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Essential Principle 3: Correlation to Standards and Curriculum Connections
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Education, Child Development & Family Services, Life Sciences, Professional Development, Curriculum Design, Instructional StrategiesIn 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: 0Professional Bookshelf: Print Publications
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Learning Theories, Professional Development, Instructional StrategiesHighlighted 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: 0Essential Principle 1: Correlation to Standards and Curriculum Connections
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Professional Development, Inquiry & Problem Based Learning, Education, Child Development & Family Services, Curriculum Design, Earth & Space ScienceThis article provide a list of learning objectives and excerpts from the K-8 content standards of the National Science Education...Contributor: Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Correlation to Standards and Curriculum Connections
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Professional Development, Education, Child Development & Family Services, Curriculum Design, Instructional StrategiesThe concepts that underlie the fourth essential principle of climate literacy ("Climate varies over space and time through both ...Contributor: Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Common Misconceptions about Mammals
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Structure and Function in Living Things, Education Theory and Practice, Science, Professional Development and 2 additional..This article lists common misconceptions about mammals. It provides formative assessment probes and information about teaching f...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Common Misconceptions About the Polar Regions: Geography and Mapping
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Education Theory and Practice, Ecology & Ecosystems, Science, Earth's Resources and 3 additional..This article describes common misconceptions about the Arctic and Antarctica and how to test and teach for student understanding.Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Melting Icebergs
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Earth's Resources, Professional Development, Earth & Space ScienceThis formative assessment item uncovers student ideas and misconceptions about melting icebergs. It determines if students belie...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Common Misconceptions about Light, Heat, and the Sun
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Our Solar System, Education Theory and Practice, Nuclear Energy, Science and 4 additional..This article lists common misconceptions about light, heat, and the sun. It provides formative assessment probes and information...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Glaciers and Rocks
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Geology & the Dynamic Earth, Earth's Resources, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Professional Development, Earth & Space ScienceThis formative assessment item uncovers students' ideas about glacial erosion and how glaciers transport rocks and other sedimen...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Common Misconceptions About Fossils and the History of the Polar Regions
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Geology & the Dynamic Earth, California History (4th Grade), World History, Earth & Space Science and 8 additional..This article describes common misconceptions held by elementary students about the history of the polar regions, fossils, and ge...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Common Misconceptions about Icebergs and Glaciers
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Education Theory and Practice, Properties of Matter, Science, 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: 0No Gloom, No Doom: Teaching About Climate Without Scaring Your Students: Podcast Episode 12
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Education Theory and Practice, Ecology & Ecosystems, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Professional Development and 2 additional..In this podcast, learn how to address climate misconceptions and avoid the fear of climate change by using activities that inspi...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Where Do Penguins Live?
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Life Sciences, Structure and Function in Living Things, Professional Development, ClassificationThis formative assessment item uncovers students' prior knowledge about the distribution of penguin species throughout the world...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0What to Wear?
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Our Solar System, Geology & the Dynamic Earth, Earth's Resources, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere and 2 additional..This formative assessment item uncovers student understanding of weather and seasons. It uncovers student ideas about difference...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Common Misconceptions About Plants
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Structure and Function in Living Things, Career & Technical Ed, Education Theory and Practice, Science and 4 additional..This article describes some common misconceptions that elementary students may have about plants. It also includes suggestions f...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Weather at the North and South Poles
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Geology & the Dynamic Earth, Heat & Thermodynamics, States of Matter (solids, liquids, gases), Earth's Resources and 3 additional..This formative assessment item is used to uncover student ideas about weather at the North and South Poles. It will help to dete...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Common Misconceptions About Rocks and Minerals
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Education Theory and Practice, Properties of Matter, Science, Earth's Resources and 3 additional..This article discusses geologic misconceptions held by teachers and students and provides resources for formative assessment and...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Where are the Volcanoes?
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Geology & the Dynamic Earth, Earth's Resources, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Professional Development, Earth & Space ScienceThis formative assessment item discusses common misconceptions about volcano location around the world. Resources include backgr...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Warm Blankets and Cold Breezes: Misconceptions about Heat and What to Do About Them
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Professional Development, Heat & ThermodynamicsIn this podcast, learn about student misconceptions about heat and activities that target them.Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Is It a Fossil?
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Geology & the Dynamic Earth, Professional Development, Evolution and Adaptation, Earth & Space ScienceThis formative assessment item is used to uncover students' ideas about fossils before a lesson has begun. Students will determi...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
