February 14, 2011

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Science World is now offering comprehensive online resources for subscribers. The digital package for this issue will help you teach the cover story, "Bionic Body Parts" on p. 8.

• Start your lesson by showing this SLIDESHOW MOVIE, which will introduce your students to the various bionic body parts in use today.

• Next, read the article, Bionic Body Parts, p. 8, that explains how different bionic body parts work. Your entire class can view a DIGITAL VERSION of the article using your SMART Board or whiteboard and computer projector.

• After reading the story, have students complete the interactive, self-scoring CHECK FOR UNDERSTANDING skills sheet. This can be done as a class or individually to test students’ reading comprehension.

• Finally, wrap up your lesson with this BONUS, ONLINE REPRODUCIBLE that will challenge your students to make a model of a bionic body part.

Teacher's Edition
Download this issue's Teacher's Edition here. (Answer keys have been removed.)

Online-only Check For Understanding Skills Pages

• Bionic Body Parts
• Who You Callin’ Ugly?
• Mining Lithium for Your iPod

WEB EXTRAS!

Science News

• VIDEO EXTRA: Watch a video that shows how energy bubbles at the center of our galaxy were discovered.

Cool Jobs

• Watch a video to learn how chocolate is made.
  

Bionic Body Parts

• VIDEO EXTRA: Watch a video of Patrick Kane using his limb.

• Just like the Olympics, the Paralympics is a worldwide competition. It is for athletes with disabilities. Visit the International Paralympics Web site for science lesson plans and more.

• Check out National Geographic’s interactive package about bionic body parts.

Who You Callin’ Ugly?

• VIDEO EXTRA: Watch how the star-nosed mole “sees” with its nose.

• Learn more about animal adaptations with Scholastic’s Dirtmeister’s investigative report on animal adaptations.

• Check out Animal Planet’s slide show of the top 10 animal adaptations.

Mining Lithium for Your iPod

• VIDEO EXTRA: Watch a video about the lithium mines in the Salar de Atacama.

• Learn all about the different types of batteries.

• Check out a slide show about Bolivia’s salt flats at TIME magazine’s Web site.