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Archived Web Seminars earlier than Spring 2009.
NSDL has developed a companion resource to its Hurricanes web seminar delivered on May 16, 2006 through the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) Web Seminar Series. The companion resource list was developed using the Instructional Architect tool available through NSDL from Utah State University, and features links to maps, simulations, interactives, and other materials discussed during the seminar. An archive of the seminar is available through the NSTA website.
Additional Resources
Instructional Architect
Companion Resource
hurricane
The National Science Teachers Association and NSDL have partnered together for the 2006-2007 school year to present a series of web seminars showcasing NSDL resources and experts from NSDL organizations. The second seminar--September 26, 2006--in the series showcases the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, "Bringing the Field to the Classroom--Birds." See this seminar's companion guide listing NSDL resources highlighted during the seminar and more. In addition, view our blog conversation featuring special guest, Cornell researcher Chris Jennelle, for his perspectives on the scientific process, and for an overview of his work on the Lab of Ornithology's House Finch Survey Project. For an archive of the seminar presentation and a schedule for future seminars, go to NSTA Web Seminars.
Additional Resources
House Finch Disease Survey
Blog with Chris Jennelle
Companion Guide
Bird
The National Science Teachers Association and NSDL have partnered together for the 2006-2007 school year for a series of web seminars showcasing NSDL resources and experts from NSDL organizations. The third seminar (October 11th) in the series showcases resources on bones and the eSkeletons Project from the University of Texas at Austin. See this seminar's companion guide listing NSDL resources highlighted during the seminar and other additional resources on bones. Also view our blog conversation featuring our special guest, University of Texas researcher Dr. Lauri Thompson, discussing the science and study of forensics. For an archive of the seminar presentation and a schedule for future seminars, go to NSTA Web Seminars. Be sure to look at the resource links from previous seminars for other quality materials found within NSDL.
Additional Resources
companion guide
Boneyard Science: Forensics
eSkeletons
skull.jpg
Additional Resources
DLESE Teaching Boxes
NSDL Middle School Portal
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Enduring Resources Earth Science Education (ERESE)
Tectonics
Blog with Dr. Anthony Koppers and Dr. Christina Symons
companion guide
The National Science Teachers Association and NSDL have partnered together for the 2006-2007 school year for a series of web seminars showcasing NSDL resources and experts from NSDL organizations. The fifth seminar (December 19th) in the series showcases dynamic interactives from the Computational Science Education Reference Desk (CSERD) and the Shodor Education Foundation. See this seminar's companion guide listing NSDL resources highlighted during the seminar and other additional resources found within NSDL.
Additional Resources
Companion Guide
Shodor Education Foundation
Interactivate
Computational Science Education Reference Desk (CSERD)
Computational Science
The National Science Teachers Association and NSDL have partnered together for the 2006-2007 school year for a series of web seminars showcasing NSDL resources and experts from NSDL organizations. The sixth seminar (January 30th) in the series, "Charging into Electrostatics" showcases dynamic interactives from the ComPADRE Collection of NSDL. ComPADRE is the NSDL Pathway for Physics & Astronomy.
Check out these resources associated with the program:
Additional Resources
The Weather Eye
Museum of Science, Boston
Benjamin Franklin and Electrostatics by Robert Morse
The Physics Front Resources
Lightning
The Physics Front
ComPADRE
Charging into Electrostatics Blog
Resource Guide
The National Science Teachers Association and NSDL have partnered together for the 2006-2007 school year for a series of web seminars showcasing NSDL resources and experts from NSDL organizations. The seventh seminar (February 20th) in the series, "Small Creatures Under the Microscope", features the visually captivating images from the Exploratorium's Digital Microscope Imaging Exhibit and the online resources associated with the exhibit.
Additional Resources
Resource Guide
Exploratorium Learning Resources Collection
Microscope Imaging Station
The Exploratorium
Microbes
The National Science Teachers Association and NSDL have partnered together for the 2006-2007 school year for a series of web seminars showcasing NSDL resources and experts from NSDL organizations. The eighth seminar (March 8th) in the series, "Chemistry Comes Alive!", showcases the resources available on the Journal of Chemical Education Online (JCE). JCE is the NSDL Chemistry Pathway, providing a collection of resources that you can find searching through NSDL. By putting chemistry in a context that students can relate to, as in the case of the seminar's topic that dealt with an activity that tests your taste buds, teachers can find resources within JCE that will enhance their classroom teaching.
