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Earth and Moon Viewer
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5 to 12
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Includes various images and maps of the moon and Earth. Also included are views from satellites as well as an interactive Perigee and Apogee calculator. Images could be used in ...more
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Includes various images and maps of the moon and Earth. Also included are views from satellites as well as an interactive Perigee and Apogee calculator. Images could be used in research reports.
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Deepen your study of the planets through further reading and beautiful graphics. Focus on the use of nonfiction text in your classroom, combined with literature studies of space or planet fiction, such as Jules Verne's, "From the Earth to the Moon," or Roald Dahl's, "Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator." Find useful information, graphics, and diagrams for PowerPoints, Screencasts or Prezi's reviewed here. Include on your list of resources for science units on space on your classroom webpage. Be sure to show this tool on your interactive whiteboard (or projector) to introduce space. Visit before your trip to the planetarium or science museum. Use to inspire artwork inspired by space. Deepen your students' background knowledge in writing about space travel, future, or creativity.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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The Dino Directory - British Museum of Natural History
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4 to 12
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This site from the Museum of Natural History is a rich resource for images of dinosaurs. You can select by body type, country, geologic time period, and other idicies. Apart ...more
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This site from the Museum of Natural History is a rich resource for images of dinosaurs. You can select by body type, country, geologic time period, and other idicies. Apart from the images, which are watermarked, there is only basic information on the size and environment of each creature on the landing page, however, scroll WAY down to the bottom of the page for a site menu. Look for Discover, and under that Dinosaurs. On this page you will find a WEALTH of information from an Introduction to Dinosaurs to Dinosaur behavior, abilities, lifestyles, to Dinosaur Digs, and even Dinosaur Crafts and Activities. While not intended for elementary students, the navigation is simple enough for these students to use effectively in finding images.
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In a unit on dinosaurs, share this site on an interactive whiteboard or projector with students. The function they will find most interesting about this site is the area that describes the dinosaurs that existed in their local area! Brief bios are presented on all the dinosaurs, so this could also be a great resource if the students were to research their local dinosaurs for a project.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Bear Information and Resources
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3 to 8
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The title says it all. There are pictures and descriptions of most types of bears, their habits, ranges, and habitats. Simple navigation and design and attractive photos keep the site...more
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The title says it all. There are pictures and descriptions of most types of bears, their habits, ranges, and habitats. Simple navigation and design and attractive photos keep the site interesting. Great research site for younger students.
tag(s): mammals (20)
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Use this site as part of your unit on animals and habitats. Introduce this site with a projector or on an interactive whiteboard to show students how to navigate it. Once you have introduced the bear, show students the list of types of bears. Group students by their interest in a certain type of bear. Have them take notes with an online tool like Simplenote, reviewed here, and proceed to other resources to look for more information about the bear they chose. Ask them share the information they learned with their small group. Tell students to be sure to save the URL to share their notes and questions with you and their peers. Simple note allows you to access and update across all devices. If you have the time, you could then mix the groups up and have them share what they learned with the new group, thus giving students a little more knowledge about other bears. Another idea is to use the photographs of bears on this site as formative and summative assessments.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Waste Management Lesson Plans - Texas Natural Resoure Conservation Commission
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1 to 12
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This collection of lesson plans from the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission includes content for primary through middle school students. Most lessons are straightforward,...more
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This collection of lesson plans from the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission includes content for primary through middle school students. Most lessons are straightforward, requiring limited use of outside resources.
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Take advantage of the free lesson plans shared on this site for use with Earth Day activities, recycling, or conservation units. Challenge students to keep a daily or weekly journal. Replace paper journals using a blog tool and sharing their learning and understanding. Use Weebly, reviewed here. If you are teaching younger students and looking for an easy way to integrate technology and check for understanding, challenge your students to create a blog using Edublog, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Waste - Where Does It Come From? Where Does It Go? - Pa. Dept. of Environment
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2 to 8
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Learn about different types of waste, different types of landfills, and different environmental topics. Examine and classify the types of waste produced by the school community, analyze...more
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Learn about different types of waste, different types of landfills, and different environmental topics. Examine and classify the types of waste produced by the school community, analyze how it is collected, where it ends up, and how it is eventually "processed."
