Helpful Science Sites: (Under Construction)

Second Nine Weeks:

1. Changing States of Matter

 http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks3/science/changing_matter/index.htm

http://mutuslab.cs.uwindsor.ca/schurko/animations/phasescontainers/phasescontainer.html

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/states_of_matter/index.html

2.  Research for Powerpoint

Brief  Biographies of  Scientists:

http://www.blupete.com/Literature/Biographies/Science/Scients.htm 

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/scibio8.html

http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/

Brief Biographies of Female Scientists:

http://www.sdsc.edu/ScienceWomen/contents.html

http://www.astr.ua.edu/4000WS/summary.shtml

3. Elements and Who Discovered Them

http://www.lenntech.com/periodic-chart.htm

First Nine Weeks:  

1.    Body Systems:

            http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html

            http://cte.jhu.edu/techacademy/web/2000/marconi/systems.htm#respiratroy

2.     Nitrogen Cycle, Carbon Dioxide Cycle, and Water Cycle

            http://www.realtrees4kids.org/sixeight/cycles.htm#nitrogen

3.    Photosynthesis:

       http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/earthguide/diagrams/photosynthesis/photosynthesis.html

           http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/methuselah/phot_nf.html

           http://www.realtrees4kids.org/sixeight/letseat.htm

4.    Life Cycles:

         Life Cycle of a Butterfly:

            http://www.backyardnature.net/metacomp.htm

            http://www.backyardnature.net/metacomp.htm

            Insect Metamorphosis

            http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/Esheet.cfm?DocID=115

            http://www.ivyhall.district96.k12.il.us/4th/KKhp/1insects/buginfo.html#complete%20metamorphosis      

5.     Animal/Plant Adaptations:

        http://www.uen.org/utahlink/activities/view_activity.cgi?activity_id=4750

            http://teacher.scholastic.com/dirtrep/animal/index.htm

           http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/Esheet.cfm?DocID=139

6.    Biomes:

            http://www.mbgnet.net/

           http://ths.sps.lane.edu/biomes/index1.html   

7.    Food Chains and Webs:

8.   Heredity:

      http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/units/basics/index.cfm

9.  Phases of the Moon (This one is great!)

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

3rd Nine Weeks

4th Nine Weeks

Landforms:

         Current Global Seismic Activity

            http://www.iris.edu/seismon/

            Current Volcanic Eruptions Throughout the World:

            http://volcano.und.edu/

For Science Fair help:

           http://school.discovery.com/sciencefaircentral/scifairstudio/parents.html

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