Standard+H+Science+in+Personal+and+Social+Perspectives

Post Standard H Resources here. Each resource will include a title, link to the resource, a short description of the resource, and grade level(s).


 * Annie Raffa**
 * Standard H** –-Science in Personal and Social Perspective
 * Title**: Recycling Books For Kids: Recycling and Waste Disposal
 * Link**: [|www.swa.org/pdf/][|**books_for_kids**][|.pdf]
 * Description:** This PDF contains lists of books for students that focus on the importance of recycling. This link also has craft and project ideas.
 * Grades:** There are books for all reading levels. __Why Does Litter Cause Problems?__ by Isaac Asimov is good for younger readers (grades k – 3) while. Taking Out the Trash: A No-Nonsense Guide to Recycling is a 249 page paperback for slightly older readers (grades 3-4).

Katie Kastenson Schmidt **Standard H ** – Science in Personal and Social Perspectives **Title **: Effects on People and the Environment – A Student’s Guide to Global Climate Change **Link **: [] **Description **: This website explores how climate change impacts health, agriculture, energy, water, plants, animals, ecosystems, forests, coastal areas, and recreation. The material is written in child-friendly language and allows students to learn the impact of climate change. Another section of the website invites students to “think like a scientist.” Students can then use this information to explore how policies related to climate change are made. **Grades **: Upper Elementary

Tom Barnet Standard H Title: Green Planet 4 Kids Grades: K -12 [] A great site to help students connect with science by learning how to minimize their negative impact on the planet.

Kayte Cunningham Science Standard H - Personal and Social Perspectives "The Story of Stuff" This is a 20-minute video about consumerism and our consumer society. It's a great one to have kids watch when they abuse their belongings or beg for the newest version of whatever because the old one "sucks"! I've played it for my own kids - twice! [|The Story of Stuff]

Stephanie Quartana Content Standard Science Standard H (Science in Personal and Social Perspectives) “The Busy Body Book: A Kid's Guide to Fitness” by Lizzy Rockwell [|The Busy Body Book: A Kid's Guide to Fitness] This book is about the human body and how exercise affects it. It uses pictures to explain difficult concepts in an easier to understand way. It makes the case for exercise and warns about the negative effects of obesity in children. Grade range K-3

Michelle L. Miller **Description:** //The Water’s Edge// is a free-lance news website which offers a number of resources including articles about news and events related to the conservation of Wisconsin’s lakeshore ecosystem. This website opens up the opportunity for debate and discovery by encouraging student’s to learn about their own natural environment, ecosystems, and how politics and other challenges can impact the world around us. It would be interesting to have students do their own investigations with people involved on both sides of the situation as well as those affected by the problems the lakeshore ecosystem is facing.
 * Standard(s):** F.8.10. & F.8.8 & H.8.2 & B.4.1.
 * Title:** //The Water’s Edge//

The Water's Edge Dolores Lease Beaster Grade 4-8 [|EEK! Magazine] This Wisconsin DNR-sponsored e-magazine is a great resource for environmental sciences. This link takes you to the My Ton of Trash activity in which students determine the amount of trash generated by each person in the state. There are many other great Teachers' lessons like Maple Syrup Time Activities, Make a Recycled Bird Feed, Stay Warm in Winter Experiments and Save Energy and Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emission. There are also fun kids' online games.
 * Grade(s):** 6-8

Title: “Healthy Teeth” Grades: 3-6 Description: The “Healthy Teeth” website was created by dentists for elementary-aged students to answer the “why?” of oral hygiene. It features exciting graphics and easy-to-understand text. This site has tabs for information on cavities, braces, preventative tips, smoking and its effects on oral hygiene, what to expect during a visit to the dentist, an experiments and activities section, and more. [|Healthy Teeth]
 * __Sarah Kinney__**
 * __Standard H – Science in Personal and Social Perspectives__**

__Pamela Waters__ __Strand H. Science in Social and Personal Perspectives__ [|Tracking Trash] Grades 4-6 A Linkcat hyperlink will take you to this non-fiction text. The book has a table of contents, glossary, headings, and connections to outside resources. It is about an oceanographer who began keeping records of all the trash he found washed up on the beaches near his home. The discoveries lead students to consider the way we use our resources and dispose of our trash. Photographs, graphs and charts encourage students to think about the decisions they make and how they will affect the world they live in.

