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Third from the Sun - NASA
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Designed for grades K-4 by NASA, this site introduces Earth sensing - observing and mapping the earth from the sky. Clever use of student artwork helps draw attention to the ...more
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Designed for grades K-4 by NASA, this site introduces Earth sensing - observing and mapping the earth from the sky. Clever use of student artwork helps draw attention to the text, which traces the evolution of flight, space travel and satellites, showing how each was used to observe Earth. Students then offer hypotheses about Earth images taken from space.
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Cultural Astronomy - Bringing the Heavens to Earth - Adler Planetarium
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4 to 12
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Chicago's Adler Planetarium offers this interesting introduction to the way in which early cultures interpreted the heavens. There are dozens of examples drawn from as many ancient...more
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Chicago's Adler Planetarium offers this interesting introduction to the way in which early cultures interpreted the heavens. There are dozens of examples drawn from as many ancient cultures, and all organized into themes that would have been essential to these civilizations. A set of lesson plans rounds out this intriguing unit.
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Save this site as a favorite and use it for an all-around resource for a unit on astronomy. Take advantage of the free lesson plans offered in addition to the sections that could be used as learning centers by themselves. This is a great resource for an inter-disciplinary lesson about astronomy.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood - Separation Anxiety - PBS
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K to 1
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This is one of Life's Little Lessons featuring Daniel Tiger. Use it to help young children "work on feelings about separation and independence, memory skills, developing self-control,...more
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This is one of Life's Little Lessons featuring Daniel Tiger. Use it to help young children "work on feelings about separation and independence, memory skills, developing self-control, and expressing feelings." There are three videos to watch and discuss, as well as resources for classroom use, and resources to share with parents about separation.
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Discover the delightful Daniel Tiger and his friends and family through these videos. Even your youngest nursery school students will be able to relate to the characters, images, and story in these three films. They will probably want to watch them again and again! Parents and students alike will benefit from the resources provided. There is also a Teacher Tips sheet that provides suggestions for helping children adjust to separating from their families for awhile. Be sure to use the suggested free, online book on the Teacher Tips sheet with your students and their parents.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Butterfly Conservatory - American Museum of Natural History
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4 to 8
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This is the online companion to an exhibit currently running at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. Download the Ipix plugin to take the virtual tour of the exhibit,...more
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This is the online companion to an exhibit currently running at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. Download the Ipix plugin to take the virtual tour of the exhibit, check out the live butterfly webcam, or view quicktime movies of butterflies in action. This is a great online excursion for students who don't have their own butterflies to observe. The videos reside on YouTube. If your district blocks YouTube, the videos may not be viewable.
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Take your students on a virtual tour of the butterfly conservatory using an interactive whiteboard or projector.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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From Jungle to Lab - The Exploratorium
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4 to 12
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Here's another great site from San Francisco's Exploratorium. Learn how researchers study the jungle, both on-site and in the laboratory. Users with high-speed connections will enjoy...more
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Here's another great site from San Francisco's Exploratorium. Learn how researchers study the jungle, both on-site and in the laboratory. Users with high-speed connections will enjoy the Quicktime movie interviews with the scientists - further proof that science can be engaging, interesting, even fun. A few resources on this site require Flash, most don't, and there is a lot of information here.
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Earth2Class - Columbia University
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This is a site for earth science teachers. It offers a collection of resources, professional development opportunities, and a huge archive of data sources for earth science activities....more
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This is a site for earth science teachers. It offers a collection of resources, professional development opportunities, and a huge archive of data sources for earth science activities. The site itself assumes significant technical capabilities on the part of the user, especially for the use and implementation of the data sets. This site could be a gold mine for teachers with the appropriate technical skills
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Leonid Meteor Shower - Space.com
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4 to 12
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The November, 2002 Leonid meteor shower produced some great images and accounts, some of which appear on this page from Space.com. Amateur astronomers will find the information interesting,...more
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The November, 2002 Leonid meteor shower produced some great images and accounts, some of which appear on this page from Space.com. Amateur astronomers will find the information interesting, and space or astronomy teachers will no doubt find additional uses for the accounts and images.
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Mars For Kids - NASA
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NASA's Mars Participate page for kids offers lots of interactive exploration options and an interactive Mars viewer. Teachers will also find links to more extensive NASA classroom resources...more
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NASA's Mars Participate page for kids offers lots of interactive exploration options and an interactive Mars viewer. Teachers will also find links to more extensive NASA classroom resources on Mars and plans for further explorations. NASA's web resources are huge, and finding suitable materials can sometimes require some experimenting. This site will certainly interest elementary-level explorers.
