Teacher Links

K-5 Computer Lab Activities
http://faculty.usiouxfalls.edu/arpeterson/computer_lab.htm

K-6 Standards Based Activitieshttp://www.elcerritowire.com/learn/index.htm>
K-8 Skill Builders - Interactive Lesson Ideashttp://www.internet4classrooms.com/grade_level_help.htm
2nd Grade Skill Buildershttp://www.pwcs.edu/Marshall/2nd%20Grade%20Resources.htm
Language Arts:
Apples4theteacher.com

http://www.apples4theteacher.com/langarts.html
Dositey.com

http://www.dositey.com/langk2.htm
Beginning Reading Skills

4th Grade - 9/15/09 - Tour the USA

Check out this panoramic view of Yosemite National Park.
http://maps.panedia.com/?pano=100275&mt=s

Zoom out, and look for another destination!

9/8/09 - 7th Grade - Heat Transfer

Here are a couple of interactive websites on heat transfer:

See if you can make the heat in the beakers equal in 5 minutes, using one of the materials (glass, aluminum, copper, or steel). Which one works the fastest? What does this mean?

http://www.explorelearning.com/index.cfm?method=cResource.dspView&ResourceID=388

Try this experiment, to heat up the water, using different metals:
http://www.chem.iastate.edu/group/Greenbowe/sections/projectfolder/flashfiles/thermochem/heat_metal.swf

What is more important? - Is it the mass of the metal, or the material you chose?


If you have come up with some questions, after these activities, do a little research on heat energy:

http://www.physics4kids.com/files/thermo_intro.html