RESOURCES
Online Databases & Encyclopedias (from Library webpage)
Knowledge Ontario (Power Search Guided Tour)
Basic APA Citations Guide (TDSB Green Guide)
Science Search Engines:
Del.icio.us (search bookmarks for e.g. <k12 physics>) Use <k12> term in search.
TDSB Program Pages: TDSBweb >Teachers >Teaching and Learning >Science & Tech> Secondary Science
Science Videos:
Teachers’ Domain: Science - digital media
Google – search for e.g. <k12 chemistry videos> Use <k12> term in any google search
TeacherTube - now searches video, audio, photos & docs (lessons, etc.)
TDSB Video Catalogue 2-day delivery with phone order
BIODIDAC - a bank of images for teaching biology from U. Ottawa
Immune Attack - cellular biology game download
Lesson Banks (incl. video):
MIT Open Courseware (incl. video)
OERB - Ontario Educators’ Resource Bank
Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators – Science Resources
United States Govt. Portal – search for e.g. <k12 biology lessons>
Books:
Search York Mills Catalogue
(in-school only)
Alerts: for your PLN (personal learning network)
- All York Mills databases will create e-mail or RSS alerts for a search
- Google News will also create an alert. Search, then scroll to bottom of page and click “Create an email alert for this search”
- Eurekalert Read news by subject OR subscribe to RSS alerts (left banner – bottom)
- Nature Publishing Group – Index of News feeds
- Sci Tech Daily
BioMed Central - Chemistry Central
- Physmath Central
Twitter – “Follow” the top scientists in your field. The fastest way to keep up-to-date. Just open an account, search for names of science teachers or scientists, and follow them.
