| Elementary
- E.ES.E.1 Solar Energy -"The
sun warms the land, air and water and helps
plants grow."
- BBC
Home
Students are able to experiment with water
and other important materials at this
site that plants need to grow. As well,
there is a quiz for after an activitiy
has been completed.
- Chapter
15: Solar Energy
We use the sun's energy every day in many
different ways.Plants use the sun's light
to make food. Animals eat plants for food.
- Energy
from the Sun
Incoming energy (Insolation) from the
sun is mostly in the form of ultraviolet,
visible, and infrared energy. A portion
of the energy is reflected (Shortwave
reflectance) back into space before reaching
the earth's surface.
- KID'S
INFO - Solar Energy
The sun is amazing. Without it, none of
us would be here, and there would be no
life on earth. Without sunlight, plants
couldn't make food, and there would be
nothing for us to eat. Not only could
plants not make food without the sun,
they also couldn't make oxygen, and no
animals could breathe.
- Planet Earth
What lies beneath
the surface of our Earth? How are volcanoes
and caves formed? Take a closer look
at the chemistry of our planet through
these activities.
- Scholastic
Elementary students can use this to experiment
with what a plant needs in order to survive
and flurish. The students can add air,
water, or food for their plants to grow.
They students can see how the plants would
feel if they were denied any one of these
needs. As well, the students can see how
the plants grow with a sufficient amount
of each.
- Scholastic
Elementary students can use match up animals
and their habitats. This can help students
when they have to think about what an
individual animal's needs are and which
ecosystem will be able to meet those needs.
This is a real quick matching exercise
for elementary students.
- Stanford
Solar Center
This is an interactive information/quiz
site about the sun. It starts with facts/reading
information and will ask you multiple
choice questions throughout the lesson.
- The
Flow of Energy Through Plants and Animals
Animals and humans can't eat sunshine.
Plants are the first level in the food
chain. They convert sunlight to food for
animals (though the plants may not look
at it that way).
- E.ES.E.2
Weather -"Weather changes from day to day
and over the seasons."
- Clouds
Clouds comprise a wonderful
focus for classroom study. They're ubiquitous,
ever-changing, scientifically interesting
and, most importantly for teachers, ...
they're cheap. The following graphics,
illustrations, and information are provided
royalty-free for non-profit educational
use by Carl Wozniak .
- Clouds and Precipitation
Outstanding
- A great informational site for upper
elementary students. It introduces
cloud classifications, different types
of precipitation and the mechanisms responsible
for producing them.
- Doppler Radar
is a Key Forecasting Tool
Teacher resource with various links that
can be adapted for classroom use for upper
elementary. Find out how the doppler effect
is used to read the weather, and how it
can be used in short term weather prediction.
Number of links for additional texts.
Refers to USA Today Weather Book.
- Exploratorium
- Weather
Lightning by Ron Hipschman and Sidebars:
An Electrifying Personality, Enlight'ning
Moments in History, Additional Reading,
Related Exhibits, and Internet Resources
( NOAA Weather Page)
- FEMA
for kids - Hurricanes
Lots of hurricane information, Hurricane
IQ Quiz (names used for hurricanes and
tropical storms), GamesHurricane Disaster
Math, and Videos
- EMA
for kids - Tornado
Lots of tornado information, Tornado Disaster
Math, Water, Wind and Earth Game, and
Tornado Video.
- Global Change Research Program
Integrating federal research and solutions
for climate and global change. The United
States faces the potential for abrupt
climate change in the 21st century that
could pose clear risks to society in
terms of our ability to adapt.
- Global Warming Kids Site
This site offers a variety of choices
for teachers and students. Students
can choose to play interactive games,
link to related sites, and/or read a wealth
of information about weather, global warming,
and seasonal changes.
- Musical Meteorology: A Musical Guide to the Atmosphere
This site contains excerpts of songs form
'Weather Dude: A Musical Guide to the
Atmosphere", a ten song, cassette, 146
page book by Nick Walter. You can download
audio clips and you can order the cassette
by mail or e-mail.
- National
Geographic Kids - Lightning
Text about lightning, interviews, word
games, photos with audio, and static electricity
experiment
- Scholastic
Information, pictures, graphics, and activities
on tornadoes, lightning, hurricanes, and
storm chasing
- Scholastic
Elementary students can review important
precautions that should be taken for human
safety during severe weather conditions
(thurnderstorms, tornadoes, and blizzards).
These are important facts that should
be learned for life long survival. Should
the students answer a large percentage
of the questions correctly, Ms. Frizzle
and the Magic School Bus will get to continue
on their way.
