12+Web+Tools+for+Teaching

==**Welcome! Listed below are web tools that can be introduced into teaching for students to understand science concepts easier ** == **..... And be more effective than this. **

**1. Prezi** http://prezi.com/ media type="custom" key="15384690" align="center"



An online presentation editor that can present text, images, videos and other objects on one page and be presented by zooming in specific sections. It allows ideas to be presented in one space so their relationships are presented clearly.
 * Description **

Students are shown a Prezi presentation which shows a diagram or picture of an atom. The Prezi presentation zooms in and out of sections of the diagram and also pinpoints areas where protons, neutrons and electrons are present. The presentation also gives definitions and point form facts about these terms.
 * Example Task **

Outcome 5.7: A student relates properties of elements, compounds and mixtures to scientific models, theories and laws 5.7.1 Atomic Theory a) Describe features of and the location of protons, neutrons and electrons in the atom
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Prezi is very engaging for students when the presentation is created with lots of fun and dynamic movements across the page. It allows for a more interesting and interactive way of teaching facts. Much better than a worksheet!
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<span style="background-color: #e8fdf0; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #e8fdf0; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; text-align: center;">2. Voicethread [] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">media type="custom" key="15330958" align="right" <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">An entirely online, collaborative, multimedia slideshow that put together images, videos and documents but not shared with the whole web unless invited to.
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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Students create a digital story about a disease, how the body responds and its history in impacting society.
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<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Outcome 5.8: A student relates the structure and function of living things to models, theories and laws <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">5.8.4 Humans <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">b) Describe some responses of body systems to infectious and non-infectious diseases
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Linked Outcome(s): **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Outcome 5.16: A student accesses information from a wide variety of secondary sources <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">5.16 Gathering information from secondary sources <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">a) Use a range of sources, including databases, CD-ROMs and the internet, to access information

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">This can bring out researching skills, engage students with rich history of diseases and how it has impacted society. Creating a digital story allows the task to be more engaging as students make use of a web tool which combines text and audio to create a story, which is different from traditional storytelling that only uses one or the other.
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<span style="background-color: #e8fdf0; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; text-align: center;">3. KerPoof <span style="background-color: #e8fdf0; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">http://www.kerpoof.com/ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">A website that allows you create, play and discover a variety of interactive features for learning, including movies and pictures.
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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Ask students to use the "Spell a Picture" feature and choose either the beach, ice land, underwater or forest background. Then ask them to spell out the words of any features found in environment, and the program will allow them to add the 'item' in the picture. Ask them to print and paste their final picture into their books, make a table with 2 columns and instruct them to write down which items in their picture are living and which are not.
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<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Outcome 5.10: A student assesses human impacts on the interaction of biotic and abiotic features of the environment. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">5.10 Ecosystems <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">a) Distinguish between biotic and abiotic features of the local environment
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Linked Outcome(s): **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">This activity is highly engaging as it allows students to draw upon prior knowledge whilst playing on a simple online game. This activity allows them to think more deeply about what features are found in an environment and therefore creates an easier starting point for learning about biotic and abiotic features.
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**<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">4. aMap ** <span style="background-color: #e8fdf0; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: center;">[] media type="custom" key="15357736" align="right" <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Creates interactive maps which presents arguments in a simple visual and fun format.
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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Ask students to login, and answer the discussion question created by aMap. For example, "should vaccinations be mandatory?"
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Outcome 5.3: A student evaluates the impact of applications of science on society and the environment 5.3 The applications and uses of science b) Discuss, using examples, the positive and negative impacts of applications of recent developments in science
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<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Outcome 5.8: A student relates to the structure and function of living things to models, theories and laws. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">5.8.4 Humans <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">b) Describe some responses of body systems to infectious and non-infectious diseases

