This informational text introduces students to the life cycle and migration of the sanderling, a bird that winters on beaches in the Southern United States and South America but breeds in the Arctic during the summer months. The text is written at a kindergarten through grade one reading level. This is a PDF containing the informational text and a glossary.

In this clip from "SciTech Now, see how advancements in technology have taken elections beyond fundraisers, debates, and polling booths.

In our data driven worlds, developers are integrating tech into our infrastructure and a company in Missouri is working to bring technology to the roadways. Sustainability strategist Leyla Acjaralou helps us bust environmental myths such as the often debated question: paper or plastic? We sit in on the Creative Technology program at Columbia’s University’s Teacher’s College where future teachers are learning how to integrate tech into art classes. And we take a look at a unique collection of scientific and medical devices from decades past.

In this clip from SciTech Now, sustainability strategist Leyla Acjaralou helps us bust environmental myths such as the often debated question: paper or plastic?

Have you ever done a science experiment and wondered what would this be like if it were HUGE? Welcome to Science Max, where everything is done on a large scale. Explore this video and learn more about gravity and the influence that liquid and gases have on it.

This subject exposes students to a variety of visualization techniques so that they learn to understand the work involved in producing them and to critically assess the power and limits of each. Students concentrate on areas where visualizations are crucial for meaning making and data production. Drawing on scholarship in science and technology studies on visualization, critical art theory, and core discussions in science and engineering, students work through a series of case studies in order to become better readers and producers of visualizations.

Have you ever wondered what the ocean's age is? Explore this question and others using Google Earth's seafloor age explorer.

Want to see how deep the ocean is in your neighborhood and across the globe? Check out Google Earth seafloor depth tool.

Students will create a class chart showing what they are wearing. They will also become "season watchers" to help them understand the seasons.

Children will learn about the seasons and will engage in activities to help them deepen their understanding of the seasons.  

Dope the semiconductor to create a diode. Watch the electrons change position and energy.

This informational text introduces students to solar energy's role in warming the Earth's land and water and to the fact that dark-colored surfaces absorb more of the Sun's energy than do light-colored ones. Students also read about how the decline in Arctic sea ice is changing Earth's energy balance. This version is a full-color PDF that can be printed, cut and folded to form a book. Each book contains color photographs and illustrations. The text is written at a grade four through grade five reading level.

This informational text introduces students to solar energy's role in warming the Earth's land and water and to the fact that dark-colored surfaces absorb more of the Sun's energy than do light-colored ones. Students also read about how the decline in Arctic sea ice is changing Earth's energy balance. This is a PDF containing the informational text and a glossary. The text is written at a grade four through grade five reading level.

Showing appreciation for a person or organization with your students has never been easier with Google Slides.

Why do the lights turn on in a room as soon as you flip a switch? Flip the switch and electrons slowly creep along a wire. The light turns on when the signal reaches it.

Students will complete several activities that reinforce the concept that all simple machines transfer force.

This is a science lesson that helps students make predictions, complete expirements, and analyze data on what makes an object sink or float when placed in water. 

Simple experiments with puddles show evaporation happens as water molecules escape from the earth's surface. When they escape, they change from liquid to gas, or water vapor in a process called evaporation. The sun is the source of energy that causes this to occur.