April 2010
To meet our goal of providing the highest-quality science education content for the modern classroom, SuperScience is proud to offer new comprehensive online resources for subscribers. Beginning with this April "Earth Day" issue, we’ve provided digital resources for teaching the cover story and its accompanying hands-on experiment.
- Students can see real-life giraffes and learn about their lifestyle with this anchoring video.
- Read or review SuperScience's feature on giraffes and its hands-on experiment with these downloadable versions.
- Preview the cover story’s hand-on experiment and review the procedure with your class with this hands-on photo slide show, available as a downloadable PowerPoint file.
- Assess students’ comprehension of the cover story with this self-scoring, interactive quiz.
- Reinforce valuable science skills with this Web-only, bonus reproducible. View or download the answer key here.
TEACHER’S EDITION
Download this issue’s Teacher’s Edition here. (Answers have been removed.)
- Be Persuassive!
SKILL: Writing Skill - Graphing Giraffes
SKILL: Graphing Skill - Be a Quiz Whiz
SKILL: Reading Comprehension - No-Sweat Bubble Test
SKILL: Reading Comprehension
Download a PDF of this issue’s lesson plans here.
WEB CONNECTIONS FOR THIS ISSUE:
- SuperScience Mystery: "The Case of the Secret Message"
PBS Zoom's kitchen chemistry
- Life Science Feature: "Standing Tall"
The Giraffe Conservation Foundation
- Cool Science Jobs: "Space Safety"
How Stuff Works article on space junk
- Physical Science Feature: "Car Tunes"
NASA's official climate change Web site for kids
