Science - Elementary Resources |
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| Environmental Resources | |
| General Science Resources | |
| Lesson Plan Libraries | |
| Multimedia Libraries | |
| Recycling Resources | |
| STEM Resources | |
| Lesson Plan Libraries | |
| AIMS Website | |
| AIMS Current Holdings Library of books and grade levels |
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| Edufy Database of 5 E Model lessons. Search by grade level, multiple intelligence style, and 5E application. |
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| Kathy Schrock's Lesson Plans for Educators A searchable database of lessons and resources from across the web. |
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| TED Ed Lessons Worth Sharing | |
| Teach-nology.com Free and easy-to-use resources for teachers dedicated to improving the education of today's generation of students. |
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| U.S. DOE Energy Education Here you'll find many creative lesson plans, labs, projects and other activities for grades K-12 on energy-related topics. |
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| VDOE Science Sample Lesson Plans Science Enhanced Scope and Sequence (ESS) Sample Lesson Plans help teachers align instruction with the 2010 Science Standards of Learning (SOL) by providing examples of how the knowledge, skills and processes found in the SOL and curriculum framework can be presented to students in the classroom. |
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| Multimedia Libraries | |
| How to Create a Podcast Simple tutorial for creating podcasts for educational purposes. |
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| Khan Academy With a library of over 2,600 videos covering everything from arithmetic to physics, and 253 practice exercises, to help you learn what you want, when you want, at your own pace. |
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| Molecular Workbench Visual, interactive simulations for teaching and learning science. |
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| National Science Digital Library Browse an alphabetical list of all participating collections, or explore collections devoted to a subject area of interest, or refine the list by subject matter and main audience (educators or researchers). |
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| PBS Learning Media Standards-aligned resources include videos, documents, images, and activities for science at all grade levels. |
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| SciLinks National Science Teacher's Association free resource for finding lessons, web sites, and activities. |
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| Environmental Resources | |
| Agriculture in the Classroom Lessons and web resources highlighting plants and animals |
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| Conservation Education Strategy Tool Kit This kit contains resources developed by the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (AFWA) to support conservation educators who offer fish and wildlife based programs. It includes content standardsand performance expectations and describe what all students should know and be able to do in three grade bands, K-5, 6-8 and 9-12 in the areas of science, social science, and health and fitness. |
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| Environmental Educator Contacts Contact info for free local presenters |
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| Green Education Foundation Hundreds of rated lesson plans for every grade level. Earth’s resources, sustainability, alternative energies, conservation, human impact, pollution, and more. |
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| Local Water Quality Investigations A site for entering and viewing all water quality test sites in Montgomery County. |
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| Project Learning Tree Resources Lessons and web resources highlighting natural resources |
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| Teachers Try Science Teachers TryScience features hands-on lessons focused on environmental science for grades 5 - 12. Each lesson is integrated with effective teaching strategies, practical how-to's and other helpful supports. |
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| Recycling Resources | |
| A Plastic Bottle's Journey | |
| Where Does the Garbage Go? | |
| STEM Resources | |
| Cost or Quality? Teaching fourth and fifth graders about engineering optimization and trade-offs. |
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| Sylvia's Super-Awesome Maker Show! | |
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Taking Engineering Design Out for a Spin |
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| The Handiest Things Students will recognize the difference between designed and natural objects, identify the problems that various objects were designed to solve, and come up with ways to improve upon these designs to make the objects more useful or more fun. |
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| Timeless Thomas Students will follow the evolution of sound recording devices beginning with Edison's phonograph and ending with present-day devices. |
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| General Science Resources | |
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Annenberg Learner Express |
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Constructing and Critiquing Arguments |
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Lab Out Loud |
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Local Water Quality Investigations |
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Microscope Maintenance |
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| Parade of Games PPT Educators and trainers can select and download those PowerPoint games that support your learning objectives and are compatible with the technology capabilities of your learning environment. |
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| Science Songs Free science poems or songs on different topics. Lyrics address topics such as adaptations, butterfly metamorphosis, forces that shape the Earth, the layers of the Earth, gravity, magnets, and electricity. |
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