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PBS

Idaho Ptv: Science Trek: Bees

For Students 3rd - 5th
A comprehensive overview of bees. Includes three videos: a half-hour show, a video short, and a short video where an expert answers children's questions. Other features of the site include facts, links, games and activities, a reading...
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Interactives: Spelling Bee: Introduction

For Students 1st - 9th Standards
This is an introduction Interactive Spelling Bee; it explains how the game works by grade level: Grades 1-8 listen to three stories separately and spell words from each story; high school students will listen to sentences and spell words...
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Lesson Plan
Other

Core Knowledge: Poetry in Motion [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd Standards
Collection in pdf format of seven lessons integrating poetry across-the-curriculum. Includes dramatization, developing poetry reading skills, and creating poetry appreciation. Printable graphic organizers and a fine bibliography...
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Interactive
US Geological Survey

U.s. Geological Survey: Science Stories

For Students 3rd - 5th
Go on an exciting journey with Beatrice, Emily and Polina and learn about the bee population, climate change and how to care for wildlife. A wonderful tool for independent reading practice or a perfect read-aloud activity. Useful links...
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PBS

Pbs: Nature: Alien Empire

For Students 3rd - 8th
Outstanding site that compliments an insect series on PBS. Interactive presentations include bee anatomy and honeybee hives. Includes interactive puzzles, teacher's guides, and formats for making insect masks.
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Other

Old Farmer's Almanac: The Buzz on Bees

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This Old Farmer's Almanac resource gives insight on the life and characteristics of bees.
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Lesson Plan
OER Commons

Oer Commons: 100th Day of School

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
tudents will bee able to celebrate the 100th day of school by bringing in a project representing it. They will also fill out a chart that has 100 blank squares for them to fill in.
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Activity
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Bridges

For Students 3rd - 5th
A project where students design, build, and a test a bridge made out of file folders. Students will use a force sensor to measure how strong their model bridge is. Then students will compare their results to classmates to conclude what...
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Interactive
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Building a Bungee Jump

For Students 3rd - 5th
Students are asked to create a bungee jump that will protect a hard-boiled egg from breaking. A force sensor is needed to measure the push/pull forces on the egg. Data is inserted into force-time graphs. After completing three...
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Interactive
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Building a Zip Line

For Students 3rd - 5th
For this interactive, students plan, create, and test a zip line that will transport a hard-boiled egg without breaking it. They will make improvements on their design based on data about its performance. A motion sensor is required in...
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Interactive
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Changes in the Environment

For Students 3rd - 5th
An activity to help students understand that as the environment changes, plants and animals must evolve to stay alive. Students watch as a mystery plants grow in a changing environment to see if they will evolve or go extinct.
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Interactive
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Natural Selection

For Students 3rd - 5th
Build a dam in the middle of an ecosystem and observe how the population of plants and animals adapt to their new environment with this science simulation. Learn how the populations adapt to survive in their new habitat. Then remove the...
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Activity
Inland Fisheries Ireland

Something Fishy: What Is a Fish?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Something fishy site invites users to discover more about fish and fish types by learning how fish use their gills to breathe as well as where they fit in the food chain.
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California Institute of Technology

Cool Cosmos: Sun Ask an Astronomer

For Students 3rd - 8th
Cool Cosmos provides the answer to many questions about the sun! Just find your question and click on it.
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California Institute of Technology

Cool Cosmos: Ask an Astronomer

For Students 3rd - 8th
Resource compiles a list of most frequently asked questions about Mercury. Each question is linked to an astronomer's answer. Kids can explore many aspects of this wonderful planet.
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California Institute of Technology

Cool Cosmos: Ask an Astronomer: Venus

For Students 3rd - 8th
Resource offers the answers to many frequently asked questions about Venus. Kids can click on the user-friendly question links to learn more about this amazing planet.
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Primary
Massachusetts Historical Society

Massachusetts Historical Society: A Set of Plans and Forts in America, 1765

For Students 3rd - 8th
A digitized version of a book published in 1765 by Mary Ann Rocque, widow of John Rocque, topographer to the Duke of Glouchester. Contains images of the thirty plans of forts in North America. Published after the English victory over the...
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Unit Plan
Harry S. Truman Library and Museum

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum: Three Branches of Government

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Interactive teaching unit for Grades 5-8 that helps to explain the three branches of government and the the balance of power. Topics covered include balance of government, how a bill becomes a law, the amendment process, the Legislative...
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California Institute of Technology

Cool Cosmos: Ask an Astronomer for Kids

For Students 3rd - 8th
Cool Cosmos, a NASA-affiliated site, has compiled a list of frequently asked questions about the moon and linked them to answers provided by actual astronomers! Click back to the Cool Cosmos home to access the Spanish-language version.
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Website
California Institute of Technology

Cool Cosmos: Ask an Astronomer: Comets

For Students 3rd - 8th
Resource provides easy to understand information about comets. Click on the frequently asked question link to find out more about these mysterious celestial bodies.
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Website
California Institute of Technology

Cool Cosmos: Ask an Astronomer

For Students 3rd - 8th
Cool Cosmos and NASA have joined together to provide kids with the answers to their most frequently asked questions. Visit this site to learn more about asteroids.
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Website
California Institute of Technology

Cool Cosmos: Ask an Astronomer for Kids: Solar System

For Students 3rd - 8th
Resource presents information about the solar system through a list of most frequently asked questions. Click on each question and be transported to a wealth of knowledge about our solar system and the planets within it.
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Website
California Institute of Technology

Cool Cosmos: Ask an Astronomer

For Students 3rd - 8th
What is a star? How many stars can you see at night? How far away are the stars? Find the answer to these questions and more as Cool Cosmos and NASA astronomers answer the most frequently asked questions about stars!
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California Institute of Technology

Cool Cosmos: Ask an Astronomer

For Students 3rd - 8th
Cool Cosmos and NASA help explore the world of galaxies! This site provides the answers to kid's most frequently asked questions.