When I Was Young in the Mountains
When I Was Young in the Mountains
For twenty years, Cynthia Rylant's story of childhood in the Appalachian Mountains has been an enduring favorite. Growing up in the mountains is depicted with a spare, lyrical text and beautiful, tender illustrations by Diane Goode. The book was awarded a Caldecott Honor Medal.
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When I Was Young in the Mountains
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When I Was Young in the Mountains
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When I was Young resources
Vocabulary cards, graphing sheets, writing template, and more. (Y)
When I Was Young In...A Literature to Language Experience
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Kindergarten Children Long Ago
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Cynthia Rylant
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Home in the Mountains
West Virginia's Appalachian Music and Literature: Wind Up (Y)
Renewing the Mountain Spirit
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History Hunt: Family Memories
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When I Was Young in Brooklyn
This project began as an introduction to the genre of memoirs. Students read several memoirs, including those by authors Patricia Polacco and Cynthia Rylant, before deciding on a model for their own memoir book. (Y)
Regions of the United States
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Go-alongs about Appalachia
Appalachian Riddle Song - Capture your students' attention with this lesson focusing on “The Riddle Song” to show the pentatonic scale and Appalachian culture. (Y, M)
Home in the Mountains - West Virginia's Appalachian Music and Literature: Wind Up (Y)
Mountain Humor: Folklore - Written for older students but adaptable for younger ones, this lesson looks at humor and perception of Appalachian people. (Y, M)
Spelldown lesson plan - This lesson plan is written around the online story Spelldown. "It gives modern and non-Appalachian students a taste of what school was like for both extremely poor children who were seen to be less than human and for children who were poor but avi (Y, M)
Go-alongs about Astronomy
A Solar System Coloring Book--Beginner - The source of this material is Windows to the Universe, at http://www.windows.ucar.edu/ at the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR). (Y)
A Trip Through Our Solar System An Internet Scavenger Hunt - You have been selected by the National Space Travel Institute to take a high-speed voyage through our solar system. Your journey will begin on our star, the Sun. This fantastic round-trip voyage will take you all the way to Pluto and back again! You have been asked to find the answers to some interesting questions along the way. Click on the underlined blue links to find the answers.
Good luck...and have a great trip! (Y, M)
A Trip Through the Solar System - PPT presentation from Mrs. Frederick’s
6th Grade Class in 2004
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Amazing Space - Web-based space activities for classroom use. This site is full of excellent lesson plans and activities, but be aware this site does present the Big Bang Theory in an understated way. (Y, M, O, T)
Apollo 11 - NASA has put together a commemorative Apollo mission section of their site to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the lunar landing of Apollo 11. Start with the flash video on the linked page, then looking around the site. Click on the "to NASA's Apollo site" link below the video, you will find the main Apollo page. From there, check out the Google Moon exploration of the lunar landing site, the onboard audio from the ship (you can either listen to the hours of transmission or download a pdf transcript), see the restored videos of the moon walk, view the image gallery, and more. (Y, M, O, T)
Apollo 11 Story - On July 20, 1969, the human race accomplished its single greatest technological achievement of all time when a human first set foot on another celestial body. Get the Apollo 11 story from launch to splashdown. (Y,M)
Astronomy Picture of the Day - Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. (Y, M, O, T)
Astronomy Picture of the Day - Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
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Astronomy: Our Place in Space - From Ology - American Museum of Natural History. (Y, M, O, T)
Auroras - Find out more about the mysterious phenomenon also called the Northern Lights. Beautiful photography and a teacher's guide with a few ideas for using the site in the classroom.
