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      • Thumb image for Asking Questions, All the TimeResource Type: Website / HyperLink

        Asking Questions, All the Time

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Inquiry & Problem Based Learning, Education, Child Development & Family Services, Professional Development, Experimentation and the Scientific Method and 3 additional..
        The ability to ask and answer questions while reading is essential to comprehension. This article discusses instructional strate...
        Contributor: Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle (NSDL Collection)
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        Interactive Activities for Understanding Earth's Climate

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Inquiry & Problem Based Learning, Energy & Work, Current Science, Earth & Space Science 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)
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        Lapbooks: Getting Creative with Science in the School Library

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Inquiry & Problem Based Learning, Energy & Work, Current Science, Earth & Space Science 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)
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        Buckets of Fun with Argument-Driven Inquiry in Your School Library!

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Inquiry & Problem Based Learning, Science, Current Science, Earth & Space Science 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)
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        Visualizing Informational Text

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Inquiry & Problem Based Learning, Education, Child Development & Family Services, Professional Development, Experimentation and the Scientific Method 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)
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        Lessons about Visualizing with Informational Text

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Inquiry & Problem Based Learning, Current Science, Earth & Space Science, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere and 7 additional..
        This article identifies online lesson plans that can be used to introduce visualizing, a comprehension skill important to both s...
        Contributor: Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle (NSDL Collection)
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        Lessons About Organisms, Their Adaptations, and Their Environments

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Inquiry & Problem Based Learning, Evolution and Adaptation, Structure and Function in Living Things, Current Science 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)
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        The Biosphere/Climate Connection

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Inquiry & Problem Based Learning, Science, Current Science, Energy & Work 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)
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        Lessons about the Sun and Earth's Climate

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Inquiry & Problem Based Learning, Current Science, Science, Earth & Space Science 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)
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        Setting the Stage for Understanding the Climate System's Complex Interactions

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Inquiry & Problem Based Learning, Energy & Work, Current Science, Earth & Space Science 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)
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        Essential Principle 2: Correlation to Standards and Curriculum Connections

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Inquiry & Problem Based Learning, Current Science, Energy & Work, Earth & Space Science 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)
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        All About Earth's Climate

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Inquiry & Problem Based Learning, Energy & Work, Current Science, Earth & Space Science and 13 additional..
        In this informational text, elementary school readers learn about the difference between weather and climate and about component...
        Contributor: Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle (NSDL Collection)
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        Unit Plans About Organisms, Their Adaptations, and Their Environments

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Inquiry & Problem Based Learning, Evolution and Adaptation, Structure and Function in Living Things, Current Science 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)
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        Unit Plans: The Sun and Earth's Climate

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Inquiry & Problem Based Learning, Energy & Work, Earth & Space Science, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere 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)
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