Standard+F+Life+and+Environmental+Science

Tasha Vogel [|Journey To Planet Earth] This link it to PBS's Journey to Planet Earth series. PBS has a series of videos (available for sale) on a number of different topics relating to the ecosystem. In addition, is a teachers guide to the video series - which is available on-line. The teachers guide gives information about the video, activities to complete prior to watch, activities following watching, and other resources. Although the videos are not currently available, the resources and information are a great resource. Grade Level: 5-8

Karrie Thomas [|Ecosystems of our World] This website is full of information about different ecosystems and biomes from all over the world. Students can click on different links and find tons of facts about each ecosystem or biome. This website has a lot of interesting pictures, facts and information that is easy for students to read and understand. It also has a riddle on every webpage for students' entertainment. Grade level: 3-5

[|Conservation Tillage] Jill Opie Conservation Tillage - "No Tillage Farming" This video shows the benefits of crops developed with agricultural biotechnology which reduce the need for tillage or plowing, allowing farmers to adopt conservation or “no-till” farming; practices. Leaving the farmland undisturbed has increased soil erosion control, while reducing runoff, tractor fuel use and greenhouse gas emission. Students will be advised to "consider the source" - Monsanto, the company that engineers the crops and weigh the pros and cons of biotechnology. Grades 4 - 12

Toni Adams [|A Touch of Class] This lesson gives students the opportunity to look at and discuss different classification schemes. In this lesson, students will classify plants and animals into groups based on certain characteristics (e.g., plants, animals, things that lay eggs, things that live underwater). By doing this, they will visualize and learn how the same plant or animal can be classified into more than one group depending on the features of a specific group. Grade Level: 1-3

Ann Perteet Title: Erosion [|Erosion] This lesson enables students to gain exposure to how erosion occurs through ice, wind, and gravity. Here the students will explore how nature erodes the earth and the lesson is meant to broaden students' awareness about their effects on the earth and to enable them to consider how they use land. Grade level: K-4

Eric Neils Oh, Give Me A Home [|NatGeo. Xpeditions: Oh, Give Me a Home] In this lesson, students explore the ways in which the environment influences homes and shelters around the world. Groups of students will look at links to view different homes and shelters. They will then look at the regions and overall climates where these homes are. Further group activities can build off of this. Grade Level: 3-5

Nicole Welter Crops 2- What Plants Need To Grow- Lesson Plan [|What Plants Need To Grow] In Crops 2: What Plants Need to Grow, students focus on the second part of the central benchmark by learning how to grow plants and about the kinds of things that promote growth (warmth, sunlight, water, soil). Their activities involve learning about how seeds and plants grow and participating in a simple, in-class gardening project. Grade level: K-2

Kaitra Becker Dissection [|Virtual Frog Dissection] This interactive website allows students to virtually dissect a frog. They will learn more about anatomy and see how both organs and organ systems work together. The benefits of virtual dissection include low cost, less mess and less opposition from a moral standpoint. Grades: 6-8

Courtney Hartmann What Parts are there to a Plan? lesson plan [|Plants Lesson] This lesson plan is great to use with younger children. Students will be introduced to the idea that they live on earth with plants and animals. Students will sort through plant parts and use magnifying lenses and tape measures to make observations and record their information to share with their groups. Grade level: K-2

Grace Pellegrino "Energy Sources and Use" lesson plan [|Energy Source and Use Lesson Plan] This lesson plan is great because it combines technology with science. Students will use Internet resources to investigate and compare alternative sources of energy. Students will distinguish between renewable and nonrenewable sources of energy, investigate a variety of renewable energy resources, and compare the benefits and drawbacks of each. Grades: 3-5

Jen Salzman My Body Helps Me Get Food [|My Body Helps Me] This lesson focuses on students learning that some parts of their body help to keep their body nourished with food. Beginning with a hands-on game of matching, this lesson introduces students to the concept that body parts serve a purpose; each part has a function. Branching off from a fun and informative online human anatomy game, this lesson then utilizes individual student sheets for much of the student exploration. The primary focus of the student work will be to identify a number of ways that their eyes, ears, nose, mouth, legs, and fingers help them to seek, find, and eat food. Grade Level: K-2

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