Good morning, how are you? I wanted to share our Homeschool Resources: Science with you this morning. I would like to ask you to take a look at the websites below and let me know if you’ve used these resources with your students or not.
Convert your child’s screen time to a more productive activity with an Online Computer Science Curriculum from CompuScholar. You do not need to be an expert, as this Curriculum is user-friendly, teaching in a step-by-step format.
University of Nottingham: BEST Periodic Table of Elements on the Net
The Periodic Table of Elements has become much easier to understand through the interactive capability of Technology.
The Periodic Table of Videos
In my opinion, this is the most fun periodic table on the Net. When you click on an Element on the Periodic Table, it plays a video showing Scientists in the Lab having fun demonstrating the properties of the Elements. Developed by the University of Nottingham, each Video is short (2-4 minutes) and provides basic information about the featured Element, it’s History, and how it is used. The Scientists’ antics with Beakers, Bunsen Burners, and Bloopers are narrated by mild-mannered professor Martyn Poliakoff who has wonderful, wild, Einstein-ish hair!
WebElements
This is a click-and-learn table. Each Element opens to its own page, maintained by the site that includes a description and photographs. This table has all kinds of hyperlinks within the descriptions to further explain the aspects of the Element, along with an interesting sidebar that mentions the Element’s uses and where it can be found.
The Photographic Periodic Table
Includes a photograph of every Element on the Periodic Table, along with a description of the Element. Some of them are beautiful – this is a visual treat!
Games: Chemical Elements & Their Symbols
Provides free learning tools and games to help budding Chemists memorize facts from the Period Table of Elements through:
- Flash Cards
- Match Game
- Word Search
- Concentration
The Periodic Table of Comic Books
A couple of chemists took it upon themselves to collect Comic Strips that mention Elements from the Periodic Table and compile them on this website.
Discovery Education Science supports your Homeschool Science Curriculum with up-to-date standards-based virtual labs, simulations, reading passages, real-time assessment, and more.
Eric Weisstein’s World of Scientific Biography: Biographies of Scientists
This website offers over 1,000 Encyclopedia-style Biographies of Scientists along with illustrations.
When you get to the site, use the menu on the left side of the screen to search for a Scientist by:
- *Alphabetical Index – An A to Z list of all of the scientists and mathematicians whose biographies are archived on the website. Click on any one, and a new page opens with the scientist’s picture and bio. References are provided as well.
- *Branch of Science – Search for a scientist by his/her field of study from Archaeology to Sociology.
- *Gender/Minority Status – Women, African Americans, Asian Americans, etc. (Note: This section is woefully short on scientists of varying races and ethnicities. Fortunately, the FAQ section on this website tells you how to submit names for inclusion.)
- *Nationality – Find scientists from many nations including the U.S., China, Egypt, France, Germany, Israel, Japan, Pakistan, and Russia.
- Prize Winners – Read the Bios of Scientists and Mathematicians who have been awarded prizes (i.e., The Nobel) for their work.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
