Collection of Resources for Science Teachers

Y10 student subject selection 

• EES https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tpdl9xMcflY&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR29zCc5_NO7ZlYzKUgQ3ybCX7Hc5bn2FnxRlhg4UL6Kdkp3M6nk1ut9JEs 

• Science Wars - a capella parody battle of Star Wars theme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTXTeAt2mpg 

TOOLS FOR TEACHERS AND SCIENCE LEARNING 

Learning

• Reading: how to guarantee that your students will remember what they learn https://bigredscience.com/f/how-to-guarantee-that-your-students-will-remember-what-they-learn?fbclid=IwAR2NWZqS2VUQmePbLovgrXxFdlIezc9Xq6P-0hIxayBgQXgfMzfNbqRTGAo 

MICROSOFT

1. Word/PDF

• Add voicefeedback to Word, PDF https://practicaledtech.com/2021/01/25/how-to-add-voice-comments-to-your-students-documents/?fbclid=IwAR1Fr71YnTgA5do4DOXYtgMcmNBl2tavITGvytoW7gNsXPxpEUKWhwjhBC0

• 15 tips for making Word use easier https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxgheItBIzQ

• Shortcuts for Word https://www.attorneyatwork.com/microsoft-word-hotkeys/ 
  
  

2. PowerPoint

• Add PhET Simulations to Your PowerPoint Slides

• How to Hyperlink PowerPoint Slides for Choose-Your-Own Adventure Stories

• Add voicefeedback https://practicaledtech.com/2021/01/25/how-to-add-voice-comments-to-your-students-documents/?fbclid=IwAR1Fr71YnTgA5do4DOXYtgMcmNBl2tavITGvytoW7gNsXPxpEUKWhwjhBC0

• How to Quickly Create a Narrated Video from PowerPoint or Google Slides

• How to use PPT Presenter Coach  for online PPT version

3. Forms

• Create a Help Site with Microsoft Forms https://practicaledtech.com/2021/06/29/how-to-use-google-forms-and-microsoft-forms-to-create-help-resources/?fbclid=IwAR2LolHdfQbQ5qRB-75h0YR_5MIH-053hfZTxtFUlZY93WM-WFu9nn43vc4 

GOOGLE 

• Using GSuite inside Canvas https://www.facebook.com/tammy.neil/videos/10159114401084276/ 

1. Google Chrome

• Must-Have Google Chrome Extensions for Teachers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLN52oJLSlA  (Screencastify,  Webpaint,  Share to Classroom,  Save to Google Drive,  etc. 

• Speed Dial 2  gives a Google webpage that recreates a phone/tablet screen of links to your commonly used sites. It's free for one computer, but to transfer and sync e.g. work/home computers is a one-off cost of  $2-$3)

• Turn off the Lights - blacks out surroundings to play Youtube without the side ads.
  
  

2. Google Drive/Docs

•  Getting Started With Google Drive and Google Docs - Everything You Need to Know

• 21 Google Docs Features You Should Know How to Use

• How to Make Automatic Copies for Students to Edit 

• How to create checklists in Google Docs

• Add quick voice comments to Google Docs

• Add voicefeedback to Google Docs  https://practicaledtech.com/2021/01/25/how-to-add-voice-comments-to-your-students-documents/?fbclid=IwAR1Fr71YnTgA5do4DOXYtgMcmNBl2tavITGvytoW7gNsXPxpEUKWhwjhBC0

• Google Site Tutorials following the Google Learning Framework (Google Doc)
  
  

3.  Google Classroom

• How to Organize Google Classroom https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYJErrN0A8k 

• Google Classroom Cheat Sheet | Google Classroom TEACHER VIEW and STUDENT VIEW  #GoogleClassroom https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6RdubPPhoU&fbclid=IwAR0z-X660vacH6_gNQCbZowNU00wD4R6CYX0RcnPYKW8sYOF4u1I_Y25jT8 

• How to Create Digital Assignments for Google Classroom  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDBO40_qmt4 

• Multiple Alice Keeler extensions: classroom split, gradebook split etc

• Add quick voice comments to Google Classroom

• Mr Vacca's

1. How to Join and Create a Google Classroom in 2020!

2. How to Submit Assignments in Google Classroom

3. How To Turn Off Notifications in Google Classroom

4. How To Stay Organized in Google Classroom

5. How to Ask Your Teacher a Private Question in Google Classroom

6. How to Upload a Photo to Google Classroom Assignments

• How To Attach A Jamboard Activity As An Assignment In Google Classroom

• An Option for Making Sure Students Know They Have Google Classroom Assignments

• Add voicefeedback to Google Classroom https://practicaledtech.com/2021/01/25/how-to-add-voice-comments-to-your-students-documents/?fbclid=IwAR1Fr71YnTgA5do4DOXYtgMcmNBl2tavITGvytoW7gNsXPxpEUKWhwjhBC0
  
