October 2008
June 2008
Motion and Forces
interactives >Teachers need to preview to determine grade level appropriate nteractives.
Science Up Close: Gr 1-6
Harcourt science topics interactives with audio
K-6 Science
MacMillan/McGraw-Hill science editions online with animated and audio content.
Human Body Systems
MacMillan/McGraw-Hill resource for gr 5 unit on Human Body Systems. Animations and audio. Great for DI
The Circle of Life - Butterflies -
Great site for whole class for early primary.
Learning Circuits
(via)Interactive activities about electricity and circuits for use with individual, small group, or on the smartboard for the whole class.
May 2008
NASA - Star Fall
Players learn that they can determine a star's relative temperature by its color. Students will collect groups of stars to earn points and develop problem-solving skills, as they determine how to gain the most points.
Planet Size Comparison
(via)What a great tool to see how the sun and planets compare in size. Try it, it's easy: In the first box choose "Sun". In the second box, choose "Mercury". Next, click the word "compare" located between the two boxes. Try different variations.
March 2008
BAM! Body and Mind |
1 comment (via)From the CDC, a great interactive site for health topics: diseases, food and nutrition, physical activity, your safety, your life, your body. Resources for teachers here as well.
December 2007
Launchball Educators’ guide
Info and resources for the Launchball site
Science Museum - Launchball
by 8 othersSlide, bounce, and spring your way through 30 obstacle filled levels using your creative problem solving skills. Need to register to save progress. Complete the training games first!
November 2007
Welcome to BugGuide.Net! - BugGuide.Net
by 2 othersWe are an online community of naturalists who enjoy learning about and sharing our observations of insects, spiders, and other related creatures.
Includes clicable guide, taxonomy, images, and indo
Search for Your Favorite Animals -- National Geographic Kids
Search by animal category or habitat. Each Creature feature has a page of facts and photos, video and sound, map, e-card and printing features
Encyclopædia Britannica Online School Edition
Grade 3 activities: Line 'Em Up! Three levels of play
October 2007
Primary Resources:The Earth and Beyond
Activities and teaching materials in Flash,PowerPoints, Docs,or PDF
BodyWorks Games
(via)Hi! We're Art and Spleen from PROBE, PROfessional Body Explorers. Do you know how your body works? Let’s find out!
Life Science Connections - Human Body Adventure
(via)Engaging site designed by a middle school teacher for grade 7 life science, but content can be used for 5th grade unit because of the way the information is presented in bulleted format with graphics. If students have trouble using the naviagation menu, use the site map:http://vilenski.org/science/humanbody/hb_html/map.html
Solar System Quiz: Locating Specific Information
(via)Use this site to practice locating explicit information in passages about the sun and planets in our solar system.
ASTRONOMICAL DISTANCES
You are in a spaceship leaving Earth to explore the Universe! How fast do you want to travel? Enter the rate of travel and see how long it will take to visit different places!
The Balanced Plate
Learn about balancing the food groups then try sorting foods.
Earth, Moon and Sun - An Interactive Learning Experience
(via)Another great interactive for students with good reading skills and ability to follow directions. Starts with an arcade game but the remainder is content rich.
