tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15261845006066756882024-03-24T16:31:16.995-07:00MaryJonesStartedItThis blog is named for the first grade teacher and friend -Mary Jones of College Station, Texas - who inspired me - Christy Dancer Busch - and many others to become teachers. The blog is designed to be a resource for primary teachers in Qatar.Christy Dancer Buschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16504589779544604104noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526184500606675688.post-14562877405493919462009-09-28T23:31:00.000-07:002009-09-28T23:31:52.175-07:00Clip Art and BackgroundsI will be teaching teachers this semester about how to use the Ellison. I have found some clip art sites to use with the puzzle making dies.<br />
<ul><li><a href="http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/">http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/</a></li>
</ul><br />
The state of Florida has a technology clearinghouse which has many treasures such as clipart, frames and borders:<br />
<ul><li><a href="http://etc.usf.edu/">http://etc.usf.edu/</a></li>
</ul>I will add more as I find them.<br />
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Have fun! cdbChristy Dancer Buschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16504589779544604104noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526184500606675688.post-38180665458028769712009-09-28T04:03:00.000-07:002009-09-28T22:10:05.639-07:00Digital Storytelling<div style="text-align: center;">Digital Storytelling is the modern expression of the ancient art of storytelling. <br />
Digital stories derive their power by weaving images, music, narrative and voice together, <br />
thereby giving deep dimension and vivid color to characters, situations, experiences, and insights. <br />
Tell your story now digitally.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">- Leslie Rule, Digital Storytelling Association <br />
</div> <br />
I took this quote from a wonderful website resource entitled Digital Storytelling: <br />
<ul><li><a href="http://electronicportfolios.org/digistory/index.html">http://electronicportfolios.org/digistory/index.html</a> </li>
</ul>This resource filled site was put together by Dr. Helen C. Barrett. According to this site, the Canadian Film Centre: http://www.storycenter.org/canada/index.html has a very good introduction to storytelling from images and memories. She also recommends a school link to various digital stories from Scott Country Schools in Kentucky: <a href="http://www.scott.k12.ky.us/technology/digitalstorytelling/ds.html">http://www.scott.k12.ky.us/technology/digitalstorytelling/ds.html</a> <br />
and <a href="http://www.digitalfamilystory.com/">Digital Family Stories</a> which includes links to the BBC's Capture Wales and other examples of digital stories.<br />
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There are other beautiful sites as follows: <br />
<ul><li><a href="http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/">Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling</a> is a massive site developed at the University of Houston. </li>
<li><a href="http://www.storycenter.org/">Center for Digital Storytelling</a> with the wonderful quote: "Listen deeply. Tell stories." The quotes and graphic at the bottom of this post is from this site.</li>
</ul>Arabic digital stories are numerous. Here are a few links that I found thanks to Google's translating service and Mr. Mohammed Ali:<br />
<ul><li>Changing Lives: Digital Storytelling by Young Arabic Women in Western Sydney <a href="http://nexusproject.net.au/nexusblog/changing-lives-digital-storytelling-by-young-arabic-women-in-western-sydney/#readcommentsanchor">http://nexusproject.net.au/nexusblog/changing-lives-digital-storytelling-by-young-arabic-women-in-western-sydney/#readcommentsanchor</a></li>
<li>This is very encouraging: <a href="http://alaasadik.blogspot.com/2009/03/blog-post_29.html">Alaa Sadik's Blog : القصص الرقمية</a></li>
<li><div style="text-align: left;">This is a promising example of Arabic Digital Storytelling: <a href="http://www.aawsat.com/details.asp?section=19&article=416476&issueno=10375">http://www.aawsat.com/details.asp?section=19&article=416476&issueno=10375</a></div></li>
</ul><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Enjoy! cdb<br />
</div>Christy Dancer Buschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16504589779544604104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526184500606675688.post-62111060782287791452009-09-07T05:11:00.000-07:002009-09-07T05:12:35.066-07:00Fun with Science Media<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">As a staff of one, it can take hours to find good science videos, especially when it is so easy to take off on tangents. Here's some of the most fun ones that I have found so far: </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"></div><ul><li style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_J5rBxeTIk&eurl=http%3A%2F%2F%20">Animaniac Universe</a> </span></li>
<li style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8eFFnJsCjs&feature=related">Animaniac Solar System</a> </span></li>
<li style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NC1qkLn6IRI&eurl=http%3A%2F%2F">Animaniac Nations</a></span> </li>
<li style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NC1qkLn6IRI&eurl=http%3A%2F%2F"> </a><o:p></o:p><u1:p></u1:p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ju5sF3YUseU">Toothpick Trick</a><o:p></o:p><u1:p></u1:p> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiYeMntc9jE" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Jennifer is a Mammal</a><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span> <o:p></o:p><u1:p></u1:p></li>
</ul><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Other good sources: Science Bob, Bill Nye, and Teacher Tube.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Enjoy! cdb<br />
</span></span>Christy Dancer Buschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16504589779544604104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526184500606675688.post-49902605419518865002009-09-06T10:48:00.000-07:002009-09-06T10:48:11.544-07:00Media Moments<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ju5sF3YUseU"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ju5sF3YUseU</span></a><br />
<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Thanks to Angela Brittain for the YouTube Download Tutorial: </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Downloading YouTube Videos... yes it is possible!</div><ol><li>Find YouTube video that you want to download.</li>
<li>Copy the internet address. (Highlight and press CTRL c)</li>
<li>Open <b>zamzar.com</b></li>
<li>In zamzar's Step 1 click on URL. This takes you to the 'Download Videos' tab.</li>
<li>Paste your internet address in step 1.</li>
<li>Choose the file conversion you want. (.mov for Quick Time Movie and .wmv for Windows Media Player)</li>
<li>In step 3 enter your email address for your YouTube video to be sent to.</li>
<li>Step 4 click on Convert and wait for the upload to complete.</li>
</ol>A conversion normally takes an hour or so to come through to your email.<br />
<br />
Follow the instructions given in the email to finish the download.<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Kristen ITC";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Kristen ITC";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Kristen ITC";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Kristen ITC";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>Christy Dancer Buschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16504589779544604104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526184500606675688.post-25124269761204725042009-09-04T11:32:00.000-07:002009-09-04T11:52:22.737-07:00Science Lessons for 2009-10Dear Science Teachers,<br />
<br />
I plan to incorporate performance tasks from the following sources into upcoming science lessons for 2009-10.<br />
<a href="http://pals.sri.com/tasks/tasksk-4.html">http://pals.sri.com/tasks/tasksk-4.html</a><br />
<a href="http://pals.sri.com/tasks/tasks5-8.html">http://pals.sri.com/tasks/tasks5-8.html</a><br />
<br />
Here's the site summary:<br />
<br />
The performance tasks currently come from several sources: the Council of Chief State School Officers/State Collaborative on Assessment and Student Standards (<a href="http://www.ccsso.org/standards-assessments.html" target="_blank">CCSSO</a>/<a href="http://www.ccsso.org/scass.html" target="_blank">SCASS</a>), Partnership for the Assessment of Standards-based Science <a href="http://www.wested.org/wested/news/RD_alert/9906/page06.shtml" target="_blank">(PASS)</a>, the Kentucky Department of Education (<a href="http://www.kde.state.ky.us/" target="_blank">KDE</a>), the New York State Education Department (<a href="http://www.nysed.gov/">NYSED</a>), the RAND Institution (<a href="http://www.rand.org/">RAND</a>), the Assessment of Performance Unit (APU), and the Oregon State Education Department (<a href="http://www.ode.state.or.us/">OSED</a>).<br />
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Some tasks cover multiple content areas. All tasks include a Science as Inquiry component.<br />
