Determine the food webs of Australian grasslands, African grasslands, Antartica, or Marine life. Interact with all of the animals along the way! Click here: http://www.gould.edu.au/foodwebs/kids_web.htm
Benchmarks: SC.G.1.4.1 and SC.G.1.4.2
Did you know?
"El Niño is a climate pattern where the water in the Pacific Ocean near the equator gets hotter than usual and affects the atmosphere and weather around the world."
Visit this site and see how climatic patterns are affected by El Niño and La Niña.
http://www.weatherwizkids.com/climate.htm
Benchmarks: SC.D.1.4.1
Curious about investigations on Mars? Visit this exciting NASA site to learn all about habitats on Mars.
http://scifiles.larc.nasa.gov/text/kids/Media_Zone/video7.html
Benchmarks: SC.H.1.4.1; SC.H.2.4.2; SC.E.2.4.6; SC.E.2.4.7
How is your reaction rate? Take this online quiz and decide for yourself!
Quiz: http://www.chem4kids.com/extras/quiz_reactrate/index.html
Benchmarks: SC.A.1.4.4
Do you need a quick review on how to read the periodic table? Look no further! Please click on the link and view the slideshow.
http://www.science-class.net/PowerPoints/Reading%20the%20Periodic%20Table_files/frame.htm
Have some fun reviewing the periodic table with this puzzle: http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078617650/student_view0/chapter4/interactive_tutor.html#
Benchmark: SC.A.2.4.5
Do you understand acceleration? Click on this interactive site to see if you can learn a little bit more about acceleration!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/blogs/shell.swf
Benchmark: SC.C.2.4.1
Visit this site to be a "Mountian Maker, Earth Shaker!"
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/tectonics/# (then click on "go directly to plate tectonics activity")
Benchmark: SC.D.14.2
Even though this is a simple, interactive website, it tells us so much about how changes in the evironment affect everybody! Check it out!
http://www.epa.gov/acidrain/education/site_kids/lucy/1.htm
Benchmarks: SC.D.2.4.1 and SC.G.2.4.4
This is a science mystery story about food poisoning in which you assume the role of a medical investigator on vacation in Idaho. You must figure out who was responsible for transmitting a foodborne pathogen and also figure out how it was transmitted.
Click on the link and start investigating!
