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RESOURCES TO SUPPORT LEARNING:GRADE 6 SCIENCE

Grade 6: Diversity of Living Things

6-1-01

Use appropriate vocabulary related to their investigations of the diversity of living things.

Include: classification system, classification key, paleontologist, terms related to names of kingdoms and types of vertebrates and invertebrates

WEB SITES

Site Name: PBS Kratt's Creatures

URL: http://www.pbs.org/kratts/index.shtml

Details: Click on "Creature World" to explore the world of animals.

Site Name: Animals of The World

URL: http://www.kidscom.com/orakc/Games/Animalgame/index.html

Details: Select a category and you will find an assortment of learning games.

Site Name: Animal Planet

URL: http://animal.discovery.com/cams/cams.html

Details: Live animal cams - The animal cams are separated in easy to follow categories.

Site Name: Tree of Life

URL: http://tolweb.org/tree/home.pages/popular.html

Details: The Tree of Life is authored by various research biologists and shows the classification and grouping of organisms and animals. Some sections include pictures of the animals.

Site Name: Photoworld

URL: http://zoltantakacs.com/zt/pw/in/index.shtml

Details: Excellent images of animals, although not much information.

Site Name: Trivia Animal

URL: http://parcsafari.qc.ca/english/triviae.htm

Details: Scroll down to select an easy, difficult, or very difficult level of animal questions.

Site Name: CSU Entomology Pages

URL: http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/Entomology/ent.html

Details: This is one of the most comprehensive entomology portals on the www. It includes a long list of insect sites (mostly from universities) as well as image and video links.

Site Name: Really Wild Animals

URL: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/rwa/

Details: This is a fun and interactive activity that tests your knowledge on animals.

MEDIA CENTRE RESOURCES

596 Animal classification / Schlessinger Media ; written by Dan Josephson,

Ani Phil Reeder, Jim Walker. Wynnewood, PA : Library Video Company, 2000.

574.012 How living things are classified United Learning.

574.5 Classification of living things TMW ; director, "Mo" Fitzgibbon

Cla ; executive producer, Leonard Bendell.

574.012 Classification The order of things / Children's Television

6-1-02

Describe various kinds of classification systems used in everyday life, and identify related advantages and disadvantages.

Examples: organization of phone numbers in a phone book, books in a library,

groceries in a supermarket

WEB SITES

Site Name: Do We Really Know Dewey?

URL: http://www.columbia.k12.mo.us/dre/dewey/

Details: By clicking on the book icons students can learn about Melvil Dewey, the classification of fiction and nonfiction, and how books are arranged in the library.

Site Name: Dewey Decimal System

URL: http://www.monroe.lib.in.us/childrens/ddctable.html

Details: Learn about each of the categories of books, types of books that belong there, and how to use this system.

Site Name: Do the Dewey

URL: http://www.thrall.org/dewey/

Details: A site that provides the Dewey Decimal divisions, a background of Melvil Dewey, and an interactive page for students to test their DDC knowledge.

MEDIA CENTRE RESOURCES

025.4 The Sharp Wits in : the lure of the library / Media Inc. ;

Sha writer, Lisa Patten. [Media, PA] : Media Inc., 2001.

6-1-03

Develop a system to classify common objects or living things into groups and subgroups, and explain the reasoning used in the system's development.

MEDIA CENTRE RESOURCES

570 Life around us Discover Magazine.

6-1-04

Identify living things using an existing classification key, and explain the rationale used

Examples: identification of birds, butterflies, animal tracks, winter twigs

WEB SITES

Site Name: Animal Classifications

URL: http://www.quia.com/cm/1130.html

Details: An interactive game in which players have to classify the animals.

6-1-05

Identify advantages and disadvantages of having a common classification system for living things, and recognize that the system changes as new evidence comes to light.

6-1-06

Identify the five kingdoms commonly used for the classification of living things, and provide examples of organisms from each to illustrate the diversity of living things.

Include: monerans, protists, fungi, plants, animals

BOOKS

Beauty and the Beast (poetry) - Prelutsky

WEB SITES

Site Name: Classification of Living Things

URL: http://anthro.palomar.edu/animal/table_kingdoms.htm

Details: Lists kingdoms of living things in the linnaean classification system

6-1-07

Recognize that many living things are difficult to see with the unaided eye, and observe and describe some examples.

BOOKS

Out of Sight:Pictures of Hidden Worlds - Simon
Yuck:A Big Book of Little Horrors -Snedden

WEB SITES

Site Name: Images

URL: http://www.mos.org/sln/sem/sem.html

Details: Small things, animals included, seen through a scanning electron microscope

MEDIA CENTRE RESOURCES

502.82 Smaller than the eye can see Insights Visual Prod., Inc.

578 World within worlds National Geographic.

579 Microorganisms series Viruses and monerans/

Mic Mississauga, ON: Visual Learn Co, 2001.

579.2 Viruses / Stone House Productions, Schlessinger Media a

Vir division of Library Video Company ; writer, Kate Youngdahl.

Wynnewood, PA : Schlessinger Media, 2000.

576 The secret life of 118 Green Street Written and produced by

Sec Alex Gregory.Stamford, CT: Capital Cities/ABC Video Publishing

593.1 Living things in a drop of water EBE.

578 World within worlds National Geographic.

6-1-08

Observe and describe the diversity of living things within the local environment.

MEDIA CENTRE

333.95 Plant biodiversity / Schlessinger Media a division of

Pla Library Video Company ; writer, Kate Youngdahl.

Wynnewood, PA : Schlessinger Media, 2000.

333.95 Exploring the diversity of life Environmental Media Corp.

363.72 Biodiversity / Garbage Disney Educational Productions.

WEB SITES

Site Name: Nature North

URL: http://www.naturenorth.com/

Details: Manitoba's online nature magazine that celebrates the biodiversity of this province.

Site Name: Manitoba Forestry Association: Web Suggestions

URL: http://www.mbforestryassoc.ca/links.htm

Details: A list of Manitoba organizations such as Oak Hammock Marsh and Fort Whyte

6-1-09

Recognize that the animal kingdom is divided into two groups, vertebrates and invertebrates, and differentiate between the two.

Include: vertebrates have backbones, invertebrates do not

WEB SITES

Site Name: Vertebrate Hotlist

URL: http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/hotlists/animals.html

Details: Huge alphabetized list of web sites that feature vertebrates from http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/hotlists/

6-1-10

Provide examples of a variety of invertebrates to illustrate their diversity.

Include: sponges, worms, mollusks, arthropods

BOOKS

Butterfly Count - Collard

WEB SITES

Site Name: Invertebrates: Mollusks

URL: http://mbgnet.mobot.org/salt/oceans/index.htm

Details: Learn about the different types of mollusks and other marine invertebrates. Click on the links at the left under "Invertebrates."

MEDIA CENTRE RESOURCES

591.77 Marine & other invertebrates / Schlessinger Media, written by

597.8 Amphibians / Invertebrates Disney Educational Productions.

592 The evidence for evolution /Invertebrates

KIT

595.7 Insects are amazing National Geographic Society.

KIT

592 The structure of animals series Part I invertebrates / National

6-1-11

Compare and contrast adaptations of common arthropods, and describe how these

adaptations enable them to live in particular habitats.

Include: crustacean, insect

BOOKS

James and the Giant Peach - Dahl

WEB SITES

Site Name: Alien Empire Home

URL: http://www.wnet.org/nature/alienempire/index.html

Details: This special multimedia Web companion will take you into the fascinating world of insects. There are graphics, sound and animation, enhanced video, and activities for kids. Click on a topic to enter.

6-1-12

Classify vertebrates as fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals, and provide examples to illustrate the diversity within each group.

BOOKS

Silverwing - Oppel
They Call Me Woolly: What Animal Names Can Tell Us – DuQuette

WEB SITES

Site Name: Vertebrates: Morphology

URL: http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/vertebrates/vertmm.html

Details: An answer to the question: what makes a vertebrate a vertebrate.

Site Name: Classifying Critters

URL: http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/critters/critters.html

Details: Can you classify the animals based on the things they have in common? This is a short game that covers the different classes of vertebrates.

6-1-13

Compare and contrast the adaptations of closely related vertebrates living in different habitats, and suggest reasons that explain these adaptations.

