5th Grade Theme by Theme Resources for HMR

 

Theme 1 (NatureÕs Fury)

 

Launching the Theme:

 

United Streaming:

¯    Elementary Video Adventures: Weather and Climate (clips on How Tornadoes Develop, How Hurricanes Develop)

¯    Earth Science: Weather and Climate (clip on Violent Weather)

 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: NOAA has current information about weather, climate, storms, etc.

http://www.noaa.gov/

 

FEMA for Kids: Click on the About FEMA link to learn about this federal agencyÕs role

http://www.fema.gov/kids/

 

Welcome to the Ohio EMA Kids Site: One stateÕs emergency preparedness site for kids

http://ema.ohio.gov/kids_page/

 

American Red Cross: Official website of the American Red Cross

http://www.redcross.org/index.html

 

Selection 1:  Earthquake Terror

 

United Streaming:

¯    TLC Elementary School: Geological Processes (clip on Plate Tetonics)

 

Earthquakes for Kids: Click on the Latest QuakesÕ link on this site for kids from the USGS to find Shake Maps and Current, Past and Historical Earthquake data

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/4kids/

 

Earthquakes: Video, audio and information about earthquakes from National Geographic

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/eye/earthquakes/earthquakesintro.html

 

Earthquakes: Earthquake information from FEMA

http://www.fema.gov/kids/quake.htm

 

The San Andreas Fault: Pictures, maps and information about the fault from the USGS

http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/earthq3/

 

Faultline: Site from the Exploratorium offers links to other resources about earthquakes and demonstration activities that help students understand the nature of earthquakes

http://www.exploratorium.edu/faultline/index.html

 

 

 

Selection 2:  Eye of the Storm:  Chasing Storms with Warren Faidley

 

United Streaming:

¯    Weather Smart: Hurricanes

 

Hurricanes: Information and pictures of hurricane damage from FEMA

http://www.fema.gov/kids/hurr.htm

 

Eye in the Sky: Hurricanes: Hurricane video, images and information from National Geographic

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/eye/hurricanes/hurrintro.html

 

Flying Into the Eye of a Hurricane: Pictures, video and information about hurricanes from National Geographic for Kids

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngkids/0308/hurricane/

 

Hurricanes: Site from Kidstorm contains photos, charts and satellite images

http://skydiary.com/kids/hurricanes.html

 

Selection 3:  Volcanoes

 

United Streaming:

¯    National Parks: Caves of the National Parks: The Wonder Beneath (clip on Hawaii Volcanoes National Park)

¯    GeologistÕs Notebook: Why Land Goes Up and Down (clip on Uplifting: Plumes, Volcanoes, and Moving Plates)

 

Volcano World: Searchable information on volcanoes from the University of North Dakota

http://volcano.und.edu/

 

Volcanoes: Information on predicting volcanic eruptions from Annenberg

http://www.learner.org/exhibits/volcanoes/entry.html

 

Visit a Volcano: Cascade Range Volcanoes Interactive Imagemap: Map, images and information from the USGS

http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Cascades/ImageMaps/CascadeRange/cascade_range.html

 

 

Theme 2 (Give It All YouÕve Got)

 

Launching the Theme:

 

BAM: Activity Calendar: Body and Mind site provides information to help young people achieve their goals. The site includes an online calendar, which can be printed once students have added activities to it. The calendar links to Activity Cards for many sports or activities so students can learn about the sport from young experts and discover what it takes to get ahead in the sport (including skating, which could be a lead in to Selection 1)

http://www.bam.gov/sub_physicalactivity/physicalactivity_activitycalendar.html

 

Selection 1: Michelle Kwan: Heart of a Champion

 

Michelle Kwan Ð Bio: Picture and biographical information from the US Figure Skating Association.  The site includes an impressive list of awards.  This information could be printed or shared with the class.

http://www.usfsa.org/AthleteBio.asp?id=2267

 

U. S. Figure Skating Association: The official website of the U.S. Figure Skating Association. Teachers might want to share current figure skating news with the class.

http://www.usfsa.org/

 

Selection 2: La Bamba

 

United Streaming:

¯    You Can Try, So Can I

 

Selection 3: The Fear Place

 

United Streaming:

¯    Daily Planet: Scientific Cliffhangers (clip on Rock Climbing Techniques from an Expert)

¯    DonÕt Stop Before You Get Started (clip on Positive Risk Taking Builds Confidence)

 

LongÕs Peak Webcam: Webcam shows the peak mentioned in the reading selection

http://www.westernspirit.com/longs-peak-webcam.htm

 

Climbing: Click on the slideshow link to start an automatic slideshow of images of climbing in Colorado

http://forums.climbing.com/photopost/showphoto.php/photo/375/password//sort/1/cat/all/page/1

 

Rocky Mountain National Park Virtual Tour: Take a virtual tour with the USGS. Site shows maps of the park.

http://rockyweb.cr.usgs.gov/rmnp/index.html

 