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Blast Off Boutique - The Space Shuttle EMU (extravehicular mobility unit) is like a space ship for one person! It is made up of nineteen separate parts. Each part has a special job to do in keeping astronauts safe and healthy while they work outside their spacecraft. Can you match the description with the correct EMU part? Once you have made your decision, type the letter from the picture next to the clue which you think best describes the part. (Y)
Blast off! Explore the solar system online - Look through telescopes to see what's happening in space (Y, M, O, T)
Exploring Planets in the Classroom - This hands on activity guide will use concrete examples to introduce scientific concepts involving space. "More than 25 hands-on science activities are provided in classroom-ready pages for both teachers and students for exploring Earth, the planets, geology and space sciences. (Y, M, O, T)
Google Earth - Want to know more about a specific location? Dive right in -- Google Earth combines satellite imagery, maps and the power of Google Search to put the world's geographic information at your fingertips. (Y, M, O, T)
Interplanetary Virtual Tour - This is an awesome collection of almost 100 pages of photos and information that can be explored systematically through the tour or overviewed through the "Express Tour". The images of the planets and their satellites will entertain the youngest students (Y, M, O, T)
Journey Through the Solar System - Welcome to our ThinkQuest Junior project. Sit back and relax as we show you incredible pictures from around our solar system. We also have interviews from two highly respected sources. Dr. Kevin Baines, astronomer from NASA/JPL, and Dr. Eleanor Helin, astronomer from NASA/JPL. She is a member of the Near Earth Asteroid Tracking Team. (Y)
Kennedy Space Center Educator Resources - (Y, M, O, T)
Make a comet tail - Activity for space unit. (Y,M) (Y,M)
Nasa News for Kids - Science fun, Games, Art & Stories, Activities and Kids club. (Y, M, O, T)
Nasa Quest - Connection K-12 classrooms with people, research and science through mission based interactions and activities. (Y, M, O, T)
NASA Teaching Materials - Extensive database of downloadable educational materials searchable by subject, grade level and product type (Y, M, O, T)
National Science Foundation - NSF - Where discoveries begin. (Y, M, O, T)
OLogy - OLogy means "the study of." And here on the American Museum of Natural History's OLogy Web site, you can study and explore many cool OLogies. What's your favorite OLogy? If you're fascinated by spiders, then you're into ARACHNOLOGY. If you erupt with joy for volcanoes, then VOLCANOLOGY is your thing. If you're completely wowed by planets and stars, then you love ASTRONOMY. (Y M)
Our Trip Through the Solar System - PPT presentation from Arthur T. Cummings School 2006 (Y)
Outer Space Crafts - Great hands on crafts for younger students studying space. (Y,M)
Soaring Through Our Solar System - Reading Comprehension worksheets for solar system unit. (Grades 2-4) (Y)
Solar System Wordsearch - From ABC.teach (Y, M, O, T)
Space Agriculture in the Classroom - Inspiring kids to stay close to the earth and reach for the stars! (Y, M, O, T)
Space Kids - Space science for kids! (Y M)
Space Science Institute - The Space Science Institute (SSI) is a nonprofit, public benefit corporation formed in 1992. Our purpose is to create and maintain an environment where scientific research and education programs can flourish in an integrated fashion. (Y, M, O, T)
Space Shuttle Launch Simulation - From NASA; this simulation requires students to complete pre-launch steps in order to actually launch the space shuttle. If an error message occurs, the all systems will shut down and the student must restart the launch process. Good practice for real life. (Y, M, O, T)
Space Weather Center - With games, Activities and E-Cards. (Y, M, O, T)
SpaceWeather.com - For the skywatchers among us, SpaceWeather.com is a wonderful site for predicting space events such as meteor showers, auroras (northern lights), falling asteroids, and more. (Y, M, O, T)
Star Journey - This site from National Geographic contains star charts, start attractions, and views from the Hubble telescope. (Y, M, O, T)
StarChild - Developed by two middle school science teachers for NASA, StarChild is a learning center for young astronomers with information, movies, and songs about astronomy. The site has two levels, one for elementary and one for middle school grades. It has sections for our solar system and the universe as well as a space stuff area where students can find information about astronauts, telescopes, space travel history, and more. (Y M)
Styrofoam Planets - You guessed it: make styrofoam planets. (Y,M)
The Aurora Page - A source for Information, links and images about the "Northern Lights" on-line since the Web began (Y, M, O, T)
The Space Place - Come on in and check out our games, animations, projects, and fun facts about Earth, space and technology. (Y)
the virtual sun - The Sun is our nearest star. Because of that, we can study it better than any other star. And when you do that, you see that the Sun isn't as boring as it may look from earth! In the following `Trip through the Sun' you'll see flames on the Sun larger than ten earths, winds going 1000 mph, and you'll see how the earth eventually will be scorched by the dying Sun. The duration of this journey is about 20 minutes. It shows spectacular images and MPEG animations of solar flares, sun spots, magnetic fields and solar eclipses, and explains a lot about the science of the sun and the influence it has on the solar system. (Y, M, O, T)
