Great free software and websites to enhance and engage your science students.

1. NSTA Area Conference 2010 – Nashville, TN
Jan Coley
Instructional Technology Specialist
Science Coordinator
Jefferson County Schools
http://jc-schools.net

2. Do PDF
 http://www.dopdf.com/
 Installs a virtual printer on local computer
 doPDF is a free PDF converter for both personal and
commercial use. Using doPDF you can create PDF
files by selecting the "Print" command from virtually
any application.

3. ClamWin Portable
 antivirus to go
 ClamWin Portable is the popular ClamWin
antivirus packaged as a portable app, so you can
take your antivirus with you to scan files on the go.
You can place it on your USB flash drive, iPod,
portable hard drive or a CD and use it on any
computer, without leaving any personal information
behind.

4. Porta
 Porta is an open source, hassle-free
photo album generator for web
pages.
 It is fast and easy to use.
 It maybe downloaded from
http://stegmann.dk/mikkel/porta/
example tutorial

5. iTunes U
 http://www.apple.com/e
ducation/guidedtours/itu
nesu.html
 Part of the iTunes store
 Educational, audio, and
video content
 Most popular downloads
 Contents categories
 By University

6. Free Image Editors
• Photoshop.com
• https://www.photoshop.com/
• Picasa tutorial
• http://www.picasa.com
• Pixlr online tutorials
•http://pixlr.com/
•Irfanview
• http://www.irfanview.com/
Picasa tutorial

7. Photoshop.com (online tools)
You must set up an account and login into your account to
use the tools. To edit an image, select the Express Editor.

8. Decorate Tab – fun for children
Allows a Save to local computer!

9. Picasa
Lightbox -
Images in folder
Picture tray - Images working
with
Favorite picture

10. Photo Story 3
Photostory 3 is a free  Digital Storytelling
download from  Class projects
Microsoft.  Individual student
http://www.microsoft.com/windo
wsxp/using/digitalphotography projects
/photostory/default.mspx  Communication of
content knowledge
 Communication with
example Instructional
example community and
parents
tutorial

11. Cool Features
 Touch-up  Create music
 Crop  Use music from other
 Rotate pictures sources
 Remove red-eye
 Add special effects
 Add soundtracks
 Add narration

13. Animoto

14. Audacity
 Free, fully
functional
multi-track
audio editor
 http://audacity.s
ourceforge.net/
example tutorial

15. Educational Uses
 Early language learners or English
language learners can associate
images with words
 Create a student portfolio
 Post images of field
trips, projects, school events
 Show, create, or describe a process

16. Jing
 Jing tutorial
 What is Jing and how
to install it.
 Download Jing

17. Web Meetings
 DimDim - http://www.dimdim.com/
 Skype – www.skype.com

18. On-line Bookmarks
 I keep Bookmarks
• www.ikeepbookmarks.com
 Porta Portal
 http://www.portaportal.com/
 Del.icio.us
 http://del.icio.us/

19. Free Education Images
Science Kingdom Clipart
http://science.phillipmartin.info/index.htm
Pics4Learning
http://www.pics4learning.com/
Flickr (not for student use)
www.flickr.com
Classroom Clipart – Science
http://classroomclipart.com/Science.htm
Access Excellence – Visual Libraries
http://www.accessexcellence.org/RC/VL/index.php#graphiclibraries
Free animations
http://www.gifanimations.com/animation/Index

20. Exploratorium
Newspaper Bridges
Online Activities
 Site includes:
 Treasure Trove
 Learning Resources Library
from National Science Digital
Library (NSDL).
 Special Collections including a
microscope imaging station,
math explorer database,
webcasts, podcasts and media
downloads

21. Teacher Tube
The goal of TeacherTube.com is to provide an
online community for sharing instructional
teacher videos.
 Registration is required for uploading
- Unlimited MB video upload space.
- Unlimited MB bandwidth per month.
- Unlimited video uploads.
- All TeacherTube packages are FREE!

22. YouTube
 Ways to Use YouTube in the classroom:
 Free Studio
 http://www.dvdvideosoft.com/
 YouTube downloader – changes to QuickTime format
 http://download.cnet.com/YouTube-Downloader/3000-2071_4-
10647340.html?tag=mncol
 YouTube downloader – changes to AVI and format
 http://www.dvdvideosoft.com/products/dvd/Free-YouTube-
Download.htm
 On-line submission and they email back to you
 http://www.videodownloadx.com/

23. Google!
Tutorial - Google Applications for Teachers

24. Advanced Search in Google

25. p

26. Google Skyview ( Google Earth version 4.2 or later)
 From the VIEW drop
down menu, select
“Switch to Sky”
 Search the sky by names
of heavenly objects
(example: Orion)
 Currently, you can not
search for the planets.

