South Seneca Elementary Science Room

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Teacher Stuff

Equipment

The following equipment is available for loan---teachers only:

Measurement:

• 6 sets of plastic graduated cylinders
• 10 sets of plastic graduated beakers
• 10 stop watches
• 12 meter sticks
• 10 balances
• 2 Kestrel weather meters
• 6 Garmin Rino GPS units with 2 way radio---batteries not included

Observing:

• 2 Pro-scopes---hand held microscopes that plug into your computer, projects images, and captures images and video
• class set of bar magnets
• 18 microscopes
• 24 plastic hand lenses
• 18 bug boxes with magnifying lids

Teacher Resource Websites

http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/referencelists/elementary/EScience.html#e  You can look up lessons by topic!

http://www.nsta.org/ National Science Teachers Association---You have to become a member for the best stuff---but lots of free resources too.

http://www.exploratorium.edu/  The Exploratorium with the Iron Science Teacher competitions! and lots of great interactive sites for students!

http://www.mcrel.org/lesson-plans/science/sciencelessons.asp Mid-continent resources for education and learning---Excellent inquiry lessons on all topics.

http://www.fossweb.com/ FOSS Web for kids. I just LOVE this site!

http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/habitats.html Links to specific information for habitat and landforms.

http://bizarrelabs.com/ Bizarre stuff you can make in your kitchen! Lots of mess potential but very well organized site!

http://www.oneida-boces.org/ppd/science_constructed_response_worksheets.htm Constructed Response practice items for the grade 4 Science Test

http://www.indiana.edu/ensiweb/natsc.fs.html Lessons on the Nature of Science---designed for older students, but can be modified for 4/5.

http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/ Scientific biographies!

http://centralstanys.org/scienceeducationlinks.htm Central STANYS links. (That's science teachers association New York)  Great links for all grades

http://www.hunkinsexperiments.com/ Hunkin's experiments and very cool cartoons!

http://www.newyorkscienceteacher.com/sci/index.php Lots of great ready to go ideas---even has movie worksheets you can use for sub plans.

http://www.biologycorner.com/worksheets.php The Biology Corner---good stuff here for all grades.

http://cpet.ufl.edu/siftguide/default.html Links to other sites organized by topic.