Standard+F+Life+and+Environmental+Science

Post Standard F 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 F – Life and Environmental Sciences Title: Mr. Wizard’s 400 Experiments in Science Link: [|www.arvindguptatoys.com/arvindgupta/400wizard.pdf] Description: This PDF is an online book that contains 400 of Mr. Wizard’s experiments. In addition to containing experiments with directions and pictures, the book also talks about teaching students how to become experimenters, how to record their observations and how important it is to keep asking questions. Pages 2-5 of this book focus on the importance of plants and has lots of experiments students can use to learn more about plants. Grades: K-8 can be modified for older or younger students


 * Annie Raffa**
 * Standard F –** Life and Environmental Sciences
 * Title**: Sci 4 Kids
 * Link: []**
 * Description:** This website looks at agricultural science for kids. The site has links for teacher resources, activities and experiment ideas. This site also has a link where students can learn about fun careers in science. There is also a link that talks about the idea of a science fair and project ideas
 * Grades**: K-8 can be modified for older or younger students

Annie Raffa Standard F–-Life and Environmental Science Title: Insect Ambassadors Link: [] Description: This website has links to classroom activates, worksheets, books about insects, websites for kids, and ideas for creating an insect collection. One experiment that I thought would be fun for kids focuses on raising caterpillars in the classroom. Grades: K-8 can be modified for older or younger students

Katie Kastenson Schmidt **Standard F **– Life and Environmental Science **Title **: Devil’s Lake School Trips **Link **: [] **Description **: The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources offers programs at several locations for students at a modest cost. Many of these programs meet the requirements for several state standards. A description of each program and the standards that it covers are listed on this website. This link is for Devil’s Lake specifically, but there are several other state parks that also offer programs (http://dnr.wi.gov/org/land/parks/interp/school/). **Grades **: K-8, depending on the program

Tom Barnet Standard F Title: Kids Biology Grades 2 - 6 [] This site has games related to life sciences concepts. Each game is set up through Miamiopia and allows students to track their progress.

Kayte Cunningham Science Standard F - Life and Environmental Science "Monterey Bay Aquarium - Podcasts, Videos and Webcams" This entire site is awesome, and any trip to California really should include a day at this fantastic place. That being said - between 7AM - 7PM PST they show live webcams of the sea otters, underwater kelp, wading birds and more. From this page you may click over to "Fun and Learning" where you will find a rich array of classroom resources and lesson plans such as "Comparing Sea Otters and Seals". PreK-5 (mostly) [|Monterey Bay Aquarium]

Stephanie Quartana Content Standard Science Standard F - Life and Environmental Science “Sesame Street: Mrs. Obama Plants Garden” [|Sesame Street: Mrs. Obama Plants Garden] This is a Sesame Street video about planting seeds to grow vegetables. They talk a little about the seeds needing sun, soil, and water so it could be a good introduction to a unit on the life cycle of plants. Grade range K-1

Michelle L. Miller **Description:** The //Life Cycle of a Plant// YouTube video is a student-made demonstration and illustration of how plants go through different life stages and survive to produce other plants. It also explains some key vocabulary terms and processes associated with the plant life cycle throughout the video. I think this would be an excellent introduction or engagement strategy for learning about life cycles of organisms and students could create something similar to this example about other plant organisms or animal organisms.
 * Standard(s):** F.4.3. & C.4.1.
 * Title:** //Life Cycle of a Plant//

Life Cycle of a Plant Dolores Lease Beaster Grades K-6 [|Earth Alive] Aldo Leopold Nature Center has an Earth Alive Program that gets students involved in the study of Phenology: the study of the correlation of natural events to times of the year or weather. You can link to this site to learn about Phenology, print out observation forms, or link to other Nature Net Sites around the state.
 * Grade(s):** 3-5

__**Libby Dalbec**__ __**Standard F – Life and Environmental Science**__ Title: Crickweb – Plant Life Cycles Grades: Mid-Upper Elementary Description: Crick web has many interactive activities for kids, this link has three drag and drop activities including life cycle, flower anatomy, and seed dispersal diagrams. When students complete the diagram, they can check their accuracy. (scroll down to Life Cycles) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: ArialMT,sans-serif;">[|CrickWeb]