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Introduce the site on an interactive whiteboard or projector. Then have students explore independently or in small groups. Use at centers or offer as a resource for projects on conservation. Have student groups decide what area they will explore. Have students take notes on the material and write down questions they still have and topics that confuse them. They can do this with pen and paper or online. If you want the assignment online, explain to students they need to open a new tab in their browser window and take notes with a tool such as Webnote; tell students to be sure to save the URL to share their notes and questions with you and their peers. Challenge groups to create informational videos sharing their research using a tool like FlexClip, reviewed here. Then share them on a site such as TeacherTube.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Lead Contamination In Our Environment - Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute
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5 to 8
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Use this middle-grades environmental science unit to help students investigate where lead comes from, how people are exposed, why children are especially vulnerable, and how prevention,...more
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Use this middle-grades environmental science unit to help students investigate where lead comes from, how people are exposed, why children are especially vulnerable, and how prevention, public policy, and environmental justice connect to the issue. Designed for grades 5a,,?"8, the unit combines background information with a pre/post test, five lesson plans, research, discussion, writing, debate, field experiences, student and teacher reading lists, and additional resources. Students examine sources of lead in homes, air, soil, food, water, paint, gasoline, and batteries, then move into lead toxicity, regulations, community action, and environmental equity. Several activities are ready to adapt, including source-identification group work, a community contamination debate, environmental justice research, and a field trip or guest-speaker experience. Because the curriculum was written in 1997, teachers should verify current medical guidance, lead regulations, exposure recommendations, and statistics before using it in the classroom.
tag(s): environment (248), pollution (59), conservation (110)
In the Classroom
Incorporate these lesson plans and more with any of your environmental studies. Have students complete a graphic organizer as a pre- and post-assessment on what they know about lead and lead contamination. A KWL chart works well. Replace paper graphic organizers with online, interactive graphic organizers at Holt Graphic Organizers, reviewed here. As you work through the unit, ask students to write about how to apply the ideas in this curricular unit on the environment and health to their own home lives. Exchange paper journal with a blog tool like Site123, reviewed here. If you are teaching younger students and looking for an easy way to integrate technology and check for understanding, challenge your students to create a blog using Edublog, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Exploring the Environment - Wheeling Jesuit Univ./NASA Classroom of the Future
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6 to 12
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Learn about environmental issues using case studies. This site contains 14 environmental earth science modules. Each module contains background information for the teacher and learner,...more
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Learn about environmental issues using case studies. This site contains 14 environmental earth science modules. Each module contains background information for the teacher and learner, and multi-disciplinary, problem-based collaborative activities. These modules include use of NASA's remote sensing information, available through the Internet. Choose between multiple versions of case studies.
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View the choices on the Decide menu. Allow time for students to view the basic information on the puzzle pieces. Consider showing many of the data sets and images on an Interactive whiteboard or projector to the whole class.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Whole Frog Project - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
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6 to 12
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The Froggy website is an interactive educational resource that allows students to explore frog anatomy digitally through a Virtual Frog Dissection Kit. Instead of dissecting a physical...more
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The Froggy website is an interactive educational resource that allows students to explore frog anatomy digitally through a Virtual Frog Dissection Kit. Instead of dissecting a physical frog, students can remove and examine organs, view anatomical structures from different angles, and even play a a,,??"Virtual Frog Buildera,,?'? game to reinforce their understanding of where organs belong and what they do. The site also includes background material explaining the science and technology behind the project, such as 3D visualization techniques used to create the digital models, making it a useful supplement for high school biology classes studying anatomy and physiology.
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USGS Biology Resources
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6 to 12
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The U.S. Geological Survey maintains this registry of Earth and Environmental Science links. A wide list of topics is covered, excellent resource for research projects. ...more
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The U.S. Geological Survey maintains this registry of Earth and Environmental Science links. A wide list of topics is covered, excellent resource for research projects.
tag(s): environment (248), earth (187)
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Tide Predictions
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6 to 12
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This site from NOAA offers information on tides and tidal changes on the U.S. east and west coasts, and provides resources for predicting tides at various points along the coast. ...more
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This site from NOAA offers information on tides and tidal changes on the U.S. east and west coasts, and provides resources for predicting tides at various points along the coast. Good site to help students understand the factors that contribute to variations in tides from place to place.
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A Hands-on Approach to Environmental Quality - Yale University
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7 to 12
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By planting, tending, and harvesting an organic garden, students learn about environmental quality and their roles in the problem. ...more
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By planting, tending, and harvesting an organic garden, students learn about environmental quality and their roles in the problem.
tag(s): earth (187), agriculture (52)
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Plant your own garden following the guidelines at this site, learning at the same time about preserving a quality environment. Improve your children's eating habits and enthusiasm for healthy foods as well!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Internet Resource Guide for Zoology
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6 to 12
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This site from by NC State publications includes searchable animal databases. A search results in a list of links. This site would be very helpful when completing a research report....more
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This site from by NC State publications includes searchable animal databases. A search results in a list of links. This site would be very helpful when completing a research report.
