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Selection and New Materials
I have stopped the order here as ordering from both Baker & Taylor and Disney Education Publishing is in US funds. This total does not include shipping and handling for Disney and Oui for Kids or MARC records for Baker & Taylor. When I order from Baker & Taylor the final cart is sent to the DRC and they create the Purchase Order for it and then send a copy of the PO to me so I can record the final cost. It makes it difficult to know exactly what was spent. No digital resources have been ordered as my district is not yet using them and we have nothing set up for digital resources. Our district has its own databases with online resources that can be used for various parts of the curriculum. Also, the Senior Admin decided for cost effectiveness to make our district a single-platform only (Windows) so apps for iPads etc...are of no use to us.
 * LIBE 463 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Assignment 5: Selection Project ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Title || Author || Date || Publisher information || Vendor || Price || Format/Genre || Justification || Review Source ||  ||   ||
 * Hamish X and the Cheese Pirates || Sean Cullen || 2009 || Penguin Global || Baker & Taylor || 6.49 || paperback || order 6 copies for lit circle to go with simple machines unit. It is a steampunk type book. || http://www.quillandquire.com/books_young/review.cfm?review_id=4989 || $38.94 ||  ||
 * Bones || Steve Jenkins || 2010 || Scholastic || Baker & Taylor || 10.19 || hardcover nonfiction || Need bones books. easy to read || http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com || 49.13 ||  ||
 * How things work Simple Mach. || Ade Deane-Pratt || 2011 || Powerkids Press || Baker & Taylor || 21.21 || hardcover nonfiction |||| covers all topics, new publication ||  ||   ||
 * Les Machines Simple || Dorothy Avery || 2008 || Globe Trotter || Oui for Kids || 5.95 || paperback nonfiction || desperately need Fr resources ||  || 55.08 ||   ||
 * Put Pulleys to the Test || Sally Walker || 2011 || Lerner Pub Group || Baker & Taylor || 23.46 || hardcover nonfiction || many really good reviews low rdg level || http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com || 74.54 ||   ||
 * Put Inclined Planes to the Test || Sally Walker || 2011 || Lerner Pub Group || Baker & Taylor || 23.46 || hardcover nonfiction || looks like a great series || http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com || 98 ||   ||
 * Put Levers to the Test || Sally Walker || 2011 || Lerner Pub Group || Baker & Taylor || 23.46 || hardcover nonfiction ||  ||   || 121.46 ||   ||
 * Put Screws to the Test || Sally Walker || 2011 || Lerner Pub Group || Baker & Taylor || 23.46 || hardcover nonfiction ||  ||   || 144,92 ||   ||
 * Put Wedges to the Test || Sally Walker || 2011 || Lerner Pub Group || Baker & Taylor || 23.46 || hardcover nonfiction ||  ||   || 168.38 ||   ||
 * Put Wheels and Axels to the Test || Sally Walker || 2011 || Lerner Pub Group || Baker & Taylor || 23.46 || hardcover nonfiction ||  ||   || 191.84 ||   ||
 * Forces and Motion || Alvin Silverstein || 2008 || Twenty First Century Books || Baker & Taylor || 26.82 || hardcover nonfiction || good experiments for kids || http://www.hbook.com || 218.66 ||   ||
 * Meanwhile || Jason Shiga || 2010 || Harry N Abrams Inc || Baker & Taylor || 9.57 || hardcover fiction-graphic || major reviews-graphic! || Kirkus Reviews 2010 February #2 || 228.23 ||  ||
 * Bill Nye: Simple Machines ||  ||   || Disney Educ. Publishing || Disney Educ Publishing || 29.99 || dvd || It's bill nye! It's on sale ||   || 258.22 ||   ||
 * Bill Nye: Blood & circulation ||  ||   || Disney Educ. Publishing || Disney Educ Publishing || 29.99 || dvd |||| we have lots of books on human || 288.21 ||   ||
 * Bill Nye: Bones & muscles ||  ||   || Disney Educ. Publishing || Disney Educ Publishing || 29.99 || dvd |||| body. Our Bill Nye VHS are worn || 318.2 ||   ||
 * Bill Nye: Digestion ||  ||   || Disney Educ. Publishing || Disney Educ Publishing || 29.99 || dvd || out. ||   || 348.19 ||   ||
 * Bill Nye: Heart ||  ||   || Disney Educ. Publishing || Disney Educ Publishing || 29.99 || dvd ||   ||   || 378.18 ||   ||
 * Bill Nye: Respiration ||  ||   || Disney Educ. Publishing || Disney Educ Publishing || 29.99 || dvd ||   ||   || 408.17 ||   ||
 * Bill Nye: Eyeball ||  ||   || Disney Educ. Publishing || Disney Educ Publishing || 29.99 || dvd ||   ||   || 438.16 ||   ||
 * Bill Nye: Respiration ||  ||   || Disney Educ. Publishing || Disney Educ Publishing || 29.99 || dvd ||   ||   || 408.17 ||   ||
 * Bill Nye: Eyeball ||  ||   || Disney Educ. Publishing || Disney Educ Publishing || 29.99 || dvd ||   ||   || 438.16 ||   ||

