User:Vtaylor/SciTech

User:Burns


 * technology literacy guidelines


 * aviation - whooping cranes, come fly activities, BSF exhibits, wikieducator, lookup, edmodo, slideshare


 * engineering - ERAU k-12, materials - biomedical, dentistry, process, reverse-engineer, 100 objects


 * mLearning - iPads


 * k-12 open textbooks - IAEP Booki


 * science FL Science5, Science6,  K8 games, xo.science, CPALMS courses / resources

== Thinking things==


 * sequence of lessons by grade ? FL standard
 * map aviation activities to topic
 * access to materials - funnels, anemometer,...
 * access to computers - kids do computer based activities, research, view animations...
 * personal learning network - teachers, students


 * framework - learner directed? web access? web resources? Sugar activities? Spanish?

== Hydroponics==

unit (integrated science, math, language arts, social studies, art, even music?) on hydroponics


 * http://www.windowfarms.org/applications-school


 * http://www.hydroponicsonline.com - lessons, pictures, resources

subject ideas
 * social studies - urban gardens, transportation, agriculture, nutrition, space, history from 600 BC
 * language arts - research, writing, poetry, presentation
 * art - design attractive, functional window gardens for home / school / grocery store
 * math - calculations - space needed, yield, nutrients for growing, ratios, relationships
 * science - plants, water cycle, nutrition, nutrient composition, photosynthesis, biology (botany), pests (insects, funngi,..)
 * music - poetry to music, dance

learn more...


 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydroponics

== Gentetics==

Integrated math/science 7th grade lessons


 * genetics - computation, possibilities, combinations, sequence, relationahips, sampling


 * Autism Gene - video - numbers, fractions, percent, sequence, statistics, relationships, probability
 * Related Florida Benchmark(s): SC.7.L.16.1, SC.7.N.1.5
 * Related Florida Access Point(s): SC.7.L.16.In.a, SC.7.L.16.In.b, SC.7.L.16.Su.a

learn more...


 * K8 Science - Genetics news


 * Genetics lessons


 * Genetics


 * Genetics - pictures, videos,

== Ecology==

Integrated math/science lessons - ecology


 * Florida wetlands - water - volume, surface area, percent humidity, statistical days surface water, distribution


 * water cycle - percent - humidity, volumes - rainfall, evaporation


 * recycling - weight, volume, money, ratios, statistics, multi-digit numbers, scale, graphs, distribution

learn more...


 * ecology resources list


 * The Science of Air - video, lessons


 * Ecology Lesson Plans


 * Introduction to Ecosystems - slides


 * Ecology lessons plans


 * Ecology, environment


 * physical geography or earth science basics, Earth's structure, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere

== Outdoor environmental classroom==

How to set up an outdoor environmental learning classroom - ? vegetable garden


 * Edible schoolyard - Alice Waters, Berkeley CA


 * Outdoor environments - teachers resources


 * Project Feederwatch


 * Biology in elementary schools


 * search "outdoor environmental classroom" examples - Don Estridge High Tech Middle School, Palm Beach County, FL

== Microchemistry==

Microchemistry experiments for 6th to 8th graders - I have done some of these and have most of the supplies


 * Kitchen Chemistry


 * Microchemistry - videos


 * Chem4kids - resources

Virtual chemistry


 * Virtual chemistry - Oxford University - "Virtual Experiments" with "practicals" and VR movies of actual experiments, chemistry Quicktime TV, and much more. A great resource for anyone seriously interested in chemistry.


 * Carnegie Mellon University virtual chem lab - simulation-based learning environments where college and high school students can approach chemistry more like practicing scientists and see interesting real-world applications of key concepts

== Math core standards==
 * math vocabulary lists by grade
 * core standards - math

Mathematical Practices 1. Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them. 2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively. 3. Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others. 4. Model with mathematics. 5. Use appropriate tools strategically. 6. Attend to precision. 7. Look for and make use of structure. 8. Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.

Grade 6 - pg 41

Ratios and Proportional Relationships • Understand ratio concepts and use ratio reasoning to solve problems.

The Number System • Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication and division to divide fractions by fractions. • Compute fluently with multi-digit numbers and find common factors and multiples. • Apply and extend previous understandings of numbers to the system of rational numbers.

Expressions and Equations • Apply and extend previous understandings of arithmetic to algebraic expressions. • Reason about and solve one-variable equations and inequalities. • Represent and analyze quantitative relationships between dependent and independent variables.

Geometry • Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving area, surface area, and volume.

Statistics and Probability • Develop understanding of statistical variability. • Summarize and describe distributions.

Grade 7 - pg 47

Ratios and Proportional Relationships • Analyze proportional relationships and use them to solve real-world and mathematical problems.