BOOKS

The Fire Bug Connection: an Ecological Mystery - George

WEB SITES

Site Name: Animals

URL: http://www.assd3.org/schools/bl/animals

Details: A Beaverlodge School web site with links to numerous good online resources about animals. Includes links to fun games and sites such as the Frog Tracker that offers a neat way to learn about the sounds of frogs.

Site name: Canadian Wildlife Service: Kids' Zone

URL: http://www.cws-scf.ec.gc.ca/kids/index_e.cfm

Details: Games and useful links for school projects. Each fact sheet describes the appearance, life history, and habits of a Canadian bird or mammal or else discusses a wildlife-related topic.

Site Name: Butterflies North and South

URL: http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Butterflies

Details: A well-designed site that covers many aspects of butterflies including butterfly species, butterfly gardens, a glossary, and an educational game on metamorphosis.

Site Name: All About Birds

URL: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/birds/

Details: Sites contains lots of information about birds, which are classified as vertebrates.

Site Name: Bug Bios: Entophiles

URL: http://www.bugbios.com/entophiles/index.html

Details: A good guide to insect species including images and natural history information.

Site Name: InsectSafari: Name That Insect!

URL: http://www.insectsafari.com/game/

Details: Can you identify the insects in this interactive game?

Site Name: Seaworld

URL: http://www.seaworld.org/infobook.html

Details: Seaworld's Animal Resources contains fact sheets and photos of many different marine fish, mammals, and some invertebrates.

Site Name: Cloud Forest: Name That Insect!

URL: http://www.cloudforestalive.org/lab/insect.f1ml

Details: Try to identify this week's insect. Check out the archives of insects from Central America.

Site Name: Ocean Oasis

URL: http://www.oceanoasis.org/fieldguide/index.html

Details: View pictures and read information about many marine invertebrates along with other marine animals and plants.

MEDIA CENTRE RESOURCES

574.526325 Davis, Darlene.

Dav The Sixth Street wetlands detectives : Teacher's Guide / written by

574.52638 Boreham, Brenda.

Bor The Central School seashore detectives : Teacher's Guide / written by Brenda Boreham...[et al.] ; edited by Diana Mumford; illustrated by Judith Rackman. Gabriola, B.C. : Pacific Edge Pub., ©1997. [BINDER]

574.52643 Boreham, Brenda.

Bor The Gibson Park grassland detectives : Teacher's Guide / written by

574.52642 Boreham, Brenda.

Bor The Cedar Club forest detectives : Teacher's Guide / written by Brenda Boreham...[et al.] ; illustrated by Judith Rackman.

574.5 Ecosystems and Biomes Mazzarella Communications.

Eco Pleasantville, NY : Mazzarella Communications ; 2001.

574.5 Habitats Mazzarella Communications.

574.5 Rainforest animals / a co-production of Dorling Kindersley

574.5 Rainforest for children Plants of the rainforest / Executive

574.5 Rainforest for children Animals of the rainforest / Executive

574.52642 Vanishing forests Scott Resources Inc.

574.5 Jungle co-produced by BBC Wildvision, BBC Lionheart Televison,

Jun and Dorling Kindersley Vision in association with Oregon Public Broadcasting. New York :

574.92 Ocean environments The 3-D sea / Children's Television Workshop.

574.526322 Reflections on a prairie slough Waterhen Film Productions.

574 What is life? writer, producer, director, Joseph Sitko.

KIT

574.52638 Life at the Seashore [Booklets]

KIT

574.526322 Life in a Pond [Booklets]

6-1-14

Identify, based on evidence gathered by paleontologists, similarities and differences in animals living today and those that lived in the past.

Examples: archaeopteryx and modern birds

BOOKS

Search for the Origin of Birds -Witmer
Anthropologist - Batten
How Do We Know the Dinosaurs Existed -Benton
The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins: An Illuminating History of Mr. Waterhouse Hawkins, Artist and Lecturer - Kerley
The Magic School Bus in the Time of the Dinosaurs - Cole
Fossil Fish Found Alive: Discovering the Coelacanth. - Walker
Secrets from the Rocks: Dinosaur Hunting with Roy Chapman Andrews - Marrin.
SuperCroc and the Origin of Crocodiles - Sloan.

WEB SITES

Site Name: Gander Academy: Dinosaurs

URL: http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/dinosaur.htm

Details: Sites to information about dinosaurs, including the relationship of dinosaurs and birds

Site Name: Worldwide Museum of Natural History

URL: http://www.wmnh.com/wmhome.htm

Details: This site links pages from different museums. The pages focus on fossilized vertebrates and invertebrates. Look at the images and read how vertebrate skeletons are prepared for display.

Site Name: DMNS: Follow a Fossil

URL: http://www.dmns.org/denverbasin2/fossil/

Details: Learn how paleontologists search for invertebrates or vertebrates. Site also contains information about fossil plants

Site Name: PBS: Curse of T-Rex

URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/trex/

Details: Explore this site to learn more about fossils and dinosaurs.

Site Name: BrainPOP: Fossils

URL: http://www.brainpop.com/science/plantsandanimals/fossils/

Details: Watch the movie about fossils and try the quiz.

Site Name: National Geographic: Dino Eggs

URL: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/dinoeggs/

Site Name: Invertebrate Fossils

URL: http://library.thinkquest.org/J002743/5kcminvert.html

Details: Four examples of invertebrate fossils with descriptions about how they were formed and from what time period the animals came.

MEDIA CENTRE RESOURCES

560 Fossils / Erosion A Disney Educational Production.

560 Fossils and dinosaurs Mazzarella Communications.

567.9 Dig those dinos! Discovery Channel Video.

567.9 Dueling Dinos! Discovery Channel Video.

567.9 Dinosaurs

VR Discovering great minds of science: Paleontology [Videorecord] How and where the dinosaurs lived, and how and why they died /

567.9 Dinosaurs / Reptiles Disney Educational Productions.

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6-1-15

Identify and describe the contributions of scientists and naturalists who have increased our understanding of the diversity of living things.

BOOKS

Girls Who Looked Under Rocks : The Lives of Six Pioneering Naturalists - Atkins
Once A Wolf: How Wildlife Biologists Fought to Bring Back the Gray Wolf - Swinburne
Symphony of Whales - Schuch
Night of the Pufflings - McMillan
Year of the Panda - Sclein
Four Against the Odds - Krensky
My Side of the Mountain - George
The Bug Scientists (Scientists in the Field series) - Jackson

WEB SITES

Site Name: The Linnean Society

URL: http://www.linnean.org/html/history/linnaeus_biography.htm

Details: Features Carl Linnaeus. The father of modern plant and animal classification (1707-1778)

Site Name: Scientist Profiles; Jane Goodall

URL:http://www.sciencetrek.net/goodall.htm and http://www.sciencetrek.net/canscience.htm

Details: Jane Goodall is the world's authority on chimpanzees.

Site Name: Scientist Profiles: Antony van Leeuwenhoek

URL:http://www.sciencetrek.net/vanLeeuwenhoek.htm and http://www.sciencetrek.net/canscience.htm

Details: Antony van Leeuwenhoek developed the first microscope

Site Name: Ducks Unlimited - Ask a Biologist

URL: http://www.ducks.ca/edu/

Description : Post a message to a wildlife biologist at Ducks Unlimited

Site Name: Science.ca

URL: http://www.science.ca/

Details: Includes personal interviews with well known Canadian scientists

Site Name: CBC Quirks and Quarks: Disappearing Sea Lions

URL: http://cbc4kids.cbc.ca/general/the-lab/big-bang/98-06-23/default.html

Details: Audio interview with scientists who are trying to find out why sea lions are disappearing. "If you don’t mind gross stuff, listen to Dr. Andrew Trites explain how it’s done."

Grade 6: Flight

6-2-01

Use appropriate vocabulary related to their investigations of flight.

Include: fluid, pressure, lift, gravity, thrust, drag, Bernoulli's Principle, propulsion, unbalanced forces

WEB SITES

Site Name: Gander Academy: Science of Flight

URL: http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/flightsc.htm

Details: An excellent starting place on the topic. This Canadian site provides a directory of other good sites that will be useful in the study of flight.

MEDIA CENTRE RESOURCES

521.1 Gravity: a broadened view

Gra Physics Curriculum & Instruction n.d.