Additional Resources
JCE ChemED Learning Information Center (CLIC)
Resource Guide
Journal of Chemical Education
Chemical Education Digital Library
molecule
The National Science Teachers Association and NSDL have partnered together for the 2006-2007 school year for a series of web seminars showcasing NSDL resources and experts from NSDL organizations. The ninth seminar (April 10th) in the series, "Teach Engineering" focuses on ways to incorporate engineering into your teaching and the resources from the TeachEngineering collection that help students understand the design process that engineers use to solve problems. TeachEngineering is one of the K-12 resource collections of the NSDL Engineering Pathway.
Additional Resources
EV blog - Engineering Curricula in the Schools
Resource Guide
NSDL Engineering Pathway
Teach Engineering
Bridge
The National Science Teachers Association and NSDL have partnered together for the 2006-2007 school year for a series of web seminars showcasing NSDL resources and experts from NSDL organizations. The tenth seminar (April 22nd) in the series, Making Digital Resources Work For You examines strategies for understanding how to find good online resources, tools that can help an educator utilizes these resources more effectively, and methods to implement them safely in the classroom.
Additional Resources
NSDL Concept Maps
Resource Guide
National Science Digital Library K-12 Teachers
Digital Resources
The National Science Teachers Association and NSDL have partnered together for the 2006-2007 school year for a series of web seminars showcasing NSDL resources and experts from NSDL organizations. The eleventh seminar (June 19th) in the series, Selecting and Using Digital Phenomena and Representations, shows teachers ways to effectively incorporate digital resources that demonstrate scientific concepts. From simulations to tools that allow students to manipulate objects, resources in a special collection known as PRISMS, provides annotated notes on how to incorporate digital representations and phenomena in your teaching. This seminar, presented by Chad Dorsey of the Maine Math and Science Alliance (an NSDL partner) is for teachers of grades 6-9.
Additional Resources
NSDL/NSTA Year 1 Web Seminar 11: Selecting and Using Digital Phenomena and Representations for Middle School Science Instruction
EV blog - Selecting and Using Digital Phenomena and Representations
Resource Guide
Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance
Pyramid
The National Science Teachers Association and NSDL have partnered together once again for the 2007-2008 school year, offering another exciting round of web seminars for teacher professional development showcasing NSDL experts and resources.
The first seminar in this year 2 series (September 20th) provides a special focus on careers. "Funworks: Inspiring Students to Pursue Math and Science Careers" highlights resources from the FunWorks collection of NSDL. Our expert, Sarita Nair-Pillai, Project Director at the Education Development Center will: Discuss current research in career development and the strategies used to engage middle school age audiences for the FunWorks website and its use. Demonstrate resources within the FunWorks collection: career information, interactives, and classroom activities.
Additional Resources
EV blog - Careers in Science
Resource Guide
Education Development Center, Inc.
The Fun Works
Chemist
The National Science Teachers Association and NSDL have partnered together once again for the 2007-2008 school year, offering another exciting round of web seminars for teacher professional development showcasing NSDL experts and resources.
Seminar 2 (October 2, 2007), "Hotspots, Plumes, and LIPs: Everything's Coming Up Igneous" allows us to study the formation of volcanoes that are derived from hotspots, areas of magma underneath the Earth's mantle.
In this presentation, researchers Dr. Anthony Koppers and Dr. Chris Symons discuss various phenomena studied in current research:
ERESE, an NSDL collection featured in this presentation and developed by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, contains resources, lesson plans, data, and other materials related to earth and oceanic science research.
Additional resources:
Additional Resources
EV blog - Careers in Science
Resource Guide
ERESE
Hotspot
The National Science Teachers Association and NSDL have partnered together once again for the 2007-2008 school year, offering another exciting round of web seminars for teacher professional development showcasing NSDL experts and resources.
For seminar 3 (October 23, 2007), "Chemistry Comes Alive II: Sticky Molecules and Folding Proteins", NSDL celebrates Mole Day by featuring Dr. John Moore, W. T. Lippincott Professor of Chemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and director of the Institute for Chemical Education (ICE) and Dr. Lynn Diener, Outreach Specialist, ChemEd Digital Library, University of Wisconsin-Madison as they showcase ways to engage students in the study of chemistry using digital resources. In this presentation, you'll learn about chemical properties such as: Hydrophobicity, Solubility and Protein folding.
Using video segments, lab lesson plans, activities, featured molecules and other resources within the NSDL ChemEd Digital Library, you'll be able to make chemistry come alive in your classroom!
