March 15-April 5, 2010
For EVERY FEATURE ARTICLE, Science World now gives you:
- A DIGITAL VERSION of the article to project onscreen
- An anchoring VIDEO
- A BONUS ONLINE REPRODUCIBLE
Click on the stories below to check out their digital packages! You can show the DIGITAL VERSION of the article on your Whiteboard or computer projector for whole-class viewing. Be sure to click on the VIDEO EXTRA box to start your lesson with the anchoring video. This video gives your students background knowledge and will get them excited about reading the related article. Finally, wrap up your lesson with the BONUS ONLINE REPRODUCIBLE!
BIOLOGY: Tagged, You’re It! (p. 12)
EARTH SCIENCE: An Uphill Climb (p. 22)
EARTH SCIENCE: Ocean of the Future (p. 24)
PHYSICS/CHEMISTRY: Back in the Game (p. 8)
PHYSICS/CHEMISTRY: Pop Predictions (p. 16)
PHYSICS/CHEMISTRY: Name That Element! (p. 1)
Science World PowerPoints
This year, Science World is introducing PowerPoint presentations to go along with select feature articles. They are perfect for use on SMART Boards, as well as on your school computer, or as handouts.
Click here for more information, and previous PowerPoints.
- Download this issue's PowerPoint about new oceans
(use with "Ocean of the Future," p. 24)
Teacher's Edition
Download this issue's Teacher's Edition here. Answer keys have been removed.
Reproducibles from the Teacher's Edition
- Science News (Reading Comprehension)
- Check for Understanding (1) (Reading Comprehension)
- Check for Understanding (2) (Reading Comprehension)
- Going for the Gold (Chart-Reading Skills)
Video Extras: Videos for every feature article!
- An Uphill Climb
Listen to sound clips of frogs in Madagascar:
http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/frogs/frogsounds - Back in the Game
Watch videos of the U.S. Paralympic Games:
http://www.vancouver2010.com/paralympic-games/videos - Tagged, You're It!
For videos and sound clips of birds, from chickadees to hummingbirds, visit:
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/browse.aspx - Hands On:
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Evening_Grosbeak/sounds
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/American_Goldfinch/sounds
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Yellow_Warbler/sounds - Pop Predictions
Try your hand at musicology. Find a link at: http://www.taylorswift.com/videos and click on Taylor Swift - Best Day. What do you like about it? Dislike? How does it compare to other songs you like? - I Want THAT Job!
Cultural astronomer Jarita Holbrook talks about her job:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-996942605761128784# - Ocean of the Future
Watch a video of the bubbling Erta Ale lava lake at:
http://www.swisseduc.ch/stromboli/perm/erta/movies-en.html?id=0
Article-specific web links from this issue's Teacher's Edition:
- Back in the Game
Check out this interactive Web site that explains Newton's Laws at the Science Channel:
http://science.discovery.com/interactives/literacy/newton/newton.html - Tagged, You're It!
Turn your students into bird-tracking citizen scientists with Cornell Lab of Ornithology's citizen science Web site:
www.birds.cornell.edu/netcommunity/citsci - Pop Predictions
Learn more about the science of music at the Exploratorium's Web site:
www.exploratorium.edu/music - Name That Element!
For a photographic tour of the periodic table, check out Theodore Gray's The Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Atom in the Universe, Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2009. - An Uphill Climb
The National Wildlife Federation has a page on how global warming is affecting many different species:
http://cf.nwf.org/wildlifeandglobalwarming/effectsonwildlife.cfm - Ocean of the Future
Oregon State's Volcano World Web site is filled with information about volcanoes across the globe. Check it out at:
http://volcano.oregonstate.edu
