| SCIENCE CURRICULUM, Grades 6-12 | ||||
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| 6 - 8, Biology, Earth Science, Chemistry, Physics | Glencoe Science - Online Activities Focus on Earth Science, CA Edition, Grade 6: http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078741831/student_view0/unit1/chapter1/ Focus on Life Science, CA Edition, Grade 7: http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/007874184x/student_view0/unit1/chapter1/ Focus on Physical Science, CA Edition, Grade 8: http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078741858/student_view0/unit1/chapter1/ Biology: The Dynamics of Life, CA Edition, 2005: http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078665809/student_view0/unit1/chapter1/ Earth Science: Geology, the Environment, and the Universe, 2008 (national edition): http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078664233/student_view0/unit1/chapter1/ Glencoe Chemistry: Matter and Change, 2008 (national edition): http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078664187/student_view0/chapter1/ Glencoe Physics: Principles and Problems, 2009 (national edition): http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078458137/student_view0/chapter1/ |
Glencoe/McGraw-Hill |
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Biology, Physics, Environmental Science |
HippoCampus |
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| K - 6 | Houghton Mifflin California Science (FREE online activities to coordinate with this 2007 California edition textbook series. Go to Houghton Mifflin Science for Students. Click on the grade, then unit, then the activity). http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmsc/ca/ |
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt School Publishers |
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| K - 8 | Science Bob Science Bob provides instructions and videos for interactive science experiments on his web site. http://www.sciencebob.com/ |
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| K - 12 | Internet4Classrooms (Web portal for free interactive websites for core subjects and electives). Science Links for K-12 teachers, http://www.internet4classrooms.com/science.htm Grade level links to help students study their grade level science concepts for grades K-8, http://www.internet4classrooms.com/grade_level_help.htm |
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| Physics | Khan Academy U Tube videos on mostly math, but including physics. http://www.khanacademy.org/index.html |
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| K - 12 | McAllen Public Library - Homework Helper (all subjects) http://www.mcallenlibrary.net/children/homeworkhelpers.aspx |
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| 6 - 12 | Rader's CHEM4KIDS Categories include matter, atoms, periodic table, elements 1-36, reactions, biochemistry, et cetera. http://www.chem4kids.com/index.html |
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| K - Adult | Nestwatch - Cornell Lab of Ornithology |
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| K - 12 | Extreme Science |
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| K - 8 | Science Castle |
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| K - 8 | NASA Kids' Club http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/kidsclub/flash/index.html |
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| 5 - 12 | Jefferson Lab - Science Education Educational partner committed to increasing the number people who choose careers in science, math, engineering and technology. Teacher resources, student games, puzzles, and hands-on activities, and videos. http://education.jlab.org/ |
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| 5 - 12 | Forge FX Simulations A showcase of simulations created for Pearson Prentice Hall's digital science curriculums. http://www.forgefx.com/casestudies/prenticehall/ |
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| K - 12 | Discovery Education Classroom Resources Includes Puzzlemaker, Lesson Plan Library, and Siemans' STEM Academy, a premier online community designed exclusively to foster achievement in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM). http://school.discoveryeducation.com/ Home Resources/Science Homework help for the science. http://school.discoveryeducation.com/homeworkhelp/science/science_homework_help.html |
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| K - 12 | Science Kids Science Kids is the home of science & technology on the Internet for children around the world. Learn more about the amazing world of science by enjoying our fun science experiments, cool facts, online games, free activities, ideas, lesson plans, photos, quizzes, videos & science fair projects http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/ |
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| K - 12 | Molecularium Magical, musical adventure into the world of atoms and molecules. Learn about the 3 states of matter, fly into a cloud, watch a snowflake form, and count the water molecules in a raindrop of water. http://www.molecularium.com/kidsite.html |
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| 4 - 9 | Science News for Kids Science News for Kids is a web site devoted to science news for children of ages 9 to 14. They offer timely science items of interest to kids, suggestions for hands-on activities, books, articles, Web resources, and other useful materials. http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/ |
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| 4 - 12 | Bill Nye the Science Guy (For Kids and Teachers) http://www.billnye.com/for-kids-teachers/ |
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| 6 - 12 | SciNet The ultimate Science World Wide Web resource. Topics include reactions, elements, electricity, light, plants, and body. Take the SciNet quizzes. Explore the Biographies. Learn vocabulary and concepts using their extensive index linked to website activities.. http://www.nelsonthornes.com/secondary/science/scinet/scinet/ |