530 Bill Nye, the science guy Physical science II / Magic Lantern

Phy Communications, Ltd.

6-2-02

Describe properties of fluids using air and water as examples, and identify manifestations of these properties in daily life.

Include: air and water flow and exert pressure; objects can flow through air and water; warm air and water rise

WEB SITES

Site Name: Atom’s Family – Phases of Matter

URL: http://www.miamisci.org/af/sln/phases/

Details: An interactive site. Observe how the element or molecule changes phases at different temperatures in the chamber. What happens to the elements or molecules as the temperature changes?

Site Name: Matter Lesson Plans and Activities: Georgia

URL: http://www.glc.k12.ga.us/trc/cluster.asp?mode=browse&intPathID=3969

Details: Numerous links to good resources about the properties of matter.

MEDIA CENTRE RESOURCES

533 Air is matter. Air is there / Children's Television Workshop (GPN).

532.02 Pressure / Buoyancy Disney Educational Productions.

533 What is air pressure? Films for the Humanities and Sciences.

6-2-03

Identify adaptations that enable living things to propel themselves through air, water, or to be transported by the wind.

Examples the streamlined shape of dolphins and barn swallows, the helicopter like motion of the winged fruit of maple trees, the parachute shaped fruit of dandelions

BOOKS

Sunwing - Oppel
Silverwing - Oppel
Firewing – Oppel

WEB SITES

Site Name: CBC Quirks and Quarks: Learning to Fly

URL: http://cbc4kids.cbc.ca/general/the-lab/big-bang/article3.html

6-2-04

Recognize that in order for devices or living things to fly they must have sufficient lift to overcome the downward force of gravity, and that the force of gravity increases as mass increases.

BOOKS

The Wings of Darkness and Other Cases: Einstein Anderson - Simon
Magic School Bus Taking Flight : A Book About - Herman

MEDIA CENTRE RESOURCES

551.5 Atmosphere / Flight Disney Educational Productions.

629.13 Klimack, Melissa. AP : Flight; developers, Melissa Klimack, Val

629.13 Flight / Schlessinger Media ; written by Tarquin Cardona.

629.13 Aer Aeronautics : an educator's guide with activities in science, mathematics, and technology education /

6205

Describe how" lighter than air flying devices" are able to achieve lift

Include: hot air balloons, helium balloons

BOOKS

Around the World in 80 Days - Verne

WEB SITES

Site Name: Spirit of Freedom

URL: http://www.spiritoffreedom.com/

Details: Read about the first solo balloon flight around the world at this official site.

Site Name: NOVA Online - Balloon Race Around the World

URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/balloon/

Detail: The science of hot-air ballooning.

MEDIA CENTRE RESOURCES

914.4 Great French Balloon Adventure Air France.

6-2-06

Test models of aircraft to observe Bernoulli's Principle.

Include: the shape of a wing affects the speed of airflow, creating lift in a "heavier-than-air flying device"

WEB SITES

Site Name: Bernoulli by Kids

URL:http://littleshop.physics.colostate.edu/Everyday%20Science/Videos/Pressure/bernoulli/bernoulli.html

Details: Quick time movie demonstration of Bernoulli’s Principle

6-2-07

Explain how Bernoulli's Principle is applied in a device other than an aircraft. Examples: paint sprayer, perfume mister

6-2-08

Provide examples of design features or adaptations that enhance or reduce drag, and explain how they work.

Examples: to increase drag when landing aircraft; birds tuck their wings to decrease drag when diving

6-2-09

Provide examples of design features or adaptations that enhance or reduce drag, and explain how they work. Examples: pilots use flaps to increase drag when landing aircraft; birds tuck their wings to decrease drag when diving

MEDIA CENTRE RESOURCES

629.13 Flying free Written, produced and directed by, Graham Chedd,

Fly Andrew Leibman, David Huntley, Jill Singer, John Angier.

629.13092 I wanna be a jet pilot Greg James Productions/Pool & Crew

6-2-10

Identify and diagram the four forces that act on living things or devices that fly through the air. Include: lift, gravity, thrust, drag

WEB SITES

Site Name: Flight Facts

URL: http://www.idahoptv.org/dialogue4kids/season4/flight/facts.html

Details: Colourful page with diagrams and explanations of the 4 aerodynamic forces

MEDIA CENTRE RESOURCES

531 Forces / Schlessinger Media ; written by Tarquin Cardona.

6-2-11

Compare a variety of propulsion methods that are used to produce thrust in animals and flying devices. Examples: rockets for spacecraft, propellers, or jet engines for aircrafts, wings for flying animals

WEB SITES

Site Name: Flapping Wing

URL: http://www.nurseminerva.co.uk/adapt/flap1.htm

Details: Diagrams and images along with explanations of a variety of adaptations that allow animals to fly.

MEDIA CENTRE RESOURCES

388 Of wheels and wings Discover Magazine.

6-2-12

Describe how unbalanced forces are used to steer aircraft and spacecraft.

WEB SITES:

Site Name: Educate the Children

URL: http://www.educate.org.uk/teacher_zone/classroom/science/unit6e.htm

Details: Lesson plans with worksheets and useful pdf files to support understanding of forces

6-2-13

Explain why the design of aircraft and spacecraft differ.

6-2-14

Identify milestones in the history of air travel and describe their impacts on daily life.

BOOKS

Taking Flight - Van Meter
Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk - Sobol
Lost Star - Lauber
To Fly: The Story of the Wright Brothers - Old

WEB SITES

Site Name: Centennial of Flight

URL: http://www.centennialofflight.gov/user/kids.htm

Details: Students of all ages will be able to examine how our world has changed as a result of the Wright Brothers' first powered flight on December 17, 1903.

MEDIA CENTRE RESOURCES

629.1309 The Wright brothers / Schlessinger Media, a division of Library

Wri Video Company ; writer Donald M. Cooper.

629.132 The History of flight

His Whittier, Calif. : Finley Holiday Films, (c)ND.

133. Flying machines Smithsonian Institution; producer/director: Janelle

6-2-15

Use the design process to construct a prototype that can fly and meet specific performance criteria. Examples: a glider that can loop; a hot air balloon that can stay aloft for a given time

Grade 6: Electricity

Site Name: Super Sparker

URL: http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/sparker.html

Details: Try this simple experiment and make your own lightning.

Site Name: Frankenstein's Lightning Laboratory

URL: http://www.miamisci.org/af/sln/frankenstein/

Details: This site has different activities on electricity.

Site Name: Theater of Electricity

URL: http://www.mos.org/sln/toe/toe.html

Details: This site about electricity includes video clips of lightning striking a kite and more.

Site Name: Canada Science and Technology Museum: Electricity Background

URL: http://www.science-tech.nmstc.ca/english/schoolzone/Info_Electricity.cfm

Details: Facts and answers to some commonly asked questions about electricity.

Site Name: Brainpop: Electricity

URL: http://www.brainpop.com/science/electricity/

Details: Watch animated movies about electricity, static electricity, and batteries. NOTE: The site limits you to viewing two movies a day on the same computer.

Site Name: Times for Kids

URL: http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/specials/story/0,6079,57367,00.html

Details: Read the article and click on the link to the energy glossary.

Site Name: Science for Kids

URL: http://www.mhschool.com/student/science/mhscience/5/review/summary/5-5-10-7.html

Details: Learn about energy resources and take an online quiz.

Site Name: BrainPop: Energy & Heat

URL: http://www.brainpop.com/science/energyandheat/

Details: Watch the movies and take the quizzes on these types of energy.

MEDIA CENTRE RESOURCES

507 Lawson, Jennifer, et al.

Law Hands on science: Level six / Jennifer Lawson, et al.

621.8 All about simple machines / Schlessinger Media ; written by

All Tarquin Cardona and Paul Kramer.

537 Campbell, Steve, et al.

500 Asselstine, Les.

Ass Science everywhere 6 : Student book / Les Asselstine & Rod Peturson.

500 Asselstine, Les.

6-3-01

Use appropriate vocabulary related to their investigations of electricity.

Include: positive charge, negative charge, current electricity, static electricity, electrical circuit, insulator, conductor, switch, series circuit, parallel circuit, ,electromagnet, magnetic field, motor, generator, transformation, electrical energy, renewable, non-renewable, energy consumption

MEDIA CENTRE RESOURCES

537 All about electricity / Schlessinger Media ; written by Tarquin

All Cardona and Paul Kramer.

