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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPressing Plants: Connecting Science, Art, and the Natural World
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Science, Classification, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Visual Arts 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 / HyperLinkTeacher Tools That Integrate Technology: Educational Blogging
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Education Theory and Practice, Professional DevelopmentThis 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 / HyperLinkThe Top (and Bottom) of the World
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Making & Reading Maps, Earth & Space Science, Education Theory and Practice, Heat & Thermodynamics 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 / HyperLinkCommon Misconceptions about Icebergs and Glaciers
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Science, Education Theory and Practice, Instructional Strategies, Earth's Resources and 3 additional..This article describes some common misconceptions that elementary students may have about icebergs and glaciers (including densi...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDensity in the Making: The Changing Face of Polar Glaciers and Icebergs
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Science, Education Theory and Practice, Technology, Earth's Resources and 4 additional..In episode seven of the Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears podcast series, learn how scientists can get a first-hand look at changi...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkStories for Students
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Science, Education Theory and Practice, Professional Development, Education MaterialsThis 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 / HyperLinkThe Aurora: Inspiration for Art and Poetry Integration
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Education Theory and Practice, Writing Strategies, Literary genres, Visual Arts 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
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDiscovering Science Through Art-Based Activities
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Science, Professional Development, Visual ArtsThis article describes how to use art projects to help students learn science concepts and how this integration helps students w...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSeeing Temperature Through Color
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Light, Sound & Other Waves, Making & Reading Maps, Science, Education Theory and Practice 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 / HyperLinkWeather and Climate: From Home to the Poles: Virtual Bookshelf
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Current Science, Earth & Space Science, Education Theory and Practice, Ecology & Ecosystems 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 / HyperLinkUpdating the K-W-L Brings the Focus Back to Literacy, Evidential Thinking
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Science, Education Theory and Practice, Instructional Strategies, Nature & Method of 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 / HyperLinkHands-On Science and Literacy Lessons About Weather and Climate
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Earth & Space Science, Current Science, Education Theory and Practice, 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 / HyperLinkThe Dance of Life
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Earth & Space Science, Classification, Education Theory and Practice, 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 / HyperLinkIce Sculptures
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Earth & Space Science, Education Theory and Practice, Professional Development, Our Solar System, Earth's ResourcesThis 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 / HyperLinkDinos in the Dark
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Education Theory and Practice, People in Science, Geology & the Dynamic Earth, Evolution and Adaptation and 4 additional..This expository article for elementary students describes the dinosaurs that lived in polar regions as well as the adaptations t...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: Science, Education Theory and Practice, Literary genres, Writing Strategies 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 / HyperLinkHands-On Science and Literacy Activities about Solar Energy
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Earth & Space Science, Light, Sound & Other Waves, Physics, Earth's Resources 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 / HyperLinkWhite Wolf
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Professional Development, Education Theory and Practice, Ecology & EcosystemsThis 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 / HyperLinkPeople of the Whale
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Current Science, Earth & Space Science, Education Theory and Practice, Earth's Resources 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 / HyperLinkTeaching the Science Standards: Tools for Visual and Kinesthetic Learners
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Technology, Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis, Human Anatomy & Physiology, 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