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      • Thumb image for Visualizing Informational TextResource Type: Website / HyperLink

        Visualizing Informational Text

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Inquiry & Problem Based Learning, Instructional Strategies, Education, Child Development & Family Services, 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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        Unit Plans: The Sun and Earth's Climate

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Geology & the Dynamic Earth, Physics, Inquiry & Problem Based Learning, 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...
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        Unit Plans About Organisms, Their Adaptations, and Their Environments

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Inquiry & Problem Based Learning, Structure and Function in Living Things, History-Social Science, Classification 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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        The Biosphere/Climate Connection

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Geology & the Dynamic Earth, Physics, Evolution and Adaptation, Instructional Strategies 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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        Setting the Stage for Understanding the Climate System's Complex Interactions

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Geology & the Dynamic Earth, Physics, Inquiry & Problem Based Learning, Instructional Strategies 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 Visualizing with Informational Text

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Inquiry & Problem Based Learning, History-Social Science, Instructional Strategies, Experimentation and the Scientific Method 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 the Sun and Earth's Climate

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Physics, Inquiry & Problem Based Learning, Instructional Strategies, Light, Sound & Other Waves 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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        Lessons About Organisms, Their Adaptations, and Their Environments

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Geology & the Dynamic Earth, Inquiry & Problem Based Learning, Structure and Function in Living Things, Evolution and Adaptation and 10 additional..
        This article highlights lessons that help K-grade 5 students understand that animals and plants can only survive in certain envi...
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        Lapbooks: Getting Creative with Science in the School Library

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Physics, Instructional Strategies, Life Sciences, Experimentation and the Scientific Method and 15 additional..
        In this article, the author shows how school librarians and elementary teachers can help students create science lapbooks. The a...
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        Interactive Activities for Understanding Earth's Climate

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Geology & the Dynamic Earth, Physics, Instructional Strategies, Light, Sound & Other Waves 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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        Essential Principle 2: Correlation to Standards and Curriculum Connections

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Geology & the Dynamic Earth, Physics, Instructional Strategies, Light, Sound & Other Waves 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...
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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, History-Social Science, Instructional Strategies, 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...
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        Asking Questions, All the Time

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Inquiry & Problem Based Learning, History-Social Science, Instructional Strategies, Education, Child Development & Family Services and 3 additional..
        The ability to ask and answer questions while reading is essential to comprehension. This article discusses instructional strate...
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        All About Earth's Climate

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Physics, Geology & the Dynamic Earth, Inquiry & Problem Based Learning, Instructional Strategies 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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