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Teachers in Heartland AEA districts several online databases that can be used as an extension of the classroom. All databases require a username and password assigned to your school which can be obtained from your school teacher librarian or Heartland AEA science consultant.
Children ask an average of 40,000 questions from ages 2 through 5 years. Curiosity is woven into the fabric of young children. They encounter something new, ask questions, learn a little bit which leads to more questions. The best way to capture a child’s attention is through their curiosities, letting them PLAY with their ideas and surroundings. Play stimulates the exploration and discovery central to science and STEM. When children play, they explore the world around them to build an understanding of their natural and social environments. Teachers and caregivers can create environments rich with play to guide young children toward answering their own questions.
The videos and lesson plans created by our Heartland Science Consultants are specifically designed with caregivers and teachers of young children in mind. For support and assistance, please reach out to one of the science consultants.
Lessons and Demonstrations Featured on Hello Iowa!
Mystery Science offers open-and-go lessons that inspire kids to love science. The hook, visuals, and activity are all prepared for you and aligned to NGSS and Common Core. Lessons are hands-on engaging students in the doing of science and engineering.
Defined STEM provides teachers with all of the essential project design elements they need to implement and assess high-quality project based learning: interdisciplinary performance tasks, literacy tasks, engaging videos, research resources, an assessment manager and more. Real-world videos set the stage for each lesson by showing the practical application of STEM educational concepts within a company/industry. Performance and literacy tasks built around a specific job ask the students to apply the knowledge learned in a real-world scenario.
Ignite student interest and open doorways to learning with exciting real world curriculum resources, packaged with instructional strategies and personalized for your needs as an educator. Built on the 5E model, Science Techbook provides exciting multimedia, virtual activities and hands-on labs with model lessons, STEM project starters, and standard-aligned assessments. This digital science textbook is a one-stop K-12 science resource offering everything students want and teachers need.
ScienceFlix provides curriculum-driven leveled content integrated with interactive features and intuitive navigation in this highly engaging mobile-ready science resource. With its emphasis on the latest STEM thinking and the Next Generation Science Standards, ScienceFlix provides students with a better understanding of science concepts and ideas through hands-on projects, videos, multiple text types, and so much more.
OpenSciEd is a source for high-quality, open-source, full-course science instructional materials. The goals of OpenSciEd are to ensure any science teacher, anywhere, can access and download freely available, high quality, locally adaptable full-course materials. While starting at the middle school level, the goal is to create an entire science curriculum from elementary to high school. Materials and instructional resources are is free to download. HAEA Science Consultants are trained on implementation and professional development which can be offered to any district.
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