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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWriting Science-Themed Poetry in the Elementary Grades
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Education Theory and Practice, Science, Professional Development, Literary genresThis article provides ideas and resources for writing science-themed poetry in the elementary classroom. NCTE/IRA Standards alig...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhite Wolf
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Education Theory and Practice, Ecology & Ecosystems, Professional DevelopmentThis nonfiction article, written for students in grades 4-5, explores the life of the arctic wolf. Modified versions are availab...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLink'Where I'm From' Poems: Making Connections to Home
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Education Theory and Practice, Professional Development, Literary genres, Curriculum DesignThis article provides a lesson plan that teaches elementary students to write poems about home using sensory language and imager...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhat's the Difference? Activities to Teach Paleontology and Archaeology
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Education Theory and Practice, Experimentation and the Scientific Method, Geology & the Dynamic Earth, Earth's Resources and 7 additional..This article provides links to interactive web sites and lesson plans for teaching about paleontology, dinosaurs, and archaeolog...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhat Works? Teaching Literacy Skills to English Language Learners
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Instructional Strategies, Education Theory and Practice, Professional DevelopmentThis site provides an overview of research-based resources for teaching English Language Learners available from the Doing What ...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWeather Stations: Teaching the Science and Technology Standard
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Education Theory and Practice, Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis, Assessment & Rubrics, Professional Development and 2 additional..This article links to resources to help teachers create their own weather stations, participate in real data projects, and asses...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWeather and Climate: From Home to the Poles: Virtual Bookshelf
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Education Theory and Practice, Earth's Resources, Earth & Space Science, Current Science and 4 additional..This article highlights children's literature about weather and climate, the polar regions, and climate change for use in the el...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWeather and Climate: From Home to the Poles - Issue 4, June/July 2008
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Instructional Strategies, Education Theory and Practice, Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis, Science and 3 additional..This issue of the free online magazine, Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears, explores how elementary teachers can move from a study ...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWater Dance: Integrating Science, Literacy, Art, and Movement
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Education Theory and Practice, Earth's Resources, Writing Strategies, Ecology & Ecosystems and 5 additional..This article describes ways to supplement a science unit on the water cycle with the book Water Dance by Thomas Locker. Ideas fo...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWarm Blankets and Cold Breezes: Misconceptions about Heat and What to Do About Them
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Heat & Thermodynamics, Professional DevelopmentIn this podcast, learn about student misconceptions about heat and activities that target them.Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkVocabulary Development Strategies for English Language Learners
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Education Theory and Practice, Professional Development, ClassificationThis article describes seven strategies for assisting English Language Learners with science vocabulary development.Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkVocabulary Development and Nonlinguistic Representations: How Can Science Help?
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Instructional Strategies, Education Theory and Practice, Health & Physical Education, Health Education and 7 additional..This article explains how hands-on science activity can support vocabulary development and links to two books and six web sites ...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkVisualizing to Understand Content Area Text
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Education Theory and Practice, Professional DevelopmentThis article discusses the reading comprehension strategy of visualization and how it can be used to enhance students' understan...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkUsing Icebergs to Teach Buoyancy and Density
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Education Theory and Practice, Properties of Matter, Fluid Dynamics, Inquiry & Problem Based Learning and 6 additional..This article highlights activities for elementary students that model icebergs and develop an informal understanding of the conc...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkUpdating the K-W-L Brings the Focus Back to Literacy, Evidential Thinking
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Instructional Strategies, Education Theory and Practice, Experimentation and the Scientific Method, Science and 2 additional..This article summarizes and links to two Science and Children articles that modify the KWL chart to include literacy skills and ...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTwo Miles Below
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Education Theory and Practice, People in Science, Current Science, Professional DevelopmentThis article describes robots that are helping scientists explore the Gakkel Ridge deep below the Arctic Ocean and links to info...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTouching the Future: Using iPod Touch Devices in Elementary Classrooms
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Education Theory and Practice, Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis, Multimedia Presentation, Professional Development, TechnologyThis article describes a pilot project in which a fifth-grade classroom integrated six iPod Touch devices into all aspects of th...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Top (and Bottom) of the World
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Education Theory and Practice, Earth's Resources, Earth & Space Science, Making & Reading Maps and 4 additional..This nonfiction article, written for elementary students, discusses the unique characteristics of the North and South poles. The...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Dance of Life
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Education Theory and Practice, Earth's Resources, Earth & Space Science, Ecology & Ecosystems and 2 additional..This nonfiction article, written for students in grades 4-5, explores the life and seasonal migration of the sanderling bird. Mo...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Aurora: Inspiration for Art and Poetry Integration
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Education Theory and Practice, Writing Strategies, Visual Arts, Professional Development and 2 additional..This article lists seven art techniques and four poetry types that can be used to depict and describe the aurora.Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0