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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.
AV EQUIPMENT SOFTWARE & CD-ROM VHS VIDEOS DVDs NASA VIDEOS LASER DISCS AIMS ARCHEOLOGY & HISTORY ASSESSMENT ASTRONOMY CRIME LAB CHEMISTRY EARTH SCIENCE ENVIRONMENTAL ESOL GENERAL GEMS HUMAN BODY LIFE MAGAZINES/NEWSLETTERS MATH PHYSICAL TEACHING STANDARDS TEACHING STRATEGIES SCIENCE FAIR SCIENCE FOLDABLES SCIENCE PARTIES CHILDREN'S LITERATURE SCIENCE EQUIPMENT KITS & GAMES MATH EQUIPMENT BULLETIN BOARDS ARCHEOLOGY EQUIPMENT STAR LAB SIXTH GRADE EARTH SCIENCE GPS RESOURCES 1 Pioneer Laser Disc Player 1 Telex MagnaByte LCD Projection Panel 1 Bretford portable screen 1 LCD portable converter 1 Sharp LCD projector
Amazon Trail Project WILD Outdoor Wildlife Leadership School Dangerous Creatures Directory of Ga. Environmental Education Provider American Girls Premiere The Family Doctor Around the World in 80 Days Ocean Explorer What’s the Secret? Explore Sapelo Hiking Trail Wildflowers Nature’s Symphonies – Amazon Concert 6th Grade Adventures Sea So Serene Geo-Media I & II The Sounds of Nature Disney Print Studio Spanish Now Lotus Smart Suite Space Weather Making Sun-Earth Connections Space Weather Information & Resources Waters to the Sea – The Chattahoochee River with Activity Guide Native Milkweed Species Origami Craft Studio Waters to the Sea: The Chattahoochee River The World of Monarch Butterflies Power Point Presentation The Water Sourcebooks for K-12 Discovery School CD-ROMs:
Composting Ferngully Deep Sea Dive Jurassic Park Science Olympiad Smoky Wildflowers Astronomy Village Soque River Diary Holbrook Travel Educ. Adven. Journey North 2 - Challenge of the Unknown The Monarch: Butterfly w/o Borders A Home for Pearl Saving the Monarchs 2 - The Search for Solutions The Butterfly King Nature Galapagos Time & Time Again- recycling Live Reef Fish Trade – interview Collecting Plastics for recycling Marine Science Field programs Dolphins with Robin Williams Chemists in the Classroom Don’t be Afraid of the Doctor Saving Rainforests is for the Birds An Eternal Imprint in Our World Magic School Bus: Toys in Space Flexes Its Muscles Gets Ants in Its Pants Gets Lost in Space Goes To Seed Hops Home Project WILD: Exploring School Nature Areas Where Bears Belong: Black Bears in Georgia Whitetail Deer: Creatures of the Woods Robust Redhorse: The Mystery Fish (fish thought to be extinct is rediscovered in GA) Challenge of Manufacturing/Engineering The Busy, Busy Planet – saving resources The Challenge: Kids Introduction to Engineering Electricity: Power for Life Electrical Safety Tips with Safety Man The Shocking Truth – electricity and safety Louie the Lightning Bug: Play it Safe Around Electricity The Incredible Classroom Eggsperience From the Hen House to Your House Global Change – video conference, environmental Building Homes for Bats Private Life of Plants – six videos (@ 50 min.) Branching Out, Putting Down Roots, The Birds & the Bees, Plant Politics, Living Together, It’s a Jungle Out There Kids Explorer: Flight; Origins; Science, Sound & Energy; Prehistoric Animals; How Things Work Rediscovering Biology: Genomics (30 min., Grades 9-12) Sea Turtles Cumberland Island FOSS: Magnetism and Electricity PBS: Discovering Simple Machines, Matter and Its Properties, The Nature of Electricity, Motion, Earth Science Essential Series Eyewitness Videos: Volcanoes, Mountain, Rocks & Minerals, Pond & River, Jungle, Ocean, Desert Tell Me Why: Gems, Metals and Minerals
Tallulah Gorge A Private Universe/Minds of Our Own River Stories Howard Hughes Medical Institute Interactive DVDs:
Be Wise About Your Eyes (Gr. 3-8)
