Digital Tools To Support Science
Atlanta Public Schools' Office of Instructional Technology is committed to providing our students with the tools and resources to allow them to engage in Science.
MyBackpack is a student's one-stop spot to access all the district provided resources as well as tools to support Personalized Learning.
Tools to support your child with content rich, inquiry-based, hands-on student centered Science experiences where students are prepared for college and career.
Study Island
5th Grade Only
Study island can help improve mastery and retention in science by offering practice items built from Georgia state standards. Study Island can be accessed through myBackpack.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education provides Science resources for educators and students that allow them to explore the world the marvels of our world through phenomena-based science content. Discovery Education can be accessed through myBackpack.
Britannica LaunchPacks
Science
Britannica LaunchPacks Science provides Science content for teachers and students through activities, content sets, articles, images, videos and primary sources. It is available in myBackpack
STEMScopes
Mystery Science
STEM Schools
STEMscopes provides digital science resources that provide exploratory, inquiry based experiences. STEMscopes is built on the research-based 5E model. STEMScopes can be accessed through myBackpack.
ONLY FOR SCHOOLS WHO PURCHASED STEMSCOPES
Mystery Science offers several free highly engaging science activities and videos, digital tools and resources. Mystery Science has resources for teachers as well as students.
Frontiers for
Young Minds
Frontiers for Young Minds provides STEM articles edited by kids for kids. It provides a collection freely available scientific articles by distinguished scientists that are shaped for younger audiences by the input of their ow young peers.
Climate Kids
NASA offers students a wonderful opportunity to learn about science focusing on Earth's climate and the impact of global change. Climate Kids features activities, games, videos, and much more. https://climatekids.nasa.gov
Science Buddies
Science Buddies is an awesome resource for teachers and students as it provides Science Projects lessons and ideas by grade level. It also provides project guides and a topic selection wizard. For teachers it provides lesson plans, video lessons, science fair tools, STEM classroom kits and STEM resources to use with Google Classroom. https://www.sciencebuddies.org/
Tools to support your child with content rich, inquiry-based, hands-on student centered Science experiences where students are prepared for college and career.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education provides Science resources for educators and students that allow them to explore the world the marvels of our world through phenomena-based science content. Discovery Education can be accessed through myBackpack.
The Biology Corner
The Biology Corner is the home of curated resources from around the web paired with extra practice and presentations as well as ready to use investigations. All the resources on follow anchoring phenomenon and cross-cutting concepts. Biology Corner also provides a library of biological images to support labs and dissections.
Middle School Chemistry
Middle School Chemistry provides free science activities, multimedia and information about upcoming workshops offered by the American Chemical Society for Life. Students get to investigate the world of atoms and molecules through hands-on inquiry-based activities and molecular model animations.
Phet Interactive
Simulations
The PhET Interactive Simulations project at the University of Colorado Boulder creates free interactive math and science simulations. The sims are based on extensive education research and engage students through an intuitive, game-like environment where students learn through exploration and discovery.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies is an awesome resource for teachers and students as it provides Science Projects lessons and ideas by grade level. It also provides project guides and a topic selection wizard. For teachers it provides lesson plans, video lessons, science fair tools, STEM classroom kits and STEM resources to use with Google Classroom. https://www.sciencebuddies.org/
Tools to support your child with content rich, inquiry-based, hands-on student centered Science experiences where students are prepared for college and career.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education provides Science resources for educators and students that allow them to explore the world the marvels of our world through phenomena-based science content. Discovery Education can be accessed through myBackpack.
The Physics Classroom
The physics classroom provides a question bank and lab area all with the goal helping teachers and students more effectively teach or learn physics. It provides numerous tools to address both in-the-classroom and at-home needs of students and teachers.
The Biology Corner
The Biology Corner is the home of curated resources from around the web paired with extra practice and presentations as well as ready to use investigations. All the resources on follow anchoring phenomenon and cross-cutting concepts. Biology Corner also provides a library of biological images to support labs and dissections.
Phet Interactive
Simulations
The PhET Interactive Simulations project at the University of Colorado Boulder creates free interactive math and science simulations. The sims are based on extensive education research and engage students through an intuitive, game-like environment where students learn through exploration and discovery.
Population Education
Population Education provides science resources and lessons in every aspect of environmental science. It is a national program that provides curriculum resources for educators focusing on human population. They provide lesson plans, reading material, lesson packets, video and tools. They also provide teacher workshops.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies is an awesome resource for teachers and students as it provides Science Projects lessons and ideas by grade level. It also provides project guides and a topic selection wizard. For teachers it provides lesson plans, video lessons, science fair tools, STEM classroom kits and STEM resources to use with Google Classroom. https://www.sciencebuddies.org/