Animals
Animals:
Saskatchewan Dept. of Education - Core Unit; grade 1
Animals:
Saskatchewan Dept. of Education - Core Unit; grade 3
Animal
Habitats - Links to other animal sites
Animal
Tracks - A classroom education program of the National Wildlife
Federation
Biological
Science and Animal Sites- A
wonderful collection of links to animals of all kinds!
Electronic
Zoo - Wow! What a web site! Hundreds of pages all about
your favorite animals.
Habitats:
Saskatchewan Dept. of Education - Core Unit; grade 2
Internet
Links - Loads of Links to your favorite Wildlife sites
kidscom
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Online games about animals
Nature
Songs - A collection of sounds including birds, insects, weather, and
people. Sound software is required on your computer to hear the recordings.
[ Illustrations: no | Reading
Level: 3-6 ]
Pro
Teacher
Wildlife
Conservatory: Online Zoo - Explore
animal habitats from all over the world
World
Wildlife Fund - Endangered species
Zoo
Montana
Animal
Migration
African
Wildlife - An independent source of news on African Wildlife
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NATURE
PUZZLES & FUN
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Squirrels:
A Guide to North American Tree Squirrels
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Birds
of a Feather
Kaytee
- A well put together site with lots of good information about birds (habitat,
anatomy, eating habits, etc.). Discusses endangered and extinct birds and
more.
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kidscom
- Online games about birds
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AES
Bugclub - a club devoted to young people and the "Young at Heart" who
find insects and other creepy crawlies interesting and fascinating. (Membership
fee)
AntBoy's
Bugworld - There are well over 1,000,000 different known species of
insects in the world, and some experts estimate that there might be as
many as 10,000,000. This site contain basic facts about common insects
and links to sites about them.
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[ Illustrations: some | Reading Level: 3-6 | Subject: Insects ]
Ant
lion Pit: A Doodle bug Anthology - The Ant lion Pit is a collection
of resources related to the fascinating ant lion, or "doodle bug." Inside
you will find exclusive videos of ant lion feeding behavior and metamorphosis,
as well as information on how and where to find ant lions. You can also
explore areas not normally associated with entomology, such as the roles
ant lions and other creatures play in human culture and imagination. [
Illustrations: some| Reading Level:7+]
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Arachnids
- From the Entomological department of the Zoological Museum
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Arthropods
at Einstein's Emporium
B-Eye
- Welcome to the B-EYE pages! Have you ever wondered how other creatures
see the world? Here you can find out. Well, at least you can find
out how HONEY BEES see the world. Well, let's say you can find out what
we THINK the world looks like to a bee. Well, not the WHOLE world, really,
but a subset of the world, namely a number of greyscale pictures.
****
[ Illustrations: some | Reading Level: 3-6]
Bee
Alert: Africanized Honey Bees - The Africanized honey bee, popularly
known as the "killer bee," is moving into South Texas and the southern
United States. Scientists are not certain how far north the bee will spread,
but they do know that it will cause problems wherever it resides in large
numbers.
[ Illustrations: some | Reading Level: 3-6 ]
Bee
Alert! - The jump list links to questions about bees, bee jokes, a
coloring book, and a quiz about famous beekeepers and their inventions.
The activities are designed for kids of all ages, including beekeepers.
[ Illustrations:
some | Reading Level: 3-6 ]
The
Bumblebee Pages - Bumblebees are large hairy bees. Many of them are
black and yellow, and along with ladybirds and butterflies are perhaps
the only insects that almost everyone likes. Bumblebees with their
lazy buzz and clumsy looking flight are welcome visitors to our
gardens as they pollinate
our flowers.
[ Illustrations:
some | Reading Level: 7+ ]
Bugbios:
Shameless Promotion of Insect Appreciation - This site aims to help
you really see insects
for the miniature marvels they represent and to understand how intertwined
our cultures have become with these alien creatures.
Bugscope
- examine insects via an electron microscope
BumbleBees
- Includes photos and a great deal of information.
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Butterfly
Farmer - What you need to know
to raise butterflies. Includes a student's guide to butterflies, photo
gallery, and more.
The
Butterfly Web site - Information on butterfly gardening,
farming, ecology and education. Includes links to the butterflies of each
state.
Class
Insecta - Learn more about butterflies and their behaviors.
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Cultural
Entomology - Consider the following questions: What insects do
we find in art? What insects affect us psychologically? Can you think
of any song, book or movie based on insects? We begin to realize
the extent to which insects have become a part of almost every facet of
the humanities. We'll call these cross-spectrum snippets "Cultural
Entomology."
[ Illustrations:
some | Reading Level: 7+]
CyberBeeNet
(Biology,
Research, Beekeeping) - CyberBee.Net is the only privately owned (and not-for-profit)
domain name dedicated entirely to honey bees. Other
domain names (see below) related to bees usually belong to an organization.
