Movies for Learning: Volcano

Volcano 

We explored volcanoes for Middle School Earth Science using this movie. With the information we gained we answered questions about how realistic we thought it was and if the situations in the movie could scientifically happen. 
Here are the questions that we used for the movie Volcano. Enjoy!! 

B is for Blue Planet, An Earth Science Alphabet Free Notebooking Pages

B is for Blue Planet: An Earth Science Alphabet by Ruth Strother is a wonderful way to read about many aspects of our amazing planet earth. This book spans many different aspects of earth science. This book is also available on EPIC!

"How much of Earth's surface is covered by water? How do the northern lights get their colors? Planet Earth has been home to mankind for hundreds of thousands of years and while scientists have learned a lot about it, they're still unraveling many of its mysteries. B is for Blue Planet: An Earth Science Alphabet explains what we do know about our planet and what more we have to learn. Examine Earth's diverse ecosystems (deserts), discover geological wonders (karst caves), learn about weather phenomena (hurricanes), and much more. Ruth Strother has been in the publishing industry for more than twenty years and is the author of fifteen books for children." review by Amazon.

B is for Blue Planet, An Earth Science Alphabet, along with these free notebooking pages above would be a wonderful unit for you and your students! You may want to add in some hands on activities and make it a complete unit study. You can find hands on ideas on my Pinterest board here!

You can read an excerpt from B is for Blue Planet here.

There is a teacher guide available from Sleeping Bear Press. It is very diverse and has many great printables for your unit study. 
I hope to do more of these A-Z pages on a variety of topics.

Blessings,

Natalie

Hands-on Earth Science with Discovery Education

I just love new terms. Fresh and shiny, just ready for lots of new ideas, new resources and new explorations! I love starting each new term knowing the promise of the learning that is ahead!

We have begun our new science unit for this term. The unit is on Earth Science. We continue to enjoy the great benefit of having my daughter's friend join us for science. This makes it so much richer. If you haven't ever done this I encourage you - invite a friend along!! 

Chemistry was so great last term that we have decided to carry on with the same format using Discovery Education’s Teams Earth Science. 

I picked up some of the needed materials on the weekend and got it organized. 

Here is a list of the videos that are in this series:

• TEAMS: Earth Processes: Maps and Models
• TEAMS: Earth Processes: Mountain Building
• TEAMS: Earth Processes: Rocks and Soils
• TEAMS: Earth Processes: Sedimentation
• TEAMS: Earth Processes: Time and Position
• TEAMS: Earth Processes: Weathering and Erosion

Our daughter is also doing Adaptive Curriculum and if we have time I will also have her do the Hands of a Child Lapbook of The Earth. 

Todays lesson on Maps and Models had a model of a contour map, so the girls covered the page with a ziplock bag and built their contours with different colors of clay. They turned out very well. 

We are looking forward to the future lessons this term and another great opportunity for hands-on science! Blessings!