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You may want to introduce this site using the subject Space Place for Kids at the bottom of the page. Use your interactive whiteboard or projector and show them the All About Mars and the different Mars Rovers (robots). Bookmark the site on classroom computers (or in a lab) to allow students to explore the Adventure Game to Mars. Choose from topics and activities on this site to use in class or at computer centers. Replace paper journals and enhance classroom technology use by asking students to reflect on their learning in blog entries using Penzu, reviewed here. With Penzu you can add images or your own artwork as illustrations.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Paso Partners
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1 to 3
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This site offers a bi-lingual, primary level curriculum and resource set that integrates language, math, and science activities on several different topics. Available as both HTML and...more
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This site offers a bi-lingual, primary level curriculum and resource set that integrates language, math, and science activities on several different topics. Available as both HTML and adobe PDF files, the site offers teachers highly detailed content, lesson materials, and examples for each topic. This should make these materials effective in almost any teaching environment. If you teach at the primary level, this one's well worth a visit.
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Tree House Weather Kids - University of Illinois Extension
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Satisfy your interest in the weather with Tree House Weather for Kids. Designed for students in grades 5-8, this site covers Seasons, Air Pressure, Clouds, and Rock and Roll Weather...more
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Satisfy your interest in the weather with Tree House Weather for Kids. Designed for students in grades 5-8, this site covers Seasons, Air Pressure, Clouds, and Rock and Roll Weather (types of storms, of course!). Leave the sound on to have text read as you proceed through each section, or turn off sound to read independently. Explore the small activity section containing quick practice activities for identifying clouds, weather forecasting, and exploring the distance to the sun. Another activity contains weather comics with a template for creating your own weather comic. Be sure to check out the Teacher's Guide for many additional resources and teaching ideas. Your Spanish-speaking students will also benefit from this site, simply click the "Espanol" link near the bottom of the page to view in Spanish. At the time this review was last updated, two of the activities were not working, however all of the content remained on the site.
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This is an excellent site for both in and outside the classroom! Use videos and information from the site to supplement your current resources for teaching weather. Create a link on classroom computers for students to explore on their own. Challenge students to create online, interactive posters, infographics or presentations using a tool such as Genial.ly, reviewed here. Have students create a word cloud of the important terms they learn from this site using a tool such as Word Clouds for Kids, reviewed here, or WordItOut, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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HubbleSite - NASA
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NASA's comprehensive Hubble telescope site includes six major sections targeted to different student audiences. There are games and introductions for elementary students, as well as...more
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NASA's comprehensive Hubble telescope site includes six major sections targeted to different student audiences. There are games and introductions for elementary students, as well as images and more detailed information for older students. If the galaxies are your destination, this is an ideal starting point.
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Cooking Science - Exploratorium
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4 to 12
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The Exploratorium does it again with this new look at the science behind cooking. There are lots of areas to explore, from what makes pickles pickle to the crystal structures ...more
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The Exploratorium does it again with this new look at the science behind cooking. There are lots of areas to explore, from what makes pickles pickle to the crystal structures of the sugar in your candy. Narrated Flash animations tell many of the stories.
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Veteran teachers know that food is a great way to keep students interested in a subject. This site does it with style.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Dictionary of Units of Measurement - Russ Rowlett, University of North Carolina
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No matter what you want to measure, you'll find information on how to quantify it here. While some browsing is required, teachers will find applications for this information in science,...more
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No matter what you want to measure, you'll find information on how to quantify it here. While some browsing is required, teachers will find applications for this information in science, math, geography, and other subject areas. The reference possibilities are also extensive. Add this one to your toolkit of web reference specialties.
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Robotics Alliance Project - NASA
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4 to 12
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NASA's page on its robotics education activities offers links to ongoing, real-time projects, robotics news updates, and listings of robotics activities and competitions. Robotics is...more
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NASA's page on its robotics education activities offers links to ongoing, real-time projects, robotics news updates, and listings of robotics activities and competitions. Robotics is becoming hugely popular in many schools, so the pool of resources gets deeper daily. Jump into this one!
