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http://www.youtube.com/user/ParticleMen I grew up enjoying this band… and now they have recorded several kid-oriented albums so I get to enjoy them all over again. They have a YouTube channel with many of their videos available to view. You’ll enjoy playing How Many Planets, Science is Real and the other kid-friendly science and reading videos.
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You just might enjoy these online physics games. There are over sixty of them and they are highly addictive and thought provoking. Check them out at http://www.physicsgames.net/ They do have brief advertisements on the front end of each game which is a little bit of a drag. On the plus side they are pretty intuitive [...]
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http://obama-weather.com/ What more could you ask for when you talk about the weather at Morning Meeting? How about the President modeling what to wear for each day? At Obama-Weather you get a five day forecast with the high, low and degree of sunshine or cloudiness. Just for fun you can also see what Bruce Lee, [...]
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There are some great advantages and pitfalls of using YouTube videos in your classroom. Ever the optimist, I will start with the “Glass Half Full.” 1. YouTube videos are short. A short clip can be surprisingly effective for a topic intro, discussion starter, or reteaching a difficult concept. 2. YouTube videos can be inspiring. Motivational [...]
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Game: Flabby Physics Sometimes less is more. For a simple game that will give you context to talk about physics terms such as gravity, velocity and collisions, check out Flabby Physics. There is one goal: hit the star with the ball. There is one control: the space bar. Yet, for some reason, I just can [...]
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Source: Leah Slucher Site: National Geographic Young Explorer The online version of National Geographic Young Explorers Magazine is a visual and auditory treat for your young scientists! Everyone knows how much young students love reading about animals. Now even emerging readers can get in on the fun! I found the site kid-friendly and super easy [...]
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Site: http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/ Do you ever want your students to chart their findings of scientific observations? Do you need to create a pie chart, bar graph or other representation of data for a class meeting and find Excel to be just a little intimidating for a quick project? Here is the most simple and straight forward [...]
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Source: LifeHacker and SMART Board Goodies The weather has sure been a topic of conversation lately, hasn’t it? We had the pleasure of hosting some educators from Great Britain this week and they ‘weathered’ a snowed out conference day on Monday, a regular snow day Tuesday, and in true Louisville fashion it was 45 and [...]
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http://www.physicsgames.net/ http://www.physicsgames.net/game/Alphabet_Shoot.html I read recently that Crayon Physics was celebrating it’s anniversary by having a really good sale on the deluxe version of their software. As much as I like that program it tends to hang up my tablet, even in the demo mode, so I can’t really justify purchasing the full version. I like [...]
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How Snow Is Formed I wanted to share this interactive diagram that I found from one of the teachers I follow on twitter. It is an informational article accompanied by an excellent clickable diagram on the subject of How Snow Is Formed. The text of the article might be on the difficult side but it [...]
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