Science Websites

McGraw Hill website link for Students, Parents and Teachers

www.mhln.com- to access this part of the site you need the class code that was provided to you by your teacher.
www.mhscience02.com - to access this part of the site you do not need a user name or password

Peep and the Big Wide World- Great site with many activities for science

Weather Kids- great site for learning about weather and weather instruments

Monterey Bay Aquarium- wonderful site with lots of pictures of sea animals. You can even use their web cams to view habitats and animals.

Yahooligan Animals Animals on Yahooligans

Kidsplanet- a great place to learn about animals

National Geopraphic for Kids great site for kids and animals alike

National Zoo- Wonderful site of our Nation's Zoo in Washington D. C..

Food Detectives- This site is awesome. Learn about bacteria, why it is important to wash your hands and other Health topics. Games, songs and interactive material for kids of all ages.NEW

Just for Kids- a wonderful site from the Universtiy of Illinois that helps kids with learning about plants and animals.

Science Hangman- Jefferson Labs brings you a game of Hangman using science questions. All kinds of categories and grade levels

Discovery School- wonderful site for exploring all things scientific

Kids Go Wild - Great Wildlife site with activities and information about wild animals

Enature - This site has information and pictures of over 170 plants and animals that live in America

Electron Microscope This is a great interactive microscope activity where students can use an online microscope to view several animals at different magnifications.

Mr. Bones - An interactive activity that allows students to put Mr. Bones back together again

NASA -Great site for kids to learn about space and other fantastic things NASA is doing.

Endangered Animals -Animals on the endangered list. A different one every time you visit.

The Black Hole Gang-Science Adventures for young scientists

Baltimore National Aquarium - Visit this great site of animals under the sea..

Weather.com- The Weather Channel online.

Nauticus- A local favorite.

San Diego Zoo-One of the best zoos in the world.

Case Western Reserve University Department of Radiology -- Children's Corner
Radiology for kids -- complete with X-rays of plants, animals, insects, shells, and Neat Things.

Chem4Kids-Informational and interactive site on all things chemical

Skeleton Puzzle This is a great puzzle using shockwave to put a skeleton back together again.

GRADE LEVEL SPECIFIC SITES

FIRST GRADE

SEASONS WEBQUEST- a great project for children to learn about how seasons affect nature.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/index_flash.shtml- Fantastic site for students to do Science activities

Painted Turtle links

Link 1 http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/eastern_painted_turtle.htm

Link 2 http://www.dgif.state.va.us/wildlife/species/display.asp?id=030060

Plant Webquest- Can only be accessed when at school.

 

SECOND GRADE

BBC Science Clips- Fantastic site for students to do Science activities

Changing Matter- BBC activity

Egypt -Take a look at Egypt with all its artifacts, tombs and mystery.

Water Cycle- Great interactive view of the water cycle

 

THIRD GRADE

Rabbits- Link for activity on Rabbit population growth

Animal Adaptations - Great site for kids to learn about animals in different parts of the world

BBC Habitats site -Learn about how different traits may affect survival of animals in different habitats.

BBC Science Clips- Fantastic site for students to do Science activities

Nature Works a great place to learn about animal niches.

Great Plant Escape- Help Detective LePlant solve a case.

Edheads-Great place to learn about Simple Machines and Weather. Other cool things are available

Simple Machines Great site to review and learn about simple machines. You need Flash Player.

Simple Machine Webquest- Great activity to help students learn about simple machines.

Aspire Simple Machines - another great site with activities to help students learn about simple machines and how they can be used.

WILD THING- Create your own animal that can survive in a habitat.

RED WOLF- Project Page

 

FOURTH GRADE

BBC Science Clips- Fantastic site for students to do Science activities

Edheads-Great place to learn about Simple Machines and Weather. Other cool things are available

Simple Machines Great site to review and learn about simple machines. You need Flash Player.

The Nine Planets- A multimedia tour of the solar system.

Amazing Space- Space the final frontier.

Solar System Simulator-Take a look around our part of the galaxy.

Welcome to the Planets- An introduction to our Solar System.

Your Sky- An interactive planetarium on the web.

Interactive Science and Engineering- Great site with interactive activities and games for students in many science areas.

Properties of Matter - Website to learn about the properties of matter.

 

FIFTH GRADE

Indian Language Groups Webquest New

BBC Science Clips- Fantastic site for students to do Science activities

Plates on the Move- great place to learn how volcanoes and plates affect the earth

Earth Quakes -Great site for information on eartquakes

Volcanoes - Volcanoes, eruptions etc.

Chemicool - Webelements- Superdeluxe Three wonderful sites that have information about the elements

Ocean Explorer - Follow ocean expeditions as they uncover many underwater mysteries. Go to the gallery and disover photographs and multimedia to make students feel like they are underwater

Classifying Living Things- a science safari adventure about the 5 Kingdoms

Classifying Living Things Interactive - great interactive site that lets students classify animals

Rock Hounds - This site has lots of information on "Rocks and Minerals"

Rock Cycle- Great site that helps students learn about the rock cycle.

Tectonics PBS link to tectonic plates (You need Macromedia Plugin Shockwave installed on your computer)

Volcano Lesson a great lesson about volcanoes

Chesapeake Bay webquest (only works from home)

Unit on Oceans Links

Wave Simulator, Deep-Sea Simulator

Suzy Red

Ocean Realm, Games, Sea Lab, Sea Links, Ocean Exploration

http://www.midwayisd.org/Campuses/SP/Oceans/oceansites.htm

Water Cycle and Oceans

Volcanoes

http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/education/vwlessons/lessons/lesson1.html

Content Center Lesson 1: The Earth's layers.
The Earth's Layers,
Hands-on Center Lesson 1:

Content Center Lesson 2: Pangaea To The Present.
Pangea to the Present
Hands-on Center Lesson 2: Pangaea to the Present.

Content Center Lesson 3: Plate Movements.

How Plates Move, Lesson #3: Teaches the processes involved in plate movement.
Hands-on Center : On the Move

Sound

http://scifiles.larc.nasa.gov/text/kids/D_Lab/acts_sound.html

http://www.smm.org/sound/nocss/activity/

http://pbskids.org/zoom/activities/sci/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/physical_processes.shtml