Metric Chocolate Chip Cookies- enough said! This might be fun to do with an after-school science club, or if you have an oven available to you at school. (We do at EGMS).
Animated video that explains the importance of coral reefs in the food web. Narrated by Celine Cousteau, the video is ideal for school kids and an great tool for teachers to introduce them to ocean biology, environmental issues and social activism.4.1.B.a; 4.1.B.c; 4.1.D.a; 4.2.A.a
Good read about implementing scientific inquiry. I really liked many of the tables/charts they included. I plan to post the table on pg. 27 in the classroom (Fundamental Abilities Necessary to Do Scientific Inquiry).
I think a key element to the credibility of this set of resources is that they were curated/produced by the Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College and its partners with funding from the National Science Foundation.
In this "Ask an Astronomer" episode (03:05), Dr. Carolyn Brinkworth fills us in on what the color of the sky has to do with finding life on distant planets.