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Vertical Science Planning & Resources for NC Middle School Educators

Energy

Heat (6) PBS Nova Thermal Energy Transfer Interactive PBS Heat Loss Project Lesson Plan PBS There’s No Such Thing As a Cold

Energy Transfer (7) PBS Energy Transfer in a Rollercoaster

Simple Machines (7) PBS Simple Machines PBS Create a Chain Reaction Machine Lab

Energy resources & environmental impacts (8)

PBS Energy Lab Ted Ed A guide to energy of the Earth PBS How Energy is “Lost” infographic

Earth Systems, Structures & Processes

Plate tectonics (6) Ted Ed What happens when continents collide? Smithsonian Institute Dynamic Earth

Rock Cycle (6) Mr. Lee’s Rock Cycle Rap

Water Cycle (7) Ted Ed Freshwater Scarcity Ted Ed Where did Earth’s Water Come From? USGS Interactive Water Cycle Diagram

Weather Patterns & Maps (7) PBS Nova Inside a JetStream NASA S’Cool Program NASA Climate Change in My Backyard Lab Smithsonian Oceans & Weather lesson plan

River Basins & Water Quality (8) EPA Adopt Your Watershed NC River Basins Kids in the Creek Check with your local Dept of Soil and Water, State Parks, RiverLink and other Nonprofits Ted Ed Where do we get our freshwater?

Estuaries, Oceans & Upwelling (8) Ted Ed How big is the ocean? NOAA’s Ocean Explorer

Structures & Functions of Living Organisms

Flowering plant structures (6) Ted Ed Hidden beauty of pollination

Photosynthesis (6, 8) PBS Plants Affect the Atmosphere PBS NOVA Methuselah Tree Interactive

Structures of singlecelled organisms (7)

PBS Singlecell organisms

Plant vs. Animal cells (7) PBS Crash Course Animal Cells PBS Crash Course Plant Cells

Created by Michele Crum for NCMLE 2016 Conference Session 1

http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/lsps07-sci-phys-thermalenergy/thermal-energy-transfer/

http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/tch12.sci.heat.stem.heatloss/the-heat-loss-project/

http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/arct15-sci-nocold/theres-no-such-thing-as-cold/

http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/midlit11.sci.splenergy/energy-transfer-in-a-roller-coaster/

http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/idptv11.sci.phys.maf.d4ksim/simple-machines/

http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/arct14.sci.zchain/chain-reaction-machine/

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/labs/lab/energy/

http://ed.ted.com/lessons/a-guide-to-the-energy-of-the-earth-joshua-m-sneideman

http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/5fe36d4c-53fb-49f7-a421-defe24e58aae/energy-and-electricity-from-source-to-use/

http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-happens-when-continents-collide-juan-d-carrillo

http://www.mnh.si.edu/earth/main_frames.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkGVE6wNAzo

http://ed.ted.com/lessons/fresh-water-scarcity-an-introduction-to-the-problem-christiana-z-peppard

http://ed.ted.com/lessons/where-did-earth-s-water-come-from-zachary-metz

http://water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle-kids.html

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/earth/inside-the-jet-stream.html

http://scool.larc.nasa.gov/

http://nasawavelength.org/resource/nw-000-000-004-211/

http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/lesson_plans/oceans_weather/index.html

http://cfpub.epa.gov/surf/locate/index.cfm

http://www.eenorthcarolina.org/riverbasins.html

http://www.kidsinthecreek.com/

http://ed.ted.com/lessons/where-we-get-our-fresh-water-christiana-z-peppard

http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-big-is-the-ocean-scott-gass

http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-big-is-the-ocean-scott-gass

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/gallery/gallery.html

http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-hidden-beauty-of-pollination-louie-schwartzberg

http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/nves.sci.earth.atmosphere/plants-affect-the-atmosphere/

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/methuselah/phot_nf.html

http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/tdc02.sci.life.stru.singlecell/single-celled-organisms/

http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/42d303b4-20cb-46e5-b21e-289e5168d3bf/eukaryopolis-the-city-of-animal-cells-crash-course-biology-4/

http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/6279638b-2847-406c-9fac-816a15c927fd/plant-cells-crash-course-biology-6/

Human body systems (7) Ted Ed How do your kidneys work?

Viruses, bacteria & disease (8) Ted Ed How a few scientists changed the way we think about disease Ted Ed What Causes Antibiotic Resistance? PBS Disease Detectives lesson plan

Matter

Atoms (6, 8) TedEd Just How Small is an Atom? TedEd The 2,400 year search for the atom TedEd What is the universe made of?

