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SCIENCE AND TECH
FRONTLINE World: Rough Cut: Panama: The Last Medicine Woman
Video
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12
Meet one of the last traditional medicine women in Panama, a Kuna Indian who prescribes plants for patients who come to see her with problems, and compare her work with the Smithsonian's search for medicines among the same plants.
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rough/2007/03/panama_the_last.html
ZOOM: Science rocks: Coloring Flowers
Activity
Grade Range: PreK, K-2, 3-5
Turn white carnations green for St. Patrick's Day or experiment with a variety of colors while learning how flowers get the water they need.
http://pbskids.org/zoom/activities/sci/coloringflowers.html
NOVAscienceNow: Mass Extinction
Video and Lesson Plan
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12
Travel back in time and geology to discover how ancient volcanoes may have been the cause of mass extinction during the Permian period.
http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/oer09.sci.life.evo.massextinct/


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I will be bringing DNR materials to class after spring break, so bring an extra backpack to bring materials home.

Some of the materials were out of print but available online:

1- Warming Trends: What global climate change could mean for Wisconsin http://dnr.wi.gov/wnrmag/html/supps/2000/apr00/global.htm

2- Catch N Color http://dnr.wi.gov/fish/kidsparents/documents/CatchnColor.pdf

3- Clean Boats, Clean Waters Story Hour http://dnr.wi.gov/invasives/aquatic/cbcwstory/resources/lessonplan.pdf

4- Keepin' It In The Loop (gr. K-3) http://dnr.wi.gov/org/caer/ce/eek/teacher/pdf/K-3_RecycleGuide_full.pdf

The ones that we are out of and are not online are:
1- Wonderful, Wacky Water Critters
2- Prairie Wildlife Poster (this is in the process of being reprinted)

Also, there are a couple things that we have that aren't on the Education Connection order form that I added to your order:
1- Mississippi watershed poster
2- Groundwater poster

How do you teach note-taking in a classroom? Post your lesson ideas here.

Education World - 5 Lessons:
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson322.shtml

Strategies with Pictures:
http://www.englishcompanion.com/vignettes/notetakingstrats.html