151 The Main Character Questionnaire Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 5–8 Professional Commentary: This resource provides a detailed process for showing students how to develop believable characters for fictional narratives. Using a think-aloud approach, an instructor demonstrates how to create a main character, setting, and problem for a story.... Career Fields: Information Technology, General Career Skills Projects: Writing 6-12, Standards First 152 Bottle Fountain: Build a Phenom-enal Fountain Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 3–5 Professional Commentary: This Zoomphenom activity could be used as a demonstration or group activity to introduce students to the relationship between the volume, temperature, and pressure of a gas. The impact of the demonstation or group activity will be greatest if the students first identify what is in the bottle and then make predictions about what will happen when the activity is carried out.... 153 Centennial of Flight: Born of Dreams - Inspired by Freedom Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades K–12 Professional Commentary: The objective of the "Centennial of Flight" site is to encourage you and your students to rediscover the challenges of flight; and to learn about the people, events, and technology that made flight possible. Students of all ages will be able to examine how our world has changed as a result of the Wright Brothers' first powered flight on December 17, 1903.... Career Fields: Manufacturing Technologies, Transportation Systems Projects: Standards First 154 Inventing Flight for Schools Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–12 Professional Commentary: The activities presented at the "Inventing Flight" site give students an opportunity to explore several aspects of flight. Students can explore pitch, roll, and yaw; Bernoulli's principle and lift; various wing shapes and aspect ratios; and design a passenger jet.... Career Fields: Construction Technologies, Transportation Systems Projects: Standards First 155 The History of Ohio's State Forests Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades K–12 Professional Commentary: The Ohio Department of Natural Resources web page "The History of Ohio’s State Forests" offers a comprehensive look at forest management in. The site describes the deforestation that occurred in the 18th and 19th centuries when was being settled and the subsequent reforestation.... Career Fields: Agricultural & Environmental Systems Projects: Standards First 156 Wetlands: Ohio's Endangered Spaces Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades K–12 Professional Commentary: The information provided in this PDF file will be helpful to teachers planning lessons on wetlands. Information includes types of wetlands, the series of events that occur in a wetland from early spring through winter, and a glimpse of the diverse kinds of plants and animals that inhabit wetlands.... Career Fields: Agricultural & Environmental Systems Projects: Standards First 157 Ohio's Endangered Wildlife Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades K–12 Professional Commentary: The Ohio Department of Natural Resource's list of endangered wildlife was first published in 1974. It is updated every 5 years.... Career Fields: Agricultural & Environmental Systems Projects: Standards First Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades K–5 Professional Commentary: The "Ohio's Reptiles" web page offers information about the 46 species and subspecies of reptiles found in Ohio. Entries include a description and picture of the reptile, habitat and range information, and interesting behaviorial characteristics.... Career Fields: Agricultural & Environmental Systems Projects: Standards First 159 Ohio's Reptiles and Amphibians Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades K–5 Professional Commentary: The "Ohio's Reptiles and Amphibians" web page offers information about the various frogs, salamanders, and toads found in Ohio. Entries include a description and picture of the reptile, habitat and range information, and interesting behavioral characteristics.... Career Fields: Agricultural & Environmental Systems Projects: Standards First 160 Fishes of Ohio's State Scenic Rivers Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 3–5, 9–12 Professional Commentary: "Fishes of Ohio's State Scenic Rivers" provides photos, descriptions, and habitat and range information for many of Ohio's fish. Each entry also includes information about the current population size and any environmental threats that might be impacting the fish.... Career Fields: Agricultural & Environmental Systems Projects: Standards First |