Showing posts with label Health. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Health. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Exploratorium: Science, Art & Human Perception

The Exploratorium is a museum in San Francisco with over 475 participatory exhibits, all of them made onsite, that mix science and art. It also aims to promote museums as informal education centers.

The Exploratorium isn’t just a museum; it’s an ongoing exploration of science, art, and human perception—a vast collection of online interactives, web features, activities, programs, and events that feed your curiosity.  Dive into a unique exploration of science, art, and human perception in the Exploratorium. Watch, view, experience, learn and play using hundreds of web pages and activities. Take a gross-out walk, dissect a cow's eye, make your own petroglyph...the choices are endless.

The online activities page of Exploratorium has learning activities for life science and physical science topics. From activities about sports science like fastball reaction time to activities about mutant fruit flies and activities about Antarctic ice, there is something to engage just about every science student.

In addition to the online activities page, Exploratium also offers some great online exhibitions and an online magazine packed with educational material. Science teachers looking for hands-on activities to use in their classrooms will want to check out Exploratorium's hands-on activities page. Those teachers and students that use Second Life will want to visit Exploratorium Island in Second Life.
Exploratorium has something for just about everyone. The bulk of the online activities can be accessed by students in the fourth grade or older. If you're not in a one-to-one computing environment the hands-on activities page provides some great directions for fun off-line learning activities. Some of the virtual tours could be used on a Smart Board/ White Board.

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Globaloria

This is a site of learning games made by students! 
I played the BONES game.  Could be used with Health, Science or just for fun!  There are all kinds of games for Punctuation, Civics, Environmental, Social Issues, Government, STEM and Music.  When you are at the homepage, click on the MORE GAMES button and you will be able to search by Subject, Filter by Groups and Sort by Alphabetical or Popular or Newest or Oldest.
This is Creative Commons offering Web 2.0 creative resources for learning. 
Globaloria holds three annual student Game Design Competitions (STEM, Civics & News Literacy, and Globeys) to celebrate excellence in game design and motivate students to dig deeper and go further in their learning while honing real-world skills. The competitions are launched in the fall and awards are given in the spring.  Globaloria launched in 2006, has been implemented with 5000 students and educators within 80 schools in seven states.  Some of you may wish to apply to incorporate Game Design Competitions.  Check the website for details.   http://www.globaloria.org/intro#WhatIsGlobaloria

We all have access to the games
that have been created!!

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

GameUP from BrainPOP


In June 2011, BrainPOP launched GameUp™,
a collection of free online game titles that tie right in to curriculum.
Check out the Game titles below:

Health Games:
Pavlov's Dog
Control of the Cell Cycle
The Diabetic Dog Game
Blood Typing
Microbes
Immune System Defender
Cell Command



Math Games:
Dig It
Battleship Numberline
Food Fight


 
Science Games:
Close-Knit Neighbors
Pavlov's Dog
Alernative Energy Source
Control of the Cell Cycle
Life Preservers
Chronopticon
Fly to Mars
Microbes
Matter Sort
Build a Solar System
Food Fight



Social Studies Games:
Executive Command
Court Quest
Law Craft
Branches of Power
Argument Wars


AND there are
STUDENT-MADE GAMES
OR
You can Make Your Own!

Check It OUT!!!