Trip Through the Solar System - Language Arts Grade Level - 1 (Y)
Websites for Blast Off Program - here are lots of fascinating, fun ways to explore space through cyberspace! Take a look at some of these stellar web sites! Some are just fun games to play. Some help you learn more about space. (Y)
WorldWide Telescope - Immerse yourself in a seamless beautiful environment!!! WorldWide Telescope (WWT) enables your computer to function as a virtual telescope, bringing together imagery from the best ground and space-based telescopes in the world. Experience narrated guided tours from astronomers and educators featuring interesting places in the sky. (Y, M, O, T)
Zoom Astronomy - a comprehensive on-line site about space and astronomy (Y)
Go-alongs about Nutrition
Apples - From atozteacherstuff.com (Y,M)
Body and Mind - Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) hip site for kids includes information and games on Diseases, Food and Nutrition, Your Safety, Your Life, Your Body and Physical Activity. (Y, M, O, T)
Cereal grains - Students will learn the basics about cereal grains. They will learn the main seven types of grains, the nutritional value found in cereal, and they will cook with a grain. (Y,M)
Fitness Program - FREE Downloads:
-Work Your Body: Fitness chart
-Feed Your Body: Nutrition Chart
-Daily/Weekly Nutrition Goals: (Y, M, O, T)
Food Is Elementary - Food is Elementary© (FIE) is a unique and vibrant curriculum introduced into schools and communities that teach children about food, nutrition, culture, and healthy living. (Y)
Food Safety Education For Kids & Teens - Be Food Safe Activity Book, Food Safety at Home Podcasts, Food Safety Mobile Game and much, much more! (Y, M, O, T)
Fruit and Vegetable Publications - The Explore the World with Fruits and Vegetables campaign provides fun ideas for nutrition and education professionals to encourage schoolchildren and their parents to eat more fruits and vegetables by exploring new tastes provided by cuisines from around the world. From the CDC. (Y, M, O, T)
Healthfinder.gov kids - Know lots of ways to be healthy and have fun! Brought to you by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Y, M, O, T)
Healthy whole grains - huge selection of grain resources from the Kansas State Research and Extension Office (Y, M, O, T)
Kidnetic.com - Kidnetic.com is a cool site for kids like you — kids who like to play hard and have fun. Kidnetic.com lets you tap into your own energy so you can feel great all day long.
The Kidnetic.com Parents’ Guide provides lots of ideas and tips to get the whole family involved in making healthier food choices, managing portion size, and getting active together. (Y, M, O, T)
Learn to be Healthy.org - With LearntobeHealthy.org, students can play cool health science education games and activities, explore interactive webquests, and learn ways to make their body strong and healthy. LearntobeHealthy's web-based kits meet many National and State Education standards and make health education fun. (Y, M, O, T)
MyPyramid Blast Off Game - An interactive computer game where kids can reach Planet Power by fueling their rocket with food and physical activity. “Fuel” tanks for each food group help students keep track of how their choices fit into MyPyramid. (Y, M)
New Food Pyramid - You have probably heard that there is a new Food Pyramid out there that better represents healthy eating choices. MyPyramid.gov is an interactive guide to the new Food Pyramid and has lots of neat features. MyPyramid Plan can help you choose the foods and (Y, M, O, T)
Nutrition – A Mini Unit - March National Nutrition Month - This unit will help you learn about making healthier food choices using interesting projects and age appropriate activities. (Y, M, O, T)
Pass the Plate - From Disney - Explore the global world of recipes. (Y, M, O, T)
Smallstep Kids - Find out COOL stuff about FOOD and what it can do for YOU! Find out how eating healthy can be fun! (Y, M)
Smallstep Teachers - Calling all teachers and educators! Check out the new SmallSteps education program below. Developed in partnership with Scholastic™, materials have been designed to help 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade students build Language Arts and Math skills as they learn about health and fitness.
We hope that you will share this valuable program with your class, and help young students build a healthy foundation for life! (Y)
Staying Healthy - Find out how to take care of your body, eat healthy, and stay fit! (Y, M)
The MyActivity Pyramid - The MyActivity Pyramid handout is based on the new 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans and MyPyramid. The handout is designed to help children ages 6 to 11 include a variety of physical activities in their daily lives. The 8.5- by 11-inch handout was piloted with more than 250 students in both urban and rural settings. (Y, M)
The whole grain guide - lesson on what whole grains are and the health implications of avoiding them (Y, M, O, T)
Whole grains lesson plan - Scroll down to see the lessons; created for older adults but well-suited for use with children (Y, M, O, T)