Additional Resources
EV blog - Careers in Science
Resource Guide
Journal of Chemical Education
folding proteins
The National Science Teachers Association and NSDL have partnered together once again for the 2007-2008 school year, offering another exciting round of web seminars for teacher professional development showcasing NSDL experts and resources.
For seminar 4 (November 13, 2007), "Studying Genomes: From the Lab to the Classroom" Dr. Rob DeSalle, author and curator in the Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics of the American Museum of Natural History, highlighted some concepts related to current understanding and research related to genomics and evolution:What do evolutionary trees tell us? How are evolutionary trees built from genomic information? Clues from the past using the "trunk" of evolutionary trees. Closer examination of the tips of the tree of life where humans reside.
Additional Resources
EV blog - Careers in Science
Resource Guide
Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics
American Museum of Natural History
Cells
The National Science Teachers Association and NSDL have partnered together once again for the 2007-2008 school year, offering another exciting round of web seminars for teacher professional development showcasing NSDL experts and resources.
For seminar 5 (December 11, 2007), "Computational Biology" Dr. Jeff Krause, computational biologist and educator at Shodor Foundation Inc explores the changing face of contemporary biology and addresses these concepts:
Shodor Foundation Inc is the leading partner for the NSDL Pathway for Computational Science (CSERD).
Additional Resources
EV blog - Careers in Science
Resource Guide
Computational Science Education Reference Desk (CSERD)
Shodor Education Foundation, Inc.
Computational Biology
The National Science Teachers Association and NSDL have partnered together once again for the 2007-2008 school year, offering another exciting round of web seminars for teacher professional development showcasing NSDL experts and resources.
For seminar 6 (January 8, 2008), "Discover Microbial Worlds", Sarah Bordenstein, Education and Outreach Coordinator at the Marine Biological Laboratory and Dr. Seth Bordenstein, Evolutionary Geneticist at the Laboratory's Josephine Bay Paul Center provided a close-up view of bacteria and it's significance to current research and it's application in the biology classroom:
For further study, Dr. Bordenstein will be facilitating a teacher workshop that showcases the use of classroom laboratory techniques and the study of microbes (Wolbachia) at the Marine Biological Laboratory, April 11-13, 2008 for 9-12 grade educators. Deadline for registration is January 15, 2008.
Additional Resources
Microbial Life
The Bordenstein Lab
micro*scope
Microbial Life Educational Resources
Microbes
Expert Voices: Careers in Science
Reference List
Discover the Microbes Within!
The National Science Teachers Association and NSDL have partnered together once again for the 2007-2008 school year, offering another exciting round of web seminars for teacher professional development showcasing NSDL experts and resources.
For seminar 7 (January 29, 2008), "Earth in Reverse: Magnetic Wiggles on the Ocean Floor", NSDL features Dr. Chris Symons, researcher at the Scripps Institute of Oceanography and Dr. Anthony Koppers, Associate Professor of Marine Geology and Geophysics at Oregon State University.
Our presenters will also showcase resources associated with Earth magnetism from the Enduring Resources for Earth Science Education (ERESE) collection.
Additional Resources
Reference List
Expert Voices: Careers in Science
ERESE NSDL
Earth
The National Science Teachers Association and NSDL have partnered together once again for the 2007-2008 school year, offering another exciting round of web seminars for teacher professional development showcasing NSDL experts and resources.
For seminar 8 (February 8, 2008), NSDL features our experts from the Cornell University Department of Horticulture: Marcia Eames-Sheavly of the Garden-Based Learning Program and Craig Cramer, Communications Specialist, with special guest and site developer Elly Cramer from the National Science Digital Library.
Learn about The Bulb Project, a website for educators full of activities that demonstrate the value and cross-curricular opportunities of growing flower bulbs for the classroom. These activities encourage students to become more ecologically aware, allow for community involvement, and increase student awareness of the environment. Share your ideas as well on this site developed at Cornell University.
Additional Resources
Project BudBurst
Labyrinthos
The Bulb Project
Expert Voices: Careers in Science
Daffodils
Reference List
Garden-Based Learning, Cornell University
Journey North
The National Science Teachers Association and NSDL have partnered together once again for the 2007-2008 school year, offering another exciting round of web seminars for teacher professional development showcasing NSDL experts and resources.
For seminar 9 (March 11, 2008), Small Creatures Under the Microscope, Part 2 - The Exploratorium, NSDL features our experts Dr. Kristina Yu, microscopist and staff scientist at the Exploratorium and Dr. Karen Kalumuck, Biologist and Educator for the Exploratorium Teacher Institute. Showcasing the images, video, and other materials developed through the use of the museum's digital microscope, our presenters also highlight classroom activities teachers can use with the resources available for free from the Microscope Imaging Station.