- Teacher's
Net Lesson Exchange #21. Weather Thematic
Unit
This unit is written for 4th and 5th grade.
However, it can easily be adapted for
use with younger students. It is full
of ideas and resources for studying weather
through the use of listening, reading,
writing, and sharing. Excellent resources
on trade books and videos.
- Tropical
Twisters: Hurricanes
This site offers information and animations
on hurricanes with links to other related
sites. Easy to navigate. Appropriate for
grades 2 and up.
- Weather
Eye
Interactive Lightning Safety with Smiling
Bob, Lightning Rules, and Fun Lightning
Experiments.
- Weather
Wiz Kids
Information, animations, interactive games,
experiments, jokes, interactive calculators(temp-
F & C, windchill, heat index), optical
illusions, weather flashcards (math),
and folklore.
- E.ES.E.3 Weather Measurement -"Scientists
use tools for observing, recording, and predicting
weather changes.
- Federal Emergency Management
Agency- FEMA for Kids
This site teaches students how to be prepared
for severe weather and natural disasters
and how to prevent damage from weather
or disasters. Students learn
by reading stories, playing games, and
taking a quiz to become a Disaster Action
Kid.
- Interactive
Weather
An informative, interactive, and resourceful
site for teacher and student alike. The
student can affect the weather interactively
with changes in humidy and temperature.
Text bar below the illustration describes
conditions and why. Weather ranges from
perfect day to rain storm to snow storm.
- Make Your Own
Weather Station
This site provides students with the opportunity
to follow directions to make their very
own weather station. The site gives step
by step directions for students to make
a rain gauge, compass, barometer, hygrometer,
weather vane and weather journal. The
site provides students with a link to
Franklin's Forecast to find other weather
activities and curriculum links.
- Owlie Skywarn
Outstanding
- Owlie Skywarn is the official mascot
of the National Weather Service. He teaches
about the hazards of severe weather and
appropriate safety precautions. Students
can learn about proper safety by reading
through the activity.
- The Weather Channel
This is a useful site for gathering, collecting,
and analyzing past, present, or future
weather data. It can be used successfully
for weather around the globe by simply
entering your zip code on the site.
- Weather
Basics
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The weather dude can help students understand
wind, precipitation, clouds, etc. Songs,
topics and terminology are included.
- Web
Weather for Kids
Children learn where the sound of thunder
comes from, how to make a thundercloud,
what activates lightning, and experience
a tornado. More kitchen experiments are
included in "Teacher Tips".
- Wonderful
World of Weather
This standards-based Real Time Data Module
has been created for use by students in
the elementary grades to allow them to
investigate weather phenomena both locally
and in other places around the world.
By using hands-on activities and real-time
data investigations, the students will
develop a basic understanding of how weather
can be described in measurable quantities,
such as temperature, wind and precipitation.
The real-time data lessons also address
topics such as climate, cloud classification,
and severe storms. The lesson plans which
make up this module have been designed
to allow teachers to select the ones which
fit into their curriculum to allow for
flexibility in implementation.
- E.ES.E.4
Natural Resources -"The supply of many natural
resources is limited. Humans have devised
methods for extending their use of natural
resources through recycling, reuse, and renewal."
- Environmental Protection Agency
Outstanding
- This site provides students with
many activities that deal with ways to
reduce pollution. The science room in
this site can provide lesson plans of
activities for students to do.
- Planet
Pals
Students learn the amount of use of a
variety of items and that some can be
reused and recycled.
- Pollution
Virtual Tour
This site provides information and pictures
on pollution by taking students on a virtual
tour. This site also provides resources
for teachers to get information on pollution.
- Welcome to Recycle City!
This is a highly interactive site with
good textual information and a city map
which provides a close up view of ways
a community can reduce, reuse, and recycle.
Good open-ended questions and problems
for students to solve. This is an activity
for elementary students who can read and
follow directions on their own. The students
can go to the game Recycle City and pretend
to be the City Manager who has to evalute
different programs for cleaning up the
city. The student clicks on options such
as composting, industry recycling, trash
pick-up, etc. As these choices are made
the student can view the results and see
the cost of each program.
- E.ES.E.5 Human Impact -"Humans depend
on their natural and constructed environment.
Humans change environments in ways that are
helpful or harmful for themselves and other
organisms."
- FEMA
For Kids: Wildfires
This is a good site that can be used to
educate students about the causes of fires
and ways to prevent them from happening.
It also includes safety tips.
- Minnesota
Ideal.Bell Live's
Outstanding
- This
site allows the student to build a prarie.
They do this by answering "What would
you do?" questions. At the end of the
questioning the student is rated on their
answers and given feedback on their answers
too. This site is suggested for 4-8 graders.
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