Heat (6) Harcourt Schools Hot Plate Simulation pHet Simulation States of Matter

Physical Properties (6, 8) Density Song Ted Ed Why does ice float in water?

Compounds, Mixtures, Elements (8) PBS Atomic Structure of an Alloy Ted Ed Science of Macaroni Salad What’s in a Molecule? Ted Ed Science of a Macaroni Salad: What’s in a Mixture?

Periodic Table (8) PBS Nova Hunting the Elements Elements 4D App (Available for Android & Apple) Theodore Grey’s Periodic Table Ted Ed Periodic Videos Library

Chemical Reactions & Law of Conservation of Mass (8)

Ted Ed What Triggers a Chemical Reaction? Ted Ed How to speed up a chemical reaction Ted Ed Law of Conservation of Mass

Forces & Motion

Waves, Sound, Light, Earthquakes (6) PBS Nova Electromagnetic Spectrum Interactive PBS Nova Detective Earthquakes video Ted Ed Liquid Audio: Sound wave experimentation Ted Ed Particles & Waves: The Central Mystery to Quantum Mechanics Ted Ed Light Waves: Visible & Invisible NASA Wavelength Website

Motion, position, speed and energy of an object (7)

Ted Ed How does Work, Work? Ted Ed Newton’s 3 Laws, with a bicycle Ted Ed An Athlete uses Physics to Shatter World Records

Ecosystems

Food webs (6, 8) Ted Ed Why is Biodiversity so important? Ted Ed Dead Stuff: the secret ingredient in our food chain

Abiotic v. Biotic (6, 8) PBS/Crash Course Ecology, Rules for Living on Earth


http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-do-your-kidneys-work-emma-bryce

http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-a-few-scientists-transformed-the-way-we-think-about-disease-tien-nguyen

http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-a-few-scientists-transformed-the-way-we-think-about-disease-tien-nguyen

http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-antibiotics-become-resistant-over-time-kevin-wu

http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/envh10.health.lp912/epidemiologists-disease-detectives/

http://ed.ted.com/lessons/just-how-small-is-an-atom

http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-2-400-year-search-for-the-atom-theresa-doud

http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-is-the-universe-made-of-dennis-wildfogel

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/hotplate/index.html

http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/states-of-matter-basics

http://www.teachertube.com/video/the-density-song-mr-edmonds-118850

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UukRgqzk-KE

http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/asset/nvhe_vid_alloy/

http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-science-of-macaroni-salad-what-s-in-a-molecule-josh-kurz

http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-science-of-macaroni-salad-what-s-in-a-molecule-josh-kurz

http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/collection/nvhe/

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/elements-4d-by-daqri/id782713582?mt=8

http://periodictable.com/

http://ed.ted.com/periodic-videos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8m6RtOpqvtU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OttRV5ykP7A

http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-law-of-conservation-of-mass-todd-ramsey

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/physics/electromagnetic-spectrum.html

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/earth/earthquake-detection.html

http://ed.ted.com/on/C3GahMQi

http://ed.ted.com/lessons/particles-and-waves-the-central-mystery-of-quantum-mechanics-chad-orzel

http://ed.ted.com/lessons/particles-and-waves-the-central-mystery-of-quantum-mechanics-chad-orzel

http://ed.ted.com/lessons/light-waves-visible-and-invisible-lucianne-walkowicz

http://nasawavelength.org/

http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-does-work-work-peter-bohacek

http://ed.ted.com/lessons/joshua-manley-newton-s-3-laws-with-a-bicycle

http://ed.ted.com/lessons/an-athlete-uses-physics-to-shatter-world-records-asaf-bar-yosef

http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-is-biodiversity-so-important-kim-preshoff

http://ed.ted.com/lessons/dead-stuff-the-secret-ingredient-in-our-food-chain-john-c-moore

http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/138cd9fa-e671-4106-8e43-ff440d2888cc/ecology-rules-for-living-on-earth-crash-course-biology-40/

Biomes (6) PBS/NASA Biomes Interactive

Symbiotic relationships & Population Ecology (8)

National Geographic Symbiotic Relationships LP PBS Wolves of Yellowstone LP (multiday) PBS Population Ecology Interactive

Cycling of energy related to cycling of carbon, oxygen, nitrogen & water (8)

Ted Ed The Carbon Cycle NASA A Year in the Life of Earth’s CO2

Evolution & Genetics

Asexual vs. Sexual reproduction (7) PBS How Cells Divide Interactive PBS Crash Course Mitosis PBS Crash Course Meiosis

Punnett Squares & heredity (7) Ted Ed How Mendel’s Pea Plants Helped Us Understand Genetics Ted Ed Where do Genes Come From? PBS Nova Nature vs. Nurture Revisited (see also links to right) PBS Sickle Cell Anemia

Evidence for natural selection & adaptation (8)

PBS Evolution BBC David Attenborough First Life Documentary

Earth in the Universe

Impacts of Earth’s position in space (6)

Ted Ed Reasons for the Seasons PBS Nova What Causes the Tides Interactive Ted Ed How fast are you moving right now? Ted Ed What if Earth stopped spinning?

