Weather  

1. ACCU Weather forecast
2. ACCU Weather US satellite forcast
3. CNN Weather  - Weather for Oradell, NJ
4. National Weather Service  - U.S. weather

Tools

• Welcome to Eye on the Sky  - Generate a weather report using real time information.
• Weather Watch Tools  - Scholastic

Webcams around the World - Is it Day or Night?

1. Africa
2. Catalina Island, California
3. Hawaii
4. China
5. Australia
    

VOCABULARY

cycle- a series of repeated events
moon- the natural satellite of the earth
pattern- something that repeats over and over again
phase- a period of time in a process of change
season- each of the four divisions of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter) marked by particular weather patterns and daylight hours, resulting from the earth's changing position with regard to the sun
star- an object in the sky that gives off light and heat
sun- the star which the Earth goes around
sunrise- the time in the morning in which the sun appears
sunset- the time in the evening in which the sun disappears

SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES

1. Our Super Star  PBS
2. Observing the sun
3. Patterns of Daylight
4. Keep a moon journal  * NSTA Moon Journal

• alike - similar to each other
• animals - a living thing that is not a plant
• different - not the same as another
• flower - the part of a plant that makes fruits and seeds
• habitat - the place or natural area where plants and animals live
• leaf - a structure on a plant that is usually green and makes food from sunlight
• life cycle - the stages a living thing goes through
• living - alive
• needs - what a living thing has to have to survive
• nutrients - what living things need to grow and stay healthy
• offspring - a new plant or animal produced by a parent
• oxygen - a gas in air and water that plants and animals need to survive
• plants - a living thing that has roots, stems, and leaves
• protect - to prevent someone or something from getting hurt
• root - a part of a plant that grows in soil
• stem - the part of a plant that carries water & food to the leaves & food back to the
• roots 
• survive - to stay alive

SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES

1. Eat Like a Bird
2. Chip off the Old Block
3. Build a Nest
4. Great Gloves
5. Parts of Plants

1. NSTA -  NGSS Standards, by topic  *  Learning Center   *  Resources   
2.   Discovery videos and lesson ideas
3.  Open Ed - Background and lesson
4. Science Spot lessons
5. Concord Consortium simulations (requires Java)
6. Brainpop
7. ShiShow Kids  YouTube (4 min video clips and experiment ideas)
8. Houston Zoo  * 
9. San Diego Zoo

VOCABULARY

• blocked: when light or sound is prevented from following a path
• clear : an object that does not block any light, see through
• communicate: passing information from one person to another
• light: something that makes it possible to see objects
• opaque : no light passes through
• pluck: to pull the strings of an object with your fingers
• reflect: when light bounces back
• shadow: a dark place under or beside an object where light is blocked
• sound: something that is heard
• translucent : some light passes through
• transparent : all light passes through
• vibrate: to move quickly back and forth

1. NSTA -  NGSS Standards, by topic  *  Learning Center   *  Resources   
2.   Discovery videos and lesson ideas
3.  Open Ed - Background and lesson
4. Science Spot lessons
5. Concord Consortium simulations (requires Java)
6. Brainpop
7. ShiShow Kids  YouTube (4 min video clips and experiment ideas)