There are many other web pages on honey bees, but they are usually affiliated
under another domain name and difficult to remember. The developer
of this site named it "CyberBee.Net" for two reasons. First, the
honey bee and computer are the two things he loves. Second, all the
information on this site about bees would not be available without computers
networked together.
[ Illustrations:
some | Reading Level: 3-6 ]
Digital
Dragonfly Museum - These images are from dragonfly specimens collected
during the interval July 1996-November 1998. As the climate warms
in central Texas and the 1999 spring emergence appears, new specimens and
species will be added. The ultimate goal is to obtain a representative
sample of each species of dragonfly occurring in central Texas.
[ Illustrations:
many | Reading Level: 7+ ]
Discovery
Online Expeditions: Spiders - Popular cable channel offers this Internet
presentation on the arachnids, including photographs, identification guides,
and personal articles. *****
Dr.
Don's Termite Pages - Most people are comfortable that they know what
an ant is, but hardly anyone seems sure they know what makes a termite
a termite. Termites are not ants and certainly not white ants. They are
most closely related to the cockroaches, and so are very different to ants.
Termites belong to their own insect order (the Isoptera).
[ Illustrations: some | Reading Level: 7+ ]
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Entomology
for beginners - 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.
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[ Illustrations: some | Reading Level: 3-6]
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Exploring
Insects and Spiders - From IBM k-12 solutions. Lessons for teachers
The
Firefly Files - This site contains information about Firefly (or Lightning
Bug) biology. You will find answers to your questions about this amazing
bioluminescent insect, references for further study, and activities for
both kids and adults.
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[ Illustrations: some | Reading Level: 3-6 | Subject: Insects ]
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Furman
University - Images from the
Furman University collection of North American Lepidoptera. View your favorite
moth or butterfly.
Get
This Bug Off Of Me -It's a natural reaction to be frightened of some
insects. Many insects have the ability to harm people, and many insects
look very menacing. However, many large insects are not harmful at
all. Because it would take several volumes to describe every insect,
this publication is intended to distinguish several common insects and
insect relatives in Kentucky that are or are not harmful.
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[ Illustrations: some | Reading Level: 7+ ]
Gordon's
Entomological Home Page - To some people's way of thinking all
invertebrates are bugs, to most others bugs are invertebrates with legs,
i.e. Insects, Spiders, Millipedes, Centipedes, and Wood lice and
related Crustaceans, to some
other people only insects are bugs, and to a small group entomologists
a bug is defined officially as a member of the insect order Hemiptera.
****
[
Illustrations: many | Reading Level: 7+]
Gypsy
Moth at Virginia Tech -These documents contain information about the
gypsy moth, its biology, and control. Some documents were prepared
specifically for Virginia and Virginia homeowners and gypsy
moth managers and educators
however, even if you do not live in Virginia we hope that this information
will be useful.
Impact
of Insects on Humans - This site is a hyper linked outline of a presentation
illustrating how insects have changed major battles, altered governments,
and shaped human history. It includes pictures and timelines, along
with biographical information on important historical figures.
[ Illustrations:
some | Reading Level 7+]
Insect
Drawings - a series of original drawings used some 50 to 60 years ago
as teaching aids for entomology at the University of Illinois. The images
are mainly overviews of several of the more common insect orders.
[ Illustrations:
many | Reading Level: 3-6 ]
Insect
Related Songs - Here are some of my science songs related to insects,
spiders, and other invertebrates. They are all written to somewhat familiar
tunes, but if any of these tunes are unfamiliar to you, let me know and
I will see if I can help.
[ Illustrations: no | Reading Level: 3-6 ]
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Insect
Scavenger Hunt - An online scavenger hunt for your students to explore
and conduct research.
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Insect
World - Developed by Gordon Green, Natural History Educational Program
Producer for the Royal British Columbia Museum. This is a very thorough
web page of all kinds of information about insects. Glossary, book
reviews, classification lists, Spiders, etc.
****
Insects
& More - Learn about insects including crickets, fireflies, moths,
roaches, scorpions, and true flies. Also includes information on
spiders.
[ Illustrations: many | Reading Level: 3-6 ]
Insects
on WWW - Welcome to The Wonderful World of Insects. This page was initially
designed for Beginners in Entomology, a course on Insects & Human Society
at Entomology of Virginia TECH. From then on, more than 6000 URLs were
collected and will be continued. We try
to make this site useful to
all entomologists.
[ Illustrations: some | Reading Level: 7+ ]
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Invertebrate
Department of the Zoological Society - (Secondary Level)
Iowa
State University Entomology Image Gallery - Insects and plant disease
pictures, divided into the categories: lice; beetles; butterflies,
moths, and caterpillars; cicadas
and leafhoppers; flies and mosquitoes; grasshoppers and crickets; true
bugs; ticks; plants; and plant diseases.
