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Professional Development | PBS LearningMedia

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Find lessons on Professional Development for all grades. Free interactive resources and activities for the classroom and home.

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SciGirls, an award winning PBS KIDS series, website and national outreach initiative, is changing how millions of tween girls think about science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM! In each episode, animated characters Izzie and her best friend Jake find themselves in jams only science can fix. To set things right, Izzie calls on bright, curious real-life SciGirls, who put STEM to work and save the day. Izzie also invites viewers to hang out on the website - pbskids.org/scigirls - a totally safe, social networking environment where girls can play games, connect, create personal profiles and avatars, share projects and watch every episode.

Visit the SciGirls interactive website: pbs.org/scigirls
Visit the comprehensive website for SciGirls educators: SciGirls Connect.org

Watch SciGirls on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/scigirlstv/videos

Professional Development for educators

At every SciGirls training, Educators, afterschool program staff, activity leaders are provided with:

A Certified SciGirls Trainer, and PBS educator Hollie Lovely

The latest research on women in STEM careers, and why gender equitable teaching strategies are so important

Hands-on-minds-on activities with interactive demonstration of the scientific inquiry method

SciGirls activity guides, materials, posters, resources

Connection with Sandia National Labs scientists and other local role models

Funding generously provided by Sandia National Labs

Photos from SciGirls Training at New Mexico PBS on May 7, 2016:

SciGirls is produced for PBS by tpt National Productions and is made possible by the National Science Foundation. Additional support by L'Oreal USA's For Girls in Science program, Northrup Grumman Foundation, and PPG Industries Foundation.
SciGirls ®/© 2014 Twin Cities Public Television, Inc. pbskids.org/scigirls

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SciGirls, an award winning PBS KIDS series, website and national outreach initiative, is changing how millions of tween girls think about science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM! In each episode, animated characters Izzie and her best friend Jake find themselves in jams only science can fix.

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A public awareness campaign to raise graduation rates.

Promotes early learning through age-appropriate, educational and engaging content for children ages 2-8.

A cradle-to-career education partnership in Central New Mexico dedicated to producing 60,000 new graduates with college degrees and certificates by 2020.

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A public awareness campaign to raise graduation rates. Promotes early learning through age-appropriate, educational and engaging content for children ages 2-8. A cradle-to-career education partnership in Central New Mexico dedicated to producing 60,000 new graduates with college degrees and certificates by 2020.

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Video Resources from PBS - Why do I want to be a scientist.

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Video Resources from PBS - Why do I want to be a scientist.

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Find FREE, standards-aligned PBS and PBS KIDS videos, interactives, lesson plans, and more for teachers like you.

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How to Creatively Integrate Math and Science

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How to Creatively Integrate Math and Science

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Edutopia is a free source of information, inspiration, and practical strategies for learning and teaching in preK-12 education. We are published by the George Lucas Educational Foundation, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization.

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Thought starters

1. Why is it beneficial to have students identify challenging vocabulary on their own?

2. How could you consider vocabulary development when selecting texts for your students?

3. How would you have students share and define the words they select?

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John Ehret High School
4300 Patriot Street
Marrero LA 70072

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Building student vocabulary allows them to read and write at a higher level. Here is a good strategy to build student vocabulary, which starts by the students identifying tough words, and examining related words.

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I receive a lot of questions. I wish I knew how to answer more of them. Hopefully, between Facebook and the blog, we can come up with some possible solutions together. I have quite a few burning questions that I address in my Science Solutions Series. Please comment to share what works for you!

Are you tired of using the Frayer Model? That's what I hear from a lot of teachers and I agree! While the Frayer Model has its advantages, using it as your only source of vocabulary instruction may not "stick" with all students. Here are some ways to bring a little more excitement and creativity to science vocabulary instruction.

1. Word Drawings- These are vocab words written in a way that helps show what they mean. This is a great activity for your "outside of the box" thinkers. { Learn more at Texas Teacher Round-up.}

2. Whole Brain Teaching- I WISH I could show you video of my students using Whole Brain Teaching, but I don't have parent permission. There are many videos on YouTube where you can watch how students engage their muscles and their minds to remember information.

