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Alex Plate Tectonics All About Plate Tectonics. (2011). [] Grades 4-8 All about Plate Tectonics is exactly what it sounds like. Graphics of the continental drift and the earth’s major plates are a good visual for the classroom. Other sections included deal with divergent, convergent, and lateral plate movement, the Earth’s crust, and Pangaea.
 * E.8.2 Describe underlying structures of the earth that cause changes in the earth's surface**

Toni Eckmayer Title:USA TODAY Weather Graphics Link:[|USA TODAY Weather Graphics] This site offers an extensive collection of weather graphics, many of them interactive, on topics ranging from hurricanes and tornadoes to how the earth’s tilt creates seasons. (Grades K-12)

Becca Standard E Earth Science for Kids: Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade [|Earth Science for Kids] This website presents several different categories related to earth science such as: habitats, seasons, land, water, nature and weather. When you select a section, such as land, you are then presented with more options—for instance earthquakes. Once you’ve chosen a topic it brings to a page where you are given MORE options—pictures of earthquakes, “the ABC of earthquakes,” animations of earthquakes, science fair project ideas, puzzles and games etc. This site is best suited for grade k-2.

Katie Standard E (E.4.4) Identify celestial objects (sun, moon, stars, planets) in the sky, noting changes in patterns of those objects over time. Title: Kids Astronomy [|Kids Astronomy] This site provides a fairly in depth look at the different planets and details about them including their moons, temperature, how time passes, etc. In a very simple, kid friendly format. Information is very easy to find and use. Grade: 3 – 6

Title: Season and Solstices Link:[|Seasons and Solstices] This article invites students to go on an internet fieldtrip to look at seasons. It provides the site linkages as well as other topics to be explored as part of the unit. It also highlights words for vocabulary expansion. (GradeK-8)

Title – NeoK12 – Earth 100 million years from now Link to resource - [] Description of resource – In the discussion of plate tectonics it is common to talk about how earth used to look and could look in the future based on movement of the earth’s plates. This video shows how the earth is theorized to have looked from 600 million years ago in the Pre-Cambrian era all the way until what scientists believe the earth will look like 100 million years in the future. It is set to dramatic music to emphasize the enormity of the processes happening on the screen. Hopefully this video will help plate tectonics and the shifting of landmasses make sense to the more visual learners in the class. Range of appropriate grade levels – 6th – 8th Linda Chappetto

Jessica Title: NASAKid’s Club Link:[|NASA Kids Club] This website is a great interactive website for students to learn more about the Earth and space. There are pictures, games, and lots of information. Students can see who is in space right now at the International Space Station by clicking a button. Students can find out what is new and going on in space. There are also different skill/grade levels that students can choose from and lots of different links and choices for games based on the skill levels that include many types of space games. (Grades K-8)

Standard: E.4.5 Describe the weather commonly found in Wisconsin in terms of clouds, temperature, humidity, and forms of precipitation, and the changes that occur over time, including seasonal changes Title: Weather Sayings Link: [|Weather Vocab] Description: This is an interactive site where students can find out the meaning of weather sayings. They can also find out how living and non-living things can help to predict the weather. It will also define an unknown weather vocabulary the students may have. Grade: K-5

Science, Standard E: Earth and Space Science (E.4.5. and E.4.6.) Make a Weather Station [|CIESE - Make a Weather Station] This resource contains numerous suggested question prompts to get students thinking critically about weather. Some of the questions include what causes different types of weather, how does weather impacts the students’ lives, and how would students create tools to measure and record changes in weather. Students are then divided into groups and each group is given instructions on how to create a different weather measuring device. The devices are combined to create a class weather station that the students will use to record weather data over time. Grades 2-4

Title: Earthquakes and volcanoes E[|arthquakes and Volcanoes] This website has a suggested lesson plan for having students learn about plate tectonics. After learning about the theory, students determine which areas of the the U.S. are most susceptible to earthquakes and volcanoes. Students then look at a population density map to determine if people have avoided those areas, and why that is or is not the case. The cite provides links with information about plate tectonics and about how people who live along the faultlines cope with the threat of a natural disaster. Grades: 3-5