Polyvision+Boards+and+Biology

Interactive Boards and Biology
Aly Tapp York Suburban School District

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Polyvision Resources This terrific wiki includes many resources that you could use right now in your classroom. You might also find inspiration here!

**Promethean Resources**
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 * [|Activtips are Hot tips for Activclassroom Educators!]** Promethean Planet's "Activtips" section features short video tutorials on various techniques users frequently employ when using the Activstudio and Activprimary software applications.

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http://www.prometheanplanet.com/us/server/show/ConResource.12492 Your students will learn how to use a dichotomous key. They will learn terminology related to the external anatomy of fishes. The students will learn names of some common marine species of Florida fishes. Above all, your students will have fun catching fish and identifying them by name. Every student is guaranteed to catch a fish!

http://www.prometheanplanet.com/us/server/show/ConResource.8815 This is a comprehensive, engaging overview of catabolic pathways that yield energy by oxidizing organic fuel. Students explore redox reactions, oxidation, reduction, and preview the stages of cellular respiration. This is Part One of a 3 Three Part series: Part 2- Glycolysis, Part 3-Krebs Cycle and electron transport chain/oxidative phoshorylation.

Earth & Space
http://www.prometheanplanet.com/us/server/show/ConResource.9369 This flipchart is about the geography of the ocean floor. It contains information about the continental shelf, continental slope, abyssal plain, and other ocean floor features. The flipchart contains video and Activote questions.

http://www.prometheanplanet.com/us/server/show/ConResource.8953 This flipchart features a well-known constellation in our skies - Orion.

Shift in thinking: Planning with an awareness of resources As you use the board will find deeper uses for it – gradual process Take time to explore with the board Use existing examples for inspiration It is more than a glorified overhead projector – mark, capture(w/ sound), save, send, zoom, spotlight Add search words to get interactive sites for better board use. Ex. Whiteboard, smartboard, polyvision, whiteboard Don't reinvent - look for resources online for interactive whiteboards - even for other brands of boards
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Uses shared by participants: Use board set up as a station (students rotate to other activity stations with one being a board station) so that they can get a chance to use an interactive, mark up, etc. - could be captured for each group

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