Appendix of ResourcesJulia Hengstler

Finding Lesson Plan SourcesHot Chalk’s listing by grade level

•http://www.lessonplanspage.com/Science.htmEducator’s Reference Desk Science Lesson Plans (Ask ERIC)

•http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi//ScienceDiscovery School Science Lesson Plan links

•http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/?campaign=LP •You specify the subject and grade—then search

•Thirteen Ed Online: Webquest PlanningKey Principles:

–http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/webquests/implementation.html

Planning worksheet:–http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/webquests/implement_sub1.html

Elementary Level Science Powerpoints for Teachershttp://www.graves.k12.ky.us/powerpoints/elementary/

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Other Useful SitesKidsites.com Science links

http://www.kidsites.com/sites-edu/science.htmZOOM (PBS children’s show) Science Activities (many for offline work)

http://pbskids.org/zoom/activities/sci/Kathy Schrock’s Site of the Week & Teacher Tips-a weekly email with useful internet sites (cross curricula)—you subscribe to it

http://reg.cheetahmail.com/regp?aid=88808939&n=700Forces of Nature—National Geographic’s Site for Tornadoes, Volcanoes, Hurricanes, & Earthquakes—select the icon along the top bar—each has a “build your own” link

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/forcesofnature/interactive/index.html?section=v

Cool Science for Curious Kids (Howard Hughes Medical Institute)http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/

Sid the Science Kid (PBS show site) SuperFabLab http://pbskids.org/sid/superfablab.html Parent/Teacher Site http://www.pbs.org/parents/sid Check out

“Activities” for Lab ideas

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More Interesting Sites…NASA Kids General

http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/home/index.htmlNASA Kids Jet Propulsion Lab (Saturn Mission) http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/ Canada Wide Virtual Science Fair

http://www.virtualsciencefair.com/ Creating Online Projects (Virtual Science Fair Do’s & Don’ts)

http://odec.ca/CreatingProjects/dodont.htm National Geographic Kids Fun Science Activities http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Activities/FunScience Exploratorium-Museum of Science, Art & Human Perception

http://www.exploratorium.edu/ Tools for Teaching

http://www.exploratorium.edu/educate/index.html

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Tools & Strategy SitesCue Card-a free software you download to design multimedia flash cards—useful for students (free software)

http://www.wadeb.com/cuecard/Puzzle Maker (Discovery School)

http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/Utah Education Network—a couple of useful tools—a rubric generator, Utah Test Item Pool—you have to sign-up for the site—but it’s free!

http://my.uen.org/c/portal/layout?p_l_id=PUB.1001.1Standards Toolbox (US company—have uploaded BC Standards)

http://www.standardstoolbox.com/index.php?schoolid=general Lesson Planner 6 or 8 (free 6 or 8 block lesson planner)

http://www.markives.net/Engrade—online gradebook, calendar, attendance, comments http://www.engrade.com

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