Standard+G+Science+Applications

Post Standard G 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 G**–-Science Applications
 * Title**: Computer Science for Fun
 * Link**: []
 * Description:** This website focuses on computer science. The website is organized by topic. One that I found interesting involved looking at the connection between computer science and fashion. This could be a fun way to engage middle school students.
 * Grades: ** K-8 can be modified for older or younger students

Katie Kastenson Schmidt **Standard G ** – Science Applications **Title **: Space Race Exhibition **Link **: [] **Description **: This link leads to an exhibition at the Smithsonian about the Space Race. It explores the ways in which technology advanced during this time, in addition to exploring the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union. **Grades **: Upper Elementary – Middle School

Tom Barnet Standard G Title: The Museum of Science and Industry Grades 2 - 12 [|http://www.msichicago.org] Visit the online education tab at this site or plan a field trip to the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago.

Kayte Cunningham Science Standard G - Science Applications "National Geographic Magazine - Bionics" Grades 5-8 This web article chronicles modern bionics including ocular implants in a baby's ears, and the art of rebuilding an arm based on the brain signals the intact arm sends. The photo gallery is terrific and world only be better if interspersed with the article as it was in the paper version. There is also an interactive section and a video - both worthwhile. [|Bionics]

Stephanie Quartana Content Standard Science Standard G - Science Applications “Robert Crowther's Pop-Up House of Inventions: Hundreds of Fabulous Facts About Your Home” by Robert Crowther [|Robert Crowther's Pop-Up House of Inventions: Hundreds of Fabulous Facts About Your Home] This book talks about all the inventions that are used in an everyday home. It is a pop-up book that has flaps the reader can pick up to see a different fact about a different household item. It would be a very attractive book to have out in a unit on inventions/inventors. Grade range K-6

Michelle L. Miller Origins Dolores Lease Beaster Grade K-6 [|Bill Nye - Simple Machines 1] This link takes you to a five-minute video clip of Bill Nye the Science Guy (always entertaining) showing several simple machines. It would be a great engagement strategy to start a discussion about simple machines that we use every day.
 * Standard(s):** G.8.7.
 * Title:** //Discovery Education-”Origins”//
 * Description:** //Discovery Education// is a good resource for looking up lesson plans and different activities for students to participate in, independently or in groups. This particular lesson and activity focuses on the relationship of technology and science where students can make a personal connection to technologies which have impacted their lives. The webpage also elaborates on learning objectives, materials, procedures, adaptations, discussion questions, extensions, evaluation, suggested readings, vocabulary, links, and academic standards for the lesson.
 * Grade(s):** 6-8

__**Libby Dalbec**__ __**Standard G – Science Applications**__ Title: PBS Kids Grades: Mid-Upper Elementary Description: This video is an interview with an underwater robotic engineer. The kid-friendly video details the importance of underwater robotics in deep sea exploration. PBSKids-Underwater Robotics

Title: “Science and Technology with the New York Public Library” Grade: 3 - 6 Description: The science and technology tab, from the New York Public Library children’s site, has a vast amount of information on how science and technology are related. For example, the inventions and technology tab has timelines for inventions, inventors’ biography sections, a section on woman inventors and famous minority-member inventors. While some of those tabs take you to great sites like Scholastic, other tabs, unfortunately, take you to information on sites such as about.com, which are filled with advertisements. It is definitely a site better used for teachers than letting your students run free with it. [|NY Public Library]
 * __Sarah Kinney__**
 * __Standard G – Science Applications__**

__Pamela Waters__ __Strand G. Science Applications__ [|Bio luminescence in the Ocean] Grades 3-5 This short video is an example of this versatile trait being used in nature. This video taken from a deep sea submersible showcases how animals use bioluminescence to survive. One very ugly fish uses a bioluminescent lure to entice a squid to join him for dinner. The attack is quick and bloodless. This video could be used to provide examples of adaptations, connect to the predator/prey relationship, and study ocean habitats. Bioluminescence has become an integral part of real world scientific research and medical diagnostics so finding real world applications of this phenomenon are ever increasing.

Betsy Witthun [|CD Hovercraft] Grades K-6 This video shows how to make a simple homemade hovercraft out of a few simple supplies. This would be a great start into having students then create a larger hovercraft or other similar activity.

This is the website for the “Camp Invention” program, a one week long summer enrichment program that is designed to give students a chance to invent objects, machines, etc. that could be used in the community, and explain how they would be used. On the homepage there is a link titled “Bring Camp to My School” (along the left-hand margin), where one can learn about how to bring this summer program to your own school.
 * Meg Schaaf**
 * [|Camp Invention]**

Grade(s): elementary-middle school (1st-6th)

Katrina Kufrin [|Standard G--Science Applications] grades 4/5 [] This contains a lesson plan about Energy Sources and Uses. This activity has students use Internet resources to investigate and compare alternative sources of energy. The recommended readings and activities in this investigation would be most appropriate for fourth or fifth grade students. However, this site provides ample resources for adapting the lesson to a wide variety of reading levels.


 * Brie Gage**
 * Strand G: Science Applications**
 * [|The Space Place: People and Technology]**
 * Grades: Upper Elementary**

This link is run through NASA and has information on different ways we’re using technology to explore space. You can read and see diagrams about lasers, telescopes, weather satellites, and much more. Some links on the page are better than others, so they would need to be checked before using them with students.


 * Jason Sailing**

Strand G.4.3 Determine what science discoveries have led to changes in technologies that are being used in the workplace by someone employed locally. Grades: 3-8 []
 * Doing DNA**

BioTrek is the science outreach program of the UW Biotechnology Center at UW-Madison. The DNA section offers a variety of activities (including fun videos and helpful analogies to explain DNA) to help teach students about DNA and the bio-technological advances that are happening here in Madison.


 * Kirstin Kiphardt**
 * Title:** Life Eased By Technology
 * Invent A Machine**
 * Description:** This Intel Unit Plan promotes project-based learning by having students explore properties related to technology/machines and provides a platform for students to develop their own machines. Most of the 7 E’s of inquiry are included in this lesson and it encourages higher order thinking skills.
 * Grades:** 3-5

Standard G Teacher Resource [|Technology Corner]
 * Amanda Nemec**

The idea of using technology in the classroom is great, but we don’t always have the time to figure out how to use the tools we have. This link gives teachers ideas how to incorporate more technology.