Couriers in the Inca Empire: Getting Your Message Across

Lesson Plan Couriers in the Inca Empire: Getting Your Message Across

Geology

Earth Science
Earth Science Interactive Games - Located on this blog.

Geology
Geology Lesson Plans | Grand Canyon National Park
Geology Primary Lesson | Kentucky Cole Education
Kids Earth Science  Including science experiments, activities, and more resources

Science Experiments
Simple Geology Activity | The Mantle and Magma | YouTube

Rocks, Minerals, and Soils
Rocks, Minerals, and Soils - Located on this blog.

Misc.
Lesson Plans
Science Sample Lesson Plans - 2010 | Virginia Department of Education

Bee Thematic Unit

Happy Bee Day! Bee Day is on May 20th.
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This beehive is located at the Pacific Science Center in the State of Washington.

Here are some ideas you can use for a bee unit (or just to have fun).
I will add more to this page.

Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes
from England

A Swarm of Bee in May
A swarm of bees in May
Is worth a load of hay;
A swarm of bees in June
Is worth a silver spoon.;
A swarm of bees in July
Is not worth a fly.

A Swarm of Bees in May | Mama Lisa's World
Including the nursery rhyme being read.
Bees | Enchanted Learning
Bees – Nursery Rhymes | Mother Goose Club
Including a video of it being said by a boy.

Fiddle Dee Dee | Enchanted Learning
Fiddle-de-dee, Fiddle-de-dee, The Fly Has Married the Bumble Bee
Including the nursery rhyme being read.
Fiddle-De-Dee – Nursery Rhymes | Mother Goose Club
Including a video of it being song by children.

Bee Music & Physical Education
Play The Flight of the Bumblebee by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.
Have the children walk around and pretend they are flying like bumblebees.
You can have then hold a picture of a bumblebee they have colored or they can put their arms out as if they are wings.

Music Links
Flight of the Bumblebee by The US Army Band | Internet Archieve
The Flight of the Bumblebee | Virtual Sheet Music

Bee Arts and Crafts
50 Bug Crafts for Kids - A viewer sent me this link in October 2016.
Bumblebee Toilet Paper Roll Craft | DLTK

Bee Snacks
Make Rice Krispie Treats

Rice Krispie Treats
You can find a recipe with or without using marshmallows. There are some links listed below. Just add honey to the treats if it does not include it in the recipe. If you are vegan you can use the golden syrup, agave nectar, or some other syrup substitute. The brown sugar can be replaced by coconut sugar.

Healthy No Marshmallow Rice Krispie Treats
Healthy Rice Krispie Treats

Bug Snacks: Honey Cookies | PreschoolEducation

Bee & Honey Facts and Recipes
Africanized Honey Bees on the Move Lesson Plans
Honey.com - Including "About Honey", "Recipes", and more.

Resources
Africanized Honey Bees on the Move Lesson Plans - Grades K-12 Lesson Plans, Information Sheets, and Activity Sheets (including coloring pages and other sheets

Bee eBooks
Here are some eBooks I created. They are available on Teachers Pay Teachers.

Types of Volcanoes

Volcano Table | Volcano World

Volcanoes of Chile
Chile is located between the South American and the Nazca Tectonic Plates. 

Stratovolcanoes (also called Composite Volcanoes)

This is located on this blog.

Shield Volcanoes

This is located on this blog.

Caldera Volcanoes

This is located on this blog.

Supernova

Yellowstone
Country: United States
State: Wyoming
Yellowstone Caldera is a caldera and supervolcano.

Cinder Cone Volcanoes

Paricutin
Country: Mexico

Somma Volcano 

Vesuvius
Country: Italy
This is a very famous volcano. It buried the towns of Herculaneum and Pompeii.

Dome Volcanoes

The Peanuts Gang Family Resource Gallery

The Peanuts Gang Family Resources Gallery: Lesson Plans
These are for grades: K-8, It includes these subject area: language arts, STEM, social studies, and math.