Wildlife of the Rocky Mountains: Click on the Photographs link to see a series of photos of wildlife found in the Rocky Mountains. Site also includes information about the animals.

http://raysweb.net/wildlife/

 

Selection 4: Mae Jemison: Space Scientist

 

Into Space and Beyond: Archived audio of an NPR interview with Mae Jemison in which she discusses her career, her experiences in space and why she feels it is important for kids to study science and technology. Teachers may download the audio file of the interview. Click the Listen link and then click Control and the Listen to the Story link on the pop up window to save the file. It will open with Real Player.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1140627

 

Challenging the Space Frontier: Meet a Super Scientist: The site contains Mae JemisonÕs picture, biography and transcript of an interview with Scholastic in which Mae Jemison answered questions from students. Teachers could share some of the interview questions and answers with students (printing the page; role-playing, etc.).

http://teacher.scholastic.com/space/mae_jemison/index.htm

 

Dr. Mae Jemison: Site from NASA has a picture and easy to read information about Mae Jemison.

http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/whos_who_level2/jemison.html

 

StarChild: The site from NASA has pictures, movies and information about astronomy. The information is available in two reading levels. Students may click the speaker icon on Level 1 pages to hear the content read aloud

http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html

 

Windows to the Universe: The site has information about space missions, the solar system, etc., It includes many links to images, animations, video and audio files. The content of site is available in English or Spanish for those wishing to know more about astronomy

http://www.windows.ucar.edu/

 

Science Link: Into the Deep

 

Monsters of the Sea: The site has information about the giant squid. It also includes animations and video clips about undersea exploration.

http://www.thirteen.org/savageseas/deep-side-monsters.html

 

 

Theme 3 (Voices of the Revolution)

 

Launching the Theme:

 

United Streaming:

¯    Six Revolutionary War Figures

 

Colonial and Revolution Songs: Song samples in MP3 format

http://www.mcneilmusic.com/rev.html

 

PBS: Liberty! The American Revolution: Timeline and information about daily life during the American Revolution and the Revolution itself from PBS.

http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/

 

Revolutionary Period: Information about the American Revolution from AmericaÕs Story

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/revolut

 

A Quick Biography of Benjamin Franklin: biography of Franklin

http://www.ushistory.org/franklin/info/index.htm

 

Poor RichardÕs Almanack (1733-1758): Transcribed (not scanned) online version of Ben FranklinÕs writing for Poor RichardÕs Almanacks (all text).

http://www.book999.com/ENGLISH%20300/TABLE%20OF%20CONTENTS/ENGLISH%20LITERATURE/Benjamin%20Franklin/Poor%20Richard's%20Almanack(1733-1758).htm

 

Important Terms, People and Events: Build background for important terms, people and events in American history from 1763-1776 (all text, but includes hyperlinks).

http://www.sparknotes.com/history/american/prerevolution/terms.html

 

Selection 1:  And Then What Happened, Paul Revere?

 

United Streaming:

¯    Six Revolutionary War Figures (clip on Paul Revere)

 

Selection 2:  KatieÕs Trunk

 

Primary Source Link:

Washington D.C., 1800: Letter from Abigail Adams to her sister describing her experiences

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/capital.htm

 

Selection 3:  James Forten

 

Toys and Games for Kids in Colonial Maryland: Information written by kids for kids (all text) about old fashioned toys and games.

http://www.globalclassroom.org/linda.html

 

 

Theme 4 (Person to Person)

 

Launching the Theme:

 

Centrepoint: The official website for an organization in England that helps homeless youth.

http://www.centrepoint.org.uk/

 

Volunteers of America: The official website of this national, non-profit organization.

http://voa.org/

 

Habitat for Humanity: The official website for this international organization that sponsors building decent, affordable homes for the poor.

http://www.habitat.org/

 

American Red Cross: The official website for AmericaÕs emergency response organization.

http://www.redcross.org/index.html

 

Selection 1:  Mariah Keeps Cool

 

No suggested online resources

 

Selection 2:  MomÕs Best Friend

 

Welcome to the Braille Bug Site: Information about Louis Braille and the Braille alphabet

http://www.afb.org/braillebug/

 

Guide Dogs: Information from a third grade class about training a guide dog

http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/guidedogs/guidedogs.htm

 

Blindness: Information for kids about blindness from a visually impaired teacher

http://www.mcwdn.org/Blind/BlindKidsMain.html

 

Selection 3:  Yang the Second and Her Secret Admirers

 

The Great Wall: A Virtual Tour: photos and information about the Great Wall

http://www.chinavista.com/travel/greatwall/greatwall.html

 

Virtual China: Pictures of the people and places in various geographic locations in China

http://www.kiku.com/electric_samurai/virtual_china/index.html

 

The Author Page: Read the biographies of your favorite authors and find out how to write to them

http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/askauthor/

 

 

Theme 5 (One Land, Many Trails)

 

Launching the Theme:

 

United Streaming:

¯    The Expedition of Lewis and Clark: 1804-1806 (clips on The West, Along the Route, Sacagawea, Supplies, Staying the Winter, etc.)

