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Technology in Elementary Science Articles:
Latchem, C., reviewer (2004). Challenges of teaching with technology across the curriculum. British Journal of Educational Technology
35(March): 253-254.
This brief book review describes the contents of the book by Lawrence Tomei (2003) published by Information Science Publishing in Hershey, PA. After reading this review, you may decide that it could be a valuable resource for you and worth obtaining. The book is “a guide to help teachers incorporate information and communications technologies (IT) into the pre-school to Year/Grade 12 curriculum.”
Lindroth, L. (2004). Hot websites. Teaching PreK-8
4(February): 24, 28.
In this issue, an annotated list of “hot” Web sites is provided to enable teachers to select those that mesh with their curriculum plans to help integrate the use of online technology into the classroom. Links include “The Science Spot” and “The Amazing Human Body.”
Technology Integration Websites:
CONTENT AREA: Science
GRADE LEVEL: Elementary
URL: http://faculty.tamu-commerce.edu/espinoza/s/ellis-b-657.html
Super science site links have been gathered together by Bruce Ellis (email: bellis@tenet.edu) on one Web page where you can browse and click. This site provides links to science organizations, science programs, scientists to answer questions, magazines and other resources, science museums, or experiments and activities that integrate technology and science. It even brings you lesson plans that integrate Internet activities into the science curriculum. Elementary teachers should find abundant resources to help integrate technology and science into their curriculum. Note: since it has been several years since the site was updated, some of the links are no longer viable but the others are useful.
CONTENT AREA: Science
GRADE LEVEL: Elementary
URL: http://www.pineriver.k12.mi.us/ms/oct10inservice/techcur_files/frame.htm#slide0007.htm
Lisa Bannon and Carla Choponis from Pine River share their PowerPoint presentation of 13 slides that can help guide teachers through the process of integrating technology and the elementary and middle school curriculum in many different subject disciplines, including math and science. Their slides also contain links to a number of sites where other educators have provided helpful information on the integration process or examples where this has been done. It is titled: “The integration of technology into elementary and middle school curriculum.”
CONTENT AREA: Science
GRADE LEVEL: Elementary
URL: http://t3.k12.hi.us/t301-02/dtisdell/training/resources.htm
“Integrating technology activities in math and science curriculum” is a 2002 online contribution from Hawaii that can be a major resource for you. If you want to go through the entire virtual workshop or just go to selected sections, you can become an expert in many aspects of the integration of technology process in both math and science. This three-day workshop is fully documented online so you can do most of the investigations yourself. The workshop leaders provide a variety of software and hardware tools that you might use in math or science at various levels. Actual examples in the Gallery can help you see ways that you could use these activities.
CONTENT AREA: Science
GRADE LEVEL: Elementary
URL: http://pages.towson.edu/pryan/science
ANNOTATION: Ryan, T. (2003). Integrating Technology into the Elementary Science Curriculum~ Keeping it Real in the Field by T. Ryan describes the “Keeping it Real in the Field” research project. The project involves participants from multiple levels of education, including 5th grade students, teacher candidates, a university instructor, and a 5th grade teacher. Tricia Ryan, researcher, seeks to find evidence to respond to the research question: “How can technology support an inquiry approach to teaching and learning about science in the field for a university instructor, elementary school teacher, pre-service teachers and elementary students?” She captures the fifth-grade introduction to the project and presents multiple perspectives of the lesson including photos, transcripts, and video clips. Elementary teachers should be able to take hints from this research to help them use technology to prepare science activities that utilize an inquiry approach.
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