Monday, March 30, 2015

Science additional web resources

General Educational Sites

http://www.qsa.qld.edu.au The Queensland Studies Authority

http://www.education.qld.gov.au Education Queensland

http://www.edna.edu.au/edna/go/pid/1 Education Network Australia - great search engine for educational resources

http://smartmoves.questacon.edu.au/games_and_downloads.asp Canberra museum science and technology website

http://www.abc.net.au/science/ A great site for keeping up to date in the lastest happenings in science

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/4_11/science.shtml The BBC schools´ website: interactive for children

http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/index.cfm Providing a wealth of resources for K-12 science educators, Science NetLinks is your guide to meaningful standards-based Internet experiences for students. Has lesson plans, interactive activities and links to more websites.

http://www.abc.net.au/children/ ABC’s 3-8 years website that has an abundance of activities across all curriculum areas, as does the ABC’s 8-14 website: http://www.abc.net.au/rollercoaster/

http://www.csiro.au/index.asp?type=educationIndex CSIRO’s education home page – lots of opportunities provided to explore science including challenges and awards

www.howstuffworks.com This site is an informational site for adults to help you understand some of the science and technology behind ‘how stuff works’

http://www.science.org.au/pi/goodbooks/index.htm is part of the Australian Academy of Science’s website

http://www.brainboost.com/ "BrainBoost is a revolutionary new search engine. BrainBoost uses Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing techniques to go the extra mile, by actually answering questions, in plain English."

Science: Earth and Space Sciences ( Earth and Beyond)


www.onkaparinga.net/caring/own_ed.shtml Incorporating catchment/water issues into the curriculum

http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/kids/kids.html A kids’ site all about volcanoes. Links to home to give you information about volcanoes as well

Biological Sciences (Life and Living)


http://library.thinkquest.org/3750/ The 5 senses

http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/ The Howard Hughes Medical Institute invites curious kids to explore biology...on screen, off screen, and in between. A site dedicated to making science fun for kids

http://www.tased.edu.au/schools/scottsdp/science.htm An example unit on Worms

Science as  Human Endeavour (Science and Society)


http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors A site with heaps of information on inventions, inventors (historical and present) as well as looking at the invention process today.

http://www.csiro.au/helix/sciencecareers/profiles.htm Several young scientists and engineers profiles in written and video format are presented here to help give students a more realistic look at what being a scientist is really all about!

Chemical Sciences (Natural and Processed Materials)


http://www.tased.edu.au/schools/scottsdp/science.htm A unit on toys

Physical Sciences (Energy and Change)


www.eere.energy.gov/kids/solar.html A US government site for kids all about alternate energy sources including solar, wind, geothermal, alternate fuels and energy efficiency tips

www.teachingheart.net/rainbows.html Some ideas for teaching how rainbows are made

Technology Practice


Technology Practice is also incorporated into all the other strands of the Technology Syllabus

http://www.abc.net.au/schoolstv/technology/default.htm The ABC TV program Take on Technology is aimed at lower primary and takes on an investigative approach to solving problems for a variety of technology and science areas. Click here to see the episodes for 2004, along with teacher notes and a blackline master for DMA (Design Make Appraise) activities

Technology Materials


http://www.shol.com/agita/pigs.htm A site with the story of the 3 little pigs that acts as a link to brick making!

www.btha.co.uk/playsafe/docs/PlaysafeCompetition.pdf 'Make a toy' unit at this site

Technology Systems


http://www.moomilk.com/ An amazing site that does an online tour of the process of milking, from the cow to the market. Very bright and colourful, and of course can be used across many of the science strands also

http://www.paperairplanes.co.uk/ Make paper aeroplanes

ICT support sites


http://www.netc.org/earlyconnections/ A site that gives ideas for integrating ICTs into the curriculum

http://4teachers.org/ A technology support for teachers site

http://webtech.kennesaw.edu/ A site for teachers to learn now ICT tools and strategies for using these with children

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Wednesday, March 25, 2015

[VIDEOS] Watch A Literacy Lesson

I find literacy very structured in a school setting.
But as I am studying here, I have to go through internship here in order to graduate.
Although I do not plan to work in school setting in the future, I believe knowing more about how literacy is delivered in classrooms do no harm.

A few videos that my lecturer shared with us.
Videos are always great in visualising the lesson.
Enjoy!

