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Elementary Science Program Web Resources Source Site Description Princeton University http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/science/ Science Departments EduPic http://www.edupic.net/sci_gr.htm visuals for making diagrams or labsheets Apple/Mac http://web.mac.com/scifione/orig/LABWARE/Lab-alpha.htm visuals for making labsheets Sachem Schools http://www.sachem.edu/dept/sd/smartboard/elementary%20resources.htm SmartBoard sites University of Wisconsin Chemistry Department http://scifun.chem.wisc.edu/HomeExpts/HOMEEXPTS.HTML simple experiments for the classroom or home Science Online http://classroom.jc-schools.net/sci-units/ lesson plans, interactive activities, worksheets, and links I Know That http://www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?Area=Science%20Lab science labs NY/NJ Estuary Program http://www.saltwedge.org/ inexpensive experiments and hands-on activities, using easily obtained materials to enhance NY/NJ Estuary program NJ Wetlands Institute http://wetlandsinstitute.org/education/field-trips/ curriculum Lawrence Hall of Science / Rutgers Univerity http://coseenow.net/mare/ Marine Activities, Resources, and Education Project Wet http://www.projectwet.org/ World Wide Water Education Project ASTRONOVA @ Raritan Valley Community College http://www2.raritanval.edu/planetarium/astro/astronova.htm national program which creates long-term partnerships between astronomers and teachers or youth group and community leaders Elmhurst College http://www.elmhurst.edu/~chm/vchembook/ chemistry experiments University of Cambridge http://nrich.maths.org/6298 STEM resources Fen Ditton Community Primary School http://cd7.e2bn.net/e2bn/leas/c99/schools/cd7/website/BluePlanet.htm collection of science websites for K-8 American Astronautical Society http://www.astronautical.org/ National Space Society http://www.nss.org/ Madison Middle School http://mn055.k12.sd.us/MMS/Good%20Science%20Sites.htm upper elementary compilation of websites Foss http://www.fossweb.com/ Foss Kit website Project FIRST http://www.eyeonthesky.com integrated science/literacy teaching materials Starry Night Education http://www.starrynighteducation.com/resources_free.html free resources and software for purchase Annenberg Media http://www.learner.org/interactives/ interactive webquests Engineering Interact http://www.engineeringinteract.org/resources.htm five games covering the five sub-topics: light, sound, forces & motion, earth & beyond and electricity Parenting the Next Generation http://www.vtaide.com/png/KidPix/ KidPix worksheets for kids University of Wisconsin -Whitewater [Link]http://facstaff.uww.edu/jonesd/games/ create Jeopardy, Millionaire, etc. games using PowerPoint Fayette County Schools [Link]http://teach.fcps.net/trt2/links/powerpointgames.htm create Jeopardy, Millionaire, etc. games using PowerPoint The EdVenture Group http://www.thesolutionsite.com math, science, and engineering   BGfL Whiteboards http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/15.cfm?s=15&p=249,index index of websites Primary Resources http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/science/science4c.htm light and sound resources including lesson plans, video, and PowerPoints Explore Learning http://www.explorelearning.com/index.cfm?method=cResource.dspResourcesForCourse&CourseID=364 virtual experiments Karen Cole http://www.biglearning.com/treasureengineering.htm engineering ideas and activities Science Learning Network http://www.sln.org/ resources ThinkQuest http://library.thinkquest.org/11924/gather/mcq4.html electricity and magnetism quiz PBS http://pbskids.org/dragonflytv/superdoit/index.html Super Do It experiments PBS http://pbskids.org/zoom/activities/sci/ Zoom TV experiments Woodlands Kent School http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/revision/Science/ experiments and games Discovery Channel http://dsc.discovery.com/ resources Biology Corner http://www.biologycorner.com/worksheets.php labsheets Need.org magnet resources Teacher Created Materials http://www.galaxy.net/~k12/ hands-on experiments Curriculum.org http://www.curriculum.org/tcf/teachers/projects/simplemachines.shtml simple machines unit Western Reserve Public Media http://westernreservepublicmedia.org/education/hotlists/simplemachines.htm simple machines links University of Houston http://atlantis.coe.uh.edu/archive/science/science_lessons/scienceles1/finalhome.htm simple machines experiments NASA http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/ online software and labs Loveland City Schools http://www.grannysgardenschool.com/600-0-00-a-Lesson-plans.html garden lessons North Chadderton School http://ks3.org/support/?page_id=4 K-3 science links NeoK12 http://www.neok12.com/Plants.htm plant videos and multimedia NASA http://www.bigelow.org/foodweb/food_web_cards.html food web cards Crystal Wicker http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-experiments.htm weather experiments Multimedia Songs, Videos, Images Form of Media Link Description Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZ-1lfammjk lab safety song Videos http://www.brainpopjr.com/science/ all science topics - lower elementary Videos http://www.brainpop.com/science/seeall/ more advanced Videos and Games http://www.harcourtschool.com/menus/science/index_nj.html