Title: “Bill Nye the Science Guy – Food Web Edition” Grades: 2-5 Description: In the food web episode, Bill Nye the Science Guy explores how all living things depend on other living things, and he explains decomposers and photosynthesis. In this fun, engaging, and short clip, Bill Nye does a few experiments such as seed comparisons and the need for the sun’s light for growth. [|Bill Nye - Food Chain]
 * __Sarah Kinney__**
 * __Standard F – Life and Environmental Science__**

__Pamela Waters__ __Strand F. Life and Environmental Science__ Grades K-6 [|Loon Summer] This is a link to the Linkcat Library entry for a unique photographic record of a family of loons living on a Wisconsin Lake. This book is a great resource for Wisconsin flora and fauna. A true story of two adult loon’s quest to provide a safe environment for their offspring keeps your attention with all the elements of a good suspense story. The loons nest on a man-made island designed to encourage loon mating.

Betsy Witthun [|Virtual Owl Pellet Dissection] Grades 4-5

This site gives explanations of bird pellets, why they are important, how they form and what’s inside. A virtual pellet dissection is available for several species of owls. The virtual dissection also includes questions to answer by interpreting the data of the dissection.

This online interactive resource is similar to “Cells Alive!”, and guides students through a series of animation in which they can click on (and manipulate) parts of a cell to learn how to pronounce the part names, learn about their functions and gain an understanding about how all the parts of the cell interact to sustain an equilibrium in our bodies and life itself.
 * Meg Schaaf **
 * [|The Virtual Cell Tour] **

Grade(s): upper elementary-middle school (5th-8th)

Katrina Kufrin [|Standard F--Life and Environmental Science] grade 5 [] Listing of several Life science topics that include facts and notes about Cell Structure and Function, Interactions Between Living Things and Their Environment, Food Production and Energy for Life, Heredity and Reproduction, Diversity and Adaptation Among Living Things, and many more topics


 * Brie Gage**
 * Strand F: Life and Environmental Science**
 * [|National Geographic for Kids: Animals and Pets - Creature Feature]**
 * Grades: K – 5th**

This link is run through National Geographic for Kids. You can search for animals by looking through an alphabetical list (which also shows a picture of the animal), clicking on a category, or by clicking on a habitat. When you click on an animal, you get a lot of information about the animal, as well as pictures, video clips of the animal, and a map of where the animal can be found. Some of the vocabulary could be tough for younger elementary students, but they would still be able to enjoy the pictures and video clips.


 * Jason Sailing**

F.4.1 Discover* how each organism meets its basic needs for water, nutrients, protection, and energy* in order to survive F.4.2 Investigate* how organisms, especially plants, respond to both internal cues (the need for water) and external cues (changes in the environment) Grades: K-8 [|http://www.learner.org/jnorth/] (teacher resources here - [])
 * Journey North**

The Journey North website offers loads of information, visual resources, and activities to aid in teaching the roles that migration plays in different animal species. I would use the site in many ways to help students explore how migration helps different animals meet their survival needs.

**Amanda Nemec** Standard F K-4 LifeCyles-nth Fusion [|nth Fusion-Life Cycles] This is an app that I have on my I-Pad for students to explore life cycles. It shows students that a life cycle is a period involving different stages of a species from birth through reproduction. This website gives you a description of the different uses of this app.

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 * Kirstin Kiphardt**
 * Title:** Zebras’ stripes – camouflage?!?
 * Resource:** How much does the Earth weigh by Brain, Marshall<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">
 * Description:** This book is filled with curious questions and answers to the questions. Pages 24-25 discuss the how Zebras’ patterned stripes act as a form of camouflage. Although humans can decipher that the stripes are black and white, lions are color-blind so are not influence by the shading. This could be a great way to introduce and exploration of how animals adapt to their environment.
 * More Options:** field trip to Henry Vilas Zoo
 * Grades:** Elementary