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High School Science Databases

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Science Content

Quality, curated, and current content for your science lessons, projects, and research. As a part of an in-person or Canvas-based lesson use Gale Science Databases

PDF: Gale in Canvas Guide

Video: Link and Embed Sources in Canvas LMS

Hall County Subscriptions

Hall County subscribes to two science databases from Gale (BLaST resource).

Science in Context (9-12)

  • Accessible via LaunchPoint for High School
  • Hidden within Course Navigation in Canvas

Science Interactive (9-12)

  • Accessible via LaunchPoint for High School
  • Hidden within Course Navigation in Canvas

All Schools offered Demo+ Work Session

All schools have been offered a tailored science department meeting with training on the database and the Canvas integration. Every school has an example course with option for ways to present the different content available from Gale and via Canvas LMS; the course contains the training/presentation notes for easy replication. If you are interested in more information, you can reach out through your BLaST leader or Media Specialist for support.

Agenda:
A 10-20-minute overview of Gale Science Databases is available in HallCo.

20-30-minute overview/examples/support of how to use (a) in-person and (b) in Canvas.

Beyond Science

Gale offers more than Science content. HallCo purchases the Gale in Context for grades 6-12. Here is information on linking or embedding documents within Canvas from Gale.

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Increase the Quality of Discussion Posts

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Discussion posts can engage a wider variety of students than in-person, time-driven discussions. The deep thinker, the shy student, the serial responder can all use a discussion post to further engage with your course content – if you correctly set one up. Consider the following tips and use the resources referenced to add a new depth to your Canvas courses.

Discussion Post Guidelines

Discussion Posts benefit from specific guidelines to assure successful participation by students. Provide a link to your Discussion Post Guidelines for every class Discussion Post. The bottom of the RCE is ideal for this or a similar notice:

Of course, that means you need to create a page to link to which contains your Discussion Guidelines – and that you have Discussion Guidelines. Both are easy to accomplish. Discussion Guidelines help students meet instructor expectations and allow the instructor to thoughtfully craft a discussion. Consider the two versions in Commons: Search Discussion Guidelines in Hall County Commons.

Sample Discussions

Consider importing the Sample Discussion Post from the Hall County Canvas Commons to customize. Link your Discussion Guidelines and then duplicate for multiple modules:

To Grade or Not to Grade?

Graded discussions do not count toward user storage quotas. Also remember that grading can be as simple as complete/incomplete. However, if you want to be more precise – and take advantage of the awesome Speedgrader – consider adding a rubric to your discussion.

Consult the Canvas Guides on Discussions for more specific information.

 

 

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2020 Summer Courses

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2020 is our 5th year of Blended Learning June offerings, we are excited to offer Hall County teachers access to professional learning around the most effective tools to use in a blended learning setting. Online offerings open for enrollment May 22nd.

All eLearning sessions are online this year.
Some sessions have a synchronous component, please check your calendars in advance of signing up.

As always eLearning keeps a waiting list and strives to fill any vacancies which arise, so please consider signing up for the waitlist if you were not able to get into your favorite offering.

*teachers are not eligible to participate in certifications if they already hold that certification.

Visit Catalog when signed into Canvas to sign up for these courses and more!

 

 

 

 

 

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cK-12 in Canvas

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The #edtech content provider cK12.org offers a great variety of math and science content for grades since 2016. You may not even realize all the quality content available for you to easily add to your Canvas course.

cK-12 is an open educational resource (OER) non-profit organization dedicated to increasing access to high-quality K-12 STEM education materials. CK-12 offers free high-quality, standards-aligned, open content in the STEM subjects through an integrated set of tools for learning including digital textbooks, concept-based learning resources, simulations, interactive practice and more. All content is created and curated by teachers, for teachers and students.

You can embed cK-12 into your Canvas Assignments and enjoy grade pass-back to your Canvas grade book.

This video leaves out assigning 10 points to the Assignment, but everything else is an accurate representation of the steps to inserting this quality content into your Canvas course:

For those who like written directions to create CK-12 Assignments:

  1. Click on the course Assignments tab in the course navigation pane
  2. On the Assignments page, click the blue button +Assignments
  3. Name the assignment
  4. Assign 10 (or other as appropriate) points
  5. Scroll down to the Submission Type box in the middle of the Edit page.
  6. Select External Tool
  7. In the Enter or find and External Tool URL field, click on the Find button
  8. Scroll to CK-12
  9. Once the external tool launches, select the topic (e.g., Trigonometry)
  10. Select the subtopic (e.g., Polar System and Complex Numbers)
  11. Select the lesson (e.g., Intersections of Polar Curves)
  12. Click Add
  13. Click Select
  14. Finish any other editing you want and click Save or Save and Publish
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Nearpod

Nearpod training is September 12th for middle and high school teachers and September 14th for elementary teachers. We hope to offer training again in the Spring.

Nearpod is a K-12 subscription this year for the first time in Hall County Schools. We have added a tile on LuanchPoint for the teacher which currently presents the chance to login via Google account (make sure you select your HallCo email). For students, the icon takes them to the screen where they can “join” a Nearpod lesson.

Canvas Integration is a big deal for our district. We have already made Nearpod available in your Canvas Course and you can add Student-paced Nearpods as Canvas Assignments. Check out these step-by-steps Nearpod provides – select Canvas Guide.

Check out all of the Nearpod Getting Started Resources.

How Does Nearpod Work?

Nearpod is an engagement tool that allows teachers to send content to student devices in real time and give students the opportunity to send teachers responses to questions in the form of interactive activities. See the video below which shows how to launch a session and the view the students will have on their devices.

Watch the video below and consider how Nearpod could enhance your curriculum.

 

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