excellent models and explanations Audio and Visuals http://www.school-for-champions.com/physics.htm#DC models are explained with audio Videos http://www.geography4kids.com/activities.html panorama videos and live cameras Song and Video http://gardenofpraise.com/matter.htm properties of matter Song http://www.songsforteaching.com/jptaylor/matteriseverywhere.htm matter is everywhere Song http://www.kidsknowit.com/educational-songs/play-educational-song.php?song=Solid,%20Liquid,%20Gas states of matter Song http://www.songsforteaching.com/jennyfixmanedutunes/3statesofmatter.htm states of matter clip Video http://www.instructables.com/id/SMEOL98FIWH3SZ4/ Oobleck Video http://pbskids.org/dragonflytv/show/lightandcolor.html light and color Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHMH0uQDEOU&feature=related color Song http://www.songsforteaching.com/science/professorboggs/electromagneticlightwavetravel.htm light - motion Song http://www.songsforteaching.com/intellitunes/objectslight.htm light - transparent, translucent, opaque Video Magnetic Fields magnetic fields Video   http://science.howstuffworks.com/electromagnet.htm electromagnet Video http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngexplorer/0309/quickflicks/ Brain Pop Jr. food webs and chains Quia http://www.quia.com/rr/53234.html Who Wants to Be a Millionaire - animal food and food chains Videos http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/Science/Videos/Animals/AnimalVideoIndex.htm animal videos Game http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/Phase2delivery/Wales/Science/Keystage1/Physicalprocess/Light/Introduction/pop.htm interactive SmartBoard game - identify sources of light Game http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/Phase2delivery/Wales/Science/Keystage2/Lifeprocessesan/Lifecycles/Introduction/activity1pop.htm flowering plant life cycle Game http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/plant_repro/eng/Introduction/activity2pop.htm plant reproduction Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ft_2nj96jLM&feature=related wetlands biome Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWm_0CoWy1Q&feature=player_embedded#at=204 NJ Nature Conservancy Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0p8eLDLVIM Wetlands Institute, NJ Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2_HyqEI-N8 Hackensack Watershed Video http://www.wellcomemat.com/video/NJ/Lavallette/community/9AFA7B4E32/ Save Barnegat Bay - estuary /watershed area in S. NJ Video http://www.youtube.com/user/estuarylivetv#p/u/11/PlHQih7aVY8 salt marsh wildlife (FL) Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeyOA0mwBhc&feature=related What is an estuary? Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYKDnyZLif4 ocean tides Interactive http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/minbeasts/eng/Introduction/MainSessionPart1.htm insect identification - interactive dichotomous key Video / Song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ILrM5TLas4 animal babies song Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmuKHiThbts&NR=1&feature=fvwp animal babies video Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKjqk5cSwKU animal adaptations in polar regions Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gM3s3IS4Nu8&feature=related animal adaptations in winter Song http://www.songsforteaching.com/animalsongs/penguinwaddle.php penguin waddle Song http://songsforteaching.com/animalsongs/hibernation.htm hibernation Song http://songsforteaching.com/animalsongs/birdmigration.htm bird migration Song http://www.songsforteaching.com/jennyfixmanedutunes/camouflage.htm camouflage Videos http://pbskids.org/dragonflytv/ science videos Video and song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mwoOyOleGc bat echolocation Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xo2bVbDtiX8&feature=related humpback whale "song" - echolocation Audio http://allaboutfrogs.org/weird/general/songs.html audio of frog mating calls Video http://www.exploratorium.edu/traits/embryo.html time elapse video of chick embryo development E-how http://www.ehow.com/video_4872167_what-does-weather-balloon-do.html weather balloon Simulations http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/hurricanes/visualizations/weather_fronts.html weather front simulations Simulation [Link]http://www.usatoday.com/weather/tg/wsfront/wsfront.htm warm front simulation University of West Florida http://www.uwf.edu/atc/projects/coriolis/main.swf Coriolis effect and winds Video http://www.ehow.com/video_4872163_you-measure-rainfall.html how to measure rainfall Video http://www.ehow.com/video_4801940_weather-vanes-work.html how weather vanes work Video http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/environment/environment-natural-disasters/tornadoes/inside-the-tornado.html tornadoes Song http://www.songsforteaching.com/intellitunes/tornadoes.htm tornadoes Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coeHw6QCxJ8 NOAA hurricanes Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9VpwmtnOZc National Geographic hurricanes Song http://www.songsforteaching.com/jennyfixmanedutunes/whatwilltheweatherbe.htm weather prediction Song http://www.songsforteaching.com/weathermeteorology/wind.htm wind Video