Through Thick and Thin Resources for Teachers and Students

Internet Sites | Children's Books | Folklore & Mythology

Internet Sites

• Temperature and Thermometers - A great site all about how thermometers work, about the temperature scales, and weather.
• Build your own Thermometer - Simple instructions and good questions about a water thermometer.
• Bill Nye the Science Guy- Episode: The Sun - Here is a site which has a fun experiment you can do about the heat of the Sun.
• Bill Nye the Science Guy-Episode: Reptiles - Find out how reptiles deal with the heat of the Sun.
• Bill Nye the Science Guy-Episode: Energy - Some experiments and discussions about energy.
• Reflectivity and Absorption - Experiment for students about differences in reflectivity and it's effects on temperature.

Heat and the World

• Heat Wave - All you wanted to know about the facts and figures of heat waves. Provides indications of how much is too much, and what to do to avoid and/or treat symptoms of heat disorder.
• Tree Heat Syndrome - How trees are dying in the heat in Georgia. An interesting example of how heat can be harmful.
• The Arctic Circle - Natural resources, history and culture; social equity and environmental justice in the Arctic Circle. There are presentations of textual materials, art, photographic exhibits, and in the future, sound and short video recordings
• Solar Energy and Environment - Here's a site to help you make your house warm and snug in the winter and cooler in the summer using the Sun!
• Ancient Climates - A site describing recent finds about the climates of the past.
• Why are there Ice Ages? - A rather impressive document which describes in detail the processes and examples of making Ice Ages on our world.
• Climatology: Ice ages - More student-oriented page on Ice ages, part of the University of Oregon's Electronic Universe Project.

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Children's Books

• Under the Sun by Ellen Kandorian. Dodd, 1987.
• Musicians of the Sun by Gerald McDermott. Simon and Schuster, 1997. How the Wind God must find the four musicians of the Sun to bring life and color to the Earth.
• How the Sun Made a Promise and Kept It: A Canadian Indian Myth by Margery Bernstein. Scribners, 1976. by . , 19. by . , 19.

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Folklore Mythology

Carl's Lessons

• Word Lore - Carl's lessons on exploring words we use in this curriculum, such as where did the word "Sun" come from, or what is the difference between "daylight" and "day"?

Math and Folk Ways

• Magic Squares - Great way of talking about multiplication and the fun of numbers. This should be reserved for the most advanced students.

Seasonal Holidays and Seasonal Lore

• Celebrating the Seasons: Pagan Holidays - Selena Fox's site desribing the Pagan holidays. She also includes some activities you can do on these holidays which are very much like those done by families in the past.

Ice and Heat Lore

• The Origin of Summer and Winter - An Acoma/Laguna tale about why there are extreme seasons.
• Origin of Fire - Native American Tale of the origin of fire.
• The First Fire - A Cherokee Tale about a spider carrying fire to her people.
• The Warm Wind Brothers vs. the Cold Wind Brothers - A Native American tale explaining the winters and ice ages and other heat related events on the Earth.

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