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Northeast Georgia Youth Science & Technology Center Teacher Resources The following resources are available for check out for a two-week period. Please call ahead for availability and to reserve your materials. Teachers must pick up and return these resources to the NEGYSTC center at Pioneer RESA in Cleveland. Resources may be mailed, if possible.
SOFTWARE & CDs DVDs AIMS ASSESSMENT ASTRONOMY CRIME LAB CHEMISTRY EARTH SCIENCE ENVIRONMENTAL ESOL GENERAL GEMS LIFE MAGAZINES/NEWSLETTERS MATH PHYSICAL TEACHING STANDARDS TEACHING STRATEGIES SCIENCE FAIR SCIENCE FOLDABLES SCIENCE PARTIES CHILDREN'S LITERATURE SCIENCE EQUIPMENT KITS & GAMES MATH EQUIPMENT STAR LAB SIXTH GRADE EARTH SCIENCE GPS RESOURCES Waters to the Sea – The Chattahoochee River with Activity Guide Discovery School CD-ROMs:
A Private Universe/Minds of Our Own Howard Hughes Medical Institute Interactive DVDs:
Be Wise About Your Eyes (Gr. 3-8)
TEACHER RESOURCE GUIDES:
Activities Integrating Math & Science (AIMS)
Assessing Student Understanding in Science Everyday Assessment in the Science Classroom Classroom Assessment and the National Science Education Standards Authentic Assessment Assessing Hands-On Science Rubrics for Assessing Student Achievement in Science Grades K-12 Uncovering Student Ideas in Science (Vols. 1,2, & 3): Formative Assessment Probes Targeting Students' Science Misconceptions in Physical Science Passing the Georgia Physical Science End of Course Test Student Guide Passing the Georgia Biology End of Course Test Student Guide Passing the Science Graduation Test (2nd Ed.) Student Guide Science Proficiency Review Student Guide GACE Middle School Science (014) Study Guide and Practice Test GACE Broad field Science (024 & 025) Study Guide and Practice Test
NASA Educator Resource Center (preK-12) – wide variety of lesson plans, videos, software, slide programs, posters, lithographs, etc., free of charge
Star Lab Portable Planetarium (requires prior training to operate) TOPS Learning Systems: The Earth, Moon, & Sun (Gr. 3-10) GEMS Earth, Moon, and Stars (Gr. 5-8) GEMS Messages from Space: The Solar System and Beyond (Gr. 5-8) Space Exploration: Teachers A-Z Resource Guide (Gr. 5-9) The Universe: Teachers A-Z Resource Guide (Gr. 5-9) TOPS Learning Systems: Scale the Universe (Gr. 5-12) GEMS: Living with a Star (Gr. 6-8)
Crime Scene Investigations for Elementary Grades Crime Scene Investigations for Grades 6-12 GEMS Crime Lab Chemistry (Gr. 4-8) Forensic Laboratory Science and Detective Mystery Writing (Gr. 9-12) GEMS Mystery Festival: Who Borrowed Mr. Bear? (Gr. 2-3) The Case of the Missing Millionaire (Gr. 4-8) GEMS Fingerprinting (Gr. 4-8) Forensics in the Classroom (Gr. 6-12) Discovery School CD-ROM Forensics (Gr. 6-12)
Apples, Bubbles, and Crystals: Your Science ABCs (Gr. K-5) Sunlight, Skyscrapers, and Soda Pop (Gr. K-5) Kitchen Chemistry (Gr. K-3) Chemistry for Every Kid (Gr. 2-6) Crime Lab Chemistry (Gr. 4-8) The Best of WonderScience Vols. I & II (Gr. 5-8) Make a Giant Classroom Periodic Table of Elements (Gr. 5-12) 40 Low-Waste, Low-Risk Chemistry Labs (Gr. 9-12) Essential Chemistry: Key Laws & Uses Summarized Chemistry: Teachers A-Z Resource Guide for grades 5-9
