ASSET Recommends... 21st Century Resources to Get You Started

DiscoveryStreaming
Arizona teachers have powerful resources available to them at no cost. DiscoveryStreaming has over 1300 full videos available on the topic of science. Many are aligned to Arizona State Academic Standards.

Everyday Science: Discovering the Scientific Method (20:51)
Discovery Education streaming Video*

Follow your curiosity as some everyday phenomena are explained scientifically. Observation of a rainbow turns into an explanation of the components of "white light" as they are separated by a prism. Ice cubes floating in a glass of water illustrate the concepts of density and volume. A rotating machine run by the heat of candles exemplifies the concept of convection. Musical instruments show that the size of a space determines the pitch of sound created in it. Join Tom and Rosa, two young visitors to the house of the wise Mrs. Williamson as they reveal the mysteries behind everyday science.

Teacher's Guide, Curriculum Standards available

Grade: 3-5
©1997 United Learning
This video contains 7 segments

Arizona Academic Standard Connection See connection 3, 4, 5

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How Scientists Work: What is Scientific Inquiry? (20:00)
Discovery Education streaming Video*

From the beginning of human history, natural phenomena have puzzled people and caused them to ask questions. Scientific Inquiry is about answering these questions through investigation. Scientific Inquiry is not a precise set of procedure, but rather a broad approach to investigation that ranges from very open-ended to very controlled investigations. Scientific Inquiry begins with questions: “Why? What's going on? How is this explained?” In this program, we will follow Sherlock Holmes-type investigations in the everyday and natural worlds, leading to some surprising and fun discoveries.

Teacher's Guide, Blackline Masters, Curriculum Standards, and Closed-Captioning available

Grade: 6-8
©2003 United Learning
This video contains 8 segments

Arizona Academic Standard Connection See connection 3, 4, 5

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Recipes4Success

Another powerful resource available to Arizona educators through the IDEAL portal www.ideal.azed.gov  is Recipes4Success.  You will find this program linked on the Curriculum Resources page as well.  Graphic organizers are wonderful tools to help children write and organize their thoughts and ideas.  To find graphic organizers like KWL charts, Venn Diagrams, Thought Webs, or Scientific Method, just click on the Tools link on the left side of the page and select Graphic Organizer Maker.

Grades 6-12

Arizona Academic Standard Connection See connection 2, 6

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Byte Sized Science

Podcasts on various scientific topics ­ new every 2 weeks from the American Chemical Society
http://feeds.feedburner.com/bytesizescience

Arizona Academic Standard Connection See connection 6

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Google for Educators

Having children write about their experiences with a science activity is a great way to help children internalize what they learned, plus, it prepares them for writing a non-fiction paper. Revision is one of the steps in the writing process, try this Google for Educators site to get ideas for multiple revisions and peer editing.
http://www.google.com/educators/weeklyreader.html

Arizona Academic Standard Connection See connection 1, 2, 6

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Ask an Expert

Another great source of accurate information is on an Ask an Expert website. To see a list of over 30 sites dedicated to questions dealing with specific areas of science, click here:
http://www.cln.org/int_expert.html

Arizona Academic Standard Connection See connection 6

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Standards Connection

Connection 1 Language Arts Writing: Grades 3-5   • Strand 1: Writing Process   - Concept 3: Revising - Revising includes evaluating and refining the rough draft for clarity and effectiveness. (Ask: Does this draft say what you want it to say?) (PO: all)   Back to top

Connection 2 Language Arts Writing: Grades 3-5   • Strand 1: Writing Process   - Concept 1: Prewriting - Prewriting includes using strategies to generate, plan, and organize ideas for specific purposes   o PO 1. Generate ideas through a variety of activities (e.g., brainstorming, graphic organizer, drawing, writer’s notebook, group discussion, printed material).   Back to top

Connection 3 Science: Grade 4   • Strand 1: Inquiry Process   - Concept 1: Observations, Questions, and Hypotheses - Observe, ask questions, and make predictions. (PO: all)   Back to top

Connection 4 Science: Grade 4   • Strand 1: Inquiry Process   - Concept 1: Differentiate inferences from observations   o PO 1. Differentiate inferences from observations   - Concept 2: Conduct controlled investigations (e.g., related to erosion, plant life cycles, weather, magnetism) in life, physical, and Earth and space sciences   o PO 3. Conduct controlled investigations (e.g., related to erosion, plant life cycles, weather, magnetism) in life, physical, and Earth and space sciences   o PO 4. Measure using appropriate tools (e.g., ruler, scale, balance) and units of measure (i.e., metric, U.S. customary) (See M04-S4C4-03 and M04-S4C4-07). Back to top

Connection 5 Science: Grade 5   • Strand 1: Inquiry Process   - Concept 2: Scientific Testing (Investigating and Modeling)   o PO 3. Conduct simple investigations (e.g., related to forces and motion, Earth processes) based on student-developed questions in life, physical, and Earth and space sciences. Back to top

Connection 6 Technology: Grades 4-8   • Standard 4: Technology Communications Tools   Concept Essentials ­ Collaboratively use telecommunications and online resources. (PO: all)   Back to top

*To find these videos: Log in to IDEAL (www.ideal.azed.gov), click on the 'Curriculum Resources' link on the left side, find the section for 'Discovery Education streaming' and click the "Go" button. Type the video title into the "Search" area and hit "Go".