Butterflies and Caterpillars

It's Monarch butterfly time in Maine!  So here are some wonderful links to pages that teach about butterflies and have activities for the 5 or 6 year old and up.

Cows, Milk and Ice Cream!

Cows, Milk, Ice Cream...

Ooooh, let's make ice cream!



This is really for the parent to view before doing the activity with their child:



And here's a wiki on how to make ice cream here.

Here's an educational video - and commercial video - for how they make Ben and Jerry's ice creams.

Here's a Teacher tube video...fairly well done, on milk to ice cream.

Here is a whole teaching lesson on pdf about milk to ice cream:
Ice Cream pdf

Teachnet's site about making ice cream. 

States of Matter Websites

States of Matter animation
Four States of Matter
Chem4Kids.com
WhyFiles
Scholastic
Enchanted Learning
Tech Topics - States of Matter
Study Jams Matter Video
Science NetLinks gr. 4 Matter
States of Matter teacher resource
Changing States of Matter interactive (in Celsius)
Successlink Experiments
Science Experiment - Log for Melting Ice Cream

Pepsi Refresh Project

So I'm applying for a Pepsi Refresh grant that will get 22 iPod Touches for first graders at DNS. More information to come later.

Math Fun Online

Math resource page:

Sheppard Software

Arcademic Skill Builders

The Problem Site

Addition practice

Feed Fribbit Addition Facts with missing addends and sums get more difficult as you go on

Cool math 4 kids.com Addition practice: no frills, no music, just the facts, mam.

The Timernator Same as above except it's timed.

Penguin Pop-Up

Fruit Shoot

Matching

Mahjong Math - Easy, but with a link to Hard

Math Lines - Sums of 10

Math Man - Like PacMan

Function Machine - PBS

Part-Whole Models - Level 1-Using interactive "thinking blocks" to solve problems

Part-Whole Models - Level 2 - three part problems

Let's Compare - Comparing two numbers using "thinking blocks"

Subtraction practice

Feed Fribbit Subtraction

Pearl Search

Fruit Shoot Subtraction

Matching

Mahjong Math - Easy, but with a link to Hard

Division practice

Croc Doc

Fruit Shoot Division

Matching

Mahjong Math - Easy, but with a link to Hard

Number Twins Matching tens

Multiplication practice

Crazy Taxi Race game hitting cars that are multiples of a number.

Stun Attack

Fruit Shoot Multiplication

Matching

Mahjong Math - Easy, but with a link to Hard

Mixed practice

Math game

Numeric Order

Number Balls

Number Chart

Clocks

Clock Work

Fractions

Turkey Terminator

Journaling in Nature

The Nature Journal as a Tool for Learning - article with pictures
The Littlest Naturalists - homeschooler's journaling ideas

First Grade Pond Life - Wetlands

Interactive Wetlands poster
Virtual Pond Dip
Exploring Pond Habitats
Reptiles and Amphibians
Dragonfly Close-up and Information
Pond Animals Identification Key
LA Coast - Wetlands in Louisiana with animal identification game
Biomes of the World - Wetlands
Biomes of the World - Shorelands
Biomes of the World - Ponds
Biomes of the World - Streams and Rivers
Science NetLinks - Pond Life
All Eyes on the Pond - Unit plan
Enchanted Learning - Pond Life
Eanes School District - Unit plan