Game for science - Virtual world devoted to science 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.
Adolescent Literacy Toolkit Adolescent Literacy Toolkit Science Lesson Plans, Narratives, and Literacy Q&A Lesson Plans and Narratives The goal of the sample lesson plans is to show content-area high school teachers how they can use literacy strategies to help high school students learn core content and concepts. Literacy Q&A Literacy experts answered common questions content-area teachers have about integrating literacy instruction into their daily practice. Elizabeth Birr Moje provided the answers to the Literacy Q&A for science. Elizabeth Birr Moje is an Arthur F. Science Literacy Q&A
14 YouTube Math Channels February 10, 2014 Since the posting of "20 Great Math Websites for Teachers and Students", I have received some requests from math teachers asking for websites that provide quality math videos. Upon checking my archive and some other online resources, I deemed it necessary to compile this list of Math YouTube channels to share with you. These are basically channels where you can have access to a wide variety of math videos and tutorials to help your students with Math. I have included only what I believe are the best Math channels out there. 1- Mr. TenMarks' web-based math program is used by students across 25,000 schools and 7,000 districts. 3- Mathademics: Mathademics is a community learning tool based out of Northern Illinois. This is one of the most popular YouTube channels that offers free video lessons and tutorials on a wide range of subjects including Math. 7- Numberphile: 9- Mathematics Online: This channel offers math videos on geometry formula derivations and more.
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. Teaching Kids News is a news site developed for use in elementary school and middle school classrooms. Youngzine is an online source of news, sports, and entertainment stories for elementary school students. CNN Student News is an excellent resource for middle school and high school current events lessons. One of my favorite features on the BBC New website is the Day in the Day in Pictures .
FREE READABILITY FORMULAS : FREE READABILITY TOOLS : READABILITY SOFTWARE The 25 Must Have Resources for Science Teachers Here is what I have been preparing for you over this weekend. Below is a list featuring some great resources for science teachers. These resources provide a wide variety of materials for teaching science from lesson plans, printables, activities, technology resources and many more. This is a periodic table of chemical elements ( around 180 ) with an illustrative video around each element. The Understanding Science site was produced by the UC Museum of Paleontology of the University of California at Berkeley, in collaboration with a diverse group of scientists and teachers, and was funded by the National Science Foundation. This is one of the most popular science channels in YouTube. 5- Discovery Education Discovery Education offers a broad range of free classroom resources that complement and extend learning beyond the bell. 6- Scientist Smithsonian This page features a list of scientists from Smithonian and provides videos on each one of them about their work and what they do.
Our Little Earth | Current events for kids; World news for kids Chicago Public Schools : Raising the Bar: The Common Core State Standards The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) describe what students are expected to learn at every grade level in order to be prepared for success in college and careers. Adopted by 46 states, including Illinois, CCSS is designed to be relevant to the real world and help students succeed in a global economy. Chicago Public Schools began the transition to CCSS in 2011-12 and will fully implement in the 2014-15 school year, when the state assessment will also be aligned to assess CCSS. We invite you to learn more about these standards and how CPS is planning to implement them in the coming years. Check out this short video that explains how the Common Core State Standards will help students achieve at high levels and help them learn what they need to know to get to graduation and beyond. Three-Minute Video Explaining the Common Core State Standards from CGCS Video Maker on Vimeo. Learn more about Common Core at CPS If you have an questions, please e-mail us at commoncore@cps.edu.
5 Great Science Websites For Kids 1- Science Made FunScience Made Fun wants kids to love science by showing how fun science can be. The site is colorful and makes silly sounds as you move your mouse around the page. Kids can read science trivia, science jokes, and play science games. This site from the BBC offers information, games, and quizzes on a wide variety of scientific topics. EurekAlert is a science based site that offers a large collection of kid friendly, science based new articles. Love my Science offers a large selection of fun science experiments that can be performed safely at home or in school with everyday objects. Cells Alive is the place for students to go when learning about cells.
DOGO News - Kids news articles! Kids current events; plus kids news on science, sports, and more! Common Core - Capture the Core Newsletters Follow us: Skip to Main Content ISBE Home Site Map Funding Opps IWAS ELIS FRIS Inquiry College and Career Readiness Illinois Common Core Standards Capture the Core Newsletters Return to Common Core Home Page General Math resources (from a math teacher) 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. 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. Cyber Schools: Virtual Innovation? February 23, 2012 Does Music Education Matter? April 25, 2012