537 Electricity how it works / Classroom Video ; writer, John Davis.

537 Getting to know electricity 100% Educational Videos.

530 Bill Nye, the science guy Physical science I / Magic Lantern

Phy Communications, Ltd.

6-3-02

Explain the attraction and repulsion of electrostatically charged materials.

Include: negatively and positively charged materials attract one another; materials of like charge repel one another

BOOKS

The Magic School Bus and the Electric Field Trip - Cole

WEB SITES

Site Name: Atoms Family

URL: http://www.miamisci.org/af/sln/

Details: This is a fun, interactive site about energy. The online activities are organized by grade level.

Site Name: Beaverlodge : Magnets

URL: http://www.assd3.org/schools/bl/magnets/

Details: Includes links to good resources on magnetism. The site is best for Early Years students.

6-3-03

Explain current electricity, and compare the characteristics of current and static electricity, by using a model.

WEB SITES

Site Name: AC/DC: What's the difference

URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/edison/sfeature/acdc.html

Details: This animated feature demonstrates the difference between alternating and direct currents. The site also features a gallery of photographs of Thomas Edison and samples of his recordings.

MEDIA CENTRE RESOURCES

537 Electrical current / Light optics Disney Educational Products.

537 Current Electricity Visual Learning Company.

537 Learning about electric current EBE.

6-3-04

Identify dangers associated with static and current electricity, and demonstrate and describe appropriate safety precautions.

WEB SITES

Site Name: Electric Safety For Kids

URL: http://www.srpnet.com/safety/kids/electricsafety.asp?

Details: Articles and online games for learning electrical safety.

Site Name: Lightning Safety For Kids

URL: http://www.azstarnet.com/~anubis/sabintro.htm

Details: Find out what it feels like to be "shocked" and how you can stay safe. Click on "Lightning Safety for Kids" at the bottom to learn more.

Site Name: Lightning Safety and Statistics

URL: http://www.lightningsafety.com/nlsi_lls/stats2.html

Details: Find out how serious lightning really is. Compare the number of deaths caused by lightning to those caused by tornadoes and hurricanes.

Site Name: Electrical Safety World

URL: http://safety.sierrapacific.com/

Details: An excellent interactive site for kids. Includes activities such as a "Home Safety Audit" and online games like "Shocker Blocker." Includes a safety certificate to present to students.

Site Name: Electrical Safety

URL: http://www.ou.edu/oupd/kidsafe/elec.htm

Details: Click the arrow to read about being safe when it comes to electricity.

Site Name: Professor B's Thunderstorm and Lightning Secrets

URL: http://www.fema.gov/kids/profbsec1.htm

Details: Take this short online quiz to learn how to stay safe during a lightning storm.

Site Name: Safety Month Brochure

URL: http://www.nesf.org/home/safetyad.pdf

Details: Print out this PDF to promote Electrical Safety Month in May.

Site Name: Education and Safety: Just for Kids

URL: http://www.bge.com/cmp/CDA/subsection/0,1566,35,00.html

Details: Read about powerlines and more in "What is this thing?" "Power Games" and "Play it cool" have games on electrical safety for kids.

Site Name: Electrical Safety

URL: http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0211500/electricity.html

Details: This ThinkQuest has good steps to follow to stay safe from electricity. Includes a story about electrical safety and a quiz.

Site Name: Safety Survey

URL: http://www.thetech.org/exhibits/online/topics/13n.html

Details: Print out this survey and then see how safe your home is by conducting an inspection.

Site Name: Play it Safe

URL: http://www.thetech.org/exhibits/online/topics/13l_link2.html

Details: Tips about outdoor electrical safety.

Site Name: Frankenstein's Lightning Laboratory: Electrical Safety

URL: http://www.thetech.org/exhibits/online/topics/13l_link4.html

Details: Explore this house and see what electricity rule each monster is breaking.

6-3-05

List electrical devices used at home, at school, and in the community, and identify the human needs that they fulfill.

Examples: heat, light, communication, movement

WEB SITES

Site Name: Canadian Tire

URL: http://www.canadiantire.ca

Details: An online catalogue of appliances and tools that require electricity

MEDIA CENTRE RESOURCES

Kit

537 Appliances and other things in your home how

App they work / National Geographic Society.

Washington, DC. : National Geographic Society, c.1981.

6-3-06

Develop a definition of an electrical circuit, based on classroom explorations.

Include: an electrical circuit is a continuous path for charges and must contain a power source and a conductor

WEB SITES

Site Name: The NASA Science Files:Case of the Electrical Mystery

URL: http://whyfiles.larc.nasa.gov/kids/D_Lab/acts_electric.html

Details: A fun explanation of electricity. Includes diagrams.

Site Name: BBC: Physical Processes

URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/revisewise/science/physical/11_act.shtml

Details: This is a good interactive site to help students understand circuits. Follow through the slides, then test your knowledge. Also includes a fact sheet and test.

Site Name: Internet Guide to Electronics: Circuits

URL: http://webhome.idirect.com/~jadams/electronics/circuit.htm

Details: This site explains many concepts of electricity and circuits. View illustrations of simple, parallel, and serial circuits

Site: Series and Parallel Circuits

URL: http://www.thetech.org/exhibits/online/topics/12h_flash.html

Details: Very clear interactive and easy-to -use demonstration of types of circuits that will aid in the understanding of electricity.

6-3-07

Experiment to classify a variety of materials as insulators or conductors.

WEB SITES

Site Name: Conductors and Insulators

URL: http://www.thetech.org/exhibits/online/topics/10a.html

Details: This is an animated feature about electricity, circuits, and conductivity. Includes information about parallel and series circuits.

Site Name: BBC: Electrical Conductor

URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/science/materials/07c_fact.shtml

Details: Play online games and learn more about electrical conductors.

6-3-08

Demonstrate and describe the function of switches in electrical circuits.

6-3-09

Construct and diagram simple series circuits and simple parallel circuits.

6-3-10

Explore to determine factors that affect bulb brightness in simple series and parallel circuits. Include: number of bulbs, number of batteries, placement of bulbs and batteries

BOOKS

Batteries, Bulbs and Wires: Science Facts and Experiments - Glover

WEB SITE

Site Name: Make a Flashlight Shine Brighter

URL: http://teacher.scholastic.com/dirt/circuits/index.htm

Details: Learn about circuits and then try the experiment.

6-3-11

Use the design process to construct an electrical circuit that performs a useful function.

Examples: doorbell, alarm, motorized toy, game

6-3-12

Demonstrate, using a simple electromagnet constructed in class, that an electric current can create a magnetic field.

6-3-13

Explore motors and generators to determine that electromagnets transform electricity into motion and motion, into electricity.

WEB SITES

Site Name: Electricity and Magnetism

URL: http://ippex.pppl.gov/interactive/electricity/

Details: This site features an interactive Shockwave presentation explaining how electricity and magnets work.

Site Name: Electricity and Magnetism

URL: http://www.explorescience.com/activities/index.cfm

Details: These Shockwave animations demonstrate the relationship between electricity and magnets. Includes an explanation of circuits.

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500.2 Science, please! : part 2 / National Film Board of Canada.

WWW: www.nfbkids.ca/themission

538 Magnetism / Schlessinger Media, a division of Library Video Company Mag

537. Electromagnetic energy / Schlessinger Media a division of Library Video Company ; writer, Kate

538 Magnetism / Static electricity Disney Educational Productions.

538 Feigen, Mel.

Fei Magnetism and electricity : Intermediate / by Mel Feigen; ill. by Agi Palinay. Huntington Beach, CA : Teacher Created

537.078 Wood, Robert

Woo Physics for kids 49 easy experiments with electricity and magnetism

537 Science essentials Electricity and magnetism / Marlin Motion

538.2 What magnets do Films for the Humanities and Sciences.

6-3-14

Identify forms of energy that may result from the transformation of electrical energy, and recognize that energy can only be changed from one form into another, not created or destroyed. Include: light, heat, sound, motion

WEB SITES

Site Name: Brain Pop and Light

URL: http://www.brainpop.com/science/light/

Details: Watch the movies about light and waves and then take quizzes.