TEACHING FLUENCY

http://www.teachingacenglish.edu.au/explicit-teaching/punctuation-and-grammar/explicit-teaching-punctuation-and-grammar-year-2.html

TEACHING VOCABULARY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDoJKlTl4ME

•Watch teachers talking and a prep child reading – demonstrates very specifically cueing strategies (semantic, syntactic and phonic cues) 8 minutes
•See specific prompts to use with children for each type of cue (lists for each cue are given)
•Open the ‘extra’ sections at the bottom of the page with the + buttons
•Open Resources and find “Engaging in and exploring reading in the early years – a practical guide for the classroom teacher.”

Modeled and shared reading techniques



Guided reading

•This clip looks at the ‘what’ of guided reading as well as the ‘how’ in terms of classroom management issues for working with small groups and literacy centres



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Comprehension

The scholastic website has a range of printable overviews for a checklist of strategies that students can use before/during and after reading to support comprehension.
http://www.scholastic.com/browse/search/teacherautoComplete=1&?query=checklist+of+strategies+students+use+before+reading&as_values_059=&channelOnly=true
The following website contains games, powerpoints (for use with children and teachers) and resources that may be supportive for comprehension lessons and activities.
http://languagearts.pppst.com/readingcomprehension.html
Thea reading rockets website has a host of comprehension strategies, clearly explained with examples and in some cases videos.

http://www.readingrockets.org/strategies/#comprehension

COMPREHENSION IN ACTION

Watch a year three teacher support her students as they learn to understand and answer inferential questions (7 minutes)
You need to be registered with Scootle to view (See registration instructions at the bottom of the learning resources page)
http://www.teachingacenglish.edu.au/explicit-teaching/reading/explicit-teaching-reading-year-3.html
Read an online article about supporting children's comprehension:

http://www.heinemann.com/shared/onlineresources/E00625/chapter1.pdf

GRAPHIC ORGANISERS

Research indicates that graphic organisers can support students to visualise abstract concepts and content.
Graphic organisers can support students to comprehend a range of texts and provide scaffolding within a lesson or series of lessons.
They are not an end product in themselves and should not be filled out and finished like a worksheet.
Instead they are to be used to assist students to conceptualise abstract concepts and to plan and organise their thoughts. They should be used as a step or scaffold within the larger concept of comprehension.

http://www.balancedreading.com/graphorg.html

http://www.educationoasis.com/index.htm

http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=2983

http://www.readingrockets.org/article/3479

http://freeology.com/graphicorgs/page/2/  

Sample resources

Attached Files:







Here you will find further description of the types of questions in a checklist chart and a list of possible questions (under the four question types) for The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle.
There is also a list of sample questions (for each question type) for Koala Lou by Mem Fox and an idea for a bookmark to ensure you are asking questions from all four levels for any text.
in google drive

QAR (question answer relationship) and levels of questioning


Attached Files:






The attached pdf gives question stems for the four levels of questioning (qar-question stems)

There are three classroom posters here that relate to levels of questions as well (here, head and hidden questions)

QAR cards pdf has classroom posters for each level of questioning as well.


This document looks at how the QAR works in a simple format for young children.

http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson232/question.pdf




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Saturday, March 14, 2015

Science education

Been blessed to have Mia as our science lecturer this semester. She has provided amazing resources for us! This will document the resources given by her...

In the QUT Library catalogue, for information on science teaching teaching ideas :- 
Science Study and Teaching Early Education or Science Study and Teaching Primary into the search bar under keywords. Some of the ideas will be for preschool or very young children in ECEC, and some for early years primary education. 

Many general science education books are also available :- 
Bell, R. (2008). Teaching the nature of science through process skills. 
Brooks, J. et al (2010). Big science for growing minds. 
Johnson, J. (2005). Early explorations in science. 
Rutledge, N. (2009). Primary science: Teaching the tricky bits. e-book. 
Wade, H. (2008). Teaching science in the primary classroom. 

Some information on science and tech in ECEC for very young children is in general EC texts e.g. on heuristic play, block play, play and pedagogy. 

For further information on science content, you can use books meant for lower secondary school students, or science books for teachers:- 
For lower secondary school students 
Williamson, K. & Garton, A. (2007) Science essentials 
Stannard, P. & Williamson, K. (2000) - see e-book 
Forte, I. (2002) Science concepts and processes 
O'Toole, M et al (1999) Science skills. 
For teachers 
Brenner, L. (2005). Science essentials. 
Deverua, J. (2007). Science for primary and early years: Developing subject knowledge. 
Farrow, S. (1999). The really useful science book. 
Gillard, L. (2005). Science knowledge for primary teachers.