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[ Illustrations: many | Reading Level: 7+ ]
Katerpillars
(and Mystery Bugs) - This section is designed for teachers, 4-H'ers,
young people, and anyone else who wants to pursue an interest in Entomology.
Several articles give resources and basic information
about insects and their relatives,
while others outline activities with different insect themes.
[ Illustrations: many | Reading Level: 3-6 ]
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kidscom
- Online interactive games about Insects and Arachnids
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K-12
web links
Magnificent
Monarchs - The World Wildlife Fund of Canada has created an outstanding
educational resource that includes a Monarch Migration Game. Try
to lead your monarch safely south to its wintering home. Click on the correct
route, and learn a little about the Monarchs along the way. Click
on the wrong route, and learn of the hazards and obstacles faced by the
monarchs.
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[
Illustrations: some | Reading Level: 3-6 ]
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Marvelous
Monarchs
Monarch
Watch - Photos, biology, migration
patterns and more.
Movies
of Insects and their relatives - This site is a hot list of links to
pages that contain "movies" of insects in the wild. There is no standard
on what file type the movies are, but most of the links have a link to
download any particular player needed.
[ Illustrations: some | Reading Level: 3-6 ]
Myrmecology:
The Science about Ants - Ants are members of the family of social insects
meaning that they live in organized colonies. Ants make up the family of
Formicidae of the order Hymenoptera. The ant family contains more than
4,500 described species that can be found in tropical and temperate areas
around the world. Most of the described and unknown species are found
in the rain forests.
[ Illustrations:
many | Reading Level: 7+ ]
O.
Orkin Insect Zoo - Live spiders, centipedes, millipedes, and insects
reside year-round in our Insect Zoo. Key to their success are high
reproductive rates, short lifetimes, specialized ways of catching
prey, raising their young, and protecting themselves. Learn how these
fascinating animals are designed for survival and where they fit
into the natural world. [ Illustrations: many | Reading
Level: 3-6 ]
Plant
Munchers - Information about insects that eat plants including aphids,
butterflies, caterpillars, honeybees, katydids, and weevils. Information
is brief and focuses on how the insects eat.
[ Illustrations: some | Reading Level: 3-6 ]
"Spiders!"-
Where do you turn to learn more about spiders? The Web, naturally! Access
cool science projects for students and a teacher's guide.
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Stein's
Virtual Insectary - Welcome to The Virtual Insectary! Just like insect
zoos and butterfly gardens, you've found a unique place to study and observe
a few insects (except these don't move!). The
VirtualInsectary not only
provides images of some common insects, but includes information on the
foods which they eat as well as the habitats where they can be found.
[
Illustrations: many | Reading Level: 7+ ]
Tick
Biology - Background Information on the Biology of Ticks. The
site some useful pictures to identify ticks, and also has some illustrations
of the tick's life cycle.
[ Illustrations: some | Reading Level: 3-6 ]
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Tots
TV: Episode 101, Act One - Script and Improv - A scripted play about
invertebrate feet!
University
of Florida Book of Insect Records - Beginning in 1994, graduate
students in the Insect Ecology course at the University of
Florida have contributed chapters
to the University of Florida Book of Insect Records, a book that names
insect champions and documents their achievements. Each chapter deals
with a different category of record.
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[ Illustrations:
no | Reading Level: 7+ ]
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University
of Kentucky Department of Entomology
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Using
Live Insects in Elementary Classrooms - Information, Lesson Plans and
resources for teaching children about insects and spiders. Developed
by the University of Arizona, Center for Insect Science, Education Outreach.
*****
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Vertebrates
and Invertebrates - Saskatchewan Dept. of Ed.- Core Unit; grade 4
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WATERWATCH
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Teachers and students may access the
"Critter Catalogue" created that provides info on South Australian
fresh water macroinverebrates, including habitat, diet, and physical features.
Videos too! ***
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Wonderful
World of Invertebrates - 7th grade level, however, a great overview
of all the different kinds of invertebrates (with pictures).
Yucky
Bug World: Roaches - Includes: Roach facts; roach anatomy; a day in
the life of a roach; roach removal; quiz; glossary; and pictures
of various cockroaches.
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[ Illustrations: some | Reading Level: 3-6 ]
Reptiles
and Amphibians
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kidscom
- Online games about Reptiles and Amphibians
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Something
Froggy - A fantastic site developed by the Franklin Institute Online.
Curriculum is is two versions (K-3) and (4-8). Wonderful graphics
and info! *****
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Around
Alone Race
Around
Alone News on the Torresen Sailing Site
Authority
Figures
Ask
an Expert: Science & Technology- A set of ask-an-expert
e-mail addresses and Web sites, from astronomers and nuclear power experts
to painters and population geneticists.
The
Mad Scientist Network- Leveraging the collective crania
of scientists who love to teach, the site features an archive of questions
and answers. Plus a series of "mad labs" demos and links to other
sites.