Site Name: Piano and Sound Waves

URL: http://www.frontiernet.net/~imaging/play_a_piano.html

Details: Play the piano online and see the sound waves from different notes. Change the fade and frequency on the screen.

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333.792 How does nuclear power work? How does soap make you clean?/ Ontario

530.4

Cha Changes in matter and energy Gr.4-6 / Manitoba Education and Training.Winnipeg, MB. : Manitoba Education and Training, nd.

531.1133 Characteristics of waves Schlessinger Media, a division of

621.8 Energy and work produced by Cambridge Educational.

6-3-15

Identify the two major sources of electrical energy, and provide examples of each. Include: chemical sources such as batteries; electromagnetic sources such as turbine motion caused by wind, falling water, and steam

WEB SITES

Site Name: Electric Avenue

URL: http://www.firstenergycorp.com/kids/

Details: Learn about the types of power sources and types of energy at this colourful site. Try the energy word search.

Site Name: CBC 4 Kids : History of Inventions Timeline

URL: http://cbc4kids.cbc.ca/general/the-lab/history-of-invention/default.html

Details: Use the inventions timeline to locate the history of batteries and a variety of electrically operated inventions

Site Name: Introduction to Batteries

URL: http://www.hepi.com/basics/index.htm

Details: This site introduces some basic concepts about batteries.

MEDIA CENTRE RESOURCES

537 Generating electricity More power to you / Children's Television

KIT

333.79 Manitoba Hydro Education Kit Manitoba Hydro.

Man Winnipeg, MB : Manitoba Hydro, n.d.

6-3-16

Identify renewable and non renewable sources of electrical energy, and discuss advantages and disadvantages of each. Examples: renewable sources such as hydroelectric, wind, geothermal, solar; non renewable sources such as fossil fuels, nuclear fission

WEB SITES

Site Name: Energy Information Administration Kids Page

URL: http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/

Details: Learn about renewable and nonrenewable energy. Read biographies of scientists who made important discoveries relating to energy. Click on "Classroom Connections" for activity ideas.

Site Name: Energy Quest

URL: http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/index.html

Details: Click on the globe for an energy timeline. Click on the Gameboy for links to energy games.

Site Name: The Secret Lives of Energy

URL: http://www.genesisenergy.co.nz/education/posterpage/index.htm

Details: Animations of a variety of power sources

Site Name: Learning About Renewable Energy

URL: http://www.eren.doe.gov/erec/factsheets/rnwenrgy.html

Details: This site explains about different types of renewable energy.

Site Name: Glossary of Renewable Energy Terms and Phrases

URL: http://www.solarnow.org/glossary.htm

Details: "Use this glossary as a guide to terminology in discussion of renewable energy."

Site Name: Planet Energy

URL: http://www.dti.gov.uk/renewable/ed_pack/

Details: Learn more about renewable energy sources.

Site Name: Edugreen

URL: http://edugreen.teri.res.in/explore/n_renew/energy.htm

Details: This page explains how renewable and nonrenewable energy can be used.

Site Name: Collect Solar Energy

URL: http://llv2.terc.edu/solar/toplevel/overview.cfm

Details: Learn about solar energy and its uses.

Site Name: Wind Energy

URL: http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/units/energy/wind.html

Details: Activities for students learning about wind energy.

Site Name: Sunsite

URL: http://www.eeexchange.org/solar/

Details: This animated site teaches the basic concept of solar energy.

Site Name: BBC Education

URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/physics/electricity/index.shtml

Details: Read more about energy and related topics. Try the quizzes.

Site Name: Roofus' Solar and Efficient Neighborhood

URL: http://www.eren.doe.gov/roofus/roofus.html

Details: This is a fun way to learn about solar energy. Take a look into Roofus' home and learn about solar energy. Includes project ideas.

Site Name: WebQuest: Power! Power! We Need More Power!

URL: http://hallsville.schools.missouri.org/elementary/stillwell/webquests/energywq/index.html

Details: In "Power! Power! We Need More Power!" students are on a quest to prevent an energy shortage that caused them to lose power while they were playing a video game. Students work in cooperative groups of four to study basic concepts about energy. They complete a scavenger hunt and an energy quiz.

Site Name: Ask an Energy Expert

URL: http://www.eren.doe.gov/askanenergyexpert/

Details: Use this online form to submit a question to an energy expert.

Site Name: Interactive Energy

URL: http://ippex.pppl.gov/interactive/energy/

Details: There are definitions, experiments, and interactive features about energy.

6-3-17

Evaluate an electrical device using the design process.

Examples: light bulbs, kitchen appliances

BOOKS

The New Way Things Work – Macaulay

WEB SITES

Site Name: The Official Rube Goldberg Site

URL: http://www.rube-goldberg.com/

Details: Rube Goldberg was a master of the complicated design. Here’s a great way to combine humor and science.

Site Name: How Things Work: Electric Razor

URL: http://home.howstuffworks.com/inside-razor.htm

Details: How Things Work is a searchable site that describes how many things work including various household and work related machines.

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537 Why light bulbs glow Films for the Humanities and Sciences.

621.385 How telephones work Films for the Humanities and Sciences.

How Princeton, NJ. : Films for the Humanities and Sciences, 1988.

KIT

537 Appliances and other things in your home how they work / National

App Geographic Society. Washington, DC. : National Geographic Society,

6-3-18

Describe factors that affect the consumption of electrical energy, and outline an action plan to reduce electrical energy consumption at home, at school, or in the community.

WEB SITES

Site Name: Department of the Navy: Energy Efficiency

URL: http://energy.navy.mil/awareness/tools_8.html

Details: What amount of energy is consumed when we use common appliances? Here’s a chart. It also includes information about being energy efficient.

Site Name: What's on your Mind

URL: http://www.wattsnew.com/

Details: This site was created to help elementary kids understand the importance of not wasting energy.

Site Name: E-Patrol: Energy Savers

URL: http://www.sprint.com/epatrol/ep-energy.html

Details: Click on a room in the house to read some tips on how you can conserve energy.

MEDIA CENTRE RESOURCES

333.914 It's electric Green & Growing Educational Projects, Inc/

333.79 Energy resources : use & conservation / Schlessinger Media a

Ene division of Library Video Company ; writer, Kate Youngdahl.

531.1 Conservation of energy David L. Goodstein.

6-3-19

Describe ways in which electricity has had an impact on daily life.

WEB SITES

Site Name: Star Wars Kids- Energy Use

URL: http://www.starwarskids.com/fun_features/2001/13/index0a.html

Details: The popular movie demonstrates many uses of electricity

Site Name: Inside Out: Discover Energy

URL: http://insideout.rigb.org/insideout/energy/everyday_use/

Details: Play Power House to see the ways we use electricity and the ways we can conserve energy. Students could take the energy quiz at the end of the electricity unit.

Grade 6: The Solar System

Site Name: Gander Academy Theme Pages - Space

URL: http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/solar_system.htm

Details: This site offers good web site suggestions on many topics including space

Site Name: CNN Technology: Space

URL: http://www.cnn.com/TECH/space/

Details: Includes NASA web cams and recent space news

Site Name: Grade 9 Educational Resource Pack

URL: http://www.spacenet.on.ca/curriculum/grade9pack.pdf

Details: Prepared by students at Marc Garneau Collegiate and distributed through

http://www.spacenet.on.ca/, their web site.

Site Name: Alberta Online Consortium : Space Exploration

URL: http://argyll.epsb.edmonton.ab.ca/jreed/jhscience/9science/unite.htm

URL: http://argyll.epsb.edmonton.ab.ca/jreed/jhscience/9science/ (other

topics)

Site Name: The Canadian Space Agency

URL: http://www.space.gc.ca/asc/eng/site_map.asp

Details: Images and information from the Canadian Space Agency. Includes Kid’s Space:Funny Stuff with space jokes and the music and lyrics of Monty Python’s at http://www.space.gc.ca/asc/eng/youth_educators/kidspace/stuff.asp

Site Name: Space.com

URL: http://www.space.com

Details: Current news about space. Sign up for the free educator's newsletter for e-mail updates. Students may prefer the students' page at http://www.spacekids.com/ which features a virtual space tour.

