Trade book resources: The NSTA posts “Outstanding Trade Books” for K-12 each year. There are hundreds of books total and for almost every science topic you can think of. I think most people think of trade books as books only for younger grades, and not for older students. I think it’s great that the NSTA posts books for all ages, because most students, no matter how old become engaged when listen to a story. It’s a great way to activate prior knowledge for any grade, not just elementary grades.
http://www.nsta.org/publications/ostb/
This PBS website offers some more great resources for teachers such as video clips, stories, and other science news that teachers can use in their classroom. Teachers can also comment on this page and give suggestions for things they have tried in their own classrooms to help other teachers who are looking for ideas.
http://www.pbs.org/teachers/
Teacher Vision has a TON of resources for using science in your classroom. They are split up by grade levels so it is a bit easy to find things related to your grade/subject you are teaching. You could also look at grades higher and lower and modify ideas to fit with your specific classroom. There are so many different science topics that are covered on this website; it is a great resource for teachers. It even offers links for additional resources!
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/science/teacher-resources/6662.html
Science teachers.com offers a lot of worksheets and they are divided up into earth science, space science, life science, and physical science. Although I don’t believe that worksheets should be used all the time, they are a good resource to use once in a while. There are also some flashcards and other study guide type things that teachers could print of for students.
http://www.science-teachers.com/life.htm
There are many resources out there for teachers, but you must be careful about choosing reliable resources and not just any resource you might find. Obviously some websites and resources will be more credible than others.
Thank you for the resources Natalie. I have never heard of the last two that you mentioned. I totally agree with you that worksheets shouldn't be used all the time, but sometimes they are nice to use in the classroom. In my placement right now the students are bombarded with worksheets all day, and they are only in kindergarten.
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