Earth and Moon Viewer
Welcome to Earth and Moon Viewer. Viewing the Earth You can view either a map of the Earth showing the day and night regions at this moment, or view the Earth from the Sun, the Moon, the night side of the Earth, above any location on the planet specified by latitude, longitude and altitude, from a satellite in Earth orbit, or above various cities around the globe. Images can be generated based on a full-colour image of the Earth by day and night, a topographical map of the Earth, up-to-date weather satellite imagery, or a composite image of cloud cover superimposed on a map of the Earth, a colour composite which shows clouds, land and sea temperatures, and ice, or the global distribution of water vapour. Expert mode allows you additional control over the generation of the image. Viewing the Moon In addition to the Earth, you can also view the Moon from the Earth, Sun, night side, above named formations on the lunar surface. or as a map showing day and night. Browser Requirements Credits
Lesson Plans: Why do we have Night (Elementary, Science)
). Preferred Resourse Education Training Firm, Marietta, GA. Cobb. county Materials Required: 1 U.S.A map,1 World globe,3 toothpicks per student,1 flashlights per child, apples, box of raisens Activity Time: 25 mins. Why do we have Night?
Project Beak: Adaptations
Take a look at all the birds in your backyard sometime. Chances are you'll see several different types of birds, each with different beaks, coloration, body shapes and bills. These birds live in the same basic habitat – the city. So why are they so different? If all birds ate exactly the same food, lived in exactly the same place, and tried to raise their young in exactly the same habitat, they would all be competing for the same types of food, water, shelter, and space. Fortunately, different birds fill different niches (areas within the habitat). Some of these adaptations or changes are physical, like the shape of the bill. Usually, the physical and behavioral characteristics that get passed along through the generations are the traits that help the bird survive the best. One of the cool ways to see how a bird has adapted to its environment is to take a close look at its bill and feet. Birds have also developed special wings and body coloration to help them survive.
Pollinator Week
National Pollinator Week is a time to celebrate pollinators and spread the word about what you can do to protect them Eleven years ago the U.S. Senate’s unanimous approval and designation of a week in June as “National Pollinator Week” marked a necessary step toward addressing the urgent issue of declining pollinator populations. The Pollinator Partnership is proud to announce that June 18-24, 2018 has been designated National Pollinator Week. Find Events It's not too early to start thinking about an event at your school, garden, church, store, etc. Add your event to the map View Events in List Format Take Action Many states require in-state requests for events such as Pollinator Week to be officially proclaimed. Please take a moment to sign and mail the letter below to your governor. Has your Governor made a proclamation? View the Proclamations Hello my name is NAME. Resources Toolkit Download the Toolkit for a comprehensive guide to participating in National Pollinator Week. Download Toolkit
ecosystem- food chain and virtual field trip
Take your students to Peru for free (live on youtube on March 16th at Noon Eastern)! Your class will investigate the amazing biodiversity of a coastal ecosystem as they explore the Humboldt Current! On the trip students will also see sea birds, penguins and flamingos! Along with fisheries scientist Matias Caillaux, they will travel by boat to an island that has more than 30,000 sea lions at a time! This trip is a great opportunity to cover science and geography standards through problem-based learning. Field Trip Information How Nature Works in Coastal Peru: The Amazing Biodiversity of a Coastal Ecosystem Subject focus: Science and Geography Age Range: 3-8 (all viewers are welcomed!) Date: Wednesday, March 16, 2016 Time: 12:00 noon Eastern Time Length of Virtual event: 45 minutes Can't Watch the Virtual Field Trip on March 16th? You can still attend the field trip by receiving the official YouTube viewing link, which you can use to watch anytime after the live event has concluded. 1. 2. 3.
Plant Videos for Students - Primary Theme Park
For every unit that we do, I always head straight to YouTube to try to incorporate videos as part of our learning. The hard part is finding good quality videos with minimal to no ads that are educational and engaging. After an extensive search, I finally found a good mixture of videos that touched on many important concepts during our plant unit. I thought I’d share with you the plant videos for students I found, broken down by category with a suggested grade range and short description. How Do Seeds Travel? Examples of Seed Dispersal: (K-5) This 3-minute clip is from the BBC’s Private Life of Plants documentary. Seed Dispersal: (3-5) This video is fantastic! Parts of a Plant: (K-2) This 15-minute video is a children’s show skit with a cooking theme that also incorporates puppets and cartoon clips. From Seed to Plant: (K-3) A precious claymation video that shows the different parts of a plant. Photosynthesis: (3-5) This video is great!
The Inspired Classroom: Cacti Adaptations Model
After reading Cactus Hotel, a wonderful book about the desert ecosystem, food chains in the desert, and cactus adaptations, my students created a model cactus to bring the adaptations to life. As the Styrofoam balls were being painted green, we talked about chlorophyll and its role in photosynthesis. We recalled why many desert plants either don't have leaves (like cacti) or have very small ones (to reduce water loss). The fleshy nature of cacti was also discussed as a water storage feature. Once the balls were dry, the spikes were added.
Hands On Plate Tectonics with Students Who Are Blind | Accessible Science
Additional follow up activities to use in a unit on Pangaea: Teacher preparation: Find a copy of a map of the Earth with the major plates indicated. Glue the map to a sheet of cardboard. Label the plates in large print/braille. Cut the map and cardboard along the fault lines. Sources: cK-12 Foundation, Palo Alto California. cK-12 community site, Earth Science, 2014. NGSS Standard: ESS2.B Plate tectonics and large-scale system interactions Grades 6-8 Plate tectonics is the unifying theory that explains movements of rocks at Earth’s surface and geological history. To read this post in Arabic: لصفائح التكتونية
Adaptation factsheet | Fun factsheets | Kids | Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust
An adaptation is a special skill which helps an animal to survive and do everything it needs to do. Adaptations could be physical changes to the animals body or behavioural changes in how an individual animal or a society do things in their daily lives. Did you know... Meerkats have dark circles round their eyes, which act like sunglasses, helping them see even when the sun is shining very brightly. Aye-ayes have a number of adaptations for nocturnal living (they tend to come out at night). Did you know... Many species adapt to their habitat to help them survive in difficult places. Some animals use camouflage colours to help them blend in with the background and stop predators seeing them. Click here to download the adaptation factsheet.
