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Under the Microscope: Science Resources in GALILEO and the National Science Digital Library. Modified from a Galileo presentation, June 2009. What is GALILEO. Georgia’s Statewide Virtual Library provided by the state to K12
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Under the Microscope:Science Resources in GALILEO and the National Science Digital Library. Modified from a Galileo presentation, June 2009
What is GALILEO • Georgia’s Statewide Virtual Library provided by the state to K12 • Full of licensed content such as Encyclopedia Britannica, EBSCO, and SIRS products • Unique educational content from reputable sources like the National Science Digital Library (NSDL) http://www.galileo.usg.edu
What is NSDL • Established by the National Science Foundation (NSF) in 2000 as an online library providing access for users to exemplary resources for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and research. • Provides an organized point of access to high-quality STEM content that is aggregated from a variety of other digital libraries, NSF-funded projects, and NSDL-reviewed web sites. • Provides access to services and tools that enhance the use of this content in a variety of contexts. NSDL is designed primarily for K-16 educators. • Access to most of the resources discovered through NSDL is free; however, some content providers may require a login, or a nominal fee or subscription to retrieve their specific resources. http://nsdl.org
Georgia Performance Standards • Include both skills and topics that can be addressed with content in GALILEO • Many GALILEO resources include educator resources, including links to content via the GPS curriculum, activities, and other materials. Lexile rankings. • GALILEO works with the DOE to increase the integration of GALILEO content into the GPS portal, MyGaDOE http://georgiastandards.org
Specific Databases for Science • SIRS • Encyclopedia Britannica • National Science Digital Library • MAS Ultra • Science and Technology Collection • Biology: The Skeletons Project
Specific Databases for Science • Chemistry: ChemEd Digital Library • Consumer Health Complete • Health Source, Nursing • Medline Plus • Periodic Table Live • Virtual Chemistry Lab
Examples of GPS Standards & GALILEO/NSDL (National Science Digital Library) • Examples of materials in GALILEO for particular GPS standards for science • images • activities • maps • interactive materials • encyclopedia articles • articles from magazines, newspapers, and journals • books and pamphlets • reviewed websites • charts and graphs
Find Resources in NSDL • Database: NSDL • Click: Resources for K-12 Teachers • Click: Pathways • Click: Teacher’s Domain • Click: Earth and Space Science • Click: Changes in the Earth and Sky • Click: Our Super Star (Lesson Plan)
FindResources in NSDL • Database: NSDL • Select: Resources for K12 Teachers • Select: Middle School Science and Mathematics Resources • Select: Science Pathway • Search: Science Pathway: Electricity • Select: Electrical Generation Need a refresher? • Database: NSDL • Select: Resources for K12 Teacher • Select: K-6 Science Refreshers • Select: Physical Science • Select: Energy • Select: Electricity
Find Resources in GALILEO • Database: Consumer Health Complete • Select: Encyclopedias and Reference Books • Search: Cells • Select: Reference Books Tab • View: Chapter 2, Cells the Inside Story • Database: MAS Ultra • Search: Organs • View: Growing New Organs
High School • SEV2. Students will demonstrate an understanding that the Earth is one interconnected system. • a. Describe how the abiotic components (water, air, and energy) affect the biosphere. • b. Recognize and give examples of the hierarchy of the biological entities of the biosphere (organisms, populations, communities, ecosystems, and biosphere). • c. Characterize the components that define a Biome. Abiotic Factors – to include precipitation, temperature and soils. Biotic Factors – plant and animal adaptations that create success in that biome. • d. Characterize the components that define fresh-water and marine systems. Abiotic Factors – to include light, dissolved oxygen, phosphorus, nitrogen, pH and substrate. Biotic Factors – plant and animal adaptations characteristic to that system.
Find Resources in GALILEO • Interface: GALILEO High School • Select: Browse by Subject> Science and Math>Environment • Search: Biomes • Peruse: results from different resources How do the results differ?
Find Resources in NSDL(access to some resources requires setting up a free account) • Database: NSDL • Select: K-12 under “Search” • Select: Grades 9-12 • Search: abiotic • Select: Abiotic and Biotic Factors of Habitats • Database: NSDL • Select: K-12 under “Search” • Select: Grades 9-12 • Search: biomes • Select: The Worlds Biomes (located under “relevant results” in the right column.)
High School • SC4. Students will use the organization of the Periodic Table to predict properties of elements. • a. Use the Periodic Table to predict periodic trends including atomic radii, ionic radii, ionization energy, and electronegativity of various elements. • b. Compare and contrast trends in the chemical and physical properties of elements and their placement on the Periodic Table.
Find Resources in GALILEO • Interface: GALILEO High School • Select: Browse by Subject> Science and Math>Physical Science • Select: Articles and Databases • Select: Encyclopaedia Britannica High School • Search: Chemical Bonding • Table of Contents: Periodic Arrangement and Trends> Arrangement of the Elements • Back: EBO HS Homepage • Select: Learning Materials • Select: Science • View: Chemistry Interactive Lessons
Find Resources in NSDL • Interface: GALILEO High School • Select: Browse by Subject> Science and Math>Physical Science • Select: Articles and Databases • Select: Periodic Table Live! • Browse various elements through the table noting the general description and the physical and atomic structures.
Take Away • GALILEO is provided by the State of Georgia to K12 at no cost to the school • Access from school is seamless because GALILEO knows your school network • Students and teachers can access GALILEO from home with a password (ask your media specialist) • Amazing resources are available for every age group for Science GPS • Better than the Internet alone! www.galileo.usg.edu
Thank You! www.galileo.usg.edu