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Standard A - Science Connections Water Well [] This is a link to an activity where you can make a water well and show how we get water from the earth. Students will learn that there is a process for extracting water from the earth and how water gets from inside the earth into our homes. I connected this to strand A.4.1. When conducting science investigations, ask and answer questions that will help decide the general areas of science being addressed. Grades K-3 (Heidi)

A.8.7 Design real or thought investigations to test the usefulness and limitations of a model. “Rube GoldbergVideos” [|Rube Goldberg Videos] Along with other information, such as history of Rube Goldberg and useful links, this site offers two great videos of Rube Goldberg machines that can be shown to start a middle-school unit on motion, or models. -Krista
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Strand A-Science Connections [|Explore, Observe, Predict]

This book is very interesting. It is Predict,Observe, Explain, Activities Enhancing Scientific Understanding– John Haysom, Michael Bowen. While it was the online version and not a hard copy it wasdifficult to see, but the chapter I looked at was on Newton’s First Law ofMotion. It had lab activities/experiments. There were several other topicscovered and it appeared to be a good resource. It could be modified for gradelevel-middle school. ~Abbie

Strand A—Science Connections Rocket Science: 50 Flying, Floating,Flipping, Spinning Gadgets Kids Create Themselves. Book by Jim Wiese. Grades 3-7. Found this book at a rummage sale of allplaces, and happy I did. This book isnaturally set up for inquiry lessons. I tgives students directions on how to build or do an experiment on varioustopics, and then simply asks them to explain what happens when they do it. Does not tell them what is supposed to happenor what will happen, it just asks them to observe what happens when they do it,and leaves the rest up to them to figure out as they go. This allows them to figure out what didhappen on their own by either reading or experimenting further, thus learningin an inquiry type way. And as I statedbefore, this book cover various topics from chemical reactions to simplemachines. Lastly, it does provideexplanations for what the students see in the experiments if they need them,and a glossary in the back if needed.--Janielle [|Rocket Scince Book on Amazon]

“How Animals Change and Grow” [] This lesson plan contains a slideshow and two interactive activities that help students understand how animals change and grow. Young learners are led to decide what changes occur over time, as baby animals grow into adult animals. The resources included also encourage and allow for oral language building and collaborative group discussions. Kindergarten (Amber Unger)
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**Science Connections**

Presentation: “Science Update”

Grades: K-4

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I looked at this link in a slightly different manner than the specific lesson. The link above takes you to a transcript of a podcast of a science update. While the information is useful and interesting, I immediately thought of my students using their experiments and presenting them in terms of a “Science Update.” With applicable technology, we could create a newscast for our 2nd grade scientists to teach one another about a “new” discovery. In terms of connections, the students would use their presentations to either clarify what they previously thought was true or expands upon a topic.

[|Journey North: A Golbal Study of Wildlife Migration] Very intersting site to help study migration. Excellent links, research materials, and activities included. I would think this, as most sites I've come across, can be used at a variety of grade levels. Simplifying the activities or using them as the basis for deeper lessons is at the discretion of the educator. I feel using this site in a cross curricular study at the upper levels is available when discussing explorers and their reasons for exploration. (JR)

Akinator - The Web Genius: K - 12th grade [] - This site is a pretty simple and straightforward “20 questions” style guessing game. Visitors to the site pick a celebrity or pop-culture character and, through a series of yes/no questions, the site will guess the answer. While there isn’t necessarily any direct correlation to scientific content, the questioning process is entirely relevant to scientific inquiry. It's a great example of how asking the right questions can bring you from zero knowledge to understanding.
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[|All about Sports] -- This website is all about being able to do some sort of inquiry based project or assignment in the field of science, and relating it to sports. I remember having to do projects that I was allowed to think of, but the problem was - I didn't know what to do. This website helps students think about and outline a project they could tackle, but it doesn't give them all of the answers and hand-holding that they could have. It's a great way to engage students in something that they are passionate with. Nearly every kid will be able to relate to a sport. -- ADAM - Grades 4-8

Standard A - Science Connections Frog Life Cycle - Kindergarten [] This website has a few versions of the same basic template showing the three stages of a frog’s life (egg to tadpole to frog). It offers a small template (color or black and white) for students to do by themselves (with words or without) or a larger template to display on a bulletin board. This activity connects to this standard because it shows how the stages of a frog’s life and how it changes. There are also tons of videos that show this change which would be a great intro to this craft. -Nicole