See also Astronomy/Space and Environment Resources Geology Rocks: 50 Hands-On Activities to Explore the Earth (Gr. K-8) The Best of The Mailbox – Weather (Gr. K-3) TOPS Learning Systems: The Earth, Moon & Sun (Gr. 3-10) GEMS Stories in Stone (Gr. 4-8) GEMS Life Through Time (Gr. 5-8) GEMS Ocean Currents (Gr. 5-8) Conservation of Natural Resources: Teachers A-Z Resource Guide (Gr. 5-9) Earthquakes: Teachers A-Z Resource Guide (Gr. 5-9) Evolution: Teachers A-Z Resource Guide (Gr. 5-9) History of Earth: Teachers A-Z Resource Guide (Gr. 5-9) Land & Water: Teachers A-Z Resource Guide (Gr. 5-9) Teaching About Evolution and the Nature of Science (Gr. 5-12) GEMS Plate Tectonics: The Way the Earth Works (Gr. 6-8) GEMS River Cutters (Gr. 6-8) TOPS Learning Systems: Scale the Universe (Gr. 5-12) TOPS Learning Systems: Rocks & Minerals (Gr. 7-12) A Golden Guide to Weather (Informational) The Snowflake: Winter’s Secret Beauty (Informational and Pictorial) First Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals Smithsonian Guide to Rocks and Minerals FOSS Landforms Module (Gr. 5-6) GEMS: Hot Water & Warm Homes from Sunlight (Gr. 4-8) GEMS: Living with a Star (Gr. 6-8)
Environmental/Conservation Science Project Learning Tree (PreK-8) English and Spanish Georgia’s Adopt-A-Stream (Gr. K-12) Project WILD (Gr. K-12) Project WILD Aquatic (Gr. K-12) Project WILD Teacher Resource Guide: Intro. To Georgia’s Natural History (Gr. K-12) Wildlife Forever (Gr. 3-6) Give Plants A Voice! Endangered Plants of Georgia (Gr. 4-8) GEMS Environmental Detectives (Gr. 5-8) Conservation of Natural Resources: Teachers A-Z Resource Guide (Gr. 5-9) Planet Under Pressure (Gr. 9-12) Managing Timber and Wildlife in the Southern Piedmont (Gr. 9-12) PLT Solid Municipal Waste (Gr. 9-12) PLT Focus on Risk (Gr. 9-12) PLT Forest Ecology (Gr. 9-12) PLT Focus on Forests (Gr. 9-12) GEMS: Hot Water & Warm Homes from Sunlight (Gr. 4-8) GEMS: Convection - A Current Event (Gr. 6-8) GEMS: School Yard Ecology Kit (Gr. 3-6)
Learning English Through Science (Gr. K-12) Science for English Language Learners: K-12 Classroom Strategies
Explorer’s Activity Guide (Gr. K-5) – Plants/Growing&Changing/Sound&Light/Weather File Folder Games (Gr. K-3) Science Wizardry for Kids (Gr. K-5) Science Process Skills (Gr. K-5) Super Science Sourcebook II (Gr. K-5) Big Book of Science Foldables (Gr. K-6) Science Is. . . A source book of fascinating facts, projects and activities (Gr. K-8) 1001 Ways to Explore Science & Nature (Gr. 2-6) 202 Oozing, Bubbling, Dripping & Bouncing Experiments (Gr. 2-6) 203 Icy, Freezing, Frosty, Cool & Wild Experiments (Gr. 2-6) The Best of Wonder Science (Gr. 3-8) The Complete Book of Science (Gr. 1-2, 3-4) Science Experiments for Elementary Grades All About Science Fairs (Gr. 3-12) Ten-Minute Activities (Gr. 4-6) Big Book of Science Foldables (Gr. 6-12) Integrating Instruction in Science (Gr. 6-12) Science Across the Curriculum (Gr. 6-12) Science Projects: A Modular Approach (Gr. 9-12)
GEMS: Great Explorations in Math & Science Ant Homes Under the Ground (PreK-2) Bubble Festival (Gr. K-6) Bubbleology Kit (Gr. 5-8) Cabbage Chemistry Kit (Gr. 4-8) Color Analyzers (Gr. 5-8) Convection - A Current Event (Gr. 6-8) Crime Lab Chemistry Kit (Gr. 4-8) Discovering Density (Gr. 6-8) Dry Ice Investigations (Gr. 6-8) Earth, Moon, and Stars (Gr. 5-8) Electric Circuits (Gr. 3-6) Environmental Detectives Kit (Gr. 5-8) Fingerprinting Kit (Gr. 4-8) Hot Water & Warm Homes from Sunlight (Gr. 4-8) Insights & Outcomes: Assessments for GEMS (Gr. K-12) Invisible Universe (Gr. 6-8) Involving Dissolving (Gr. 1-3) Life Through Time (Gr. 5-8) Living with a Star (Gr. 6-8) Math Around the World Kit (Gr. 5-8) Messages from Space: The Solar System and Beyond (Gr. 5-8) More than Magnifiers (Gr. 6-9) Mystery Festival Kit: Who Borrowed Mr. Bear? (Gr. 2-3) The Case of the Missing Millionaire (Gr. 4-8) Ocean Currents Kit (Gr. 5-8) Oobleck Kit (Gr. 4-8) Parent Partners: Workshops to Foster School/Home/Family Partnerships (English & Spanish) Plate Tectonics: The Way the Earth Works Kit (Gr. 6-8) River Cutters Kit (Gr. 6-8) School Yard Ecology Kit (Gr. 3-6) Stories in Stone Kit (Gr. 4-8) Treasure Boxes (Gr. K-3)