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I wish, wish, wish that I can find some videos and/or illustrations to go with the lessons. cdbChristy Dancer Buschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16504589779544604104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526184500606675688.post-37143798520560327312009-07-15T09:24:00.000-07:002009-07-16T21:35:57.324-07:00Summing Up the 2008-9 School YearDear Friends in Education,<br /><br />Here is a working summary of the more popular internet resources gleaned from the 2008-9 school year with the Al Wajbah Primary Science Department.<br /><br /><br />The best website resource of the year was:<br /><ul><li><a href="http://hea-www.harvard.edu/ECT/thrcontents.html">http://hea-www.harvard.edu/ECT/thrcontents.html</a>. It contains the following Shadow Inquiry:</li></ul><blockquote>Everyone should grab one small shiny object like a new penny or an interlocking math cube, a pink eraser or a marble. Let's go outside. Find an asphalt or concrete area with a lot of space, enough that the entire class can spread out and be bathed in sunlight. Is there enough room for their shadows? You might consider timing this for between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., when the shadows are shorter but not so short as to make this impossible.<br /><br />Everyone should spread out enough that they can twirl in place and not hit anyone. Next, everyone should drop their shiny object somewhere about 4-5 feet from them in any direction. Now find your own shadows and stick your arms out. Make an OK sign with your fin<img src="http://hea-www.harvard.edu/ECT/Shadow/julia.gif" align="right" />gers, so that your shadows show a little ring or circle for your hands. Can you, without squatting, move your shadow ring so that it encircles the shiny object on the ground?<br /><br /></blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >General Science Inquiry:</span><br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.sasta.asn.au/qualityscience/">http://www.sasta.asn.au/qualityscience/</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sfscience.com/english/toc/toc_start.htm">http://www.sfscience.com/english/toc/toc_start.htm</a></li><li><a href="http://www.wvec.k12.in.us/battle/classpage/science/scienceunits.htm">http://www.wvec.k12.in.us/battle/classpage/science/scienceunits.htm</a> (from Raba'a Aziz)<br /></li><li><a href="http://www.csiro.au/services/Science-By-Email-Main.html">http://www.csiro.au/services/Science-By-Email-Main.html</a><br /><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/elemsci/elemsci.html"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1247720530_0"></span></a></li><li><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/elemsci/elemsci.html"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1247720530_0">http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/elemsci/elemsci.html</span></a></li><li><a href="http://pbskids.org/zoom/activities/sci/">http://pbskids.org/zoom/activities/sci/</a></li><li><a href="http://www.andybrain.com/sciencelab/science-lab-experiment-list/">http://www.andybrain.com/sciencelab/science-lab-experiment-list/</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/experiments.html">http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/experiments.html</a></li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Life Science:</span><a href="http://www.funology.com/laboratory/listing.cfm?category=52&type=laboratory"><br /></a><ul><li><a href="http://www.funology.com/laboratory/listing.cfm?category=52&type=laboratory">http://www.funology.com/laboratory/listing.cfm?category=52&type=laboratory</a></li></ul>Vertebrates & Invertebrates<br /><ul><li>Bones: <a href="http://www.childrensmuseum.org/special_exhibits/bones/games/Game1_FINAL.html">http://www.childrensmuseum.org/special_exhibits/bones/games/Game1_FINAL.html</a></li><li>Food Chains and Other Games: <a href="http://sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/gamesforkids.htm">http://sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/gamesforkids.htm</a> (from Amani Shaweesh)<br /></li></ul>What is the Life Cycle of a Plant?<br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.arboretum.fullerton.edu/grow/primer/cycle.asp">www.arboretum.fullerton.edu/grow/primer/cycle.asp</a> </li></ul>Plant Life Cycle:<br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/case1/c1facts1b.html">www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/case1/c1facts1b.html </a></li></ul>The Life Cycle of a Plant (flash movie):<br />This site shows the growth of a plant, has students label plant parts, and includes the measurement in cm of the height of the plant.<br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.sln.org.uk/science/lifecycle/">www.sln.org.uk/science/lifecycle/</a> </li></ul>Dottie's Garden An online ebook about planting seeds. This makes a great center activity<br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.blogger.com/*%20%20www.primarygames.com/storybooks/plant/start.htm">www.primarygames.com/storybooks/plant/start.htm</a></li></ul>Treasures@Sea: Many ocean facts, activities and resources are found here.<br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow8/dec98/intera.html">http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow8/dec98/intera.html</a></li></ul>Cells Alive:<br />Find just about anything you need to know about cells here. View the interactive and animated cells.<br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.cellsalive.com/cells/cell_model.htm">http://www.cellsalive.com/cells/cell_model.htm </a></li><li><a href="http://www.cellsalive.com/howbig.htm">http://www.cellsalive.com/howbig.htm</a></li></ul>Health and Handwashing:<br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/AEC/CC/hand_activity.php">http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/AEC/CC/hand_activity.php</a></li></ul> <span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Water Cycle:<br /></span><ul><li>Water Cycle Animation: <a href="http://www.cnr.vt.edu/plt/WaterCycle/index.htm">http://www.cnr.vt.edu/plt/WaterCycle/index.htm</a><br /></li><li>Make a Water Cycle Wheel: <a href="http://www.epa.state.il.us/kids/fun-stuff/water-cycle/">http://www.epa.state.il.us/kids/fun-stuff/water-cycle/</a></li><li>The Wonders of Water: <a href="http://www.saasta.ac.za/easyscience/pdfs/es_2006_02.pdf">http://www.saasta.ac.za/easyscience/pdfs/es_2006_02.pdf</a></li><li><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.epa.gov/OGWDW/kids/pdfs/activity_grades_k-3_activitybook.pdf"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1247786365_3">http://www.epa.gov/OGWDW/kids/pdfs/activity_grades_k-3_activitybook.pdf</span></a> (from Amani Shaweesh)<br /></li><li>Water Cycle and Evaporation: <a href="http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=1638">http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=1638</a></li></ul>Water Cycle Models (from Amani Shaweesh) : <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=21522"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1247786365_4"></span></a><ol><li><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=21522"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1247786365_4">http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=21522</span></a><br /></li><li><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.epa.gov/OGWDW/kids/grades_k-3_watercycle_activity.html"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1247786365_0">http://www.epa.gov/OGWDW/kids/grades_k-3_watercycle_activity.html</span></a></li></ol><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Rocks & Minerals / Geology:<br /></span><br />Excellent resources for teaching 5.7 "How Rocks are Formed"<br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow1/oct98//create/index.html">http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow1/oct98//create/index.htm</a><a href="http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow1/oct98//create/index.html">l</a></li><li><a href="http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow1/oct98//collab.htm">http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow1/oct98//collab.htm</a></li><li><a href="http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/classactivities/teachers&students.html">http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/classactivities/teachers&students.html</a><br /></li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Physical Science:</span><br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.funology.com/laboratory/listing.cfm?category=48&type=laboratory">http://www.funology.com/laboratory/listing.cfm?category=48&type=laboratory</a></li></ul>Heat Transfer (from Suzana Mahmoud):<br /><ul><li><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://sol.sci.uop.edu/%7Ejfalward/heattransfer/heattransfer.html"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1247720171_0">http://sol.sci.uop.edu/~jfalward/heattransfer/heattransfer.html</span></a></li></ul> Conduction, Convection and Radiation movies and songs (from Suzana Mahmoud):<br /><ul><li><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.kidsgeo.com/geography-for-kids/0054-heating-cooling-atmosphere.php"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1247720171_0">http://www.kidsgeo.com/geography-for-kids/0054-heating-cooling-atmosphere.php</span></a></li></ul><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1247720171_0">Excellent Light & Shadow PPT:<br /></span><ul><li><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.blogger.com/www.learnanywhere.co.uk/la/science/3f.ppt">www.learnanywhere.co.uk/la/science/3f.ppt</a></li></ul>Exploring Light & Color:<br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/science/science.htm">http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/science/science.htm</a><br /></li></ul><span style="font-size:130%;">Energy Experiments (Electricity etc.):</span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:navy;" ><span style="color:navy;"><br /></span></span><ul><li><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:navy;" ><span style="color:navy;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.need.org/energyfair.php"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1247676404_3">http://www.need.org/energyfair.php</span></a></span></span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://library.thinkquest.org/15215/Resources/Projects/solar_oven_experiment.html"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1247719629_0">http://library.thinkquest.org/15215/Resources/Projects/solar_oven_experiment.html</span></a></li><li><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.starprof.com/ac/pscspring04/psc021104pp/sld005.htm"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1247720171_1">http://www.starprof.com/ac/pscspring04/psc021104pp/sld005.htm</span></a> (from Suzan Mahmoud)</li><li><a href="http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/classactivities/teachers&students.html">http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/classactivities/teachers&students.html</a> (from Raba'a Aziz)<br /></li></ul><span style="font-size:130%;">Chemistry:</span><br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.funology.com/laboratory/listing.cfm?category=49&type=laboratory">http://www.funology.com/laboratory/listing.cfm?category=49&type=laboratory</a></li></ul><span style="font-size:130%;">From Surfnet </span>by <span style="font-size:130%;">Barbara J. Feldman:</span><br /><span style="background-color: rgb(204, 255, 204);"><b>Desert</b></span><img style="width: 193px; height: 169px;" src="http://www.surfnetkids.com/images/desert-animals.gif" alt="Desert Animals" align="left" border="0" vspace="8" hspace="8" /><br /> DesertAnimals.net features seventeen <span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1247717421_15">desert animals</span>.