Websites Used with Lessons During the Entire Year

Science select websites used with lessons during the entire Year Detailed information about the use of each website is given on the daily lesson plans.

All Year

www.unitedstreaming.com (video access for subscription members on all topics)

Introductory Module

1. www.utdanacenter.org/sciencetoolkit/safety/texas_safety.php , (Texas Science Safety Standards for K-12)

2. www.nhc.noaa.gov/index.shtml (hurricane tracking chart)

3. www.ars.usda.gov/is/kids/ (microscope activity)

Weather Module

1. www.srh.weather.gov (daily weather information)

2. www.42explore.com/weather.htm (basic definitions and background information)

3. http://epa.gov/climatechange/kids/climateweather.html (compares weather and climate)

4. http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/academy/space/atmosphere.html (teacher background)

5. www.windows.ucar.edu/ (teacher background

rd 6. www.starhop.com/Elementary/Layers-4.pdf (layers of the atmosphere; 3 and 4 th pages have teacher information)

7. http://floatingclassroom.tamu.edu/TrainingInfo/Pressure.pdf (teacher background information on air pressure)

8. http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/archive/air_pressure/index.html (air pressure)

9. www.msnucleus.org/membership/html/jh/earth/atmosphere/lesson3/atmosphere3 a.html (causes of wind)

10. http://epa.gov/climatechange/kids/greenhouse.html (greenhouse effect) 11. www.ucar.edu/learn/1_3_2_12t.htm (teacher background on greenhouse effect)

12. www.nws.noaa.gov/om/brochures/OllieSkywarnBrochure.pdf (weather events)

Oceans Module

1. www.nps.gov/archive/acad/flow/flow.html (teacher background on water cycle)

2. www.epa.gov/beaches/kids (interactive water cycle and beaches)

3. www.epa.gov/climatechange/kids/version2.html (animated slide show about the water cycle)

4. http://sln.fi.edu/fellows/fellow8/dec98/watercycle/jigsaw.htm (water cycle puzzle)

5. http://www.epa.gov/region01/students/pdfs/ww_drain.pdf (extension activity on water cycle)

6. www.coexploration.org/oceanliteracy/documents/OceanLitConcepts_10.11.05.pdf (teacher background on general ocean information, ocean concepts and effects on the land – teacher packet)

7. www.oceansforyouth.org/ (importance of oceans)

8. www.mos.org/oceans/scientist/index.html (oceanography and oceanographers)

Oceans websites continued

9. www.panda.org/about_wwf/what_we_do/marine/blue_planet/open_ocean/ocean_i mportance/index.cfm The spaces that show in this website are actually underscores. (teacher background about ocean concepts)

10. www.mos.org/oceans/ (ocean concepts)

11. www.utdallas.edu/~pujana/oceans/why.html (teacher background - discusses why oceans are salty)

12. www.onr.navy.mil/focus/ocean/water/default.htm (teacher background on ocean density) 13. http://grasse.obs-azur.fr/cerga/gmc/kids/cd/pdfus/Circul.pdf (ocean circulation, salinity and ocean density)

14. http://merlin.alfred.edu/muller/FormerPhysWorld/PhysWorld/Project1/OceanSa lt.html (ocean salinity)

15. www.onr.navy.mil/focus/ocean/motion/default.htm (ocean currents and waves)

16. www.mbgnet.net/salt/sandy/indexfr.htm (waves)

17. http://www.onr.navy.mil/focus/ocean/motion/tides1.htm (tides)

18. www.miracosta.cc.ca.us/home/cmetzler/field_trip/top.html (pictures of beach erosion)

19. www.epa.gov/beaches/kids/what-beaches.html , (Beach Kids)

20. www.learner.org/resources/series78.html . This is an Annenberg Foundation Video on Demand site. (ocean effects on the land)

21. www.mms.gov/mmskids/PDFs/sandanaturalresource.pdf (sand as a natural resource and the changing beaches)

22. http://dsc.discovery.com/news/video/hurricanegallery.html (hurricanes - ocean events and effects on land)

