Winner of numerous awards "The Yuckiest Site on the Internet" ventures where
few sites have dared, using kids' fascination with "gross stuff" to teach
about science and the human body.
http://www.yucky.com
Federal government website with games and information just for kids.
http://www.MyPyramid.gov
A nutrition website from the dairy council just for kids.
http://www.NutritionExplorations.org
Safe, educational website put together and regularly updated by librarians
from the Ramapo Caskill Library System. The kid friendly categories are
organized with children's interests in mind.
http://www.kidsclick.org
With amazing graphics and fun text, the American Museum of Natural History's
web site is perfect for kids. Students can click on "palentology" and find
themselves in the Gobi Desert looking for fossils or reading a talk-show-
style "interview" with a dinosaur.
http://www.ology.amnh.org
Mineral and rock web quest site used in science class.
http://library.thinkquest.org/J002289/index.html
Heat
http://www.brainpop.com/science/energy/heat/
Atlantic Geographical and Meteorological Laboratory
http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/
Constructive & Destructive Forces
National Geographic website has a menu offering information on a wide number of natural disasters
and breathtaking photos.
http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/natural-disasters/
Science site that has most of the 5th grade topics (atoms, magnetism, earthquakes, volcanoes,
matter
etc) available for interactive learning.
http://www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?Area=Science%20Lab
The science of earthquakes is explained on this website by the USGS
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learning/kids/eqscience.php
Categories include Earth's energy, structure, climates, BGC cycles, atmosphere, hydrosphere and
numerous other topics of special interest to 5th grade science students.
http://www.geography4kids.com
Great educational website with interactive links teaching about earthquakes.
http://www.weatherwizkids.com/earthquake1.htm
Science site that covers cells, invertebrate, vertebrates and microorganisms.
http://www.biology4kids.com
NOVA website with a menu of topics that include phenomena and disasters that have occurred.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/archive/int_eart.html
Interactive website about predicting volcanoes
http://www.learner.org/interactives/volcanoes/entry.html
Science Text link
https://www-k6.thinkcentral.com/content/hsp/science/hspscience/ga/gr5/se_9780153734175_/flashNavhigh.html?page=toc
Useful educational website for all the different sciences we study in 5th grade (Life, Earth and
Physical)
http://www.sciencespot.net/Pages/kidzone.html