[EDInfo] New Teaching Resources: Science & History
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National Children's Folksong Repository Project
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/NCFR/
An historic electronic online archive of children's folk songs.
A public folklore project built by the children of the United States
and territories.
Children pick up the Phone and SING OR CHANT (SAY) THEIR SONG.
Children are our unknown culture makers and they get to record and
save their songs, then submit them into the database so that they
can hear themselves on the net.
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TWELVE NEW RESOURCES in science & history have been added to
FREE, the website that makes teaching resources from federal
agencies easier to find:
http://www.ed.gov/free
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Science
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"Biodiversity"
provides resources for learning about genetic diversity,
species diversity, & ecosystem diversity. Explore databases
on amphibians, birds, corals, fish, fires, invasive species,
plants, oceans, watersheds, & wetlands. Examine genetic
information on flies, worms, mice, & trees. (NBII,USGS)
http://www.nbii.gov/issues/biodiversity/
"Botany for Kids"
offers activities for learning how leaves change color, how
flowers grow, how plants fight disease & insects, why plants
come in so many colors, tips for growing plants, & facts about
fungi. Learn about seeds, composting, endangered plant
species, fire, lichen, & "plant hunters" -- scientists who
collect plant samples from around the world to trace a plant's
evolution. (NBII,USGS)
http://www.nbii.gov/disciplines/botany/science.html
"Earth Explorers Series"
profiles an atmospheric scientist who flies through
hurricanes, an engineer who operates a spectro-radiometer (an
instrument on a satellite), an ocean scientist, high school
students whose science fair project took them to Croatia, &
other "Earth explorers." (NASA)
http://science.hq.nasa.gov/education/earth_explorers/index.html
"Earth's Magnetic Field"
is the focus of the POETRY website, which explores solar
storms & how they affect us, space weather, & the Northern
Lights. A 64-page workbook of hands-on activities examines
Earth's magnetosphere. Create a classroom magnetometer.
Solve the space science problem of the week. (NASA)
http://image.gsfc.nasa.gov/poetry/
"Gravity Probe B"
is a "relativity gyroscope" experiment designed to test two
unverified predictions of Albert Einstein's general theory of
relativity (1916): that the presence of a mass in space, such
as the Earth, would warp local spacetime, creating a dip or
curve in spacetime, & that the rotation of a mass in space
would twist or drag the local spacetime frame around it. An
educator's guide & space science activities are included.
(NASA)
http://einstein.stanford.edu/
"Infrared Astronomy Tutorial"
examines infrared light, how it was discovered, infrared
astronomy, atmospheric windows, & more. An infrared astronomy
timeline is included, along with links to news & discoveries,
images, & classroom activities. (NASA)
http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_classroom/ir_tutorial/
"Magnetic Field Activities for the High School Classroom"
helps students understand the vector nature of fields, the
ubiquity of fields in the environment, & the 3-dimensionality
of fields. Activities include mapping the magnetic field of a
room, making a magnetometer, & studying plasma. (NASA)
http://istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/istp/outreach/ed
"Radio JOVE: Planetary Radio Astronomy for Schools"
helps students & amateur scientists observe & analyze natural
radio emissions of Jupiter & the Sun. Through the study of
their magnetic fields & their plasma (charged particle)
environments, we are better able to understand the Earth.
(NASA)
http://radiojove.gsfc.nasa.gov/
"Seeing the Invisible"
offers a guide & workbook to help students discover that the
sun emits light in wavelengths outside the visible region of
the electromagnetic spectrum. Activities allow students to
view unique features of the Sun that are revealed only by
certain spectral wavelengths of light. (NASA)
http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/class6-8.htm
"Solar Storms & You"
is a series of 6 workbooks on solar activity & sunspots, solar
wind, magnetic storms, aurora, & satellite design (Grades 7-
9). (NASA)
http://image.gsfc.nasa.gov/poetry//higley.html
"Timeline of the Universe"
is an online tutorial that traces the 15-billion-year history
of the universe. It starts with the Big Bang & discusses the
formation of elements in stars, planetary systems, Earth-like
planets, & Jupiter-like planets. The "chemistry of life" is
also examined. (NASA)
http://origins.jpl.nasa.gov/library/poster/poster.html
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History
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"Cuneiform Tablets: From the Reign of Gudea of Lagash to
Shalmanassar III"
presents clay tablets, cones, & brick fragments inscribed
using the ancient writing system known as cuneiform. The
Sumerians invented this writing system, which uses a wedge-
shaped reed stylus to make impressions in clay. These 38
cuneiform tablets include school tablets, accounting records,
& commemorative inscriptions. They are dated from the reign
of Gudea of Lagash (2144-2124 B.C.) to Shalmanassar III (858-
824 B.C.). (LOC)
http://international.loc.gov/intldl/cuneihtml/cuneihome.html
Acronyms
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FREE -- Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
LOC -- Library of Congress
NBII,USGS -- National Biological Information Infrastructure, U.S. Geological
Survey
NASA -- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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