Science Resources
Following are helpful Websites and information:
Environment
Enchanted Learning: Landforms and Bodies of Water
Environmental Education for Kids (EEK: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources)
NASA Visible Earth (Catalog of NASA Images and Animations)
PBS: Savage Earth (volcano videos, articles, and animations)
Teaching Geomorphology in the 21st Century (videos of soil erosion)
Weathering and Erosion Powerpoint
Forces and Motion
Forces, Motion, and Simple Machines (Lesson Plans from Learn NC)
The Franklin Institute: Simple Machines
Laura McCall’s Extraordinary Science Websites
Balanced and Unbalanced Forces
Lesson Plan Idea Websites
Discovery Education: Friction in Our Lives
Discovery Education: Introduction to Physical Science
Discovery Education: Motion, Forces, Energy, and Electricity
McREL: Light Bright (How an electric circuit is set up.)
Simple Machines in Appliances, Gadgets, and Everyday Life
General Topics
AAAS Project 2061 Publications
Benchmarks Online (AAAS: American Association for the Advancement of Science)
Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (Thematic Issues)
Discovery Education School Resources
NCDPI Crosswalk Documents for K-5
National Science Digital Library (NSDL)
New Science Standards (Achieve)
Next Generation Science Standards
Science-Teachers.com (worksheets, lesson plans, and materials for teaching science)
Plants and Animals
A Place to Grow (plant growth and development)
Dallas Zoo: Animal Facts and Photos
Plant and Soil Curriculum Guides
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Let’s Go Outside!
Weather
Elementary Globe: Clouds Have Names
USA Today: Atmospheric Science Resources
WYFF News Channel 4 (Greenville, SC) Interactive Weather Radar
The Water Cycle
Interactive Word Scramble Quiz
Jefferson Lab Teacher Resources
Weather Scope: Make a Weather Station
Web Weather for Kids (clouds, thunderstorms, tornados, winter, and hurricanes)
Windows to the Universe
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