3. Interactive Computer Games- While students are being "quizzed" on vocabulary, they will be using the terms in different ways. { See some for grades 3-6}

4. Science Vocabulary Folders- My students keep a vocabulary folder record of all of the important terms learned throughout the year.{ Learn more and download a freebie.}

5. Parade- This looks like a really great project that will help students REALLY remember what words mean. { See the pin.}

6. Vocabulary Demos- This year, I started using vocabulary demonstrations with my small groups who need extra reinforcement. We discuss and do a demonstration for each idea. Then, each student records a diagram for the term. { Learn more about Matter vocab demos.}

7. Concept Map- Thinking about how terms are connected is much deeper than simply defining the terms. You can do this easily by writing some terms on index cards. In groups, students determine how the terms are connected then explain their reasons aloud or on paper. They might also write on the arrows to show the connections.

8. CLOZE- If you're unfamiliar with this, it's a fancy term for "fill in the blank". This vocabulary strategy works particularly well with my English Language Learners and special education students.

9. Vocabulary Mural- This can be used for terms or concepts. My students created one when I assessed their prior knowledge before beginning our unit on slow changes to Earth's surface.

10. Acrostics- Acrostics stretch kids' thinking. This is one of my top strategies to use for notebook reflections in small groups. { Learn more and download a freebie.}

I hope you enjoy these strategies! Looking for an effective method to introduce vocabulary? Start here.

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10 Ideas to help students with science vocabulary

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8th Grade Science

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Thought starters

1. What does the teacher do to promote inquiry in his classroom?

2. How does the teacher help his students make predictions throughout the investigation?

3. Why do you think the teacher has his students do the whiteboarding activity?

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Chimacum Middle School
91 West Valley Rd
Chimacum WA 98325

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Complete middle school science lesson. Exploring Predictions has students making, testing and reflecting on predictions in a physical science lab.

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Whole Brain Teaching 5 Step Lesson: Middle School Science

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25 Cool Experiments You can Do at home Video

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25 Cool Experiments You can Do at home Video

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25 Cool Science Experiments You Can Do At Home

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Science Projects for Middle School Students by HooplaKidz Lab

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Middle School Science Lesson Plans and Resources

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Middle School Science Lesson Plans and Resources

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Share My Lesson is a destination for educators who dedicate their time and professional expertise to provide the best education for students everywhere. Share My Lesson members contribute content, share ideas, get educated on the topics that matter, online, 24/7. We issue Creative Commons licenses, and we do not share our members' private data with anyone.

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Top free resources for teaching and learning science.

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Top free resources for teaching and learning science.

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PhET: Interactive Simulations - Fun, interactive, research-based simulations on physics, chemistry, biology from the PhET project at the University of Colorado.

is a national resource for computational science education, Shodor is a nonprofit organization serving students and educators by providing free online education tools such as Interactivate (gr.3-12) and curriculum which are transforming learning through computational thinking. It's a resource from CSERD.

The Computational Science Education Reference Desk (CSERD) is a Pathways portal of the National Science Digital Library and funded by the National Science Foundation. CSERD aims to help students learn about computational science and to help faculty and teachers incorporate it into the classroom.

The Concord Consortium, a non-profit organization that develops technologies for math, science and engineering education, has been a leader in developing free, open source software that teachers can use to model concepts. One of their most extensive projects is the Molecular Workbench, which provides science teachers with simulations on topics like gas laws, fluid mechanics and chemical bonding. Teachers who are trained in the system can create activities with text, models and interactive controls.

Science Prize for Online Resources in Education (SPORE) Winners: (explore more from the essays by SPORE winners)
Open Source Physics is an online curriculum resource, created and edited by a group of college professors, that provides students new ways to understand and predict physical phenomena through computational physics and computer modeling. For students who learn best by exploring and doing versus just reading this is an outstanding resource. DNA Learning Center is a portal with 18 content sites reaching more than seven million visitors per year, provided by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory's DNA Learning Center. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) is a private, not-for-profit research and education institution at the forefront of molecular biology and genetics. Universe Awareness (UNAWE) is an astronomy education and outreach program targeting young children, from 4 to 10 years old, in underprivileged environments. Educational resources, generously contributed by the network of volunteers to UNAWE, have been collected and published here. PlantingScience makes science experts accessible to secondary school classrooms with the goal of improving understanding of science while fostering an awareness of plants. Plant biology research projects and student dialogue with online mentors about the student-generated research are part of the online learning community. The Rutgers Physics Teaching Technology Resource engages students from middle school to college in the process of physics. It contains more than 200 videos of real-life physics experiments that students can view and analyze as they learn new material, perform labs, carry out independent projects, or do homework.
Exploratorium Ten Cool Sites is a collection of cool, interactive websites with focus on science/arts/technology/culture subjects without commercialism, hand-picked by the Exploratorium.

