Links related to Science Teaching and Learning

http://curriculum.becta.org.uk/docserver.php?docid=1426

This site is mostly for teachers, where the author gives ideas on how to teach science to children. One can find a variety of topics that have to do with science, and in each one, the author states the children’s ideas about the topic.

Mostly, this site shows how one can promote active science with ICT in the primary level. Even schemes of work are given.

http://www.ictadvice.org.uk/index.php?section=ae&theme=47

In this site, the author gives ideas on how to integrate IT and science at a primary level.

http://www.schoolzone.co.uk/teachers/szresources/pri-science.htm

In this page, one can find several links that take you to science resources for primary children. One can find games, information and other useful things for teachers.

http://www.sci.mus.mn.us/sln/tf/nav/toolscluster.html

This site is part of the Science Learning Network and on these pages Tools for Investigation Cluster is meant to help you create inexpensive science discovery tools! Some great ideas and links.

http://ecs.lewisham.gov.uk/talent/pricor/science.html

This is another site about the use of ICT in science.

http://www.classroom-resources.co.uk/subjects/scipri.htm

This website gives prices of books or resources that can be used during science.

http://www.sciencestuff.com/ctgy/BooksPri

This site contains names of books that can be used for science lessons.

http://www.netrover.com/~3384mary/science/science.htm

This site is full of activities for children to help them learn more the concepts of science. For example the children have to match the weather, with the temperature and the clothing.

http://www.tut-world.com/p3_sci.htm

This site provides worksheets and answers on science for children

http://www.primarygames.com/science.htm

This website contains games and fun activities, like story telling. Every game or activity is related to science.

Also this site offers help for teachers. For example, one can create word search or crosswords through this site:

http://www.teacherview.com/tools/index.html

The teacher can find a game to match the school’s curriculum:

http://www.primarygames.com/curriculum/index.htm

http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/science/contents.htm

This website is full of games about science. The site is divided into different categories that have to do with science, for example, materials and their properties or life processes and living things. All categories include activities that help the children to learn science, example, transparency experiment or five senses. Also, each activity shows the ages for which this activity is suitable.

Each activity is either a lesson plan or a worksheet.

http://www.scienceweb.org.uk/#

This website gives information about ScienceWeb. This organization gives science resources to schools. For such resources, the schools have to pay money. All resources are needed throughout the whole curriculum. If Malta’s curriculum is the same as the UK’s, then this site is worth looking at.

http://www.schoolzone.co.uk/teachers/szresources/curriculumguides/primary_science.htm

Again, this website gives ideas to teachers who teach science. Quizzes about science are included, although these quizzes are not only for primary children as there are also questions about the periodic table, but every quiz is built for different ages. This website is not only for the teacher, but even for the pupils, as it gives information on how to remember the planets and the periodic table.

There is also a section for parents and teachers about homework, assessments and tests for science. There are also multimedia features, but there is an error and I couldn’t open any of them.

http://www.azteachscience.co.uk/

Seeking new ideas, teaching methods and resources to help improve the way children learn science.
Funded by the AstraZeneca Science Teaching Trust, the site reports on exciting developments, provides excellent resources for Continuing Professional Development and offers a growing range of lesson and planning resources.

http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/schemes2/science/?view=get

This website mentions the entire science unit found at a primary level, for example Ourselves. When one clicks on the unit, one finds all the sections found in the unit, for example parts of the body. When one clicks on a section, like the parts of the body, the author gives activities that can be done in class to teach that sub unit.

http://www.ase.org.uk/htm/journals/psr/index.php

This website is just an online companion to the Primary Science Review quarterly journal.

http://www.ictadvice.org.uk/index.php?section=tl&catcode=as_cu_pr_sub_13&rid=3596&wn=1

Using web-based resources in Primary Science

The internet has many useful resources to support primary science. The examples given here are just that – examples of how the sites could be used.

http://www.chester.ac.uk/~mwillard/sci_ed/sci.htm

This site offers help to children to learn more about science. Also teachers can find resources to help them deliver a science lesson better. In this site one can find publications about science, example Teaching Science in the Primary School Book One: A Practical Source Book of Teaching Strategies", edited by Alan Cross and Gill Peet, contains a chapter written by Carole Naylor and Tony Pickford about developing cross-curricular links in Science. Also it offers software for schools and for teachers.

http://www.science.ie/content/content.asp?section_id=518

It seems that this site gives information about science clubs that are found around schools. It seems that children acquire more knowledge through such clubs.

http://www.eriding.net/science/primary.shtml

At the request of several schools, a scheme of work has been produced which reflects the link between AT1 and each of the other ATs. This material is available for you to use and is attached as Word files 1-3. Each section clearly outlines the progression in both ATs and shows how these can be linked together using activities that are commonly used by Primary teachers. Using this scheme will help you with planning, especially identifying the learning outcomes that would be appropriate across the ability range of your class. In consequence, it should also be much easier to identify and assess the progress being made by individual pupils. Using this approach should also make it easier to give positive guidance to pupils when marking their work by clearly identifying what they have achieved and/or what it is that they need to focus on next.

EDUCYPEDIA: The educational encyclopedia
http://users.pandora.be/educypedia/index.htm

CoLoS, Conceptual Learning of Science:
http://www.colos.org

University Otago Hands on Science

http://www.otago.ac.nz/Hands-OnScience/projects.html

Professional development: Teach Using technology as a tool
http://pd.l2l.org/teach.html

Brainpop

Excellent web site featuring dozens of short animated movies explaining scientific concepts. The material is informative and engaging for younger viewers.

http://www.brainpop.com/

Brain pop: Science, How the World Works

http://www.brainpop.com/science/

Hands-on Sence: A Teacher's Guide to Student-Built Experiments and the Exploratorium Science Snackbook

http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/Hands-On_Science/

Safe and Simple Science Experiments to Perform at Home

http://jersey.uoregon.edu/~djohnson/

Hands-on Science Lesson Plans

http://sciconn.mcb.arizona.edu/lessons.html

NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration

http://spaceplace.jpl.nasa.gov/index.shtml

Hands-on Science Centers Worldwide

http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~mwm/sci.html

Inside Science News Service

http://www.aip.org/isns/reports/2002/034.html

Kapili.com ( +300 tutorials of science, math, and technology)

http://www.kapili.com/index.html

http://www.kapili.com/biology4kids/index.html

EduFly, a unique, ever-growing resource hub, constantly being improved upon and added to by you, the educator.

http://www.edufly.com

http://www.edufly.com/subject.html?G=4&S=31

SMILE- Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement

http://www.iit.edu/~smile/

Links related to other Networks

NEMED
http://www.nemed-network.org/
NEMED network aims mainly (apart from connecting schools) in researching multigrade education, in service training for multigrade teachers. One of our six thematic areas is ICT and its exploitation and implementation in teaching.

Links related to science teaching conferences and other events

http://www.xplora.org/ww/en/pub/xplora/events/calendar/scienceteachers_confer.htm

Xplora, within the Pencil Project, is organising a science teachers conference at CERN, Geneva. The conference, taking place from 15 to 18 June 2006, will focus on open source and ICT in science education, science teaching approaches, the role of science centres in education and more.

http://www.pi.ac.cy/synedrioTPE/index.html
5th Conference of the Cyprus Computer Using Educators. Applications of Information Technology:
Open-ended software tools for learning?
will take place at the University of Cyprus on 16th -18th of June 2006:

Hands-on Science (H-Sci) Project nº. 110157-CP-1-2003-1-PT-COMENIUS-C3