Creator: Science Museum of Minnesota | visit site
Grade Range: 4 - 8
Brimming with color and current science information, this site is a great current happenings resource. To post to the blog, students must sign up, but the site promises no spamming from the sign up. The confirmation email does take some time to arrive, and the buzz requires verification before a user can participate. Read tips for safely managing email registrations <a href="/whats-hot/policy-tips.cfm#8">here</a>. rn<br><br>rnThe articles contained in this site are to the point, clear to understand, and in a large font. There are very few distractions going on in the site. It is easy to navigate and has a cool teacher tool in the buzz blog. Click on the Community tab, and the blogs are indexed by standards and grouped into topics such as earth science and physical science with subtopics.
In the Classroom
This site would be a great resource for current events projects. To augment the use of technology in your classroom, students could be assigned a specific article to read, and then post to a discussion board like Quick Topic, <a href="/single.cfm?id=17987">reviewed here</a>. Or transform technology use by having students make a multimedia presentation using one of the many TeachersFirst Edge tools <a href="/content/edge.cfm?c=18">reviewed here</a>. Some tool suggestions are (click on the tool name to access the review): <a href="/single.cfm?id=18378">Adobe Spark for Education</a>, <a href="/single.cfm?id=17424">Animatron</a>, <a href="/single.cfm?id=16373">Sway</a>, and <a href="/single.cfm?id=18390">Beautiful.AI</a>.
At Home
Parents can use this as a resource for their students to read current science news when newspapers are above their reading level.
Tags
animals, endangered species, nutrition, weather, news,
Subjects
Biology/Life Science, Chemistry, Current Events, Earth Science/Geology, Engineering/Technology, Health, Science,