Additional Resources
Exploratorium Teacher Institute
Classroom activities (available in April 2008)
Microscope Imaging Station
Exploratorium
Microbes
Reference List
Expert Voices: Careers in Science
The National Science Teachers Association and NSDL have partnered together once again for the 2007-2008 school year, offering another exciting round of web seminars for teacher professional development showcasing NSDL experts and resources.
For seminar 10 (April 1, 2008), It's Alive: Online Life Science Resources for the Middle School Classrooms, NSDL features our experts Chad Dorsey and Joyce Tugel, Science Specialists from the Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance (MMSA).
Through MMSA's PRISMS Project (Phenomena and Representations for the Instruction of Sciences in Middle Schools), teachers can find selected, vetted, and extensively annotated references to resources for middle school curricula. PRISMS (beta version work-in-progress) saves you time to not only find quality resources, but also how to better align these resources to learning goals based on AAAS's Benchmarks for Science Literacy and the National Science Education Standards.
Additional Resources
Expert Voices: Careers in Science
Reference List
Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance
PRISMS
It's Alive: Online Life Science Resources for the Middle School Classroom
The National Science Teachers Association and NSDL have partnered together once again for the 2007-2008 school year, offering another exciting round of web seminars showcasing NSDL experts and resources.
For seminar 12 (May 27, 2008), Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears: Integrating Science and Literacy, Seminar 1: Polar Geography, NSDL featured our experts from The Ohio State University, Jessica Fries-Gaither, Project Director for Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears and Elementary Resource Specialist at the Ohio Resource Center and Dr. Carol Landis, Education Coordinator at the Byrd Polar Research Center.
Our presenters provided an overview of the geography of the Arctic and Antarctic regions and featured resources from the Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears cyberzine, a resource for elementary educators. This cyberzine focuses on strategies and content to integrate science and literacy through the study of the polar regions.
Additional Resources
Additional Resources
Expert Voices: Careers in Science
Seminar reference list
Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears
Polar Bear
The National Science Teachers Association and NSDL have partnered together once again for the 2007-2008 school year, offering another exciting round of web seminars for teacher professional development showcasing NSDL experts and resources.
For seminar 12 (June 12, 2008), Enlightening Experiences With Energy, NSDL featured our experts Dr. Cathy Ezrailson, Associate Professor of Science Education at the University of South Dakota and John Roeder, AAPT Teacher Resource Agent and physics teacher at the Calhoun School in New York City.
Our presenters explored the phenomena of work and energy using exemplar resources from The Physics Front, a digital collection of resources for K-12 teachers related to physics. This collection is a part of a larger collection, comPADRE, the NSDL Pathway for Physics and Astronomy.
Additional Resources
Reference List
comPADRE
Expert Voices: Careers in Science
The Physics Front
Enlightening Experiences with Energy
The National Science Teachers Association and NSDL present a monthly series of web seminars for the 2008-2009 school year for teacher professional development showcasing NSDL experts and resources.
For seminar 1 (September 25, 2008), Celebrating Astronomy: A Star's Story, NSDL featured our experts Dr. Cathy Ezrailson, Associate Professor of Science Education at the University of South Dakota and Dr. Susana Deustua, Researcher at the Space Telescope Science Institute and co-chair of the US International Year of Astronomy.
Our presenters explored the life cycle of stars using exemplar resources from The Physics Front, a digital collection of resources for K-12 teachers related to physics. This collection is a part of a larger collection, comPADRE, the NSDL Pathway for Physics and Astronomy.
Additional Resources
U.S. International Year of Astronomy
International Year of Astronomy
ComPADRE
The Physics Front
Celebrating Astronomy: A Star's Story
Reference List
The National Science Teachers Association and NSDL present a monthly series of web seminars for the 2008-2009 school year for teacher professional development showcasing NSDL experts and resources.
For seminar 2 (October 29, 2008), Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears: Physical Science From the Poles, NSDL featured our experts Jessica Fries-Gaither, Project Director and Elementary Resource Specialist for the Ohio Resource Center, and Dr. Carol Landis, Education Coordinator at the Byrd Polar Research Center for this seminar that was designed for K-5 educators.
They shared content resources, lesson plans, and children's literature from the Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears cyberzine related to science concepts related to the study of water, ice, solids, liquids and gases, and the formation of glaciers.
