I thought the Sunset:Get Sunrise and Sunset times along with phases of the moon activity was really great. Kids have such a hard time with concept of how the earth rotates on its axis and how the moon revolves around the earth along with its phases. This seems like the perfect website for helping the to understand this concept. I was intrigued by it b/c you just click on the map anywhere and start from the east and west to clearly see the how the sun rises in the east as the earth rotates the sun gradually begins to rise across the earth and set. Not sure how to use this in the library.
There were so many activities to choose from that it made it hard to really focus on one. I agree that the trading cards site is excellent- you could use them in so many different lessons across the curriculum. You could have the class do a research paper on a famous American, hero, or just a person and then the kiddos could trade them out with each other after each presentation. Obviously, the students would need to check out their library books/ use the web to find out info on their subject and then put their research together.
I played with just about all of them, so I had a hard time just choosing one site. I give this activity 5 start rating!
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