Are you looking for great resources to help you plan and deliver science instruction at the elementary level? Boy, do I have the sites for you! Sit back, relax, and take this guided tour of some great places to start planning for next year. Turn up the volume on your computer so you don’t miss the audio portion many of these sites contain. Are you ready? LET’S GO!<\/p>\n
Why don’t we start with terms. Vocabulary <\/strong>can be a big problem for both students and teachers. Let’s look at a great site for science vocab. This site is has resources for grades 1-6. Select your grade level and check out a few terms. Don’t forget to click the speaker when you see it!<\/p>\n Harcourt Multimedia Science Glossary<\/strong> Here are two more sites from Harcourt. First, take a look at the Science Up Close<\/strong> site. Click on your grade level to find a list of science movies for your students to view. Don’t forget to turn on closed captioning so that you (and later your students) can read along. After that, jump on over to the Student Activities<\/strong> page to find online games, biographies of scientists, and web links for grades 1-6. Harcourt Science Up Close<\/strong> Scott Foresman is another textbook publisher that has produced many wonderful activities, many online, for students. Visit this site to search for an activity by by grade or by unit, where Unit A=Life Science, Unit B=Physical Science, Unit C=Earth Science and Unit D=Human Body.<\/p>\n Scott Foresman Science – Find an Activity<\/strong> Science is a class that requires lots of hands on activities. Much of the work in the science classroom begins with measurement and good tools. If you want to learn how to make some of your own resources, these sites can help you get started.<\/p>\n Science Equipment Directions<\/strong> Need some clipart, photographs, or movies to jazz up your lessons? Here are few helpful resources.<\/p>\n Free Science Clipart How’s your science saavy? Feeling a bit nervous about your content knowledge? No problem! Check out some of these sites designed to help you better understand the science you will teach.<\/p>\n Essential Science for Teachers (K-6): Earth and Space Science Are you looking for a good book to use during your science lesson? Here are some great sites to help you find titles that work for different concepts in science. Start your search with one of these searchable databases of children’s books. Enter a keyword and see what comes up. (Be careful entering keywords in the first database, as you are limited to 10 characters!)<\/p>\n Children’s Picture Book Database<\/strong> In addition to these sites, you can also find annotations for science books online. The National Science Teachers Association<\/strong>, in conjunction with the Children’s Book Council, publishes a list of outstanding science trade books each year. (This appears annually in the March issue of Science and Children.) Also, PBS Teacher Source<\/strong> updates its list of science books monthly. Check out the new recommendations and search the archive.<\/p>\n NSTA’s Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12<\/strong> Now that you have your topic and a children’s book to go with it, you probably need an activity to conduct. Here are some sites that offer a wide range of experiments and hands-on activities.<\/p>\n Science With Me: Experiments If you would prefer to review fully developed lesson plans, try any one of these sites.<\/p>\n Science NetLinks Lesson Index<\/strong> So, your lessons are planned and you have all your resources ready. How are you going to assess student learning? Here are some sites with ideas for evaluating student work, developing rubrics, and more.<\/p>\n Assessment Ideas for the Elementary Science Classroom<\/strong> For those of you looking for resources to differentiate instruction, here are some sites you may find helpful.<\/p>\n Meeting the Needs of Gifted Students: Differentiating Mathematics and Science Instruction<\/strong> Are you interested in making a home-school connection? Here are some resources to involve parents.<\/p>\n Engaging Families in Mathematics and Science Education By now you should realize that there are so many resources on the web for science, that I can’t possibly include them all here. I hope this tour helped you find some resources you can use and excited you about the possibilities of using online resources for both planning and delivering instruction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Are you looking for great resources to help you plan and deliver science instruction at the elementary level? Boy, do I have the sites for you! Sit back, relax, and take this guided tour of some great places to start … Continue reading
\nhttp:\/\/www.harcourtschool.com\/glossary\/science\/intro.html<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nhttp:\/\/www.harcourtschool.com\/menus\/science\/up_close_index.html<\/a>
\n <\/a>Harcourt Student Activities<\/strong>
