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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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| K - 12 | McAllen Public Library - Homework Helper (all subjects) http://www.mcallenlibrary.net/children/homeworkhelpers.aspx |
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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 the unit, then the activity. http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmsc/ca/ |
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (formerly Houghton Mifflin Company) |
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| K - 6 | Macmillan McGraw-Hill California Science Corresponding curriculum web activities can be found by going to http://activities.macmillanmh.com/science/ca/ |
Macmillan McGraw-Hill | 2008 | |
| K - 8 | Science Castle |
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| K - 12 | Nestwatch - Cornell Lab of Ornithology |
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| K - 12 | Extreme Science |
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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 | Discovery Kids Science games, puzzles, quizzes, and videos. http://kids.discovery.com/ |
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| K - 12 | MadSci Library Website for exploring science resources and science careers on the WWW for all science topics. http://www.madsci.org/libs/libs.html |
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| K - 12 | NASA Quest NASA Quest connects K-12 classrooms with people, research, and science through mission-based inteactions and activities. NASA Quest Challenges are FREE Web-based, interactive explorations designed to engage students in authentic scientific and engineering processes. http://www.quest.arc.nasa.gov/ |
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| K - 12 | Science NetLinks Resources for K-12 science educators and meaningful science standards-based Internet experiences for students. http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/ |
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| K - 12 | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory: California Institute of Technology |
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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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| 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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