WSTA Presentation Material and Resources

• Presentation Powerpoint
• Part of the paper from which the presentation grew. Science Literacy starts on pg 7.
• Law, Theory, Hypothesis chart as doc as pdf
• Interesting link to student misconceptions
• Follow me on Twitter and I will follow you back. It's how I learn.

Technology Tools

• Wordle - for making word clouds
• Glogster - for creating online posters
• Wikispaces - you can get a free educational account
• Edublogs - houses our class blog
• Flavors - here is mine.

• Marine Biology Wiki - Field Trips 2009
• Physics Wiki - circular motion and gravity
• Bridge For Kids Physics Project - google Sketchup

• Science for All - Kirk Robbins Blog
• Washington Science Standards wiki - and Kirk's wiki

• Problem-based learning - create checklists in English and Spanish; writing, science, presentations, multimedia, all grade levels.

Science Stuff

• JellyZone

• Build Your Own Squid - be sure to send me a link!

• A site for aquaria-ists, but good general info about marine worms if you explore the links.
• Platyhelminthes
• Nemertia
  • Ribbonworms from Oregon State
• Nematoda
• Sipunclina
  • General info from Beachwatchers
  • Sipuncula, from the Museum site, at Berkeley
• Chaetognatha
  • from Wikipedia (do you know where the hane Wikipedia came from?)
  • from the UW - a few photos, and a relationship to something you already know well
  • Eric Thuesen's page - very thorough; look for Washington species
• Echiura
  • From Tree of Life. Note the discrepancies in classifications.
  • Checklist and some good general info. Look how many species there are...
• Annelida - has links to an e-mail list for Annelid fans :-)

• Tree of Life classification - tolweb is regularly peer-reviewed and updated.
• Introduction to the Chordata - from sea squirts to sea otters; UC Berkley website
• Chordata Introduction - Glasglow University Zoology Museum
• Phylum Chordata Overview - Bellarmine College Department of Biology
• Phylum Chordata - at Fort Pierce Marine Science Center
• Chordata Lecture Notes (not mine!)
• Chordate Links - from Montgomery College

• Amphioxus Lab (now called Branchiostoma) - Lancelet anatomy. Be sure to click NEXT to follow all the links.
• Lancelets - scroll past all the fossil stuff, almost to the bottom
• Branchistoma lab

• She Who Dives With Sharks - from the Pt. Defiance Zoo and Aquarium
• Spiny Dogfish Dissection - an online lab with lots pf photos

• Puget Sound Basin Salmon -

• Class Osteochthyes - University of Minnesota

• Introduction to Marine Mammals - the Marine Mammal Center, CA
• Harbor Seals - in Puget Sound
• Stellar Sea Lions - Sea Lion Cave

• Whale Classification - Enchanted Learning website. Many links to specific whales.
• Orca Network - track whale sightings around the Puget Sound.
• Center for Whale Research - a whale ID guide to all 3 pods
• Orca Populations by Pod -
• Whale Evolution from PBS -

• NIH Curriculum - Biology - great supplements

• Problem-based learning - create checklists in English and Spanish; writing, science, presentations, multimedia, all grade levels.