<p>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.</p><p>All Year</p><p> www.unitedstreaming.com (video access for subscription members on all topics)</p><p>Introductory Module</p><p>1. www.utdanacenter.org/sciencetoolkit/safety/texas_safety.php , (Texas Science Safety Standards for K-12)</p><p>2. www.nhc.noaa.gov/index.shtml (hurricane tracking chart) </p><p>3. www.ars.usda.gov/is/kids/ (microscope activity)</p><p>Weather Module</p><p>1. www.srh.weather.gov (daily weather information) </p><p>2. www.42explore.com/weather.htm (basic definitions and background information)</p><p>3. http://epa.gov/climatechange/kids/climateweather.html (compares weather and climate)</p><p>4. http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/academy/space/atmosphere.html (teacher background)</p><p>5. www.windows.ucar.edu/ (teacher background</p><p> rd 6. www.starhop.com/Elementary/Layers-4.pdf (layers of the atmosphere; 3 and 4 th pages have teacher information)</p><p>7. http://floatingclassroom.tamu.edu/TrainingInfo/Pressure.pdf (teacher background information on air pressure)</p><p>8. http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/archive/air_pressure/index.html (air pressure)</p><p>9. www.msnucleus.org/membership/html/jh/earth/atmosphere/lesson3/atmosphere3 a.html (causes of wind)</p><p>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)</p><p>12. www.nws.noaa.gov/om/brochures/OllieSkywarnBrochure.pdf (weather events)</p><p>Oceans Module</p><p>1. www.nps.gov/archive/acad/flow/flow.html (teacher background on water cycle)</p><p>2. www.epa.gov/beaches/kids (interactive water cycle and beaches)</p><p>3. www.epa.gov/climatechange/kids/version2.html (animated slide show about the water cycle) </p><p>4. http://sln.fi.edu/fellows/fellow8/dec98/watercycle/jigsaw.htm (water cycle puzzle)</p><p>5. http://www.epa.gov/region01/students/pdfs/ww_drain.pdf (extension activity on water cycle)</p><p>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)</p><p>7. www.oceansforyouth.org/ (importance of oceans)</p><p>8. www.mos.org/oceans/scientist/index.html (oceanography and oceanographers)</p><p>Oceans websites continued</p><p>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)</p><p>10. www.mos.org/oceans/ (ocean concepts)</p><p>11. www.utdallas.edu/~pujana/oceans/why.html (teacher background - discusses why oceans are salty) </p><p>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)</p><p>14. http://merlin.alfred.edu/muller/FormerPhysWorld/PhysWorld/Project1/OceanSa lt.html (ocean salinity)</p><p>15. www.onr.navy.mil/focus/ocean/motion/default.htm (ocean currents and waves)</p><p>16. www.mbgnet.net/salt/sandy/indexfr.htm (waves)</p><p>17. http://www.onr.navy.mil/focus/ocean/motion/tides1.htm (tides)</p><p>18. www.miracosta.cc.ca.us/home/cmetzler/field_trip/top.html (pictures of beach erosion)</p><p>19. www.epa.gov/beaches/kids/what-beaches.html , (Beach Kids)</p><p>20. www.learner.org/resources/series78.html . This is an Annenberg Foundation Video on Demand site. (ocean effects on the land)</p><p>21. www.mms.gov/mmskids/PDFs/sandanaturalresource.pdf (sand as a natural resource and the changing beaches)</p><p>22. http://dsc.discovery.com/news/video/hurricanegallery.html (hurricanes - ocean events and effects on land)</p><p>23. http://eo.ucar.edu/webweather/hurricane2.html (hurricanes - ocean events and effects on land)</p><p>24. www.nws.noaa.gov/om/brochures/owlie-hurricane.pdf (ocean events and effects)</p><p>25. www.weatherwizkids.com/climate.htm (El Nino - ocean events and effects)</p><p>26. www.weatherwizkids.com/earthquake1.htm (tsunamis - ocean events and effects) </p><p>Soil and Fossil Module</p><p>1. https://extension.usu.edu/aitc/cart/details.cfm?ProdID=299&category=0 (importance of soil)</p><p>2. www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/case2/c2facts1.html (Great Plant Escape - soil concepts)</p><p>3. www.tsswcb.state.tx.us (to borrow video on soil formation and erosion)</p><p>4. www.rocksforkids.com/RFK/howrocks.html (soil weathering and erosion) 5. http://managingwholes.com/photos/erosion/index.htm , (soil conservation - causes and solutions) </p><p>6. http://www.nacdnet.org/outreach/stewardship/2004/LivingSoil.html (soil conservation) </p><p>7. www.abag.ca.gov/bayarea/enviro/erosion/eps.html (soil conservation)</p><p>8. www.biodiversity911.org/FunandGames/funandgames.html# (interactive review of soil concepts)</p><p>9. http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/soil/down_dirty.html (soil profiles)</p><p>10. http://www.conservationinformation.org/publications/BetterSoilRecipe.pdf (soil profiles)</p><p>11. www.agry.purdue.edu/AGRYclub/Products/soil2.htm . ( to order soil samples of silt and clay)</p><p>12. www.soil-net.com/sm3objects/activities/Activity_TestingSoil.pdf (determining soil types by feel)</p><p>13. www.aakulturezone.com/kidz/abc/gwcarver.html (famous scientist)</p><p>14. www.fossils-facts-and-finds.com/ (teacher background on fossils)</p><p>Soil and Fossil Module websites continued</p><p>15. www.fossilicious.com/Fossils-c-283.html (to order inexpensive fossil kits and books)</p><p>16. www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/explorations/tours/fossil/index.html (fossil concepts)</p><p>17. www.ucmp.berkeley.edu.education/explorations/tours/intro , (how fossils connect the past to the present)</p><p>18. www.fossilsforkids.com , (how fossils connect the past to the present)</p><p>Space: Sun and Planets</p><p>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)</p><p>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</p><p>3. www.askforkids.com/web?q=sun (light energy from the sun -visible spectrum)</p><p>4. www.jenningsk12.net/WE/peimann/Science/Space/Space.html (orbiting, rotation and revolution)</p><p>5. http://www.engineeringinteract.org/interact.htm (an interactive activity reviewing the solar system)</p><p>6. www.ology.amnh.org/astronomy/gravity/index.htm ( information regarding the role and importance of gravity) </p><p>Force and Motion</p><p>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.) </p><p>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</p><p>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)</p><p>4. http://library.thinkquest.org/28682/english/kids/text.html (use of magnets)</p><p>5. http://www.explainthatstuff.com/electricity.html (relating to electricity)</p><p>6. www.physics4kids.com/files/motion_friction.html (Spaces in website are underscores.) friction basics</p><p>Matter</p><p>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)</p><p>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)</p><p>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) </p><p>11. http://www.ngridenergyworld.com/eew/more/index.html (thermal (heat) energy is produced and used in the everyday world)</p><p>Matter websites continued</p><p>12. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/balloon/science/density/ (explains how mass and volume are related to density)</p><p>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</p><p>14. http://www.worsleyschool.net/science/files/aboutsound/page.html (teacher information on sound)</p><p>15. http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow2/apr99/musictoourear.html (general information on sound energy)</p><p>16. http://www.worsleyschool.net/science/files/sound/energy.html (general information on sound energy)</p><p>17. http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/revision_bites/changing_sounds 1.shtml (how sound energy affects matter) </p><p>18. http://www.tryscience.org/experiments/experiments_japan_online.html (how sound energy affects matter)</p><p>Life: Plants and Animals</p><p>1. http://www.saburchill.com/chapters/chap0001.html (living & nonliving critical attributes) </p><p>2. http://pangea.tec.selu.edu/~abolin/etec644/scclass.html (how scientists classify living things)</p><p>3. http://pangea.tec.selu.edu/~abolin/etec644/plclass.html classifying plants</p><p>4. http://www.perspective.com/nature/plantae/bryophytes.html pictures of nonvascular plants</p><p>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)</p><p>7. http://www.mbgnet.net/bioplants/pollination.html (simple explanation of pollination, pollinators, methods of seed dispersal and the importance of plants) </p><p>8. http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/kids/plants/plantsintro.htm (scientific advancements) </p><p>9. http://www.mbgnet.net/bioplants/grow.html (how plants grow)</p><p>10. http://www.mbgnet.net/bioplants/adapt.html (plant adaptations) </p><p>11. http://www.mbgnet.net/bioplants/earth.html (importance of plants)</p><p>12. http://www.learninghaven.com/science/articles/classifying_animals.htm (Space in website is an underscore.) classification of animals</p><p>13. http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/Science/Animals/AnimalIndexInv.htm (characteristics of animal groups)</p><p>14. http://www.kidscom.com/games/animal/animal.html (games to identify characteristics of invertebrates and vertebrates)</p><p>15. http://www.northrup.org/photos/babyanimals/ (direct development) </p><p>16. http://www.pestworldforkids.org/lesson_beforepests_procedure.html (explains and gives examples of complete and incomplete metamorphosis)</p><p>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)</p><p>18. http://www.kiddyhouse.com/Themes/frogs/lifecycle.html (life cycle of a frog)</p><p>19. http://www.learninghaven.com/science/articles/animals_and_adaptation.htm (Spaces in website are underscores.) general information on animal adaptations</p><p>Life: Plants and Animal websites continued</p><p>20. http://www.pwcs.edu/bennett/2ndweb/2.7adapt.htm (simple explanation of hibernation, migration, dormancy and camouflage adaptations)</p><p>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) </p><p>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)</p><p>24. http://pbskids.org/dragonflytv/scientists/index.html (short video clips discussing the careers of biologists working with plants and animals)</p><p>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) </p>