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Apples and More - University of Illinois Extension
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K to 6
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It will take more than a day to enjoy this apple! Find everything you could want to know about apples. Get right to the core of the science by exploring ...more
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It will take more than a day to enjoy this apple! Find everything you could want to know about apples. Get right to the core of the science by exploring Apple Education, especially the Life Cycle of and apple tree. You can learn all about parts of a plant while enjoying the apple theme. You will also find links to history and legends about apples, apple facts, apple varieties, nutritional information, and apple fun (including links to word searches, online apple games, and other pencil-paper activities). The site is also available in Spanish.
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This site could be just the anchor you need for an apple-themed week. Spread the activities throughout the week. Or simply study the parts of the apple blossom and plant in class on an interactive whiteboard and share the rest of the site as an enrichment link on your teacher web page.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Volcano World - Department of Geosciences at Oregon State University
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4 to 10
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For everything everyone wants to know about volcanoes, look at this webpage which includes data on current eruptions, startling photos, links to videos of volcanic activity, links to...more
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For everything everyone wants to know about volcanoes, look at this webpage which includes data on current eruptions, startling photos, links to videos of volcanic activity, links to lesson plans, volcano FAQ's, and a glossary. Video links require the Quicktime plugin. The Kids Door takes you to portins appropriate for younger students and virtual field trips to volcanoes suitable for any age.
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Use a projector to take a virtual field trip as you start the study of volcanoes, then include this site as a link on your teacher web page for students to research different volcanoes and current activity.
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Experiments: Patterns of Change - NASA Earth Observatory: Ereni Gleason and Kelly An
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6 to 12
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Visualize patterns of change in Earth's atmosphere and environment using these activities from NASA and actual earth images to bring the concepts to life. Each activity is spelled out...more
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Visualize patterns of change in Earth's atmosphere and environment using these activities from NASA and actual earth images to bring the concepts to life. Each activity is spelled out in the teacher information so you can use visual data to demonstrate the concepts. There are complete questions to ask and animations for each activity. Each one is a comparison over time to illustrate change. Your students will actually get practice OBSERVING. Allow time to download the animations.
tag(s): climate (95), environment (252), pollution (55)
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Tis is an ideal activity to do on an interactive whiteboard with students operating the controls and highlighting areas of change with the whiteboard's drawing tools.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Life Cycles: The Monarch Butterfly - Dragonfly
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K to 5
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This butterfly web page includes texts written by and for children. The videos were creative and activities were simple. The videos require Quicktime. Get it from the ...more
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This butterfly web page includes texts written by and for children. The videos were creative and activities were simple. The videos require Quicktime. Get it from the TeachersFirst Toolbox page. Editor's note: some of the links from this page no longer work, but it is still worth using because of those that do work!
tag(s): life cycles (22)
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This web page will compliment any unit on butterflies! It provides great information and students will love reading pages designed by kids! This also gives you an opportunity to discuss the authorshi of web sites and how to decide which ones have "reliable" information and which are "just for fun."Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Birthday Moons - NASA/MSU-Bozeman Ceres Project
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1 to 4
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Students learn about the moon and its phases by finding their own birthday's lunar phase in the year they were born. They then graph, compare, and write about their ...more
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Students learn about the moon and its phases by finding their own birthday's lunar phase in the year they were born. They then graph, compare, and write about their birthday's lunar phases in different years. Extension activities are also offered.
tag(s): moon (87)
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Choose some of the seven activities or do them all. Some are non-technology-based lessons while others integrate the computer as a tool. You could bring in a laptop cart , use a lab, or set up a center at your classroom computer with these activities.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Singing Science Records - Ballads for the Age of Science
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1 to 12
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Listen to songs to teach important (and less important) science concepts. This collection of MP3 files was generated from an old set of records (yes, those round vinyl things that ...more
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Listen to songs to teach important (and less important) science concepts. This collection of MP3 files was generated from an old set of records (yes, those round vinyl things that had scratches). While the actual copyright holder information is a gray area, you can feel safe in playing the songs from the site. Most likely, these songs from the 1950s and 60s are past copyright at this point. In any case, you can click to play from smaller or larger file versions. Be patient while they load, even over a broadband connection. It will be worth the wait to teach parts of plants, the water cycle, weather, motion, energy, electricity, and MANY other topics with just a computer and set of speakers to help students retain the information. Most of the content is elementary to middle school age, but some is high school level. Learning support teachers seeking alternate study strategies will love this one!
