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return to subject listingThe Sea Otter Site
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4 to 12tag(s): oceans (147)
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Ocean Color Viewed from Space
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4 to 8tag(s): oceans (147)
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Minerals, Crystals and Gems: Stepping-Stones to Inquiry - Smithsonian Institution
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3 to 8In the Classroom
The site includes three lesson units for teachers. They include objectives, materials, procedures, sample sheets and listngs of related subjects .Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Marine Institute
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1 to 12tag(s): oceans (147)
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Make a Weather Station - Miami Science Museum
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2 to 5tag(s): weather (164)
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Lightning! - National Geographic
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2 to 6tag(s): weather (164)
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Kids Farm
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1 to 3tag(s): agriculture (49)
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Kids Do Ecology - Univ. of California Santa Barbara
Grades
4 to 8In the Classroom
Though this site is no longer maintained, the links work and there is plenty of material to use in your classroom. This site is a great science find for both teachers and students! Teachers, there is an entire section of free lesson plans and activities that can be easily recreated in your classroom. For students, use this site as learning center or station. Allow students to use the site in cooperative learning groups, for any science unit on biomes, ecology, mammals, or data collection. This site would be a great supplement to book materials.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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FEMA Backgrounder: Earthquakes - US Government
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4 to 8tag(s): disasters (36), earth (185), earthquakes (44)
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Use this site as an anticipatory set or "activator" to introduce a unit or lesson on geology and/or natural disasters on a projector or interactive whiteboard. When an earthquake is in the news, use this site as the starting point for individual or group projects in response to their curiosity about the news event. An option would be to divide students into cooperative learning groups to explore the site. Have them take online notes using Webnote, reviewed here; tell students to be sure to save the URL to share their notes and questions with you and their peers. Use the information they find as a jumping off place for doing further research on areas that interest them. To show what they have learned from this site and their research, challenge students to create an online graphic to share using Visme, reviewed here. Have them create presentations on different parts of the information found in the site and its activities.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Explore a Pond - Utah Education Network Brandon Thacker
Grades
4 to 8tag(s): ecosystems (73)
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Bookmark this site for your science lessons on scents, disolved oxygen, camouflage, soil erosion, and math lessons on probability, surface area, estimating perimeter and more; there is something for every grade level. Easily adapt lessons that are not at your grade level.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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EPA Curriculum Materials - US Government
Grades
2 to 12In the Classroom
Bookmark this site to include with your lessons on environmental issues. After completing your unit, consider using the links to " other sites for more extensive information" for students to continue research in an area that interests them. Challenge students to share their redefined learning with their peers in a multimedia presentation using one of these tool suggestions (click on the tool name to access the review): Infogram, Lucidpress, Powtoon, and MoocNote.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Ecological Regions of North America - Commission for Environmental Cooperation
Grades
4 to 12In the Classroom
Share this site on your interactive whiteboard or with a projector to show students how to navigate to the Tools and Resources and what is there. Then allow students to choose an area to investigate individually, with a partner, or in small groups on classroom computers. Ask students to take notes using Simplenote, reviewed here; tell students to be sure to save the URL to share their notes and questions with you and their peers. Simplenote updates across all devices. Next challenge students to share their findings with their peers by creating online posters on paper or do it together as a class using a tool such as Web Poster Wizard, reviewed here, or PicLits, reviewed here. Take this a step further with technology and make the posters interactive using Adobe Creative Cloud Express for Education, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Earthwatch - Earthwatch Worldwide
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4 to 12tag(s): earth (185), environment (240)
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Select "Global Classroom" for a summary of planned and on-going scientific field trip explorations. Some explorations include classroom resources. Topics pertain to oceans, ecology, and endangered species.You will find there are lesson plans relating to: Oceans, Ecosystem Services, Cultural Heritage, Climate Change, and Taking Action.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Earth and Moon Viewer
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5 to 12In the Classroom
Deepen your study of the planets through further reading and beautiful graphics. Focus on the use of nonfiction text in your classroom, combined with literature studies of space or planet fiction, such as Jules Verne's, "From the Earth to the Moon," or Roald Dahl's, "Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator." Find useful information, graphics, and diagrams for PowerPoints, Screencasts or Prezi's reviewed here. Include on your list of resources for science units on space on your classroom webpage. Be sure to show this tool on your interactive whiteboard (or projector) to introduce space. Visit before your trip to the planetarium or science museum. Use to inspire artwork inspired by space. Deepen your students' background knowledge in writing about space travel, future, or creativity.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Drinking Water - Kids' Stuff - US Government
Grades
2 to 5In the Classroom
Take advantage of the free lessons and classroom activities hosted on this site! This would be a great addition to a unit on natural resources. Be sure to save this site as a favorite on your classroom computer to allow for easy retrieval later on!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Dino Directory - British Museum of Natural History
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4 to 12In the Classroom
In a unit on dinosaurs, share this site on an interactive whiteboard or projector with students. The function they will find most interesting about this site is the area that describes the dinosaurs that existed in their local area! Brief bios are presented on all the dinosaurs, so this could also be a great resource if the students were to research their local dinosaurs for a project.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Desert USA - Desert USA Magazine
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4 to 6tag(s): geology (64)
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Add this online magazine about desert life to your informational reads. Talk about the differences in weather, plants, and animals in the deserts from where you live. Discuss what you would need to take if you took a walk or camped in the desert.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Bear Information and Resources
Grades
3 to 8tag(s): mammals (22)
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Use this site as part of your unit on animals and habitats. Introduce this site with a projector or on an interactive whiteboard to show students how to navigate it. Once you have introduced the bear, show students the list of types of bears. Group students by their interest in a certain type of bear. Have them take notes with an online tool like Simplenote, reviewed here, and proceed to other resources to look for more information about the bear they chose. Ask them share the information they learned with their small group. Tell students to be sure to save the URL to share their notes and questions with you and their peers. Simple note allows you to access and update across all devices. If you have the time, you could then mix the groups up and have them share what they learned with the new group, thus giving students a little more knowledge about other bears. Another idea is to use the photographs of bears on this site as formative and summative assessments.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Where are Environmental Hazards? - Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute
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8 to 12tag(s): environment (240), pollution (50), recycling (46)
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Choose from these lessons to support your students paper and projects on the environment, pollution and recycling. Allow AP students to choose lessons they are interested in investigating. All students should take notes with an online tool like Simplenote, reviewed here, to have them share the info they learned with their peers. Tell students to be sure to save the URL to share their notes and questions with you and their peers. Simplenote allows you to access and update across all devices. If you have the time, you could then rotate students around the room and have them share what they learned with another student, thus giving students a little more knowledge about a huge topic: Environmental hazardsAdd your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Watershed Instructional Resources - US Government
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11 to 12tag(s): water (102), watersheds (8)
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Introduce this activity with a projector or on an interactive whiteboard to show students how to navigate the site. Then, in your flipped or blended classroom (or at a computer center), have students explore on their own. Ask students to create their own concept maps sharing their learning and understanding using MindMup, reviewed here. Take this a step further and allow pairs or small groups of students to explore Related Activities and share what they learned with their peers using an interactive infographic like Canva, reviewed here. Students can keep their work for future reference in a digital portfolio such as DIY, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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