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Yahoo VAST Elementary Education Discussion Group:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vastelementary/?yguid=185053625

These sites offer recipes for popular mixtures used in classroom experiments as well as general engaging activities for the elementary student. View them to see if they can offer help with your classroom instruction:

http://www.howstuffworks.com
http://www.yucky.com (choose recipes)
http://www.pbskids.org/zoom
http://www.funsci.com
http://www.quia.com
http://www.funbrain.com
http://www.pbs.org/ktca/newtons/tryits/index.html
http://www.lessonplanspage.com

Lesson plans and other aids are available at these sites that deal with the Living Systems strand:

http://www.kidsgardening.com
http://www.nfw.org
http://www.agintheclass.com

Teachers can find up -to- date sites that can help with their units on Space and Solar System at any of the following:

http://www.earthsky.com
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov (Choose education - This presents activities for teaching moonphases)
http://www.nasaexplores.com

Weather information is available at the following sites: (Caution! There are many advertisements here!)

http://www.weather.com (Choose "schoolday" which allows teachers to get guides)

There are machines at work at the following sites:

http://www.howstuffworks.com

Look for help in your unit on rocks, minerals, and earth weathering:

http://www.earthscienceworld.org
http://www.epa.gov

The following sites offer help only for teachers. They serve to inform and some actually offer ideas for instruction. Some are great sites to view when you don't have the right answer for a student's question.

http://www.vanaturally.com
http://www.wvpt4learning.org
http://www.topscience.org
http://www.hud.gov/teacher
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/education
http://www.scilinks.org
http://www.casio.com (choose education, choose classroom)
http://www.pbs.org
http://www.lessonplanspage.com
http://www.miamisci.org
http://www.apte.com/puzzles
http://www.mcrel.org/whelmers
http://www.whyfiles.org
http://www.seds.org/billa/tnp
http://www.theeducationcenter.com
http://www.thechalkboard.com
http://www.ipl.org/youth/projectguide
http://www.classroom.com (has lesson plans and more)
http://www.lightspan.com (has 1500 lesson plans and more)

 

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