National Science Education Standards.

Discipline: Science

Professional Commentary: This resource allows students to look at different kinds of materials; to identify the properties of materials and their suitability for different purposes. In this investigation, the familiar tale of The Three Little Pigs is used as an introduction to materials and manufacturing....

Discipline: Science

Professional Commentary: This mini-collection aligns with Earth and Space Sciences Benchmark C: Describe Earth's resources including rocks, soil, water, air, animals and plants and the ways in which they can be conserved. The theme of this collection is conservation through waste management and recycling....

Discipline: Science

Professional Commentary: This Teacher Fact Sheet on Natural Resources provides helpful information about renewable and nonrenewable natural resources, recycling, the impact of resource consumption on ecosystems, a brief list of natural resources and the products and services produced from them, and much more. The fact sheet is part of the United States Environmental Protection Agency's The Quest for Less, a K-8 program that provides hands-on lessons and activities, enrichment ideas, journal writing assignments, and other educational tools related to preventing and reducing waste....

Discipline: Science

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....

Projects: Standards First

Discipline: Science

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....

Projects: Standards First