1.  Online Science and Virtual Labs With Your Host: Dr. Julia Parra Featuring Amy Ewing & Dr. Kemi Jona

2. What is a Myofibril? http://www.science-groove.org/Now/Myofibrils.html

3. What is an immediate take-away from this webconferencing we just did?

4. Online Science Course Showcase Let’s go take a peek at some online science courses :)  BIOLOGY SEMESTER 1  GEOLOGY SEMESTER 1  INTRODUCTION TO CELL BIOLOGY SEM 1  EARTH SCIENCE (6TH GRADE) SEMESTER 1  ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE SEMESTER 1

5.  Amy Ewing Teacher, Las Cruces High School eTeacher, IDEAL-NM, Chemistry B.A., NMSU, Secondary General Science Education M.A. NM Tech, Master of Science Teaching

6. Best Practices  Take the time to create an address book.  Make yourself available for chat, but recognize science can be difficult to explain via chat.  Assign students to tally discussion posts.  Have students post days off/holidays to the discussion board.

7. Give your students activities they can learn from by being able to interact. Balancing equations: http://www.mpcfaculty.net/mark_bishop/balancing_equations_tutorial.htm http://www.mpcfaculty.net/mark_bishop/balancing_equations_tutorial.htm Rube Goldberg device: http://pbskids.org/zoom/games/goldburgertogo/rubegame.html Virtual Lab at Virtlab: http://www.virtlab.com/main.aspx Chemistry (Plastics, PCR, polymers), Physics (transistors, lasers, circuits) and Biology (Pavlov’s Dog, Malaria, The Cell, DNA and RNA): http://nobelprize.org/educational_games/all_productions.php Interaction is Important

8. Online Science Course Showcase Amy’s online science course in action :)

9. Focus on Virtual Labs  Online science issues/debate o AP Science accreditation o Can labs really be done online?

10. Kemi Jona, PhD Northwestern University  Conducting R&D on advanced learning technologies since 1989  Research Associate Professor, Learning Sciences and Computer Science in School of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University  Director, Office of STEM Education Partnerships  Strategic advisor on learning technologies & STEM education to education, government, and private sector organizations

11. Advantages of The iLab Network  Broadens access to expensive or delicate high-end equipment  Provides students with access to remotely-hosted science lab facilities rather than just local ones  More time on task / less setup & cleanup  More experimental runs  Safer  Can do labs before and after class, at home – not limited to 50 min class period  Share & compare data locally or globally – just like scientists do  Enables new economic models and public/private partnerships for provisioning lab equipment for schools

12.  Radioactivity Lab  Curriculum written by Northwestern University and pilot tested by over 1000 students is available for general use NOW  Contact us for teacher materials and professional development  Four new curriculum adaptations of the original Radioactivity iLab Curriculum for biology, chemistry, AP Physics, and math written by Chicago-area high school teachers www.iLabCentral.org/radioactivity What we have available for high schools now

13. Online & Virtual Labs Resources  http://retapedia.pbworks.com/Online-Science-and-Virtual-Labs http://retapedia.pbworks.com/Online-Science-and-Virtual-Labs

14. Elementary Resources  Brain Pop Free Stuff http://www.brainpop.com/free_stuff/ http://www.brainpop.com/free_stuff/  Internet Science Adventures http://www.sandia.gov/ciim/ISA/ http://www.sandia.gov/ciim/ISA/  Field Trip Earth http://www.fieldtripearth.org/ http://www.fieldtripearth.org/

15. Middle School Resources  Science Pirates http://sciencepirates.com/ http://sciencepirates.com/  Brain Pop Free Stuff http://www.brainpop.com/free_stuff/ http://www.brainpop.com/free_stuff/  General Science Resources for Middle School http://wwwsldirectory.com/teachf/scied.html http://wwwsldirectory.com/teachf/scied.html  Scienceinquirer http://scienceinquirer.wikispaces.com/freestuff http://scienceinquirer.wikispaces.com/freestuff

16. High School Resources Watershed Dynamics (GIS) GLOBE Watershed Dynamics Project Site http://www.globe.gov/projects/ watersheds My World GIS http://myworldgis.org iLabs (Remote online labs) Northwestern University http://www.ilabcentral.org http://www.ilabcentral.org Late Nite Labs (Chemistry Lab Simulations http://www.latenitelabs.com http://www.latenitelabs.com PhET Interactive Simulations http://phet.colorado.edu http://phet.colorado.edu The ChemCollective http://www.chemcollective.org/ http://www.chemcollective.org/ Genetics Online Virtual Labs http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/in dex.html http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/in dex.html

17. Discovery Education - http://www.discoveryeducation.com/http://www.discoveryeducation.com/  Check out the Programs and Free Tools  Products & Services, Free 30-day trial, subscription based, Teacher Center has a Mythbusters series. Planet Earth is there too! Check out the Featured Series or do a search Smithsonian Education Online Learninghttp://smithsonianeducation.orghttp://smithsonianeducation.org  Direct to Science & Technology - http://smithsonianeducation.org/educators/lesson_pl ans/science_technology.html http://smithsonianeducation.org/educators/lesson_pl ans/science_technology.html One World Journeys - http://oneworldjourneys.com/http://oneworldjourneys.com/ Other Cool Stuff

18. Music Resources  Educational Rap http://www.educationalrap.com/music/science/  Science Groove http://www.science-groove.org/ Make sure to fully preview these, I’m glad I did

19. Game Resources  10 Sources of Educational Science Games http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2010/04/10- sources-of-educational-science-games.html http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2010/04/10- sources-of-educational-science-games.html  Planet Science http://www.planet- science.com/wired/index.html?page=/wired/games /index.html http://www.planet- science.com/wired/index.html?page=/wired/games /index.html  Brand new EdGames http://people.uncw.edu/ertzbergerj/all.html http://people.uncw.edu/ertzbergerj/all.html