https://padlet.com/alexaraton/vl4q0y7b90gh Reading Response 3 - Annotated Bibliography en-us 2018-11-11 17:39:39 UTC 2025-03-01 21:46:18 UTC hello@padlet.com alexaraton https://padlet.com/alexaraton/vl4q0y7b90gh/wish/303015732 Nasa. Climate Change for Kids. Retrieved from: https://climatekids.nasa.gov
Summary: This is an interactive and informative website about climate change geared towards children. It is divided into multiple categories all relating to climate change, for example atmosphere and water. In each section, there are sub-sections for students to click and explore, featuring pictures, trivia games, interviews with experts, etc.
Usage in the Classroom: This website provides student with an informative introductory experience into global warming. After introducing the topic of global warming, students can be given time on individual computers or in small groups or pairs to explore the topic through this website. Students can use the website to explore topics within global warming that interest them and that they want to learn more about. This can be applied to their group projects for the unit, as they decide what type of issues within global warming they will be creating a solution for.]]> 2018-11-11 17:51:52 UTC https://padlet.com/alexaraton/vl4q0y7b90gh/wish/303015732 alexaraton https://padlet.com/alexaraton/vl4q0y7b90gh/wish/303023216 The Tragic Tale of the Great Auk. Retrieved from: https://www.mother.ly/parenting/10-childrens-books-climate-change
Summary: This book tells the story of the Great Auk, a penguin-like bird that lived in the northern Atlantic, but became extinct in the mid-19th century. Due to climate change and hunting, the Great Auk could not survive. The book details the relationship between humans, animals and the planet's climate. Pictures make the book a terrific auditory and visual experience for students.
Usage in the Classroom: This book can be a resource for a read aloud in the classroom. Part of the global warming unit involves detailing how climate change effects species of animals throughout the world. This book shows the real-life effects of how climate change can completely eliminate species of animals. The teacher can connect this to current events by showcasing animals on the endangered species list around the planet. Students can research endangered animals and create mini-projects via PowerPoint on Google Classroom that display details about their selected animal.]]> 2018-11-11 18:35:38 UTC https://padlet.com/alexaraton/vl4q0y7b90gh/wish/303023216 alexaraton https://padlet.com/alexaraton/vl4q0y7b90gh/wish/303028511 Smithsonian Magazine. Climate Change 101 with Bill Nye the Science Guy. Retrieved from: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/category/science/climate-change-101-with-bill-nye-the-science/
Summary: This video is an informative introduction to climate change with famous scientist and television personality Bill Nye. Nye makes a point in the video to distinguish myth from fact. For a topic that has caused much real-life political controversy, Nye is able to explain climate change from a fact-based perspective in a way that is both an engaging and informative for children.
Usage in the Classroom: For this unit, fifth graders are challenged to connect climate change to real world issues and events.
Usage in the Classroom: This video can be used within the global warming unit to help students recognize the reality of climate change vs. fake perceptions of the problem that are sometimes seen in current events. During the unit, children will participate in viewing the different sides of the global warming debate. They will be asked to present arguments for and against the two sides. This video is a great tool to wrap up the debate. It presents a fact-based argument while explaining the consequences of not taking this problem seriously.]]> 2018-11-11 19:10:19 UTC https://padlet.com/alexaraton/vl4q0y7b90gh/wish/303028511 alexaraton https://padlet.com/alexaraton/vl4q0y7b90gh/wish/303034735 A Beautiful Planet. Retrieved from: https://www.commonsensemedia.org/lists/movies-that-teach-kids-about-climate-change
Summary: A Beautiful Planet is a documentary that is shot from the perspective of the International Space Station. The film gives specific focus to environmental issues on Earth and how humans cause numerous issues for the health of the planet. Astronauts explain these topics in the film, which shows amazing imagery of the Earth.
Usage in the Classroom: The movie contains amazing imagery that is better-suited for this unit's fifth grade audience. It is extremely informative and can be utilized to display the effects of changing weather on the planet and human life. For students' unit projects, they are asked to examine different parts of the world and how climate change can contribute to extreme weather. This movie showcases the root of these problems, from deforestation to melting ice caps. Children can take what they see in the movie and use it to further their research in how to help solve these problems of extreme weather created by climate change around the world.]]> 2018-11-11 19:50:57 UTC https://padlet.com/alexaraton/vl4q0y7b90gh/wish/303034735 alexaraton https://padlet.com/alexaraton/vl4q0y7b90gh/wish/303039547 Earth-Now. Retrieved from https://earthnow.com
Summary: Earth-Now is an interactive app that showcases live feeds of various places around the world through satellites. Students can monitor recent climate data through a drop-down menu that showcases color-coded maps and interactive data sets including examples such as water vapor and Carbone monoxide levels. The app allows students to track climate data in real-time, as well as track climate events in real-time.
Usage in the Classroom: While blending global warming with math, we ask our fifth grade students to compare and track data of different ways climate change has increased over time. This app allows students to track and create real-time data sets from a wide variety of scientific information. They are able to create digital representations of the data through the app. This can be shared with the class as well as online with parents.]]> 2018-11-11 20:21:33 UTC https://padlet.com/alexaraton/vl4q0y7b90gh/wish/303039547