One of our themes for the 2009 Summer Workshop is Cycles.  Please add your tips, resources, and ideas here!

 

2009 MSTL participants:  Please post your Cycles activities here:

 

 

 GENERAL RESOURCES

 

Resources For Teachers:

Cycles Smart Notebook Presentation from Sheila and Carol Science and Math Cycles.notebook

Cycles Lesson Plan from Sheila and Carol Cycles Lesson Plan.08.05.09.doc

Inquiry and Process Skills: INQUIRY AND PROCESS SKILLS.doc

Free Printables for Teachers.doc 

Energy.1.doc

Books that might be useful for teaching cycles: Books that might be useful for cycle experiments.doc

Energy Web Sites: Energy web sites for teachers.1.doc

Make quizzes or use the Smart Board to make quizzes for all experiments or activates.doc 

 

Lesson Plans:

The Science Spot; Earth Science Lesson Plan Links: http://sciencespot.net/Pages/classearthlsn.html

 

ANIMAL LIFE CYCLES

 

Resources For Teachers:

Vocabulary: Animal life cycles vocabulary.doc

Books: Books for Animal Life Cycle.doc

Resources,activities,diagrams:Insects .frog - general vocabulary.doc;

 Power Points:    frog.ppt

                         ffagreen.ppt

  Metamorphosis: Insects.doc 

The Society for Developmental Biology (SBD): http://www.sdbonline.org/

Bill Wasserman's Developmental Biology Page (formerly at UR now at Loyala College): http://www.luc.edu/faculty/wwasser/dev.htm

Mary S. Tyler's Developmental Biology web page: http://www.developmentalbiology.net/

The Biology Project from the University of Arizona: http://www.biology.arizona.edu/

 

Lesson Plans:

Using live insects in elementary classrooms for early lessons in life from the University of Arizona Center for Insect Science Education Outreach:

http://insected.arizona.edu/lessons.htm

Butterfly life cycle elementary science lesson: http://primary-school-lesson-plans.suite101.com/article.cfm/butterfly_life_cycle_elementary_science_lesson

Lots of things to do with bugs: http://www.abcteach.com/directory/basics/science/animals/bugs/

 

 

LUNAR CYCLE

 

Resources For Teachers: 

Vocabulary: Moon Cycle Vocab.doc

Books: Books for Lunar Cycle.doc

Resources, activities,diagrams: Moon Cycle.doc

The Motions of the Earth and Moon.doc

Question.about moon and weatherdoc.doc

Activity.modeling moon phasesdoc.doc

Power Point :Lunar Phases and Eclipses.ppt

 

 

Lesson Plans: 

Lunar cycle and other ideas about the solar sytem for K-6: http://wind.caspercollege.edu/~marquard/BOCES/lessons.htm

LessonPlanet, A search engine for teachers: the lunar cycle:

http://www.lessonplanet.com/search?grade=All&keywords=earth+science+moon+phases&media=lesson&page=1&rating=3&search_type=narrow

 

 

PLANT LIFE CYCLES

 

Resources For Teachers:

Vocabulary:  Plant life cycle Vocabulary.doc

Books: Books for Plant Life Cycle.doc

Resources, activities and diagrams- Plant Life Cycle.doc

The Biology Project from the University of Arizona: http://www.biology.arizona.edu/

The Botanical Society of America: http://www.botany.org/

Plant Life Cycle ppt:  MSTL Inquiry Summer 2009.ppt

 

Lesson Plans:

Combining science and literacy: Jack and the Beanstalk with growing bean seeds: http://www.col-ed.org/cur/sci/sci121.txt

Dandelion life cycle: http://primary-school-lesson-plans.suite101.com/article.cfm/flower_theme_unit_dandelion_life_cycle_lesson

 

 

ROCK CYCLE

 

Resources For Teachers: 

Vocabulary: Rock Cycle Vocabulary.doc

Books: Books for Rock Cycle.doc

Resources, activities,diagrams: Rock Cycle.doc

 Standards: rock teach cycledoc.doc 

Power Points:

Rock_mineral_I.ppt

Rock_mineral_II.ppt

Rock Record.ppt

weathering_rev.ppt

Mineralogical Society of America (MSA): http://www.minsocam.org/

Inclues both information and lesson plans http://geology.com/teacher/rocks.shtml

EarthComm sponsored by the American Geological Institute (organized by state): http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/programs/rocks/

The USGS and Science Education: http://education.usgs.gov/

Interactive Rock Cycle Animation: http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/investigations/es0602/es0602page02.cfm

 

Lesson Plans:

Combining rocks with storytelling for grades 6-8: http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/programs/rocks/

Combining rocks with storytelling for elementary age students: http://nesen.unl.edu/Lessons/Geosphere/tellthestoryofarock.asp

Make a candy rock for grades 5-8: http://nesen.unl.edu/Lessons/Geosphere/makearock.asp

The rock cycle including how sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous rocks form for K-8: http://www.fi.edu/fellows/payton/rocks/lesson.htm

Sugar cube rock cycle: http://www.science-class.net/Lessons/Geology/Rocks_Minerals/sugar_rock_cycle.pdf

Crayon rock cycle: http://www.mysciencebox.org/crayonrock

Rock cycle activity using crayons: http://library.thinkquest.org/J002289/rcycleact.html

Some ideas from the Ball State University website (for example, see The Chocolate Cycle): http://www.bsu.edu/web/fseec/pie/Lessonplans.htm

Real fake rocks for grades 4-8 http://www.geosociety.org/educate/LessonPlans/fakeRocks.pdf

 

 

SEASONAL AND WEATHER CYCLES

 

Resources For Teachers:

Books: Books for Weather and Seasonal Cycles.doc

Resources, activities,diagrams:rock teach cycledoc.doc

Question.about moon and weatherdoc.doc 

Resources on weather, including lesson plans: http://geology.com/teacher/weather.shtml

 

Lesson Plans:

The Science Spot; Weather Lesson Plan Links: http://sciencespot.net/Pages/classweather.html

Leaf life cycle through the four seasons lesson plans using the book "Fall Is Not Easy": http://primary-school-lesson-plans.suite101.com/article.cfm/fall_is_not_easy_subject_lesson_plans

All kinds of different ideas for weather and seasons: http://www.brainpopjr.com/science/weather/seasons/grownups.weml

ProTeacher: http://www.proteacher.com/110022.shtml

Creative ideas for all ages:http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/science/earth_sciences/weather/

Meteorology Lesson Plans for all grades! http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Science/Meteorology

Seasons lessons for K-3: http://www.instructorweb.com/lesson/seasons.asp

 

 

WATER CYCLE

 

Resources For Teachers:

Vocabulary:  Water Cycle Vocabulary1.doc

Books: Books for Water Cycle.doc

States of matter: MATTER.doc

PowerPoint:watersheds.ppt 

 

Lesson Plans:

Sheila's water cycle lesson plan organized by grade level: THE WATER CYCLE Lesson Plan. Sheila Root.doc

Around the water cycle: a reader's theater: http://teachers.net/lessons/posts/400.html

Water classroom activities and lesson plans: http://geology.com/teacher/water.shtml

Water Magic: a lesson plan for K-4 on states of matter and a precursor to the water cycle: http://www.col-ed.org/cur/sci/sci95.txt

The Water Cycle for grades 2-4: http://www.col-ed.org/cur/sci/sci190.txt

The Water Cycle for grades 4-6: http://www.instructorweb.com/lesson/watercycle.asp

Many more leson plans: Water Cycle modules grades web sites .references.doc 

 

 

 

FLEXAGONS

 

General Information: Wikipedia has a good summary.

Pictures of a knit hexaflexagon.

Paper models of hexaflexagons.  But you might want to print triangle paper first! (Here's a good site.)