 

Go West Across America with Lewis and Clark: Simulation of the Lewis and Clark expedition from National Geographic

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/west/main.html

 

Lewis and Clark: Timeline, interactive trail map of the Lewis and Clark expedition and information about Native Americans from PBS

http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/

 

The Gold Rush: Images and information about the California gold rush from PBS

http://www.pbs.org/goldrush/

 

Gold Discovered in California: Learn about the discovery of gold in AmericaÕs Story

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/reform/fortyniners_1

 

Onsite Adventures: Take a virtual tour of the gold rush with QuickTime VR

http://www.museumca.org/goldrush/qtvr.html

 

The Gold Rush Fun Facts: Gold rush facts

http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/funfacts.html

 

Experience Gold Rush!: Experience the gold rush with Shockwave

http://www.museumca.org/goldrush/shock.html

 

Selection 1:  A Boy Called Slow

 

United Streaming:

¯    Native Americans: American Heritage Series (clip on People of the Great Plains)

 

The Lakota of the Plains: Information about the history, beliefs and culture of the Lakota from the Carnegie Museum of Natural History

http://www.carnegiemuseums.org/cmnh/exhibits/north-south-east-west/lakota/index.html

 

Plains Indians: Information from the National Park Service

http://www.nps.gov/fola/indians.htm

 

Selection 2:  Pioneer Girl

 

United Streaming:

¯    Pioneers: The American Frontier (clips on Exploring West of the Appalachians, Making a Home, Across the Rockies, The Wagon Train, Life as a Pioneer, Gold, etc.)

 

Homes on the Prairie: Information, pictures and a virtual tour of a farmhouse.  Click on the Virtual Farmhouse link for a tour.

http://www.pbs.org/ktca/farmhouses/homesprairie.html

 

Pioneer Life in Sacramento: Read about the California gold rush in AmericaÕs Story

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/reform/gold_1

 

Selection 3:  Black Cowboy, Wild Horses

 

United Streaming:

¯    Elementary Video Adventures: Stories from American History (clip on The Real American Cowboy)

 

Rattlesnakes: Pictures and information about rattlesnakes

http://www.desertusa.com/may96/du_rattle.html

 

American International Rattlesnake Museum: The museumÕs home page with pictures, information, and trivia about rattlesnakes

http://www.rattlesnakes.com/

 

Selection 4:  Elena

 

United Streaming:

¯    United States Expansionism (clip on Mexican War)

 

Mexico: From Empire to Revolution: Flash animation, history, and photographs from the Getty Trust

http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/digitized_collections/mexico/

 

 

Theme 6 (Animal Encounters)

 

Launching the Theme:

 

National Geographic: Wild World: Learn about animals, ecology and conservation through images, video and interviews from National Geographic

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/wildworld/

 

Watchable Wildlife: Pictures and information about CaliforniaÕs wildlife from the Department of Fish and Game

http://www.dfg.ca.gov/watchable/

 

World Wildlife Fund for a Living Planet: The official website of the World Wildlife Fund, a group committed to promoting conservation

http://www.worldwildlife.org/

 

The Endangered Species Program: Description of the program from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

http://endangered.fws.gov/

 

Selection 1:  The Grizzly Bear Family Book

 

United Streaming:

¯    Animal Profiles: Grizzly Bears

¯    Grizzly Bears and How They Live

 

National Wildlife Federation: Grizzly Bear: Information, pictures and video clips about grizzly bears

http://www.nwf.org/wildlife/grizzlybear/

 

Pacific Rim Grizzly Bear Co-Existence Study: Read the diary entries from two naturalists who studied the relationship of grizzlies and humans

http://www.cloudline.org/

 

Creature Feature: Brown Bears: Pictures, video, audio and facts from National Geographic for Kids

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/creature_feature/0010/brownbears.html

 

Denali: AlaskaÕs Great Wilderness: Pictures, video clips and information about Denali from PBS

http://www.pbs.org/edens/denali/

 

Denali: ParkÕs home page from the National Park Service

http://www.nps.gov/dena/

 

Denali for Kids: Facts, photos and information about Denali from PBS for kids

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/denali/kids/

 

Selection 2:  The Golden Lion Tamarin Comes Home

 

United Streaming:

¯    Animal Profiles: Marmosets and Tamarins (clips on Where and How Marmosets and Tamarins Live, Physical Characteristics, Lifespan and Activities, Some Unusual Features, Families and Groups, Diets, Treats to Survival)

 

Golden Lion Tamarin: Information from the Henson Robinson Zoo (all text)

http://www.hensonrobinsonzoo.org/o002.html

 

In the Wild: South America: Information about the golden lion tamarin and conservation efforts

http://www.bagheera.com/inthewild/van_anim_tamarin.htm

 

Delisted Species: See the list of species that are no longer on the endangered list either due to extinction, data reporting errors or recovery

http://www.nesarc.org/delist.htm

 

Selection 3:  My Side of the Mountain

 

No suggested online resources