Miss Young's Blog

There are those students who are forever asking questions. I have noticed that this happens alot in the younger grades. Who? What? When? How? and yes even Why? Sometimes teachers don't have the answer to the question. There is a terrific interactive website that tries very hard to answer questions about Science, and scinece related topics. Dr. Universe is a Professor at the Washington State University, and she can answer a variety of questions about many topics. She has many professors at her disposal and will use them for any question (no matter how great or small). Questions are posted from all over the world, and students can send in thier own questions and have them answered (and posted). This site would be very useful in any elementary or middle year classroom.

I was looking for some more good dinosaur websites. I felt that my dinosaur unit lacked a good use of technology. I had a few very simplistic websites, but nothing very impressive. These websites were not using technology in a good way, but a rather basic way. I have been trying to add some technology to this unit, and have come across some great sites. One such site is about Sue. Sue is the largest and most complete T-Rex ever discovered. This site is totally devoted to the dinosaur, and to the process that all of the scientists went though to recover and perserve Sue. My students loved learning about the T-Rex, and would have loved this site. It has digital pictures of the process, along with a write up with every photo. What a great way for students to see Sue, without having to travel to Chicago.