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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBuckets of Fun with Argument-Driven Inquiry in Your School Library!
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Nature & Method of Science, Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis, States of Matter (solids, liquids, gases), Science and 12 additional..A new instructional model, called Argument-Driven Inquiry (ADI), is introduced to elementary teachers in this article. The autho...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: Physics, Ecology & Ecosystems, Our Solar System, States of Matter (solids, liquids, gases) 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 / HyperLinkEarth's Climate Changes: Virtual Bookshelf
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Structure and Function in Living Things, Life Sciences, Experimentation and the Scientific Method and 10 additional..This list of carefully selected books for grades K-5 highlights nonfiction about climate proxies, those preserved physical chara...Contributor: Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLapbooks: Getting Creative with Science in the School Library
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Physics, Ecology & Ecosystems, Structure and Function in Living Things, Our Solar System and 15 additional..In this article, the author shows how school librarians and elementary teachers can help students create science lapbooks. The a...Contributor: Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLessons about Earth's Past Climates
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Professional Development, Current Science, Inquiry & Problem Based Learning, Earth's Resources and 2 additional..Three types of climate proxies -- tree rings, fossils, and ice cores -- are the subjects of lessons that will help K-5 students ...Contributor: Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTake Action: Plant a Tree
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Professional Development, Inquiry & Problem Based Learning, Personal and Community HealthThis regular column, called Take Action, in the magazine Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle suggests actions K-5 teachers can ta...Contributor: Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Biosphere/Climate Connection
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Nuclear Energy, Nature & Method of Science, Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis, Instructional Strategies 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
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkUnit Plans About Organisms, Their Adaptations, and Their Environments
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Structure and Function in Living Things, Classification, Life Sciences 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 / HyperLinkEarth's Changing Climate: Natural Variation and Human Impact
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Professional Development, Earth & Space ScienceThis article looks at the content knowledge teachers will need to prepare young students for later introduction of the fourth es...Contributor: Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAsking Questions, All the Time
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Professional Development, Inquiry & Problem Based Learning, History-Social Science, Mathematics and 3 additional..The ability to ask and answer questions while reading is essential to comprehension. This article discusses instructional strate...Contributor: Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkProfessional Bookshelf: Print Publications
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Professional Development, Inquiry & Problem Based Learning, Nature & Method of Science, Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis and 5 additional..Highlighted in this regular magazine feature are exemplary professional development publications that stress research-based stra...Contributor: Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCan You Read a Tree?
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Professional Development, Inquiry & Problem Based LearningIn this nonfiction story, young readers and listeners learn how scientists use cross sections from trees to reconstruct past cli...Contributor: Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkInteractive Activities for Understanding Earth's Climate
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Physics, Ecology & Ecosystems, Our Solar System, States of Matter (solids, liquids, gases) and 15 additional..This article provides links to online resources that can be used with interactive whiteboards and computers. Weather, climate, a...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: Professional Development, Inquiry & Problem Based Learning, Learning Theories, Curriculum Design 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 / HyperLinkEssential Principle 1: Correlation to Standards and Curriculum Connections
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Professional Development, Inquiry & Problem Based Learning, Earth & Space Science, Curriculum Design, Education, Child Development & Family ServicesThis article provide a list of learning objectives and excerpts from the K-8 content standards of the National Science Education...Contributor: Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLessons about Visualizing with Informational Text
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Instructional Strategies, Experimentation and the Scientific Method, Professional Development, Current Science and 7 additional..This article identifies online lesson plans that can be used to introduce visualizing, a comprehension skill important to both s...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: Physics, Our Solar System, Nature & Method of Science, Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis 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 / HyperLinkEssential Principle 2: Correlation to Standards and Curriculum Connections
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Nuclear Energy, Experimentation and the Scientific Method, Instructional Strategies, Professional Development 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 / HyperLinkQuestions, Questions: Taking Energy Inquiry Further in the School Library
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Physics, Ecology & Ecosystems, Our Solar System, States of Matter (solids, liquids, gases) 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 / HyperLinkCorrelation to Standards and Curriculum Connections
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Professional Development, Curriculum Design, Instructional Strategies, Education, Child Development & Family ServicesThe concepts that underlie the fourth essential principle of climate literacy ("Climate varies over space and time through both ...Contributor: Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0