Animals

Animal Sounds
Animal Sounds All Over the World

Crafts
Animal Finger Puppets

Language Arts
Add-a-Letter Animals
Animal Letters
Hidden Animals
Mystery Animal

Science
Animal Appetites

Snacks
Marshmallow Animals

The below links have church related information in them. They can be adapted to your needs.

Lesson
I Can Be Kind to Animals: Lesson 35, Primary 1
Includes a bunny coloring page, finger plays ("My Little Kitten", "Noah"), and other ideas. This lesson can be adapted to a school or other settings by using parts of the suggested activities.

Lesson 35: I Can Be Kind to Animals

Activities
Animal Matchup
Mixed Up Animals: Noah

Science
Creatures Revealed (Matthew 13)

Educational Resources at Commemorative Air Force

The Commemorative Air Force has various types of educational resources on their website. There are resources for "Early Learner", "Upper Elementary", "Middle School & High School", and "Any Age".

Flight of the Bumblebee

The Flight of the Bumblebee is one of the most entertaining music pieces I have ever heard. It was written by Rimsky-Korsakoy. He was born in March 1844 in Russia. To learn more about Rimsky-Korsakov, at Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Classics for Kids | Composers and Nikolai Rimsky Korsakov @ Wikipedia.

Lesson Plans
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Classics for Kids | Composers
Lesson plans for Grades K-2 and Grades 3-5 and much more

Africanized Honey Bees on the Move Lesson Plans

Crafts
Make a Bee Finger Puppet Craft.

For older children or adults: Felt Finger Puppets

There are many more ideas out of the web, just search for them online.

Music/Physical Activity
Listen to the music on Classics for Kids website
Dance like a bee as you dance to this fast and fun music.

Other Music Links
Flight of the Bumblebee
Flight of the Bumblebee - Canadian Brass

Children's Literature Resources

Activities, Books & Stories Online, and Worksheets
Beantime Stories Preschool through all ages
Beantime Stories @ Chateau Meddybemps Including parent and teachers guide to help children learn
Children's Literature - texts and illustrations 
Children Storybooks Online Books to Read, Sounds, Riddles, Maze, and Coloring Books
Children's Books Online: the Rosetta Project, Inc. 70 children's books published in the 19th and early 20th century.  Some include animal books, rhymes, games, and more
The On-Line Books Page Books online for all ages of children and for adults in lots of subjects
The Amazing Adventure Series

Activities and Lesson Plans
A to Z Teachers Stuff Children's Literature Activities Index - Indexed by Book Title (Note: The eduplace links are broken.)
Book Activities at Theteachersguide.com K-10th Grade
Kiddyhouse.com: Literature-Based Lesson Plans and Resources

Book, Story Teller and Magazine Companies
Funfelt.com The Story Teller - Felt Educational Products for Kids, Teachers, Parents, and Homeschoolers| Felt Board Sets for Story boards, Dolls, Activity Books, Masks, Puppets, and Fingerplays, Preschool/K, Religious, Christmas, Farm Friends, Science, Math, & Social Studies
Fun Books Books, games and other materials to produce life-long learners
HarperCollins Children Books Books, Games (coloring pages, & activities), Links to lots of author & illustrator sites, and more
Scholastic Books

Children Literature Links including Book Lists
CanTeach: English Language Arts: Theme Book Lists
CLWG: Children's Literature Web Guide Sites to authors, book lists, resources for storytellers, and more.
Snickerdoodle for Kids Teacher Resources (Ages 3-8), Links, Storytelling, Coloring Pages, Songs, and More
Tippity Witchet's Most Amazing Book Lists Counting, Alphabet, Fall, Winter, Dinosaurs, Families, Foods, Friends, Growing Things, The Farm, and Interactive Books

Links from Michael

Here are some links from Michael at http://scicamps.org/.

