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World AIDS Day next week: 1st December.
Avert.org has a load of great resources for school, aimed at engaging students rather than preaching at them. Well worth a look.
Here’s a nice video from last year’s AIDS Day, entitled ‘Time to Deliver’.
3D Body Models from Global 3B Scientific
Models you can manipulate – and the labels come in a range of languages, so ideal fo
r international students trying to learn the content in a foreign language.
You can zoom in and out, highlight different sections and turn it around.
eChalk.com – got any spare e-learning credits?
There are a few good resources here – you can get a 3-day trial for nowt, though resources can’t be saved. There’s a fun Periodic Table Tetris on the site, which can be played without a membership.
If it’s in the budget, might be worth a spend – especially if you have some spare e-learning credits weighing down your e-wallet.
I Love Wales
This site has a good few downloadable SMART Board resources and the like. There’s a nice, simple enzymes activity right here. Their KS3 Science area has some Physics and Chemistry resources, too.
“Plants Can’t Move!”
Oh yes they can, and here are some nice timelapse clips to demonstrate.
Thanks to bogstandardcomp from the TES Boards for the heads up.
Indiana University’s Department of Biology have a good set of Quicktime tropisms on their site – worth a look for all kins of tropisms.
Genetic Engineering: Glowing Pigs and Fish
I’ve no idea where this clip was taken from, but it’s a good 5-minute warmer for the topic of GM and it’s possibilities and potential pitfalls.
Sports Science Series
From Fox, but don’t let that put you off. YouTube has plenty of clips from this series, which takes a high-tech look at different action sports (bowling, darts and snooker are not among them).
These clips come from an episode about Human Flight:
1. Freerunners
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More videos after the jump, including a big-hit competition.
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Oxford Scientific Videos – another great big archive of good clips
Some great short clips here, and a searchable database. Clips can be saved by right-clicking on the ‘download’ button below each frame. Have a hunt about – plenty to see.
Thanks to fannafanna from the TES Boards for posting the link.
New Scientist Vodcasts
Vodcast? It’s like a podcast, but with video – hence the ‘Vod’.
NewScientist.com have their own channel on YouTube (which I just discovered) and a weekly roundup on Fridays.
A couple of minutes of Science news – with pictures – on Fridays?
Sounds like a good idea for those review lessons.
To get us started, here’s this week’s episode:
Some Cell Cycle Silliness
Very silly – but could be used to lighten a dull lesson or start a discussion on what’s missing. Thanks to greathat from the TES Boards for posting the links.
1. Mitosis Song with hi-tech video:
“Please baby, no television – I just wanna talk about cell division…”
Two meiosis videos after the jump.
i-Biology 