  

4. Google Sites (websites)

• Build your first Google site (close the email popup)

• 1-2-3 GS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrPdOu2PNhQ&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR2jHpRrMopmsOOq_rCmL0MebfmrQYnAR0bnsDkQN4C02Jl9DoKYOAtTfyE 

• Setting up and using with GClassroom https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9asO2PLSSgU&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR10FrqeO2-pIYoAZllLwSUNEe5HqT96ehke1rL_M7HSnrYa_KSEyMMC3Sg  

• Step-by-step https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5eLo7APm7q3hvODXWtbG71Pln6oiOS7G&fbclid=IwAR1WQJUlgC1Yvg0ntU5k7NeWTlI4VF_vMDBDFaukhWOD1ZMfoze16dlJh6I 

• Guide to Making a Google Site
  4. Google Forms

• How to use Google Forms, great for student/teacher unit evaluations https://support.google.com/docs/answer/6281888?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop 

• An issue with shared forms where sharers change. This shows how to ensure they make a copy https://blog.tcea.org/force-a-copy-google-form/ 

• Create a Help Site with Google Forms https://practicaledtech.com/2021/06/29/how-to-use-google-forms-and-microsoft-forms-to-create-help-resources/?fbclid=IwAR2LolHdfQbQ5qRB-75h0YR_5MIH-053hfZTxtFUlZY93WM-WFu9nn43vc4 

5. Google Slides

• Getting Started With Google Slides - The Basics and More

• Add voicefeedback to Google Slides https://practicaledtech.com/2021/01/25/how-to-add-voice-comments-to-your-students-documents/?fbclid=IwAR1Fr71YnTgA5do4DOXYtgMcmNBl2tavITGvytoW7gNsXPxpEUKWhwjhBC0

• How to Quickly Turn Your Slides Into Narrated Videos https://practicaledtech.com/2020/04/27/how-to-quickly-turn-your-slides-into-narrated-videos/?fbclid=IwAR1x4lNLiFg3DdUinaSRI4ogpAfbn_CDADbLPzP0cIm_t8sDRWcZGzUfY38

•  How I Make My Google Slides for Teaching 

• How I Use Google Slides to Create Interactive Lessons

• How to Create Drag and Drop Activities on Google Slides

• How to Quickly Create a Narrated Video from PowerPoint or Google Slides

• ScriptSlide - A Google Slides Add-on for Pacing Presentations allows remote slide advance using phone, iPad

• How to share Google slides without sharing speaker notes (not a simple solution)

• Add quick voice comments to Google Slides
  
  

6.  Google Meet (prev Hangouts Meet)

• How To Schedule a Google Hangouts Meet Using Google Calendar

• How to Schedule and Host Google Hangouts Meet Events - Video

• How to Find the Recording of A Google Hangouts Meet

• 7 new Google Meet features 2020 https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2020/06/7-new-google-meet-features-for-teachers.html?fbclid=IwAR1XSunr966j1YY5hw88GAShFQYyRxMF6hqSZaeOQCg1ych3bCHT_U6ol-s 

• Use whiteboards without screen sharing https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2020/05/use-whiteboards-in-google-meet-without.html?fbclid=IwAR3-wVClDaTGoVThfEP2cEOclg2qSXuvkVyQiYlZ0CjkRR0yjojFv5tNhNc 

• Incorporate Hangouts into Meet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVfScBKrSOk&fbclid=IwAR2rhFArhEVvy9SqlGEUnWOPCXgf5SDFdUGyPs_hxuhlhkpVPJmJj9_GzBs

• Mr. Campbell Rocks' Google Meet Tutorials Share with anyone you want please just give attribution, YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/c/MrCampbellRocks. Web: http://mrcampbellrocks.com/

• 30 tutorials in a Youtube playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5eLo7APm7q1unlle8zLBAQtxEU0iiGhV

