Animal Habitats: Students will demonstrate knowledge of plants and animals within a habitat by dragging pictures into the appropriate habitat.
Clouds: Students will use a graphic organizer to further their understanding of clouds.
Creating Plants: Students will communicate ideas and information about plants effectively.
Graphing Water Temperature: Students will understand that science, technology and society are interwoven and interdependent when graphing water temperature. "
"My human body is acting as a wireless energy receiver which can supply enough electricity to light up this "White Led". The maximum energy transfer distance to the led is about 20" ( 50cm) and the total current generated is about 650 micro-amps...This experiment proves that the human body does pick up residual energy from our environment, just like a solar cell that coverts sunlight into electricity... "
"Dr. Robert Lindberg, President and Executive Director of the National Institute of Aerospace, envisions a new way to introduce Engineering into the K-12 curriculum by exploring the distinctions between Science and Engineering; between the Natural World and the Designed World; and between the Scientific Method and the Engineering Design Process."
playing with these
interactive whiteboad screens (note that you can play them
on the computer screen as well, with your child). As Kevin
Jarrett says, "The interactives are extremely high quality.
The graphics are crisp and clean, the user interface is
simple and logical, and the sound effects are pleasing and
well thought out." There is a wide range to choose from
math, literacy, geography, history, and much more.
games that discover optimal learning pathways
for STEM education.' If you've got kids, check out their
first game, Refraction
http://games.cs.washington.edu/refraction/. It teaches
multiplying fractions without kids drilling on multiplying
fractions, almost like education is a side effect of game
play.
Middle school educators are invited to join NASA for the International Space Station EarthKAM Winter 2011 Mission from Jan. 18-21, 2011. Find out more about this exciting opportunity that allows students to take pictures of Earth from a digital camera aboard the International Space Station.
The Grahame-White Factory at Hendon is a virtual shrine to early aviation. Even setting aside the prominent rôle its founder, Claude Grahame-White, had in the establishment of aviation in the U.K., and the significance of the early factory buildings themselves (Grade II* Listed), the Royal Air Force Museum, London, has chosen to display some superb early aircraft (plus some replicas) in this wonderful setting.
"Elizabeth "Bessie" Coleman was always being told what she could and couldn't do. In an era when Jim Crow laws and segregation were a way of life, it was not easy to survive. Bessie didn't let that stop her. Although she was only 11 when the Wright Brothers took their historic flight, she vowed to become the first African-American female pilot. Her sturdy faith and determination helped her overcome obstacles of poverty, racism, and gender discrimination."
Just Hearing fluent and expressive reading of good literature expands your vocabulary; helps
build your stamina and will make you a better reader.
Click on any of the above links to listen to some wonderful examples of fluent reading.
"Growing The Technology For Artificial Leaves
Researchers are developing practical, low-cost materials that can use energy from sunlight to break water into oxygen and hydrogen. Daniel Nocera of MIT explains the science of 'artificial photosynthesis,' and describes his plan to create distributed power generation systems in developing countries."
" the open web combined with open content licensing provides us with the technology to freely distribute learning materials in support of all national curricula. Moreover, we are able to manipulate and transform digital data for a variety of delivery technologies, including print for those learners who do not have access to the Internet at virtually no additional cost. "
"Get ready to get blown away by our bridges. Most bridges are suspension bridges but there are some arch bridges and truss bridges.
The bridges are made with ALL KINDS of materials like popsicle sticks, wire, cardboard, paper mache, pasta, metal, hockey sticks, and wood. Hailey's was the smallest and Janaya's was the biggest. All of our bridges were interesting and amazing. They showed what we knew about strength, decks, approaches, holding a load (weight), reinforcements and all kinds of bridge stuff."
"SPACE.com, launched in 1999, is the world's No. 1 source for news of astronomy, skywatching, space exploration, commercial spaceflight and related technologies. Our team of experienced reporters, editors and video producers explore the latest discoveries, missions, trends and futuristic ideas, interviewing expert sources and offering up deep and broad analysis of the findings and issues that are fundamental to or understanding of the universe and our place in it."