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Teachers: Listed below are interactive websites that you might find helpful as you teach curriculum related science topics. There are a list of general science topics as well as topics that are broken down by grade level. While teaching a particular concept, you might want to check out each grade level because topics overlap. Students: Use these fun websites to help you learn more about a topic you are studying about in class.
Teacher Resources DiscoveryWorks - http://www.eduplace.com/science/profdev/index.html Discovery Works:Teacher Guide - http://www.eduplace.com/science/sla/tg/ DiscoveryWorks - http://www.eduplace.com/science/dw/ Houghton Mifflin Science Discovery Works - http://www.eduplace.com/science/dw/index.html Discovery School - http://www.puzzlemaker.com A great website for making puzzles. You can make puzzles using science vocabulary words! Foss Science: Great sites! - http://lhsfoss.org/fossweb/preview/k-2.html (K-2) http://www.fossweb.com/modules3-6/index.html (3-6) Macmillan-McGraw-Hill - http://www.mhschool.com/science/2005/student/level1.php?isbn=0022810773 Education Place: Best of the Net - http://www.eduplace.com/science/bestofthenet/index.html The Best of the Net Web site is an anthology of sites from the Internet chosen by the team of educators and multimedia specialists at EXCITE and Houghton Mifflin. The sites were selected for their outstanding science content for grades 3 to 8. Exploratorium - http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/snacksbysubject.html The Museum of Science, Art, and Human Perception- This is a wonderful website if you are into doing science experiments. The site organizes projects into categories like sound, light, heat, and color. Most projects can be done with regular household objects in less than an hour. NASA - http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/internet/index.html Time For Kids - http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/hh/rapidresearch/0,19469,,00.htmlHoughton Miflin Education Place - http://www.eduplace.com/Teach the Children Well - http://teachthechildrenwell.com/science.html - great site! *Check out the following Magic School Bus sites. They have some great stuff! Magic School Bus Themes – Motion and Forces - http://www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/theme/forces.htm#Magic School Bus Themes – Ecology/Environment - http://www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/theme/ecology.htmMagic School Bus Themes – Life Science - http://www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/theme/life.htmMagic School Bus Themes – Space (includes Solar System http://www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/theme/space.htm
Multiple Science Topics Great websites for students, parents & teachers
Cool Science for Curious Kids - http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/index.html Backyard Nature - http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/index.html Life Sciences - http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/science/living/index.shtml Healthy Soil, Healthy Kids - http://www.kidsregen.org/krrn/10_step/home.shtml Simple Tools - http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/InventorsToolbox.html E.P.A. Kids Enviromental Kid's Club - http://www.epa.gov/kids/ Internet Field Trips - http://www.eduplace.com/science/dw/k/ift/index.html
Wired Science
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Plant Life Websites The Great Plant Escape - http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/index.html Help Detective Leplant and his partners Bud and Sprout unlock the amazing mysteries of plant life. A great website! Exploring the Secret Life of a Tree - http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/trees2/index2.html What Tree is It? - http://www.oplin.org/tree/ Mystery Tree - http://www.sfscience.com/english/grade_1/unit_A/index.htm (Scott Foresman Science) Better Dirt - http://www.sfscience.com/english/grade_1/unit_C/chap_1/act_3/1.htm (Scott Foresman Science) http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/sustainable/slidesets/kidscompost/cover.html Ask the Answer Worm - http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/feature/education/squirm/skworm.html Life Cycle of Seeds - http://www.hazelwood.k12.mo.us/%7Ecdavis01/map2000/3rd/mr13.ppt (Takes a while to open) PowerPoint Thinkquest - This is a good example of how a teacher created a lesson using PowerPoint. All About Plants - http://library.thinkquest.org/3608/ Plants & Our Environment - http://library.thinkquest.org/3715/?tqskip1=1
Insects
Entomology is the study of insects. This page provides some basic information on insects. First a quick look at the anatomy of adult insects. Then a short story about the metamorphosis of insects. Let's Talk About Insects - http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/insects/01.html (Great interactive website!) Club Caterpillar - http://www.milkweedcafe.com/ClubCathome.htm Welcome to Club Caterpillar for Kids! Glad you dropped in for a visit. You can find all sorts of fun stuff on these pages - and you'll learn about fluttering butterflies and squirmy caterpillars while you play. The buttons below will take you to different puzzles, games, and activities. Give them all a try! The Adventures of Herman the Worm – http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/worms/index.html The Autobiography of Squirmin’ Herman the Worm! Alien Empire - http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/alienempire/index.html PBS Presents Alien Empire All About Butterflies - http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/butterfly/allabout/ Enchanted Learning Website Scholastic: Classify Insects - http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/explorations/bug/index.htm Bugs and Insects Research Tools - http://teacher.scholastic.com/researchtools/articlearchives/bugs/index.htm Magic Schoolbus Guided Tour: Insects - http://www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/tour/tour.htm?insects University of Arizona, Center for Insect Science http://insected.arizona.edu/home.htm - Our objectives are to develop new integrated education materials that foster the use of live insects as teaching models and to offer teacher training in background information about arthropods and how to use them in the classroom. Both Using Live Insects in Elementary Classrooms and Acres of Insects are funded by grants from the National Institute of Health - Science Education Partnership Award. Nutrition Cool Food Planet - http://www.coolfoodplanet.org/gb/home.htm Healthy Choices for Kids - http://www.healthychoices.org/
Conducting an Experiment Consumer Reports Online for Kids - http://www.zillions.org Produced by the Consumer's Union, this Web site tests and rates toys, games, and other products aimed at kids. No longer being updated after the year 2001.
Cool Science for Curious Kids
- http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/
Weather Activities Edheads - http://www.edheads.org/activities/weather/index.htm Learn how to report and predict the weather at the underground W.H.E.D. weather caves! Hurricane Storm Science - http://www.miamisci.org/hurricane/ Interactive activities related to weather instruments and storms. Grades 4-5 The Science Club: Kids’ Science Projects - http://www.halcyon.com/sciclub/kidproj1 ExploreScience.com - http://www.explorescience.com/ Succeed in Physical Science - http://www.school-for-champions.com/science.htm NASA's Kids Science News Network - http://ksnn.larc.nasa.gov/home.html (Has great videos and activities) NASA's Kids Science News Network is a program that uses the Web, animation, and video to introduce science, technology, engineering, math, and NASA concepts to children in grades K-5. http://ksnn.larc.nasa.gov/k2/k2_science.html Science Pages and Activities from Enchanted Learning - http://www.enchantedlearning.com/categories/science/
Science Reader's Theater Scripts – Plays about science topics! Check it out. Science Flash Activities – http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/index_flash.shtml (cute little video)
Earth Science Geography4Kids - http://www.geography4kids.com/ A site including the basics of physical geography and earth science with sections on earth energy, earth structure, the atmosphere, the hydrosphere, the biosphere, and climates. |
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