<br /><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.desertanimals.net/"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1247717421_12">http://www.desertanimals.net/</span></a><div style="display: inline; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 16px; width: 16px; height: 16px;"> </div><br />Desert Animals<br /><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.surfnetkids.com/desert_animals.htm"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1247717421_10">http://www.surfnetkids.com/desert_animals.htm</span></a><div style="display: inline; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 16px; width: 16px; height: 16px;"> </div><br />Desert Animals Printable<br /><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.surfnetkids.com/printables/desert_animals.pdf">http://www.surfnetkids.com/printables/desert_animals.pdf</a><div style="display: inline; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 16px; width: 16px; height: 16px;"><br />Printable Desert Animals Word Search<br /><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.surfnetkids.com/printables/Word_Searches/desert_animals_wordsearch.pdf"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1247717421_3">http://www.surfnetkids.com/printables/Word_Searches/desert_animals_wordsearch.pdf</span></a><div style="display: inline; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 16px; width: 16px; height: 16px;"> </div><br /><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1247717421_33">Blue Planet</span> Biomes: Desert Animals<br /><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/desert_animal_page.htm"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1247717421_34">http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/desert_animal_page.htm</span></a><div style="display: inline; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 16px; width: 16px; height: 16px;"> </div><br /></div><br />Biomes/Habitats Mix & Match:<br /><ul><li><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/biomes-mm.htm"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1247717421_39">http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/biomes-mm.htm</span></a></li></ul>Teaching Physics Using <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1247706957_0">YouTube Videos</span><br /><ul><li><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://physics.andreadecapoa.net/"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1233152919_58"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">http://physics.andreadecapoa.net</span></span></a></li></ul>Magnets - virtual textbook and dozens of experiments that you can either buy or build.<br /><ul><li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.coolmagnetman.com/magindex.htm"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1247714148_3">http://www.coolmagnetman.com/magindex.htm</span></a></li></ul>Electricity and Magnetism video<br /><ul><li><a href="http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/319">http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/319</a></li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Science Games:<br /></span><ul><li><a href="http://www.primarygames.com/science.htm">http://www.primarygames.com/science.htm</a></li><li><a href="http://sheppardsoftware.com/science.htm">http://sheppardsoftware.com/science.htm</a> (Check out the new Cell Game!)<br /></li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Internet Videos:</span><br />For professional development, future curriculum planning and classes:<br /><ul><li><span>Seven Lesson Starts:</span> <span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.teachers.tv/video/28260"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1247716086_0">http://www.teachers.tv/video/28260</span></a></span></li><li><span>How to use the Lesson Starts</span>: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.teachers.tv/video/23316"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1247716086_1">http://www.teachers.tv/video/23316</span></a></li></ul>There is a series called from Good to Outstanding that is very, very good also:<br /><ul><li><span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.teachers.tv/video/25613"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1247716086_2">http://www.teachers.tv/video/25613</span></a></span></li><li><span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.teachers.tv/video/25596"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1247716086_3">http://www.teachers.tv/video/25596</span></a></span></li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Science Fair Resources:</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><br /><ul><li>Science Fair PPT for Student Intro: <span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.chariho.k12.ri.us/faculty/dmmor/scifair02/sm.ppt"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1247787337_0">http://www.chariho.k12.ri.us/faculty/dmmor/scifair02/sm.ppt</span></a></span></li><li><span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1247787337_0">Great Resource: </span></span><span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.chariho.k12.ri.us/faculty/dmmor/scifair02/scires02.html"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1247787337_1">http://www.chariho.k12.ri.us/faculty/dmmor/scifair02/scires02.html</span></a></span></li><li><span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1247787337_1">Student sample from same site: </span></span><span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.chariho.k12.ri.us/faculty/dmmor/scifair02/sf027.html"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1247787337_2">http://www.chariho.k12.ri.us/faculty/dmmor/scifair02/sf027.html</span></a></span></li><li><a href="http://www.need.org/energyfair.php">http://www.need.org/energyfair.php</a></li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Science Curriculum Planning Resources:</span><br /><br />Science Concept Stories and Focus Questions:<br /><ul><li><a href="http://lsc-net.terc.edu/do.cfm/report/7139/show/use_set-ref_mat#2">http://lsc-net.terc.edu/do.cfm/report/7139/show/use_set-ref_mat#2</a></li></ul>Linking Science with Literacy:<br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.science.org.au/primaryconnections/additional.htm">http://www.science.org.au/primaryconnections/additional.htm</a> (from Raba'a Aziz)</li></ul>Science Lessons with Differentiation:<br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.primaryschoolscience.com/">http://www.primaryschoolscience.com/</a><br /></li></ul>KS2 Science Resources:<br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/science/science.htm">http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/science/science.htm</a> (from Naheel Hamdallah)<br /></li></ul>Lesson Planning Basics:<br /><ul><li><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.ecu.edu/cs-educ/opd/upload/6_step_lesson_plan.pdf"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1247676404_0">http://www.ecu.edu/cs-educ/opd/upload/6_step_lesson_plan.pdf</span></a></li><li><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1247676404_0"><a href="http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/researchskills/Dalton.htm">http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/researchskills/Dalton.htm</a></span></li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Assessment:</span><br /><br />PALS Performance Tasks (K-4)<ul><li><a href="http://pals.sri.com/tasks/tasksk-4.html">http://pals.sri.com/tasks/tasksk-4.html</a></li></ul>Assessment Ideas for Elementary Science<br /><ul><li><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/elemsci/ideass.html"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1247720530_1">http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/elemsci/ideass.html</span></a></li></ul><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Inquiry rubrics:</span><br /></span><ul><li><a href="http://www3.nsta.org/main/news/pdf/ss0209_22.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www3.nsta.org/main/news/pdf/ss0209_22.pdf</a></li></ul>Christy Dancer Buschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16504589779544604104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526184500606675688.post-16078658641243908672009-01-12T07:55:00.000-08:002009-01-12T21:09:30.270-08:00Science and LiteracyIn progress:<br />So much to keep track of:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.planet-science.com/under11s/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.planet-science.com/under11s/index.html</a><br /><br />Coloring pages/minibooks with short English explanations:<br /><a href="http://www.dltk-teach.com/minibooks/index.htm">http://www.dltk-teach.com/minibooks/index.htm</a><br /><a href="http://www.dltk-kids.com/animals/index.html">http://www.dltk-kids.com/animals/index.html</a> (life cycles)<br /><a href="http://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/cartoons/zoo.html">http://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/cartoons/zoo.html</a> (cartoons etc.)<br /><a href="http://www.dltk-teach.com/index.htm">http://www.dltk-teach.com/index.htm</a><br /><br />Animal Classification (wonderful resource - easy to read)<br /><a href="http://www.brunswick.k12.me.us/jas/pod2/animals/">http://www.brunswick.k12.me.us/jas/pod2/animals/</a><br /><a href="http://www.brunswick.k12.me.us/technology/integrator/elementary/teachersites/integration/science/index.htm">http://www.brunswick.k12.me.us/technology/integrator/elementary/teachersites/integration/science/index.htm</a><br /><br /><u>Recommendations from Open Wide Look Inside blog</u><br />**<a href="http://blog.richmond.edu/openwidelookinside/archives/category/science">http://blog.richmond.edu/openwidelookinside/archives/category/science</a><br />**<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Spectacular-Science-Lee-Bennett-Hopkins/dp/0689851200/">Spectacular Science: A Book of Poems</a>.<br />**<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Scien-Trickery-Riddles-J-Patrick-Lewis/dp/0152058494/">Scien-Trickery: Riddles in Science</a> by J. Patrick Lewis<br />**Science Verse<br /><em>**The </em><a href="http://www.kidscanpress.com/us/Search.aspx?k=387&type=4&p=0&itemsperpage=10&s=SortTitle+ASC"><em>Who Lives Here? series</em></a><em>, written by Deborah Hodge and illustrated by Pat Stephens, examines animals in their natural environments and explains how those animals are uniquely adapted to their habitats. The books are organized by habitat, and include titles on Desert Animals, Polar Animals, Rain Forest Animals and Wetland Animals.</em><br />**<a href="http://www.kidscanpress.com/US/Search.aspx?k=377&type=4&p=0&itemsperpage=10&s=SortTitle+ASC">Looking Closely</a> from Kids Can Press uses this type of visual puzzle as an introduction to natural environments.<br />**Magic School Bus books<br />**<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Smell-Flower-Aboard-Science-Reader/dp/0448404699">You Can’t Smell a Flower with Your Ear!</a><br />**Vicki Cobb books such as <a href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Perk-up-Your-Ears/Vicki-Cobb/e/9780761317043/">Perk Up Your Ears</a><br />**Neil Ardley has written a book entitled <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Science-Book-Senses-Harcourt-Brace/dp/0152006141/">The Science Book of the Senses</a> that offers fun and simple experiments you can do to learn more about how your five senses work.