Curated OER
Scientists Create Energy-Making Artificial Leaf (29th March, 2011)
Students read an article about alternative energy and complete the associated worksheets. In this ESL/ELL alternative energy lesson, students read or listen an article about research at MIT in which scientists designed a energy-making...
Curated OER
Science Experiments with Eggs
ESL students experiment with eggs to learn the science concepts and science process language.
Curated OER
Science Experiment With Eggs
Students participate in four scientific experiments with eggs. They discuss egg vocabulary, and examine the eggs' attributes through the experiments. They focus on making educated guesses.
Curated OER
Animals and Humans
Students identify the functions of various body parts. They participate in the "Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes" song, draw a picture of themselves and other mammals, and create a traced outline of their body that they add features to....
Curated OER
Animal Babies
For this animals worksheet, students play a matching game much like the game memory where they match the animals to their babies. Students match as many cards as they put out.
Curated OER
Forests, Deserts, & Grasslands
Third graders complete activities to become familiar with the content and vocabulary related to biomes and ecosystems in order to mainstream into the classroom.
NASA
Nasa Space Place: El Space Place
NASA's space science site for kids - en Espanol. Features a wide range of activities, including games, projects, animations, and more. Also contains useful information on basic physics, chemistry, and other natural sciences, offering...
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Hey Moon, You're Blocking My Sun!
Learn the science behind what happens during a solar eclipse. Includes audio accompaniment as well as an animation.
PBS
Wgbh: Peep and the Big Wild World: Games: Animal House Hunt
Cleverly animated matching game asks players to match animals to their homes. [All instructions and prompts are voiced, not written, making this an excellent resource for young children and English language learners who need practice in...
Other
U.s. Environmental Protection Agency: Air Quality Index for Kids
An easy-to-read illustrated guide to air quality, with information on what causes air pollution and how it affects our health. Includes games to assess learning and a vocalized dictionary of terms related to air quality. (Pronunciations...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Biomes of the World
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart contains a Life Science lesson for students in grades 7-8. It was specifically designed to assist ESL students read, pronounce, and understand the meanings of key concepts presented in...
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Technology: The Girl Who Learned to Fly
In this book, Sylvia Acevedo tells how she became a rocket scientist. Includes audio narration in English, Spanish, and Turkish with text in English.
Other
Leningrad Zoo (Official Site)
Russian content! Gives detailed information about groups of animals such as mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians. Also contains many photographs of animals as well as links to other Russian and world zoos. In addition, it offers...
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Community: I Am a Scientist
This book shows some of the many different types of scientists. Includes audio narration in 6 additional languages with text in English.
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Earth and Sky: Soho Explores the Sun
Read about the work of the spacecraft SOHO and the things we have learned about the Sun from the pictures and information that it sends back to Earth. Book includes audio narration in 6 additional languages with text in English.
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Earth and Sky: The Night Sky
Read about the sights you can see in a clear night sky. Book includes audio narration in 16 additional languages with text in English.
Other
Yahoo! Japan: Multimedia Zukan Encyclopedia
Japanese content! Includes search and browse function to research animals, insects, plants, and birds by names and glossary. Video and audio available as well.
Other
Hong Kong Space Museum
Besides an introduction to exhibitions and events at the museum, the site provides a guide to stargazing, an astronomy FAQ, space news, virtual tours (see site map) and research resources (including Chinese-English star and constellation...