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      • Thumb image for Unit Plans: The Sun and Earth's ClimateResource Type: Website / HyperLink

        Unit Plans: The Sun and Earth's Climate

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Education, Child Development & Family Services, Instructional Strategies, Heat & Thermodynamics, Inquiry & Problem Based Learning 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)
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        Understanding Earth's Climate: Virtual Bookshelf

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Heat & Thermodynamics, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Professional Development, Our Solar System 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)
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        Inferring: Reading Between the Lines Isn't Just for Reading Class

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Professional Development, Instructional Strategies, Inquiry & Problem Based Learning
        The 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)
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        Climate: A Complex Interaction

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Light, Sound & Other Waves, Heat & Thermodynamics, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Professional Development 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)
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        Professional Bookshelf: Print Publications

        Grades: Graduate
        Subjects: Professional Development, Instructional Strategies, Inquiry & Problem Based Learning, Learning Theories
        Books 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)
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        The Sun and Earth's Climate: Virtual Bookshelf

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Heat & Thermodynamics, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Professional Development, 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)
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        The Sun: Earth's Primary Energy Source

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Light, Sound & Other Waves, Heat & Thermodynamics, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Professional Development 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)
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        Unit Plans About Organisms, Their Adaptations, and Their Environments

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Education, Child Development & Family Services, Instructional Strategies, Inquiry & Problem Based Learning, Classification 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)
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        Questions, Questions: Taking Energy Inquiry Further in the School Library

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Education, Child Development & Family Services, Instructional Strategies, Heat & Thermodynamics, Inquiry & Problem Based Learning 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)
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        Lessons about Inferring

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Professional Development, Instructional Strategies
        Different 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)
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        Teaching about Adaptations and Environments with ARKive

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Professional Development, Instructional Strategies, Life Sciences, Technology, Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis
        This 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)
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        All About Earth's Climate

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Education, Child Development & Family Services, Instructional Strategies, Heat & Thermodynamics, Inquiry & Problem Based Learning 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)
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        Essential Principle 2: Correlation to Standards and Curriculum Connections

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Education, Child Development & Family Services, Light, Sound & Other Waves, Inquiry & Problem Based Learning, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere 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)
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        Setting the Stage for Understanding the Climate System's Complex Interactions

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Education, Child Development & Family Services, Instructional Strategies, Inquiry & Problem Based Learning, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere 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)
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      • Thumb image for Unit Plans That Teach Foundational Climate ConceptsResource Type: Website / HyperLink

        Unit Plans That Teach Foundational Climate Concepts

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Instructional Strategies, Light, Sound & Other Waves, Heat & Thermodynamics, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere 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)
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        Essential Principle 3: Correlation to Standards and Curriculum Connections

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Education, Child Development & Family Services, Professional Development, Instructional Strategies, Curriculum Design, Life Sciences
        In 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)
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        Create Interactive Activities with Content Clips

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Professional Development
        This 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)
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        Lessons about the Sun and Earth's Climate

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Education, Child Development & Family Services, Instructional Strategies, Light, Sound & Other Waves, Heat & Thermodynamics 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)
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        The Biosphere/Climate Connection

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Education, Child Development & Family Services, Inquiry & Problem Based Learning, Classification, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere 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
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        Lessons About Organisms, Their Adaptations, and Their Environments

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Education, Child Development & Family Services, Inquiry & Problem Based Learning, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Professional Development and 10 additional..
        This article highlights lessons that help K-grade 5 students understand that animals and plants can only survive in certain envi...
        Contributor: Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle (NSDL Collection)
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