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| 6 - 12 | Plant Resources Great explanation of photosynthesis with diagram: http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/3715/photo3.html?tqskip=1 Photosynthesis defined: http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/glossary/photosynthesis.html Ms. Frizzle reviews photosynthesis: http://scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/games/frizfreshfacts/index.htm BrainPop movie of photosynthesis: http://www.brainpop.com/science/plantsandanimals/photosynthesis/index.weml?&tried_cookie=true Animated Photosynthesis: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/methuselah/photosynthesis.html# Graphic showing movement of energy through the food chain: http://www.geog.ouc.bc.ca/physgeog/contents/4e.html Plant parts diagram: http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/case1/c1m1app.html BrainPop movie on seed plants: http://www.brainpop.com/science/plantsandanimals/seedplants/index.weml Plant Kingdom: http://www.hitchams.suffolk.sch.uk/key/plant1.htm Flower Structure: http://www.mendelweb.org/MWflower.html Living Things: http://www.hitchams.suffolk.sch.uk/key/plantand.htm BrainPop on Scientific Method: http://www.brainpop.com/science/scientificinquiry/scientificmethod/index.weml Plantas (Informacion en Espanol) http://www.botanical-online.com/lasplantas.htm |
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| 6 - 12 | Plant Leaf Keys http://www.drake.edu/artsci/biology/Wacha/leaf_diagrams.html http://www.cas.psu.edu/docs/CASDEPT/Hort/LeafID/Default.html http://dallas.tamu.edu/weeds/anat.html http://www.nps.gov/goga/parklabs/library/plantkey.htm http://www.bridgingthewatershed.org/dichot1/habitats.html |
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| 6 - 12 | Plants Plant classification, plant physiology, plant morphology: http://www.nelsonthornes.com/secondary/science/scinet/scinet/ (click on Plants) Plants: http://teachers.eusd.k12.ca.us/jleff/Science/Plant%20Life.htm Plant parts: http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/vegquiz/plantparts.html Plant parts: http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/index.html Plant structure: http://urbanext.illinois.edu/gpe/case1/c1facts1a.html Roots: http://www.nelsonthornes.com/secondary/science/scinet/scinet/plants/parts/roots.htm Roots: http://urbanext.illinois.edu/gpe/case1/c1facts2a.html Roots: http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/3715/root2.html Stems: http://www.nelsonthornes.com/secondary/science/scinet/scinet/plants/parts/stem.htm Stems: http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/case1/c1facts2b.html Stems: http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/case1/c1facts1a.html Seeds: http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/nttidb/lessons/cb/plantcb.html Seeds: http://www.theseedsite.co.uk/seedparts.html Seeds: http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/3715/seeds4.html Seeds: http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/3715/seeds.html Seeds: http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/case1/c1facts2e.html Leaves: http://www.nelsonthornes.com/secondary/science/scinet/scinet/plants/parts/leaf.htm Leaves: http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/case1/c1facts2c.html Leaves: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/plants/leaf/label/simpleleaf/ Leaves: http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/leaves.html Flowers: http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/case1/c1facts2d.html Flowers: http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/3715/flower.html Flowers: http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/3715/pollin5.html Edible Parts: http://www.jmu.edu/biology/k12/garden/parts.htm Edible Parts: http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/vegquiz/plantparts.html Edible Parts: http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/case1/c1f-ans.html Adaptation: http://mbgnet.mobot.org/sets/rforest/plants/adapt.htm Adaptation: http://mbgnet.mobot.org/sets/desert/index.htm (click on Plants of the Desert) Life Cycle: http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/case1/c1facts1b.html Life Cycle: http://www.arboretum.fullerton.edu/grow/primer/cycle.asp Life Cycle: http://www.sln.org.uk/science/lifecycle/ (Click on View Flash Movie) |
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| 6 - 12 | Plant Cells Learn about cells from BrainPop: http://www.brainpop.com/health/basicsandcells/cells/ Onion cells: http://www.biology.arizona.edu/cell_bio/activities/cell_cycle/cell_cycle.html Onion cells: http://www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de/b-online/e04/04a.htm Plant cell anatomy: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/plants/cell/ http://www.cellsalive.com/cells/plntcell.htm Look inside a virtual plant cell. View an animated diagram of photosynthesis: http://webtech.kennesaw.edu/gnorcross/webquest.htm See the anatomy of a plant cell, then scroll down to see a magnified view of each organelle: http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/cells/plantcell.html |
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| 6 - 12 | Trees Tree Identification: http://www.sd22.bc.ca/hillview/treeid.htm Learn about trees: http://www.units.muohio.edu/dragonfly/trees.htmlx EcoKids on trees: http://ecokids.earthday.ca/pub/eco_info/topics/forests/what_is_a_tree.cfm Parts of a tree labeled: http://www.ncforestry.org/docs/Trees/PartsOfTree/ Cross section of a tree: http://www.safetreekids.net/awesome/parts.html |
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| 6 - 12 | Annenburg Media Learner.org |
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| 6 - 12 | Kiwi Web - Chemistry & New Zealand Explains the major branches of chemistry. http://www.chemistry.co.nz/what_is_chemistry.htm |
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| 6 - 12 | PhET - University of Colorado at Boulder |
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