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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Sun and Earth's Climate: Virtual Bookshelf
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Earth & Space Science, Heat & Thermodynamics, Professional Development, Earth's Resources 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)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkUnit Plans That Teach Foundational Climate Concepts
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Earth & Space Science, Heat & Thermodynamics, Instructional Strategies, Physics 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)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkVisualizing Informational Text
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Instructional Strategies, Professional Development, Inquiry & Problem Based Learning, Education, Child Development & Family Services 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)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSetting the Stage for Understanding the Climate System's Complex Interactions
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Earth & Space Science, Instructional Strategies, Physics, Inquiry & Problem Based Learning 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)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkActivities for Studying Tree Rings Online
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Earth & Space Science, Professional Development, Earth's Resources, Inquiry & Problem Based Learning and 2 additional..Selected resources provide three web-based activities to complement science lessons in an issue of Beyond Weather and the Water ...Contributor: Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTeaching about Adaptations and Environments with ARKive
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Technology, Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis, Instructional Strategies, Professional Development, Life SciencesThis 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)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Sun: Earth's Primary Energy Source
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Earth & Space Science, Heat & Thermodynamics, Physics, States of Matter (solids, liquids, gases) 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)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkUnit Plans: Earth's Climate Changes
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Earth & Space Science, Instructional Strategies, Human Anatomy & Physiology, Life Sciences 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)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkProfessional Bookshelf: Print Publications
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Learning Theories, Instructional Strategies, Professional DevelopmentHighlighted 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 / HyperLinkEssential Principle 3: Correlation to Standards and Curriculum Connections
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Instructional Strategies, Education, Child Development & Family Services, Professional Development, Curriculum Design, Life SciencesIn this article, the author identifies science content standards for grades K-5 from the national standards that are aligned wit...Contributor: Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkUnderstanding Earth's Climate: Virtual Bookshelf
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Earth & Space Science, Heat & Thermodynamics, States of Matter (solids, liquids, gases), Agriculture & Natural Resources 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)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkProfessional Bookshelf: Print Publications
Grades: GraduateSubjects: Learning Theories, Inquiry & Problem Based Learning, Instructional Strategies, Professional DevelopmentBooks 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)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkClimate: A Complex Interaction
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Earth & Space Science, Heat & Thermodynamics, Physics, States of Matter (solids, liquids, gases) and 9 additional..This article continues an examination of each of the seven essential principles of climate literacy on which the online magazine...Contributor: Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLessons about Making Predictions with Informational Text
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Instructional Strategies, Professional DevelopmentMaking predictions is a skill readers need for comprehending fiction and nonfiction. Three lessons are identified here to give y...Contributor: Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCreate Interactive Activities with Content Clips
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Professional DevelopmentThis article introduces a free online collection of images, video clips, and animations that teachers can use in creating resour...Contributor: Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMaking Predictions: A Strategy for Reading and Science Learning
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Inquiry & Problem Based Learning, Instructional Strategies, Professional DevelopmentThis 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)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLessons about Inferring
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Instructional Strategies, Professional DevelopmentDifferent approaches to teaching the reading comprehension strategy of inferring in K-5 classrooms are identified in this articl...Contributor: Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkInferring: Reading Between the Lines Isn't Just for Reading Class
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Inquiry & Problem Based Learning, Instructional Strategies, Professional DevelopmentThe reading strategy known as inferring is also one of the six basic process skills in science. How to apply the strategy in tea...Contributor: Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLessons About Organisms, Their Adaptations, and Their Environments
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Earth & Space Science, Evolution and Adaptation, Inquiry & Problem Based Learning, Education, Child Development & Family Services and 10 additional..This article highlights lessons that help K-grade 5 students understand that animals and plants can only survive in certain envi...Contributor: Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkProfessional Bookshelf
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Learning Theories, Inquiry & Problem Based Learning, Instructional Strategies, Professional DevelopmentExemplary professional development publications in the areas of general instruction, science education, and literacy instruction...Contributor: Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0