The Concord Consortium - Interactive STEM Activities

 

If you would like some free interactive STEM activities for your classroom try clicking here.  Topics cover Physics & Chemistry, Life Science, Engineering, Earth & Space and Mathematics. 

Stellarium - The Night Sky

 

A free downloadable powerful planetarium astronomy program that shows the night sky anywhere in the world. The display moves with a timer to show the changing night sky or can be locked for a specific time. Great for teaching about space probes in current events and astronomy in general. Once the program is opened press the “h” key for command information including exiting. Click on the configuration box on the lower left task bar and click on location. On the map click on the location you want (latitude and longitude specifics will help). The lower right task bar controls the time. Thirty minutes of playing with this program and its task bars will make you an expert. This program is very impressive.  You can also use the web version and not do the download.  The main page can be found by clicking here and the web version of the program can be found by clicking here.

1.7 Billion Stars - Interactive Image

If you are teaching a unit on space science or astronomy you might want to look at the interactive image of 1.7 billion stars taken by European Space Agency  craft Gaia.  According to the article in VOX, "This database is not just for making pretty images. It also contains information on the distance, motion, and color (useful in determining temperature and age) of about 1.3 billion of the stars. It’s a 3D, moving atlas of the Milky Way."  To see the interactive map click here.

Houston We Have A Problem - Apollo 13 this day 1970

Many of you have heard "Houston we have a problem".  If you were not alive in 1970 (yeah I am old) you might have seen the movie, Apollo 13.  To see what wrong and the hack that saved their lives can be read about by clicking here or here.

Science Friday

Yeah I know it is not Friday but I post Math/Science stuff on Mondays.  This site has a weekly podcast that usually highlights something science based that is in the news.  At the bottom of the website's page they have a clickable  icon for each category of science.  To see the website click here.

Cosmic Quest

The Canadian Heritage Information Nework has produced a series of webpages called Cosmic Quest.  If you are teaching Earth and Space Science you may want to look at this site.  Click here.

Why With Nye - Juno Mission to Jupiter

  

Yeah you know this guy.  Quarky and different but always good.  In this series of 9 videos that would be good for a science or Space Science class, he discusses various aspects of the Juno Mission to Jupiter.  To see the video playlist click here.

Galaxy Zoo

Do you want to help science?  Note I did not say "Do you want help with science?"  This site is looking for people to help classify galaxies. 

 They even invite classes to do this together.  To see this site, click here.