\n <\/strong>http:\/\/www.harcourtschool.com\/menus\/science\/activities_index_nl.html<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nhttp:\/\/www.sfscience.com\/english\/toc\/toc_start.htm<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nhttp:\/\/www.eduplace.com\/science\/profdev\/handbook\/equipment.html<\/a>
\n Recipes: Solutions and Materials<\/strong>
\nhttp:\/\/www.eduplace.com\/science\/profdev\/handbook\/solutions.html<\/a>
\nOoey Gooey Recipes for the Classroom<\/strong>
\n <\/strong>http:\/\/www.pascience.org\/tips\/OoeyGooey2.html<\/a>
\n Make Homemade Science Toys and Projects<\/strong>
\n <\/strong>http:\/\/www.sciencetoymaker.org\/<\/a>
\nTools for Investigation<\/strong>
\nhttp:\/\/www.sci.mus.mn.us\/sln\/tf\/nav\/toolscluster.html<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n
\n<\/strong>http:\/\/classroomclipart.com\/cgi-bin\/kids\/imageFolio.cgi?direct=Science<\/a>
\nAnimal Web Cams at the National Zoo
\n<\/strong>http:\/\/nationalzoo.si.edu\/Animals\/WebCams\/<\/a>
\nImagine Animals: Photos of Earth’s Endangered Animals
\n<\/strong>http:\/\/imagineanimals.com\/<\/a>
\nPlant Image Gallery<\/strong>
\nhttp:\/\/www.noble.org\/webapps\/plantimagegallery\/<\/a>
\nWelcome to the Planets<\/strong>
\nhttp:\/\/pds.jpl.nasa.gov\/planets\/welcome\/earth.htm<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\n<\/strong>http:\/\/www.learner.org\/channel\/courses\/essential\/earthspace\/
\n<\/a>Essential Science for Teachers (K-6): Life Science
\n<\/strong>http:\/\/www.learner.org\/channel\/courses\/essential\/life\/
\n<\/a>Essential Science for Teachers (K-6): Physical Science
\n<\/strong>http:\/\/www.learner.org\/channel\/courses\/essential\/physicalsci\/
\n<\/a>The Why Files: Science Behind the News<\/strong>
\n <\/strong>http:\/\/whyfiles.org\/<\/a>
\nHow Stuff Works: Science Channel<\/strong>
\n <\/strong>http:\/\/science.howstuffworks.com\/<\/a>
\n <\/strong>Sport Science<\/strong>
\nhttp:\/\/www.exploratorium.edu\/sports\/index.html<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nhttp:\/\/www.lib.muohio.edu\/pictbks\/<\/a>
\nDatabase of Award Winning Children’s Literature<\/strong>
\nhttp:\/\/www.dawcl.com\/search.asp<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nhttp:\/\/www.nsta.org\/publications\/ostb\/<\/a>
\nPBS TeacherSource Recommended Books: Science<\/strong>
\nhttp:\/\/www.pbs.org\/teachers\/bookslinks\/bookspages\/sciencetech.html<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\n<\/strong>http:\/\/www.sciencewithme.com\/experiments.php
\n<\/a>The Science Explorer<\/strong>
\nhttp:\/\/www.exploratorium.edu\/science_explorer\/index.html<\/a>
\nMagic Schoolbus: Science Fun Activities<\/strong>
\n <\/strong>http:\/\/scholastic.com\/magicschoolbus\/games\/teacher\/index.htm<\/a>
\n Exploratorium Science Snacks<\/strong> (by subject)
\nhttp:\/\/www.exploratorium.edu\/snacks\/snacksbysubject.html<\/a>
\nWhelmers Science Activities
\n<\/strong>http:\/\/www.mcrel.org\/whelmers\/<\/a>
\nTry Science Experiments<\/strong>
\nhttp:\/\/www.tryscience.org\/experiments\/experiments_home.html<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nhttp:\/\/www.sciencenetlinks.org\/matrix.cfm<\/a>
\nEducator’s Desk Reference: Science Lesson Plans<\/strong>
\nhttp:\/\/www.eduref.org\/cgi-bin\/lessons.cgi\/Science<\/a>
\nAcademy Curriculum Exchange: K-5 Science<\/strong>
\nhttp:\/\/ofcn.org\/cyber.serv\/academy\/ace\/sci\/elem.html<\/a>
\nUEN Resources: K-2 Core Lesson Plans<\/strong> (Scroll to content to find science lessons.)
\n <\/strong>http:\/\/www.uen.org\/Lessonplan\/LPview.cgi?core=1209<\/a>
\nUEN Resources: 3-6 Science Lessons<\/strong>
\nhttp:\/\/www.uen.org\/Lessonplan\/LPview.cgi?core=3<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\n <\/strong>http:\/\/www.sasked.gov.sk.ca\/docs\/elemsci\/ideass.html<\/a>
\n PALS Performance Tasks<\/strong> (K-4)
\n <\/strong>http:\/\/pals.sri.com\/tasks\/tasksk-4.html<\/a>
\nExemplars: Rubrics <\/strong>
\n http:\/\/www.exemplars.com\/resources\/rubrics\/index.html<\/a>
\n<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nhttp:\/\/www.nwrel.org\/msec\/images\/resources\/justgood\/12.99.pdf<\/a>
\nMathematics and Science Instruction for Students With Learning Disabilities
\n<\/strong>http:\/\/www.nwrel.org\/msec\/images\/resources\/justgood\/09.99.pdf<\/a>
\n Teaching Mathematics and Science to English Language Learners
\n<\/strong> http:\/\/www.nwrel.org\/msec\/images\/resources\/justgood\/11.99.pdf<\/a>
\nSpecial Education in the Science Classroom<\/strong>
\n <\/strong>http:\/\/www.glencoe.com\/sec\/teachingtoday\/subject\/special_ed.phtml<\/a>
\nTeachingLD: Teaching How-to’s: Content Enhancement and Adaptation<\/strong>
\n <\/strong>http:\/\/www.dldcec.org\/teaching_how-tos\/content\/default.htm<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n
\n<\/strong> http:\/\/www.nwrel.org\/msec\/images\/resources\/justgood\/06.98.pdf<\/a>
\nHelping Your Child Learn Science
\n<\/strong> http:\/\/www.ed.gov\/pubs\/parents\/Science\/index.html<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n