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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkInferring: Reading Between the Lines Isn't Just for Reading Class
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Instructional Strategies, Professional Development, Inquiry & Problem Based LearningThe reading strategy known as inferring is also one of the six basic process skills in science. How to apply the strategy in tea...Contributor: Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAll About Earth's Climate
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Experimentation and the Scientific Method, Heat & Thermodynamics, Mathematics, Earth & Space Science and 13 additional..In this informational text, elementary school readers learn about the difference between weather and climate and about component...Contributor: Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Science Fair Makeover in Your School Library!
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Education, Child Development & Family Services, Learning Theories, Instructional Strategies, Professional Development and 2 additional..School librarian Marcia Mardis describes what the library can offer to teachers and students who want to produce a focused, enga...Contributor: Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkUnit Plans: The Sun and Earth's Climate
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Experimentation and the Scientific Method, Heat & Thermodynamics, Mathematics, Earth & Space Science and 12 additional..In this article, teachers find two unit plans (grades K-2 and 3-5) that use resources featured in the science and literacy artic...Contributor: Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkUnderstanding Earth's Climate: Virtual Bookshelf
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Heat & Thermodynamics, Earth & Space Science, Earth's Resources, Geology & the Dynamic Earth and 7 additional..This list of children's books recommends nonfiction titles that supplement basic information found in lessons and activities of ...Contributor: Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkClimate: A Complex Interaction
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Heat & Thermodynamics, Earth & Space Science, Physics, Earth's Resources and 9 additional..This article continues an examination of each of the seven essential principles of climate literacy on which the online magazine...Contributor: Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkProfessional Bookshelf: Print Publications
Grades: GraduateSubjects: Instructional Strategies, Learning Theories, Professional Development, Inquiry & Problem Based LearningBooks about teaching reading and science skills along with content to K-Grade 5 children are identified in this continuing featu...Contributor: Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Sun and Earth's Climate: Virtual Bookshelf
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Heat & Thermodynamics, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Earth & Space Science, Our Solar System and 3 additional..This book list contains children's books that have been screened for accuracy in depicting scientific concepts. Each book's cont...Contributor: Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Sun: Earth's Primary Energy Source
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Heat & Thermodynamics, Earth & Space Science, Physics, Earth's Resources and 9 additional..This article provides elementary school teachers with background knowledge about science concepts needed to understand the first...Contributor: Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkUnit Plans About Organisms, Their Adaptations, and Their Environments
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Experimentation and the Scientific Method, Structure and Function in Living Things, Mathematics, Earth & Space Science and 13 additional..Unit plans at two levels, K-grade 2 and grades 3-5 develop understanding of the issue theme, We Depend on Earth's Climate, by fo...Contributor: Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkQuestions, Questions: Taking Energy Inquiry Further in the School Library
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Experimentation and the Scientific Method, Heat & Thermodynamics, Earth & Space Science, Physics and 11 additional..This article from Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle provides ideas on how school librarians can work with elementary teachers t...Contributor: Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLessons about Inferring
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Instructional Strategies, Professional DevelopmentDifferent approaches to teaching the reading comprehension strategy of inferring in K-5 classrooms are identified in this articl...Contributor: Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTeaching about Adaptations and Environments with ARKive
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis, Instructional Strategies, Professional Development, Technology, Life SciencesThis article introduces ARKive, a digital library of photographs and videos of the world's wildlife. The library gives special p...Contributor: Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEssential Principle 2: Correlation to Standards and Curriculum Connections
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Nuclear Energy, Earth & Space Science, Life Sciences, Geology & the Dynamic Earth and 18 additional..This article aligns the concepts of Essential Principle 2 of the Climate Sciences to the K-5 content standards of the National S...Contributor: Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSetting the Stage for Understanding the Climate System's Complex Interactions
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Experimentation and the Scientific Method, Earth & Space Science, Physics, Earth's Resources and 11 additional..The author of this article notes that K-5 students are not expected to study the complex interactions between components of the ...Contributor: Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkUnit Plans That Teach Foundational Climate Concepts
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Heat & Thermodynamics, Earth & Space Science, Physics, Earth's Resources and 9 additional..Four unit plans provide opportunities for in-depth explorations of important foundational climate concepts -- weather, water as ...Contributor: Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEssential Principle 3: Correlation to Standards and Curriculum Connections
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Education, Child Development & Family Services, Instructional Strategies, Professional Development, Life Sciences, Curriculum DesignIn this article, the author identifies science content standards for grades K-5 from the national standards that are aligned wit...Contributor: Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCreate Interactive Activities with Content Clips
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Professional DevelopmentThis article introduces a free online collection of images, video clips, and animations that teachers can use in creating resour...Contributor: Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLessons about the Sun and Earth's Climate
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Experimentation and the Scientific Method, Heat & Thermodynamics, Science, Earth & Space Science and 14 additional..Concepts underlying the first of the Essential Principles of the Climate Sciences are aligned with topics typically taught in th...Contributor: Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Biosphere/Climate Connection
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Structure and Function in Living Things, Nuclear Energy, Earth & Space Science, Life Sciences and 24 additional..This article continues an examination of each of the seven essential principles of the climate sciences on which the online maga...Contributor: Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0