Welcome to ScienceSpin Primary!
Welcome to ScienceSpin! Our issues are designed to help you meet National Science Education Standards and make learning science fun. On the Web site, you will find useful, issue-related links and either an experiment or a reproducible to use with your students. Check back each month to see what we have for the school year.
Sincerely,
Rachelle Kreisman, editor
ssp@weeklyreader.com
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May/June 2008
Monkey Business
In this issue, students will learn why monkeys are causing trouble in India.
Monkey Crossword: Use this crossword puzzle to see how much your students learned from the issue. Download the reproducible here.
Web Link:
For more information about monkeys, visit the
San Diego Zoo.
April 2008
Flower Power
In this issue, students will learn about plants and clean energy.
Take our energy quiz: Use this cloze reading passage to see how much your students learned from the issue. Download the reproducible here.
Web Link:
For kid-friendly games, tips, and lesson plans about energy, visit the
U.S.Department of Energy.
February/March 2008
Get Moving!
In this issue, students will learn about plants and clean energy.
Take our energy quiz: Use this cloze reading passage to see how much your students learned from the issue. Download the reproducible here.
Web Link:
For kid-friendly games, tips, and lesson plans about energy, visit the
U.S.Department of Energy.
January 2008
Good News for Ferrets
In this issue, students will learn about efforts to save endangered ferrets.
Learn about endangered species: Around the world many amazing species are in danger of becoming extinct. Download a reproducible with a table and questions about endangered species here.
Web Links:
For more information about how ferrets are doing visit the Black Footed Ferret Recovery Program.
November/December 2007
Frozen Home
In this issue, students will learn about ecosystems around icebergs.
Make a Glacier: Many icebergs start as glaciers. Big chuncks of glaciers break off when the glacier meets the ocean. Students can make a model of a glacier to see how dirt and nutrients become trapped in ice. Download a reproducible with instuctions for the hands-on activity here.
Web Link:
For more information about Antarctica and some of the animals that live there, see the Australian government's Antarctic Division's Fact Files.
October 2007
A Bright Idea!
In this issue, students will learn about new energy saving lightbulbs.
Electricity timeline: Download a reproducible with a timeline of some milestones in the history of electric lighting here.
Web Link:
For more energy facts and games, visit the Energy Kid's Page from the U.S. Department of Energy.
September 2007
A New World
!
In this issue, students will learn about a planet outside of our solar system that may be a bit like Earth.
Hands-On Activity: Help your students get a sense of how big our solar system is by making a model with a roll of toilet paper. Click here to download a reproducible activity page with instructions.
Web Links:
Watch a movie about exoplanets.
Find scientific information about exoplanets to share with students.
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