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E. Appleton Session 2 Resources/Annotated Bibliography

Andrew Rader Studios. (1997-2015). Retrieved from []  This site has basic information on physics. It's not just physics for kids, it's for everyone. There is  information on [|__motion__] , [|__heat and thermodynamics__] , [|__electricity & magnetism__] , [|__light__] , and [|__modern physics__]  topics. Various focus areas and concepts of Physics can be looked at in more depth, depending on the  unit you are teaching, and the need of the students. Discover Kids, LLC. (2015). Retrieved from <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">[] <span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> This site has various games, pictures, interactive sites, and videos to help explain various topics. It is a very “kid-friendly” site for use in the classroom or as an expansion activity. It can be used <span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> as an introduction to new concepts, as a reinforcement to already studied content, and as a visual, <span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> multi-sensory teaching tool. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Dulcinea Media, Inc. (2009-2014). Retrieved from <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">[] <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> SweetSearch is a //<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">search engine //<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> for Students. It searches only credible Web sites approved by Internet <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> research experts. It provides the opportunity for students to see safe and trusted websites, and not rely <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> solely on sites that may not be valid references. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Learningscience.org. Retrieved from <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">[|[[http://www.learningscience.org/psc2bmotionforces.htm/|http://www.learningscience.org/psc2bmotionforces.htm]]] <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">/ <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> This website provides a simple definition of what motion and design are. There are a number of great <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> interactive activities for the unit. They are web-based and engaging. Some provide learning tools, <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> others are virtual labs, and some allow students the chance to “experience” various concepts of the <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> theories of motion. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Massado, Karon. RC ElemScience Home. (2015). Retrieved from <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">[[rc-elemscience/RC-ElemScience Home|[|http://rc-elemscience.wikispaces.com/RC-ElemScience+Home]]] <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">/ <span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> The RCCSD wiki provides very grade and topic specific material for use in the classroom. It is  <span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> accessible for teachers in the district who cover the science topics. Below are the Motion and Design <span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> materials. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">NASA Administrator. (2013). Retrieved from <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">[] <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">/ <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> This site discusses the 8 steps to the engineering design process. It shows how these steps lead to the <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> development of a new product or system. In this specific design challenge, students are to complete <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> each step and document their work as they develop their lunar plant growth chamber. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">The physics classroom. (1996-2015). Retrieved from <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">[] <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">/ <span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> This site gives an overview of Newton’s Laws of Physics and how motion is affected. It allows for <span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> an ELA/Reading curriculum connection. It also provides a wide variety of activities in the classroom, <span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> age-appropriate media additions, and various multiple exposures to concepts. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">RackSpace Hosting. (2002-2015). <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Retrieved from <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">[|http://www.sciencebuddies.org/engineering-design-process/engineering- design-process-steps.shtml] <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">/ <span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> The engineering design process is described and reviewed as a series of steps that engineers follow to <span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> come up with a solution to a problem. This process is compared to the <span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">[|__Steps of theScientific Method__] <span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">, <span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> which many students are more familiar with. It explains how projects involve making observations <span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> and doing experiments, but that if the project involves designing, building, and testing something, <span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> then the Engineering Design Process should be followed. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Retrieved from <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">[|http://www.sciencechannel.com/games-and-interactives/newtons-laws-of- motion-interactive/] <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> This is an interactive site that lets students probe in detail. The laws of physics are discussed as <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> students click their way through the information. There is a physics glossary for help with <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> challenging terminology, and a “quiz” for students to take to test their knowledge and understanding. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">SciLinks. (1999-2009). //National Science Teachers Association//. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Retrieved from <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">[] <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">/ <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> This is an all-in-one website for important vocabulary and terminology for the unit. But it also <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> provides secondary links for each of the topics and concepts. “Go” buttons are provided to connect <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> the user directly to secondary sites that have a variety of use pieces of information for teaching and <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> learning the concepts.

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Science Kids. (2015). Retrieved from <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">[] <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> Discover the amazing world of physics for kids with our awesome range of free games, fun <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> experiments, science fair projects, interesting facts, amazing videos, quizzes and more!Learn about <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> gravity, electricity, magnets, gears and all kinds of interesting physics topics. As well as activities for <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> children, there are also plenty of lesson plans and worksheets for teachers, ideas for parents and other <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> teaching resources for anyone interested in physics and learning about science online.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">SMART Technologies, ULC. (2015). Retrieved from <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">[] <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">/ <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> The site includes various Smartboard activities dealing with the topics and skills for the Motion and <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> Design unit. Focus for each lesson can depend on the individual topic being covered such as friction; <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> wind resistance, speed, etc. Activities include interactive games, lessons, presentations, and media <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> outlets. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Teach junkie. (2014). Retrieved from <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">[] <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> This website is a “shared” website similar to Pintrest. Teachers (or anyone really) can share creative <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> ideas, teaching techniques, activities, etc. to help cover certain topics and ideas. Various methods of <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> teaching are provided, along with pictures and examples to help things along. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">Vantage Labs, LLC. (2009). Retrieved from <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">[] <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">/ <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> This is a focused and targeted search engine for teachers, students, and administrators, as well as <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> useful for parents. The content is reviewed and trusted. Resources are provided from thousands of <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> universities, government agencies, and well established noncommercial providers. Users can instantly <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> find lesson plans and ideas, activities for students on various grade levels, and use for a variety of <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> subjects. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">WGBH Educational Foundation. (2015). Retrieved form <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">[] <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> This site shows the importance of the design process to guide development of new inventions. The <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> series of steps and solutions guides students through the design process. It allows for student trial and <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;"> error throughout the process of the lesson that is explained.