Ask
Dr. Universe- Aimed mainly at children, the good doctor
offers the sort of detailed and authority-laced explanations to common
questions any science fan can love.
Testing
: All about different types of tests.
Biographies
Edison,
Thomas Alva - A concise biography and historical data about Thomas
Edison's life and his many inventions.
Latimer,
Lewis Howard - When most people think of the light bulb, they think
of Mr. Edison. Most people don't know that Lewis Howard Latimer was instrumental
in the development in electric lighting as well.
Web
Elements- A unique example of how something old can become
new again online. This periodic table of elements provides an ease of access
and a depth of data textbooks cannot match.
Energy
Heat Energy
Heat
-
Saskatchewan Dept. of Education - Core Unit; grade 5
Mount
Erebus Volcano Observatory
Teaching
and Learning About Volcanos - Lesson plans and classroom activities
for students of all ages.
Environment
Kids
for Trees - Trees don't just stand around. They do many jobs that are
very important to animals, people, and the environment. Some animals
spend their entire lives in trees. Birds, squirrels, opossums, raccoons,
and insects find shelter from the weather and enemies in trees. They get
their food from trees, too. Even dead trees provide shelter and food
for insects.
[ Illustrations: many | Reading Level: 3-6]
Kids
in the Creek - The Kids in the Creek program provides students with
a simple method of assessing the long-term health of a stream by viewing
and identifying the aquatic insects and observing the world they inhabit.
[ Illustrations:
some | Reading Level: 3-6]
Major
Biomes of the World - Have you visited any biomes lately? A biome
is a large ecosystem where plants, animals, insects, and people live in
a certain type of climate. The world contains many other biomes:
grasslands, deserts, and mountains, to name a few. The plants and
animals living in each are as different as their climates.
[ Illustrations: some | Reading Level: 3-6 ]
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Education
World ® - Special Theme Articles: Harvest Time
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Demo
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How
Airplanes Work
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How
Planes Fly - Explorezone
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How
Things Fly - Students can click on different objects to see how they
perform in a wind tunnel. A great interactive site.
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Introduction
to Flight: Off to a Flying Start (NASA)
Games
& Puzzles
Nature
- Guess the Animal
Nature
Puzzles and Fun - Produced in conjunction with PBS broadcasts ***
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AltaVista:
Simple Query "ask a geologist"
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BCYCM's
Prospecting School - BASIC MINERALOGY
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Exploring
Caves
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Fossils
and Rocks -Saskatchewan Dept. of Education - Core Unit; grade 4.
Here, students will acquire an understanding of processes of rock formation
and the study of fossils.
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Igneous,
Sedimentary & Metamorphic Rock Info
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ISGS
Education-K-12 Links
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This
Month's Freebie Mineral !
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Mount
Rainier
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Rockhound
Home Page
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RockWare,
Inc. - Earth Science Solutions - FrameSet
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Rocks
& Minerals
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Sands
of the World an interactive Geology site that focuses on the incorporation
of Learning about Rocks, Minerals and Sand through the incorporation of
Multiple Intelligences.
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Sand
Web Site Homage - Developed by Dr. Dave Douglass from Pacedena Community
College in California.
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Table
of Contents - resources developed by the United States Geological Society
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Testing
Hardness of a Mineral
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The
Virtual Cave: An Exploration of Cave Minerals
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Human
Body
The Brain
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Human
Circulation and Breathing - Saskatchewan Dept. of Ed. - Core Unit gr.
5
Inventions
Inventor's
Day 1999 - nibbles of trivia about some wacky inventions
Inventnet-
Free Stuff! Run by a nonprofit group for independent inventors, Inventnet
offers advice, forms, patent attorney referrals, and electronic newsletter,
and more. Invention
Dimension- an electric assemblage of news, surveys, resources,
and links. Perhaps the most interesting is an archive of "inventors of
the week," which is searchable by inventions.
Lemelson-MIT
Program's Invention Dimension - Links to Research and Development;
sites for kids; Resources for the Inventor; & Invention Extensions.
Rube
Goldberg
rubeb
- links to Rube Goldberg
About
Rube Goldberg
Rube
Goldberg Contraptions
Rube
Goldberg Inventions
Rube
Goldberg - Reuben Winners
Rube
Goldberg Machine Contest
U.S.
Patent and Trademark Office- Yes, it's got trademark and
patent basics and news, but it may be the most useful for the ability to
conduct free patent searches.
Light
& Color
About
Rainbows - explains what rainbows are in terms students can understand
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HOLO-KIDS
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Light
and Color @ The Franklin Institute
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Light
Island - An explanation of a hands-on center at the Exploratorium in
sand Francisco, CA. This page offers links to additional resources
on this topic.
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Optics
for Kids - An introduction to Optics for intermediate grade students.
Discusses basics of light, controlling it, lenses, magnifying glasses,
and lasers.
