{"id":839,"date":"2017-11-19T20:16:17","date_gmt":"2017-11-20T04:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/science\/?page_id=839"},"modified":"2017-11-19T20:34:55","modified_gmt":"2017-11-20T04:34:55","slug":"resources-for-the-new-curriculum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/science\/new-curriculum-support\/resources-for-the-new-curriculum\/","title":{"rendered":"Resources for the New Curriculum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Check the links curated here and also in the tabs above to get sources for developing your science curriculum! &nbsp;I&#8217;ll be updating them frequently. &nbsp;Check out the Indigenous Perspectives tab above as well.<\/p>\n<h1><strong>K-7<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Comox School District\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/portal.sd71.bc.ca\/group\/wyhzgr4\/Pages\/default.aspx\">science site &nbsp;<\/a>has great resources and ideas for the whole K-7 science curriculum, organized by big idea and grade. &nbsp;This also includes many FRENCH resources.<\/p>\n<p>For Early Years:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.science-sparks.com\/about-science-sparks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/science\/files\/2011\/09\/sc-sparks-300x84.jpeg\" alt=\"sc sparks\" width=\"300\" height=\"84\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For Electricity (on a budget):<a href=\"http:\/\/courseweb.stthomas.edu\/apthomas\/SquishyCircuits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/science\/files\/2015\/03\/squishy-circuits-300x48.jpg\" alt=\"squishy circuits\" width=\"300\" height=\"48\"><\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Lots of ideas at Science World:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scienceworld.ca\/resources\/main\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-391 noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/science\/files\/2011\/09\/sci-world-image.png\" alt=\"sci world image\" width=\"265\" height=\"85\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chemistry Education for Life (goes K-12)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acs.org\/content\/acs\/en\/education\/resources.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-671 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/01\/acs-chem.png\" sizes=\"(max-width: 112px) 100vw, 112px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/01\/acs-chem.png 160w, http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/01\/acs-chem-150x150.png 150w\" alt=\"\" width=\"112\" height=\"112\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A US site with lots of ideas for K- about Gr 10:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sciencespot.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-673\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/01\/sci-spot.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"184\" height=\"80\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lots of videos and other links from the National Center for Family Learning:<\/p>\n<h1><a href=\"http:\/\/wonderopolis.org\/wonders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/science\/files\/2011\/09\/wonderopolis-300x71.png\" alt=\"wonderopolis\" width=\"300\" height=\"71\"><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nextgenscience.org\/classroom-sample-assessment-tasks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&nbsp;<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<h3>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nextgenscience.org\/classroom-sample-assessment-tasks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Next Generation Science \u2013 Sample Tasks<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Great videos to support a range of science topics:<\/p>\n<h1><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/crashcoursekids\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/science\/files\/2011\/09\/crashcourse-kids-300x168.jpeg\" alt=\"crashcourse kids\" width=\"244\" height=\"137\"><\/a><\/h1>\n<h1>&nbsp;<\/h1>\n<h1>&nbsp;<\/h1>\n<h1>&nbsp;<\/h1>\n<p>The Minute Earth and Minute Physics are YouTube channels:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/minuteearth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/science\/files\/2011\/09\/minuteearth-300x150.jpeg\" alt=\"minuteearth\" width=\"230\" height=\"115\"><\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/minutephysics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/science\/files\/2011\/09\/minutephysics-300x71.jpeg\" alt=\"minutephysics\" width=\"300\" height=\"71\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Secondary Science<\/h1>\n<p>The Perimeter Institute comes highly recommended by physics teachers in the district:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/resources.perimeterinstitute.ca\/\">Perimeter Institute<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Genome BC(grade 9-12) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.genomebc.ca\/education\/teachers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Teacher resources <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.genomebc.ca\/education\/outreach-programs\/geneskool-classroom-workshops\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">free workshops for classes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Galileo Project has a commitment to supporting inquiry and project-based learning. &nbsp;Many of the resources are suitable to secondary, although they also support primary and intermediate learning. It is CANADIAN.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/galileo.org\/classroom-examples\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/science\/files\/2011\/09\/galileo-inquiry-300x158.png\" alt=\"galileo inquiry\" width=\"237\" height=\"125\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;Great videos (but use captions as they go quickly!):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/crashcourse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/science\/files\/2011\/09\/crashcourse-300x111.jpeg\" alt=\"crashcourse\" width=\"300\" height=\"111\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Veritasium is a YouTube channel of science and engineering videos featuring experiments, expert interviews, cool demos, and discussions with the public about everything science:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/1veritasium\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&nbsp;<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/science\/files\/2011\/09\/veritasium-300x80.jpeg\" alt=\"veritasium\" width=\"300\" height=\"80\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Songs to liven up or kick off your science class:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/AsapSCIENCE\/featured\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-667 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/01\/asap-sci-300x300.jpeg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/01\/asap-sci-300x300.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/01\/asap-sci-150x150.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/science\/files\/2017\/01\/asap-sci.jpeg 500w\" alt=\"\" width=\"146\" height=\"146\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Live Science offers a fascinating window into the natural and technological world, delivering comprehensive and compelling news and analysis on everything from dinosaur discoveries, archaeological finds and amazing animals to health, innovation and wearable technology.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.livescience.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/science\/files\/2011\/09\/Screen-shot-2015-10-25-at-11.20.47-AM-300x75.png\" alt=\"Screen shot 2015-10-25 at 11.20.47 AM\" width=\"300\" height=\"75\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Paul Andersen has created hundreds of science videos that have been viewed millions of times by learners around the world. His site has lots of content for senior science courses (Bozeman Science):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bozemanscience.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/science\/files\/2015\/03\/bozeman-300x300.png\" alt=\"bozeman\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"><\/a>&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Internet sensation Tyler DeWitt has a strong focus on Chemistry:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/tdewitt451\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/science\/files\/2015\/03\/tyler-dewitt-300x75.png\" alt=\"tyler dewitt\" width=\"400\" height=\"100\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>PhET is a website filled with Physics Demonstrations.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"PHET\" href=\"https:\/\/phet.colorado.edu\/en\/simulations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/science\/files\/2011\/09\/phet-logo-117.png\" alt=\"phet-logo-117\" width=\"223\" height=\"106\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Biology Videos:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/multimedia.mcb.harvard.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/science\/files\/2015\/03\/biovisions.jpeg\" alt=\"biovisions\" width=\"199\" height=\"124\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check the links curated here and also in the tabs above to get sources for developing your science curriculum! &nbsp;I&#8217;ll be updating them frequently. &nbsp;Check out the Indigenous Perspectives tab above as well. K-7 Comox School District\u2019s&nbsp;science site &nbsp;has great resources and ideas for the<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/science\/new-curriculum-support\/resources-for-the-new-curriculum\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7627,"featured_media":0,"parent":132,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/839"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7627"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=839"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":843,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/839\/revisions\/843"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}