Digital Resources Project -- Kate McHale by Kate McHale

All About Pluto -- NASA Science Space Place

kateamchale — 2024-12-07 21:06:35 UTC

This resource was created by NASA, and includes useful text, diagrams, photographs, and videos talking about Pluto! It is free to access and the website offers links to other related resources such as pages about other planets.

Crash Course Kids: The Rocky Planets

kateamchale — 2024-12-07 21:16:09 UTC

This video explores what weather is like on the rocky planets (Mercury, Venus, and Mars) in an engaging manner with many visuals. The video description includes standards that it applies to.

Crash Course Kids: Weather In Space: The Gas Giants

kateamchale — 2024-12-07 21:19:19 UTC

This video is a companion to the video on the weather of the rocky planets, but explores that of the gas giants (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune). It similarly includes information on which standards it applies to and has engaging visuals and explanations.

The Planets of Our Solar System - ASL/English

kateamchale — 2024-12-07 21:29:27 UTC

Mr. D Signs teaches students about the planets of our solar system in both English and ASL. Other accessibility features include closed captioning and a transcript.

Blue Coral Guide to the Solar System

kateamchale — 2024-12-07 21:35:45 UTC

This interactive website lets users move around in space, click on objects to learn more about them, and really gives a sense of distance and size. Navigating around is fun, and the information is presented fairly simply.

Venus

kateamchale — 2024-12-07 21:48:53 UTC

This infographic about Venus comes from World Almanac Kids. Its reading level is appropriate for upper elementary and it includes useful facts. https://wak.infobaselearning.com/recordurl.aspx?wid=99440&nid=28460

Our Solar System (World Almanac Kids)

kateamchale — 2024-12-07 21:50:45 UTC

This collection on WAK links to numerous articles about the different planets (and other bodies in our solar system). It is easy to find teacher resources, as well!

World Book Kids: Neptune

kateamchale — 2024-12-08 02:36:39 UTC

World Book Online is an encyclopedia with articles about all of the planets, but I have only linked Neptune here. There are translation features and read aloud settings to make it more accessible!

Encyclopedia Britannica School: Mars

kateamchale — 2024-12-08 02:39:58 UTC

Encyclopedia Britannica's School Edition is available with a public library card and has tons of accessibility features such as translation, read aloud, and OpenDyslexic font options. There is also a cool interactive tool about all the planets linked!

Gale In Context Elementary: Mercury

kateamchale — 2024-12-08 02:42:41 UTC

This specific link is to an article about Mercury, but this database has information about all sorts of topics. There are many accessibility options, such as OpenDyslexic font, translation features, and read aloud features.

Explore the Solar System with the Smithsonian: Air and Space Live Chat

kateamchale — 2024-12-08 02:45:28 UTC

This video is less helpful for finding fast facts about a planet, but it is a wonderful extra resource for students who are especially interested in space!

Jupiter and Saturn

kateamchale — 2024-12-08 02:50:26 UTC

This short video about Jupiter and Saturn provides useful facts about both planets. Closed captions available.

Planets

kateamchale — 2024-12-08 02:52:50 UTC

This video teaches students various characteristics of the planets in our solar system. I liked the visuals they used! CC available.

Flight of Fancy Story Time: "Pluto's Secret"

kateamchale — 2024-12-08 02:59:31 UTC

While this is not a nonfiction book and is a little young for the intended audience of 5th graders, it is a fun supplemental story that explains some history of astronomy.