Exploring with Wisconsin Fast Plants (Gr. K-12) Life in the Salt Marsh (Gr. K-12) GEMS Kits: Ant Homes Under the Ground (PreK-2) Tales of Whales, Turtles, Sharks, and Snails (Gr. K-5) Insights Module: Habitats (Grades 2-3) Biology for Every Kid (Gr. 2-6) Monarchs in the Classroom (Gr. 3-6, 7-9) GEMS: School Yard Ecology Kit (Gr. 3-6) TOPS Learning Systems: Animal Survival (Gr. 3-8) GEMS Life Through Time (Gr. 5-8) Evolution: Teachers A-Z Resource Guide (Gr. 5-9) Wowbugs: New Life for Life Science (Gr. 5-12) Teaching About Evolution and the Nature of Science (Gr. 5-12) Science, Medicine, and Animals (Gr. 6-12) Animal: Visual Guide to the World’s Wildlife (Identification and Informational) Field Guide to Birds of North America (Identification) All Color Book of Butterflies (Identification and Informational) A Golden Guide to Butterflies & Moths (Identification) Peterson’s First Guides: Caterpillars (Identification) Wildflowers of North America (Identification) Flowering Shrubs (Identification) Native Trees of Georgia (Indentification) North Carolina Native Plant Propagation Handbook (Informational) An Introduction to Biological Evolution (Informational)
Activities Integrating Math & Science (AIMS) (Gr. K-8) Science & Children (Gr. K-4) Science Scope (Gr. 5-8) The Science Teacher (Gr. 9-12)
GEMS Treasure Boxes (Gr. K-3) Family Math (Gr. K-6) Shoe Box Math Learning Centers (Gr. 1-3) Navigating through Data Analysis and Probability (Gr. 3-5) AIMS: Marvelous Multiplication & Dazzling Division (Gr. 4-5) GEMS: Math Around the World Kit (Gr. 5-8) Stop Faking It! Finally Understanding Math so You Can Teach It
Targeting Students’ Science Misconceptions: Physical Science Concepts Using the Conceptual Change Model Simple Machines (Gr. K-3, 1-3, 4-6) Physics for Every Kid (Gr. 2-6) Heat: Teachers A-Z Resource Guide for grades 5-9 Light: Teachers A-Z Resource Guide for grades 5-9 Sound: Teachers A-Z Resource Guide for grades 5-9 States of Matter: Teachers A-Z Resource Guide for grades 5-9 Science Projects in Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency (Gr. 6-12) Delta Science Education Modules: Sunshine & Shadows (Grades K-1), Magnets (Gr. 2-3) GEMS: Color Analyzers (Gr. 5-8) GEMS: Convection - A Current Event (Gr. 6-8) GEMS: Dry Ice Investigations (Gr. 6-8) GEMS: Discovering Density (Gr. 6-8) GEMS: Electric Circuits (Gr. 3-6) GEMS: Invisible Universe (Gr. 6-8) GEMS: More than Magnifiers (Gr. 6-9) World In Motion Kits: Jet Toy (Gr. 3-5); Electricity & Electronics (Gr. 3-5, 6-8); Glider (Gr. 6-8); Motorized Car (Gr. 6-8)
National Science Education Standards Benchmarks for Scientific Literacy Atlas of Scientific Literacy Science for All Americans Science Matters: Achieving Scientific Literacy Making Sense of Secondary Science: Research Into Children’s Ideas NSTA Pathways to the Science Standards for Elementary, Middle, and High School Science Curriculum Topic Study: Bridging the Gap Between Standards and Practice
Designing Professional Development for Teachers of Science and Mathematics, 2nd Ed. Learning Science and the Science of Learning Inquiry and the National Science Education Standards Classroom Instruction that Works The First Days of School How People Learn Nurturing Inquiry Creating Scientific Communities in the Elementary Classroom Tips for the Science Teacher: Research Based Strategies to Help Students Learn Working on the Work
Science Fairs Plus: Reinventing an Old Favorite (K-8) Science Projects in Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency
Make a Giant Classroom Periodic Table of Elements Big Book of Science Foldables by Dinah Zike (Gr. K-6, 6-12)