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Saskatchewan
Dept. of Education - Light Unit: Core Unit; Grade 4
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Games and Activities:
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Our
Eyes: Powerful perception Tools - Students use props to
play parts of the eye while other students play the photons of light to
show how the parts of the eye function and interact when a beam of light
enters the eye. Great Bodily/Kinesthetic Activity.
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Magnetism
& Electricity
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Electricity
and Magnetism - Saskatchewan Dept. of Education - Core Unit; gr. 4
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Magnets:
Saskatchewan Dept. of Education - Core Unit; grade 2
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Air
and Water - Saskatchewan Dept. of Education - Core Unit; grade 2
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Blue
Web'n Science Links
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No
Sweat.com/ Fastest Online School Research
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Project
Primary
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Professor
Beaker's Learning Lab: Water - facts and information for students
to learn about the characteristics of water.
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Properties
of Matter: Grade 3-4; Saskatchewan Dept. of Education;
Core Unit
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SCIENCE
HOBBYIST
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Teacher
Professional Development Institute (TAPPED IN)
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Motion
& Physics
Albert
Einstein: Image and Impact- Don't
quite understand E=mc2? Let Einstein explain it to you via an
audio clip. And check out his photo albums while you're at it.
Explore
Science- How do waves form? What's up with gravity? Animated
demos explain the scientific concepts behind our world (shockwave plug-in
required).
Motion:
Saskatchewan Dept. of Education - Core Unit; grade 1
Physics-
Classroom tutorials on the topics of motion, electricity, the behavior
of waves, sounds and light, as well as Newton's Laws and planetary motion.
Children's
Gardening - Links to web pages on gardening for children
Great
Plant Escape - A fabulous site for students in grades 2-8 to learn
all about plants. Wonderful graphics too. *****
Kids
for Trees - Trees don't just stand around. They do many jobs that are
very important to animals, people, and the environment. Some animals
spend their entire lives in trees. Birds, squirrels, opossums, raccoons,
and insects find shelter from the weather and enemies in trees. They get
their food from trees, too. Even dead trees provide shelter and food
for insects.
[ Illustrations:
many | Reading Level: 3-6]
National
Gardening Association: GrowLab is a National Science Foundation
-funded kindergarten through eighth grade instructional program that uses
indoor classroom gardens and innovative curriculum materials to promote
science inquiry. It provides an engaging context in which students can
use their own questions and ideas to inspire hands-on investigations of
the natural world, explore key plant science and environmental concepts,
and gain confidence in their ability to "do science".
Ocean
Mammal Institute : Listen to Whale Songs
Oceans
- Saskatchewan Dept. of Education - Core Unit; grade 5
Project
SMART
Marine
Invertebrates
Crustacean
Gallery - click on any of these thumbprint images to see a larger picture.
Info on each animal is included.
Crustaceans
and Shrimp Photos
Flatworms
of the World
Giant
Squid - Learn about this fascinating creature. This site includes
several photographs.
Marine
Worms - Photos and information on several species of these invertebrates.
SeaWorld:
Virtual Aquarium - many thumbprint photos that you can view enlarged.
Rain
Forests
Amazon
Interactive - What a wonderful resource!
An
Amazon Adventure
Children's
Music - Good Green Fun!
Exploring
the Rain Forest: Through Print, Graphics, and Sound:
Green
Fun! - Song Lyrics and Guitar Chords
Gremlins:
Faces in the Forest
The
Jason Project
A
Journey through the Rain Forest - Guided Imagery writings done by fourth
grade students at Hope Valley School in RI. A wonderful Visual/Spatial
way to introduce or review this topic with your students
Rain
forests:
What they are and
where they are found:
The
Rain forest
Teachers.Net
Lesson Exchange: Exploring the Rain Forest Through Print, Graphics
Science
in the Rain forest: Rain forest Layers
Science
in the Rain forest: Rain forest Facts
Science
in the Rain forest: Take a Walk in the Rain
forest
also:
http://www.alextheape.com/importrf.htm
http://www.wri.org/wri/wri/biodiv/b01-koa.html
http://members.tripod.com/~Hiskey/rainforest.html
http://passport.ivv.nasa.gov/rainforest/tunnel.html
*excellent site
Robotics
Xavier
the Robot- See what Xavier sees, and for a couple of hours
each day, you might even be able to remotely control where he goes and
what he does. If it only worked with children!
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Amazing
Space Web-Based Activities
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Science,
Technology - Dr. Bob's Home Page
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Science
Web Sites
Science
Net - Toronto Reference Library
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Teacher's
Lab
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Science
Illustrated
AT&T's
Microscapes Gallery - Size matters, even in inner space
where atoms and light beams rule.
Cells
Alive! -
Live and in color - mug shots and movies of microscopic cells, from
penicillin to parasites.