tag(s): 1950s (33), 1960s (54), animals (275), energy (139), mammals (21), motion (56), plants (142), space (248), water (105), water cycle (25), weather (175)
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Include the links to specific songs for review on your teacher web site or play one of the songs as students enter the room (a sort of audio anticipatory set). You will definitely need to turn up the speakers. Elementary music teachers might want to pick up one of the songs while the students are studying these topics and teach the music and lyrics during music class!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Analytical Problems And Puzzles - folj.com
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3 to 12
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This very simple site, created by an anonymous puzzle-lover, is a treasury for logic problems and lateral thinking puzzles to use in your classroom or beyond. Click on the puzzle ...more
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This very simple site, created by an anonymous puzzle-lover, is a treasury for logic problems and lateral thinking puzzles to use in your classroom or beyond. Click on the puzzle type you want. Use them as brain warm-ups in a math or science class before venturing into problem-solving or inquiry process or simply to engage the brains before starting any activity. There are different levels of logic and different types of lateral thinking puzzles, each with a hint before revealing the complete answer. These puzzles would also be useful for gifted enrichment.
In the Classroom
If you don't have time to spend on these in class as often as you would like, print out a single lateral thinking or logic problem each week for your bulletin board and let the students argue about it all week. Or include this link on your teacher website for the students to access outside of class. This site is a life-saver for your study hall the day before a vacation!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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From Egg To Chick: An Embryology Unit - Missouri Farm Bureau and Missouri State University
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K to 3
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This interesting webquest is all about the transformation from egg to chick. The students will love the video clips of live chicks, detailed pictures and the entertaining rebus rhyme...more
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This interesting webquest is all about the transformation from egg to chick. The students will love the video clips of live chicks, detailed pictures and the entertaining rebus rhyme and coloring activities. Teachers will love the unique lesson, creative teaching ideas and detailed rubric. The videos require the latest version of the FLASH plug-in.
tag(s): life cycles (22)
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Don't forget to bring in an egg for step 4 and use a smartboard or projector for this webquest! To assist students with feedback, have them complete the charts using Google Docs, reviewed here. Save trees and the headache that comes with messy papers to grade!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Mouth Healthy - American Dental Association
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K to 8
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Oral health topics are presented in an attention getting format that includes stencils, hands on activities, and printable student worksheets. The a la carte lesson format makes it...more
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Oral health topics are presented in an attention getting format that includes stencils, hands on activities, and printable student worksheets. The a la carte lesson format makes it easy to use lessons individually or as a complete oral health unit. Animations and games/puzzles are geared for the younger grades. The appropriate age levels for each of the sections are clearly labeled. There are also sections on dental careers.
tag(s): dental health (15), hygiene (9)
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Provides comprehensive lesson plans (use the search box to find these) with links to student worksheets that can be printed. Website is available in Spanish. Use a projector to show parts of the website to the whole class or use as a center for small groups of students.
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Calendars through the Ages - Institute for Dynamic Educational Advancement
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6 to 12
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This information-packed site focuses on calendars through the ages. It includes sections on the astronomy of calendars (e.g. moon cycles), the history of calendars, differences among...more
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This information-packed site focuses on calendars through the ages. It includes sections on the astronomy of calendars (e.g. moon cycles), the history of calendars, differences among various international calendars, derivation of the names of the months, and loads of other trivia about calendars.
tag(s): calendars (35)
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Lots of great stuff for "did you know?" discussions or as an extension of a study of timelines and other graphic organizers of information. A few interesting visuals, but the strength of this site is in its information. Might be a good source for monthly bulletin boards or an enrichment area for gifted students.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Agricultural Ideas for Science Fair Projects - Sci4Kids
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2 to 8
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This web site provides students and teachers with ideas for agricultural science projects. Many of these ideas could easily be used as classroom science experiments or as an individual...more
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This web site provides students and teachers with ideas for agricultural science projects. Many of these ideas could easily be used as classroom science experiments or as an individual student's science fair project. The site includes experiments that could be incorporated into science lesson plans.