Adventurous Adventures – team work, communication, and problem solving Bubbles to Bernolli – science & history, Victorian Age, water treatment, radiation, bubbles, Bernolli’s Principle, machines, optical illusions Drips, Drops, & Dunk – A Water Party Harry Potter Wizards Use Magic, Muggles Use Science- chemistry, optical illusions, astronomy, genetics, measurement, etc. “I Spy” – mystery based party with a “whodunnit?” theme Spooky, Slimy Science – chemistry Thanksgiving – Native Americans, soup, apples, dyes, cranberries, toys, etc. Winter – Christmas, reindeer, Hanukkah, logic, snowflakes, chemistry, classification Zip, Zoom, & Splat – motion, forces, gravity
2 Domes 2 Projectors Cylinders: Biological Cell; Celestial Coordinates; Constellations; Earth; Greek Mythology; Native American Mythology; Plate Tectonics; Starfield with and without Milkyway
Astronomy/Space Magic School Bus: Lost in the Solar System Out of This World (space rocks) My First Book About Space What’s Out There? It’s Fun to Know! The Moon The Sun
Earth Science Be Your Own Rock & Mineral Expert The Big Rock Dig into Rocks Magic School Bus: Inside the Earth Digging up Dinosaurs Magic School Bus: In the Time of the Dinosaurs Dinosaurs that Ate Meat Science Close-Up: Minerals Earth Materials Volcanoes & Earthquakes Fossils Tell of Long Ago Were Dinosaurs Good Parents? Herman & Marguerite: An Earth Story What Happened to the Dinosaurs? Look Inside the Earth It’s Fun to Know! Dinosaurs Rocks in His Head Let’s Go Rock Collecting If You Find a Rock Sylvester and the Magic Pebble The Pebble in My Pocket The Jewel of Friendship Hands-On Projects About Rocks, Minerals, and Fossils
Environmental/Conservation Science Because a Little Bug went Ka-Choo! Saguaro Moon: A Desert Journal Magic School Bus: At the Waterworks What is a Desert? The Great Kapok Tree
Life Science A Day in the Life of William Bray Goat My Feet A Three-D Look at Oceans Ocean Facts Animals in Camouflage Sea Creatures at your Fingertips Caterpillar Caterpillar Secret Worlds Hidden By Darkness – animal adaptations Cell Wars Squeaking Bats Chickens Aren’t the Only Ones The Ear Book Dangerous Animals The New Baby Finally, I’m a Doctor The Secret Garden From Caterpillar to Butterfly The Tiny Seed Germ Patrol The Very Hungry Caterpillar Getting to Know the Whales Under the Sea Growing Vegetable Soup Watchful Wolves Humphrey the Lost Whale Whales The Egg The Ladybug and Other Insects Over in the Garden (insects) Magic School Bus: Gets Ants in Its Pants Whales & Dolphins Magic School Bus: Hops Home (animal habitats) It’s Fun to Know! Whales&Dolphins Magic School Bus: Inside the Human Body What’s in a Doctor’s Bag? Magic School Bus: On the Ocean Floor Where Butterflies Grow Magic School Bus: A Book About Coral Reefs Wild Animal Baby Magic School Bus Plants Seeds: A Book About How Living Things Grow I Didn’t Know That! Wolves Howl at the Moon and other amazing facts about creatures of the night Math Monster Math School Time Shapes, shapes, shapes Parts Make Up a Whole Shapes to Find and Learn How Tall, How Short, How Far Away?
Misc.
Can’t You Sleep Little Bear? The Everything Kids’ Mazes Book Honeybears’ Book of Opposites The Forest Has Eyes – optical illusions “I Spy” – A Book of Picture Riddles The Popcorn Book My Favorite Foodles The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything Parade
Physical Science Bear Shadow Metal Experiments with Magnets Shadow Is it Red? Is it Yellow? Is it Blue? Why Doesn’t the Earth Fall Up? First to Fly: How Wilbur & Orville Wright Invented the Airplane
Physical World Theme Library (Grades 1-3) Contains 6 Big Books, 6 Teacher Guides, 6 six-packs of Student Books, 6 Cassette Tapes Titles include: How We Use Electricity, Sound, What is Matter?, Properties of Materials, Push and Pull, Sink or Float?
