Inside Ed’s Head

Teaching science with blackboard and chalk or even whiteboard and colored markers doesn’t cut it anymore with kids brought up in the digital era.EdHeads Web site has interactive games and animation sequences that show science in action much better than any science teacher can. At the moment, there are only eight online activities ranging from playing with simple and compound machines like levers and pulleys to the surgical replacement of a hip. My favorite is investigating a car accident, which takes students from examining the evidence and interviewing witnesses to interpreting the data. Teachers have written innovative lesson plans for some of the activities but they are posted separately. Although EdHeads is free, there’re advertisements that are easy enough to ignore. You can also donate to help Ed get some more heads.