1. Link to on-line textbook book. (username & password required)
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/science/ose/index.html
2. Link to on-line quizzes and other chapter resources. (NO
PASSWORD
NEEDED --
JUST CLICK AND GO -->)
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/science/gsis/green/index.html
3 CREATE-A-GRAPH WEBSITE -- Good site to use to create a variety
of
different types of graphs
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/index.asp?flash=true
Simple Machines (site #1) - by EdHeads
http://edheads.org/activities/simple-machines
Simple Machines (site #2) - Leonardo's Mystery Machines
http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/LeosMysteriousMachinery.html
Simple Machines (site #3) A good site with useful info -- links
to other places with even
more info
http://www.mikids.com/Smachines.htm
Simple Machines (site #4)
http://www.nvsd44.bc.ca/sites/ReportsViewOnePopM.asp?RID=3812
Simple Machines (site #5)
http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/curr/science/sciber00/8th/machines/sciber/machines.htm
#9. Ch 14/15 Earth's Crust, Volcanoes, Earthquakes and more
http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/sfs/index.jsp
#10. Ch 14/15 Seafloor Site (Lots of info, maps, and more)
http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/sfs/index.jsp
#11. **Ch 12/13 Biomes Website #2
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5/biome/
#12. **Ch 12/13 Biomes website #3
http://www.teachersfirst.com/lessons/biomes/biomes.html
**Ch 12/13 Biomes Website #4
http://www.worldbiomes.com/default.htm
Ch 3**DIGITAL MICROSCOPE SITE** VERY COOOOOL!!!
http://www.open2.net/science/microscope/frames.html
Ch 3 CELLS ALIVE website -- lots of great information -- quizzes,
animations
and
more
http://www.cellsalive.com/mitosis.htm
Ch 3/4 Another good site with photos of cells going through the
phases of
mitosis
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/micro/gallery/mitosis/mitosis.html
Ch 9 Genetically Engineered Foods? -- Several activities to try
to better
understand this issue
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/harvest/
Ch 9 Genetic Engineering Website -- kid friendly -- After
visiting the site,
does
it seem to be more 'pro' or 'con'?
http://tiki.oneworld.net/penguin/genetics/home.html
Ch 9 Genetic Engineering Website
http://www.monsanto.com/biotech-gmo/index.htm
Ch 9 Genetic Engineering Foods
http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/CONSUMER/geneng.html
***ART***-- Use this site for pictures of Wisconsin endangered
species
http://www.fws.gov/midwest/Endangered/lists/state-wi.html#Mammals
#1 INTERACTIVE SITE FOR ELECTRICITY & OTHER PHYSICAL SCIENCE
TOPICS
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/science/physical/11_act.shtml
#2 INTERACTIVE SITE FOR ELECTRICITY & OTHER PHYSICAL SCIENCE
TOPICS
http://www.andythelwell.com/blobz/
WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE? (Interactive game site from
JLAB) try it --
just like the TV show, the questions get progressively more
difficult.
http://education.jlab.org/million/index.html
EXCELLENT SITE FOR "ELEMENTS OF ART"
http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/index.html
***BIRD INFO -- BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF THE CHICAGO MIGRATORY ROUTE
WEB SITE
http://www.cityofchicago.org/Environment/BirdMigration/sub/main.html
***ALL ABOUT BIRDS #1 -- Bird Photos and Information
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/
***All About Birds #2 -- Bird Photos and Information
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/birds/
***All About Birds #3 -- Bird Photos and Information -- lots of
places to
browse -- Extra info on Beaks vs. Bills and much more!!
http://www.earthlife.net/birds/intro.html
***All About Birds #4 -- Bird Photos and Information -- lots of
places to
browse -- Bird for Kids -- UpClose Info and Photos on Red-winged
Black Bird
and more!!
http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/Birds/Facts/default.cfm
DNA Game - Interactive
http://nobelprize.org/educational_games/medicine/dna_double_helix/index.html
CRACKING THE CODE -- You may want to view all segments, but as a
class we
will watch #1, #2, #9, #15
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/genome/
DENSITY PRACTICE PROBLEMS
http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/team/density.html
DENSITY PRACTICE PROBLEMS CHALLENGE
http://www.algebralab.org/practice/practice.aspx?file=Word_Density.xml
ATOMS, ATOMIC STRUCTURE, IONS, ETC. Check it out -- good
explanations and diagrams.
http://www.chem4kids.com/files/atom_intro.html
http://www.boardsmag.com/screeningroom/commercials/581
WHOOPING CRANE INFO (Baraboo Wisconsin)
http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/ce/eek/critter/bird/crane.htm
Link to Snowflake site
http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/
Ch. 7/12/13 TELEMETRY & REMOTE SENSING DEVICES (CRITTER CAMS!!)--
The Secret
Lives
of
Wild Animals --- Modern technologies now provide researchers with
intimate
glimpses of rarely seen behaviors of some animals.
wild animals
http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/animals/index.jsp
#3-Ch7 -- Fear matters --- Halloween can scare kids and make them
act
strange. But animals and ecosystems respond to fear every day of
the year.