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">This task may be presented after learning the main content outcomes first (such as how the body responds to disease and what vaccines are), so that students may build upon this new knowledge whilst developing greater understanding of disease and vaccines, therefore able to discuss the topic in depth. The result should be a large interactive mind map showcasing all students' opinions and reflecting on their new knowledge as students will be highly engaged in the topic and the discussion online.
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<span style="background-color: #e8fdf0; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; text-align: center;">5. Storybird http://storybird.com/books/ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Creates beautifully themed slide shows by allowing you to choose a large variety of illustrations for short stories or even presentations of facts.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Description **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Student creates a story that describes the life of any organism (or living thing) and its environment. It should include details about its habitat and how it survives there.
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Outcome 4.10: A student identifies factors affecting survival of organisms in an ecosystem 4.10 Ecosystems a) Describe some adaptations of living things to factors in their environment
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Linked Outcome(s): **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Outcome 5.16: A student accesses information from a wide variety of secondary sources <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">5.16 Gathering information from secondary sources <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">a) Use a range of sources, including databases, CD-ROMs and the internet, to access information

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">This activity drives students motivation to open up and learn more about how their favorite creatures survive, which is very engaging to students, in addition to the fun and colourful interface that is used to do the task. It can be a great way to begin a lesson on ecosystems.
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<span style="background-color: #e8fdf0; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; text-align: center;">6. xTimeline [] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">A collaborative online tool that allows multiple people to work on developing an online interactive timeline.
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All students in the class can contribute to a class timeline online. Teachers may give students a name of a scientist and students must research about them and their significance in science, what research they did and how they may have influenced society.
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<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Outcome 5.1: A student explains how social factors influence the development and acceptance of scientific ideas <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">5.1 The history of science <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">a) Identify some of the scientific ideas that different cultures have contributed to science throughout history <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">b) Describe (using examples including those developed by Aboriginal peoples) ideas developed by different cultures to explain the world around them <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">c) Describe some models and theories that have been considered in science and then been modified or rejected as a result of available evidence <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">d) Discuss examples where societal, religious or ethical values have had an impact on scientific developments <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">e) Describe historical cases where developments in science have led to the development of new technologies <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">f) Describe historical cases where developments or improvements in technology have transformed science
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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Students will enjoy the interactive online activity as it allows students to contribute to an activity where the whole class develops the timeline and students can learn from each other as the timeline is built upon. This task can also be varied easily to include the applications and uses of science (5.3), the implications of science for society and the environment (5.4) and current issues, research and developments in science (5.6).
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<span style="background-color: #e8fdf0; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">7. Fodey - newspaper snippets [] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">This website allows you to generate your own newspaper snippet in minutes! You just simply enter in the text you want and it places them into an image that makes it look like the top news of the paper.
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Teacher can get students to read a Fodey made newspaper snippet about John Snow, how he discovered Cholera, the methods he used to do this, and how it has impacted today's society.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Example Task **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Outcome 5.1: A student explains how social factors influence the development and acceptance of scientific ideas <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">5.1 The history of science <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">e) Describe historical cases where developments in science have led to the development of new technologies <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">f) Describe historical cases where developments or improvements in technology have transformed science
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Linked Outcome(s): **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Outcome 5.2: A student describes the processes that are applied to test and validate models, theories and laws <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">5.2 The nature and practice of science <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">a) Evaluate the role of creativity, curiosity, objectivity and logical reasoning in describing phenomena, carrying out investigations and in the devising and testing of hypotheses <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">e) Use examples which show that scientists isolate a set of observations, identify trends and patterns and construct hypotheses and models to explain these

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The feeling that students are reading the front news of the paper with an interesting headline often grabs their attention and can bring students to engage in reading as it will seem like a very important and interesting article to students. The story of John Snow and Cholera is also a pure example of what the nature of science is about.
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<span style="background-color: #e8fdf0; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; text-align: center;">8. Blabberize []