Transformations of Flight – 5 min. (Gr. K-3) Living in Space – 10 min. (Gr. K-4) Our Solar System – 29 min. (Gr. K-4) Go for EVA! – 14 min. (Gr. K-8) – how spacesuits protect astronauts Geography from Space – 14 min. (Gr. K-8) Astrosmiles – 24 min. (K-12) – life aboard the Shuttle Reaching for the Stars – 13 min. (Gr. 3-12) Newton in Space – 12 min. (Gr. 5-8) Toys in Space – 17 min. (Gr. 4-8) Space Basics – 20 min. (Gr. 5-8) Universe – 27 min. (Gr. 7-11) Hurricane Below – 15 min. (Gr. 7-10) Tornado Below – 14 min. (Gr. 7-10) Our Star the Sun – (Gr. 7-12) Flight of Apollo 11 – The Eagle Has Landed – 30 min. (Gr. 7-12)
History in Motion: Milestones of the 20th Century Kinder Ventures: Feed Me!, Out & About! Windows on Science: Vol. 1, 2, 3 for Primary grades Windows on Science: Earth, Life, Physical for 4-6 grades FOSS: Animals, Electricity & Magnetism, Energy (Sound, Light, Heat), Geology, Human Body Understanding Earth: A Geology Program The Visual Almanac
TEACHER RESOURCE GUIDES:
Activities Integrating Math & Science (AIMS)
Jamestown Archeology (Gr. K-6) The Wright Brothers – Centennial Flight (K-12) President’s Day & Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (Gr. K-3) American Girls (Gr. 3-5) American Girls Party Book (Gr. 3-5) America at School (Gr. 3-5) – integrates Social Studies, Lang. Arts, and Literature Ancient Science: 40 Time-Traveling, World-Exploring, History-Making Activities for Kids Colonial America (Gr. 4-8) Daily Life in a Victorian House (Informational) Daily Life on a Southern Plantation 1853 (Informational) An Introduction to Williamsburg (Informational) Cherokee Plants: Their Uses – a 400 Year History
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): 25 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) A System in the Sky (Gr. 2-5) 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) NASA From Ship to Shuttle: The Orbiter Naming Program (Informational) The Night Sky Book (Informational)
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) The Earth Science Book: Activities for Kids (Gr. 3-8) Understanding Earth with laserdisc (Gr. 3-12) TOPS Learning Systems: The Earth, Moon & Sun (Gr. 3-10) GEMS Stories in Stone (Gr. 4-8) Investigating Science with Dinosaurs (Gr. 4-12) 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 Pictoral) 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 PLT Energy & Society: Activity Guide, Music CD and Dance Video (PreK-8) Animal Tracks (Gr. K-12) Costal Connections Field Trip Guide (Gr. K-12) Georgia’s Adopt-A-Stream (Gr. K-12) Magic from the Woods (Gr. K-12) Natural Selections: A Guide to Great Science & Nature Outings in Georgia (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) Sapelo Island: Georgia’s Costal Treasures (Gr. K-12) Unearthing Nature’s Magic (Gr. K-12) Beautiful Junk II (Gr. K-5) National Park Service Activity Guide (Gr. K-5) Elementary Energy & Environment Science Activities (Gr. K-2, 3-4, 5-6) The Water Sourcebook (Gr. 3-5) Cumberland Island Activity Guide (Gr. 5-8) 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
Black Achievers in Science 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) Full Option Science System (FOSS) (Gr. K-6) Science Is. . . A source book of fascinating facts, projects and activities (Gr. K-8) Magic and Showmanship for Teachers (Gr. K-12) The Science Book for Girls (Gr. 2-6) 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)
Keeping Healthy (Gr. K-3) The Brain and Central Nervous System (Informational) The Heart and Circulatory System (Informational)
