A great online resource that I was able to find that would be excellent for teaching elementary science is Internet4classrooms.com. This website is run collaboratively by Susan Brooks and Bill Byles, who began working on the website in 1997 as a resource for their fellow teachers. By November of 2000, the website had grown tremendously into a free online portal for anyone to use as a resource in their classroom. The website covers all subjects that are taught from k-12, giving the standards for each subject and a variety of lessons and activities for students to complete, which are designated for a specific age group or grade level. The great thing about this website is that it can be used at home as well as in the classroom, so students can continue learning more about the subjects they really enjoy or are especially interested in. The children can refer to this site to refresh their memory about a given topic, or to recollect and reflect on what was taught that day in the classroom. The site is broken down into the various subjects that are taught for each grade level, and is very easy to maneuver throughout with little computer experience.
In order to get to the science section from the main website, you must first go to the "Links for k-12" tab on the left side of the page, and then you will see a list of all the different elementary subject areas, all of which have a huge repertoire of activities, lesson plans, and fun facts. There is also a "parents zone" that you can access from this page, which gives tips for teaching the different subjects if your child is having trouble in a specific area, and gives a list of other safe (and accurate) websites for children to be using as an online resource. There is instructional information for teachers to use as a resource when designing a lesson plan, as well as information about the different behavioral and learning issues that are common in elementary school classrooms (such as tips for keeping the attention of students with ADD). There are a lot of interactive modules for the students to have fun with while learning the essential information, and it can be used as a resource in every grade level and for every subject matter. I spent a lot of time maneuvering this website and found it to be very helpful, so I would recommend you to do the same if you are in the teaching profession or if you just want to learn something new and interesting!
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