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Annie Raffa Standard E – Earth and Space Science Title: Earth Science for kids Link: http://www.sciencewithme.com/earth-science/ [|Earth Science for kids] Description: This website has information on global warming, earthquakes, fossil fuesl, volcanoes, planet earth, ecosystems, crystals and the water cycle, Each section contains an explanation of the content and breaks it down with pictures and scaffolded vocabulary. In addition, there are links for songs to go with the information. Grades: K-8 can be modified for older or younger students

Post Standard E Resources here. Each resource will include a title, link to the resource, a short description of the resource, and grade level(s). Katie Kastenson Schmidt **Standard E ** – Earth and Space Science **Title **: NASA – Students **Link **: [] **Description **: This website contains a vast array of resources for students. One of the most notable resources is a picture dictionary for students in kindergarten through fourth grade, which demonstrates concepts that may be abstract in a concrete way. In addition, there are links to virtually anything one may want to know about the solar system. Although the website may be difficult for younger students to navigate independently, it is full of excellent resources. **Grades **: K-8

Tom Barnet Standard E Title: Cosmos 4 Kids Grades 2 - 12 [] This site is related to the Chem 4 Kids site. This site has a lot of information on the universe and all that is in it.It is a great reference for students to research and explore.

Kayte Cunningham Science Standard E - Earth and Space Science "Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears - Hands-On Science and Literacy Activities about Rocks and Minerals" Grades: K-2 and 3-5 Several lessons for the above grade-ranges all set to National Standards. It is necessary to first scroll (or read) through an explanation before finding brief descriptions and links to the various lessons. Lessons are supplemented with a literacy tie-in. [|Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears]

Stephanie Quartana Content Standard Science Standard E - Earth and Space Science “Solar System 101” [|Solar System 101] This video explains how our solar system formed and talks a little about each planet. It is a good introduction to a unit on the solar system because it is brief but informative. Graderange K-5 (depending on how you used it)

Michelle L. Miller **Description:** Christopher Scotese designed //Paleoma Project// for people to see the life history of earth as well as the trend of earth’s climate change. I think this would be a good way for students to investigate, outside a textbook, the appearance of the earth and it’s climate.
 * Standard(s):** E.8.5.
 * Title:** //Paleomap Project//

Paleomap Project Dolores Lease Beaster K-12 [|Office of Space Science Education] Provides in-school support for the Red Rover (Solar System Exploration Program), EarthKAM (students can take pictures from the international space station), Globe (worldwide group of students and scientists studying the earth's environment) classroom implementation, and for schools who wish to implement a Telescope Observation Program.
 * Grade(s):** 5-8


 * __Sarah Kinney__**
 * __Standard E – Earth and Space Science__**

Title: “Is Pluto a Planet?”

Grades: Upper elementary

Description: This link takes you right to an informative page on Pluto, and how the views of what Pluto should be considered (a planet or not) has changed. It describes why this ninth planet was “kicked out” of our family of planets. It also includes some great pictures and diagrams, such as the scaled diagram of the size of Pluto in comparison to the United States. From this link, not only can you find tons of other information on the sun, earth, the solar system, and technology, to name a few, but it also has many games and videos, and an entire section for parents and educators. Furthermore, the government (NASA) created the site so you can count on the information being accurate. And, to make things even better, the entire site is offered in Spanish; ¡qué útil! [|Pluto]

__**Libby Dalbec**__ __**Standard D – Physical Science**__ Title: DragonflyTV – Kids Do Science Grades: Upper Elementary – Upper Middle School Description: DragonflyTV is a YouTube project for science, directed to kids. This link is for a video about earth quakes in California. The video features two teenage girls observing and recording data on the effects of earthquakes in their home state. DragonflyTV is a great resource for kid-friendly science videos.

DragonflyTV

__Pamela Waters__ __Strand E. Earth and Space Science__ [|Web Weather For Kids] Grades 3-5 This homepage link for [|Web Weather For Kids] incudes weather related activities, games and stories. There is a topical page and games for identifying clouds types. The most interesting pages provide a mini-lesson for weather forecasting.

Betsy Witthun [|Rock Hunters Lesson Plan] Grades: K-2

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 * Brie Gage**
 * Strand E: Earth and Space Science**
 * [|Neave Planetarium]**
 * Grades K - 8th**

This link goes to an interactive planetarium, where you can view the current night sky of anywhere on Earth. By pointing at a star or planet, you can find its name, brightness, constellation, and how far away it is in light years or astronomical units. It also shows you the constellations currently visible in the night sky. By changing the viewing date, you can also see the visible constellations and planets for the winter, spring, summer, and fall.

Through this online interactive resource, students can click on various conditions in the solar system to design a planet that would be habitable for humans, plants and animals. Students can also browse other links and information on the website to review habitable living conditions on planet Earth, or they may ideally use this program after learning about the solar system in class. I like how this resource guides students in synthesizing information they have already learned to create their own planet, which would assess their new knowledge/learning about planets and the solar system.
 * Meg Schaaf**
 * [|Nasa Quest “Astro-Venture”: Design a Planet]**

Grade(s): middle school (6th-8th), although the website cites that it can be used as a K-12 classroom resource guide—there is a lot of info and a variety of interactive programs here.

Katrina Kufrin

[|Standard E--Earth and Space Science] grades K-5 [] Basic information about Chemistry that is written so that everyone can understand the material. The website contains information on [|matter], [|atoms] , [|elements] , the [|periodic table] , [|reactions] , and [|more!].


 * Jason Sailing**

Strand E.4.2 Show that earth materials have different physical and chemical properties, including the properties of soils found in Wisconsin Grades: 2-8 [] []
 * Doctor Dirt and Dirt Pudding**

The Dr. Dirt website offers a wide range of resources about soil. How soil functions, why its important to study soil, what soil scientists do, etc. The dirt pudding activity is a fun way to discover the different properties of soils.

Materials Field Trip to Space Place at UW
 * Kirstin Kiphardt**
 * Title:** Smithsonian Institution - Sizing up the Universe
 * Virtual interaction**
 * PDF Lesson plan**
 * Description:** The Smithsonian Institution has some fantastic science lessons and unit plans that may be used for all grade levels. The Sizing Up the Universe unit has several lessons and activities that could pique the interests of several multi-intelligences. The virtual lesson activity compares sizes of planets, galaxies, etc. to everyday objects such as beach balls while comparing relative distances to the student’s home.
 * Grade Level:** although this is an introduction to the universe, it looks as though it may be more appropriate for older elementary to middle school students. It could easily be modified for younger grade levels, though.
 * Another Option:**
 * Description:** this UW program is a great field trip option for students of all ages. The Space Place has several exhibitions that focus on scientific concepts.

Standard E K-12 [|Solar Systems] This website gives you hands on projects for teaching about the solar system. Here are just some of the topics covered: introduction to solar system, gravity and rockets, and the moon. I also liked that this website gives great background knowledge for teachers and reasons why you should teach topic.
 * Amanda Nemec**