General Description

Digital tools are modern interactive multimedia technologies which successfully support school science education. Their use is not limited to any subject. They can be used on geography, biology, chemistry, mathematics or physics.

In this tutorial you can find many examples of using digital tools for many subjects. Below you can find a list of these and some extra examples that may inspire you.

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Geography

• Use Google Earth to investigate glacial landforms in 3D.

• Study the distribution and access to the supermarkets with the use of ArcGIS online tool.

• Increase your student’s awareness of differences in the socioeconomic development of various countries of the world.

• Track changes to the landscape over time and realise the man footprint.

• Understand material properties as they influence microclimate in cities.

• Khan Academy’s mission is to provide world-class education for anyone, anywhere. Check out this video about the concept of energy in nature.

• Visualise global climate data from Earth Science satellites with the NASA Earth NOW app

• Check temperature, rainfall, wind speed and direction, UV index, air quality (ozone, fine dust, and pollen), sunrise and sunset, moon and data about hay fever with the Weather Underground app

• EnvKids is a serious game for students that aims at students' understanding of the concept of environmental sustainability.

• Disasters triggered by natural hazards destroy lives and affect millions of people every year. Your goal in this game is to plan and construct a safer environment for your population

• The serious game Floodsim is an interactive solution to create awareness of the increasing risk of flooding

• Use map application and geoportals to design an educational path in your region to help students get familiar with biodiversity. Combine different sources of data (especially national resources) considering precious natural areas and protected zones. Make a map of your path using for example QGIS. See some examples developed for the Middle Vistula valley.

• Eco Villa is a serious game that gives students information on sustainable design of houses and ways to reduce energy (electricity, gas and water)

• EnerCities offers an online e-learning game for young people (12-16)  to experience energy-related implications.

• Use map application and geoportals or georeferenced apps such as PDF Maps  to design an educational path in your region.

Biology

• Use the Map of Life to show students which species live in their region. The Map of Life assembles and integrates different sources of data describing species distributions worldwide. These data include expert species range maps, species occurrence points, ecoregions, and protected areas from providers like IUCN, WWF, GBIF, and more. All data assets are stored, managed, backed up, and accessed using a hosted cloud instance. Map of Life also provides a mobile app so you can go together for a field trip.

• Use map application and geoportals to design an educational path in your region to help students get familiar with biodiversity. Combine different sources of data (especially national resources) considering precious natural areas and protected zones. Make a map of your path using for example QGIS. See some examples developed for the Middle Vistula valley. 

• study cell structures using a dynamic and realistic virtual model with the iCell app

• This app is a kind of science game that challenges students to sort and group living organism based on shared characteristics

• EnvKids is a serious game for students that aims at students' understanding of the concept of environmental sustainability.

• Disasters triggered by natural hazards destroy lives and affect millions of people every year. Your goal in this game is to plan and construct a safer environment for your population

• Eco Villa is a serious game that gives students information on sustainable design of houses and ways to reduce energy (electricity, gas and water)

• The serious game Floodsim is an interactive solution to create awareness of the increasing risk of flooding

• Watch as a plant unfurls or a chemical compound slowly changes colours - and keep the changes preserved on Instagram.

• EnerCities offers an online e-learning game for young people (12-16) to experience energy-related implications.

• Go on a scavenger hunt with Instagram. Challenge your students by uploading pictures of things they need to find. These things can be either found in nature or in the classroom. And when they found the object or phenomena let them post a picture of it to your account to prove it. After that you will post the second photo and so on.

Chemistry

• Use map applications, for example Air Pollution in World: Real-time Air Quality Index Visual Map, to estimate the concentration of chemical substances in the air. Compare the level of air pollutions with current restrictions. Explain the term “Air Quality Index” and what it means for human’s health.

• Can your students name all the elements of the periodic table?

• Create a public board on a certain theme, such as the theme of plastic soup/microbeads and invite your students to add pins to this board.

• This app is a virtual chemistry laboratory where you can combine elements from the Periodic table of elements.

• Visualise global climate data from Earth Science satellites with the NASA Earth NOW app

• Use satellite data and GPS receivers to show how satellites work;

• Use the Light Pollution Map for estimating the level of light pollution on a global scale. Students can ask for the following questions: In which regions occurs the highest level? What about your region – is it high or low light polluted? Has light pollution increased over the past years? Can you indicate any hazards associated with light pollution? How can we measure the darkness of the sky?

• Can your students name the assortments of physics, chemistry, and astronomy terms?  Let’s find out.

• Let your students create a board on Pinterest so they can pin relevant stuff on it. Create a board that is focused on scientists from a certain era.

• iQuakeLite allows you to monitor earthquakes around the world.

• Check temperature, rainfall, wind speed and direction, UV index, air quality (ozone, fine dust, and pollen), sunrise and sunset, moon and data about hay fever with the Weather Underground app

• Sensor Kinetics demonstrates the physics of gravity, acceleration, rotation, magnetism and more as these forces are measured by your smartphone sensors, including the gyroscope and accelerometer

• Visualise global climate data from Earth Science satellites with the NASA Earth NOW app

• EnvKids is a serious game for students that aims at students' understanding of the concept of environmental sustainability.

• Eco Villa is a serious game that gives students information on sustainable design of houses and ways to reduce energy (electricity, gas and water)

• Climate Research Campaign: satellite data in climate change education

• With Flowerpower Lite, students can enhance their skills with regards to fractions and decimals.

• MalMath is a an android application which solves math problems thereby offering step by step descriptions with detailed explanations and graph viewMalMath is a an android application which solves math problems by offering step by step descriptions with detailed explanations and a graph view

Physics

• Imagine how a famous scientist in history would use Instagram. Have students browse historical photos and create a bulletin board or poster display showing Einstein’s or Galilei’s Instagram feed.

• EnerCities offers an online e-learning game for young people (12-16)  to experience energy-related implications.

Mathematics

• Climate Research Campaign: satellite data in climate change education

• With Flowerpower Lite, students can enhance their skills with regards to fractions and decimals.

• MalMath is a an android application which solves math problems thereby offering step by step descriptions with detailed explanations and graph viewMalMath is a an android application which solves math problems by offering step by step descriptions with detailed explanations and a graph view