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Grade 6
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Systems of the Body:
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My Body from Kids Health has information written for kids
The Virtual Body has narrated tours of the brain, skeleton, heart, and digestive tract
Body Quest has pages on various parts of the body as well as games to play to quiz yourself
The Lungs includes information on ththe lungs, what they do, and the lymph nodes
Human Anatomy page from Emuseumat Minnesota State University currently has a link to the digestive and skeletal systems
Resources for Disease Research
Fact Monster has information on lots of things. Type your topic in the Search box.
My Body from Kids Health has information. Be sure to check the left side bar in both the Kids and Teens sections
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Protists and other microorganisms:
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Recently added websites:
eNature from the National Wildlife Federation - type ponds in the wildlife search box
Pond Explorer - Check out Exploring Pond Habitats and the Virtual Pond Dip
The Ponds and Lakes section of the Missouri Botanical Garden website has lots of animals
Life in a Pond shows a "clickable" cross section of a pond. Click on Life in a Pond on the left of the page.
OSU LIma has links to the different kingdoms
A Drop of Life has pictures that can be clicked on to enlarge and get more information
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Plants:
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Cells:
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From the Online Biology Book you can find great illustarations and definitions of all the parts of a cell
CELLS ALIVE! has diagrams and vocabulary for plant cells, animal cells, and bacterial cells
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Animals:
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Other Science Links:
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The Foss website has activities to go with all its science modules
Frog online dissections....fun without the formaldehyde.
Weatherbug is great resource to enhance your curriculums.
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Grade 5 Links:
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Astronomy Links:
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Earth and Space Links-
What is an asteroid?
Views of the Earth...
Earth and Moon Viewer- An exciting site where you can view the Earth from any angle, see where the light and dark areas are at any particular time, and much more!
Astronomy Dictionaries -
Ask a scientist:
Why are there seasons?
Zoom Astronomy has lots of information on space as well as pages specifically on the moon
Here are some YouTube videos to watch:
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Endangered Species
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Pictures
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Jungle Walk has pictures, video and audio clips as well as links to information
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Miscellaneous Science Links:
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The Foss website has activities to go with all its science modules
Websites on States of Matter
Play an eWord game with energy words
Tom Lehrer put the names of the elements to a Gilbert & Sullivan tune - hear him sing while watching pictures
Weatherbug is great resource to enhance your curriculums.
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Grade 4
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Fourth Grade Inventions Unit:
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The Invention Dimension... features information about many American Inventors as well as a featured Inventor of the Week! Click on Archives to find your inventor.
Inventors Museum - Inventors are listed by categories like colonial, communication, and medical
History of Dr Pepper-This web page tells the story of the oldest major manufacturer of soft drink concentrates and syrups in the United States.
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Electricity Links:
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Background information on electricity with animated illustrations
A page of electricity links from a teacher in North Attleboro
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Sites for Ocean Animals:
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FINS... a great source of pictures of fish and marine invertebrates. This is the index page.
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Rocks and Minerals:
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The Mineral Gallery lets you look up any mineral by name and shows a picture along with information about it
Interactive website to test rocks to see if they are permeable, if they split, if they float, or if they wear well
Rocks and Minerals Slide Show - This slide show has samples of all types of rocks and minerals with labels. Click on the thumbnail picture for a larger version.
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Weather:
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Dan's Wild Weather Page is an interactive weather page for kids. Contains information on virtually every type of weather.
Web Weather for Kids Investigate weather from behind the scenes by looking at the different processes and ingredients that are part of the weather equation. There are clear explanations, pictures and video segments throughout the site. Don't miss the activities section since the description of each activity is accompanied by detailed explanations of how and why the activity works and what it has to do with weather.
Weather Wiz Kids is designed especially for kids to learn more about the fascinating world of weather. It ’s also an educational website for teachers and parents that gives them the right tools they need to explain the different types of weather to children.
Interactive Weather Maker - Have you ever wanted to be able to control the weather? Now's your chance with the Interactive Weather Maker from Scholastic.com's Winter Storms page. Turn a gray, rainy day into a hot, sunny day or make a blizzard! See how manipulating temperatures and humidity creates different weather conditions and try to create the kind of weather your hometown is experiencing right now!
Weatherbug is great resource to enhance your curriculums.
Cloud Types is a great tutorial on clouds which allows children to listen to definition of various types. It is produced by NASA's SCOOL project (Students' Cloud Observations on-line).
Edheads-Weather ActivitiesThis website has an interactive weather map where the children can place weather map symbols in a game format and also has them predict the weather of different states by the weather symbols on the map. Great site!
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Miscellaneous Science Links:
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The Foss website has activities to go with all its science modules
Go on a Virtual Trip to a Salt Marsh by clicking here
A-Z Animals This is a great animal site where there are games, charts and lots of information on animals and their adaptations.
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Grade 3
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Simple Machines:
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Plants:
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The Water Cycle:
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Water from the HyperMedia Textbook on Science
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Sound:
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ReviseWise Science Has an activity, a fact sheet, and a test. Covers the basics of what is sound, how it travels, louder and softer, and pitch
This website allows you to learn about how sound works and makes you use sound waves to guide yourself through a maze. The first two sections are good, the third shows ultrasound and may be a little beyond third graders.
Physics of Sound from Foss. Here you will learn how sound is made and how sound travels through different materials. In the activites section, have fun comparing how sound travels in air and water.
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Other Science Links:
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The Foss website has activities to go with all its science modules
Discovey Kids Ants, roller-coasters, and mummies can all be found at this site.
Weatherbug is great resource to enhance your curriculums.
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Grade 2
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Animal Links:
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Here's an activity to do to show a butterfly emerging from its chrysalis
Here's information on the Iditarod Race to go along with the story of Balto.
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The Foss website has activities to go with all its science modules.
Here is a site where you can access the weather from around the world with a 2 week prediction and the 7 days in the past.
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Grade 1
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The Foss website has activities to go with all its science modules
Fish and Kids is a website where we can learn about saving our oceans
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