Visible Body - Explore high quality anatomical structures and annotate within the application to explain concepts.

Google Body Browser - a virtual human body available for you to "dissect" or strip away layer by layer whenever you wish. You can toggle between a female and a male body by clicking the male/female icons. ( this product needs browsers that support WebGL, like Firefox)

SpongeLab Interactive provides interactive immersive environment with scientific and medical 3D modeling - collection of science digital resources including unique images, powerful animations, and fun games and videos - for Biology teaching and learning. Most contents are offered free but some aren't. By interacting with the site users gain credits and experience points that can be used to unlock special features. Credits can also be purchased for minimal cost.

Interactive Biology is a website offering a series of videos, quizzes, and study guides(not free) for biology students. The best free resource found on Interactive Biology is the Interactive Biology YouTube channel. There are ten multiple choice quizzes based on information in the videos and study guides, with immediate feedback and hint.

Biology Labs Online by Dennis Anderson, Professor of Biology, OKC community college.Virtual Dissections, Labs, and Field Trips - from Access Excellence ® Resource Center, which is a national educational program that provides health, biology and life science teachers access to their colleagues, scientists, and critical sources of new scientific information via the World Wide Web.

The Molecular & Cell Biology department at North Dakota State University hosts a nice collection of virtual cell animations. The collection of virtual cell animations introduces students to seventeen molecular and cellular processes.

The Biology Department at Davidson College has put together a large collection of videos and animations of cell biology processes. The collection is divided into five categories; Movies of Cells, Movies of Cellular Calcium, Movies of Molecular Methods, Molecular Movies, and a miscellaneous category.

Untamed Science is a site dedicated to making inspirational videos, and content for the sciences. There are videos for biology, physics, chemistry, earth science and technology, and a series of portals (as seen on the upper right of every page) that serve as guides for students and aids for teachers. These guides are free for everyone.

101 Science is a site with a huge amount of resources for science, organized by topics such as "electronics", "chemistry", "biology", "physics", "math" and "photography", there are also resources for earth science, astronomy, robotics, ethics, java applets, and much more. Each category has scores of links and resources, including articles, web sites, and videos. Some videos are from MIT, TED and more.

is a free repository of videos for high school math & science classes created by gifted volunteer teachers from around the world, seeded initially by MIT faculty members and by partnering educators in Jordan and Pakistan. There are selected online teaching resources list which is a good reference.

The Chemical Education Digital Library is a large collection of resources for teaching and learning chemistry, including tutorials for students, 3D models, lesson plans, and more. The tutorials include 3D chemical models and explanations of what each part of the models does and how those parts work together. There is a periodic table that links each element to data and explanations about that element.

LearnChemistry provides learning and teaching resources all about Chemistry, videos, interactive periodic table, chemistry teachers community, continual professional development, an online community for young chemists to chat and explore. It's from the RSC - the largest organisation in Europe for advancing the chemical sciences.

The Periodic Table of Videos (by University of Nottingham) is a periodic table in which each element is linked to a short movie about the element.

Middle School Chemistry provides free science activities, multimedia curriculum for middle school chemistry offered by the American Chemical Society.

Sumanas is a provider of animations of science and statistics concepts. Their public gallery of animations is divided into ten categories dealing with various topics in biology, chemistry, Earth science, and statistics. Some of the animations include quizzes at the end that students can use to self-assess their understanding of a concept.

Scitable is an open online teaching/learning portal combining high quality educational articles authored by editors at NPG with technology-based community features to fuel a global exchange of scientific insights, teaching practices, and study resources. It allows students to connect and discuss with researchers.

Lifeworks e-Mentoring - The National Institutes of Health (NIH/DHHS) is offering free career advice and mentoring through its Lifeworks E-mentoring programto U.S. high school and college students who are at least 16 years old and are interested in pursuing a career in biomedical or social science research, medicine, or health care.

The Encyclopedia of Life is less than 5 years old but is approaching 1 million species pages that include everything from the names of animals to information about their habitats to reproduction habits. This website aims to describe every living creature.

Energy Kids - from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, it's full of information about energy; from basics to forms of energy, from using to conserving. Visitors can go on virtual field trips across the country through engaging photo journals, and teachers can find lesson plans, guides, links, and suggested ways of using the website in the classroom.