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-12) (Issues: 2002-Present, 95-96, 94-95, 93-94, 92-93, 91-92, 90-91, 89-90, 87-88) The Search for Solutions Teaching Notes (Gr. K-12) (Issues 1-18) Science & Children (Gr. K-4) (Issues: 2002-Present, 99-00) Outdoor Biology Instructional Strategies-OBIS (Gr. 4-8) Science News (Issues: 2000-2001) (Informational) Science Olympiad (Issues: 1996 & 1999 Div. B Gr. 6-9; 1999 Div. C Gr. 9-12)
Math, Literature, and Unifix (Gr. K-3) Hands-On Math (Gr. K-1, 2-3) GEMS Treasure Boxes (Gr. K-3) GEMS Frog Math: Predict, Ponder, Play (K-3) – Literature Connections Math for Kinesthetic Learners (Gr. K-5) Tangram Block Explorations (Gr. 1-4) Fractions with Tangrams (Gr. 1-4) The Best of The Mailbox – Math (Gr. 1-3, 4-6) Math for Every Kid (Gr. 2-6) Out & About Math – (Gr. 3-4, 5-6) How to Solve Word Problems (Gr. 4-5) Math – The Write Way (Gr. 4-5) The Challenge of the Unknown video & guide (Gr. 6-12) GEMS: Math Around the World Kit (Gr. 5-8)
The Wright Brothers – Centennial Flight (K-12) Targeting Students’ Science Misconceptions: Physical Science Concepts Using the Conceptual Change Model Simple Machines (Gr. K-3, 1-3, 4-6) Teach with Energy (Gr. K-3, 4-6) Physics for Every Kid (Gr. 2-6) All About Energy (Gr. 3-4) Energy Facts & Impacts (Gr. 5-8) 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 Physical Science You Can Handle (Gr. 6) Physical Science (Gr. 6) Science Projects in Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency (Gr. 6-12) Experiments: Properties of Gas & Heat Energy (Gr. 7-12) Hands-On Physics Activities (Gr. 8-12) 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
Archeology & History African-American History Activity Guide American Girls Series – including pastimes, short stories, etc. American Kids in History Activity Guides: Colonial Days, Pioneer Days, Victorian Days, Civil War Days, Wild West Days Colonial Kids Activity Guide Robinson Crusoe 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
Presto popcorn popper 10 Tinker Toy sets Tornado tube 9 safety goggles Electrostatic Generator 15 Spring scales Silk plants 16 thermometers 10-gallon aquarium 8 rubber mallets Mirage 15 hand lenses Mesh tent 1 Magi-scope Star Station 1 Badminton set Simple machine models 1 horseshoes set Laser Rock samples Baleena the Whale Magnets Butterfly tower Mirrors Butterfly garden school kit Stopwatches Liquid Nitrogen Dewar Tuning forks Giant Cigarette Model Second-Hand Smoke Demonstrator 2 Mini-microscopes, 60-100x Wave motion demonstrator Motion Machine demonstrator – magnetism 5 Mini-Power Town Demonstrators for kids 4 Electric Meters Life -size Fossil Molds: Dinosaur tracks, Dinosaur claw, Ammonite, T. Rex tooth, Trilobite, Megalodon shark tooth 6 Fossil Collections Dig A Dinosaur Skeleton 1 General Fossil Collection Fossil Hunt Kit Luster, Streak, and Scale of Hardness Collections 10 Rock & Mineral Student Collections 1 50-specimen rock collection
Energy Matters kit Energy Environmental game Get Focused Eye kit Ant farm kit Rock kit Fossil kit Stomp-rocket Kit Natural Gas Fun & Safety Kit (K-3, 4-6) Starwatcher’s Decoder Set Shells kit FOSS Modules: Balance & Motion (Grades 1-2), Earth Materials (Gr. 3-4), Magnetism & Electricity (Gr. 3-4), Measurement (Gr. 3-4), Food & Nutrition (Gr. 5-6), Landforms (Gr. 5-6), Models & Designs (Gr. 5-6), Variables (Gr. 5-6) GEMS Kits: Ant Homes Under the Ground (PreK-2) Insights Module: Habitats (Grades 2-3) Delta Science Education Modules: 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 Environmental Teachers Corps Kits: Environmental Park (K-1), Hop into Habitats (K-1), The Triple "R" Ranger (Recycling) (K-1), My Friend in the Backyard (1-2), Renew Our Rivers (2-4), Air, Air, Everywhere! (3-4), Water Wise (3-4), Revealing Resources (4-5), Know Your Resources (4-5), Energize Me! (5-6), Clean Air Grand Prix (6-8), Energy and Air (5-8)