28. Google Mars
 http://www.google.com/mars/

29. Google Moon
 http://www.google.c
om/moon/
 Has placemarks for
Apollo
11,12,14,15,16,and 17
 The site was created
to honor the
memory of the first
lunar landing.

30. Teachers’ Domain
http://www.teachersdomain.org/
Must have an account

31. Probes – TEEMSS
http://teemss2.concord.org/
 The Technology Enhanced Elementary and Middle
School Science project (TEEMSS) was funded by
the National Science Foundation to bring the
power of information and communication
technology to science education in grades 3-8 by
creating and disseminating valuable, proven, and
easily implemented technology-based science
learning materials and associated teacher
professional development.

32. Free software that works
with most of the leading
probe vendors.

34. Molecular Workbench
http://workbench.concord.org/

35. Illuminations by NTCM
http://illuminations.ntcm.org

36. Visible Body
 Online software designed for
use by teachers, students,
health professionals, and
everyone.
 Register at
http://www.visiblebody.
com/start
 Users must register with a
valid email address.
 The Visible Body includes 3D
models of over 1,700
anatomical structures.

37. Virtlab: A Virtual Laboratory
Chemistry, Physics, Biochemistry
http://www.virtlab.com/main.aspx

38. University of Virginia Virtual Lab
 Homepage

39. Science Courseware.org
 Produces interactive,
online simulations for
the life science
laboratory or for earth
science field studies.
 http://www.sciencecou
rseware.com/
 Middle School
 High School
 College

40. Wonderville http://www.wonderville.ca
Robot Factory
 22 activities covering a
wide range of science
topics. Each animated
activity opens up in its
own window
 Do not miss the “The
Robot Factory”

41. The Mission Science Lab
 Designed for kids age
10–16 to learn basic
principles of physics in a
most entertaining way.
 click on a random object
in the lab and complete a
related “mission.”
 Meanwhile, they’re also
trying to learn Professor
XYZ’s secret identity and
gain access to the final
mission, “Professor http://nfbkids.ca/lamission/home_e.php
XYZ’s Grand Tour.”

42. BBC Science Clips
 Bitesize 1
 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sch
ools/scienceclips/ages/6_
7/science_6_7.shtml
 Forces and Motion
 Bitesize2 -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sch
ools/ks2bitesize/science
 Bitesize3 –
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sch
ools/ks3bitesize/science/

43. PhET: Free online science simulations
 Fun, interactive,
research-based
simulations of
physical
phenomena from
the PhET project at
the University of
Colorado.

44. Utah Education Network-K12 Student Center
http://www.uen.org/k12student/
 Great site for
educational games
for grades k-12 - all
areas
 K-2 Interactive sites
 3-6 Interactive sites
 7-12 Interactive sites

45. Jefferson Lab-Science Education
http://education.jlab.org/
 Teacher
pages
 Student
pages
 Games

46. Bio-Alive

47. The ChemCollective

48. World Wide Telescope (Web 2.0)

49. Quizlet
quizlet.com (Web 2.0)
TN 6th grade science academic vocabulary

50. Quizlet

51. Science News for Kids

52. Thinkfinity.org

53. NASA Education
http://www.nasa.gov/offices/education/about/index.html

54. Windows to the Universe

55. SciGirls from PBS
http://pbskids.org/scigirls/index

56. STEM Resources – Tennessee
http://www.stemresources.com/

57. STEM Center
http://www.daytonregionalstemcenter.org/stem-curriculum/

58. Siemens STEM Academy
http://www.siemensstemacademy.com/index.cfm?event=showHome&c=29

59. Engineering – Go For It
http://teachers.egfi-k12.org/
 Lesson Plans
 Class Activities
 Web Resources
 K12 News
 Currently published
biannually
Created by the American Society for
Engineering Education (ASEE), this
blog aims to be both a networking site
for teachers and a trustworthy source
of information and opportunities.

60. IXL

61. Kahn Academy
http://www.khanacademy.org

62. Design Squad from PBS
http://pbskids.org/designsquad/

63. SAS Curriculum Pathways
http://www.sascurriculumpathways.com/

67. http://jc-schools.net

71. Dynamic
Curriculum

72. Dynamic Curriculum
Technology Project for Jefferson County Schools

74. Each of the core curriculum content
sites includes
 Links to General Resource Websites
for the content area

75. Links to specific websites that aid in teaching
specific standards, Checks for Understanding,
and SPI’s

76. Teacher Created Materials

77. Educational Podcasts

78. You Are Teaching in an Age of Digital
Learners

79. New Tools for the Classroom
Podcasting Web 2.0
Digital
Storytelling Streaming
Media
Web
Distance lessons and
Learning tutorials

80. What is on your disk?
I Love Free Presentation
plus some of the free software

81. Thank You!
Questions?