Week 3: Web- Based Resources

Resource #1

• Title:
• Monster Genetics

• URL: 
• https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Monster-Genetics-Traits-and-Heredity-for-Upper-Elementary-1474425

• How you found it:  
• Searching 5th grade science activities on TPT

• How you might use it in your final project:
• I would use this resource ( or a similar one I construct on my own) to introduce to my students the  the difference between dominant and recessive genes. This resource covers bits of genetics, heredity, genes and dominant and recessive genes. It is a fun way to simplify the science and break it down into manageable parts for the introduction of the concept. 

• What standards does the resource address:

3-LS3-1.	Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence that plants and animals have traits inherited from parents and that variation of these traits exists in a group of similar organisms

Teachers Pay Teachers - Link to website where resource was found.

Resource #2

• Name/Title of the resource:
• Gross Science

• URL:
• https://www.youtube.com/user/grossscienceshow
• How you found it:
• I found this YouTube channel while googling around for good science based resources.
• How you might use it in your final project:
• I liked this channel because it is about something new each post but they all revolve around science. The title Gross Science and the content that matches it is a fun way to introduce  lesson or get kids attention. I can see myself finding a video from Gross Science that aligns with each days lesson and use it as as attention getter or writing prompt before or after the lesson. 
• What standards does the resource address:
• Every post hits a new introduction for a standard.

This is a post about how to use household items to see microbes with an iPhone. 

Resource #3 

• Name/Title of the resource: 
• Abby Gutch Science Activities
• This is a compilation of several resources on heredity 

 

• URL:
• http://buncombe.k12.nc.us/Page/30134

• How you found it:
• For this resource I googled " 5th grade heredity activities". There were many results. I chose this page because it had many resources for the topic but were not layer out in a lesson format like some of the other great ones i found using that search. This one was a compilation of resources made by a school specifically for 5th graders. It appears that the school has online space for the teachers to store their activities for public view. I liked the idea of providing the parents with access to the resources I will use in class.  This is great because not only to the families of the students get to see what they are learning they have the opportunity to learn the same things. This will make helping with homework or studying much easier for the families that DO choose to help their students at home. 

• How you might use it in your final project:
• There are several games and online activities that i could use for the review process of the lesson. These could be whole group or individual based review if iPads/ computers are available to me at that time. 

• What standards does the resource address:
• For this i chose to use one of the video resources. It was pictures of a mother and daughter and the viewer was prompted to see what traits were possibly inherited by the daughter from the mother
• 3-LS3-1.Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence that plants and animals have traits inherited from parents and that variation of these traits exists in a group of similar organisms