30 Geometry sets 30 sets of tangrams 1 Place Value game 2 Time & Money Bingo 1 Multiplication & Division Bingo
Parts of a Tree Fall Things Science Tools & Techniques Clouds Simple Machines Dinosaurs The Solar System Recycling Magnets & Electricity Endangered Rainforests Heat, Light & Sound
5 weaving loom sets 1 Clues from the Past – using artifacts American Girls puzzle Discovering the Past through Archeology Various American Girls craft book kits Jamestown Archeology video Various American Girls posters & wall chart set History in Motion laser disc 5 boxes for Archeology simulation game Colonial Life Bulletin Board Set
SIXTH GRADE EARTH SCIENCE GPS RESOURCES (correlated to standards) Download printable version in MS Word
S6E1 & S6E2: Star Lab (requires prior training to operate) Space Weather CD-ROM Making Sun-Earth Connections CD-ROM 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 NASA Educator Resource Center (preK-12) – wide variety of lesson plans, videos, software, slide programs, posters, lithographs, etc., free of charge
NASA VIDEOS: Living in Space – 10 min. (Gr. K-4) Our Solar System – 29 min. (Gr. K-4) Go for EVA! – 14 min. (Gr. K-8) – how spacesuits protect astronauts Geography from Space – 14 min. (Gr. K-8) Astrosmiles – 24 min. (K-12) – life aboard the Shuttle Reaching for the Stars – 13 min. (Gr. 3-12) Newton in Space – 12 min. (Gr. 5-8) Toys in Space – 17 min. (Gr. 4-8) Space Basics – 20 min. (Gr. 5-8) Universe – 27 min. (Gr. 7-11) Our Star the Sun – (Gr. 7-12) Flight of Apollo 11 – The Eagle Has Landed – 30 min. (Gr. 7-12)
S6E3: NASA Scifiles video: Case of the Wacky Water Cycle GEMS: Ocean Currents (Gr. 5-8) Ocean Wave demonstrator Drips, Drops, & Dunk – A Water Science Party Apalachicola Costal Connections Field Trip Guide (Gr. K-12) Georgia’s Adopt-A-Stream Educator’s Guide (Gr. K-12) Project WILD Aquatic (Gr. K-12) Sapelo Island Educator’s Guide and CD-ROM: Georgia’s Costal Treasures (Gr. K-12) The Water Sourcebook Cumberland Island Activity Guide and video (Gr. 5-8) Environmental Teacher’s Corp: Renew Our Rivers kit Soque River Diary video AIMS Teacher’s Guide: Water Precious Water
S6E4: Wild Weather activity cards kit AIMS Teacher’s Guide: Weather Sense: Temperature, Air Pressure, and Wind Weather Sense: Moisture A Golden Guide to Weather (informational) Clouds bulletin board set
NASA VIDEOS: Hurricane Below – 15 min. (Gr. 7-10) Tornado Below – 14 min. (Gr. 7-10)
S6E5: Tallulah Gorge DVD TOPS Teacher’s Guide: Rocks and Minerals (Gr. 7-12) Eyewitness Videos: Volcanoes, Mountain, Rocks and Minerals Tell Me Why video: Gems, Metals and Minerals 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 Teacher’s Guide: Stories in Stone kit (Gr. 4-8) Luster, Streak, and Scale of Hardness Collections 10 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 Investigating Science with Dinosaurs (Gr. 4-12)
GEMS: Plate Tectonics kit (Gr. 6-8) NASA Scifiles video: Case of the Shaky Quake GEMS: River Cutters (Gr. 6-8) Soil Conservation Activity Book with hand puppet
Recycling videos Composting video GEMS: Environmental Detectives (Gr. 5-8) Soque River Diary video Project Learning Tree (PLT) Educator’s Guide (PreK-8) English and Spanish Environmental Teacher’s Corp kits: Energy & Air Clean Air Grand Prix
S6E6: PLT Energy & Society: Activity Guide, Music CD and Dance Video (PreK-8) Environmental Teacher’s Corp kits: Energize Me! Know Your Resources Understanding Radiation kit Energy & Environment Science Activities Guide Natural Gas Fun & Safety Kit Science Fair Projects in Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Teach with Energy! Educator’s Guide Solar Energy kit The Bu | ||
