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Science Links

Science magazines Discover, Odyssey and Muse are carried in our library. Students can check them out, and teachers can check out class sets.

Animals

• Wildfinder: Mapping the World's Species

Bugs

• http://education.denniskunkel.com/MostWantedBugs.php
• Bug Guide

Cells

• Mrs. Acree's Cell Project (.doc)
  • Flyer Sample #1
  • Flyer Sample #2
• Cells Pathfinder: library books, websites, etc.
• Cell Review for Mrs. Bruckman
• More cell links for research
• Cell Video Assignment

Classification: (Kingdoms Visual Aid Web resources)

• http://teachers.westport.k12.ct.us/resource/living_things.htm
• http://www.radford.edu/~sbisset/fivekingdoms.htm
• http://www.liverpool.k12.ny.us/standards/lstandards/curriculum/sci/g6sci_new/kingdomsoverview.html

Diseases

• Links for information for Disease reports

Ecology Links

• General ecology links from Yahooligans
• Kids Click
• Awesome Library: ecology links
• ECOSYSTEMS WEBQUEST

Endangered Species

• Books in our library about Endangered Species
• Endangered Species: clickable map
• Endangered Species Links
• Endangered Species Links at Yahooligans
• Free Web Links
  • http://www.endangeredspecie.com/
  • Endangered species fact sheets

• Links to Famous Scientist biographies and more.
• Download Mr. Karapas' Famous Scientist Fact Sheet.

National Parks

• National Parks Pathfinder

Newton’s Laws of Motion

• http://teachertech.rice.edu/Participants/louviere/Newton/
• http://www.physics4kids.com/files/motion_laws.html
• http://www.fmalive.com/links/ (video from class!)

Balloon Powered Cars: Resources for building and design

• http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/space/teachers/rockets/act2.html
• http://www.biglearning.com/article-balloon-car.htm
• http://www.creativeminds.org.uk/docs/activities/Balloon_Powered_Cars.pdf
• http://www.mrg-online.com/car.htm
• http://www.middleschoolscience.com/balloonracers.htm
  

Rocks and Minerals

• Mineral Investigations
• Rocks and Minerals WebQuest
  • Additional Rock Links
    • www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/rock.html
    • www.science.ubc.ca/~geo1202/rock_cycle/rockcycle.html
    • http://www.solpass.org/rocksmcdougal.ht
• MINERAL Links

Rollercoasters and Graphing

• Printable Roller Coater Worksheet (.xls)
• Roller Coaster Database
• http://www.ultimaterollercoaster.com/
• http://www.funderstanding.com/k12/coaster/
• http://www.wfu.edu/~mccoy/NCTM99/coasters.html
• http://www.germantown.k12.wi.us/resource/coasterwq.html#introanchor
• http://www.learner.org/exhibits/parkphysics/coaster/
• http://www.cedarpoint.com/public/inside%5Fpark/rides/thrill/ttd/
• Montu
• Superman: the Escape
• X
• Deja Vu
• Mr. Freeze

Science Fair

• Science Fair Pathfinder

Science Games

• I Was Wondering: A science exploration site especially for girls

Scientists-Famous

• http://www.clovisusd.k12.ca.us/learn/subjectlinks/science/famous.htm
• http://www.ziplink.net/~pik/Famous%20Scientists.html
• Famous Women Scientists
• People and Discoveries: Famous Scientists

Simple Machines

• http://sln.fi.edu/qa97/spotlight3/spotlight3.html
• http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/simmach.html
• http://www.smartown.com/sp2000/machines2000/main.htm
• http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/InventorsToolbox.html
• http://edheads.org/activities/simple-machines/sm-glossary.htm
• http://www.mikids.com/Smachines.htm
• http://www.coe.uh.edu/archive/science/science_lessons/scienceles1/finalhome.htm
  (online quiz)
• Simple Machines Template (.doc)
• Rube Goldberg Machine- check out this COMPLEX machine by watching this Honda Accord Ad! It took 606 takes to get it right!

Weather

• Weather Forecasting Lab
• AccuWeather
• Intellicast
• Weather.com
• Wunderground
• Science Life
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• Quikcast
• Worldclimate.com
• Weather Related Games and Activities
  • The Weather Classroom
  • The Severe Weather Challenge Game
  • Interactive Weather Maker
  • Ed-Heads Weather Game

Volcanoes

• Mr. Harrison's Volcano Project
  • Download Volcano Task 1 Worksheet
  • Download Volcano Task 2 Worksheet
    • http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/pompeii/interactive/interactive.html
    • http://www.rocksforkids.com/WebQuest/VTask.htm

Space

• Mr. Karapas' Space Missions Assignment
• Mr. Karapas' Scavenger Hunt
• http://casacanada.com/chart.html