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      • Thumb image for Visualizing Informational TextResource Type: Website / HyperLink

        Visualizing Informational Text

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Experimentation and the Scientific Method, Mathematics, Education, Child Development & Family Services, Professional Development and 2 additional..
        Visualizing is a reading comprehension strategy that can be applied to science-themed texts, according to this article from Beyo...
        Contributor: Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle (NSDL Collection)
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        Unit Plans: The Sun and Earth's Climate

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Our Solar System, Experimentation and the Scientific Method, Mathematics, Physics 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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        Unit Plans That Teach Foundational Climate Concepts

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Our Solar System, Physics, States of Matter (solids, liquids, gases), Earth & Space Science 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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        Unit Plans: Earth's Climate Changes

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Structure and Function in Living Things, Human Anatomy & Physiology, Current Science, Earth & Space Science and 8 additional..
        Unit plans for Grades K-2 and 3-5 are a regular feature of the magazine Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle. The plans draw on ar...
        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: Evolution and Adaptation, Structure and Function in Living Things, Experimentation and the Scientific Method, Mathematics 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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        Understanding Earth's Climate: Virtual Bookshelf

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Heat & Thermodynamics, Our Solar System, Geology & the Dynamic Earth, States of Matter (solids, liquids, gases) 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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        The Sun: Earth's Primary Energy Source

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Our Solar System, Physics, States of Matter (solids, liquids, gases), Current Science 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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        The Sun and Earth's Climate: Virtual Bookshelf

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Heat & Thermodynamics, Our Solar System, States of Matter (solids, liquids, gases), Weather, Climate & Atmosphere 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 Seasons and the Sun

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Earth & Space Science, Professional Development
        An original informational story about Sun's role in heating Earth's air, land, and water and Sun's connection to the seasons and...
        Contributor: Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle (NSDL Collection)
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        The Biosphere/Climate Connection

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Evolution and Adaptation, Nature & Method of Science, Our Solar System, Experimentation and the Scientific Method 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)
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        Teaching about Adaptations and Environments with ARKive

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Life Sciences, Technology, Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis, Professional Development, Instructional Strategies
        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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        Take Action: Plant a Tree

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Professional Development, Inquiry & Problem Based Learning, Personal and Community Health
        This 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)
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        Setting the Stage for Understanding the Climate System's Complex Interactions

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Our Solar System, Experimentation and the Scientific Method, Physics, Education, Child Development & Family Services 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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        Questions, Questions: Taking Energy Inquiry Further in the School Library

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Our Solar System, Experimentation and the Scientific Method, Physics, Education, Child Development & Family Services 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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        Professional Bookshelf: Print Publications

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Professional Development, Learning Theories, Instructional Strategies
        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)
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        Professional Bookshelf: Print Publications

        Grades: Graduate
        Subjects: Professional Development, Inquiry & Problem Based Learning, Learning Theories, Instructional Strategies
        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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        Professional Bookshelf: Print Publications

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Nature & Method of Science, Experimentation and the Scientific Method, Education, Child Development & Family Services, 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)
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        Professional Bookshelf

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Professional Development, Inquiry & Problem Based Learning, Learning Theories, Instructional Strategies
        Exemplary professional development publications in the areas of general instruction, science education, and literacy instruction...
        Contributor: Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle (NSDL Collection)
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        Plants Need the Perfect Place

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Structure and Function in Living Things, Physics, Earth & Space Science, Professional Development and 6 additional..
        This original story about plants' dependence on the climate illustrates the theme of the issue of the online, free magazine Beyo...
        Contributor: Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle (NSDL Collection)
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        Making Predictions: A Strategy for Reading and Science Learning

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Professional Development, Inquiry & Problem Based Learning, Instructional Strategies
        This article discusses the reading instruction strategy of predicting and shows how it applies to science learning in the elemen...
        Contributor: Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle (NSDL Collection)
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