SCIENCE+Literacy

[|K Standards] [|1st Grade Essential Standards] [|2nd Grade Essential Standards] [|NC ESSENTIAL STANDARDS] INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT TOOLS [|Essential Standards 3-5] in North Carolina [|Next Generation Science Standards] - science standards released [|Using Literature to Teach Science] Text copies ready to download. Added 3/29/13.
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[|100 Most Inspiring Videos] VIDEOS for Science Teachers [|Science News For Kids] FREE VIDEOS and articles for your students to get excited about! [|Thought Equity Motion] VIDEOS: Deepest online footage library on Earth

[|RESCu] LESSONS All aligned with Essential Standards K-5! [|Learn With Play] Science experiments for young children [|**Science for Children Journal**] LESSONS NSTA e-professional development portal. Some modules are FREE! [|Laura Candler Science Pages] - LESSONS and websites linked to interactive games and activities, FREE!

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|What a Wonderful World] stunning animal scenes narrated by David Attenborough <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Murmuration] When tens of thousands of birds flock together in this most stunning phenomena. This video will excite students about science! <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Turtle Turtle Watch Out!] (240L, A.R. 2.5) The role humans play in helping the sea turtle. TumbleBook. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Pond Water Safari] (video) Added 2/8/14. Teacher Channel
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Animals **

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Science 360]- 100s of videos to engage students in learning science concepts - like watching football to learn about force & motion <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Journal article] which explains forces and motion for teachers. In upper grades, the texts could be used for shred reading lessons.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Forces and Motion **

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Weather Whiz Kids] Weather resources: experiments, descriptions, email questions <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Jill Thompson on Weather] Weather projects, videos, descriptions of clouds and much, much more!
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Weather **

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Wired!] (820L) TumbleBook explains how electricity gets to your house. Good for read aloud or read to self. A narrator reads this book aloud.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Electricity **

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Quest to Digest] (A.R. 5.2; Lexile @820) TumbleBook explains how food is processed by the body.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Human Body **

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Games!]Dozens of games and interactive activities for students to do! Happy exploring:-) <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|21 Things That Became Obsolete Since 2000] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> [|21 Things That Will Become Obsolete in Education by 2020] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> [|Technologies Du Passe] Watch students infer what old technologies were used for. The children speak French, but there are English subtitles.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Games and Fun **

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Science Notebooks]- Website with visuals of notebooks and videos <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Kindergarten Science Notebook]s - another treasure trove Website [|Lab Lit]<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Bringing writing to the science lab. This is a superb article.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Science Notebooks **

<span class="gmw_">[|Science teacher disbands homework for quests.] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Complete a given # of quests for a grade. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_">[|Read Works.org]<span class="gmw_"> latest K-8 science passages aligned to Common Core and they're <span class="gm_ gm_1c42846f-8e14-2925-0dba-23c0a19d28e4 gm-spell">lexiled. Added 11/20/13
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