Nonfiction Literacy and Current Events. Browse Hundreds of Old Newspapers in the Google News Newspaper Archive. Frontiers for Young Minds. First News. Spotlight: Rocks and Minerals. If you look at pictures of Earth from space, you can see what a rocky planet we live on.
The continents are vast shields of stone, with mountains covering one-fifth of the land area. The oceans are dotted with islands—and the dark seas conceal rocky bottoms. There are only four terrestrial (rocky) planets in our solar system: Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. (The other four—Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune—are not solid, but made mostly of gas.) On Earth, the surface is often covered with signs of life—forests, grasslands, oceans, and lakes—but on the other terrestrial planets and the Moon, the rocky terrain is visible everywhere.
NASA’s Curiosity rover scoops up rock samples on Mars. Earth is an astonishing 4.6 billion years old. Stromboli is a volcano off the coast of Italy that erupts—a lot. In recent years, the flowing lava from Kilauea volcano in Hawaii has destroyed 180 houses and 8 miles of highway—while adding 500 acres of rocky new shoreline to the island. World Geography Games - Let's play and learn about the world. The Whiz Times » We make the world Simple, Safe, Fun.The Whiz Times » We make the world Simple, Safe, Fun. Cooking With Solar Energy - A Hands-on Project for Students. Teachers and Educators Guide to the best content on Planetpals and how to use it in the classroom. Free Earth Day Everyday School Activities Lesson Plans Ideas Downloads Green School. 5 Good Places for Kids to Learn About the News. When I was a student in Mrs.
Simmons's second grade classroom one of the things that I looked forward to every week was the arrival of the Scholastic Weekly Reader . I loved read the stories about news from other parts of the world (I guess I was destined to become a social studies teacher). Today, students don't have to wait for the Scholastic Weekly Reader to appear in their teacher's mailbox. Here are five student-friendly news sites to use in your current events lesson plans.
Go Go News is a news website designed for elementary school students. Current events for kids; World news for kids. First News Children's Newspaper - Official Site > Home. DOGO News - Kids news articles! Kids current events; plus kids news on science, sports, and more! Watch a collection of 2012 education reports from John Merrow and Learning Matters. Below is every piece we produced for PBS NewsHour in 2012.
We also produced other videos directly for the web in 2012; you can watch those here. Our relationship with NewsHour dates back many years, and while we produce documentaries and other content for different sources (such as The Education of Michelle Rhee for Frontline on January 8, 2013), year-over-year the primary distributor of our education reporting is PBS’ award-winning nightly news show. These pieces are listed in chronological order from the beginning of the year to the end of the year. Our work is made possible, as is all PBS reporting, by generous support from viewers like you. If you’d like to contribute towards our efforts in 2013, please click here.
To participate in the education discussion day-to-day, check our Facebook (and “like” us) and keep coming back to the site. If you have ideas for pieces we should be focusing on in 2013, let us know. Thank you for a great year of telling stories. February 23, 2012. Our incredible earth. BrainPOP Jr. - K-3 Educational Movies, Quizzes, Lessons, and More! Geology.com: News and Information for Geology & Earth Science. Rocks and Minerals Web Sites, Educational Resources for K-16.
Geology For Kids - By KidsGeo.com. Geology For Kids - By KidsGeo.com. Geology Topics for Students. Geology for Kids - Middle School Science. Science". Everything Fossils...Fossil Information for Education, Collecting and Fun! Kidipede. Reduce, reuse, recycle. Fun Green Sites for Kids. Fun Green Sites for Kids. Keeping the Planet Green & Reduce Reuse Recycle - FREE Presentations in PowerPoint format, Free Interactives and Games. Bigfoot - test your ecological footprint. The Story of Stuff Project.
Waste. Recycling Game - Recycling Word Search Game - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle - Ozzoom - Planet Ozkids - Games, Puzzles and Crosswords. Ozzoom > Word Search Games > Recycling Recycling Word Search Game Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.
Taking care of the environment is very important to all of us. You can make a difference! Many materials you use everyday can be reused and recycled. By reducing, reusing and recycling you can help protect our natural resources. Names of materials that can be recycled are hidden in this fun Word Search Game. Recycling for Kids. These days it is recognised that it is important that children know how to help the environment by recycling, and schools do a really good job!
Consequently children are often the instigators and policemen of recycling in the home. Ollie Recycles UK: Home - Recycling for Kids Reduce Re-use Recycle. Environmental & Earth Science. Recycling around the world. The UK government is trying to encourage more people to recycle their waste and reduce the UK's waste mountain.
Figures suggest 60% of all household waste could be recycled or composted, but the largest nation in the UK, England, appears to be reusing only 17.7%. Here BBC correspondents provide a snapshot of how the UK's European neighbours and other countries approach recycling of everyday rubbish. SWITZERLAND: Imogen Foulkes Switzerland is proud of its recycling efforts, and with good reason. Glass and paper are just some of the things the average Swiss refuses to simply throw away.
There are bottle banks at every supermarket, with separate slots for clear, green and brown glass. Then there is green waste. Aluminium and tin can be taken to local depots, batteries handed over at the supermarket, and old oil or other chemicals deposited at special sites. But the Swiss do not recycle just because they care about the environment. Children's rights. Protecting children's rights.
CBBC Newsround - Home. Ryan's Well Foundation. Archives: Behind the News. Pennies for Peace. Oxfam Education: Resources index. Children of War - fighting, dying, surviving. Ited Nations Cyberschoolbus. Oxfam's Cool Planet - for children. Town planning. Homepage Dresden. Atlas of Germany. The introductions of the country, dependency and region entries are in the native languages and in English.
The other introductions are in English. General maps Geographical distinctions Maps of divisions This section holds maps of the administrative divisions. History maps. MapMaker Page Maps. OpenStreetMap. Geospy. Link to Learning. Google Maps. On The Move. Teach-ology.com. ENCHANTED LEARNING HOME PAGE. DRESDEN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL: PYP LIBRARY FROM A DIStance. Media. Behind the News. Kid Reporters. Newsademic - a children's newspaper and home school educational resource. Homepage. National Geographic Young Explorer (Student Magazine) - April 2012. Admongo.gov. CBBC Newsround - Home.