The Science Symposium

a Web Quest for Science Teachers by Elaine A. Barlos  District 123 Science Center, Oak Lawn, Illinois Introduction | Task | Resources | Process | Evaluation

Introduction
Oak Lawn School District 123 students in grades K-6th visit the Oak Lawn Science Center for hands-on science instruction.   Kindergarten and 1st grade students attend the Science Center one time a month for three 40 minute lessons.  Students in 2nd grade through 6th grade attend the Science Center twice a month for four 55 minute lessons.  The Science Center Staff along with the classroom teachers provide meaningful hands-on science lessons that meet the Illinois Learning Standards.

• This site is a symposium of information that will simplify the quest for online science activities and resources.
• It it is designed to encourage science teachers to expand on the content taught at the Science Center.
• It is our goal to bridge the gap between the Science Center and the classroom.

Task
Teachers are asked to find one of each of the following to use in their classrooms with their students.  They will then save these as a bookmark and use a rubric to evaluate the effectiveness of their tasks.
 

Science Lesson Plans Science Field Trips Science Web Quests Science Resource Materials

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• Life Science - living things, food chains, plants, animals, insects, biomes, humans, etc.
• Physical Science - forms of energy & matter, simple machines, electricity, magnetism, etc.
• Earth/Space Science - constellations, moon, weather, land forms, recycling, environment, etc.

Bookmark each to create a file for your unit.

After you have used the unit you created, evaluate the unit using a rubric.
 

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Resources

Science Lesson Plans University of Illinois Extension Engaging Lesson Plans, K-7 Teachers Magic School Bus Plants
Science Field Trips (virtual or physical) Exploratorium Scitech Adler Planetarium Museum of Science & Industry
Science Web Quests Samples When you get to the "Samples" web site, please do the following: Click on "The Web Page" link. Click on "Examples" Click on appropriate grade level Scroll down to "Science" topics
Science Resource Materials Research Supplies Games

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Use this site as an example to create your own rubric in order to evaluate your unit.

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