The Number System • Apply and extend previous understandings of operations with fractions to add, subtract, multiply, and divide rational numbers.

Expressions and Equations • Use properties of operations to generate equivalent expressions. • Solve real-life and mathematical problems using numerical and algebraic expressions and equations.

Geometry • Draw, construct and describe geometrical figures and describe the relationships between them. • Solve real-life and mathematical problems involving angle measure, area, surface area, and volume.

Statistics and Probability • Use random sampling to draw inferences about a population. • Draw informal comparative inferences about two populations. • Investigate chance processes and develop, use, and evaluate probability models.

Grade 8 - pg 53

The Number System • Know that there are numbers that are not rational, and approximate them by rational numbers.

Expressions and Equations • Work with radicals and integer exponents. • Understand the connections between proportional relationships, lines, and linear equations. • Analyze and solve linear equations and pairs of simultaneous linear equations.

Functions • Define, evaluate, and compare functions. • Use functions to model relationships between quantities.

Geometry • Understand congruence and similarity using physical models, transparencies, or geometry software. • Understand and apply the Pythagorean Theorem. • Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving volume of cylinders, cones and spheres.

Statistics and Probability • Investigate patterns of association in bivariate data.

== Burns Science and Technology== http://BurnsSciTech.org 219 North Gaines St., Oak Hill FL 32759

Central Florida's First K-8 Science & Technology School

Burns Sci-Tech is a K-8 public charter school operating within the Volusia County School District. It is a tuition free school, with an open admission policy. We offer a strong core curriculum, with an emphasis on science and technology. We prepare our students for a successful future by fostering 21st century literacy and learning. Critical thinking, problem solving, teamwork, and communication skills are woven through every subject.

== Wikipedia for kids==


 * Wikipedia downloads - Wikipedia for schools - bit torrent, Pocket Wikipedia, others, Sugar activity run in Sugar environment

== K-8 Music==

http://www.delicious.com/search?p=k8music&chk=&fr=del_icio_us&lc=0&atags=&rtags=&context=userposts|byxbee|&context=all||


 * lessons, ideas http://www.musick8.com/html/idearesults.php?redir=y


 * resources, teaching materials http://www.tarleton.edu/Faculty/boucher/Elementary%20Music%20Resources.htm


 * free podcasts of songs, music lessons http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/music-k-8-music-sampler-podcast/id135521122


 * Musical Travels for Children - A combination social studies and music course for children at elementary school level. Some lessons feature music to learn; others introduce interesting aspects of music in other cultures. http://cnx.org/content/col10221/latest/


 * jazz http://www.k8jazz.org/


 * BBC guide to the orchestra http://www.bbc.co.uk/orchestras/learn/guidetotheorchestra/


 * music for minors http://www.mfm.org/


 * Smithsonian http://www.folkways.si.edu/tools_for_teaching/introduction.aspx


 * open textbooks - music [college level but could be adapted] http://collegeopentextbooks.org/opentextbookcontent/open-textbooks-by-subject/music.html


 * Music Unites http://www.musicunites.org/


 * Music Theory http://cnx.org/lenses/tecsuzuki/TECMusicTheory


 * science of music http://www.exploratorium.edu/music/


 * Musical Travels for Children http://cnx.org/content/col10221/latest/


 * Archives (scanned, digitized) - New music education in Florida elementary schools (1948) http://www.archive.org/details/newmusiceducatio00dani, FSC seems to have digitized a lot of older Florida educational material. http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=publisher%3A%22Florida+Southern+College%22


 * commercial textbooks ($15k) McGraw Hill Spotlight on Music Silver Burdett Making Music


 * http://wikieducator.org/Creativity_and_the_Teaching_of_Music_and_Dance


 * Sugar Activity TamTam http://wiki.laptop.org/go/TamTam

== Notes, discussion topics, suggestions==

http://www.delicious.com/search?p=k8online&chk=&fr=del_icio_us&lc=0&atags=&rtags=&context=userposts|byxbee|&context=all||


 * blogs, portfolios
 * open educational resources
 * faculty collaboration
 * parents, community outreach
 * Moodle - learning management

K-8 science and technology resources

 * The Tech Museum classroom activities

Diigo group/build-a-plane
 * Look Up! Educator Network links to aviation-inspired educational resources for kids and their instructors and mentors - web sites, articles, lesson plans, do-it-yourself videos. A project of BuildAPlane.org - the organization that donates actual airplanes to schools across the United States for students to build or refurbish. Help Look Up! capture links to the 1000s of great aviation sites.

Saint Michael's College student projects. Link under 'toolbox' for a printer-friendly version. Click on handouts to print full resolution versions. Please see Wikieducator's disclaimer our safety statement, and the creative commons licensing in Englishand in legalese.


 * Biology in elementary schools


 * Biology in middle schools