March 2011
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.
BONUS MATERIALS: "FIRE IN THE SKY"
Click the following links for bonus material for teaching “Fire in the Sky."
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- PREREADING VIDEO: Start your lesson by introducing background information on volcanoes with this narrated video.
- DOWNLOADABLE ARTICLE: Read or review SuperScience’s feature on Iceland’s icy volcano with this whiteboard-ready version.
- BONUS REPRODUCIBLE presents of a chart of information on five U.S. volcanoes.
BONUS MATERIALS: "KILLER PLANTS"
Here is bonus material for teaching our feature article “Killer Plants" and this issue’s hands-on experiment.
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- SELF-SCORING, INTERACTIVE QUIZ can assess students’ comprehension of “Killer Plants"
- HANDS-ON SLIDESHOW: Preview each step of the hands-on procedure for “Food Breakdown” with this downloadable slideshow.
TEACHER’S EDITION
Download this issue’s Teacher’s Edition here. (Answers have been removed.)
Download this issue’s Teacher’s Edition here. (Answers have been removed.)
WEB EXTRAS FOR MARCH 2011:
- Chart Skill: Animal Alert
- Diagram Skill: Inside a Volcano
- Reading Comprehension: A Gentle Eruption
- Reading Comprehension: No-Sweat Bubble Test
WEB CONNECTIONS FOR THIS ISSUE:
- Earth Science Feature: “Fire in the Sky”
Click here for an interactive volcano explorer:
http://kids.discovery.com/games/pompeii/pompeii.html - Earth Science Feature: “Raining Space Rocks”
For more information on meteorites and the origins of the solar system, visit:
http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/permanent/meteorites - Life Science Feature: “Killer Plants”
For more information on carnivorous plants, visit:
http://www.botany.org/carnivorous_plants/ - Physical Science Feature: “How to Be a Secret Agent”
For a CBS News video on some of the latest spy gadgets, visit:
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=5722039n