Additional Resources
Seminar reference list
Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears, Issue 5, August 2008
ice
The National Science Teachers Association and NSDL present a monthly series of web seminars for the 2008-2009 school year for teacher professional development showcasing NSDL experts and resources.
For seminar 3 (November 13, 2008), Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears: Energy and the Polar Environment, NSDL featured our experts Jessica Fries-Gaither, Project Director and Elementary Resource Specialist for the Ohio Resource Center, and Dr. Carol Landis, Education Coordinator at the Byrd Polar Research Center for this seminar that was designed for K-5 educators.
They shared content resources, lesson plans, and children's literature from the Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears cyberzine related to science concepts related to the study of heat, reflection, albedo, light, and temperature with a focus on common student misconceptions around these ideas.
Additional Resources
Seminar reference list
Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears, Issue 7, October 2008
Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears
Reflection
For seminar 4 (December 9, 2008), Chemistry Comes Alive III: Water, NSDL featured our experts Dr. John Moore, W. T. Lippincott Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison and Director of the Institute for Chemical Education; Dr. Lynn Diener, Assistant Professor at Mount Mary College; and Dr. James Skinner J. O. Hirschfelder Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison and Director of the Theoretical Chemistry Institute.
This seminar focused on the chemical properties of water: it's molecular and chemical structure, and some of the current research related to the analysis of water. Participants learned also learned about resources from the NSDL Chemical Education Pathway, ChemEDDL to incorporate these concepts of water and more in their teaching through videos, an interactive periodic table, demonstrations, and teaching activities.
Additional Resources
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Water Trivia Facts
Web Seminar's Archive
Seminar reference list of online materials discussed in the seminar
NSDL Chemical Education Pathway
Ocean wave
Chemical Education Digital Library, ChemED DL
For seminar 5 (January 28, 2009), Media Literacy in the 21st Century, NSDL featured our experts Daniella Quiñones, Marketing Coordinator for WGBH Teachers' Domain and Dr. Russanne Low, Senior Research Associate at the University of Colorado, CCB, INSTAAR.
With the large volume of materials available online, learning how to assess and validate resources from reliable sources becomes an important 21st century school for both educators and students. This seminar examines media literacy, what it means and ways to develop your skills in selecting resources based on categories of authorship, currency, timeliness, organizational focus, and more.
The National Science Teachers Association and NSDL present a monthly series of web seminars for the 2008-2009 school year for teacher professional development that showcase NSDL experts and resources.
Additional Resources
Seminar Reference
WGBH Teachers' Domain
Teachers Domain
For seminar 6 (February 19, 2009), NSDL featured our experts Dr. Mike Mooney, Assistant Professor at the Colorado School of Mines and Mindy Zarske, K-12 Engineering Coordinator for the University of Colorado at Boulder's Integrated Teaching and Learning (ITL) Program.
Engineers work on solving problems and needs that can be readily found in our daily lives. Teaching students about engineering careers and incorporating engineering activities that demonstrate the design process can inspire students to pursue engineering careers as well as provide a means of incorporating inquiry and problem-based learning into your teaching. Our presenters provided an overview on engineering and resources teachers can use from Teach Engineering.
The National Science Teachers Association and NSDL present a monthly series of web seminars for the 2008-2009 school year for teacher professional development that showcase NSDL experts and resources.
Additional Resources
NSDL/NSTA Year 3 Web Seminar 6: Engineering-Because Dreams Need Doing
Seminar Reference
Engineering Pathway
Teach Engineering
Vitruvian Man
For seminar 7 (April 21, 2009), NSDL featured our experts Jennifer Fee, BirdSleuth Project Leader for the Cornell Lab of Ornithology; Colleen McLinn, Outreach Associate for the Macaulay Library of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology; and Jessica Fries-Gaither, Project Director and Elementary Resource Specialist at Ohio State University.
Studying birds provides opportunities for inquiry teaching and a context for students to collect data and observations of the natural world. Our presenters highlighted educational resources from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology as well as strategies to study of birds of the polar regions with literacy and reading goals in mind. These resources are a part of the February 2009 issue of Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears, a cyberzine for teacher professional development.
The National Science Teachers Association and NSDL present a monthly series of web seminars for the 2008-2009 school year for teacher professional development that showcase NSDL experts and resources.
Additional Resources
Seminar Reference List
Cornell Lab of Ornithology-Education Resources
Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (February 2009 issue)
Cornell Lab of Ornithology Macaulay Library
Penguin
