Middle School Ages. TeachersFirst's exclusive, standards-aligned (USA) forensics unit for middle school science. Make science the talk of the school with this engaging unit. This unit includes 20 lessons grouped into nine sections. For each section, there is a lesson plan, lecture notes, lab handouts, and homework activities. In addition, there are grading rubrics available for each activity type
http://www.teachersfirst.com/lessons/forensics/index.cfm Climate Challenge: North Cascades National Park is a free educational program for 4th through 8th grade students that explores climate change and its effects on people and ecosystems. Grades 4-8 can find interesting games to play while learning about the climate challenges.
http://www.northcascadeseft.org/ Gr. 4-7
A great site for kids to research Science & Social studies topics. Kids can search by topic or use the search engine to locate kid-friendly links. www.factmonster.com Gr 4-7
View a video of geographic areas of Canada, check out a picture sideshow or practice your provinces and capital cities of Canada with the mapping games. http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/ The WHY FILES is an online science magazine that uncovers the Science of current events explained in kid-friendly language. http://whyfiles.org/ Gr 6-12
Information about everything you've ever wondered about from technology, to science, to history, to food. This site breaks down complex ideas into everyday language. Use the search engine or simply explore the random facts and articles. http://www.howstuffworks.com/ |