Science Bulletin Boards from Sarah Wiemero

I found this great website for bulletin boards! Conveniently categorized by subject areas and themes, almost all the bulletin board ideas come with a picture! The ideas are fun, fresh, and creative, and would be a great addition to any classroom or hallway.

Here are a few of my favorites:
Have your class "pitch in a hand" with this tribute to the United States by Sharon Brandt.















For the science side of the room, this bulletin board clearly demonstrates the water cycle with a realistic diagram by Mr. Michael Koloski.













Safety First! Beware Stranger Danger is a great idea for the hallway in an elementary school reminding kids to be careful about strangers by Kay Robinson.













So have fun creating helpful and vibrant bulletin boards for your students! And be sure to stop by the Curriculum Library to make use of our die cuts, borders, paper, and laminating services!
(all pictures taken from http://home.bellsouth.net/p/s/community.dll?ep=16&groupid=20303&ck=).

Sarah Wiemero Family Development Major

Science Websites to visit

One of the best resources around is kidsites.com science websites. There are multiple places for kids to visit and learn about different concepts of science


Amusement Park Physics is a sight that actually lets kids design their own roller coaster. They get to choose the height of the first and second hills, the slope after the hill, and an optional loop. At the end they receive a fun rating and a safety rating. They can view why their roller coaster did not pass the requirements and make changes accordingly. This site offers the dynamics of physics in a way that is concise and interactive.



Another site listed is National Geographic’s Beyond 2000. Researchers and inventors share possible things that can happen in the next generation. These items include video watches, global positionaling to locate lost kids, and door-to-door transit systems. There is also a place for kids to share their own thoughts about what might happen in the future.






BrainPop is a website full of interactive things for kids to do with many subject areas. They have short videos that teach concepts such as kinetic energy, eclipses, and the electromagnetic spectrum. Each subject has a printable activity page involving crosswords or word finds. Some of the videos require membership in order to view them but all the topics are available for free along with many other resources.




Bill Nye the Science Guy’s website offers many home experiments. They are divided into three categories: life science, physical science, and planetary science. Each experiment uses everyday items and could be used inside or outside the classroom. There is also a question of the week answered by Bill and even a letter from him explaining why Pluto is no longer considered a planet.



Jessica Geer Secondary Education Math Major

Head to Toe Science

Do children in the classroom receive enough science education? Does the teacher express the importance of science? How can the teacher make science fun and interesting? These are questions that should be addressed when incorporating science education into lesson plans.

Head to Toe Science, by Jim Wiese, is a great source to use in the classroom to inform children about the body. This entertaining book includes fund activities and experiments for the children to enjoy. Aside from the experiments, this book presents information about the circulatory system, muscles, digestion, senses, other body parts and their function.

Any teacher implementing the science of human body systems into the lesson plan should come and check out the new book by Jim Weise, Head to Toe Science.

By preservice nursing major Kimberly Dietrick

ELED 4164 Language Arts and Children's Literature

Bulletin boards created by Dr. Belshe's class. Students include Ali Evans, Meisha Meredith, Katy Rader, Sarah Gibson, Kristi Budka, Elizabeth Otten, Joel Dixon, Andrea Koster, Annie Lewis, Dana Hollis, Elizabeth Roundtree and Nicole Cummings.

The Nineteen Twenties Social Studies Project

Listed below are five websites that will have brief overviews of the 1920’s.

Wikipedia – has a fairly extensive listing of the things that occurred in the 20’s including
Technology, war and peace, science, literature and arts, economics, culture and religion, sports figures, politicians and world leaders and styles.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1920s

This site shows a quick overview of the time period and hits the highlights in People, music, literature, politics, clothing, inventions, art entertainment, and fads and fashions.
http://www.angelfire.com/co/pscst/

Site written and researched by school aged children. Interesting perspective.
http://www.kidsnewsroom.org/elmer/infoCentral/frameset/decade/1920.htm

“The purpose of this web/library guide is to help the user gain a broad understanding of the Roaring 1920s. While there is no way we can link to everything, we have attempted to find areas of special interest and to select information that we hold dear today, for example books we love - movies we watch - songs we sing - events we find interesting - people we admire.”
http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decade20.html

Brief Timeline of American Literature, Music, and Movies 1920-1929
http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/1920m.html

The following resources are listed in the OBU catalog. The Curriculum library has the first 3 items listed below that are specific to the 1920’s and I have pulled other Cobblestones that contain information about the 1920's. These will be held at the curriculum library desk for all to view. The netlibrary book can be viewed online and the Reference book is located on the first floor in our reference collection.

ED SEC 309 GAR6 Roaring 20's & depressing 30's [electronic resource]Gardner, Paul (Paul Henry)
This resource has a cd-rom with pictures/sounds and documents from this time period. The CD is in the student computer for you to use and view.

ED PER 372.83 COB V.27 NO.4 2006Those roaring 20s

ED ELEM 372.83 BOW 17 The Nation in Prosperity and Poverty / y Mariah Marvin and Clancy CarlileMarvin, Mariah

NETLIBRARY XX(218013.1) Daily life in the United States, 1920-1939 [electronic resource] : decades of promise and pain / David E. KyvigKyvig, David E.

REF 391 T971GX V.2The 20s & 30s : flappers & vamps / Cally BlackmanBlackman, Cally.

Children's Literature of the time.

Caldicott Award winners
1922: The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem van Loon 1923: The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting 1924: The Dark Frigate by Charles Hawes 1925: Tales from Silver Lands by Charles Finger 1926: Shen of the Sea by Arthur Bowie Chrisman 1927: Smoky, the Cowhorse by Will James 1928: Gay Neck, the Story of a Pigeon by Dhan Gopal Mukerji 1929: The Trumpeter of Krakow by Eric P. Kelly

1920: Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry
1920: Hugh Lofting's charming Story of Dr. Doolittle talks to the animals.
1925: F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, a novel of the tragedy of success
1926: A.A. Milne writes of Christopher Robin, Winnie the Pooh, and Piglet.