Why Earth sustains life (6) NASA Fingerprints of Life Lesson Plan

Space exploration (6) NASA Exploration then & now Lesson Plan Ted Ed A Needle in Countless Haystacks, Searching for Hospitable Planets

Earth History

Relative and Absolute Dating (8) Ted Ed Four ways to understand earth’s age PBS Radioactive Dating C14

Fossil record (8) Ted Ed How to Fossilize Yourself PBS A Brief History of Life Interactive

Molecular Biology

Chemistry of diet, food & energy (8) Ted Ed The operating system of life Ted Ed The Simple Story of Photosynthesis & Food


http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/ess05.sci.ess.watcyc.biomemap/biomes/

http://education.nationalgeographic.org/activity/ecological-relationships/

http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/331db173-a528-46ae-985c-e2432ebc6dc2/wolves-of-yellowstone-teacher-guide/

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/nature/population-ecology.html

http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-carbon-cycle-nathaniel-manning

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1SgmFa0r04

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/body/how-cells-divide.html

http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/94766da6-a53d-4680-b964-f414edf3b946/mitosis-splitting-up-is-complicated-crash-course-biology-12/

http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/c65df616-fffc-461b-8d70-c13bc4bc4c1a/meiosis-where-the-sex-starts-crash-course-biology-13/

http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-mendel-s-pea-plants-helped-us-understand-genetics-hortensia-jimenez-diaz

http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-mendel-s-pea-plants-helped-us-understand-genetics-hortensia-jimenez-diaz

http://ed.ted.com/lessons/where-do-genes-come-from-carl-zimmer

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/body/nature-versus-nurture-revisited.html

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/01/2/l_012_02.html

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/evolution/

http://ed.ted.com/lessons/reasons-for-the-seasons-rebecca-kaplan

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/earth/what-causes-the-tides.html

http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-fast-are-you-moving-right-now-tucker-hiatt

http://ed.ted.com/featured/3zhrMlKw

http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials/listbytype/fingerprints-of-life.html#.VsN95_krJdg

http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials/listbytype/Survival_Lesson.html#.VsN9vvkrJdg

http://ed.ted.com/lessons/a-needle-in-countless-haystacks-finding-habitable-planets-ariel-anbar

http://ed.ted.com/lessons/a-needle-in-countless-haystacks-finding-habitable-planets-ariel-anbar

http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-earth-s-age-in-measurements-you-can-understand-joshua-m-sneideman

http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/nvhe.sci.chemistry.decay/radioactive-decay-of-carbon-14/

http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-to-fossilize-yourself-phoebe-a-cohen

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/evolution/brief-history-life.html

http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-operating-system-of-life-george-zaidan-and-charles-morton

http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-simple-but-fascinating-story-of-photosynthesis-and-food-amanda-ooten

Search Smarter, Not Harder! The above list is just to get you started.

Here are my goto sites for videos, links, lesson plans & more

Ted Ed Over 150,000 videos and animations, typically less than 5 min.

PBS Nova Education Labs, interactives, lesson plans and other resources.

PBS Learning Media Free lesson plans, video clips, articles and interactives searchable by standard, grade and subject.

PBS Crash Course Part of the Learning Media library, these 510 minute videos make hard topics digestible.

US EPA Educators Lesson plans and activities for K12 searchable by standard. Topics include: Air, Climate Change, Ecosystems, Energy, Health, Waste & Water.

USGS Education Lectures, Maps, Interactives and Searchable database of lesson plans. Vast, exceptional resources for plate tectonics and water units.

NASA for Educators From waves to geology to climate change, this is not limited to “just” space. A searchable online database for experiments, videos, lessons and more.

pHet Simulations Free downloadable simulations from the University of Colorado, focused on math, physics and chemistry.


http://ed.ted.com/

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/education/

http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/

http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/collection/crash-course/

http://www.epa.gov/students/lesson-plans-teacher-guides-and-online-resources-educators

http://education.usgs.gov/

https://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/index.html

https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/category/new