Physical Science Theme Library (Grades 3-5+) Contains 6 Big Books, 6 Teacher Guides, 6 six-packs of Student Books Titles include: Energy on Earth, Discovering Electricity, The Wonder of Light, Forces and Motion, The World of Matter, The World of Sound
Science Process Skills Thinking Like a Scientist Theme Library (Grades 1-3) Contains 6 Big Books, 6 Teacher Guides, 6 six-packs of Student Books Titles include: Being a Scientist, Investigating Your Backyard, Kitchen Science, Let's Experiment, A World of Change, Investigating Rocks, Exploring Everyday Wonders, Popcorn Science
Weather/Seasons Air Is All Around You Pumpkin Pumpkin Apple Picking Time Spring/Summer/Autumn/Winter Circle of Seasons Stranger in the Woods – winter, animals Fall is Here! I Love It! Sunshine Makes the Seasons Feel the Wind The Cloud Book Hide and Seek Fog The Seasons of Arnold’s Apple Tree Johnny Appleseed Too Many Pumpkins Why Do Animals Sleep Through the Winter? Snowflake Bentley
Electrostatic Generator Simple machine models Laser Baleena the Whale Liquid Nitrogen Dewar Mini-Power Town Demonstrators Electric Meters Life -size Fossil Molds: Dinosaur tracks, Dinosaur claw, Ammonite, T. Rex tooth, Trilobite, Megalodon shark tooth Fossil Collections Rock & Mineral Collections
FOSS Kits: Landforms (Gr. 5-6) GEMS Kits: Ant Homes Under the Ground (PreK-2) Bubbleology (Gr. 5-8) Cabbage Chemistry (Gr. 4-8) Crime Lab Chemistry (Gr. 4-8) Environmental Detectives (Gr. 5-8) Fingerprinting (Gr. 4-8) Involving Dissolving (Gr. 1-3) Math Around the World (Gr. 5-8) Mystery Festival: Who Borrowed Mr. Bear? (Gr. 2-3) The Case of the Missing Millionaire (Gr. 4-8) Ocean Currents Kit (Gr. 5-8) Oobleck Kit (Gr. 4-8) Parent Partners: Workshops to Foster School/Home/Family Partnerships (English & Spanish) Plate Tectonics: The Way the Earth Works (Gr. 6-8) River Cutters (Gr. 6-8) School Yard Ecology (Gr. 3-6) Stories in Stone (Gr. 4-8)
Insights Kits: Habitats (Grades 2-3) Delta Science Education Kits: Sunshine & Shadows (Grades K-1), Magnets (Gr. 2-3) Giant floor puzzles: Ocean Friends, Butterfly life cycle, The Rainforest, The Pond, Our Solar System, Simple Machines, World Map, Dinosaurs
GEMS: Math Around the World Kit (Gr. 5-8)
SIXTH GRADE EARTH SCIENCE GPS RESOURCES (correlated to standards) Download printable version in MS Word
S6E1 & S6E2: Star Lab (requires prior training to operate) Magic School Bus Gets Lost in Space AIMS Teacher’s Guide: Out of this World TOPS Teacher’s Guide: The Earth, Moon, and Sun Scale the Universe GEMS Teacher’s Guide: Messages from Space: The Solar System and Beyond (Gr. 5-8) Earth, Moon, and Stars (Gr. 5-8) A Private Universe/Minds of Our Own DVD
S6E3: GEMS kit: Ocean Currents (Gr. 5-8) Ocean Wave demonstrator Drips, Drops, & Dunk – A Water Science Party Project WILD Aquatic (Gr. K-12) AIMS Teacher’s Guide: Water Precious Water
S6E4: AIMS Teacher’s Guide: Weather Sense: Temperature, Air Pressure, and Wind Weather Sense: Moisture A Golden Guide to Weather (informational)
S6E5: TOPS Teacher’s Guide: Rocks and Minerals (Gr. 7-12) Geology Rocks: 50 Hands-On Activities to Explore the Earth (Gr. K-8) First Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals Smithsonian Guide to Rocks and Minerals GEMS kit: Stories in Stone (Gr. 4-8) 7 Rock & Mineral Student Collections 1 50-specimen rock collection GEMS Teacher’s Guide: Life Through Time Evolutionary Activities (Gr. 5-8) Fossil Molds: Dinosaur tracks, Dinosaur claw, Ammonite, T. Rex tooth, Trilobite, Megalodon shark tooth 6 Fossil Collections 1 General Fossil Collection Fossil Hunt Kit GEMS kit: Plate Tectonics (Gr. 6-8) GEMS Teacher's Guide: River Cutters (Gr. 6-8) GEMS kit: Environmental Detectives (Gr. 5-8) Project Learning Tree (PLT) Educator’s Guide (PreK-8) English and Spanish
S6E6: Science Fair Projects in Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency
Earth Science In General AIMS Teacher’s Guide: Down to Earth
For more information on these resources, please contact your Regional Coordinator:
Paige Carithers Northeast GYSTC P.O. Box 1789 Cleveland, GA 30528 (706) 865-2141x236 FAX (706) 865-6748 negystc@pioneerresa.org
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