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Science 

6th Grade

Storms: 

Weather Events Research Project LibGuide

 

Ice Storms

• Weather Channel — https://weather.com/science/weather-explainers/news/what-to-know-about-ice-storms-impacts-damage-explainer/
• National Weather Service — https://www.weather.gov/safety/winter-ice-frost

 

Glaciers

• Glacier National Park

 

National Parks

• Yellowstone National Park
• Glacier National Park
• National Park Service
  
• National Parks Foundation

 

Rocks

• Nature of Diamonds
• Mineral Gallery

 

7th Grade

Life Science:

Animals

• National Geographic for Kids
• Animal Fact Guide
• A-Z Animals

 

Colonial Plants

• Herbal Encyclopedia http://www.cloverleaffarmherbs.com/#sthash.51C0RHGu.dpbs

    

Urinary System/Kidneys 

• http://kidshealth.org/kid/cancer_center/HTBW/kidneys.html#

Nervous System

• http://kidshealth.org/kid/cancer_center/HTBW/brain.html#
• http://kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/body/not_tired.html
• http://kidshealth.org/parent/general/body_basics/brain_nervous_system.html
  

Endocrine System

• http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/endocrine.html
• http://kidshealth.org/en/kids/type1.html?ref=search#

Frog Guts — link not working. Is there a better link?

• http://frog.edschool.virginia.edu/Frog1/skin/home.html

Body Systems

• http://yucky.discovery.com/flash/body

Genetics

• Kids Health
  • http://kidshealth.org/

Invertebrates:

                 Echinoderms:

• • • • Looking for lots of pictures, check out this site!
      •  Echinoderms
  • Mollusks:
    • All About Snails
    • Colossal Squid
    • Mollusks
  • Antibiotic Resistance:
    • Antibiotic Overuse
    • MRSA

 

8th Grade

8th Grade Honors Earth Science

Learning Styles Quizzes

• http://www.edutopia.org/multiple-intelligences-learning-styles-quiz
• http://www.educationplanner.org/students/self-assessments/learning-styles.shtml
• http://www.vark-learn.com/english/page.asp?p=questionnaire

 

Doppler Effect Lab

• www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/universe/moving.html
• http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es2802/es2802page01.cfm

 

Suns Path Interactive

• http://astro.unl.edu/classaction/animations/coordsmotion/sunmotions.html

 

Exploring Earth – visualization —

• http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es2802/es2802page01.cfm

 

Coriolis Multiple Websites!

• MIT Grad Students on a See-Saw:
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt_XJp77-mk
• Planes and Coriolis:
  • http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es1904/es1904page01.cfm?chapter_no=visualization
• Coriolis Youtube:
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2mec3vgeaI
• How Stuff Works Coriolis
  • http://science.howstuffworks.com/rotation-earth-toilet-baseball.htm/printable

Eclipse Activity   <– click on title

 

Weather Related Sites for your Severe Weather Project.  Here are some websites that you might find useful in your search for information.

• http://www.ready.gov/natural-disasters   (Federal Emergency Management Agency)
• http://www.usgs.gov/faq/ 
• http://www.weather.com/news/tornado-central/severe-weather-tracker-page(Weather channel)

• http://www.ucar.edu/40th/webweather/index.html                     (Web Weather)

• http://www.weatherwizkids.com/                                                  (Weather Whiz)

• http://scijinks.jpl.nasa.gov/menu/topics/weather/                       (NASA)

• http://www.miamisci.org/hurricane/         (Miami Science Museum – Hurricanes Only)

 

Wind Turbine Webquest

• http://www.ewea.org/wind-energy-basics/how-a-wind-turbine-works/
• http://www1.eere.energy.gov/wind/wind_how.html

 

Virtual Glacial Lab  

• http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/ES07/ES07.html

 

Stream Flow Lab

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ukp4ZKmtC_E
• http://www.ready.gov/floods

 

Radioactive Decay 

• http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/E18/E18.html

 

Moving Targets

• www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/universe/moving.html

 

Disaster Preparedness Review and Games 

• https://www.ready.gov/kids/know-the-facts

 

8th Grade Physical Science

Sources of Energy LibGuide

 

Learning Styles Quizzes

• http://www.edutopia.org/multiple-intelligences-learning-styles-quiz
• http://www.educationplanner.org/students/self-assessments/learning-styles.shtml
• http://www.vark-learn.com/english/page.asp?p=questionnaire

 

Elements

• Chem4Kids
• Ducksters Periodic Table
• Environmental Chemistry

• Web Elements Periodic Table

• PTable.com

Mass vs Weight activity

• http://janus.astro.umd.edu/astro/gravity/

 

Kitchen Chemistry

• http://pbskids.org/zoom/games/kitchenchemistry/virtual-start.html
• Sound Lab <– click on title

• Gravity <– click on title

• • Water Rocket Simulation   <– click on title

 

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