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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkNote Taking: Enhancing the Ability to Comprehend Nonfiction Text
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Professional Development, Education Theory and PracticeThis article describes the importance of teaching students the strategy of note taking and includes a template for use with elem...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkNo Gloom, No Doom: Teaching About Climate Without Scaring Your Students: Podcast Episode 12
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Instructional Strategies, Education Theory and Practice, Ecology & Ecosystems, Professional Development and 2 additional..In this podcast, learn how to address climate misconceptions and avoid the fear of climate change by using activities that inspi...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMammals: Virtual Bookshelf
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Structure and Function in Living Things, Earth's Resources, Earth & Space Science, Education Theory and Practice and 3 additional..This article features children's literature about mammals and the mammals that live in the polar regions.Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkListening Comprehension Skills for Elementary Students
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Education Theory and Practice, Professional Development, Assessment & RubricsThis article discusses explicitly teaching and assessing listening comprehension skills in the elementary grades and provides te...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLessons and Activities about Arctic Peoples
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Earth's Resources, Standardized Testing, History-Social Science, Earth & Space Science and 8 additional..This article highlights lessons and activities for elementary students about the people and cultures of the Arctic region.Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLearning From the Polar Past - Issue 2, April 2008
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Earth's Resources, Evolution and Adaptation, Instructional Strategies, Science and 2 additional..This issue of the free online magazine, Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears, explore how to use fossils and artifacts (scientific cl...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkI've Tried Everything! Strategies for Working With Kids With Attention Disorders
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Professional DevelopmentIn this podcast, listen to a 22-year classroom veteran's tips and strategies for managing students with attention disorders.Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkIt's Elementary! Blogging with Young Learners
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Technology, Growth, Development & Aging, Health Education, Writing Strategies and 4 additional..This article describes how primary school teachers and their school technology specialist use classroom blogging to engage child...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkIntegrating Science and Math: Weather and Data Analysis
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Mathematics, Science, Education Theory and Practice, Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis and 3 additional..This article discusses how the study of weather can meet the NCTM Data Analysis and Probability standard. Links to lessons for g...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkIcebergs and Glaciers: Virtual Bookshelf
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Earth's Resources, Earth & Space Science, Education Theory and Practice, Ecology & Ecosystems and 2 additional..This article features children's literature about icebergs and glaciers.Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkIce Sculptures
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Earth & Space Science, Our Solar System, Education Theory and Practice, Earth's Resources, Professional DevelopmentThis nonfiction article, written for students in grades 4-5, explores the ways in which glaciers shape the Earth's land. Modifie...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHands-On Science and Literacy Lessons About Weather and Climate
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Earth's Resources, Curriculum Design, Earth & Space Science, Science and 5 additional..This article provides links to standards-based science and literacy lessons about weather, climate, polar climates, and climate ...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHands-on Science and Literacy Lessons About Birds
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Structure and Function in Living Things, Physics, Fluid Dynamics, Evolution and Adaptation and 9 additional..This article provides links to lessons and units about birds, bird characteristics, and penguins. Ideas for literacy integration...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHands-On Science and Literacy Activities about Solar Energy
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Earth's Resources, Physics, Earth & Space Science, Education Theory and Practice and 7 additional..This article features science lesson plans to teach elementary students about the sun's energy, the relationship between light a...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHands-on Science and Literacy Activities about Erosion, Volcanoes, and Earthquakes
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Earth & Space Science, Education Theory and Practice, Earth's Resources, Geology & the Dynamic Earth, Professional DevelopmentThis article highlights science and literacy lessons to teach elementary students about erosion, glaciers, volcanoes, and earthq...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHands-on Science Activities for Your Polar Festival
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Our Solar System, Earth's Resources, Geography, Instructional Strategies and 5 additional..This article provides links to hands-on science activities that could be used in an festival or informal learning event. Nationa...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGrowing Floaters and Shrinking Sinkers
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Chemistry, Earth's Resources, Properties of Matter, Science and 3 additional..This expository article, written for students in grades 4-5, explains why ice floats and how this is essential to life on earth....Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGetting Students Engaged in Nonfiction Text
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Light, Sound & Other Waves, Education Theory and Practice, Professional DevelopmentThis article describes how to help students engage with nonfiction text by asking questions, identifying facts, making connectio...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkExploration Comes to Life with Orienteering, Geocaching
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Education Theory and Practice, Geography, Professional Development, History-Social ScienceThis article provides an overview of orienteering and geocaching as well as suggestions for incorporating these activities into ...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEarth's Changing Surface - Issue 9, December 2008
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Earth's Resources, Geology & the Dynamic Earth, Science, Education Theory and Practice and 3 additional..This issue of the free online magazine, Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears, explores glaciers, wind, water, and volcanoes and their...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0