http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1393752/awesome_thunderstorm/ lightning / thunderstorm Song and video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQRNzepe4wI moon phases rap Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zLuqSYF68E greenhouse effect Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJBrMXSn-hU aurora borealis explanation Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoYiPul1WvI aurora borealis Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWiak1ocK7I forensic fingerprinting Photos http://www.ersdac.or.jp/ASTERimage/ASTERimage_library_E.html aerial images of Earth Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Xebwzb3dDE&feature=related tsunami simulation Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-hMedWQjUg&feature=related how a tsunami is created Photos http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Photo/Volcanoes/framework.html volcano photos Animation http://www.nature.nps.gov/geology/usgsnps/animate/A48.gif sea floor spreading Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLFfmeirwjg&feature=related weathering and erosion Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFnpm4SUF7I weathering, erosion, and deposition Video http://www.fossweb.com/modulesK-2/NewPlants/index.html FOSS video plant parts Video http://www.onlineschools.org/science-class/plants/ measuring plant growth, time elapse growth, plant structure, photosynthesis song Video http://plantsinmotion.bio.indiana.edu/plantmotion/movements/tropism/tropisms.html plant tropism (time elapse) Simulation http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/methuselah/photosynthesis.html# photosynthesis Song/Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSI5HjHOiiY simple machines song Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grWIC9VsFY4&feature=related simple machines (Bill Nye) Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PW7ztbwJKBk&feature=related lever classes Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us2KfO_yrPA&NR=1 levers Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pG_kT565-XQ inclined plane video Video http://videos.howstuffworks.com/science-channel/37386-how-its-made-gears-video.htm how gears are made Animation http://science.howstuffworks.com/gear7.htm gear animation Song/Video http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=7708&title=Water_Cycle_Song water cycle song Videos http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/rss/youtube_playlist.html NOAA ocean videos Audio http://www.onlinetuningfork.com/ tuning forks Song http://www.msnucleus.org/membership/storybooks/electricity.html electricity Ebook http://www.msnucleus.org/membership/storybooks/hairymonster.html magnetic fields - iron filings and electrons Ebook http://www.msnucleus.org/membership/storybooks/SafeTree.html electrical safety Ebook http://www.msnucleus.org/membership/storybooks/NakedEye.html using microscopes and magnifying glasses Video http://news.discovery.com/videos/space-3-questions-star-aging.html determining star/star cluster age Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEheh1BH34Q&feature=player_embedded star size comparison Song http://www.msnucleus.org/membership/storybooks/ConstellationSong.html constellation song Video http://www.history.com/shows/the-universe/videos/the-universe-comets#the-universe-comets History Channel - comets, asteroids, meteors Song http://www.msnucleus.org/membership/storybooks/planet.html planets (neat orbit interactive) Animations http://www.wwnorton.com/college/geo/egeo/animations/ch2.htm geologic processes Animation http://tapestry.usgs.gov/two/two.html topographic and geologic map merged Drawings http://blessan.com/2010/07/24/earth’s-movement-and-factors-controlling-land-form-development/ landform development Song http://www.msnucleus.org/membership/storybooks/ricky.html rock cycle song - Ricky Rock Song http://www.songsforteaching.com/science/professorboggs/rockcycle.htm rock cycle song Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-aHb3Z8xhU Rock Odyssey video with song - minerals Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LDMgxF56s4&feature=related Rock Odyssey - sedimentary rocks Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZ4UI5HhjDk&feature=related Rock Odyssey - igneous rocks Video http://www.learner.org/interactives/volcanoes/movies/movies3.html lava viscosity Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyFRehFHjvs&feature=related Rock Odyssey - metamorphic rocks Ebook http://www.msnucleus.org/membership/storybooks/gem.html minerals and gems Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89sOW-FzolI Glacier Time Lapse Audio http://www.seaworld.org/animal-info/sound-library/index.htm animal sounds Video http://videos.howstuffworks.com/animal-planet/28408-fooled-by-nature-polar-bears-body-insulation-video.htm polar bear insulation Ebook http://www.msnucleus.org/membership/storybooks/frogpoem.html frogs Game http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/Phase2delivery/Wales/Science/Keystage2/Lifeprocessesan/Lifecycles/Introduction/activity2pop.htm life cycle of a frog / human Ebook http://www.msnucleus.org/membership/storybooks/tree.html tree purposes and uses Video http://kidshealth.org/kid/closet/movies/video_ekg.html EKG Video surface tension

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