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Bookmark this site as a reference site for finding further material. Click Educators from the top menu and find a varity of formats from challenges, cool links, activities, and more. Some of the resources on this site may lead to a starting point for individual or group projects. Use parts of this site at a center. Share this site with staff (especially new teachers) and parents looking to extend science and math activities at home.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Music Connects! - San Francisco Symphony
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2 to 12
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Support music education at home and school with the many free resources shared in the Kids Edition of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra's website. Visit the educators' portion of...more
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Support music education at home and school with the many free resources shared in the Kids Edition of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra's website. Visit the educators' portion of the website to find digital teaching activities and music playlists featuring music from around the world. Each playlist includes an engaging downloadable activity packet loaded with fascinating information about the featured topic's countries, musicians, and musical instruments. Explore and learn about the orchestra instruments in the lesson, including downloads that teach about instrument families and an orchestra seating chart. Additional downloads include a crossword puzzle, word search, and drawing activity. Be sure to explore the complete educators' portion of the site to find many lessons correlated to science, social studies, and language arts concepts.
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Share this fantastic site with your school's music teacher, but save it to use with students for a variety of different lessons. For example, incorporate music into your lessons when teaching about worldwide countries, taking advantage of the featured playlists in the educators' section. Engage students with an introductory activity using Google Jamboard, reviewed here, to add sticky notes with students' knowledge of specific instruments, countries, or different kinds of music. As you add information and resources to your lessons, use Wakelet, reviewed here, to create collections to share with students that include videos and websites related to the content taught. Have students show what they know using Adobe Creative Cloud Express for Education, reviewed here, to create a website, video, or presentation on their chosen topic. For younger students, work together in groups or as a class to create a music book using Book Creator, reviewed here. Include audio recordings, student drawings, and videos as part of your digital book.
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NTTI Science Lessons - NTTI/WNET
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4 to 12
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Here's a collection of science lesson plans covering disciplines from geology to earth science, chemistry, and general science. Each includes complete procedures, standards references,...more
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Here's a collection of science lesson plans covering disciplines from geology to earth science, chemistry, and general science. Each includes complete procedures, standards references, and discussion. Some of these lessons use video clips as an integral component, so teachers will want to plan accordingly.
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The lesson plans here are excellent! Choose from many lessons (levels 4-12) to use in class to save you time. All lessons have a summary explaining what you and students will encounter with that lesson. Some example titles are The Ladder of Life where through video and Web-based activities, the students will develop a greater understanding of what DNA does in a cell. Students will be able to assemble DNA parts in order to simulate DNA strands. They will also have the opportunity to experimentally view DNA through an extraction technique included in the lesson. Another is Evolution: Its Effect Throughout Geological Time and the Controversy where students review the basics of Charles Darwin's Theory of Evolution. They use the World Wide Web to explore the various stages of evolution, over geological time, and learn how each organism fits into the evolutionary story. These are just two representatives of how the many lessons are presented.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Air Travelers
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Try this elementary science page if your curriculum includes the study of air, air pressure, and the effects of temperature on air, buoyancy, and the like. Much of the content ...more
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Try this elementary science page if your curriculum includes the study of air, air pressure, and the effects of temperature on air, buoyancy, and the like. Much of the content is devoted to hot air and helium balloons, but there's plenty of science for the younger set here.
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Share this site on an interactive whiteboard or projector as an introduction to the study of air, gas, and phases of matter. The site has some short video clips that would be an excellent addition to any lesson on the fore-mentioned. Open the clips for viewing, and show students their lesson in action. This is a great example of a real world use of the knowledge they just attained! Share the site on the class wiki or web page to allow students to review it both in and out of the classroom.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Cycling Science - The Exploratorium
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4 to 8
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The Exploratorium introduces all the scientific and mechanical principles that go into today's bicycle. This is a great site for those studying simple machines, and its content also...more
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The Exploratorium introduces all the scientific and mechanical principles that go into today's bicycle. This is a great site for those studying simple machines, and its content also goes well into other mechanical topics. The video clips are nice, but in no way essential to the presentation.
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Texas Instruments Education Center - Texas Instruments
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Long known for its support of educational programs, TI's teacher activity exchange includes items for K-16, with a predictable concentration on math and science activities that relate...more
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Long known for its support of educational programs, TI's teacher activity exchange includes items for K-16, with a predictable concentration on math and science activities that relate to its many models of calculators. Click on their Professional Development section for more resources to help you as a teacher, including free online courses.
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California Sea Otter - The Otter Project
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Learn about the life and ecosystems that support the California Sea Otter at this site dedicated to the preservation of these creatures. Besides being undeniably cute, otters occupy...more
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Learn about the life and ecosystems that support the California Sea Otter at this site dedicated to the preservation of these creatures. Besides being undeniably cute, otters occupy a complex niche in marine ecosystems. Learn more here.
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Share this site on your interactive whiteboard. Have students do research on these adorable animals. Maybe you can plan a virtual tour.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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