STEM Grade 5 & 6 by Marianne Breault

The Roles of Water in Earths Surface Process

miabreault — 2025-03-30 13:51:58 UTC

The resource describes the water cycle, and expands that basic information to include other ways water is key to life on earth.

Volcano Viewed from Space

miabreault — 2025-03-30 13:53:04 UTC

A video view of a volcanic eruption as viewed from the ISS

Let’s Get it Started - Growing a Garden from our Food?!?!

miabreault — 2025-03-30 13:54:10 UTC

The information covers growing food from seeds, but my interest was cause and effect which asked the question, why do some seeds grow and others not.

Why do sunflowers follow the sun?

miabreault — 2025-03-30 13:55:39 UTC

This resource made connections to plant growth, photosynthesis, and how/why young sunflowers move to follow the sun.

St Helens - Out of the Ash

miabreault — 2025-03-30 13:57:09 UTC

This collection of information includes lesson plans and videos before, during, and after the 1980 eruption.

Think Garden

miabreault — 2025-03-30 13:58:22 UTC

This grouping of videos and lessons provides support for how things grow, or don’t, and how food is available.

Biosphere 2 - Virtual Field Trip

miabreault — 2025-03-30 13:59:37 UTC

This virtual field trip link gives students connection to the real world based on lessons presented in class. It provides information about a variety of ecosystems with written and video information.

The Cycling of Water

miabreault — 2025-03-30 14:00:30 UTC

This interactive page will provide students with both basic and extended information regarding the water cycle. It would be great to use for students at all levels as it provides written and video.

Food chain

miabreault — 2025-03-30 14:02:04 UTC

This game is designed to reinforce the parts of various food chains. I would use it to demonstrate how drought or flood would impact the chain.

Diversified Crops North Dakota

miabreault — 2025-03-30 14:03:00 UTC

Story board reviews real life situation in North Dakota with storms damaging crops.

Water Too Much or Too Little

miabreault — 2025-03-30 14:04:19 UTC

A story map of various US locations that have experienced too much or too little rainfall.

Water Cycle Game

miabreault — 2025-03-30 14:05:26 UTC

Students use dice to help them move and track their movements through the water cycle.

Satellites and Groundwater

miabreault — 2025-03-30 14:06:23 UTC

This activity allows students practical experience with how various types of “earth” absorb water,

Drought Data and Projections

miabreault — 2025-03-30 14:07:13 UTC

Videos of drought data over time, US, world and projections to the year 2095.

Feel the Heat

miabreault — 2025-03-30 14:07:59 UTC

This activity will allow students to design solar hot water heaters. This would reinforce lessons on off grid living.

Single Serving Volcanism

miabreault — 2025-03-30 14:09:10 UTC

Creating an edible intrusive magma snack. An experiment that allows students to see something that is otherwise underground and not easily viewed.

Modeling the Ash Distribution of a Yellowstone Supereruption

miabreault — 2025-03-30 14:09:59 UTC

Predictions with images of how far and deep ash would move if Yellowstone erupts.

Tacoma Narrows Bridge history - Bridge - Lessons from failure

miabreault — 2025-03-30 14:11:03 UTC

This site explains how the bridge was designed, and how wind was not factored into the design, ultimately causing the collapse.

Tacoma Narrows Bridge history - Bridge - Lessons from failure

miabreault — 2025-03-30 14:11:53 UTC

This site explains how the bridge was designed, and how wind was not factored into the design, ultimately causing the collapse.

Designs that Survive Storms

miabreault — 2025-03-30 14:13:30 UTC

An activity giving students practical experience building houses that may or may not survive storms.

Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse "Galloping Gertie"

miabreault — 2025-03-30 14:17:32 UTC

Video of the actual collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge.

Floor Planner - Rooms

miabreault — 2025-03-30 14:21:18 UTC

This interactive room design program allows students to design specific areas of a home, based on criteria and space limitations.