Investigate a variety of science concepts such as forces and motion and electricity by playing games on the Engineering Interact website. Teachers can also access a resource bank along with other links and information about each science concept. Please note that this site was created abroad, so some terminology may differ from what is used in the United States.
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Did you know they are growing plants in space? Astronauts at the International Space Station are growing plants in space to learn more about how plants grow in micorgravity. For the Plants in Space Project, teachers and their students can grow ground-based control plants in the classroom, download hourly photographs from the International Space Station, and design experiments based on the data from space. The live experiments began last fall; however, all images are archived on the website, so teachers can conduct investigations whenever and as often as they like. Data gained from the primary and secondary scientific investigations may help develop systems and techniques so future astronauts can grow their own food during extended spaceflights to destinations such as Mars. Click below to learn more about this project.
The Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears website offers free e-books and pdf versions of featured stories from the Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears online magazine. The website also has podcasts and web seminars, and all of the resources explore a variety of science concepts.
"ARKive is an ever-expanding multimedia database that contains a wealth of information about the world’s most endangered species."
"Animal, plant, and fungus lovers can explore the site by zooming in on specific classes (mammals, reptiles, etc.), eco-regions (such as South America’s Atlantic forest), continents, and countries. A Google Earth interface helps users learn about threatened marine species, and the site’s educational resource pages are geared toward specific age groups (starting with preteens)."
Students can create a bug online, and then use the activity sheets below to have students write about the "bug" they created.
The Free MyPlate website is loaded with free downloadable MyPlate activities and lesson plans for teachers to use in the classroom. It is a USDA MyPlate partner site.
Check out the new Catch a Rainbow Everyday Poster! Students are able to visualize an array of colorful fruits and vegetables. It is important to eat a variety of colors of fruits and vegetables because each color is packed full of different vitamins and minerals.
As requested, we have added audio files and sheet music that go with the songs in the Move Your Body health kit! You can access these by looking under "Other Resources" on the Move Your Body page on our website or by clicking on the files below.
Audio Files for Songs in Kit:
Bone-a-Fyed Rap - music and words
Bone-a-Fyed Rap - music only
Muscles - music and words
Muscles - music only
My Bones - music and words
My Bones - music only
My Cranium - music and words
My Cranium - music only
Sheet Music for Songs in Kit:
We have been very busy this summer finishing more digital children's books for our science and health kits. You can access these books by clicking on Digital Science Books or Digital Health Books under Digital Content. You can also access these books by looking under "Other Resources" on the individual web pages for each kit. Check back throughout the year for additional titles to be added to our website. We will eventually have at least 1 book for every kit!
The CABOCES MST Department (Science Kits) is having another webcast of eggs starting Monday, May 16th. We anticipate the eggs will hatch on the 17th, but we will start the webcast a day early just in case there are a few early birds. We will continue to broadcast for the rest of the week so you can watch the chicks. We probably won't have the rooms up and running until about 8:30 every morning, and they will shut down at about 11:00 at night. We will have two viewing rooms available just as before. What you see in each room will vary from time to time depending on what action is available to watch. We will try to accommodate people's interests by showing eggs hatching and chicks playing.
To view the hatching, click on the links below and sign in as a guest. Please type a message in the chat box telling us who you are and where you are from. Thanks and enjoy the hatch!
http://bcs.caboces.org/chickhatchmay2011room1/
http://bcs.caboces.org/chickhatchmay2011room2/