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Teaching Tip on 'Fundamentals of Physical Geography'
No full textDon't skip the study guides. They're great chapter summaries.
Teaching Tip on 'Visit the Planets'
No full textThis is probably my favorite lesson plan that I have found so far because it has great inquiry-based ideas for having the students discover information. It gives purpose to student learning by putting them in place of the actual people that experienced the events or are actually dealing with them. It provides the teachers with assessment forms and suggestions, along with specific questions to ask along the way, in case you aren't really familiar with the material. But probably my favorite part of this site is that it gives graphic organizer ideas, which are great for struggling learners or English language learners. It provides a 3-D tour of the planets that the students are going to love, besides giving them more concrete ideas to put into their minds. This is just an excellent all around site and I would definitely recommend teachers to use it!
Teaching Tip on 'The Greenhouse Effect'
No full textI think elementary and middle school teachers should include this source in their list of educational sites. The experiments are within the realm of these age groups to carry out and are likely to be highly rewarding to the students in knowledge gained through understanding of the physical dynamics that make up the planet we live on.
Teaching Tip on 'Virtual Earthquake'
No full textMore explanation for the graphs and what is being presented within them. More examples of how to complete the task being asked of the learner would also be helpful.
Average scores of aggregated indices for 'Down the Drain'
No full textThe resource being annotated is: http://www.dlese.org/dds/catalog_DLESE-000-000-001-635.htm
Editor's summary for 'Global Climate Animations'
No full textThe resource being annotated is: http://www.dlese.org/dds/catalog_DLESE-000-000-001-774.htm
Teaching Tip on 'Virtual Earthquake'
No full textI think this was a boring resource, maybe you can make it more fun.
Teaching Tip on 'Mountain Simulation: Assignment (title provided or enhanced by cataloger)'
No full textThis is my favorite PALS simulation. It applies to such a variety of concepts, it is very intuitive and makes a real impact on students' learning of condensation processes. I refer to it practically throughout the semester.
Teaching Tip on 'Snow Crystals'
No full textBeautiful snowflake images capture the interest and fascination of the visitor to the site. It's nice to have the scientific basis included and explained.
Teaching Tip on 'Introduction to Minerals'
No full textThe topic of this lesson is an introduction to minerals for students in grades 5-8. The focus of this lesson is aimed at the Earth Science standard. The purpose of this lesson is for students to become familiar with the concept of minerals being made up of structures in certain patterns. I liked this lesson because it put an emphasis on cooperative learning which I think greatly impacts a child's motivation and learning. The students will be working in groups using sheets of paper to make a 3 dimensional shapes that are assigned to them. These students have no limitations on size however they should be approximate to other members in their group. Once individuals are done making their shape, the group comes together making a compact shape without altering the individual pieces. Each group will then take turns and describe the final shape they came up with. For the most part, each large shape will represent each of the original shapes which is when the teaher can relate this to crystal structure. I also found another website on this topic which gave a list of minerals in alphabetical order. The website allowed the student to pick any type of mineral they choose. Once they have picked their mineral, they will find out the physical properties, including color, shape, cleavage and a written out description with a picture of that mineral. I thought that this website might be advanced for 5-8th graders but I think it would be fun for them to explore. I would use this lesson plan to introduce the concept of minerals to my students because it allows them to be creative in designing their shape.