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Kids Farm

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K-2 0 favorites 0 promising practices http://www.kidsfarm.com/ Last updated: Fri, 08/27/2021 - 11:47 share

How It Works

This is a site about farms and farm animals, with short texts and lots of images showing people, livestock, and equipment used on the farm. If there’s no cow pasture near you, this is the place to go!

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Tag(s): agriculture,

Waste Management Lesson Plans

— Texas Natural Resoure Conservation Commission

K-11 0 favorites 0 promising practices https://www.tceq.texas.gov/p2/Education/waste-recycling Last updated: Fri, 08/27/2021 - 11:47 share

How It Works

This collection of lesson plans from the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission includes content for primary through middle school students. Most lessons are straightforward, requiring limited use of outside resources.

In the Classroom

Take advantage of the free lesson plans shared on this site for use with Earth Day activities, recycling, or conservation units. Challenge students to keep a daily or weekly journal. Replace paper journals using a blog tool and sharing their learning and understanding. Use Weebly, <a href="/single.cfm?id=12342">reviewed here</a>. If you are teaching younger students and looking for an easy way to integrate technology and check for understanding, challenge your students to create a blog using Edublog, <a href="/single.cfm?id=13449">reviewed here</a>.

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Tag(s): recycling, pollution,

The Earth and Me: Forever Friends

— Yale University

K-2 0 favorites 0 promising practices http://teachersinstitute.yale.edu/curriculum/units/1996/2/96.02.02.x.html Last updated: Fri, 08/27/2021 - 11:47 share

How It Works

Elementary students learn about land forms, soil, the Hydrologic Cycle, Vegetation, Climate, and how all these features are interdependent.

In the Classroom

Take advantage of the many lesson ideas and and activities found on the site, all designed by a teacher and explained from a teacher’s point of view. Videotape students performing experiments then use a video tool like EdPuzzle, <a href="/single.cfm?id=15288">reviewed here</a>, to extend student learning. Use EdPuzzle to add questions (for students to answer) to your video assessing students’ understanding of the experiment’s concepts. At the end of your unit, ask students to create animated video explanations of experiments using Biteable, <a href="/single.cfm?id=18155">reviewed here</a>. Biteable is a simple to use animated video creation tool that features a variety of templates for different recording needs.

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Tag(s): conservation, ecology,

American Community Gardens Association

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K-11 0 favorites 0 promising practices https://communitygarden.org/resources/category/youth-and-school-programs/ Last updated: Fri, 08/27/2021 - 11:47 share

How It Works

More a project than a lesson, this site offers a very complete guide to planning a community garden. Though not specifically designed for school settings, the steps and procedures would be a great guide for a class or school interested in developing its own garden. Depending on your local climate, this could be a full-year or summer project.

In the Classroom

Start with Community Garden Management on the left menu. From there scroll down and select Garden How-To Manuals. There are a several manuals to choose from, including one for schools titled "A Gardening Angels How-To Manual - Easy Steps to Building A Sustainable School Garden Program. Once you and your students are involved with your gardens have students journal about what they are learning about gardening and specific plants. Use an online journaling tool such as Penzu, <a href="/single.cfm?id=11465">reviewed here</a>, with Penzu you can add images or your own artwork as illustrations.

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Tag(s): earth day,

You Can Change the World

— Yale University

K-4 0 favorites 0 promising practices http://www.cis.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1997/7/97.07.03.x.html Last updated: Fri, 08/27/2021 - 11:47 share

How It Works

Teach students about the positive and negative effects each of us has on our environment.

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Tag(s): earth, ecology,

The Heart: An Online Exploration

— Franklin Institute

K-11 0 favorites 0 promising practices http://www.fi.edu/learn/heart/index.html Last updated: Fri, 08/27/2021 - 11:47 share

How It Works
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Tag(s): heart,

The Mad Scientist Network

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K-11 0 favorites 0 promising practices http://www.madsci.org/ Last updated: Fri, 08/27/2021 - 11:47 share

How It Works

This site has a lot of research available for viewing. The research is detailed and in plain text. There is also a tutorial of the human body that better explains the functions of organs and how they work together. A great research tool for biology students! Nice animation, including a guided tour of the human body with key points outlined. From Washington University Medical School.

In the Classroom

Teachers of younger students will find material useful for background to their teaching.

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Tag(s): human body,

Kinder Garden

— Tina Waliczak, Texas A &amp; M University

K-5 0 favorites 0 promising practices http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/kindergarden/kinder.htm Last updated: Fri, 08/27/2021 - 11:47 share

How It Works

This site explores the many ways to introduce kids to horticulture. It provides planting tips for kids and their parents and is easy for young readers to follow along. It details the greater good of respecting the outdoors and plant life with pictures of neighborhoods. It depicts gardening as a learning experience and hobby to cope with stresses of living in our world today! It also includes outstanding links to book lists and horticulture.

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Tag(s): ecology, agriculture,

The Case of the Disappearing Frogs

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K-3 0 favorites 0 promising practices http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/eco_info/topics/frogs/ecofiles/index.cfm Last updated: Fri, 08/27/2021 - 11:47 share

How It Works

This attractive site from the Portland Aquarium gives young students a chance to figure out why the frogs are disappearing. An interesting approach to teaching young students about environments and habitats.

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Tag(s): amphibians,

BATS!

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K-5 0 favorites 0 promising practices http://www.cccoe.k12.ca.us/bats/ Last updated: Fri, 08/27/2021 - 11:47 share

How It Works

This page offers an integrated curriculum on bats of all types. Themes include bats in sports, science, and art. The online bat quiz would be great to do online. The site is geared to both primary and upper elementary grades. The site could be used to do in-class research.

In the Classroom
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Tag(s): mammals,
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