Chaos
Gallery- Can the chaotic dynamics
of math, physics, and other sciences yield stunning works of modern
art? Apparently so.
Illusion
Works- Seeing is believing. Eh? Try a curious collection
of optical and other sensory illusions, with scientific explanations unlocking
their secrets.
Night
and Day- Exposes children in grades 2-4 to the differences
between diurnal (day) and nocturnal (night) animals.
Night
and Day (2) - more of the above
The
Visible Human Project- The goal is to create detailed, 3-D
representations of the male and female human body.
Science Links
The
Annenberg/CPB K-12 Math and Science Project - This site features projects
and activities designed to improve math and science education in kindergarten
through grade 12.
The
American Museum of Natural History in New York City provides infomation
on ancient creatures and research expeditions.
AskERIC's
Lesson Plans for Science - Science lesson plans for K-12 including
agriculture, biology and life
sciences, physical sciences and technology.
Busy
Teachers' WebSite K-12 - Provides teachers with direct source materials,
lesson plans/classroom activities with a minimum of site-to-site linking,
and provides an enjoyable and rewarding experience for the teacher who
is learning to use the Internet.
Carolina
Coastal Science Using interactive technologies to explore science in
coastal Carolina, this web site, designed specifically for an Environmental
Science component of a primary and secondary science curricula, can be
used by teachers and students independently or as a class.
Cornell
Theory Center Home Page - Supercomputing center offers a variety of
information, including educational programs appropriate for elementary
and secondary level science education.
Discovery
Channel School - This web server features over 50 hours of commercial-free
television programming along with hundreds of pages of activities and lesson
ideas for teachers.
Dr.
Bob's Interesting Science Stuff - links for kids to all kinds of neat
science areas.
Eisenhower
National Clearinghouse, Catalog of Curriculum Resources Searchable
database of information at
the Eisenhower National Clearinghouse on Math and
Science Education.
ENC
Digital Curriculum Laboratory - The Eisenhower National Clearinghouse
for Mathematics and Science Education (ENC) provides information about
all types of instructional resources including books, videos, software,
CD-ROMs, kits, and online resources.
EducationExplorezone
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The latest, up-to-date Science news.
Electronic
Textbook, UIUC's Dept. of Atmospheric Science - Multimedia modules
which approach atmospheric science interactively. Lessons included cover
pressure, forces, and a unit on weather designed for grades 2-4.
ERIC
Clearinghouse for Science, Math, and Environmental Education Contains
descriptions of available
math/science resources as well as the full text of some documents.
Explorer
Educational Research Service Includes general mathematics information,
curricula, and lesson plans on problem-solving reasoning, math tools, and
number sense curriculum, plus general science information, including earth,
physical, and life sciences curriculum and lesson plans.
Explore
SCIENCE at Einsteins-emporium - Science Projects Science
The
Hooper Virtual Natural History Museum in Canada offers research on
theoretical paleontology and
microfossils.
Hot
Science Links for Teachers
Hot
Links to Math and Science Education!
The
Hub: Resource for Mathematics and Science Educators An International
resource that describes resources,
curricula, and projects in equity, mathematics, and science.
Developed by TERC.
Illinois
Math and Science Academy - The Illinois Math Science Academy site provides
science on-line courses involving partners as well as their own students
and a problem-based learning site for math and science.
Improving
America's Schools: A Newsletter on Issues in School Reform -
A U.S. Department of Education newsletter intended to help school, district,
and
state leaders explore key
topics in improving America's schools.
IMSEnet
- This site provides a network of instructional materials for science
educators.
Laboratory
Network Program - Promising and Proven Practices Search the Promising
Practices database by entering a keyword(s) (e.g. chemistry and at-risk
students and access a Proven Practices database.
Kids
World 2000 - This is a great reference for Zoos/Aquariums across
the U.S.
K-12
SCIENCE EDUCATION RESOURCES (Bill Beaty's Home pages)
Library
of Congress Marvel Math and Science Resources Global electronic library
(by subject), including math and science resources, plus bulletin boards
and guidesto mathematics resources on the Internet.
Miami
Museum of Science
Michigan
Gateways Home Page - Information about the Michigan Gateways television
program series about improved science and mathematics education. Includes
ordering information.
The
Museum of Paleontology at the University of California, Berkeley, has
information on paleontologic research.
National
Geographic Magazine: This is newly formatted to be interactive for
the young and the old.
National
Science Foundation - Includes information about the agency, its programs,
and its publications; details of NSF grants; and links to other science-related
research centers.
National
Science Teachers Association - The Association serves as an advocate
for science educators by providing information about national issues and
trends in science education.
Newton
Bulletin board for science teachers and students.
NSF
MetaCenter Science Highlights Repository - A multimedia collection
of over 10,000 scientific research projects which have used the NSF's supercomputing
centers.
NSTA
Math and Science Links: A terrific place to start when looking
for sites to support your curriculum at any level.