23. http://eo.ucar.edu/webweather/hurricane2.html (hurricanes - ocean events and effects on land)

24. www.nws.noaa.gov/om/brochures/owlie-hurricane.pdf (ocean events and effects)

25. www.weatherwizkids.com/climate.htm (El Nino - ocean events and effects)

26. www.weatherwizkids.com/earthquake1.htm (tsunamis - ocean events and effects)

Soil and Fossil Module

1. https://extension.usu.edu/aitc/cart/details.cfm?ProdID=299&category=0 (importance of soil)

2. www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/case2/c2facts1.html (Great Plant Escape - soil concepts)

3. www.tsswcb.state.tx.us (to borrow video on soil formation and erosion)

4. www.rocksforkids.com/RFK/howrocks.html (soil weathering and erosion) 5. http://managingwholes.com/photos/erosion/index.htm , (soil conservation - causes and solutions)

6. http://www.nacdnet.org/outreach/stewardship/2004/LivingSoil.html (soil conservation)

7. www.abag.ca.gov/bayarea/enviro/erosion/eps.html (soil conservation)

8. www.biodiversity911.org/FunandGames/funandgames.html# (interactive review of soil concepts)

9. http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/soil/down_dirty.html (soil profiles)

10. http://www.conservationinformation.org/publications/BetterSoilRecipe.pdf (soil profiles)

11. www.agry.purdue.edu/AGRYclub/Products/soil2.htm . ( to order soil samples of silt and clay)

12. www.soil-net.com/sm3objects/activities/Activity_TestingSoil.pdf (determining soil types by feel)

13. www.aakulturezone.com/kidz/abc/gwcarver.html (famous scientist)

14. www.fossils-facts-and-finds.com/ (teacher background on fossils)

Soil and Fossil Module websites continued

15. www.fossilicious.com/Fossils-c-283.html (to order inexpensive fossil kits and books)

16. www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/explorations/tours/fossil/index.html (fossil concepts)

17. www.ucmp.berkeley.edu.education/explorations/tours/intro , (how fossils connect the past to the present)

18. www.fossilsforkids.com , (how fossils connect the past to the present)

Space: Sun and Planets

1. http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html ( a lot of general information about the Solar System; activity worksheet with planets to duplicate)

2. www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/solarsystem/ sun_for_kids _main.html (The spaces in this website are actually underscores; the sun_for_kids is bolded.) This website has a 6 minute video that describes the characteristics of the sun and discusses its importance. Discuss scientists and scientific advancements

3. www.askforkids.com/web?q=sun (light energy from the sun -visible spectrum)

4. www.jenningsk12.net/WE/peimann/Science/Space/Space.html (orbiting, rotation and revolution)

5. http://www.engineeringinteract.org/interact.htm (an interactive activity reviewing the solar system)

6. www.ology.amnh.org/astronomy/gravity/index.htm ( information regarding the role and importance of gravity)

Force and Motion

1. www.engineeringinteract.org/resources.htm (used in a number of lessons – an excellent and interactive site on force and motion, gravity, magnetism, electricity, friction, etc.)

2. www.physics4kids.com/files/motion_intro.html (There is an underscore between motion and intro, not a space) general information on force and motion

3. http://image.gsfc.nasa.gov/poetry/magnetism/magnetism.html (Earth’s magnetic field and general information about the force of magnetism and the use of magnets)

4. http://library.thinkquest.org/28682/english/kids/text.html (use of magnets)

5. http://www.explainthatstuff.com/electricity.html (relating to electricity)

6. www.physics4kids.com/files/motion_friction.html (Spaces in website are underscores.) friction basics

Matter

7. http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/matter.htm , (used in multiple lessons, defines matter, mass and gives a good explanation of physical properties, discusses solids, liquids and gases)

8. http://www.idahoptv.org/dialogue4kids/season7/matter/facts.html (a short video about matter and its states, includes questions about matter from students and answers by a college professor)

