Posted December 31st, 2008 by admin

Invention Convention

Author:	Briana Corke
Level:	Elementary School
Content Area:	Language Arts, Math, Science

Resources

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Websites:

National Science Teachers Association Standards for Science Education

http://www.nsta.org/publications/nses.aspx

This site explains North Carolina’s curriculum and contains updated pages that link to lessons for each goal and objective.

http://www.learnnc.org/

Magnetism Game for Kids

http://www.funny-games.biz/magnetism.html

The NASA Sci Files

http://whyfiles.larc.nasa.gov/treehouse.html

EDF Energy Networks

http://www.edfenergy.com/powerup/index.html

Mia Sci

http://www.miamisci.org/af/sln/frankenstein/

EQ 3.0

http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/

Energy Kid's Page: energy information administration

http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/sources/electricity.html

FOSS

http://www.fossweb.com/modules3-6/index.html

The Library of Congress / American Memory: Library of Congress Pages with artifacts and pictures of famous inventor, Alexander Graham Bell

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/bellhtml/bellhome.html

Teachnology

http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/science/physics/electricity/

Kennesaw State University : Excellent site with many links to activities for kids and lesson plans.

http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/electric.html

University of Richmond : This site has a myriad of ideas, research, lessons, and information about teaching and learning elementary science.

http://facultystaff.richmond.edu/~pstohrhu/urclasses/science/science.html

Arbor Scientific : Tools that Teach

http://www.arborsci.com/

SK Elementary

http://skelementary.com/

eNasco

http://www.enasco.com/

American Science & Surplus

http://www.sciplus.com/

Ohio State - This site shares research collected from teaching electricity concepts in elementary classrooms.

http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~jossem/ICPE/E4.html

BRJ Online - Bilingual Research Journal - This site links to the Bilingual Research Journal and an informative article entitled, “Helping English Learners Increase Achievement Through Inquiry Based Science Instruction.”

http://brj.asu.edu/content/vol26_no2/abstracts.html

SpringerLink - This site links to the “Research in Science Education” Journal and an article entitled, “A Perspective on the Resolution of Confusions in the Teaching of Electricity.”

http://www.springerlink.com/content/108230/

Kenan Fellows Program : This site links to the organization that funded the development of Invention Convention. This site has many other lessons and units.

http://www.ncsu.edu/kenanfellows/

InventNOW.ORG

http://www.inventnow.org/

Academy of Applied Science : Young Inventor's Program

http://www.aas-world.org/

InventorEd, Inc. Presents Kids Inventor Resources

http://www.inventored.org/k-12/

The United States Patent and Trademark Office

http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ahrpa/opa/kids/index.html

Carraboro Elementary School : This site links to the school where Briana Corke teaches.

http://www2.chccs.k12.nc.us/education/school/school.php?sectionid=2

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