Learn how some animals have adapted to daily fear, especially
WOLVES VS. ELK
http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/articles/20071031/Feature1.asp
#4-Ch7 -- Into the Abyss --- Find out how animals in the deepest
parts of
the ocean deal with a lack of light and toxic substances such as
heavy
metals. How can they survive? Latest research and exploration of
Hydrothermal Vents is described and viewed with video clips.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/abyss/life/extremes.html
#5-Ch7 -- All About a Niche --- This page discusses the niches of
the
squirrel, woodpecker, chipmunk, and pinyon jay. In addition,
there are links
for each of these animals to learn more about their range,
habitat, life
cycle, behavior, and diet.
http://www.nhptv.org/NatureWorks/nwep14.htm
#6-Ch7 -- Dive & Discover Expedition 12 --- Hydrothermal Vents --
- Follow
scientists on a series of expeditions to the mid-ocean ridge as
they explore
hydrothermal vents.
Learn about vent formation and the wonderful creatures that call
this unique
ecosystem home.
http://www.divediscover.whoi.edu/
Science for Kids News Stories -- updated each Thursday
http://www.eurekalert.org/kidsnews/
BIOMES Website #1-- This one tends to load slowly at school--
http://mbgnet.mobot.org/
Try this quiz on animal adaptations -- borrowed from another
teacher --
http://www.netrover.com/~mary3384/quiz_science/animals/quiz1.html
****POPULATION DATABASE****
http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/
--> DRAWING IN ONE-POINT PERSPECTIVE
http://www.olejarz.com/arted/perspective/
****Endangered Species Information by State
http://switchzoo.com/endangered.htm
10. Plant tropisms -- "Plants in motion" -- Check it out now!!
http://sunflower.bio.indiana.edu/~rhangart/plantmotion/PlantsInMotion.html
9. HEALTHY EATING WEBSITE -- 25 QUESTION Survey -- Try it to see
what you
know.
http://web.utk.edu/~fnh/new_page_6.htm
#1 Rube Goldberg Link
http://www.anl.gov/Careers/Education/rube/rube.html
#2 Rube Goldberg Link
http://www.rube-goldberg.com/
#3 Rube Goldberg Link - with 'You Tube' Video of Purdue
Competition
http://news.uns.purdue.edu/UNS/rube/rube.index.html
#4 -- Try your hand at this one -- it definitely needs
some 'tweaking'
http://pbskids.org/zoom/games/goldburgertogo/index.html
#5 Rube Goldberg Link - Honda COG Commercial -- all the parts of
a Honda
triggered from one step to the next in 'real time'-- This was a
Super Bowl
Commercial a few years back.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEF0cg1j35o
More Practice on Physical & Chemical Changes
http://www.teacherbridge.org/public/bhs/teachers/Dana/chemphys.html
#4. Ch 18 "ATOM BUILDER" website. -- This site is interactive --
Try it for
fun!
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/atom/
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES -- Interactive Site
http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/waves_particles/index.html
#63 Ch 18 Great Site with information on each element
http://periodic.lanl.gov/default.htm
#64 Periodic Table link -- good to find uses of elements
http://chemistry.about.com/library/blperiodictable.htm
#65 Ch 18 Periodic Table Website -- Interactive -- from Jefferson
labs
http://education.jlab.org/itselemental/index.html
http://www.nvsd44.bc.ca/sites/ReportsViewOnePopM.asp?RID=3812
#67Ch 19 ***Physical Chemical Changes -- Good practice for
Chapter 18-19
http://education.jlab.org/reading/properties_and_changes.html
#69Ch 14/15 LINK TO CONTINENTAL DRIFT INFORMATION --- CHECK IT
OUT.http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/curr/science/sciber00/8th/machines/s
ciber/machines.htm
#70ASPIRE-Simple Machines 'simulated labs'
#71The Essence of Simple Machines (Lawn Mower/Tree House)
#72Roller Coaster Design (Potential/Kinetic Energy)
#73Energy Skate Park (use the 'Run' version)
#74Pendulum Lab
#75Rube Goldberg -- Try Your Own