9. http://www.idahoptv.org/dialogue4kids/season7/matter/facts.html (short video about the effects of heat energy on state of matter) 10. http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/story/chapter01.html (general information about energy and heat energy, discusses energy transfer” (radiation, convection and conduction)

11. http://www.ngridenergyworld.com/eew/more/index.html (thermal (heat) energy is produced and used in the everyday world)

Matter websites continued

12. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/balloon/science/density/ (explains how mass and volume are related to density)

13. http://merlin.alfred.edu/muller/FormerPhysWorld/PhysWorld/Project4/how_doe s_a_boat_float.html (Spaces in website are underscores.) general information about buoyancy and why things float or sink

14. http://www.worsleyschool.net/science/files/aboutsound/page.html (teacher information on sound)

15. http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow2/apr99/musictoourear.html (general information on sound energy)

16. http://www.worsleyschool.net/science/files/sound/energy.html (general information on sound energy)

17. http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/revision_bites/changing_sounds 1.shtml (how sound energy affects matter)

18. http://www.tryscience.org/experiments/experiments_japan_online.html (how sound energy affects matter)

Life: Plants and Animals

1. http://www.saburchill.com/chapters/chap0001.html (living & nonliving critical attributes)

2. http://pangea.tec.selu.edu/~abolin/etec644/scclass.html (how scientists classify living things)

3. http://pangea.tec.selu.edu/~abolin/etec644/plclass.html classifying plants

4. http://www.perspective.com/nature/plantae/bryophytes.html pictures of nonvascular plants

5. http://www.biology4kids.com/files/plants_main.html (Space in website is an underscore.) teacher background: overview, photosynthesis, basic structure, animals and plants 6. http://www.mbgnet.net/bioplants/parts.html (structure and function of vascular plant parts)

7. http://www.mbgnet.net/bioplants/pollination.html (simple explanation of pollination, pollinators, methods of seed dispersal and the importance of plants)

8. http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/kids/plants/plantsintro.htm (scientific advancements)

9. http://www.mbgnet.net/bioplants/grow.html (how plants grow)

10. http://www.mbgnet.net/bioplants/adapt.html (plant adaptations)

11. http://www.mbgnet.net/bioplants/earth.html (importance of plants)

12. http://www.learninghaven.com/science/articles/classifying_animals.htm (Space in website is an underscore.) classification of animals

13. http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/Science/Animals/AnimalIndexInv.htm (characteristics of animal groups)

14. http://www.kidscom.com/games/animal/animal.html (games to identify characteristics of invertebrates and vertebrates)

15. http://www.northrup.org/photos/babyanimals/ (direct development)

16. http://www.pestworldforkids.org/lesson_beforepests_procedure.html (explains and gives examples of complete and incomplete metamorphosis)

17. http://www.education.umd.edu/Depts/EDCI/edci385/webquests3/Webquest2/web quest2.html (shows animated metamorphosis of a butterfly and explains the differences between butterflies and moths; shows the major parts of the anatomy of a typical insect)

18. http://www.kiddyhouse.com/Themes/frogs/lifecycle.html (life cycle of a frog)

19. http://www.learninghaven.com/science/articles/animals_and_adaptation.htm (Spaces in website are underscores.) general information on animal adaptations

Life: Plants and Animal websites continued

20. http://www.pwcs.edu/bennett/2ndweb/2.7adapt.htm (simple explanation of hibernation, migration, dormancy and camouflage adaptations)

21. http://www.idahoptv.org/dialogue4kids/archive/episodePage.cfm? versionID=154701 (how plants and animals adapt for growth and to meet their basic needs for survival of the species)

22. http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Videos/ (short clips with examples of adaptations of mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians) 23. http://www.normanbirdsanctuary.org/beak_adaptations.shtml (teacher background on animal adaptations)

24. http://pbskids.org/dragonflytv/scientists/index.html (short video clips discussing the careers of biologists working with plants and animals)

25. http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/class/pdfs/2007S/070302_ns2.pdf (a graph to compare the size of modern day animals to that of their ancient relatives)