How do you prepare for learning the science content you need to know to teach your kit? (Changes)

Team Changes!

One of the first things that I did to refresh myself on states of matter was I went straight to www.brainpop.com  I just love this website and Moby cracks me up too! The website has a ton of useful information and for many other subjects too!





Another useful website was http://www.chem4kids.com/files/matter_intro.html  This provided great information, diagrams, quizzes and different activities. Even though I am an adult, I like to visit "student" websites because it breaks down the topic in a simple way that I am able to understand better.  


Additional Resources:
http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/Graduate/TI/pages/LEWIS/matterweb.htm


http://classroom.jc-schools.net/sci-units/matter.htm 
This was a GREAT one!

http://qldscienceteachers.tripod.com/junior/chem/matter.html 

http://science-class.net/Chemistry/states.htm 

These websites will help me learn the science content that I need to be able to teach my kit. There are so many different resources out there that can help you regardless of your topic. The internet is an amazing tool that can lead you to endless possibilities! Enjoy!

Website for teachers, parents, children.. oh my!

Hi everyone!

This website is AWESOME!! It has so many different parts whether it is showing you how to do experiments, provides you with lesson plans, and even provides you with presentations you can download. There are a ton of resources on this!

http://www.tryscience.org/teachers/teacher.html

Another great part about this website is there is a website for children and for parents too! On the website for children you can take virtual field trips to museums and even view some animals live through webcam! You can play games as this website takes you on your own personal journey through science!!

This website also allows you to view it in nine other languages!!! This will be very useful for teachers, students, and parents!

Enjoyyyyy :)

My Science Story! :)

My science story begins when I was a little girl who would love to explore her backyard and enjoy nature. I would often have my brothers or friends join me, but a lot of the times I went alone and was very content with that. I loved being able to hear all of the noises of mother nature around me while I was able to be whoever I wanted to be.

We had a very long stream in our backyard which started out as a pond but was filled in for safety reasons. (I was not a happy camper!) I loved going out there and "saving the stream" as I called it. I would find the best hiking stick around and use it to clean the leaves, rocks, and anything else that got in the way of the beautiful flow of my beloved stream! I would spend hours outside cleaning the stream out and pretending I was getting interviewed and helping save the world! I would often go so deep into the woods that I would not hear my mother call me for dinner. (She was not a happy camper!) I felt so peaceful being able to do whatever I wanted and often times that was just nothing, which was just perfect to me!