<br />**In <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sound-Colors-English-Jimmy-Liao/dp/0316939927">The Sound of Colors: A Journey of the Imagination,</a> Jimmy Liao tells a story that makes us realize what we do have, while also making us think once again on expanding our imagination even more.Christy Dancer Buschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16504589779544604104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526184500606675688.post-58613944253741105632009-01-12T07:15:00.000-08:002009-01-12T10:37:35.880-08:00Science Inquiry, Lesson & Unit Design<u><em><span style="font-size:180%;">For science units and lesson building:<br /></span></em></u><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">K-5 Inquiry-Based Science<br /></span><a href="http://lsc-net.terc.edu/do.cfm/report/7139/show/use_set-ref_mat" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://lsc-net.terc.edu/do.cfm/report/7139/show/use_set-ref_mat</a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">DDN Curriculum Lesson Plan Bank<br /></span><a href="http://ddncurriculum.k12.sd.us/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://ddncurriculum.k12.sd.us/</a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Academy Curriculum Exchange: K-5 Science</span> <a href="http://ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/sci/elem.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/sci/elem.html</a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Science NetLinks Lesson Index</span><br /><a href="http://www.sciencenetlinks.org/matrix.cfm">http://www.sciencenetlinks.org/matrix.cfm</a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">UEN Resources: K-2 Core Lesson Plans (Scroll to content to find science lessons.)</span><a href="http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/LPview.cgi?core=1209" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/LPview.cgi?core=1209</a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">UEN Resources: 3-6 Science Lessons</span><br /><a href="http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/LPview.cgi?core=3" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/LPview.cgi?core=3</a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Tools for Investigation</span><br /><a href="http://www.sci.mus.mn.us/sln/tf/nav/toolscluster.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.sci.mus.mn.us/sln/tf/nav/toolscluster.html</a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Curriculum Science Guide for Saskatchewan<br /></span><a href="http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/elemsci/elemsci.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/elemsci/elemsci.html</a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Science Curriculum Exchange</span><br /><a href="http://ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/sci/elem.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/sci/elem.html</a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Science Teaching Ideas</span><br /><a href="http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/science/contents.htm">http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/science/contents.htm</a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Elementary Science and Literacy Connections</span> <a href="http://www.jefferson.k12.ky.us/departments/gheens/Science.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.jefferson.k12.ky.us/departments/gheens/Science.html</a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Animal Classification</span><br /><a href="http://th022.k12.sd.us/Critter_classification.htm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://th022.k12.sd.us/Critter_classification.htm</a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Electricity Inquiry</span><br /><a href="http://www.jefferson.k12.ky.us/departments/gheens/EARSSmpE.pdf" target="_blank">www.jefferson.k12.ky.us/departments/gheens/EARSSmpE.pdf</a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Square of Life</span><br /><a href="http://www.ciese.org/curriculum/squareproj/">http://www.ciese.org/curriculum/squareproj/</a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Bucket Buddies</span><br /><a href="http://www.k12science.org/curriculum/bucketproj/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.k12science.org/curriculum/bucketproj/</a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Discrepant/EEEPS Events<br /></span><a href="http://engagetolearn.com/ETL/articles/EEEP.htm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://engagetolearn.com/ETL/articles/EEEP.htm</a><br /><a href="http://thewondershop.blogspot.com/2008/11/fun-with-discrepant-events-magic-bottle.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://thewondershop.blogspot.com/2008/11/fun-with-discrepant-events-magic-bottle.html</a><br /><a href="http://www.springerlink.com/index/213TG2N03R2G8KG5.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.springerlink.com/index/213TG2N03R2G8KG5.pdf</a><br /><a href="http://www.uttyler.edu/education/bruce.htm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.uttyler.edu/education/bruce.htm</a><br /><a href="http://www.agpa.uakron.edu/p16/btp.php?id=discrepant-events" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.agpa.uakron.edu/p16/btp.php?id=discrepant-events</a><br /><a href="http://www.suite101.com/reference/discrepant_events" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.suite101.com/reference/discrepant_events</a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Action Research<br /></span><a href="http://tlc.ousd.k12.ca.us/~acody/3f.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://tlc.ousd.k12.ca.us/~acody/3f.html</a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Inquiry rubric<br /></span><a href="http://www3.nsta.org/main/news/pdf/ss0209_22.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www3.nsta.org/main/news/pdf/ss0209_22.pdf</a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Inquiry article</span><br /><a href="http://www3.nsta.org/main/news/pdf/ss0209_22.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www3.nsta.org/main/news/pdf/ss0209_22.pdf</a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Dry ice:</span><br /><a href="http://tlc.ousd.k12.ca.us/~acody/Dry_Ice.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://tlc.ousd.k12.ca.us/~acody/Dry_Ice.html</a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Great Schools and Successful Kids</span><br />K: <a href="http://www.greatschools.net/cgi-bin/showarticle/419">http://www.greatschools.net/cgi-bin/showarticle/419</a><br />1st: <a href="http://www.greatschools.net/articles/32/First-Grade">http://www.greatschools.net/articles/32/First-Grade</a><br />2nd: <a href="http://www.greatschools.net/cgi-bin/showarticle/420">http://www.greatschools.net/cgi-bin/showarticle/420</a><br />3rd: <a href="http://www.greatschools.net/cgi-bin/showarticle/421">http://www.greatschools.net/cgi-bin/showarticle/421</a><br />4th: <a href="http://www.greatschools.net/cgi-bin/showarticle/786">http://www.greatschools.net/cgi-bin/showarticle/786</a><br />5th: <a href="http://www.greatschools.net/cgi-bin/showarticle/786">http://www.greatschools.net/cgi-bin/showarticle/786</a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Projects</span><br />Bread Mold Garden<br /><a href="http://www.greatschools.net/cgi-bin/showarticle/414/">http://www.greatschools.net/cgi-bin/showarticle/414/</a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Ten Steps to Make the Most of Field Trips</span><br /><a href="http://tlc.ousd.k12.ca.us/~acody/fieldtrip.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://tlc.ousd.k12.ca.us/~acody/fieldtrip.html</a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Inquiry Questions</span><br />from <a href="http://tlc.ousd.k12.ca.us/~acody/inquiryquery.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://tlc.ousd.k12.ca.us/~acody/inquiryquery.html</a><br />What does this make you think of?<br />In what ways are these different?<br />In what ways are these the same?<br />What materials did you use?<br />What would happen if you ...<br />What might you try instead?<br />Tell me about your ...?<br />What does it look like?<br />What does it remind you of?<br />What does it feel like?<br />What can you do next time?<br />What can you tell me about it?<br />Tell me what happened.<br />What could you do instead?<br />Which one do you have more of?<br />Is one object longer/shorter than another?<br />What do you call the things you are using?<br />What can you tell me about the things you have?<br />Tell me what it looks like.<br />How are you going to do that?<br />What do you feel, see, hear, taste, smell?<br />How did you do that?<br />What will you do next after you finish that?<br />Is there anything else you could do/use?<br />How do you know?<br />What are some different things you could try?<br />What is it made of?<br />Show me what you could do with it?<br /><br />Qatar Science Training<br /><a href="http://www.teachers.net.qa/Science_CfBT_Workshops/workshop3/Science3_TN_Session5.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.teachers.net.qa/Science_CfBT_Workshops/workshop3/Science3_TN_Session5.pdf</a><br /><a href="http://teachers.net.qa/content/professional_development/detail/824" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://teachers.net.qa/content/professional_development/detail/824</a>Christy Dancer Buschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16504589779544604104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526184500606675688.post-71695708120604481922009-01-12T06:11:00.000-08:002009-07-16T19:14:21.259-07:00Insightful Assessment Sites<p><span style="font-size:180%;">Online Testmaking Resources:</span></p><ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.edselect.com/quizzes.htm">http://www.edselect.com/quizzes.htm</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.edhelper.com/">http://www.edhelper.com/</a></span></li></ul><p><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:130%;">ORAL ASSESSMENT:</span></span><br /></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;"> <a href="http://www.eed.state.ak.us/tls/Frameworks/wrldlang/wlinstr2.html#SampleTasks">http://www.eed.state.ak.us/tls/Frameworks/wrldlang/wlinstr2.html#SampleTasks</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">ENGLISH:</span> <a href="http://www.eed.state.ak.us/tls/Frameworks/langarts/41task.htm">http://www.eed.state.ak.us/tls/Frameworks/langarts/41task.htm</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">MATH/SCIENCE:</span> </span><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.eed.state.ak.us/tls/Frameworks/mathsci/ms5_2as1.htm">http://www.eed.state.ak.us/tls/Frameworks/mathsci/ms5_2as1.htm</a></span></li></ul><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:130%;">ASSESSMENT CITATIONS:</span><br /></span><p><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></p><ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://teaching.uncc.edu/resources/articles-tutorials/assessments/designing-questions">http://teaching.uncc.edu/resources/articles-tutorials/assessments/designing-questions</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://teaching.uncc.edu/resources/articles-tutorials/assessments/developing-objectives-assessment">http://teaching.uncc.edu/resources/articles-tutorials/assessments/developing-objectives-assessment</a> </span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://tamu.qu.edu.qa/assessment.html">http://tamu.qu.edu.qa/assessment.html</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.eed.state.ak.us/tls/Frameworks/mathsci/ms5_2as1.htm">http://www.eed.state.ak.us/tls/Frameworks/mathsci/ms5_2as1.htm</a></span></li></ul><p><span style="font-size:130%;">Best Test Practices:</span><span style="font-size:180%;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size:85%;"><em><blockquote>A Test Worth Taking<br />Just as teachers vary their instructional techniques to suit different learning styles, they can also create tests that give students choices to show what they know and how they learn best.