June 2008
Motion and Forces
by knanninteractives >Teachers need to preview to determine grade level appropriate nteractives.
March 2008
BAM! Body and Mind |
by knann, 1 comment (via)From the CDC, a great interactive site for health topics: diseases, food and nutrition, physical activity, your safety, your life, your body. Resources for teachers here as well.
November 2007
Welcome to BugGuide.Net! - BugGuide.Net
by knann & 2 othersWe are an online community of naturalists who enjoy learning about and sharing our observations of insects, spiders, and other related creatures.
Includes clicable guide, taxonomy, images, and indo
October 2007
Life Science Connections - Human Body Adventure
by knann (via)Engaging site designed by a middle school teacher for grade 7 life science, but content can be used for 5th grade unit because of the way the information is presented in bulleted format with graphics. If students have trouble using the naviagation menu, use the site map:http://vilenski.org/science/humanbody/hb_html/map.html
ASTRONOMICAL DISTANCES
by knannYou are in a spaceship leaving Earth to explore the Universe! How fast do you want to travel? Enter the rate of travel and see how long it will take to visit different places!
Space Sense for Kids
by knann Every question you answer correctly will boost your rocket a little further toward its destination--leaving the Earth's atmosphere. Click the button that you think holds the correct answer, or click a 'Life Line' button for helpful clues. 'Open a Link' will take you to a web page that has information about the question, and 'What have others answered?' will show you the percentage of people that have previously chosen each answer.
Eight Planets and a Dwarf Soduko
by knannFill in all the empty cells by dragging and dropping the planets Every row,column,and 3x3 box with orange borders should contain all nine planets. No planet should appear more than once in a row, column, or box.
Sky aboveStowe VT on Sun 2007 Oct 14 10:42
by knannUse these numbers for the observing site Lat 44°47'17" Long 73°9'11"
The Solar System Trading Cards
by knann & 1 otherLearn about the solar system with this trading card game
ARKive - Creating a lasting audio-visual record of life on Earth.
by knann & 7 others (via)ARKive (www.arkive.org) is the world's centralised library of films and photographs of the world's endangered species - freely accessible to all online for private research and internal educational purposes. Hailed as the digital Noah's Ark, it has won numerous conservation, education and communication awards since its launch by Sir David Attenborough in 2003, and has now profiled over 2,500 of the world's endangered species, using over 3,000 movie clips and 18,000 photos as well as a full research page on each animal - all freely available for internal educational use at www.arkive.org. Register for free and create a scrapbook that can be shared with students
ARKive Education - Resources
by knannARKive Education is a free-to-use, multi-media resource bank for teachers and other educators. Making use of the stunning imagery available at the award-winning ARKive website www.arkive.org, ARKive Education provides downloadable, ready to use modules on a wide range of curriculum topics, suitable for geography, biology, environmental education and citizenship lessons.
SymbolWorld - The planets
by knannInformative website about the planets with audio and symbol support.
The Reef Scene Builder
by knann (via)Easy to use tool to build an underwater scene. Save picture and download to print or use on your website. Could be used with a unit on the ocean or for a writing prompt.
September 2007
THE K-8 Aeronautics Internet Textbook
by knann (via)Good source for students with a passion for aeronautics. Various reading levels available.
Planet Impact: Home
by knannIn this interactive online activity, students investigate how the gravitational force of a large solar system body, such as Jupiter, can affect the path of a smaller body, such as a comet. They will launch a comet to learn how gravity can change its path. They also learn how changing the speed, the angle of approach, or the masses of large and small bodies affects the force of gravity on a comet. Students are challenged to use this knowledge to crash their own comet into Jupiter or make their comet fly past the planet without colliding with it
The Space Place
by knann (via)Come on in and check out our games, animations, projects, and fun facts about Earth, space and technology.
At Home Astronomy - Science Experiments for the Entire Family
by knann (via)10 activities for astronomy ...useful for science fair
Planet Image Cards
by knannPerfect images for the Size and Distance Activity located here: http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/AtHomeAstronomy/activity_10.html
Build a Solar System
by knann (via)Make a scale model of the Solar System and learn the REAL definition of "space." Enter how big you want to the sun to be in your model (in inches). Press calculate to see how to scale. Here is an example:If you build your solar system on a roll of toilet paper, you can make the Sun about .4 inches (10 mm) across and still fit the entire solar system on the roll. A standard roll of toilet paper has about 450 sheets that are about 4.375 inches long, hence the roll is about 164 feet long. You should check your toilet paper for length. Some are longer.