Site Name: Challenger Center for Space Science Education

URL: http://www.challenger.org/main_comm.htm

Explore the online Challenger Learning Community; discover a host of educational resources, activities, and programs; capture the magic of space exploration's ability to inspire. Teacher resources, lessons, clipart, and

more.

Site Name: NASA

URL: http://www.nasa.gov/

Details: Includes many resources for educators and students

Site Name: The Space Chase

URL: http://www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/games/index.htm

Details: Interesting Magic School Bus site where students can play a game while they

travel through space and learn space facts.

Site Name: Photo Gallery Spacecraft

URL: http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/photo_gallery/photogallery-spacecraft.html

Details: See photographs of different spacecraft from U.S. history.

Site Name: Space Exploration

URL: http://adc.gsfc.nasa.gov/adc/education/space_ex/

Details: This NASA site explains how space is explored. See a timeline and read about rockets.

Site Name: Students for the Exploration and Development of Space

URL: http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/

Details: Packed with information about astronomy and space exploration including common questions and answers.

Site Name: Space.com

URL: http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/index.html

Details: Check out the latest in missions and launches in the space program.

Site Name: CNN.com

URL: http://www.cnn.com/TECH/space/

Details: This space site from CNN has video of several spacecraft launches. Scroll down to "Interactive Library". In the drop down menu click "Launch Video" to see the video clips. Includes video of the first trip to the moon. Also see 360-degree views.

Site Name: Liftoff to Space Exploration

URL: http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/

Details: This NASA site has information about humans in space, the fundamentals of engineering, spacecrafts, and tracking satellites.

Site Name: Scale Model Comet

URL: http://lyra.colorado.edu/sbo/mary/comet/scale_comet.html

Details: Read these instructions for making models of comets using paper plates and streamers.

Site Name: CBC Quirks and Quarks : Snowballs from Space

URL: http://cbc4kids.cbc.ca/general/the-lab/big-bang/article2.html

Details: There's lots of information about comet expert Dr Lou Frank's theories and about the bigger comets we've seen in the skies recently.

Site Name: Make a Comet and Eat It!

URL: http://www.ss.astro.umd.edu/deepimpact/educ/IceCream.pdf

Details: This pdf has instructions for making a comet using food, plus handouts that ask students questions about what they observe.

Site Name: Comet's Tale

URL: http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/SegwayEd/lessons/CometsTale/com.html

Details: This comprehensive site has the history of comets, how to make a comet, characteristics of comets, and more. Includes an interactive game.

Site Name: PBS: Comet

URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/spacewatch/

Details: Learn all about comets, where they come from, and what they are made of. You can even make your own comet at home with the help of an adult.

Site Name: Amazing Space

URL: http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/

Details: Click on "Comets" and the explore the tabs to learn more.

Site Name: Comets for the Beginners

URL: http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/comets/comets.html&edu=elem

Details: This site is about comets for the beginners, including basic terms, comet images, etc.

Site Name: Kids Info

URL: http://kids.infoplease.lycos.com/ce6/sci/A0813017.html

Details: Read this encyclopedia entry about the structure and origin of comets.

Site Name: Comet Information

URL: http://www.questacon.edu.au/html/comet_info.html

Details: This site has basic information about comets. Includes instructions for making your own comet.

Site Name: NASA Kids

URL: http://kids.msfc.nasa.gov/news/2000/news%2Dlinear.asp

Details: This NASA article is about the surprise comet called LINEAR that exploded.

Site Name: Thursday's Classroom

URL: http://www.thursdaysclassroom.com/index_03aug00.htm

Details: This site includes comet facts and stories written by children. There are also some lesson plan worksheets and activity ideas. Try making the comet cone.

Site Name: Captain Comet

URL: http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/captaincomet/index.html

Details: Click on "Stardust Theatre" to watch movies on comets. There are also games, including a word search and puzzles.

Site Name: Scientific Activities

URL: http://www.scienceweb.org/astro/comet/makecomet.html

Details: This site has instructions for making your own comets. Includes photographs and movies.

Site Name: The Why Files: Hail Hale-Bopp

URL: http://whyfiles.org/011comets/index.html

Details: Learn about comets and how they are linked to the demise of dinosaurs.

Site Name: Zoom Astronomy

URL: http://www.zoomschool.com/subjects/astronomy/comet/

Details: This site introduces comets to kids. Includes colorful illustrations.

Site Name: Comet Impact

URL: http://www.sandia.gov/video/CometSim.htm

Details: What does a comet crashing into a planet look like? Computer simulation.

Site Name: Online Lesson Plan

URL: http://www.kidseclipse.com/pages/a1b3c0d3.htm

Details: This site is designed by an elementary school teacher and provides students an overview of comets.

Site Name: Sun Comparison Activities

URL: http://solar-center.stanford.edu/compare/comparison.html

Details: Learn about different aspects of the sun and their magnitude in relation to things you might know. Includes "How Big is the Sun?" and "How Hot is the Sun?"

Site Name: Sky Highlights

URL: http://www.dustbunny.com/afk/sky/sky.htm

Details: Sky maps, moon phases, and planet viewing information for the month.

Site Name: Astronomy With A Stick: Daytime Astronomy

URL: http://www.nsta.org/301

Details: Teachers can register their school to participate in this online project. There are many activities for students to observe relationships between the sun and earth.

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520 Campbell, Steve, et al.

Add Addison Wesley Science & Technology 6 : Space / Addison Wesley.

629.13

Aer Aeronautics : an educator's guide with activities in science, mathematics, and technology education / National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Edwards, CA : NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, ©1998.

510.712

Mis Mission mathematics : Grades K-6 / edited by Mary Ellen Hynes;

510.712

Mis Mission mathematics : Grades 5-8 / edited by Vincent F. O'Connor and

Michael C. Hynes; contributors Conni Blomberg, et al.

523.1 The Universe the vast frontier / Great Pacific Media.

523.6 Comets & Meteors / Evolution Disney Educational Productions.

523.2 Our solar system part 1 and 2 / produced by United Learning.

629.4 Young, Ruth M.

338.4 Dotto, Lydia.

Dot Heritage of excellence / by Lydia Dotto.

538.768 The Northern Lights Director: Alan Booth; Producers: Lindsay

500.5 Space education

523.4 Look up series: Tape 1 Ontario Educational Community Authority.

523.4 Look up series: Tape 2 Ontario Educational Community Authority.

639.435 Wonderstruck: The space show

629.45 For all mankind: Apollo. Assoc./FAM Prod. Inc.

523.2 What's out there? Exploring the solar system / Rainbow Educational

Wha Media (McIntyre Media).

372.35 Take a look (Package 2) [Videorecord]

629.452 Acceleration machines: Launching a space vehicle

Acc Physics Curriculum & Instruction n.d.

500 Look up -- Package 2 Manitoba Education and Training.

Loo Winnipeg, MB. : Manitoba Education and Training (VT-0497)

523.1 Earth science program EBE.

Ear Chicago, Ill. : EBE (Manitoba Education VT-1630,1641)

523.1 The wonders of earth and space: 2 National Film Board.

Won Montreal, QU. : National Film Board.

523.1

Spa Space science for Gr.7-9 / Manitoba Education.

Winnipeg, MB. : Manitoba Education.

6-4-01

Use appropriate vocabulary related to their investigations of Earth and space.

Include: astronauts, communication and remote sensing satellites, solar system, inner and outer planets, asteroid belt, mass, weight, points of reference, apparent movement, celestial objects, astrology, astronomy, rotation, revolution, axis, moon phases, eclipses

BOOKS

Star Walk (poetry) – Simon

WEB SITES

Site Name: Chronology of Space Exploration

URL: http://www.solarviews.com/eng/craft2.htm

Details: Learn when various spacecrafts explored the planets, sun, comets, and asteroids.

Site Name: Space Stuff

URL: http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/space_level2/space.html

Details: This site from NASA is about telescopes, space suits, astronauts, space travel, and more.

Site Name: How Space Stations Work

URL: http://www.howstuffworks.com/space-station.htm

Details: This extensive site explains how space stations work.

Site Name: History of Space Exploration

URL: http://www.solarviews.com/eng/history.htm

Details: Read about early astronauts, rockets, and automated spacecraft.

Site Name: The Exploration of Space

URL: http://library.thinkquest.org/J002762/

Details: This ThinkQuest has information about the tools of space exploration and the people involved.