<br />Claudia Geocaris and Maria Ross</blockquote></em></span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;">FORMATTING THE TEST</span></p><ol><li>Seems silly but don't forget to put the place for the pupil's name in a prominent position.</li><li>After using varied questioning strategies to assess knowledge and understanding of concepts, reread and simplifly. Allow sufficient space to provide for teacher comments.</li><li>A prominently placed key to explain the use of criteria for the assessment with point value of questions or sections.</li></ol><p><span style="font-size:130%;">EVALUATING THE TEST</span></p><ol><li>Take the test yourself.</li><li>Ask THE question: Does the test provide true evidence of what the student has learned.</li></ol><p><span style="font-size:180%;">Differentiating Tests </span></p><p>Using Bloom’s Taxonomy and Multiple Intelligences: </p><ul><li>Start with easiest cognitive questions (matching, T/F questions etc.) and progress to most difficult (essays, story problems, etc.).</li><li>If a student is below level, simply grade completed questions and give them a percentage grade. For example: On a 10 question test, a “below level student” attempts to answer 7 questions. ONLY 5 questions are correct so this student gets 5/7 or 71% (instead of a 50%).</li><li>Alternatively, a “below level” student answers 5 Remembering/Understanding questions correctly. It is the teacher’s decision that this student receives a high grade IF she decides that the student has studied and performed to their highest ability.</li></ul><p><span style="font-size:180%;">Alternate Assessment Differentiations/Modifications</span></p><p>PENCIL-PEN Modification which can be instituted routinely:<br />1. Allow the students to read and respond to the entire test in pencil.<br />2. Take the pencil and give them a pen, they then use their books and notes to answer test.<br />3. They are also allowed to correct answers by crossing through penciled answers.</p>Christy Dancer Buschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16504589779544604104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526184500606675688.post-20203438695743123232008-12-09T06:16:00.000-08:002008-12-15T10:38:21.631-08:00Just found this and I don't want to lose it!Dear Excellent Educators on Eid Vacation,<br /><br />I just found this bookmaking site and thought I would put it here for a future workshop.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.vickiblackwell.com/makingbooks/">http://www.vickiblackwell.com/makingbooks/</a><br /><br />It has:<br />Step Books ...........................Flip Books ..............Fact Flipper Books .............Accordion Books<br />Fan Books Tall ....................Tale Books ..............Poof Books ...........................Clue Books<br />Stars Twinkle Book.............Circle Book .............Shape Books ........................Pop-up Books<br />Notepad Books.................... Clueboxes...............PowerPoint Books ...............Pattern Writing Books<br />House of ... Book .................Dynamic Dictionary !!!<br /><br />Here's another site that has many ideas that could be used in English classes and IT:<br /><a href="http://www.cobbk12.org/sites/literacy/fetc/ppt/ppt_index.htm#abc">http://www.cobbk12.org/sites/literacy/fetc/ppt/ppt_index.htm#abc</a><br /><br />Enjoy!<br />ChristyChristy Dancer Buschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16504589779544604104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526184500606675688.post-2150779672280844162008-12-07T09:41:00.000-08:002008-12-07T21:03:04.840-08:00Summing Up the Best Practices for Summative AssessmentsWhile researching Test Design, I came across a Canadian site:<br /><a href="http://www.edselect.com/index.htm">http://www.edselect.com/index.htm</a><br /><br />This site is rich with teacher resources. I am currently looking at their "On-Line Quizzes" page:<br /><a href="http://www.edselect.com/quizzes.htm">http://www.edselect.com/quizzes.htm</a><br />This page includes many test design and quiz making sites.<br /><br />I will post the most impressive sites soon.<br /><br />Happy Trails (sign off courtesy of Toni Chew and Roy Rogers & Dale Evans)<br />Christy BChristy Dancer Buschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16504589779544604104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526184500606675688.post-33596607990710734562008-11-24T08:41:00.000-08:002008-12-07T09:12:57.582-08:00Technology Related Primary Projects and AssessmentsDear Techie Teachers,<br /><br />This website is the best I have found for simply worded rubrics:<br /><a href="http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/rubrics/primaryteamworkrubric.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/rubrics/primaryteamworkrubric.pdf</a><br /><br />Teamwork rubric<br /><a href="http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/rubrics/primaryteamworkrubric.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/rubrics/primaryteamworkrubric.pdf</a><br /><br />I found this endorsement for simple rubrics:<br /><br /><em>One of the best sites for creating rubrics can be found here </em><a href="http://www.recipes4success.com/" rel="nofollow"><em>http://www.recipes4success.com/</em></a><em> it is really easy to use and modify for exactly what you need. check out this simple rubric. </em><a href="http://www.recipes4success.com/projectlearn/tools/rubrics/ru_export.php?format=html&type=rubric&ru_id=24692" rel="nofollow"><em>http://www.recipes4success.com/projectlearn/tools/rubrics/ru_export.php?format=html&type=rubric&ru_id=24692</em></a><em> i was able to make it in under 1 minute. hope this helps.</em><br /><br />In the last entry, I mentioned the following website as a great resource for alternate assessments:<br /><a href="http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/assess.html#builders">http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/assess.html#builders</a><br /><br />This resource is huge. Here are highlights of the websites for primary tech projects:<br /><br />Multimedia Project - Student Checklist<br /><a href="http://www.ncsu.edu/midlink/mm2002_rubric.kids.pdf">http://www.ncsu.edu/midlink/mm2002_rubric.kids.pdf</a><br /><br />This is a very nice Multimedia Project Rubric:<br /><a href="http://www.ncsu.edu/midlink/rub.mmproj.htm">http://www.ncsu.edu/midlink/rub.mmproj.htm</a><br /><br />Student Presentation Rubric<br /><a href="http://www.ncsu.edu/midlink/rub.pres.html">http://www.ncsu.edu/midlink/rub.pres.html</a> (sentences)<br /><br />The Multimedia Rubric Maker starts here:<br /><a href="http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php?screen=NewRubric&section_id=3&PHPSESSID=eb813db9953dc78df95a8a136b5cb7f1#03">http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php?screen=NewRubric&section_id=3&PHPSESSID=eb813db9953dc78df95a8a136b5cb7f1#03</a><br /><br />This may be too advanced for our primary school but it is a very nice tech rubric:<br /><a href="http://www.kidpedia.info/KidpediaRubric">http://www.kidpedia.info/KidpediaRubric</a><br /><br />This article gives you directions on gathering student feedback for elementary rubric design:<br /><a href="http://www.interactiveclassroom.com/article_06.html">http://www.interactiveclassroom.com/article_06.html</a><br /><br />This has been fun. Next mission: Test Design!<br />cdbChristy Dancer Buschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16504589779544604104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526184500606675688.post-1895853570816952842008-11-23T06:34:00.000-08:002008-12-07T09:13:56.401-08:00Projects, Rubrics and Assessments<em><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">Primary Science Project Resources, Rubrics, Etc.</span></strong></em><br /><strong><em></em></strong><br />Check this blog for Project Idea Updates!<br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">Acrostic Poems can be used in Science!</span><br />Check this out:<br /><a href="http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/acrostic/">http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/acrostic/</a><br />PLUS an acrostic rubric is here (there is one misspelled word and wording could be simpler:<br /><a href="http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php?screen=ShowRubric&module=Rubistar&rubric_id=1210200">http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php?screen=ShowRubric&module=Rubistar&rubric_id=1210200</a>& or here's another one<br /><a href="http://alex.state.al.us/uploads/15415/Rubric_%20Native%20American%20Acrostic%20Poem.htm">http://alex.state.al.us/uploads/15415/Rubric_%20Native%20American%20Acrostic%20Poem.htm</a><br />These rubrics were made with Rubistar - see in rubrics below<br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">Dioramas</span><br /><br />G3 Science Diorama Project:<br /><a href="http://www.gigglepotz.com/3-scienceproject1.htm">http://www.gigglepotz.com/3-scienceproject1.htm</a><br />sample dioram picture at <a href="http://www.gigglepotz.com/s1.htm">http://www.gigglepotz.com/s1.htm</a><br /><br />Fancy dioramas:<br /><a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/article/stable-diorama">http://www.marthastewart.com/article/stable-diorama</a><br /><a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/article/ocean-diorama">http://www.marthastewart.com/article/ocean-diorama</a><br /><a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/portal/site/mslo/menuitem.3a0656639de62ad593598e10d373a0a0/?vgnextoid=baaac8d42b446110VgnVCM1000003d370a0aRCRD&xsc=diy_network">http://www.marthastewart.com/portal/site/mslo/menuitem.3a0656639de62ad593598e10d373a0a0/?vgnextoid=baaac8d42b446110VgnVCM1000003d370a0aRCRD&xsc=diy_network</a><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"></span><br />The Habitat diorama rubric is on p. 10 of this science curriculum:<br /><a href="http://www.wbrschools.net/curriculum2/science/s2/02%20SCI_Grade_2_BLMs.pdf">www.wbrschools.net/curriculum2/science/s2/02%20SCI_Grade_2_BLMs.pdf</a><br /><br />This project is for a biome (habitat). I would simplify the words.