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MS Grade 5 Science Practice Assessment #1

MS Grade 5 Science Practice Assessment #2

MS Grade 5 Science Practice Assessment #3

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StudyJams-Science

http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/index.htm

Study Island

http://www.studyisland.com/

BrainPOP

http://www.brainpop.com/

CompassLearning Odyssey

https://www.thelearningodyssey.com/

NeoK12

http://www.neok12.com/

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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

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Fact Monster: Great Resources for ALL subject areas!

http://www.factmonster.com

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 General Science 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

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 How Stuff Works for Kids!

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

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 Science News for Kids

http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/

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Scholastic's SuperScience magazine website

http://superscience.scholastic.com/

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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

http://all-science-fair-projects.com/index.php

http://www.sciencebuddies.org/

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 Penny Project websites that might be helpful:

http://www.brainyhistory.com/

http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/reports/weather-events.html#hist

http://www.disastercenter.com/disaster/TOP100K.html

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)

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Earth Science web sites:

Earth Processes:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/tectonics/  (completed at centers)

http://www.learner.org/interactives/dynamicearth/index.html

Continental Drift Animation:

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

Rocks and Minerals:

http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/rocks-minerals-landforms/minerals.htm

http://www.learner.org/interactives/rockcycle/index.html  (completed at centers)

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

Weathering and Erosion:

http://www.kineticcity.com/mindgames/warper/

Water Cycle:

http://www.h2ouniversity.org/html/flash_water_cycle.html

http://www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/flash/flash_watercycle.html

http://www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/flash/flash_qagame.html

http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/droplet.html

Atmosphere:

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

http://sunshine.chpc.utah.edu/labs/ozone/atmosphere.swf

EdHeads Weather Activity: Report and Predict Weather

http://www.edheads.org/activities/weather/frame_loader.htm (completed at centers)

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

Characteristics of the Planets:

http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=SolarSys&Display=Kids

http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/charchart.cfm

http://www.messenger-education.org/Interactives/ANIMATIONS/Planet_Mass_Comparison/planet_mass_comp_full.htm (used at centers)

http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/interactives/messenger/psc/PlanetSize.html (used at centers)

http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/kidsclub/flash/index.html

http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/kids/games.shtml

http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/weight/index.html

http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/age/index.html

http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/trading/directions.html

http://www.skyviewcafe.com/

Natural Resources and Conservation:

http://www.wonderville.ca/asset/save-the-world

http://www.wonderville.ca/asset/co2-connection

http://www.wonderville.ca/asset/recycle-plastic

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Life Science web sites:

Cell Simulators:

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

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

http://www.cellsalive.com/cells/3dcell.htm

How the Body Works:

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

http://www.biology4kids.com/files/systems_main.html

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/organ.html

Cells to Body Systems Jeopardy:

http://jeopardylabs.com/play/cells-human-body-systems3%20

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

Seeing through Camouflage

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/leopards/seeinggame.html (used at centers)

Animal Information, Games, and More! (used at centers)

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/kidscorner3.htm

Reproduction: Control of the Cell Cycle

http://nobelprize.org/educational/medicine/2001/index.html

Reproduction: Mitosis animation

http://www.aboutkidshealth.ca/howthebodyworks/Stages-of-Mitosis.aspx?articleID=10173&categoryID=XG-nh2-01a

Build your own food chains or webs!

http://www.gould.edu.au/foodwebs/kids_web.htm (completed at centers)

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/games/foodchaingame.htm

http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/eco_info/topics/frogs/chain_reaction/play_chainreaction.cfm (completed at centers)

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/food/food_menu.html

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/explorer/ecosystems/be_an_explorer/map/line_experiment14.swf (completed at centers)

http://www.eduweb.com/portfolio/earthsystems/food/foodweb4.html (completed at centers)

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

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Physical Science web sites:

General Physics Information web sites:

http://www.physics4kids.com/index.html

Matter and Its Properties

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/materials/

Atoms and Elements

http://www.popsci.com/files/periodic_popup.html

http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/investigations/es0501/es0501page01.cfm (completed at centers)

http://www.learner.org/interactives/periodic/index.html

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/atom/#

http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/lsps07_int_theatom/ (completed at centers)

http://www.webelements.com/

http://education.jlab.org/itselemental/

http://teachersdomain.org/asset/lsps07_int_naturematter/

http://funschool.kaboose.com/formula-fusion/science/games/game_element_lab.html (completed at centers)

Motion and Forces

http://sideshow.questacon.edu.au/maketracks.html (Build a roller coaster)

http://www.sciencemonster.com/physics/gravity_inertia.html

http://www.learner.org/interactives/parkphysics/index.html (physics as applied to amusement park rides)

Circuits:

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

Light & Energy

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/revision/Science/lightshadows.html

http://www.bnl.gov/slc/interactivewebsites.asp#Light

http://www.misterteacher.com/science/light.html

http://www.learner.org/teacherslab/science/light/lawslight/funhouse/index.html (mirrors)

http://www.engineeringinteract.org/resources/alienattack.htm (completed at centers)

http://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/interactives/science/energy/whatisenergy.asp (Types of Energy)