Instructables - the How To and DIY community, germinated from MIT Media Lab

Environmental Science Labs is from Environmental Literacy Council(ELC). For more than a decade, the ELC has been dedicated to helping teachers, students, policymakers, and the public find cross-disciplinary resources on the environment.

Science Buddies - A non-profit organization providing science fair ideas, resources, answers, and tools. Including a Science Fair Project Guide and an Ask an Expert online bulletin board, staffed by volunteer scientists and top high school students.

Intel STEM Resources is to help educators inspire the next generation of innovators with Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) learning, Intel provides curriculum and online resources to encourage students' interest and participation.

Light in Action: Lasers, Cameras & Other Cool Stuff, features kids showing kids aged 9-11 that science can be fun and exciting and that advancements with light are all around them. The free multimedia is from SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics.

Free High School Science Texts - an extensive collection of free science and mathematics texts that are available to students, worldwide.

Biofundamentals is developed at the University of Colorado, Boulder, it's designed to be used with an interactive teaching style, with students working with various tutorial assignments out of class, and then in class discussion. The materials are designed to replace expensive, pedagogically weak textbooks. By integrating Highlighter, students are able to engage fully with all the materials - the syllabus as well as the readings. They can leave comments, ask questions, and save and share key passages.

3M Science of Everyday Life - a Web site that provides K-12 science-related curriculum and tools, as well as family activities. The program, which is aligned to national standards, includes activities in the areas of life science, physical science, earth science, and technology and innovation.

Siemens Science Day, which provides teachers hands-on programs in science through grade 6 and is cosponsored by the Siemens Foundation. Each activity includes a Discovery Education video. Teachers also can apply for an Ultimate Cool School Assembly featuring interactive demonstrations and experiments and a professional development workshop for teachers.

KQED Public Media's website has a small section of its Ed Space pages dedicated to short current events-based Do Now activities that teachers can use in their classrooms. For more in-depth lesson ideas you should explore KQED's curriculum bank where you can search for lessons by subject and grade level.

100 Top Science Sites provides the 100 most relevant Web sites for each major category from A to Z, selected, edited and ranked by professional editors.

ScienceBlogs is a digital science salon featuring the leading bloggers from a wide array of scientific disciplines. Today, ScienceBlogs is the largest online community dedicated to science.

Mosaic is an online archive of articles published in the The National Science Foundation's flagship magazine from 1970 to 1992. A background resource for students, teachers, and others in need of a reliable reference for current research.

Succeeding with Science is an educational programme supported by Sellafield Ltd on behalf of the NDA. Supported by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) and working with partners in the education and skills field the programme supports education throughout the school years. (check out The Pandora Project)

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Resources for Teaching Science - Classroom Aid

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PhET: Interactive Simulations - Fun, interactive, research-based simulations on physics, chemistry, biology from the PhET project at the University of Colorado. is a national resource for computational science education, Shodor is a nonprofit organization serving students and educators by providing free online education tools such as Interactivate (gr.3-12) and curriculum which are transforming learning through computational thinking.

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Blogger Eric Brunsell takes us on a tour of his favorite online resources for science teachers.

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National Science Teachers Association - NSTA

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New Mexico Science Standards and Benchmarks 8th Grade

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New Mexico Science Standards and Benchmarks 8th Grade

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New Mexico Science Standards and Benchmarks 7th Grade

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New Mexico Science Standards and Benchmarks 7th Grade

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New Mexico Science Standards and Benchmarks 6th Grade

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New Mexico Science Standards and Benchmarks 6th Grade

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As of 2017, not adopted yet by NM. Comming Soon!

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Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures.

Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred.

Gather and make sense of information to describe that synthetic materials come from natural resources and impact society.

Develop a model that predicts and describes changes in particle motion, temperature, and state of a pure substance when thermal energy is added or removed.

Develop and use a model to describe how the total number of atoms does not change in a chemical reaction and thus mass is conserved.

Undertake a design project to construct, test, and modify a device that either releases or absorbs thermal energy by chemical processes.*

Apply Newton’s Third Law to design a solution to a problem involving the motion of two colliding objects.*

Plan an investigation to provide evidence that the change in an object’s motion depends on the sum of the forces on the object and the mass of the object.

Ask questions about data to determine the factors that affect the strength of electric and magnetic forces.

Construct and present arguments using evidence to support the claim that gravitational interactions are attractive and depend on the masses of interacting objects.

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To learn more about the standards, click here. To learn more about the NGSS Appendices,click here.