Pittsburgh
Supercomputing Center Home Page - PSC Home Page provides information
about the center's projects, including educational efforts.
Purring
Science Links
Talk
Origins Archive: This is a wonderful data base on the discussion of
evolution.
The
Royal Tyrrell Museum in Canada offers information on dinosaurs and
fossils,
including museum-sponsored
digs for the public.
Scienceline:
A teacher resource page sponsored by PBS.
Science
Junction is an interactive site for teachers, students and researchers
of science.
Smithsonian
Institute - Provides a tour of the Smithsonian Institute, including
the Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, the National Air and Space
Museum, and the National Museum of the American Indian Home Page.
SETI
Institute Education Programs - Includes links to their "Life in the
Universe" series, as well as links to SETI (Search for Extra-terrestrial
Intelligence) Home Page and other projects.
The
Science Pages - Links for kids and teachers to all areas of science.
Teachers'
guide to the Department of Education
The
Why Files- The science behind the news.
Science
Songs
SchoolHouse
Rock - Science Songs from the famous TV Show!
Singin
Songs of Science - by " J.P. Taylor and the Academics."
Sample songs and lyrics from a Science CD your students are sure to enjoy.
Senses
Senses:
Saskatchewan Dept. of Education - Core Unit; grade 1
Simple
Machines
Inventor's
Toolbox - The Elements of Machines - photos and text of simple machines
and their usage in our everyday world. From here, students can test
their knowledge by visiting the "Gadget Anatomy" paged linked from this
site.
Machines
and Work - Saskatchewan Dept. of Education - Core Unit; grade 5
Museum
of Music Inventions - Kids can even submit photos of their own musical
inventions.
Simple
Machines - An introduction to Simple Machines by third grade students
at Hope Valley School in RI. Student creations are photographed and
described on this delightfully colorful web page.
Simple
Machines - Saskatchewan Dept. of Education - Core Unit; gr.3
Simple
Machines - A wonderful web site where students will get a broad overview
of all of the simple machines. This site includes links to additional
resources.
Simple
Machines - Simple machines; Student Links; Teacher resources
Simple
Machine Resources - Loads of suggested student links. A Great
place to start when learning about simple machines. Wonderful Graphics!
Simple
Machines Unit - A list of fabulous links to numerous simple machine
web sites including the Franklin Institute & Bill Nye. Also includes
links to Teacher Resources and lesson plans.
WebQuest:
Simple Machines - Learn about simple machines and how to create a new
compound machine in order to solve a problem.
Welcome
to How Stuff Works - here you will be able to see "up close and personal"
how just about everything you can think of works!
Work
is Simple with Simple Machines - Developed by Project SMART (RI), students
will investigate simple machines and their usefulness in everyday life.
Solar
System
Asteroids
and Comet Impact Hazards- Includes the latest scientific
thinking on the 1997XF11 asteroid that will zip (relatively) close
by Earth in 30 yrs.
Earth
from Space: An Astronaut's View- A small slice of a database
containing more than 25,000 photographs of Earth, taken from beyond the
bird's eye.
Eric's
Black Sun Eclipse Web site
NASA
Observatorium- Drop off the planet! Nothing but stunning
pictures of the universe, and the facts and stories behind those images.
Off
to a Flying Start- Students learn about the basics of flight
and can build and fly their own airplane. (Math, Science, and Technology).
Space
Station Web - Read the latest news, meet the crew, Chart
their assembly progress, see the pictures, and peruse 3-D renditions of
the station.
Solar
System Simulator - Pick your planet, position, date, time,
and field of view, and the simulator will show you what it's like to see
the universe from your own special standpoint.
Space
Views- A good place to keep up on space policy, launches,
events, political developments, research, and technologies.
Moon
A
Private Universe Project
Earth
and Moon Viewer
Hands-On
Universe
Earth's
Moon
Moonlink
- A Space Education Program for NASA's Lunar Prospector Mission
Phases
of the Moon - See the phase of the moon for any given date.
Science:
Space sciences
SOLAR
ECLIPSE: STORIES FROM THE PATH OF TOTALITY
Shadows
and the Earth and Moon
Solar
System Flix
Asteroid
Virtual Reality Movies- An asteroid wipes out New York City.
OK, it's unlikely. But you're going to look at the video clips anyway
just for the thrill.
Hubble
Space Telescope Movies- Movies, animations, and simulations
from the Space Telescope Science Institute depicting what Hubble sees,
from Saturn's storms to Mars's rotation.
JPL
Video Archive- Probe this! A library of real and simulated
clips (mostly large files) from NASA's Jet Propulsion Labs, focusing
on the Mars Pathfinder and Cassini missions.
NOVA
Online- Video from (and articles related to) the popular
PBS science series, making this one TV companion that's more content than
promo.