Plant growing online activity

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/5_6/growing_plants.shtml

Science by email

http://www.csiro.au/Portals/Education/Kids/Read-it/Science-By-Email.aspx

~~~free weekly email about Science~~~~

SCOOTLE


~~~~fantastic resources for science~~~~
~~~~includes some Primary Connection modules as well~~~

Article from Sydney Morning Herald that acknowledges the significant scientific contributions that indigenous Australians have made

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/aboriginal-scientific-achievements-recognised-at-last-20140422-zqxz9.html

SCOPE


~~~science based television show for kids~~~
~~~aimed at 8-12 years old~~~~

Different seasons of different indigenous groups in Australia

http://www.larrakia.csiro.au/#/calendar/dalay

Surfing Scientist

http://www.abc.net.au/science/surfingscientist/
This resource provides lesson plans and other interesting science resources. 

4 apps for Earth Exploration and Chemical Reactions

http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2014/07/31/4-apps-for-earth-exploration-chemical-reactions-and-more/?

Rock Cycle

http://geology.com/rocks/

Tiddalick

The Mighty Giant

Why Does the Sun Shine?

The Solar System


³Google Earth http://earth.google.com
³NASA’s Welcome to the Planets site http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/

Indigenous Weather Knowledge – Bureau of Meterology, http://www.bom.gov.au/iwk/

³Seasonal calendar Torres Strait
Canadian Astronaut Chris Hadfield

Using ICT in biological sciences

~~~time lapse for bean growing~~~
£Australian Seabird Rescue Association http://www.flickr.com/photos/australian-seabird-rescue    
£virtual tours of the Western Australian Aquarium
£National Museum of Australia in Canberra
£www.scienceclarified.com/.../ uesc_06_img0326.jpg




Primary Connections


Primary Science Resource that links science with literacy.
https://www.primaryconnections.org.au/

Photosynthesis and Metamorphasis

Not sure about photosynthesis?  Watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xeYNnzwpSE
How about metamorphasis?  Read this: http://www.kidsdiscover.com/spotlight/metamorphosis-kids


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useful literacy links

LITERACY CENTRE ACTIVITIES

This link will take you to the Florida Centre for Reading Research Instructional materials for teachers page.
Here you will find many great games and activities for:

Phonological awareness
Phonics
Fluency
Vocabulary
Comprehension

A consideration for literacy games and activities! Setting up literacy centres in your classroom is an excellent way for children to learn. Games and activities engage children in repeated rehearsal and use of new skills and knowledge in an enjoyable social context (far better than worksheets). However there are issues to note. Firstly, young children need to be taught to work in groups and need to be taught how literacy centres work in classrooms. (There is a video to watch on this website about this. It states that this takes at least six weeks at the beginning of the year to set this up properly so the learning is productive.) Secondly and most importantly, the literacy skills, strategies and knowledge must be taught clearly and explicitly first, using lots of modeled and shared work prior to expecting children to use those skills in games and activities. Once you've considered these issues carefully in your classroom then literacy learning centres full of the games and activities on this website will be a very productive learning space in your classroom (not to mention fun!!)
Have a look around:

THE LEARNING PLACE


TEACHING RECOUNT STRUCTURE

This site compares various genres with a focus on the structure and content of a recount.

THINKING ABOUT TEACHING NARRATIVES


USING CHILDREN'S LITERATURE IN CLASSROOMS


 Check out the teachers page of Walker Books website at:

http://www.walkerbooks.com.au/Teachers/Classroom-Ideas

The Primary English Teaching Association Australia (PETAA) has a great website where you can get some ideas on how to use children's literature in classrooms.
You need to be a paid member of the association to gain full access but they have a number of 'samples' that you can view for free.
Go to:  http://www.petaa.edu.au and look for teaching resources tab.

Check out the scholastic website teacher pages and resources:

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/

LITERACY LESSON STRATEGIES


Check the reading rockets website for some ideas around teaching strategies for literacy lessons.

http://www.readingrockets.org/strategies/

LITERACY BLOGS

Literacy, Families and Learning blog....
Use the search this blog section on the right hand side of the screen, on this blog to see if there are resources here that will support your literacy lesson (spelling, writing, comprehension, phonics etc.)

http://trevorcairney.blogspot.com.au/


Reading Horizons blog...
http://www.readinghorizons.com/blog


AUSTRALIAN LITERACY EDUCATORS' ASSOCIATION

Check out the new online resources for Australian Curriculum: English at ALEA...

http://www.alea.edu.au/
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