What I really need are French resources for simple machines. I looked at Archembault, Oui for Kids and Monet and could only find the one book listed. This is most likely why we are so short on resources. My last available source is French Language Resources who come up here in September/October for a take-away book fair. They may be able to locate some material for me.

**Part 2**
These are the links that I have compiled to support the simple machines and human body for the Grade 5 Science program. This would be for the English stream.

I chose this site because it is interactive and the interactivities are clear and straightforward so all students can use the site and understand it. I also chose it because I have used it with a class and the students enjoyed the activities.
 * Edheads Simple Machines: @http://www.edheads.org/activities/simple-machines/**

I chose this site because of its interactive nature and that the 'games' were challenging enough to hold the students interest and involved all the body systems studied. If they were stuck there were hints and fact pages to help. It also has the students rotate the various organs etc...so students will have to use upper level thinking for this. For weaker students the teacher may have to assist them or pair them with an academically stronger student or one with better visual-spacial skills.
 * BBC - Science & Nature - @http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/body/index_interactivebody.shtml**

I chose this site because it is not interactive. It requires the students to read online and if the teacher wishes to have a site to take notes from. Both reading online and taking notes from an online site without plagiarizing are skills that need to be taught and practiced many times. This site provides an opportunity to to that in collaboration between the classroom teacher and teacher-librarian. ThinkQuest is a very reliable and reputable site.
 * MedMan - ThinkQuest - @http://library.thinkquest.org/2824/**

I chose this site because it is very engaging for students. It has both an interactive portion and a text portion. The interactive portion I would suggest be shown first by the teacher and discussed as a class. Then let the students use the site on their own. The graphics are very good and I feel would appeal to the students. This is also a site that could be used to practice reading and note-taking from an online source.
 * Nova Online - Map of the Human Heart - ** **@http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/body/map-human-heart.html**

I chose this site because it is a resource site for teachers. It is sponsored by Nova Online, a reputable site, and has activities/experiments for teachers to have students do along with companion websites. Great for hand-on activities that make Simple Machines a fun unit, but also assist in a deeper understanding of basic physics.
 * Nova Teachers - Simple Machines - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/teachers/resources/subj_10_03.html#phys_46**

I chose this site for the classroom teacher as it lists research/information sites; online/offline activities; online activities etc...It is, like many sites such as this, last updated in 2005 so some of the links will be broken, but it gives a place to start looking for whatever type of activities the teacher wants.
 * Simple Machines - Resource List - @http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/simmach.html**

I chose this site because it was a fun, interactive sites where kids could play a simple game and learn about simple machines. I would recommend the teacher play the games and decide where in the unit he/she would like to use this. I think it would make a great introduction to simple machines and provide a great 'hook' to the unit. The graphics are really great, and the game is fun.
 * Simple Machines - Museum of Science & Industry Chicago - @http://www.msichicago.org/fileadmin/Activities/Games/simple_machines//**

I chose this site because it was the first one I found that was Canadian and in FRENCH! It is a text site with great background information that could be used for small group work or pair/share work or a jigsaw activity. Again, it is a site that allows students to practice reading and note-taking from an online source. It is a reputable site which is something we also have to teach students - locating relevant and reliable information on the Internet.
 * Canada Science & Technology Musuem School Zone - http://www.sciencetech.technomuses.ca/english/schoolzone/Info_Simple_Machines.cfm#usesm**

I chose the above videos because I felt the first two would engage students and hook them into the unit to begin with. The third video is a really great video from Queens University to assist the classroom teacher with the unit. Visuals are very valuable teaching aids as many students are visual learners and brain science tells us that our brain loves images and we remember much longer if we have an image to assist our understanding of a concept. (Terry Small, pro-d, 2010). **Note: at this point our District has great difficulty with video streaming. Our techs are working over the summer to attempt to improve bandwidth so teachers can video stream in their classrooms without the current level of frustration.
 * YouTube - Bill Nye: Simple Machines - @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grWIC9VsFY4&feature=related**
 * YouTube - Pulleys - cartoon style video - @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T7tGosXM58&feature=relmfu**
 * YouTube - Grade 4 Pulleys and Gears (for teachers) -** **@http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6qDzUwnx4o&feature=related**