Betsy Witthun [|Save the Bay] Grades 6-8

The teacher demonstrates a simulated oil spill. After the demonstration, students work to figure out the best way to clean up the spill before it reaches land. Students then discuss their observations. This lesson plan also includes extension activities on; birds and oil, sea otters and oil and tracking oil spills.

__**Libby Dalbec**__ __**Standard H – Standard H – Science in Personal and Social Perspectives**__ Title: Managing Water Resources Grades: Upper Elementary + Description: This site is about water usage and give students an opportunity to estimate how much water they use per day. There are great cross curricular follow up activities given as well as a teacher resource section for the activities. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Managing Water Resources

Katrina Kufrin [|Standard H--Science in Personal and Social Perspectives] grades 3-5 [] This site contains the lesson plan, “Social Trade-Offs”. The purpose of this lesson plan is to m ake and evaluate decisions by weighing the benefits and drawbacks of each alternative. Students practice the skill of decision-making through role-playing. Students are presented with a scenario in which they, along with their brothers and sisters, have just inherited a section of forestland. They must attempt to balance their interests with those of their siblings in order to reach a fair settlement on the use and management of the land. Students will work as a class to evaluate the benefits, drawbacks, and potential risks associated with each alternative before making a final decision.


 * Brie Gage**
 * Strand H: Science in Personal and Social Perspectives**
 * [|Energy Star Kids]**
 * Grades: K – 5th**

This site focuses on energy and energy consumption. It goes over what energy is, where energy comes from, and different types of energy. It also talks about why we need to conserve energy, and how children can help. The “Quickest Ever Slideshow on Global Warming” is great; it’s easy to follow, even for younger children, and has descriptive pictures.


 * Jason Sailing**

Strand H.4.4 Develop* a list of issues that citizens must make decisions about and describe* a strategy for becoming informed about the science behind these issues. Grades: 3-8 []
 * Climate Change Primer**

This PBS site offers “ground floor” information about the earth's changing climate and is of great help to exploring climate change and teaching students to use authoritative sources for informing themselves about dynamic, controversial subjects.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">This is a website dedicated to explaining the lifecycle of our material possessions. It outlines the cause and effect relationship between what we consume, and where/how it is produced…to the detriment of our environment and certain groups of people. I think you could take pieces of this video or book to use in a unit on consumerism/recycling/reusing/etc. The story comes from the perspective of one woman who chose to research this topic; students could evaluate her claims and make further predictions themselves.
 * Meg Schaaf**
 * [|The Story of Stuff Video]**
 * [|The Story of Stuff Book]**

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">Grade(s): middle school (6th-8th)

EEK! Teacher Pages
 * Kirstin Kiphardt**
 * Title:** Sustainable Options
 * Description:** The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources provides an electronic magazine (EEK!) that offers teachers various lesson plan resources to help educate students about how important it is to promote a sustainable lifestyle and environment. Students may also explore the website to further their understandings of scientific as well as other content area concepts. As an example, the lesson plan My Ton of Trashleads an exploration about how much trash is generated by each person in Wisconsin.
 * Grade Level:** 4-8
 * Further Option:** take a sustainable forest field trip. The teacher may borrow Forests Forever Parkpacks to lead their students on an educational tour of Wisconsin forests.

Standard H Grades: 4-5 [|Food and Nutrition]
 * Amanda Nemec**

This is a great interactive website to teach nutrition and the Food Pyramid to students. To start they can click on each section of the Food Pyramid to learn more about it. Then there are bunch of fun activities that go a long. I especially like the activities in the Arianna and Marcus page.