High+School+Math+and+Science

= Collaboration in the High School Science and Mathematics Classrooms =


 * ~  ||~ ==**Websites and Articles about Collaboration in Math and Science**== ||~   ||
 * **The Science of Class Collaboration** || An article in Tech and Learning about a teacher who is doing amazing things in his science classes. || [|Article] ||
 * **Web 2.0: Maine School Inspires Global Online Collaboration** || Article in The Journal describes multiple ways an elementary teacher in Maine uses technology to allow her students to collaborate with others around the country. Read this article and then check out the classchats web site below! || [|Article] ||
 * **Classchats.com** || A social network for educators. This site will guide you in connecting with other schools and collaborate with other teachers on collaborating! || [[image:classchats.jpg width="228" height="96" link="http://classchats.com/"]] ||
 * **Mrs. Maine's Wiki Page** || A wonderful example of a teacher using multiple forms of collaboration in her science classroom. Her class wiki will inspire you!

|| [|Article in Edutopia]

Mrs. Maine's Wiki Page || Collaboratory** || A site that provides links to several on-line collaboration sites. || || media type="youtube" key="TYPjJK6LZdM" height="220" width="360" ||  ||
 * ~  ||~ ==Places to Find Collaborative Activities== ||~   ||
 * **NASA Quest** || Includes many interactive explorations. Students use scientific and engineering processes to solve problems and complete designing projects. There are on-line student collaboration opportunities and live chat opportunities with scientists and engineers. ||= [[image:nasaquest_logo.gif width="187" height="101" link="http://quest.nasa.gov/index.html"]] ||
 * **Global School Net** || Their mission says it all "We engage teachers and K-12 students in meaningful project learning exchanges worldwide to develop science, math, literacy and communication skills, foster teamwork, civic responsibility and collaboration, encourage workforce preparedness and create multi-cultural understanding." There are a lot of good ideas here. || [[image:file:///C:/Users/Sandy/AppData/Local/Temp/moz-screenshot-7.jpg]][[image:GSNlogosm.GIF link="http://www.globalschoolnet.org/index.cfm"]] ||
 * **American Chemical Society** || This site has resources for educators and students. There are resources to help students with chemistry such as interactive periodic tables, etc. Students can explore community outreach opportunities, find out how to join or start a chemistry club and explore information about pursuing chemistry in college. || [[image:acs.png link="http://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/content?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=ACSPILOT4HOME&node_id=84&use_sec=false&sec_url_var=region1&__uuid=2835b539-c8af-4f13-8967-9fa4f541392b"]] ||
 * **Teaching with Technology
 * **Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education** || This site offers many science and engineering projects that allow students to collect data, collaborate with peers and experts around the world. Your class can join any ongoing project. Each project is tied to National science and math standards. || [[image:CIESE_logo_bottom.jpg link="http://www.ciese.org/currichome.html"]] ||
 * **Think Quest** ||< An on-line location for teachers to develop project and students to participate in the projects. Teachers can enroll their students to use this site and track their progress on the assignment. Students are able to create pages that include pictures, documents, video and presentations. || [[image:Think_Quest.jpg width="279" height="100" link="http://www.thinkquest.org/en/projects/index.html"]] ||
 * **Jason Project** || The Jason project includes projects, digital labs and computer games where students can use real-life situations and scientific data to explore many science concepts. Classes can also participate in discussions with host researchers and other science experts. ||= [[image:jason_project.jpg width="114" height="114" link="http://www.jason.org/public/whatis/start.aspx"]] ||
 * **The math forum** || A data library site that links to on-going data sharing projects. It also contains down loadable spreadsheets that teachers can use to design their own science and math projects. ||= [[image:math_forum.jpg width="177" height="87" link="http://mathforum.org/workshops/sum96/data.collections/datalibrary/"]] ||
 * **Quick Pick for Educators: On-line Collaborative Projects** || This site provides a list of many on-going collaborative projects for various grade levels. ||= [[image:quick_pick_site.gif link="http://www.wtps.org/wths/imc/professionaldevelopment/Quickpicks/online_collaborative_projects.htm"]] ||
 * ~  ||~ ==**How To - Links for learning how to use various collaboration tools**== ||~   ||
 * **Videoconference Project Templates** || This document produced by remci give instructions on how to set up and use video conferencing for collaboration projects. || [|How to: videoconferencing] ||
 * **Wild about Wikis** || An article that gives a basic description about using wikis in the classroom. The author provides a list of several different wikis that work well in education settings. || [|Tech and Learning Article] ||
 * **Google Docs** || There are so many collaborative activities that can be done with Google docs.