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Welcome toDiscovery Education
Science for Middle School
Digital Media that Works
Engage student minds with science while reinforcing important literacy and mathematics skills.
Empower students to think and explore like scientists.
Enhance science instruction with a formative assessment tool that enables you to monitor student progress and recommend resources based on individual student needs.
Log In Screen
New users must click the tab “Passcode Login” to get started.
New Users – the school Passcode
New users in each school building will need to know the unique 8-character Passcode that has been assigned to their school.
When they enter the Passcode and click the “Go” button, they will be taken to an account set-up screen.
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Setting Up AccountsThis is the form you will see when you have entered your school Passcode.
Before you click the “Continue” button, be sure that you are familiar with the Terms of Use and click the box that signifies that you agree to Discovery Education’s subscription terms.
The key field in this form is the “Username” field, since your log-in name must be unique to the entire Discovery Education Science for Middle School subscriber base.
Logging into DE Science for Middle SchoolTeachers use the “Educator Login” tab to log in
with their username and password.
Locate Discovery Education Science Middle School and click the link “Go now!”
Logging into DE Science for Middle School
CurriculumStandards Search
Keyword Search
Advanced Search
Enhance Your Instruction with Multimedia Content
Browse three areas of science
Browse Units, Topics & Concepts
Three areas of science
Unit
Topics
Concepts
Inquiry ProblemsUse the Inquiry Problems to introduce a topic to students.
Explore ConceptsYou can browse media in 3 categories:
Interact, Watch and Read
Explore Concepts: Interact
ExplorationsStudents manipulate variables and make predictions about outcomes
Virtual LabsStudents design and conduct their own scientific investigations
Integrated Science SimulationsStudents explore concepts by making choices and controlling variables
Interactive VideoUsers click on “hot spots” to pause the video to learn more information
Explore Concepts: Watch
VideosVideo content is exclusive to Discovery Education Science.
Videos are divided into segments, so you can show only the parts of the video that best relate to your teaching.
Explore Concepts: Read
ArticlesSupport key concepts while enhancing reading proficiency with engaging, informative selections from WRC Media’s award-winning libraries
Reading PassagesEnhance your lessons with these highly visual and dynamic reading passages from Discovery Education’s award-winning book series.
Selections include science timelines and interviews with leading scientists.
Teacher Center Assessment ManagerBuild formative assessments and view results by class or student.
Assignment BuilderBuild and store online assignments for your students that use Science content.
Classroom ManagerWith the Classroom Manager, you can build and manage your classrooms and assignments. Students visit the Student Center to access these materials.
Process Skills LibraryFind resources that can help your students develop their science process skills:• Virtual Labs
• MythBusters episodes• Science Sleuths
Featured Series Library Find Video Clips from some of your favorite Discovery series:• Planet Earth• Jeff Corwin Experience• Human Body: Pushing the Limits
Assessment Manager
Create• Standards-based
assessments• Custom assessments• Edit existing
assessments
Assign• Assessments you’ve
already created• Assessments created by
Science
Report & Recommend• View results by student• View results by class
Use Science’s formative assessment tools to monitor students’ understanding and adjust your lessons accordingly.
Assignment Builder
Search existing assignments
Build your own online assignments incorporating Science resources, assessments and links to other websites
Classroom Manager
Manage Your Classroom
with the Classroom Manager, you can build and manage your classrooms and assignments. Students visit the Student Center to access these materials
Process Skills Library
Virtual LabsStudents design and conduct their own scientific investigations
Science SleuthsStudents examine science mysteries and use articles, interviews and video to solve the problem
MythBustersEpisodes have been selected and edited for Middle School audiences and illustrate the adventure and careful use of the scientific process to prove a science myth, or bust it!
A variety of media in the Process Skills Library addresses the critical thinking skills students must acquire in order to successfully engage in the scientific process.
Featured Series LibraryFind Video Clips from some of your favorite Discovery series. Immerse students with featured video including Planet Earth, Jeff Corwin Experience and Human Body: Pushing the Limits.
My ContentUse My Content to collect, organize, retrieve, and assign your favorite
Science media resources in one convenient place
Add media resources and assessments to folders you create
Use the pull down menu to view specific media types you’ve added to My Content
My Content
Add a resource toMy Content:
1. Click “View Details”
2. Click “+ Add to My Content”
3. Select an existing folder in My Content or create a new folder to add the resource
4. Click “Add”
My ClassesThis feature enables you to create classrooms and student accounts
and assign Science content to students.
Click a class to view a list of students
Add a Student to a class
Click to add a new class
Presentation Strategiesand
Software Integration
Presentation Models
Common ways teachers, Media Specialists, and technology coordinators display Science content:
– Computer connected to an LCD projector
– Interactive whiteboards
– Televisions with scan converters
– Computer labs
– Libraries and Media Centers
– Mobile carts with laptop computers
– Student “stations” and “centers”
Teaching Strategies to Consider
Determine prior knowledge with a pre-activity assessment. Use assessment results to assign appropriate Science media to individual students.
Create “investigative teams.” Have students work in small groups on Virtual Labs or Explorations to develop testable questions, test their hypotheses and record results.
Connect your computer to a projector and use Explorations or Integrated Science Simulations as presentation tools to kick off a lesson.
Pose questions or prepare thought-provoking “lesson starters” before viewing media to actively engage students.
Assign Reading Passages and Articles that reinforce concepts and provide background information.
Save time by saving your favorite resources to folders within My Content.
Technology Information to Know
Video files, images, articles and reading passages may be downloaded. All other content is available online only via streaming.
A building with a dedicated T-1 line could comfortably accommodate 6 users with no buffering assuming no other users on the Internet.
Home users with 56k modems can search and use support materials; viewing interactive media and performing downloads may be possible but will be very slow.
Recommended 3rd party software:• Windows Media Player - PC• Apple QuickTime Player - Mac• Flash 8.0 or Greater• Adobe Shockwave Player
Screen Resolution:• Minimum : 800 x 600• Best results: 1024 x 768
You may need to install updated “codecs” if the media player is not properly playing the audio or video components.
Questions?