Lesson Plan WebQuest by Lorraine A. Jones from Shelby County Central Office.
This site is dedicated to helping new and "seasoned" teachers develop lesson plans. Rubrics for self-evaluation are placed on the sites along with a plethora of references for teacher generated lesson plans, assessments and activities.
Lesson Planning on the Computer or Just Do It! by Dr. Tim Setterlund from Collierville High School
So you have a computer in your classroom. It may have come with instructions on how to turn it on (doubtful). But it didn't come with lesson plans or classroom activities, did it? Your principal keeps asking how you are using technology in your classroom, and you hate to admit that it has been about as useful as a $5.95 calculator. Take a quick trip through this activity and you will be calling the principal down to your classroom to see your lessons. Your students will wonder if you got plugged into the MATRIX. And you can sit back and watch the little darlings work themselves silly and actually learn! This is a step-by-step process using a WebQuest.
This is a listing of the national and state science standards for K-12 science. Included on this page are the Biology Gateway Standards
This site provides the Tennessee State Benchmarks for physical science and chemistry.
Bloom's Taxonomy
What Bloom's Taxonomy is all about, but you were afraid to ask: http://www.uct.ac.za/projects/cbe/mcqman/mcqappc.html A comprehensive explanation of Bloom's Taxonomy.
The levels of Bloom's taxonomy:
http://www-home.cc.duq.edu/~millerjeff/blooms.html This gives the various levels of Blooms along with words to help you develop a strong objective.
Key words for each level of the taxonomy: http://edschool.csuhayward.edu/Departments/ted/Sullivan/5099/Blooms.html This is a very limited listing to help you find a particular word.
Lesson Plan Sites
Ideas for 6-8: http://www.sln.org/resources/index.html This site is from the Science Learning Network and will lead you to the various departments.
6-8 Science: http://www.col-ed.org/cur/science.html#sci2 If you have a topic, this site will give you a number of ways to formulate a lesson.
9-12 General Science: http://www.col-ed.org/cur/science.html#sci3 If you have a topic, this site will give you a number of ways to formulate a lesson.
Encarta Lesson Plans for Science: http://encarta.msn.com/schoolhouse/menus/menuscience.asp This is a good site with a number of approaches within the topics for science.
A complete lesson on Water: http://www.livingclassrooms.org/whitbread/cc/lessons_html/water/water.html This site has a complete unit/lesson with everything in place. Good template for lesson planning.
Lesson Plan Exchange: http://www.csun.edu/~vceed009/lesson.html Bunches and bunches of lessons.
Eisenhower Lesson Plans: http://www.enc.org/classroom/lessons/nf_lessci.htm Excellent site. Lesson plans, activities, etc. Good choice if you don't know where to begin.
Huge resource of lessons for all grades: http://www.nwrel.org/sky/Library/Materials_search/Lesson_Plans/Science.html If it's not here, I'd wonder why.
Activities, Experiments and Labs
Stimpsoft! http://www.stimpsoft.com/ A wonderful site with all kinds of terrific downloads. On the site is a periodic table that will sort by gases, alkanes, etc. Also available is the solar system that will load across your screen. Another download is the sun spots. Lots and lots of things but for Mac users only.
How stuff works: http://www.howstuffworks.com/ Excellent site on how just about everything works.
The Discovery Channel: http://www.discovery.com/ This site has links to TLC and a number of links for all of the sciences.
The Atoms Family: http://www.miamisci.org/af/sln/ Very cute site with a unique way of presenting atomic theory.
Multimedia Physics Studios: http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/mmedia/index.html This site has GIF files that use animation to show physics concepts.
University of Tennessee at Martin: http://cesme.utm.edu/scilinks/sciencelinks.htm A wonderful site full of excellent resources for all disciplines.
NSTA Recommended Sites: http://www.nsta.org/onlineresources/site/ This site holds many, many on-line sites to help you with activities and planning.
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence: http://www.ed.gov/free/s-scienc.html This is a major site for all science disciplines. Hundreds and hundreds of sites. Excellent site!
Eisenhower Site: http://www.enc.org:80/index.htm Loads of ideas and suggestions on various activities by grade
Science Topics: http://www.sciencegems.com/ This is Frank Potter's site, and it has the life, earth and physical broken down. It is a very good site.
A sampler of activities: http://cesme.utm.edu/resources/science/sampler.pdf You will need to download a reader to see this site, but it's worth it. Very good ideas!
Experiments galore: http://www.eecs.umich.edu/mathscience/funexperiments/ agesubject/physicalsciences.html This site is exactly what it says it is, though some difficulties can occur when trying to find a particular experiment.
Ideas from other teachers: http://chem.lapeer.org/ Labs, demos, and basic info for 9-12 science teachers. It has some very good links. Ideas are great and time proven.
Inventors and Inventions: http://inventors.about.com/science/inventors/?once=true& Excellent site that has every type of invention and inventor! Site also gives break down by gender, race, etc. of the inventors. Good site!
Frog Dissection: http://www-itg.lbl.gov/vfrog/ Virtual frog dissection. Excellent
Cow Eye Dissection: http://www.exploratorium.edu/learning_studio/cow_eye/index.html Virtual cow eye dissection. Very good but sometimes difficult to access.
Tropical Rainforest: http://www.richmond.edu/~ed344/webquests/tropical/ The rainforest is thoroughly covered.
Various selections on plant life and some insects (flies): http://www.fi.edu/tfi/units/life/living/living.html Selections are good, and it's just about everything you want to know about flies!
Careers in Biology: http://www.iup.edu/bi/jobs.htmlx Really good site to use as a spring board to covering topics most folk tend to avoid. There are interesting subsections on salaries for biologists.
Did you ever wonder why?: http://whyfiles.news.wisc.edu/index.html This site is exactly what it says, and they even tell you why.
Searching on my own: http://dir.altavista.com/Top/Science This is Alta Vista's search engine. It's easy to use and is very understanding for an artificial life form.
Evaluation:
Rubrics: http://www.odyssey.on.ca/~elaine.coxon/rubrics.htm There are hundreds of possibilities from which to choose. If you don't find any that you like (next to impossible), access this site and search by entering a topic.
Searching for rubrics: http://dir.altavista.com/Top/Reference/Education --enter the word "rubric" and then search.
A "how to" on setting up your own rubric: http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/assess.html This site gives a lot of info and is very thorough.
Lab Write Up with Rubrics: http://www.crpc.rice.edu/CRPC/GT/louviere/Lessons/les1.html Good lab report format and gives the rubrics with it.