This article provides links to inquiry-based, hands-on science lessons that teach elementary students about rocks and minerals. Literacy lessons and integrations are included for each science lesson.

This article features science lesson plans to teach elementary students about the sun's energy, the relationship between light and heat, albedo, and the absorption of different surfaces. National standards and literacy integrations are provided for each lesson.

This article provides links to standards-based science and literacy lessons about weather, climate, polar climates, and climate change.

This article highlights science lessons and activities that can help elementary students gain an understanding of the tools and technology involved in polar research. Suggestions for literacy integration are provided, and activities are aligned to national standards.

This article highlights hands-on or multimedia lesson plans about oceans. Science lessons are paired with suggested literacy lesson plans. All lessons are aligned to national standards.

This article highlights hands-on or multimedia lesson plans about glaciers. Science lessons are paired with suggested literacy lesson plans. All lessons are aligned to national standards.

This article highlights hands-on or multimedia lesson plans about plant structures, growth and development, seed production, and dispersal. Science lessons are paired with suggested literacy lesson plans. All lessons are aligned to national standards.

This article highlights hands-on or multimedia lesson plans about the tundra and ecosystem concepts. Science lessons are paired with suggested literacy lesson plans. All lessons are aligned to national standards.

This article provides links to lessons and units about birds, bird characteristics, and penguins. Ideas for literacy integration are included, and all lessons are aligned to national standards.

This article reprints and links to informational text about the art and science of igloos. Versions are available for students in grades K-1, 2-3 and 4-5. Related science and literacy activities are included.

This issue of the free online magazine, Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears, contains content knowledge and instructional resources about icebergs and glaciers and the scientific principles of density and buoyancy.

This article assembles free resources from the Icebergs and Glaciers issue of the Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears cyberzine into a unit outline based on the 5E learning cycle framework. Outlines are provided for Grades K-2 and 3-5.

This article discusses the research-based strategy of identifying similarities and differences and provides links to web sites to develop teacher's content knowledge.

In this session you will learn about great multicultural literature selections that work well with STEM projects for elementary students. It is essential that we purposefully select and include multicultural resources with our students, and engaging them with STEM tasks deepens the learning. I will share ideas for the projects and materials that may be used to create the products.

Presentation Links:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1WpSVWK75DdM_EoCxhCKkd6ULoL5te3FmfY1VnSz6Bf0/edit#slide=id.p

https://static.sched.com/hosted_files/k5engineers2020/65/STEM%20Fiction%20Problem%20Solving%20%281%29%20-%20Mary%20Carrington.pdf

This article describes how primary school teachers and their school technology specialist use classroom blogging to engage children in reading and writing.

The resource features a 24-page guide with questions, learning activities, quotations and commentaries to support and model students' responses. An audio guide offers insightful commentary on works in the exhibition and an image bank presents Brack's key works together with contextual and comparative images. Students can also take part in an interactive analysis of Brack's famous painting.

This issue of the free online magazine, Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears, explore how to use fossils and artifacts (scientific clues) to learn about the polar regions' past. Targeted literacy skills include making inferences, and using context clues to define new vocabulary.

This article highlights lessons and activities for elementary students about the people and cultures of the Arctic region.

This article highlights lessons and activities for elementary students about heat, insulation, and how animals and people stay warm in cold environments.

This article includes lessons that elementary teachers can use to build the foundations of climate literacy while meeting elementary science standards. Lessons are paired with literacy activities as well.