Creator: Russell Kightley media | visit site
Grade Range: 5 - 11
Explore an impressive set of science and engineering animations to help explain difficult concepts. View animations and posters. Understand what the visual is about by reading the background information. Animations and posters cannot be used off the site without purchasing, but this is an excellent resource for viewing and sharing in its online version. Topics include different types of engines, how an eye works and vision problems, convection, waves, and more. There are also several animations about geometric solids.
In the Classroom
Use the simulations to help explain topics and concepts in class. Language arts teachers can use this site as a source for nonfiction reading comprehension. Science and language arts teachers can use the site as a learning center for students who need enrichment. Find great animations to help visualize various topics from different viruses to diesel engines, the Doppler Effect, to the garden sundial, and the vertical sundial to name just a few. Check the readability of the animations you want students to use on their own by using the The Readability Test Tool reviewed here.
At Home
Find great animations to help visualize various topics from various viruses to diesel engines, the DopplerEffect, to the garden sundial, to name just a few.
Tags
sun, geometric shapes, electricity, solar system, earth, light, diseases, colors, machines, vision, atoms, molecules, cells, dna, energy, waves, engineering,
Subjects
Astronomy & Space, Biology/Life Science, Chemistry, Earth Science/Geology, Engineering/Technology, Math, Physics, Science,