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October 2007

Life Science Connections - Human Body Adventure

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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

Planet 10

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Fascinating virtual solar system explorer and world builder. Teaching resources available at the bottom of this page: http://www.solarsystem.org.uk/planet10/

Coxhoe Science

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great list of interactive resources

Animal Habitats

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Choose a habitat. Then click and drag the animals to the habitat When you are finished, take the quiz: http://www.innovationslearning.co.uk/subjects/science/activities/habitats_quiz/quiz_home.htm

Interactive Body

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Try some of these interactive games to learn about the human body.

Easy Science Experiment Projects at Steve Spangler Science

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Welcome to the ever-growing, ever-changing collection of Steve Spangler's favorite science experiments, recipes and cool science projects. This hands-on science library represents Steve's most requested science experiments from his weekly television appearances and live presentations throughout the country. Just search for an easy science project idea or browse the entire library of experiments.

Learning Flash MX for Teachers

Do you match this description? You have been using PowerPoint in your lessons and feel that you have pretty well mastered it. You are starting to feel limited by the way that PowerPoint works and you want to take more control over the way that objects are animated. You have seen flash animations and games on the internet and want to have a go. You haven't really got much of a life and think that staring at a laptop screen all weekend is fun.

Welcome to the SENJIT rainforest website

Site for all learners about the rainforest

September 2007

ESL Teacher Resources

content based ESL activities and materials. Also useful for regular classroom use since many of the materials are based on elementary themes:lifecyle of the frog, insects,halloween, etc. Mixed in with adult ESL activities so previewing before using with students is recommended.

August 2007

Monarch Watch

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:Dedicated to Education, Conservation and Research Great site for the study of monarch butterflies.

July 2007

Singing Science Records

Science songs on topics of space,energy &motion, weather, and nature. Right click, choose "save Target As" to download the MP3. Songs are definitely dated, but older students and music teachers may enjoy updating the music style, perhaps to a rap tempo or, be inspired to create their own songs. Good resource for differentiation.

Stop Disasters

Use your critical thinking and problem solving skills to minimize the imapct of various natural disasters such as hurricane, earthquake, tusnami, flood, and wildfire. Geared for middle and high school students with 3 levels of play. Takes 10-20 minutes per game.

Engineering Interact - Interactive science & engineering for 9-11 year olds

Designed for ages 9-11, these interactive investigations are perfect for differentiation. Investigations include Forces and Motion, Earth and Beyond, Electricity, Light, and Sound.

Google Earth Outreach - Showcase

Google Earth Outreach Showcase Many public-minded groups and individuals are using Google Earth to bring a valuable geographic context to their stories. These examples will show you what others have done with Earth, and hopefully get some ideas flowing for what you might be able to do yourself.

June 2007

Courses: School Education

Learn, Create and Collaborate Create your own content. Share educational resources. Collaborate with colleagues.

May 2007

Welcome to schoolscience.co.uk

Nice set of resources (free and commercial) for science k-12. Searchable by age level

Active Science:Body Builder

Activity for Grade 5 Human Body Unit

Active Science:Animal Habitats

Interactive site for animals habitats and adaptations. Some voice support.

Biology Powerpoints

Free biology powerpoints to download for science teachers

WISE - Web-based Inquiry Science Environment

Harness the power of the Internet... wisely. WISE is a simple yet powerful learning environment where students examine realworld evidence and analyze current scientific controversies. Our curriculum projects are designed to meet standards and complement your current science curriculum, and your grade 5-12 students will find them exciting and engaging. A web browser is all they need to take notes, discuss theories, and organize their arguments... they can even work from home! Our Teacher Area lets you explore new projects and grade your students' work on the Web. Best of all, everything in WISE is completely free.

April 2007

What Tree Is It?

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Use just two of the parts of trees, leaves and fruit, to identify the common trees. Then, after you learn the tree’s name, you can read facts about your tree, or you can bypass the keys and go directly to the tree by name.

Pete's Power Point Station

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- FREE PowerPoints for K-12 on just about everything Language Arts, Social Studies, Math, Science, Literature, More!