns on the right. This Easter themed game is great for all ages. (Whole Class Participation Game)

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What's Behind the Box?

Place a picture behind the boxes, then you remove one box at a time until the entire picture is uncovered. Allowing students opportunities to guess the picture all along the way. No preparation required, just have a sheet of vocabulary or review questions in your hand. The 8 block version is quicker since it only has 8 boxes to be removed. (Whole Class Participation Game)

Download What's Behind the Box 8
Download What's Behind the Box 16

| Instructions | Office 2007 Instructions | Video Tutorial |

Basketball Scoreboard Timer

Similar to the countdown clock, this timer simply counts down from a chosen set of minutes. Following the instructions, you can change the scoreboard to represent your school or team. You can place clip art and text on the timer to make it your own.

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Space Decoder

A simple space based drill and practice game. Put in your questions, then blast off. Contains five mini games that students progress through. Each game gets progressively harder as the student successfully completes each level. (Single Student Game)

Download Space Decoder

| Instructions | Office 2007 Instructions | Sample Game | Video Tutorial |

Simple Bowling

No preparation required, just have a sheet of vocabulary or review questions in your hand. If a student or team gets the question correct, the teacher clicks the bowling ball, and a random number of pins are knocked down. Scores for each toss are added until a winner is declared. (Whole Class Participation Game)

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Open the Door (Plays like Let's Make Deal TV Show)

Plays Similar to "Let's Make a Deal". If a team gets a question correct they can pick one of three doors. Two doors have nice prizes behind them, while one door has no prize. Scores are kept and the team with the most dollars at the end is the winner. No preparation required, just have a sheet of vocabulary or review questions in your hand and launch the game. (Whole Class Participation Game)

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Even More Games!

Want to learn more about using digital games like these to enhance teaching and learning? In the book, Everybody Wins: A teachers guide to customizing games for any curriculum , Dr. Jeff Ertzberger takes his knowledge of classrooms and games and shares his strategies for designing games that enhance any curriculum or topic. In addition to the book comes complementary access to Dr. Ertzbergers premium game template web site which contains even more great templates and games for classroom use. The book is available as a digital download, so you can get access to the book and extra templates immediately.

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Game Templates and Utilities by Dr. Jeff Ertzberger at the Watson College of Education at UNC Wilmington

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No preparation required, just have a sheet of vocabulary or review questions in your hand. Click a button on the screen and the car or horse moves one step closer to the finish line and victory. (Whole Class Participation Game) Download Car Race (Beach Rally) Download Horse Race | Instructions | Office 2007 Instructions | Video Tutorial | Similar to Pyramid Game.

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After writing their water drop story, students turned their story into a script and created a video. Here are three different samples.

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Center for Math and Science Education / CMASE_Wiki

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Science Foldables

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Solar System Launch / Creating Bar Graph / Paper Straw Rocket

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Every school has a resource teacher who works with school teams to incorporate assistive technology for students with disabilities.

Real Assistive Technology for Everyone (R.A.T.E.) 2016 Conference

The 2016 Real Assistive Technology for Everyone (R.A.T.E.) Conference, sponsored by Assistive Technology Services (ATS), part of the Office of Special Education Instruction in the Department of Special Services, will be held on Saturday, November 12th, 2016, from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., at Rachel Carson Middle School, 13618 McLearen Road, Herndon, VA 20171.

Assistive Technology Services (ATS) uses computers, augmentative communication devices, and adaptive technology peripherals to maximize the potential of FCPS students with disabilities.

ATS staff members work in collaboration with school teams to ensure that all students with disabilities who require assistive technology have the technology tools and training necessary in order to access the curriculum, narrow the achievement gap, gain essential life skills, and reach their full potential.

Assistive Technology Services:

Provides assistive technology (AT) support to FCPS students with disabilities.

Builds capacity of school teams to incorporate assistive technology options for all students with disabilities.

Assigns an AT resource teacher to provide AT training and support to every FCPS school and center (AT resource teachers support an average of eight to ten sites each).

Provides augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), adaptive access, support for the visually impaired, support for the deaf and hard of hearing, and instructional software training and support to FCPS students with disabilities.

Offers individual AT consultations for students with disabilities through a comprehensive assistive technology referral process.

Provides direct, ongoing school-based assistive technology support to students with disabilities who have been previously referred to ATS.

Provides topic specific assistive technology training.

Sponsors staff development projects like the Technology Outreach and Program Support (TOPS) teacher program.

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Every school has a resource teacher who works with school teams to incorporate assistive technology for students with disabilities. The 2016 Real Assistive Technology for Everyone (R.A.T.E.) Conference, sponsored by Assistive Technology Services (ATS), part of the Office of Special Education Instruction in the Department of Special Services, will be held on Saturday, November 12th, 2016, from 8:00 a.m.

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This is the main repository of bookmarks from the Assistive Technology team of Loudoun County Public Schools

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Interactive Learning Sites for Education

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Interactive Learning Sites for Education

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ASP: Slooh for Schools Classroom Activities

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The Astronomical Society of the Pacific is an international nonprofit scientific and educational organization founded in 1889 that works to increase understanding and appreciation of astronomy.

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Virginia Association of Science Teachers

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Virginia Association of Science Teachers

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Virginia Association of Science Teachers - Home

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Physical Sciences

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Physical science and engineering Specializations and courses teach the properties of the world around us, from core concepts in physics and chemistry to applied topics in engineering. Courses in this field will prepare you for a career in electrical, civil, or mechanical engineering, or in research or applied science.

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Physical Science and Engineering | Coursera

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Khan Academy

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Earth geological and climatic history | Khan Academy

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Khan Academy

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Northern Virginia Soil and Water Conservation District (NVSWCD) - Fairfax County, Virginia

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Skip to: Page Content | Main Navigation | Government Navigation |"E" Services Navigation | Accessibility Information | Page Footer

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EnviroScape Watershed Model, Project WET, Nitrogen Cycle Classroom Lesson Kits - Fairfax County, Virginia

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NASA.gov brings you the latest images, videos and news from America's space agency. Get the latest updates on NASA missions, watch NASA TV live, and learn about our quest to reveal the unknown and benefit all humankind.

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RTI

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Response to Intervention | RTI | RTI Resources | Intervention Central

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Intervention Central is the leading resource for Response to Intervention (RTI) tools and resources, including academic and behavior interventions for classroom management.

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AAS Worldwide Telescope is a tool for showcasing astronomical data and knowledge.

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Don't miss out! Points, badges and certificates are added to your profile as you complete courses and attend Skype in the Classroom activities.

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Smartboard Lessons/Templates

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SMART Exchange - USA - Search lessons by keyword

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