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World News in Special English - VOA
Grades
4 to 8
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tag(s): agriculture (53), communication (125), cultures (294), news (223), vocabulary (255)
In the Classroom
Play a short VOA Learning English video from the site or YouTube, then have students read the matching article to compare how information is presented in spoken versus written form. Assign students a short video or article and have them identify new words using the built-in Word Book. Students can create sentence cards or mini glossaries using the vocabulary in new contexts. Use science, health, or history-based VOA videos to launch short research extensions, discussions, or opinion writing tied to social studies or science standards.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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NASA Space Place - NASA
Grades
3 to 8tag(s): migration (43), solar system (126), space (252)
In the Classroom
There is a special section for teachers that offers printable pictures for the classroom and classroom activities. Use the menus or search function to find extenxsion topics for your regular curriculum, such as "What Batteries Will Last Until Your Old Age?" when studying electricity, and share them on a projector or as a classroom center during that unit. Encourage budding scientists by making this site available on your classroom computer all the time or sharing it on your teacher web site. Play the Space Place Musings podcast as students wait for their bus. The full site provides enrichment or home activities for kids and parents, too.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Inventor of the Week - MIT Lemelson Center
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): inventors and inventions (89), scientists (72)
In the Classroom
Use the Inventor Archive as an activator at the beginning of every week in a science or Physics classroom. This could be used as an activator over the interactive whiteboard, a projector, or as a learning center or station. This could be used every week or before inventive projects, serving as a motivator!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Bugs in the Classroom - University of Kentucky
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): insects (64)
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Space Shuttle STS-121 - NASA
Grades
6 to 12Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Conduction, Convection, and Radiation - Teach Engineering
Grades
6 to 8tag(s): heat (13)
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School Garden Curriculum - Calif. School Garden Network
Grades
3 to 8tag(s): plants (144)
In the Classroom
There are some great interdisciplinary opportunities here, but teachers will need to work thoughtfully to adapt the raw materials to local circumstances. Consider sharing information from this site with your school's parent/teacher organization to gain support and possible funding for a garden project. Gardening is a perfect topic for student blogs. Have students replace paper and pencil journals and use Edublog, reviewed here, to share the progress of their gardens including images and journal entries.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Hawaii's Atolls - Learning Opportunities - University of Hawaii
Grades
4 to 12This site includes advertising.
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This site could be a great example of an ecosystem that has been relatively unspoiled by human interactions.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Hawaii's Marine Monument - NOAA
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): oceans (143)
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Katrina Animal Rescue - WNET
Grades
4 to 8tag(s): animals (284), hurricanes (36)
In the Classroom
Try this one as part of a study of animals, habitats, or even careers in working with animals.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Nobel Prize Lessons - Nobel Foundation
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): brain (59), cells (82), dna (53), martin luther king (42), sustainability (56), women (191)
In the Classroom
Try these as an online "hook" to counter the "why do we need to know that...?" reactions some students have to science. Enhance student learning by having them present to their peers what they learned using a tool Google Forms reviewed here. Create an interactive class book using Book Creator, reviewed here, to share findings from each game and lesson, including video of game-play and pictures of results of their learning. Students can combine their books later as a class book.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Our Stories: The Long, Long Battle for ANWR - Natural Resources Defense Council
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): arctic (34)
In the Classroom
Try having students compare information on this site with other web sites about the ANWR. How do these sites differ in their presentation?Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Fluids in Space - Physics Central
Grades
6 to 12In the Classroom
Try this one as an interesting practical study in scientific experimentation.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Basics of Fusion - Princeton
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): energy (139), nuclear energy (20)
In the Classroom
In addition to its obvious applications in physics, this issue could have widespread economic and environmental implications. There are lots of "What if..." questions you could develop around this one.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Hurricane Preparedness - National Weather Service
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): hurricanes (36), safety (63)
In the Classroom
If your community is in an area that can be affected by tropical storms, the content in these pages can be invaluable - whether as part of a science, health, or current events class.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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RadTown USA - Environmental Protection Agency
Grades
6 to 8In the Classroom
After exploring this virtual town, invite students to identify sources of radiation in their own community and create a class "map" showing locations that contain, use, or have been treated with radiation.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Discoveries in Dioramas - American Museum of Natural History
Grades
4 to 10tag(s): species (15)
In the Classroom
If your students are studying a particular geographic location or animal species, send them to this multimedia site for some interactive research. Regions represented include the Upper Nile, Alaska's Denali National Forest, the Everglades, and the American plains.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Faultline - Exploratorium
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): earth (189), earthquakes (51), plate tectonics (28)
In the Classroom
Share this site on an interactive whiteboard or projector. As a class go through the information titled Great Shakes, then show students how navigate through the site on their own. Have students take notes on the material and write down questions they still have and topics that confuse them. They can do this with pen and paper or online. If you want the assignment online, explain to students they need to open a new tab in their browser window and take notes with a tool such as Memo Notepad, reviewed here; tell students to be sure to save the URL to share their notes and questions with you and their peers. Conclude this lesson by having small groups of students click on "Active Zone" and choose one of the creative, hands-on activities to bring into your classroom and demonstrate on an assigned day (they'll love the cream-filled cookie one!).Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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History of Sandwiches -
Grades
4 to 8In the Classroom
Ask students to create a time line with this chronological culinary information, use as the basis for a research project, or incorporate into an anticipatory set before a foods unit.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Your Sky
Grades
5 to 9tag(s): stars (80)
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