Data Collection

Standards Addressed

Group Processing Activity

Spacekids

http://www.spacekids.com/

As a result of their activities in grades K-4, all students should develop an understanding of

• Properties of earth materials
• Objects in the sky
• Changes in earth and sky

The students will create marshmallow constellations to represent the Big Dipper and Little Dipper.

The students will view and describe how the stars look different from one day to the next.

Weather Net

http://cirrus.sprl.umich.edu/wxnet/

As a result of their activities in grades K-4, all students should develop an understanding of

• Properties of earth materials
• Objects in the sky
• Changes in earth and sky

The students will compare the weather in Cleveland in the weather in Warsaw, Poland.  Make a daily chart for a week and illustrate the changes.

The students will draw what the sky would look like and what you would wear in each city.

Volcano World

http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/

As a result of the activities in grades K-4, all students should develop an understanding of

• Properties of objects and materials
• Position and motion of objects
• Light, heat, electricity, and magnetism

The students will observe the eruption of a volcano on a given day.

The students will chart and describe the changes that lava undergoes.

Africam

www.africam.com/public/index.jsp

As a result of activities in grades K-4, all students should develop understanding of

• The characteristics of organisms
• Life cycles of organisms
• Organisms and environments

The students will observe animals in their natural environment and take notice of the features that they have to help them survive in their environment.

The students will write in their journals on the topic above.