MEDIA CENTRE RESOURCES

534 Out of this world by British Broadcasting Company.[Sound Recording]

Out London, UK. : British Broadcasting Company, nd.

6-4-02

Identify technological developments that enable astronauts to meet their basic needs in space. Examples: dehydrated foods, backpacks with an oxygen supply, hermetically sealed cabins with temperature and air controls

BOOKS

Space Station Science: Life in Free Fall - Dyson
Living in Space -Trotman

WEB SITES

Site Name: Discovery: Life in Space

URL: http://www.discovery.com/stori ... /science/iss/interactives.html

Details: This site is about human space travel. It is filled with fun interactive and entertaining media.

Site Name: Ask An Astronaut

URL: http://ari.net/nss/askastro/Walker/answers.html#questions

Details: Astronaut Charles Walker and others answer questions about their space travel experiences.

Site Name: Living in Space

URL: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/living/

Details: Learn about clothes and food that are used in space.

MEDIA CENTRE RESOURCES

500 Inquiring minds: How do astronauts land on the moon? / Ontario

629.4 I wanna be an astronaut Greg James Productions and Pool & Crew

387.8 The big space shuttle A VanDerKloot Production for Liittle

6-4-03

Identify Canadians who have contributed to space science or space technology, and describe their achievements.

WEB SITES

Site Name: Canadian Space Agency:Astonaut Office

URL: http://www.space.gc.ca/csa_sectors/human_presence/en/canastronauts/index_en.htm

Details: Introduce your students to Canadian space legends - Marc Garneau,

Roberta Bondar, and Julie Payette. (Bilingual)

Site Name: CBC: News: Canadians in Space

URL: http://cbc.ca/news/indepth/canadainspace/

Details: Backgrounders on the Canadarm2, the International Space Station, and the

MIR Space Station as well as an interactive area with vital statistics

on Canada's team in space.

Site Name: Canada's History in Space

URL: http://www.space.ca/history.html

Details: A timeline showing the evolution of the Canadian space program from 1916

to 2001

Site Name: Yahoo:Full News Coverage - Canada in Space

URL: http://ca.fullcoverage.yahoo.com/fc/Canada/Space/

Details: Provides news releases related to Canadian space initiatives. Includes

good links to related sites and video/audio files.

Site Name: Canadian Space Agency

URL: http://www.space.gc.ca/asc/eng/default.asp

Details: The best place to visit if students are looking for information on

Canadian involvement in the space program. Include images and information

on space life and exploration. Includes a unit for S1 on the Canadarm 2 at

http://www.space.gc.ca/asc/eng/youth_educators/kidspace/kidspace.asp

Site Name: Canadian Space Organizations

URL: http://www.space.ca/associations.html

MEDIA CENTRE RESOURCES

629.450092 Wonderstruck: Roberta Bondar

921 Roberta Bondar a portrait in the first person / prod. by jim Hanley

Bon and Richard Nielsen.

Toronto, ON : Citytv with Sleeping Giant Prod. and TVOntario.

6-4-04

Investigate past and present space research programs involving astronauts, and explain the contributions to scientific knowledge.

Examples: Apollo, MIR, International Space Station

WEB SITES

Site Name:CBC Quirks and Quarks : Our First Trip in to Space

URL: http://cbc4kids.cbc.ca/general/the-lab/big-bang/97-12-04/default.html

Details: Listen to an audio account of how Sputnik surprised people. The page includes good Sputnik links.

Site Name: BrainPop: International Space Station

URL: http://brainpop.com/tech/transportation/iss/index.weml

Details: This short movie and quiz are about the space station that is being built by many countries.

Site Name: Discovery Kids

URL: http://kids.discovery.com/

Details: When you feel like smiling, try the fun and games at Discovery Kids.

Kids Space Adventures area (http://kids.discovery.com/KIDS/space/space.html) students can play or

have a virtual tour of the space station.

Site Name: New York Times: Space Station

URL: http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/science/space-mir.html

Details: This site includes many space station images and other good space links. Even better, it has a

link to a space station locator. Search http://www.nytimes.com for more up-to-the-minute news and lessons.

Site Name: Design a Space Station

URL: http://www.childrensmuseum.org ... quest/spacestation/index2.html

Details: This site guides students through the design of a space station. Students must decide what to include based on different factors such as technology, weight, and the properties of space.

Site Name: Views of the Space Station

URL: http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/payloa ... ssions/station/sspf-video.html

Details: This site provides real time images of what is happening at the Space Station Processing Facility. You can view a new picture every 90 seconds.

Site Name: International Space Station

URL: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/osf/fun ... ff/stationoverview/npage1.html

Details: This slide show is about the space station. See diagrams and actual photos of the station.

MEDIA CENTRE RESOURCES

629.4 Space exploration / Ocean exploration Disney Educational

629.4 Space exploration / JWM Productions ; writer, Lauren Abbey.

A bridge to Mars / Produced by Green Lion Productions Inc. in association

920 Brewer, Chris.

629.45 Apollo 13. A Ron Howard Production.

507.2 Discovering great minds of science: Astronomy [Videorecord]

6-4-05

Describe positive and negative impacts arising from space research programs.

Examples: advantages - increased knowledge about space and medicine, the development of technologies such as orange drink crystals and pocket calculators; disadvantages - space pollution and the high cost of research projects

WEB SITES

Site Name: NASA Kids

URL: http://kids.msfc.nasa.gov/

Details: Learn about space stations, spacecraft, humans in space, and more.

Site Name: Benefits of Space Exploration
URL: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/benefits/index.html

Details: From toys to artificial hearts, technology developed for space shuttle flights has also benefited those of us still on earth. Click on one of the images for an in-depth article.

Site Name: Space Spinoffs
URL: http://spaceplace.jpl.nasa.gov/spinoffs2.htm

Details: Where did satellite TV and cordless tools get there start? Read on and then click the link to the Spinoffs Memory Game at the bottom.

Site Name: At Home With NASA
URL: http://techtran.msfc.nasa.gov/at_home.html

Details: This site features more in-depth articles about the incorporation of space-derived technology into everyday use. Click on one of the locations.

Site Name: Mars Mission Benefits
URL: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/mars/benefits/index.html

Details: Can the exploration of Mars really improve our lives on earth? Find out how NASA thinks it will.

Site Name: Discovery: Space Medicine
URL: http://health.discovery.com/stories/spacemedicine/spacemedicine.html

Details: The site gives some examples of medical advances that have come from space technology.

Site Name: Technology At Home
URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/tech/

Details: Click on the "Technology at Home" link to open the Shockwave timeline. Use the slider to see how our environments have changed throughout the 20th Century.

Site Name: Technology: Then and Now
URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/thenandnow/tech.html

Details: An overview of advancements made in the 20th Century with links to other PBS Web features.

Site Name: Physical and Biological Science At NASA
Details: This is the site for NASA research at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
URL: http://www.ssl.msfc.nasa.gov/PhysicalScience.htm

MEDIA CENTRE RESOURCES

6-4-06

Identify technological devices placed in space that help humans learn more about the Earth and communicate more efficiently. Include: communication and remote-sensing satellites

BOOKS

Close Encounters : Exploring the Universe With the Hubble Space Telescope - Scott
How the Future Began : Communications - Wilson

WEB SITES

Site Name: Hubble Deep Field Academy

URL: http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/hdf-top-level.html

Details: Attend this interactive online Hubble telescope academy.

Site Name: CBC Quirks and Quarks: Hubble Telescope Turns Ten

URL: http://cbc4kids.cbc.ca/general/the-lab/big-bang/00-04-27/default.html

Details: Visit for the information about the Hubble Telescope, and the latest Hubble Constant research

Site Name: Space Telescope

URL: http://www.stsci.edu/

Details: Watch a star being born.

Site Name: Hubble Space Telescope -- Solar System / Planets

URL: http://oposite.stsci.edu/pubinfo/SolarSystemT.html

Details: View photographs of planets taken by the Hubble Space telescope. Pictures

can be downloaded and printed.

Site Name: What is a Satellite Anyway?

URL: http://www.thetech.org/exhibits_events/online/satellite/2/2.html

Details: Learn what satellites are and see pictures of them.