tag(s): environment (252), medicine (52), zoology (18)
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During a unit of study involving agriculture, this page would be a great list of project choices for cooperative group learning experiments. Topics are interesting and the web site is kid-friendly. Great for enrichment for all!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Blog Basics for the Classroom - TeachersFirst
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K to 12
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This comprehensive tutorial gives all the details on using gated blogs safely in the classroom, including explanations of blogging basics, a TeachersFirst Step-by-Step on how to start...more
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This comprehensive tutorial gives all the details on using gated blogs safely in the classroom, including explanations of blogging basics, a TeachersFirst Step-by-Step on how to start one, complete charts of the features of several free blogging tools for teachers, and over two dozen ideas for how to use a blog with your students. Make "writing to learn" approachable and exciting. You will even find a customizable Blogger's Agreement to download and use with students and parents so everyone knows the expectations and consequences for your class blogs.
tag(s): blogs (78)
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You could use this step by step as the framework for a self-directed or "buddy" professional development project. Share it with your principal or professional development coordinator. USe the strategies and ideas here to start a blog for your class or for each student. Don't miss suggestions for a Teacher as Blogger so you can model blogging, too.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Living in an Alkaline Environment - Microbial Life Educational Resources
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8 to 12
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Living in an Alkaline Environment is a three-part activity that explores the ecology and diversity of life in alkaline environments. The activities feature Mono Lake, CA as an example...more
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Living in an Alkaline Environment is a three-part activity that explores the ecology and diversity of life in alkaline environments. The activities feature Mono Lake, CA as an example of an alkaline, hypersaline ecosystem. The first two activities on this site are classroom lesson plans, and the third is an online investigation. Complete lesson plans and standards are included. The final activity asks students to draw upon their new knowledge to research organisms living in and around Mono Lake, and create field guide pages and a food web detailing the Mono Lake ecosystem.
tag(s): ecology (117)
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You can use these activities in their entirety or pick and choose from the resources they include.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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ICBL: Investigative Case-Based Learning - BioQuest Curriculum Consortium
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11 to 12
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Really excite your AP biology, ecology, and biochemistry students with these real-world applications of the sciences in solving problems. Each case is presented in a narrative, and...more
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Really excite your AP biology, ecology, and biochemistry students with these real-world applications of the sciences in solving problems. Each case is presented in a narrative, and the learner resources include advice on reading cases, collecting data, and all the steps to solve the problems. There are over two dozen problems across several biology, chemistry, ecology, and molecular biology disciplines. These are college-level problems, so you may want to use one as a whole-class activity to model the process and spur enthusiasm for further scientific study. The ideal is then to allow groups of students to continue with the investigations, if they have sufficient knowledge to do so on their own.
tag(s): genetics (82), scientific method (49)
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Review the cases and select one that extends your curriculum, then share it on a projector so students are not overwhelmed by the level of sophistication at first. These would also be ideal for gifted high school students interested in the sciences.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Biological ESTEEM: Excel Simulations and Tools for Exploratoty, Experiential Mathematics - Bioquest and MAA Online
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11 to 12
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AP Biology teachers will love these downloadable, advanced mathematical models (Excel and other) for many biology concepts in ecology, botany, genetics, biochemistry, and more. Created...more
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AP Biology teachers will love these downloadable, advanced mathematical models (Excel and other) for many biology concepts in ecology, botany, genetics, biochemistry, and more. Created for college classrooms, the models are quite sophisticated and may be best used by advanced students or as a whole-class activity. These models provide real-world application of mathemetical and scientific concepts that are certain to excite budding scientists. The desciptions include computer software specifications for successful use. Some examples of applications include: a model for biogeography and the impact of mainland species pool, area of the island, and distance of the island from the mainland on the species available on the island; a 3D mathematical model of various factors' impact on the growth of tree branches; and a worksheet that simulates the population growth of two interacting species
tag(s): ecology (117), environment (252), modeling (8), species (15), statistics (126)
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Teachers eager to spread enthusiasm for true scientific inquiry and use of mathematical tools in the sciences may want to select one of these tools to extend their regular curriculum. Share it on a projector so students are not overwhelmed with the college-level material at first.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Dimming the Sun - NOVA/WGBH
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6 to 12
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NOVA provides a wide array of information on global dimming, a crisis due to the masking effect of pollution on the true impact of global warming. See interactive timelines of ...more
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NOVA provides a wide array of information on global dimming, a crisis due to the masking effect of pollution on the true impact of global warming. See interactive timelines of global change, some creative pollution solutions, and more. There is a complete teacher's guide, including hands-on classroom activities and extensive related links. This site is a companion to the PBS television broadcast. Though a few links still require Flash, there is so much more information at this site that it is worth a visit
tag(s): climate (95), climate change (111), earth (195), earth day (61), pollution (55), sun (87)
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Use this site as a starting point for your discussion of global warming and environmental issues or as a research source for student projects. The interactive timeline would display well on a projector or interactive whiteboard to give students the "big picture" they so rarely have on their own.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Leaf-Turning Time Lapse - Virginia Tech Dept of Dendrology
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K to 8
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Watch a six-week-long time-lapse of a leaf changing color. See how the leaf turns and where the color changes first. You can play it over and over. This can give ...more
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Watch a six-week-long time-lapse of a leaf changing color. See how the leaf turns and where the color changes first. You can play it over and over. This can give you close-up evidence for your biology class or your elementary students talking about the seasons.
