Inquiry

How nature adapts to the changing environment. Ideal for Inquiry. || Y3 - 5 ||
 * media type="custom" key="3631811" ||  Link ||  Description ||  Target group ||  Notes ||
 * [[image:Themes_and_Topics.jpg width="132" height="78" align="center"]] || [|Themes and Topics Powerpoints] || 1200 different powerpoints on themes and topics. || Teachers ||
 * [[image:kidvid.gif width="150" height="111" align="center"]] || KidVid[|: Making Video's] || Tool for creating storyboards, shooting video's and more. 4Teachers. || Teachers ||
 * [[image:Picture_7.png width="145" height="87" align="center"]] || [|Staying Alive] || Fantastic interactive wiki site.
 * [[image:around.jpg width="105" height="121" align="center"]] || [|Around the World] || Amazing site with great video, for kids to immerse in World Geography. ||  ||
 * [[image:inventtitle.gif width="284" height="44" align="center"]] || [|Inventors and Inventions] || Interactive site for kids. || Y 5 - 6 ||
 * [[image:NZ.jpg width="79" height="101" align="center"]] || [|Naturally New Zealand] || 'Track' of web sites linked to this [[file:Changes Unit T2 Natural N.Z 2009]]. Track annotated by R.Taljaard, using Trackstar. || Y5 ||
 * [[image:Picture_3.png width="149" height="101" align="center"]] || [|Trackstar] || Quick and easy way to create digital learning centres (called tracks) and track websites on a specific topic. Click on Create a new track to register for free. || Teachers ||
 * [[image:leavesstream.jpg width="110" height="149" align="center"]] || [|Change]
 * [[image:leavesstream.jpg width="110" height="149" align="center"]] || [|Change]

[|The environment] || This track will deepen understanding of CHANGE as one of the Big Ideas of Science. It will also provide links to examples of CHANGE found all around us.

Interactive site to explore effects of change on the environment. || Students ||
 * [[image:Picture_1.png width="200" height="122" align="center"]] || [|Pollen Park] || Interactive game - super for smartboard - about plant reproduction. Teaches parts of a flower, etc. || Y3 - 5 ||
 * [[image:Picture_4.png width="417" height="256" link="@http://middlespot.com/search.php"]] || Middlespot || Provides a unique search interface for saving, annotating, and sharing search results. || Teachers ||
 * [[image:Picture_8.png width="409" height="150"]] || Simplybox || Requires sign-up.
 * [[image:Picture_8.png width="409" height="150"]] || Simplybox || Requires sign-up.

If you are a visual learner, then this is the tool for you! ...capture, share, and organize... with friends, groups, students, or the world. || Teachers ||
 * Dotstorming  is a cool tool for hosting collaborative brainstorming sessions. The neat thing about Dotstorming is that you can have everyone contribute their ideas on an online corkboard then vote for their favorite ideas. When Dotstorming launched you could only add text and picture notes. In the last week an option to include video notes was added to Dotstorming. To add a video to a note simply paste a YouTube URL into a note. ||  || 5 Tips to Improve Your Critical Thinking  is the latest TED-Ed lesson. The introduction to the lesson is a bit long for my liking but once you get past that the tips are solid. The lesson presents critical thinking as a process of five steps. The last step is the one that students will probably struggle to implement, "explore other points of view." ||   ||