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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkUnit Plans: The Sun and Earth's Climate
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Inquiry & Problem Based Learning, Geology & the Dynamic Earth, Experimentation and the Scientific Method, Instructional Strategies and 12 additional..In this article, teachers find two unit plans (grades K-2 and 3-5) that use resources featured in the science and literacy artic...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: Ecology & Ecosystems, Heat & Thermodynamics, Earth's Resources, Current Science 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 / HyperLinkThe Sun and Earth's Climate: Virtual Bookshelf
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Heat & Thermodynamics, Earth's Resources, Our Solar System, States of Matter (solids, liquids, gases) 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 About Organisms, Their Adaptations, and Their Environments
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Inquiry & Problem Based Learning, Current Science, Experimentation and the Scientific Method, Instructional Strategies and 13 additional..Unit plans at two levels, K-grade 2 and grades 3-5 develop understanding of the issue theme, We Depend on Earth's Climate, by fo...Contributor: Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkQuestions, Questions: Taking Energy Inquiry Further in the School Library
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Inquiry & Problem Based Learning, Geology & the Dynamic Earth, Experimentation and the Scientific Method, Instructional Strategies and 11 additional..This article from Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle provides ideas on how school librarians can work with elementary teachers t...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 / HyperLinkTeaching about Adaptations and Environments with ARKive
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Instructional Strategies, Life Sciences, Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis, Technology, Professional DevelopmentThis 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 / HyperLinkEssential Principle 2: Correlation to Standards and Curriculum Connections
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Inquiry & Problem Based Learning, Current Science, Geology & the Dynamic Earth, Experimentation and the Scientific Method and 18 additional..This article aligns the concepts of Essential Principle 2 of the Climate Sciences to the K-5 content standards of the National S...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: Inquiry & Problem Based Learning, Current Science, Geology & the Dynamic Earth, Experimentation and the Scientific Method 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 / HyperLinkUnit Plans That Teach Foundational Climate Concepts
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Instructional Strategies, States of Matter (solids, liquids, gases), Physics, Chemistry 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 / HyperLinkEssential Principle 3: Correlation to Standards and Curriculum Connections
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Instructional Strategies, Life Sciences, Curriculum Design, Education, Child Development & Family Services, Professional DevelopmentIn 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 / 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 / HyperLinkLessons about the Sun and Earth's Climate
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Inquiry & Problem Based Learning, Current Science, Science, Experimentation and the Scientific Method and 14 additional..Concepts underlying the first of the Essential Principles of the Climate Sciences are aligned with topics typically taught in th...Contributor: Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Biosphere/Climate Connection
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Life Sciences, States of Matter (solids, liquids, gases), Physics, Ecology & Ecosystems and 24 additional..This article continues an examination of each of the seven essential principles of the climate sciences on which the online maga...Contributor: Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkVisualizing Informational Text
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Inquiry & Problem Based Learning, Experimentation and the Scientific Method, Instructional Strategies, Mathematics 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 / 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 / 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 / HyperLinkBuckets of Fun with Argument-Driven Inquiry in Your School Library!
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Inquiry & Problem Based Learning, Current Science, Science, Experimentation and the Scientific Method and 12 additional..A new instructional model, called Argument-Driven Inquiry (ADI), is introduced to elementary teachers in this article. The autho...Contributor: Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLapbooks: Getting Creative with Science in the School Library
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Inquiry & Problem Based Learning, Current Science, Experimentation and the Scientific Method, Instructional Strategies and 15 additional..In this article, the author shows how school librarians and elementary teachers can help students create science lapbooks. The a...Contributor: Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkInteractive Activities for Understanding Earth's Climate
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Inquiry & Problem Based Learning, Current Science, Geology & the Dynamic Earth, Experimentation and the Scientific Method and 15 additional..This article provides links to online resources that can be used with interactive whiteboards and computers. Weather, climate, a...Contributor: Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0