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Insect Records Catalog
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6 to 12
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The University of Florida has compiled a listing of insects holding the record for the biggest, fastest, smallest, etc., etc. A good collection of insect trivia, as well as ...more
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The University of Florida has compiled a listing of insects holding the record for the biggest, fastest, smallest, etc., etc. A good collection of insect trivia, as well as a potential starting point for a more serious exploration of insects and the way they live.
tag(s): insects (64)
In the Classroom
While some of the world records might make students a little queasy, (see the worlds biggest bug) this site would be an excellent way to get students interested in the study of insects. Share the site on an interactive whiteboard or projector, and allow students to explore it in groups. What would be interesting is to see how many record holders were local insects. Have students create a digital record book, including images on a site such as Bookemon, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Great Backyard Bird Count - Cornell Lab of Ornithology
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6 to 12
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Explore the Great Backyard Bird Count, an annual global citizen-science event held for four days each February. Participants spend as little as 15 minutes identifying and counting birds...more
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Explore the Great Backyard Bird Count, an annual global citizen-science event held for four days each February. Participants spend as little as 15 minutes identifying and counting birds in their yards, neighborhoods, parks, or other favorite places, then submit their observations to help scientists monitor bird populations worldwide. The site, a collaboration between the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, National Audubon Society, and Birds Canada, includes current and past results, interactive maps, bird-sighting data, photos, videos, and information about community birding events. Teachers can use these resources to engage students in lessons about bird identification, migration, habitats, populations, biodiversity, data collection, graphing, and citizen science.
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Take students outside for 15a,,?"20 minutes to observe and record the birds they see around the school. Back in class, students can organize their observations into a chart or graph using Infographic Presentation Templates, reviewed here and compare which species were most common. Use the site's maps and bird-count data to investigate where selected bird species are found at different times of the year. Students can look for patterns and discuss how weather, food sources, and habitat may influence migration.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Gorilla Foundation
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Information on how gorillas, their habitat, and efforts to help preserve the species in the wild. This site is the home of Koko, who participated in an Internet chat session ...more
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Information on how gorillas, their habitat, and efforts to help preserve the species in the wild. This site is the home of Koko, who participated in an Internet chat session in the Spring of 1998. The site provides good information while promoting its cause.
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Frogs - The Exploratorium
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6 to 12
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Forget all the cutesy froggy sites. This site from the San Francisco's Exploratorium offers a visually impresive exploration of frogs and how they have survived through many millennia....more
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Forget all the cutesy froggy sites. This site from the San Francisco's Exploratorium offers a visually impresive exploration of frogs and how they have survived through many millennia. The site includes visuals and frog sounds, as well as extensive scientific content. Good resource for any study of amphibians.
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Bugs in the News
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6 to 12
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This is a site about microorganisms, not insects. There are concise explanations of a variety of organisms and genetic issues, most listed in a "what the heck is a..." format. ...more
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This is a site about microorganisms, not insects. There are concise explanations of a variety of organisms and genetic issues, most listed in a "what the heck is a..." format. It's informal, but easy to use and informative.
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WhaleNet
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3 to 8
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One of the fascinating features of this site is its display of tracking information for whales, porpoises, and sea turtles that have been equipped with radio transmitters. Users can...more
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One of the fascinating features of this site is its display of tracking information for whales, porpoises, and sea turtles that have been equipped with radio transmitters. Users can follow the movements of these marine creatures to see how they move about in the oceans. There is also a variety of reference information about whales, whale watching, and related topics.
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Tarantulas!
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4 to 12
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This site contains lots of images and detailed descriptions of these large, often furry arachnids. While it's not the sort of thing that everyone will love, there's lots of material...more
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This site contains lots of images and detailed descriptions of these large, often furry arachnids. While it's not the sort of thing that everyone will love, there's lots of material for research papers, class presentations, and the like. This may be one case where viewing on the computer is better than seeing the real thing!
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Spacerace - Smithsonian Institution
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What is the Space Race? The Smithsonian Institution explains that and much more. The Smithsonian Institution sets the stage for the Space Race and explains what the Soviet Union was....more
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What is the Space Race? The Smithsonian Institution explains that and much more. The Smithsonian Institution sets the stage for the Space Race and explains what the Soviet Union was. There are also articles to learn more about military rockets and the Space Race itself. As you scroll down the site, you will find resources on the race to get the first humans into space and the American programs during the Space Race. Finally, if you want to learn more about the Cold War, click on one of the featured articles at the bottom of the site.
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Students can create a timeline using Timeline Infographic Templates by Canva, reviewed here of significant events in the Space Race. Students can use 2 and 3 Circle Interactive Venn Diagrams by ClassTools, reviewed here to compare and contrast the United States and the Soviet Union's approach to the Space Race. Finally, students can continue learning about the Cold War using Kiddle, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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