Welcome to Mrs. Sparks' page!

First, click on the grade selector on the left side of the screen. You'll then be taken to a screen where you can complete different activities based on each chapter in the textbook. Have fun!

http://www.harcourtschool.com/menus/science2002/menu.html

Fact Monster: Great Resources for ALL subject areas!

http://www.factmonster.com/

Games & Activities:

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_5th_science.htm#513

http://www.fossweb.com/modules3-6/index.html

http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/games_activities/index.cfm

How Stuff Works for Kids!

http://express.howstuffworks.com/index.htm

Science News for Kids

http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/

Science Project Ideas & Tips:

http://www.usc.edu/CSSF/Resources/GettingStarted.html http://school.discoveryeducation.com/sciencefaircentral/ http://www.accessexcellence.org/RC/scifair.php                   http://youth.net/nsrc/webs.html                                 http://scienceclub.org/scifair.html

 A Science Odyssey: You Try It!: Plate Tectonics

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/tectonics/ 

Continental Drift Animation:

http://www.wwnorton.com/college/geo/egeo/flash/2_1.swf

Rock Cycle:

http://www.tki.org.nz/r/wick_ed/science/rock.php

EdHeads Weather Activity: Report and Predict Weather

http://www.edheads.org/activities/weather/frame_loader.htm

Climate Change:

http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/kids/global_warming_version2.html

Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming animation:

http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/earthguide/diagrams/greenhouse/

Wonderville: Phases of the Moon

http://www.wonderville.ca/v1/activities/phases/phases.html

Adler Planetarium: Astronomy Connections: Earth in Motion:

http://www.adlerplanetarium.org/education/resources/interactives/seasons.shtml

Lunar and Planetary Institute:

http://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/skytellers/intro.shtml

Cell Simulators:

http://www.forgefx.com/casestudies/prenticehall/ph/cells/cells.htm

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/begin/cells/insideacell/

How the Body Works:

http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/

Interactive Punnett Square:

http://www2.edc.org/weblabs/Punnett/punnettsquares.html

Helping Plants Grow:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/living_things/help_plants_grow/play_popup.shtml
 

Biomes:

http://www.world-builders.org/lessons/less/biomes introbiomes.html

http://www.mbgnet.net/index.html

http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/world_biomes.htm

http:/www.edselect.com/biomes.htm

Penny Project websites that might be helpful:

http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/

http://www.nndb.com/ (for finding people from your penny year)

http://inventors.about.com/od/todayinhistory/qt/day_in_history.htm

http://inventors.about.com/od/timelines/a/twentieth.htm

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/1900a.shtml

http://perfline.com/textbook/local/mvinas_chronol.htm#20THa (medical advances)

Forces: Build Your Own Roller Coaster

http://sideshow.questacon.edu.au/maketracks.html

Circuits:

http://www.andythelwell.com/blobz/