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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTeaching the Science Standards: Tools for Visual and Kinesthetic Learners
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Professional Development, Technology, Web 2.0 & Social Networking, Information Literacy and 7 additional..This article describes many strategies for meeting the needs of visual and kinesthetic students, including deaf students.Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTeaching About Natural Resources and Energy Sources
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Science, Environmental Issues, Professional Development, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere and 5 additional..This article provides lesson plans about natural resources and energy sources for elementary teachers.Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTeaching About Energy: The NEED Project
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, Energy & Work, Professional Development and 4 additional..This article provides an overview of energy education curriculum materials available from the National Energy Education Developm...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTeacher Tools That Integrate Technology: Educational Blogging
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Professional Development, Education Theory and PracticeThis article for elementary teachers discusses what a blog is, why you should blog, how to get students involved, and steps on h...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTeacher Resources for Making Inferences, Using Context Clues
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Instructional Strategies, Professional Development, Education Theory and PracticeThis article describes the processes of making inferences and using context clues to define unknown words. Links to web sites an...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkStories for Students
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Science, Professional Development, Education Materials, Education Theory and PracticeThis article provides summaries and links to nonfiction science articles for students in grades K-5.Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSome Ideas for Instructing Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Personal and Community Health, Special Education, Professional DevelopmentThis article includes ideas for effectively teaching students with autism spectrum disorders, including the visual presentation ...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSeeing Temperature Through Color
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Heat & Thermodynamics, Science, States of Matter (solids, liquids, gases), Professional Development and 5 additional..This article describes the basics of thermography or thermal imaging, and how this technique can inspire a data collection activ...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkScience Notebooks: Integrating Investigations
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Standardized Testing, Professional Development, Inquiry & Problem Based Learning, Education Theory and PracticeThis article reviews the book "Using Science Notebooks in Elementary Classrooms" by Michael Klentschy and provides basic informa...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkScience and Literacy Lessons to Develop a Polar Sense of Place
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Geography, Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, Curriculum Design and 4 additional..This article provides geography lessons to teach elementary students about the polar regions. Literacy extensions are included f...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkRocks and Minerals - Issue 6, September 2008
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Earth's Resources, Professional Development, Education Theory and Practice, Earth & Space ScienceThis issue of the free online magazine, Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears, explores the basic characteristics of rocks and mineral...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkResources and Activities from Polar Research Projects
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Technology, Multimedia Presentation, Professional Development, Education MaterialsThis article provides an overview of educational resources available from polar research programs.Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPressing Plants: Connecting Science, Art, and the Natural World
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Science, Life Sciences, Visual Arts, Professional Development and 3 additional..This article provides information about creating a plant or flower press and how this tool can enrich the elementary science cur...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPolar Plants: Virtual Bookshelf
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Professional Development, Earth's Resources, Structure and Function in Living Things and 3 additional..This article features children's literature about plants and the plants found in the polar regions.Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPolar Festivals: Virtual Bookshelf
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Geography, Professional Development, Instructional Strategies, Our Solar System and 9 additional..This article features activity books and polar-themed children's literature for use in the elementary classroom.Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPolar Arts and Crafts
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Geography, Professional Development, Our Solar System, Science and 7 additional..This article provides links to polar-themed arts and crafts activities.Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPerformance Assessments: A Marine Example
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Assessment & Rubrics, Ecology & Ecosystems, Earth's Resources, Professional Development, Education Theory and PracticeThis article describes a performance assessment that concludes a fourth-grade oceanography unit.Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPeople of the Whale
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Professional Development, Earth's Resources, Current Science and 2 additional..This article describes how the lifestyle of Alaska's Inupiat people have changed over time, and the new challenges they now face...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPartners
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Professional Development, Classification, Earth's Resources and 2 additional..This nonfiction article, written for students in grades 4-5, explores lichens: a partnership between an alga and a fungus. Modif...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkOur Changing Earth: Virtual Bookshelf
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Geology & the Dynamic Earth, Professional Development, Earth's Resources and 2 additional..This article features children's literature about erosion, glaciers, earthquakes, and volcanoes for use in the elementary classr...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0