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      • Thumb image for All About Earth's ClimateResource Type: Website / HyperLink

        All About Earth's Climate

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Physics, Instructional Strategies, Geology & the Dynamic Earth, Current 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: The Sun and Earth's Climate

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Geology & the Dynamic Earth, Instructional Strategies, Physics, Education, Child Development & Family Services 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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        Unit Plans About Organisms, Their Adaptations, and Their Environments

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Instructional Strategies, Life Sciences, Current Science, Education, Child Development & Family Services 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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        Essential Principle 2: Correlation to Standards and Curriculum Connections

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Instructional Strategies, Physics, Education, Child Development & Family Services, Life Sciences 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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        Setting the Stage for Understanding the Climate System's Complex Interactions

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Geology & the Dynamic Earth, Instructional Strategies, Physics, Current 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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        Lessons about the Sun and Earth's Climate

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Instructional Strategies, Physics, Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis, Current 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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        The Biosphere/Climate Connection

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Physics, Instructional Strategies, Life Sciences, Education, Child Development & Family Services 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 Organisms, Their Adaptations, and Their Environments

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Geology & the Dynamic Earth, Current Science, Education, Child Development & Family Services, Life Sciences 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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        Lessons about Visualizing with Informational Text

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Instructional Strategies, Education, Child Development & Family Services, Current Science, Inquiry & Problem Based Learning 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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        Visualizing Informational Text

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Instructional Strategies, Professional Development, Education, Child Development & Family Services, Inquiry & Problem Based Learning 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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        Buckets of Fun with Argument-Driven Inquiry in Your School Library!

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Instructional Strategies, Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis, Education, Child Development & Family Services, Current 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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        Lapbooks: Getting Creative with Science in the School Library

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Instructional Strategies, Physics, Education, Child Development & Family Services, Life Sciences 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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        Interactive Activities for Understanding Earth's Climate

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Instructional Strategies, Physics, Education, Child Development & Family Services, States of Matter (solids, liquids, gases) 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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        Asking Questions, All the Time

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Instructional Strategies, Professional Development, Education, Child Development & Family Services, Inquiry & Problem Based Learning 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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