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Make a shortcut to this site on your elementary classroom desktop for students to "observe" as a center. They can enter their observations in a science log. Project it in a middle school classroom as an anticipatory set or illustration in discussing the science of cells and chlorophyll.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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World News in Special English - VOA
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4 to 8
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VOA Learning English provides audio and written news stories designed specifically for English language learners. Content covers topics including world news, science, health, education,...more
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VOA Learning English provides audio and written news stories designed specifically for English language learners. Content covers topics including world news, science, health, education, culture, and U.S. history, using simplified vocabulary and a slower speaking pace to support comprehension. Many stories include interactive features like short videos, listening activities, quizzes, vocabulary support, pronunciation models, and an integrated "Word Book" dictionary. Audio and video content can be streamed directly on the site, making it a flexible resource for classroom listening practice, language development, and current-events instruction. If your district blocks YouTube, then the videos may not be viewable.
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tag(s): agriculture (54), communication (122), cultures (289), news (221), vocabulary (251)
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Play a short VOA Learning English video from the site or YouTube, then have students read the matching article to compare how information is presented in spoken versus written form. Assign students a short video or article and have them identify new words using the built-in Word Book. Students can create sentence cards or mini glossaries using the vocabulary in new contexts. Use science, health, or history-based VOA videos to launch short research extensions, discussions, or opinion writing tied to social studies or science standards.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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NASA Space Place - NASA
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3 to 8
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Looking for a way to present topics such as: lasers, orbits or tidal forces? Through hands-on, interactive games and animations, this site tackles subjects that are often considered...more
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Looking for a way to present topics such as: lasers, orbits or tidal forces? Through hands-on, interactive games and animations, this site tackles subjects that are often considered too advanced for elementary students and presents them simply and concisely.A la carte style menu lets you pick and choose subject areas that relate to your classroom. You can even download a Spaceplace podcast. A Spanish version of the full site is available.
tag(s): migration (45), solar system (125), space (248)
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There is a special section for teachers that offers printable pictures for the classroom and classroom activities. Use the menus or search function to find extenxsion topics for your regular curriculum, such as "What Batteries Will Last Until Your Old Age?" when studying electricity, and share them on a projector or as a classroom center during that unit. Encourage budding scientists by making this site available on your classroom computer all the time or sharing it on your teacher web site. Play the Space Place Musings podcast as students wait for their bus. The full site provides enrichment or home activities for kids and parents, too.
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Simple Machines Made Simple - Beacon Learning Center--Sandi King
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3 to 5
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Wally Ant leads students on a tour of six simple machines (lever, wheel and axel, pulley, wedge, inclined plane, and screw). The tour includes vocabulary used with simple machines....more
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Wally Ant leads students on a tour of six simple machines (lever, wheel and axel, pulley, wedge, inclined plane, and screw). The tour includes vocabulary used with simple machines. Movies and examples show examples that students see in everyday life. The movies have no sound, just video you can play over and over. This site requires reading skills, so partner someone with non-readers if students are navigating it on their own.
tag(s): machines (17), simple machines (21)
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Use a projector to introduce or review simple machines to the entire class. Movies are small and would project well for the whole class to view. You can also include a link to this from your teacher web site for students to use as review for a test.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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