Site Name: Tour Canada from Space

URL: http://www.ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca/ccrs/imgserv/tour/toure.html

Details: Satellite images of Canada. Learn about the types of remote sensing devices

used for the images.

Site Name: Satellites:Canada's Digital Collection

URL: http://collections.ic.gc.ca/satellites/english/index.html

Details: You may learn how to design a satellite, learn about satellite anatomy,

or access the image gallery

MEDIA CENTRE RESOURCES

523.9 Satellites, orbits and gravity

Sat Burnaby, BC : Classroom Video,

629.47 How do they build spaceships? HGV Video Prod.Inc.

522.2 Through the looking glass Discover Magazine.

523.2 Our solar system: Investigating environments beyond earth /

Our Burnaby, BC : Classroom Video,

6-4-07

Describe how the conception of the Earth and its position in space have been continuously questioned and how our understanding has evolved over time. Include: from a flat Earth, to an Earth centred system, to a Sun centred system

BOOKS

Big Bang - Couper
Copernicus: Founder of Modern Astronomy. - Andronik.

MEDIA CENTRE RESOURCES

523.1 The big bang / Produced by Pioneer Productions for TLC & Channel 4

Big Television ; writers, Mark Everest, Nigel Henbest.

6-4-08

Recognize that the Sun is the centre of the solar system and it is the source of energy for life on Earth.

BOOKS

The Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System – Cole

6-4-09

Identify the planets in the solar system and describe their size relative to the Earth and their position relative to the Sun.

BOOKS

Alien Secrets - Klause
New Book of Mars -Hawkes

WEB SITES

Site Name: Zoom: Astronomy

URL: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/

Details: Use the astronomy dictionary to learn the difference between rotation and revolution. Go to "The Planets" to find the period of rotation for each planet.

Site Name: Astronomy for Kids

URL: http://www.dustbunny.com/afk/planets/planets.htm

Details: Popular site about astronomy. Click on each planet for more information.

Site Name: Quia Games - Planets

URL: http://www.quia.com/jg/65844.html

Details: Reinforce what students have learned about our solar system in a fun way.

Matching and concentration games, word searches, and other puzzles are

included at this site.

MEDIA CENTRE RESOURCES

550 Bill Nye, the science guy: Earth / Magic Lantern

523.3 The Moon / Outer Space

523.2 Our sun and solar system Discover Magazine.

629.4 Into outer space Discover Magazine.

523.2 Exploring our solar system

KIT

523.2 The solar system

KIT

523.1 Solar system

6-4-10

Classify planets as inner or outer planets, based on their position relative to the asteroid belt, and describe characteristics of each type.

Include: inner planets are small and rocky; outer planets (except Pluto) are giant balls of gas

WEB SITES

Site Name: The Nine Planets

URL: http://planets4kids.com

Details: This site will discuss in detail the sun, planets, comets, or the asteroid belt.

Site Name: Kid’s Click : Space

URL: http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/midspac.html

Details: Searchable source of information suitable for students. This is a great starting place for students doing independent research.

Site Name: The Inner Planets

URL: http://library.thinkquest.org/J001794/

Details: A Think Quest site. Created by students for students.

MEDIA CENTRE RESOURCES

784.2 The planets BMG Music Canada Inc.; produced by Robert H. Goodman.

523.4

Pla Planets & space.

523.2 The magic school bus gets lost in space / Joanna Cole & Bruce Degen.

Mag New York, NY : Scholastic Inc.

523.2 The solar system our neighbours in space / Great Pacific Media.

6-4-11

Recognize that mass is the amount of matter in an object, that weight is the force of gravity on the mass of an object, and that the force of gravity varies from planet to planet.

WEB SITES

Site Name:Arty the Part Time Astronaut

URL:http://www.artyastro.com/

Details:Try the gravitron that calculates your probable weight on planets other than Earth.

MEDIA CENTRE RESOURCES

531 Forces / Schlessinger Media ; written by Tarquin Cardona.

531.1 Getting to know gravity produced by 100% Educational Videos.

6-4-12

Explain, using models and simulations, how the Earth's rotation causes the cycle of day and night, and how the Earth's tilt of axis and revolution cause the yearly cycle of seasons.

MEDIA CENTRE RESOURCES

5. Winter Maslowski Wildlife Productions. Evanston, Ill : AGC/United Learning ;

Aut

VR Probability / Time : A Disney Production.

Pro

6-4-13

Use the design process to construct a prototype that tells the time of day or measures a time span.

BOOKS

A Wrinkle in Time - L'Engle

WEB SITES

Site Name: Calendars Through Time

URL: http://webexhibits.org/calendars/index.html

Details: Calendars are normally based on astronomical events, and the two most important astronomical objects are the sun and the moon

6-4-14

Explain how the relative positions of the Earth, moon, and Sun are responsible for moon phases and eclipses.

WEB SITES

Site Name: Astronomy For Kids Sky Facts

URL: http://www.dustbunny.com/afk/howdo/howdo.htm

Details: Explanations of solar and lunar eclipses and other phenomena with graphics.

Site Name: Effects During a Total Solar Eclipse

URL: http://www.earthview.com/tutorial/effects.htm

Details: This page describes the observable changes that occur on earth during a solar eclipse.

Site Name: Eclipse Zone: Eclipse Tips

URL: http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/7137/ecltips.htm

Details: Interesting historical facts about eclipses. Find out how eclipses are rated using the "L" scale.

Site Name: The Eclipse Zone List of Events

URL: http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/7137/events.htm

Details: A chronological listing of eclipses and other astronomical events.

Site Name: Lunar Eclipse Image Gallery

URL: http://www.mreclipse.com/LEphoto/LEgallery1.html

Details: This site has good photos of lunar eclipses.

Site Name: How Eclipses Happen

URL: http://www.african-eclipse.com/english/kids/index.htm

Details: This page has a good explanation of eclipses written for children. The "Science" page also offers a simplified explanation of the relationship between the sun, moon, and earth.

Site Name: BrainPop: Eclipses

URL: http://brainpop.com/science/space/eclipse/index.weml

Details: Watch the movie and take the quiz to learn about solar and lunar eclipses.

Site Name: Eclipses –From now until 2005

URL: http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/eclipse.html

Details: Good web resource for eclipses as it includes upcoming solar and lunar eclipses. Click on a date to see maps that show visibility.

Site Name: Solar Eclipse

URL: http://www.exploratorium.edu/eclipse/

Details: Learn more about eclipses. See animations and Webcasts of eclipses that have already happened.

Site Name: Earth and Moon Viewer

URL: http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/vplanet.html

Details: Click on "Map of the Earth" to see current day and night regions. You can also view the earth and moon from various locations.

Site Name: Sun and Moon Data

URL: http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/RS_OneDay.html

Details: Select a date and a location. The site will return sunrise, sunset, moon phase information, and more.

MEDIA CENTRE RESOURCES

VR The Moon / Outer Space Disney .Educational Productions, c1995.

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VR Bill Nye, the science guy Earth science / Magic

550 Lantern Communications Ltd. Oakville, ON. : Magic Lantern

Ear Communications Ltd., c1994.

VR The Earth's Moon. Washington, DC : National Geographic, 1981.

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523.78 Eclipse 79

523.99 Eclipses

6-4-15

Identify points of reference in the night sky and recognize that the apparent movement of celestial objects is regular, predictable, and related to the Earth's rotation and revolution.

Examples: planets, constellations

BOOKS

Glow-In-The-Dark Constellations : A Field Guide for Young Stargazers - Thompson

WEB SITES

Site Name: Amazing Space

URL: http://oposite.stsci.edu/pubinfo/education/amazing-space/

Details: This site is full of web-based activities. Find out about space and stars.

Students can even tour a space art gallery.

Site Name: Clever Media :The Constellations

URL: http://clevermedia.com/arcade/const.html

Details: Select a constellation from the long list and watch it form on the screen. A small amount of facts are also provided.

Site Name: The Constellations and Their Stars

URL: http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/

Details: Lists constellations alphabetically and by month. Also includes a quiz about some of the major constellations.

MEDIA CENTRE RESOURCES

523.8 Stars and constellations

523.8 Stars of the universe

6-4-16

Identify and describe how people from various cultures, past and present, apply astronomy in daily life. Examples: using celestial bodies to navigate; knowing when to plant crops

BOOKS