• Mr Vacca's

1. Google Hangouts Meet Guide for Teachers, Students and Parents 

2. Launch Google Meet Inside Gmail

3. How to View All Students Using Grid View In Google Hangouts Meet

4. How to Invite Students, Teachers and Parents to Google Meet and Google Hangouts

5. How to Record A Google Meet Session and Computer Screen

• Guide To Google Meet On Your iPhone, iPad or Android Device

• Google Meet extensions for Chrome

1. Google Meet Grid View Ice https://youtu.be/NJQJyP6F8xk 

2. Google Meet Noise Cancelling Options

3. Google Meet Attendance https://youtu.be/yl3Cb2OVTUM 

4. Google Meet Layout Updates - see participants when presenting, and default layouts https://youtu.be/aq-adQurONk 

5. Google Meet Presenter Mode - Never Get Muted https://youtu.be/o8b0AVRyqfU 

6. Google Meet Grid View Update  https://youtu.be/P7WcXIrlBwU 

7. Virtual Backgrounds for Google Meet https://youtu.be/t7Y1hGe0DXA  

8. New Google Meet Attendance Extension https://youtu.be/mxpr58_Ki00 

9. Google Meet Timer (For Non-GSuite Users) https://youtu.be/XvSSEVY_ub4 

10. Grid View (More than 16 people) https://youtu.be/BELS3jX2tmw 

11. Nod (Emojis Interactions)  https://youtu.be/fXXf0i3WNP0 

12. Push to Talk (Like Zoom)  https://youtu.be/zMpTXEWMNhM

13. Attendance (Take Meeting Attendance) https://youtu.be/QZXFiPNdMSw 

14. Enhancement Suite (Classroom Tools) https://youtu.be/wk47trlcgr8 

15. Tactiq (Closed Captions Transcription) https://youtu.be/oDxfk20DASI

16. Waiting Rooms https://youtu.be/QmcDZYIgb8s

• Breakout Rooms Tutorial https://youtu.be/tk8Gm1phoCw 

• How to share Video in Google Meet   https://youtu.be/k93WxtdjpbQ

• Grid View for Ipad https://youtu.be/8JgtqBtXpvI 

• White Board Student View/Teacher View https://youtu.be/6Y2smzqQA78

• Google Meet for Students Tutorial https://youtu.be/MUXbgDOfrfY

• Google Meet Chat Summary https://youtu.be/_2g-BY1l-ck 

• Change Ownership or Hosting of a Google Meet https://youtu.be/s08Yl9uCokQ

• Google Meet and Gmail https://youtu.be/wEVbTAyejvw

• How to Start a Google Meet (All five ways) https://youtu.be/3bxKAGUvAD8   https://forms.gle/yYiBRnhRx5MVNr7b7
  
  

7. Google Jamboard

• A collaborative tool with which students can work together in real time.  https://teachercenter.withgoogle.com/first-day-trainings/welcome-to-jamboard
  
  

8. Google Journal + Google Keep

• Using Google journal as a Science journal https://sciencejournal.withgoogle.com/
  
  

9. Google Charts

•   How to Create and Edit Tables/Charts

Flipped Classroom/Distance Learning 

• YouTube channel  with steps and tips for flipped classrooms https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLauzqjAxaDqX55pv78knkGsCcYae9VJtc 

• 7 best websites and apps for DL  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svmGQhQLuBQ 

• Using GSuite inside Canvas https://www.facebook.com/tammy.neil/videos/10159114401084276/ 

• How teachers can deliver live instruction at school and at home

• Create online whiteboards for students: Whiteboard.fi lets you create an online room in which each of your students has his or her own whiteboard to draw on. As the teacher, you can see what your students are drawing as they do it. You have the ability to clear students' boards and to kick them out of the room if they are not using their whiteboards as intended. Students are also able to see your whiteboard if you choose to push it out to them. https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2020/05/quickly-create-online-whiteboards-for.html?fbclid=IwAR0HL3H2JrBK15RRemvL6nBL6D8P7X7OhCP0fhulOCZswOSLohqxcfN6kto  video hhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPLceYzYEsE 

• Create breakout rooms in Zoom https://practicaledtech.com/2020/04/27/how-to-quickly-turn-your-slides-into-narrated-videos/?fbclid=IwAR1x4lNLiFg3DdUinaSRI4ogpAfbn_CDADbLPzP0cIm_t8sDRWcZGzUfY38 

• How To Schedule a Google Hangouts Meet Using Google Calendar

• How to Find the Recording of A Google Hangouts Meet

• Home setup for flipped learning video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MhB4uYMpEY&t=4s&fbclid=IwAR35zackQvoHaxIQS_QQYv5It5pQ4Kp57UmK7WqenubarVNN_W67hN3dlk0 

• Screencast Mirroring 360 or Doceri

Youtube

• How to Make A YouTube channel 

Other Technology

• Free Technology for Teachers https://www.freetech4teachers.com/  a great resource for general tech tips. Include

1. What Strava Taught Me About Using Digital Badges in School

2. Whimsical - A Good Tool for Collaborative Diagram Creation

3. 700 Space Math Problems

4. Ten Search Strategies Students Need to Know

5. A Crash Course in Making & Teaching With Video
   
   

• Create Online Boardgames includes video [6.55 mins] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hq1cdfoa4Hk 

• Three ways to Create forms that accept file uploads

• Story Spheres - Create Audio Tours of Immersive Imagery -  a free tool for adding audio to 360 degree images that you own or have the rights to re-use (Creative Commons licensed or public domain). 

• Remove image backgrounds https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2020/06/easy-ways-to-remove-image-backgrounds.html?fbclid=IwAR2q4d98A5UxE3BLnh1sjs8qCidtHVlpCSh0tSoTh3W9QIlRhujY7XN5-tk 

• Creating timelines

1. Canva 

2. Multimedia Google sheets  Youtube video [9.42 mins]