Learning Styles | Teach.com http://teach.com/what/teachers-teach/learning-styles 

5 Strategies to Ensure Student Learning

http://www.edutopia.org/stw-differentiated-instruction-budget-assessment-how-to 

Introduction to STEM in the Classroom  

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/merging-industry-and-classroom-ced 

A Guide to Classroom Technologies that Increase Learning: An Educator’s Resource http://highspeedinternet.com/blog/resources/a-guide-to-classroom-technologies-that-increase-learning-an-educators-resource 

Technology in the Classroom: The School of the Future  

http://www.teachhub.com/technology-classroom-school-future 

Smartphones as Tools for Education: Getting Smart With Smartphones  

https://www.ecyclebest.com/resources/smartphones-as-tools-for-education 

Math for America: Teacher Resources - Lesson Plans & Activities  

http://www.mathforamerica.org/teacher-resources/classroom/lessons 

Math Lesson Plans from Teach-nology  

http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/math/ 

TryEngineering | Lesson Plans  

http://tryengineering.org/lesson-plans 

Engineering the Future: The Educator’s Guide to Building and Construction http://www.homeadvisor.com/r/educators-guide-to-building-and-construction/ 

Science in the Classroom  

http://scienceintheclassroom.org/ 

Science Lesson Plans for Teachers 

https://kids.usa.gov/teachers/lesson-plans/science/index.shtml

Links from Stacy

Here are some links from a viewer that runs this site:

http://www.mathcamps.org

Different Learning Styles in Education  

http://www.education.com/reference/article/Ref_Teaching_Tips/ 

Eight Key Strategies for Deepening Your Effectiveness in the Classroom 

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/classroom-strategies-maximizing-your-teaching 

How to Utilize Video Conferencing in the Classroom  

https://www.freeconference.com/blog/how-to-utilize-video-conferencing-in-the-classroom/ 

Lesson Plan Library from DiscoveryEducation.com  

http://www.discoveryeducation.com/teachers/free-lesson-plans/ 

Science & Technology Lesson Plans 

http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/lesson_plans/science_technology.html 

Grade-by-Grade Guide to Building Visual Arts Lessons  

http://www.getty.edu/education/teachers/building_lessons/guide.html 

Lesson Plans for Teachers from the Humane Society  

http://www.humanesociety.org/parents_educators/lesson_plans_for_teachers.html 

Get Your Students Moving  

https://www.amle.org/BrowsebyTopic/WhatsNew/WNDet/TabId/270/ArtMID/888/ArticleID/390/Get-Your-Students-Moving.aspx 

A Hands-on Curriculum with Lessons and Activities on Swimming and Pools http://www.intheswim.com/eGuides/swimming-curriculum 

Serve Up Classroom Nutrition Activities  

http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson054.shtml 

What's Cooking?: A Culinary Curriculum for Cultivating Foodie Kids http://www.culinaryschools.org/cooking-school-types/kids/curriculum.php

Viewer Links

Here are some links from a viewer.  Thank you!

K-12 Biology Lesson Plans

http://sciencenetlinks.com/search/?q=&themes=5&content_types=Lesson

Discovery: US History

http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/ushis.html

Lesson Plans and Activities on Satellite Education

http://www.bestsatelliteproviders.com/resources/ultimate-guide-to-satellites-for-educators/

Nutrient Wise: A Student Lesson Plan

http://www.k12.wa.us/HealthFitness/CBAs/MiddleSchool/NutrientWiseLessonPlan.pdf

The Educator’s Guide to Building and Construction

http://www.homeadvisor.com/r/educators-guide-to-building-and-construction/

Lesson Plans for All Grade Levels on Environmental Health Education http://healthandwelfare.idaho.gov/Portals/0/Health/EnvironmentalHealth/Lesson%20Plans-Reduced%20File%20Size.pdf

A Teacher's Guide to Illness Prevention Lessons

http://www.cleanitsupply.com/blog/illness-prevention-the-k-12-cleanliness-and-hygiene-lesson-plan-collection/

Archaeology Lesson Plans: Grades K-12

https://www.archaeological.org/education/lessonplans

An Interactive Look at the Science of Flight

http://www.ellejet.com/understanding-flight-dynamics.php

Creative Writing Lesson Plan Collection

http://www.scholastic.com/browse/collection.jsp?id=658

22 Dog-Lover Lesson Plans for Teachers 

https://www.rover.com/blog/dog-themed-lesson-plans/

Animal-Related Lesson Plans  

http://www.discoveryeducation.com/search/page/-/-/lesson-plan/animals/index.cfm