TIPS Volume 3, No. 4
December, 2002

     Grade Level Key 
     = Elem, = Middle
     = High, = Teachers

Here's sites on weather, one for each age level.

Grades K-2 Let It Snow! http://www.teelfamily.com/activities/snow/ 
Lots of information about snow, including the science of snow.

Grades 3-5 Webquest: Wonderful Web Weather http://www.memphis-schools.k12.tn.us/admin/tlapages/Weather.htm
 Internet-based project for tracking the weather to compare the actual weather with online weather forecasts.

Grade 6-8 Savage Seas: The Weather Factory http://www.thirteen.org/savageseas/weather-main.html 
Weather information on cyclones, icebergs, El Nino, and global warming.

Grade 9-12 Hubble Finds Cloudy, Cold Weather for Mars-bound Spacecraft
http://oposite.stsci.edu/pubinfo/pr/97/15.html
Weather conditions on Mars.

http://www.globalschoolnet.org/programs/santa/index.html

Global SchoolNet is responsible for this simple interactive concept, where K-2 students write letters to Santa, and 7-12 students write back as Santa! A good way to encourage writing skills, while promoting collaboration between grades!

Little Shop of Physics

http://littleshop.physics.colostate.edu/

A service of Colorado State University, The Little Shop of Physics provides on-site workshops at a variety of grade levels for their home state. Their most popular service, however, is a large collection of experiments available directly through their website. 

Tour of the White House

http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/life/

The White House, in celebration of the West Wing's 100th anniversary, is now open for visits! Available through this new initiative of the President's web presence are static pictures with text, RealMedia videos narrated by President Bush and members of his staff (as well as First Lady Laura Bush), and a great iPix-driven room-by-room panoramic tour.

http://www.pampetty.com/persuasive.htm

A site maintained by Western Kentucky University literacy professor Pam Petty, this middle school webquest focuses on evaluating persuasive writing.  

http://www.lego.com/eng/studios/default.asp

These videos (including a music video which placed on MTV) are animations, constructed completely from Legos. Quite creative! There's even a video animation kit available from Lego!