November/December 2010
To meet our goal of providing the highest-quality science education content for the modern classroom, SuperScience is now offering comprehensive online resources for subscribers.
Click the following links for bonus material for teaching “My New Teacher, Mr. Robot” and this issue's hands-on experiment.
- Multimedia PowerPoint: Introduce the topic of robots with this narrated PowerPoint slide show.
- Downloadable article: Read or review SuperScience’s feature on robot teachers with this whiteboard-ready version.
- Self-scoring interactive quiz can assess students’ comprehension of “My New Teacher, Mr. Robot.”
- Bonus reproducible builds math skills using conversion factors.
- Hands-on PowerPoint : Preview each step of the hands-on procedure for “Air Travel Test” with this downloadable PowerPoint.
TEACHER’S EDITION
Download this issue’s Teacher’s Edition here. (Answers have been removed.)
- Wind Watch
SKILL: Map/Chart - Robots in History
SKILL: Timeline - 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:
- Physical Science Mystery: “The Case of the Prized Penny”
To learn more about the history of money in the United States, visit:
www.usmint.gov/kids/
- Life Science Feature: "The Brain of Love”
For more information about Brain and other American Museum of Natural History exhibits, visit:
http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/
- Earth Science Feature: "Hurricane Hunter”
For more information on hurricane-hunting scientists, visit this site:
http://www.fema.gov/kids/huhunt.htm
- For hurricane basics check out:
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/wwatch/hurricanes
- Physical Science Feature: "My New Teacher, Mr. Robot”
Learn about some dangerous situations where robots could be used and view clips of robots in action:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/robots/hazard/