<br /><a href="http://www.rcampus.com/rubricshowc.cfm?sp=true&code=F2594A">http://www.rcampus.com/rubricshowc.cfm?sp=true&code=F2594A</a>&<br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">Unusual Projects</span><br /><br />Science Reader's Theaters! You have to see it to believe it!<br />Science WOW Factory!<br /><a href="http://gvc03c32.virtualclassroom.org/">http://gvc03c32.virtualclassroom.org/</a><br /><br />Reader's Theater evaluation:<br /><a href="http://www.humboldt.edu/~jmf2/floss/rt-eval.html">http://www.humboldt.edu/~jmf2/floss/rt-eval.html</a><br />Other scripts and hints:<br /><a href="http://www.teachingheart.net/readerstheater.htm">http://www.teachingheart.net/readerstheater.htm</a><br /><br />Shadows & Light, Science & Puppetry! Complete with lesson plan and rubric!<br /><a href="http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/3895/">http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/3895/</a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><strong><em>Performance Tasks (Labs Plus)</em></strong><br /></span><span style="font-size:180%;"></span>Assessment Ideas for the Elementary Science Classroom -<br />This is wonderful! Used two examples for Professional Development:<br /><a href="http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/elemsci/ideass.html">http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/elemsci/ideass.html</a><br /><br />PALS Performance Tasks (K-4)<br />Many, many simple experiments and projects<br /><a href="http://pals.sri.com/tasks/tasksk-4.html">http://pals.sri.com/tasks/tasksk-4.html</a><br /><br /><br /><em><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">All about Rubrics for Science</span></strong></em><br /><br />Rubric Maker:<br /><a style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-DECORATION: underline" href="http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php">http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php</a><br /><br />Rubrics (EVERY kind you will ever need):<br /><a href="http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/assess.html#builders">http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/assess.html#builders</a><br /><br />Rubric Tutorials:<br /><a href="http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php?screen=Tutorial&module=Rubistar&PHPSESSID=dc9f6225c6645dded3d2f5448ce51d89">http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php?screen=Tutorial&module=Rubistar&PHPSESSID=dc9f6225c6645dded3d2f5448ce51d89</a><br /><br />Check out sample rubrics by putting in key words<br /><a href="http://landmark-project.com/rubric_builder/">http://landmark-project.com/rubric_builder/</a><br /><br /><em><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">Test Design Ideas</span></strong></em><br /><strong><em><span style="font-size:100%;"></span></em></strong><br />Great Test Questions: many questions about current lessons!<br /><a href="http://orderline.qca.org.uk/gempdf/1847211097/9999063128.pdf">http://orderline.qca.org.uk/gempdf/1847211097/9999063128.pdf</a><br /><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></em></strong><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><strong><em>$ <span style="font-size:100%;">These sites have some free samples but they will eventually want to be paid.</span></em></strong><strong><em> </em></strong></span><br /><strong><em><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></em></strong><br /><a href="http://edhelper.com/">http://edhelper.com/</a> I use this site all of the time<br /><br /><a href="http://www.easytestmaker.com/default.aspx">http://www.easytestmaker.com/default.aspx</a> I have not used this one<br /><br />OKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK. I think this is everything I promised.<br /><br />Enjoy!<br />Christy B<em><strong><span style="font-size:180%;"><br /></span></strong></em><em><strong><span style="font-size:180%;"></span></strong></em>Christy Dancer Buschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16504589779544604104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526184500606675688.post-43751246128156966412008-10-24T19:15:00.000-07:002008-11-24T09:37:12.847-08:00Internet Resources for Math LessonsDear Marvelous, Meticulous Math Teachers,<br /><br />This week we will be emailing informational posts to the new Math AT Cristi Mattias who has a website at <a href="http://www.eduxcell.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.eduxcell.com/</a>.<br /><br />We will also look at the following internet math resources:<br /><br />Qatar University PEPP diploma Teacher Toolkit: <a href="http://tamu.qu.edu.qa/Resources/TeacherTools/math.HTM">http://tamu.qu.edu.qa/Resources/TeacherTools/math.HTM</a><br /><br /><a name="Math">King's List of On-line Math Activities</a><br /><a href="http://www.k111.k12.il.us/King/math.htm">http://www.k111.k12.il.us/King/math.htm</a><br /><br />We will also be sampling some wonderful links from the following the following blog:<br />OpenWideLookInside<br />Math Tour: <a href="http://blog.richmond.edu/openwidelookinside/archives/157">http://blog.richmond.edu/openwidelookinside/archives/157</a><br />Children's Literature and Math: <a href="http://blog.richmond.edu/openwidelookinside/archives/20">http://blog.richmond.edu/openwidelookinside/archives/20</a><br />Data Handling: <a href="http://blog.richmond.edu/openwidelookinside/archives/160">http://blog.richmond.edu/openwidelookinside/archives/160</a><br /><br />Enjoy!<br />Christy BChristy Dancer Buschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16504589779544604104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526184500606675688.post-51700662531482373892008-10-18T12:52:00.000-07:002008-11-24T09:37:12.848-08:00In Search of Gems: Science Activities for Grades 1-3<span style="font-size:130%;">Dear Creative Classroom Teachers </span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">of Grades 1-3,</span><br /><br />Please click on one of the book search website below, then type in keywords for an upcoming science lesson or unit. Email me the title of a book that looks interesting for an upcoming book list.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><em>Children’s Picture Book Database</em></span><br /><a href="http://www.lib.muohio.edu/pictbks/">http://www.lib.muohio.edu/pictbks/</a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><em>Database of Award Winning Children’s Literature</em></span><br /><a href="http://www.dawcl.com/search.asp">http://www.dawcl.com/search.asp</a><br /><br />Enter a keyword and see what comes up. (Be careful entering keywords in the first database, as you are limited to 10 characters!) Please remember to email me at least one book title from your search <christy_busch@yahoo.com>.<br /><span style="font-size:180%;"></span><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">SCIENCE<br /></span></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;">Grade 1</span></em></strong><br /><br /><strong>SCIENTIFIC ENQUIRY:<br /></strong>Nature Spies<br /><a href="http://www.eduplace.com/activity/1_3_act1.html">http://www.eduplace.com/activity/1_3_act1.html</a><br />Rolling, Rolling, Rolling<br /><a href="http://www.ghbooks.com/activity/activity.cfm?bookid=10005&page=53">http://www.ghbooks.com/activity/activity.cfm?bookid=10005&page=53</a><br />Why is the Sea Salty?<br /><a href="http://ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/sci/cecsci/cecsci166.html">http://ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/sci/cecsci/cecsci166.html</a><br />Making Observations and Generating Hypotheses and Expectations Using Our Senses<br /><a href="http://gk12calbio.berkeley.edu/lessons/less_makingobs.html">http://gk12calbio.berkeley.edu/lessons/less_makingobs.html</a><br /><strong>LIFE SCIENCE:<br /></strong>Animals<br /><a href="http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/Science//Animals/ANM0005.html">http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/Science//Animals/ANM0005.html</a><br />Animals Unit Plan<br /><a href="http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/elemsci/gr1uaesc.html">http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/elemsci/gr1uaesc.html</a><br />Everybody Needs a Home<br /><a href="http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/Interdisciplinary/INT0111.htm">http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/Interdisciplinary/INT0111.htm</a><br />On the Farm or At the Zoo?<br /><a href="http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/gen_act/barn/zoo.html">http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/gen_act/barn/zoo.html</a><br />What Are You Doing Here?<br /><a href="http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/gen_act/guests/whatdo.html">http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/gen_act/guests/whatdo.html</a><br />Who Lives Here?<br /><a href="http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/gen_act/play/lives.html">http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/gen_act/play/lives.html</a><br />How Do Seeds Grow?