Virtual
Trips to Black Holes and Neutron Stars - No one's
selling travel packages to black holes just yet, but you can almost
book in advance with these scientifically accurate computer animations.
Science
Museums
American
Museum of Natural History- The renowned New York museum
is where they keep the dinosaurs. The biodiversity material shows how we're
all dependent upon one another.
Exploratorium:
ExploraNet- Like its real-world counterpart in San Francisco,
and interactive science museum with range and depth. Features online projects,
exhibits, Web cams, articles, and more.
Franklin
Institute of Science- The online edition of the famed Philly
museum lets you follow classroom journeys into the field.
Hubble
Space Telescope Movies- Movies, animations, and simulations
from the SpaceTelescope Science Institute depicting what Hubble sees, from
Saturn's storms to Mars's rotation.
Miami
Museum of Science - you can even take a virtual tour!
Monterey
Bay Aquarium On-Line- If it swims, you'll find it in this
e-quarium.
National
Air and Space Museum- Look! Up in the sky! This one's got
everything that flies except Superman.
Science
for the Millennium - An online expo emphasizing outer space,
advances computing, and virtual environments with multimedia flair.
Smithsonian
Museum of Natural History - see dinosaurs, the gem collection and more!
The
Wizard's Lab- Follow the wizard as he takes your students
on a tour through the world of physics. Explore motion, planetary
motion, electricity, magnetism. Light, and sound.
Sound
The
Art of Science: Ben Franklin's Harmonica - Classroom activities
based on this Scientific Frontier TV Special. Great for ideas
on how to teach about "Sound."
Glass
Armonica - Ben Franklin's Glass Harmonica played by William Wilde Zeitler
"Stairway
to Heaven" 17 sec. version played on the glass Harmonica
How
a Guitar Works
Museum
of Music Inventions - students can even submit their own designs
Sound
- Saskatchewan Dept. of Education - Core Unit; grade 3
Soundry
- This site is all about sound, with sections on the ear, physics,
applications, and more.
Vocal
Vowels - Hollow plastic models of the human vocal tract turn the squawk
of a duck call into vowel sounds.
Weather
Accuweather
- The web site used by MSNBC and several other news sources for accurate
weather data. Have your students view or print weather maps at various
times during the day to actually follow an oncoming storm.*****
The
Annenberg/CPB Project Exhibits Collection - Weather
CNN
Weather Maps and Images - This extensive source for satellite images
provides both still images and animated maps.
DAN'S
WILD WILD WEATHER PAGE
Experiment!
Franklin's
Forecast
Galileo
for Science Teachers
From
Homework Central - Lots of links about Weather
How
Stuff Works
How
oceans affect our lives on this planet:
Leonard's
Cam World - Allows students
to check out the time and weather in just about any country at any point
in the day! View live Web cams located in every state in the U.S. as well
as in far off places like Australia, Nepal. Pakistan, and South Africa.
Orange
County Public Schools: Weather - a complete weather unit online
Paul
Pettit's Weather Consulting - Online Glossary of Weather Terms
PBS
Science
Weather
- Saskatchewan Dept. of Education - Core Unit; grade 2
The
Weather Channel - Home Page
The
Weather Channel - Tropical Update Index
The
Weather Channel - Weather Damaged Page
Weather
Net - Weather Cams - Instead of a collection of weather statistics,
this site gives the user a window on world weather conditions, with "Weather
Cams" set up in most major cities in the U.S. and in some cases, images
are updated every few seconds.
Weather
Online - The ultimate weather site on the internet, with complete forecasts,
graphics, and reports for
locations throughout the United States.
Weather
Underground
The
Weather Unit
Weather
Wise - The index to this on-line weather magazine includes a number
of articles about tornadoes.
Wyland
World Headquarters
Creating a Classroom
Weather Station
Make
Your Own Weather Station - (Franklin's Forecast)
Miami
Museum of Science - Make your own weather station
Anemometer
How
to Measure Wind - This is a background article for the teacher written
by USA Today.
Make
an Anemometer - from the Franklin Institute of Science
Observing
Wind - from the Miami Science Museum
Barometer
How
a Barometer Works - From USA Today. This is a background article
for the teacher's use.
Make
a Barometer - "Franklin's Forecast"
Observing
Air Pressure - from the Miami Science Museum
Compass
Make
a Compass - from the Franklin Institute of Science
Precipitation
Observing
Moisture - from the Miami Science Museum
Rain
Gauge
How
a Rain Gauge Works - A background Article for teacher use developed
by USA Today.
Make
a Rain Gauge - from the Miami Science Museum
Make
Your Own Rain Gauge - from the Franklin Institute of Science
Thermometer
Observing
Temperature - from the Miami Science Museum
Weather
Calculator - This site provides information about converting temperature,
moisture, barometric pressure, and wind speed readings.
Weather
Vane
Make
a Weather Vane - from the Franklin Institute of Science
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