Fri, Oct 21, 2016 1:24 PM in A whale is not a fish
I've found that Discovery Education has some pretty handy free lesson plans. Just keep in mind that not all of their lesson plans are free. I did manage to find this: http://www.discoveryeducation.com/teachers/free-lesson-plans/whats-a-mammal.cfm
Hopefully you find this helpful. I particularly like the idea of having students guess what animals they think are mammals. This would ideally help ge...
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Fri, Oct 14, 2016 9:39 PM in The sun simply rises upwards in the morning then sets downward at night.
Hi Brianna, I'm not completely sure I understand what you're asking here.
If you don't understand the misconception, I think students can get into the thinking that the sun is moving around the earth, which kind of makes sense without knowing the positions of other objects in space.
I did a quick search and found this website:
http://beyondpenguins.ehe.osu.edu/issue/polar-patterns-day-n......
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Sat, Oct 08, 2016 10:08 PM in Rocks and Minerals For an Advanced Class
After a fairly quick search, I found this website: https://ees.as.uky.edu/sites/default/files/elearning/module05swf.swf
It's a little animation that explains the different types of rock formation. One thing to consider for the class is splitting students into groups to study a tab of the animation, and then present back to the rest of the class. I'm not sure how in-depth you have already gone, ...
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