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">A web tool that can animate pictures and make objects in them look like they are talking.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Description **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Make a 'blabber' where an animal talks about their life - where it lives, how it lives, what it eats, how it relates to its habitat and any threat that it may be facing upon its habitat. For example, a platypus, and show it to students as a video.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Example Task **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Outcome 4.10 A student identifies factors affecting survival of organisms in an ecosystem <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">4.10 Ecosystems <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">a) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Describe some adaptations of living things to factors in their environment <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">d) Discuss some effects of bush fires, drought and flood on Australian ecosystems
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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Blabberize can be used for teaching a vast range of content as it strongly engages students with its comedic and entertaining nature when it shows a photo being animated. This task would most suitably be a great and entertaining way to establish the issues for animals and ecosystems.
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<span style="background-color: #e8fdf0; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; text-align: center;">9. Kidsspace [] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">A story booking tool that allows for simple navigation of pictures and text as well as pages to create a story. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Teachers can create an online storybook using Kidsspace with a whole topic related to natural resources, where they are found and what sources are or are not renewable, whilst also telling a story with a narrative.
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<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Outcome 4.11 A student identifies where resources are found, and describes ways in which they are used by humans <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">4.11 Natural resources <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">a) Distinguish between natural and made resources <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">b) Give examples of resources from living things and resources extracted from air, Earth and oceans <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">c) Identify renewable and non-renewable sources of energy
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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Storybooks are more interactive than just reading worksheets and it makes learning much more engaging and fun as the content students learn from can be placed in simple context for understanding, for say, natural resources.
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<span style="background-color: #e8fdf0; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; text-align: center;">10. Gliffy <span style="background-color: #e8fdf0; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">This tool allows simple creation of flowcharts. People can add to the flowchart online or share them. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Teachers can start a flowchart on a projector and discuss with students what particles and atoms are. Using the flowchart to keep track of what new vocabulary is related to which other new term, they slowly discuss or do activities that help them learn about how particles of matter relate to elements, mixtures, compounds and reactions (including changes of state). In the end, the flowchart created can be printed off for each student as reference to the lesson.
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<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Outcome 4.7: A student describes observed properties of substances using scientific models and theories. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">4.7.1 The particle model of matter <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">a) Describe the behaviour of matter in terms of particles that are continuously moving and interacting <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">4.7.2 Properties of solids, liquids and gases <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">a) Relate properties of solids, liquids and gases to the particle model of matter <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">4.7.3 Change of state <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">a) Relate changes of state to the motion of particles as energy is removed or added
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Linked Outcome(s): **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The flowchart created from this task easily engages students as they can keep track of what they are learning in the lesson and can clearly see the links between the new vocabulary. The flowchart can also be added onto over a number of lessons as it can be saved online. Students can also have a link to the flowchart so they can easily see what the class has been learning about and what they are up to.
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<span style="background-color: #e8fdf0; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; text-align: center;">11. Wordle [] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">A tool for creating colourful word clouds. They are easily created by providing your own text, and have high flexibility to change fonts, layouts and colour schemes. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Give students a variety of animal words, for example as "bird", "dog", "crocodile" or "bug", then generate word clouds for each animal using terms that describe it. Print them and stick them on the classroom walls!
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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">Outcome 4.8: A student describes features of living things <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">4.8.2 Classification <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">a) Classify living things according to structural features and identify that they have patterns of similarities and differences
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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The task involve prior knowledge picking out what features each animal has, and using them to create a word cloud. This knowledge can be built upon when a teacher tells them that the words in their word cloud are 'characteristics' of each animal, beginning a lesson on classification. Wordle provides a great way for students to interact with a fun, colourful and flexible technology and highly engages students on the task.
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<span style="background-color: #e8fdf0; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; text-align: center;">12. JeopardyLabs []

A web tool for designing games of Jeopardy! Also can be used for browsing other Jeopardy games.
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Teachers can test the knowledge of their students! For example, a whole topic on forces and energy
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<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Outcome 4.6: A student identifies and describes energy changes and the action of forces in common situations <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">4.6.1 The law of conservation of energy <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">a) Identify situations or phenomena in which different forms of energy are evident <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">c) Identify objects that posses energy because of their motion (kinetic) or because of other properties (potential) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">4.6.2 Forces <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">a) Identify changes that take place when particular forces are acting
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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Jeopardy labs can really test students on any topic that has been taught, from vocabulary and applications of science. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Playing a TV show's game can't get students any more interested and involved either!
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