Using Technology Tools and Resources for Science Learning

Which of the following responses is a category for ways instructional technology tools are used in science teaching and learning?

• Creating and using models of scientific phenomena

• Data collection and analysis by students

• Gathering scientific information

• All the above.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which of the criteria for evaluating web-based publications could the question, “Is the information presented supported by evidence?” help you evaluate?

• Accuracy

• Authority

• Coverage

•    Objectivity

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-4

Our newest generation students are using new media and technologies to:

• communicate in new ways with new people.

• create new things in new ways.

• learn new things in new ways.

• All the above

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-5

A virtual field trip is a type of:

• electronic game.

• simulation.

• drill and practice.

• database.

You can keep up-to-date or on the cutting edge of technology as much as possible by:

• using Twitter.

• organizing an online Professional Learning Community (PLC).

• forming a technology group on Facebook.

• all of the above

Having students simply search for information is not a very effective method of teaching because:

• students may stumble across inappropriate material not intercepted by the school’s content filter.

• if not monitored, students may get off task.

• students may not be able to distinguish reliable sources from unreliable sources on the Internet.

• all of the above

Scientific images to support instruction can be accessed from:

• Instagram

• Digital photographs you have taken

• You Tube

• all the above

Computer simulations are preferable to first-hand experiences when the first-hand experience is too:

• dangerous.

• expensive.

• time consuming.

• all the above

Tags

NGSS.HS-ETS1-4

Which of the following should you or your students use when trying to find information on the Internet

about a specific topic?

• a probe

• a search engine

• a CD-ROM

• a CAI package

You have located a program that allows students to manipulate the variables of amount of water, fertilizer,

and light received by a simulated plant to see how each variable affects its growth.

This type of program could best be described as:

• a virtual lab.

• a virtual field trip.

• a tutorial

• a multimedia presentation.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1