<br /><a href="http://www.kidzone.ws/science/seeds.htm">http://www.kidzone.ws/science/seeds.htm</a><br />Inside a Seed<br /><a href="http://atozteacherstuff.com/lessons/InsideSeed.shtml">http://atozteacherstuff.com/lessons/InsideSeed.shtml</a><br />Plant Growth Unit Plan<br /><a href="http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/elemsci/gr2ucesc.html">http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/elemsci/gr2ucesc.html</a><br />Plant Systems Unit Plan<br /><a href="http://ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/sci/cecsci/cecsci114.html">http://ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/sci/cecsci/cecsci114.html</a><br />From Seed to Plant<br /><a href="http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/Science/Agriculture/AGR0010.html">http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/Science/Agriculture/AGR0010.html</a><br />Sprouting Scientist<br /><a href="http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=14398">http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=14398</a><br />Going on a Living and Non-living Hunt<br /><a href="http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=10989">http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=10989</a><br />Plants and Light<br /><a href="http://www.pearsonpublishing.co.uk/education/samples/S_493265.pdf">http://www.pearsonpublishing.co.uk/education/samples/S_493265.pdf</a><br /><strong>MATERIALS:<br /></strong>Sorting and using materials<br /><a href="http://www.hep.phys.soton.ac.uk/hycs/materials.pdf">http://www.hep.phys.soton.ac.uk/hycs/materials.pdf</a><br />See page 12 of the following website for common material lesson<br /><a href="http://www.creative-partnerships.com/projects/17537/51605/51611">http://www.creative-partnerships.com/projects/17537/51605/51611</a><br />PHYSICAL PROCESSES:<br /><a href="http://www.pearsonpublishing.co.uk/education/samples/S_493265.pdf">http://www.pearsonpublishing.co.uk/education/samples/S_493265.pdf</a><br /><br /><strong><em><span style="font-size:180%;">Grade 2</span></em></strong><br /><br /><strong>SCIENTIFIC ENQUIRY:</strong><br />I am a Scientist<br /><a href="http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=21443">http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=21443</a><br />Scroll down to Pop! Pop! Pop! Seeds<br /><a href="http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel/Science.html">http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel/Science.html</a><br />Pretzel Predictions<br /><a href="http://www.mcrel.org/whelmers/whelm46.asp">http://www.mcrel.org/whelmers/whelm46.asp</a><br /><strong>LIFE SCIENCE:<br /></strong>Animal Family Album<br /><a href="http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/unitplan.jsp?id=39">http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/unitplan.jsp?id=39</a><br />Animal Diversity/Where can Animals Live<br /><a href="http://www.sciencenetlinks.org/lessons.cfm?BenchmarkID=5&DocID=395">http://www.sciencenetlinks.org/lessons.cfm?BenchmarkID=5&DocID=395</a><br />A Plant Begins (click on title)<br /><a href="http://www.aimsedu.org/Activities/primary.html">http://www.aimsedu.org/Activities/primary.html</a><br />Sprouting Scientist<br /><a href="http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=14398">http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=14398</a><br /><strong>MATERIALS:<br /></strong>Grouping and Changing Materials<br /><a href="http://www.hep.phys.soton.ac.uk/hycs/materials.pdf">http://www.hep.phys.soton.ac.uk/hycs/materials.pdf</a><br />Common Materials and Their Properties - Making Puppets see page 12<br /><a href="http://www.creative-partnerships.com/projects/17537/51605/51611">http://www.creative-partnerships.com/projects/17537/51605/51611</a><br /><strong>PHYSICAL PROCESSES:</strong><br />Effects of Forces/To Squash or Not to Squash<br /><a href="http://www.pearsonpublishing.co.uk/education/samples/S_493265.pdf">http://www.pearsonpublishing.co.uk/education/samples/S_493265.pdf</a><br /><br /><strong><em><span style="font-size:180%;">Grade 3</span></em></strong><br /><br /><strong>SCIENTIFIC ENQUIRY:<br /></strong>Scroll down to Pop! Pop! Pop! Seeds<br /><a href="http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel/Science.html">http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel/Science.html</a><br />The Egg Activity<br /><a href="http://gk12calbio.berkeley.edu/lessons/less_egg.html">http://gk12calbio.berkeley.edu/lessons/less_egg.html</a><br /><strong>LIFE SCIENCE:<br /></strong>Animal Family Album<br /><a href="http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/unitplan.jsp?id=39">http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/unitplan.jsp?id=39</a><br />Magic School Bus: Habitat<br /><a href="http://scholastic.com/magicsc">http://scholastic.com/magicsc</a><br />hoolbus/games/teacher/frogs/index.htm<br />Healthy Eating<br /><a href="http://www.sciencenetlinks.org/lessons.cfm?BenchmarkID=6&DocID=486">http://www.sciencenetlinks.org/lessons.cfm?BenchmarkID=6&DocID=486</a><br />Micro-organisms<br /><a href="http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/mold.html">http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/mold.html</a><br /><strong>MATERIALS:</strong><br />Hammer Time<br /><a href="http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=18904">http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=18904</a><br />It's a Weighty Matter<br /><a href="http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=11031">http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=11031</a><br />Materials and Their Properties p.6<br /><a href="http://www.creative-partnerships.com/projects/17537/51605/51611">http://www.creative-partnerships.com/projects/17537/51605/51611</a><br /><strong>PHYSICAL PROCESSES:<br /></strong>It’s All Done with Mirrors:<br /><a href="http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/periscope.html">http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/periscope.html</a><br />Focussing Light with a Lens<br /><a href="http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/pringles_pinhole.html">http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/pringles_pinhole.html</a><br /><a href="http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/pictures_from_light.html">http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/pictures_from_light.html</a><br />Mirror Mania<br /><a href="http://www.saasta.ac.za/easyscience/pdfs/es_2005_04.pdf">http://www.saasta.ac.za/easyscience/pdfs/es_2005_04.pdf</a><br />Strength of the Push or Pull?<br /><a href="http://www.mcrel.org/whelmers/whelm22.asp">http://www.mcrel.org/whelmers/whelm22.asp</a>Christy Dancer Buschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16504589779544604104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526184500606675688.post-72823081894121173542008-10-18T01:40:00.000-07:002008-11-24T09:37:12.848-08:00Science Web Treasures for Grades 4-6<span style="font-size:130%;">Dear Incredible Instructors of Science </span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">for Grades 4, 5, and 6,</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Please click on one of the book search website below, then type in keywords for an upcoming science lesson or unit. Please email me a title of a book that looks interesting. </span><br /><em><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></em><br /><em><span style="font-size:130%;">Children’s Picture Book Database</span></em><br /><a href="http://www.lib.muohio.edu/pictbks/">http://www.lib.muohio.edu/pictbks/</a><br /><br /><em><span style="font-size:130%;">Database of Award Winning Children’s Literature</span></em><br /><a href="http://www.dawcl.com/search.asp">http://www.dawcl.com/search.asp</a><br /><br />Enter a keyword and see what comes up. (Be careful entering keywords in the first database, as you are limited to 10 characters!) Don't forget to email me at least one book title <christy_busch@yahoo.com>.<br /><br /><em><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></em><br />The following website lists are just a beginning. Please let me know of other science education sites that correspond to the Qatar National Standards:<br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">SCIENCE</span><span style="font-size:180%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><em></em></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><em>Grade 4</em></span><br /><br /><strong>SCIENTIFIC ENQUIRY:<br /></strong>Many ideas for enquiry here:<br /><a href="http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel/Science.html">http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel/Science.html</a><br />Collecting Data and Making Observations<br /><a href="http://msnucleus.org/membership/">http://msnucleus.org/membership/</a><br />The Egg Activity<br /><a href="http://gk12calbio.berkeley.edu/lessons/less_egg.html">http://gk12calbio.berkeley.edu/lessons/less_egg.html</a><br />Measurement<br /><a href="http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webunits/measurement/">http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webunits/measurement/</a><br /><strong>LIFE SCIENCE:</strong><br />Plants and Reproduction<br /><a href="http://www.pearsonpublishing.co.uk/education/samples/S_493265.pdf">http://www.pearsonpublishing.co.uk/education/samples/S_493265.pdf</a><br />Fish Life Processes<br /><a href="http://www.saasta.ac.za/easyscience/pdfs/es_2006_12.pdf">http://www.saasta.ac.za/easyscience/pdfs/es_2006_12.pdf</a><br />Habitats are sensitive<br /><a href="http://www.saasta.ac.za/easyscience/pdfs/es_2006_07.pdf">http://www.saasta.ac.za/easyscience/pdfs/es_2006_07.pdf</a><br />Classifying Conundrum<br /><a href="http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=15086">http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=15086</a><br /><strong>MATERIALS:</strong><br />It’s a Gas!<br /><a href="http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/bubblebomb.html">http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/bubblebomb.html</a><br />Solid or Liquid?<br /><a href="http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/ooze.html">http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/ooze.html</a><br />Evaporation<br /><a href="http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/curr/Science/core/4th/sciber4/water/HTML/its_hot.htm">http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/curr/Science/core/4th/sciber4/water/HTML/its_hot.htm</a><br />Mummy Magic (click on What’s Going On)<br /><a href="http://www.tryscience.org/experiments/experiments_mummy_athome.html">http://www.tryscience.org/experiments/experiments_mummy_athome.html</a><br /><strong>EARTH AND SPACE:<br /></strong>Shadows: Making a Sun Clock<br /><a href="http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/sunclock.html">http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/sunclock.html</a><br />Causes of Day and Night<br /><a href="http://tamu.qu.edu.qa/Resources/TeacherTools/science.HTM">http://tamu.qu.edu.qa/Resources/TeacherTools/science.HTM</a><br />Day and Night <a href="http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webunits/cycles/day.html">http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webunits/cycles/day.html</a><br /><strong>PHYSICAL PROCESSES:<br /></strong>Make a Thermometer<br /><a href="http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/projects/thermometer.html">http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/projects/thermometer.html</a><br />Dancing Penny (Heat transfer)<br /><a href="http://www.mcrel.org/whelmers/whelm03.asp">http://www.mcrel.org/whelmers/whelm03.asp</a><br />Hot and Cold<br /><a href="http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/watertrick.html">http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/watertrick.html</a><br />School Science Clips - Circuits and Conductors<br /><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/8_9/circuits_conductors.shtml">http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/8_9/circuits_conductors.shtml</a><br />Bells in Your Ears<br /><a href="http://www.mcrel.org/whelmers/whelm67.asp">http://www.mcrel.org/whelmers/whelm67.asp</a><br />Sound: Ear Guitar<br /><a href="http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/ear_guitar.html">http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/ear_guitar.html</a><br />Sound: Secret Bells<br /><a href="http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/secret_bells.html">http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/secret_bells.html</a><br />Sound: CANdemonium<br /><a href="http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/can.html">http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/can.html</a><br />Sound, Vibrations and Music<br /><a href="http://www.saasta.ac.za/easyscience/pdfs/es_2005_05.pdf">http://www.saasta.ac.za/easyscience/pdfs/es_2005_05.pdf</a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><em>Grade 5</em></span><br /><br /><strong>SCIENTIFIC ENQUIRY:</strong><br />Many ideas for enquiry here:<br /><a href="http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel/Science.html">http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel/Science.html</a><br />The Egg Activity<br /><a href="http://gk12calbio.berkeley.edu/lessons/less_egg.html">http://gk12calbio.berkeley.edu/lessons/less_egg.html</a><br /><strong>LIFE SCIENCE:<br /></strong>Learning about Classification<br /><a href="http://gk12calbio.berkeley.edu/lessons/less_aboutclassif.html">http://gk12calbio.berkeley.edu/lessons/less_aboutclassif.html</a><br /><a href="http://www.saasta.ac.za/easyscience/pdfs/es_2006_12.pdf">http://www.saasta.ac.za/easyscience/pdfs/es_2006_12.pdf</a><br />Classifying Critters<br /><a href="http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/forkids/critters/index.html">http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/forkids/critters/index.html</a><br />Fish Life Processes<br /><a href="http://www.saasta.ac.za/easyscience/pdfs/es_2006_12.pdf">http://www.saasta.ac.za/easyscience/pdfs/es_2006_12.pdf</a><br />Plant Parts<br /><a href="http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/forkids/vegquiz/plantparts.html">http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/forkids/vegquiz/plantparts.html</a><br /><strong>MATERIALS:<br /></strong>The Wonders of Water<br /><a href="http://www.saasta.ac.za/easyscience/pdfs/es_2006_02.pdf">http://www.saasta.ac.za/easyscience/pdfs/es_2006_02.pdf</a><br />Water Cycle and Evaporation<br /><a href="http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=1638">http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=1638</a><br />Chemical Changes: Copper<br /><a href="http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/copper_caper.html">http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/copper_caper.html</a><br />It’s a Gas!<br /><a href="http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/bubblebomb.html">http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/bubblebomb.html</a><br />Evaporation and Crystal Formation<br /><a href="http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/crystal.html">http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/crystal.html</a><br /><strong>EARTH AND SPACE:</strong><br />All Sorts of Rocks<br /><a href="http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=21493">http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=21493</a><br /><strong>PHYSICAL PROCESSES:<br /></strong>Properties of Light and Shadow (this is great)<br /><a href="http://www.saasta.ac.za/easyscience/pdfs/150.pdf">http://www.saasta.ac.za/easyscience/pdfs/150.pdf</a><br />The Wonders of Water<br /><a href="http://www.saasta.ac.za/easyscience/pdfs/es_2007_05.pdf">http://www.saasta.ac.za/easyscience/pdfs/es_2007_05.pdf</a><br /><a href="http://www.saasta.ac.za/easyscience/pdfs/es_2007_03.pdf">http://www.saasta.ac.za/easyscience/pdfs/es_2007_03.pdf</a><br />Magnetic Lines of Force<br /><a href="http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/magnetic_lines/index.html">http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/magnetic_lines/index.html</a><br />Static Electricity: Super Sparker<br /><a href="http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/sparker.html">http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/sparker.html</a><br />Static<br /><a href="http://www.saasta.ac.za/easyscience/pdfs/es_2004_07.pdf">http://www.saasta.ac.za/easyscience/pdfs/es_2004_07.pdf</a><br />Friction<br /><a href="http://www.saasta.ac.za/easyscience/pdfs/es_2004_06.pdf">http://www.saasta.ac.za/easyscience/pdfs/es_2004_06.pdf</a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><em>Grade 6</em></span><br /><br /><strong>SCIENTIFIC ENQUIRY:<br /></strong>Many ideas for enquiry here:<br /><a href="http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel/Science.html">http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel/Science.html</a><br />Measuring Bones<br /><a href="http://gk12calbio.berkeley.edu/lessons/less_measurement.html">http://gk12calbio.berkeley.edu/lessons/less_measurement.html</a><br />Making Models: Make a Thermometer<br /><a href="http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/projects/thermometer.html">http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/projects/thermometer.html</a><br /><strong>LIFE SCIENCE:<br /></strong>Cells<br /><a href="http://msnucleus.org/membership/">http://msnucleus.org/membership/</a><br /><a href="http://msnucleus.org/membership/">http://msnucleus.org/membership/</a><br />Characteristics of Living Things<br /><a href="http://www.exploratorium.edu/imaging_station/activities/classroom/characteristics/ca_characteristics.php">http://www.exploratorium.edu/imaging_station/activities/classroom/characteristics/ca_characteristics.php</a><br />Classify That<br /><a href="http://www.sciencenetlinks.org/lessons.cfm?BenchmarkID=5&DocID=231">http://www.sciencenetlinks.org/lessons.cfm?BenchmarkID=5&DocID=231</a><br />Classifying Critters<br /><a href="http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/forkids/critters/index.html">http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/forkids/critters/index.html</a><br />Learning about Classification<br /><a href="http://gk12calbio.berkeley.edu/lessons/less_aboutclassif.html">http://gk12calbio.berkeley.edu/lessons/less_aboutclassif.html</a><br />Life Cycle – Organisms<br /><a href="http://msnucleus.org/membership/">http://msnucleus.org/membership/</a><br />Air Junk (Micro-organisms)<br /><a href="http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/forkids/airjunk/index.html">http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/forkids/airjunk/index.html</a><br /><strong>MATERIALS:<br /></strong>It’s a Gas!<br /><a href="http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/bubblebomb.html">http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/bubblebomb.html</a><br />Chemical Changes – Crystals<br /><a href="http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/crystal.html">http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/crystal.html</a><br /><strong>EARTH AND SPACE:<br /></strong>Orbits<br /><a href="http://www.saasta.ac.za/easyscience/pdfs/es_2005_10.pdf">http://www.saasta.ac.za/easyscience/pdfs/es_2005_10.pdf</a><br /><strong>PHYSICAL PROCESSES:<br /></strong>Magnet<br /><a href="http://www.saasta.ac.za/easyscience/pdfs/es_2004_09.pdf">http://www.saasta.ac.za/easyscience/pdfs/es_2004_09.pdf</a><br />Static Electricity – Remote Control Roller<br /><a href="http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/roller.html">http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/roller.html</a><br />Static<br /><a href="http://www.saasta.ac.za/easyscience/pdfs/es_2004_07.pdf">http://www.saasta.ac.za/easyscience/pdfs/es_2004_07.pdf</a><br />Static Charged 2x4s<br /><a href="http://www.mcrel.org/whelmers/whelm31.asp">http://www.mcrel.org/whelmers/whelm31.asp</a><br />Gravity<br /><a href="http://www.saasta.ac.za/easyscience/pdfs/es_2004_05.pdf">http://www.saasta.ac.za/easyscience/pdfs/es_2004_05.pdf</a><br />Gravity in Action<br /><a href="http://www.tryscience.org/experiments/experiments_gravity_athome.html">http://www.tryscience.org/experiments/experiments_gravity_athome.html</a><br />Light Spectrum<br /><a href="http://www.saasta.ac.za/easyscience/pdfs/es_2006_01.pdf">http://www.saasta.ac.za/easyscience/pdfs/es_2006_01.pdf</a>Christy Dancer Buschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16504589779544604104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526184500606675688.post-49649285512326732222008-10-17T08:14:00.000-07:002008-11-24T09:37:12.849-08:00The Wonders of Technology - When it WorksDear Brilliant Stars of the Education Universe,<br /><br />I am going to try to build upcoming tech recommendations based on the foundations begun by Dr. Patricia Stohr-Hunt of the University of Richmond. She has compiled many website lists and education e-tours and she also has two exemplary blogs that link children's literature to science, math and social studies.<br /><br />Dr. Stohr-Hunt's blogs are as follows:<br /><br />OpenWideLookInside <a href="http://blog.richmond.edu/openwidelookinside/">http://blog.richmond.edu/openwidelookinside/</a><br /><br />MissRumphiusEffect <a href="http://missrumphiuseffect.blogspot.com/">http://missrumphiuseffect.blogspot.com/</a><br /><br />Both blogs are listed in the blog column.Christy Dancer Buschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16504589779544604104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526184500606675688.post-15867991112121340662008-10-17T07:24:00.000-07:002008-11-24T09:37:12.849-08:00Dear Earnest Educators in Pursuit of ExcellenceI have created this blog for the dedicated teachers of Wajbah School for Girls in Doha, Qatar. I named it MaryJonesStartedIt in honor of the wonderful teacher and friend who inspired me to become a teacher.<br /><br />Mary Jones taught first grade at College Hills Elementary in Texas. Many years ago (18!) she taught our son Ben. She is also the mother of the favorite playmates of our daughters Bree and Jessa.<br /><br />Mary's love for teaching inspired me to return to college to become a teacher. I always loved education and Mary encouraged me through college and then later when I became a teacher. We would meet for Saturday breakfast and talk about our classes, our students, and our children.<br /><br />I hope to find a picture of Mary and one of her classes to put here.Christy Dancer Buschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16504589779544604104noreply@blogger.com0