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way cool science stuff

Hello  - there are lots of great websites below but I need to clean them up and put them in a much better order.  Please feel free to scroll down but bear with me as I find time to work on this page. 

Really Neat on-line interactive cell:   http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/begin/cells/insideacell/

 

Textbooks on line:

Students will be primarily using the Life Science textbook this year in science. The Life Science text will also be assigned for students to take home. The Earth Science and Physical Science texts will be used periodically in class, but will NOT be assigned to students to take home, unless a unique circumstance exists.

Please feel free to access the on-line texts by following these directions:

1. Visit http://my.hrw.com/

2. Identify the desired text and under the picture of the text, click "Go to the Online Textbook."

Username: student1890 Password: 9n54

 

Science fair projects:

www.sciencebuddies.org

http://www.teachengineering.org/browse_activities.php    This site has lots of great experiments already written up.  You may not plagiarize the experiments but you may certainly use them to gain ideas of your own and use the resources attached to the website as long as you site the source on your bibliography

Space websites

www.cosmos4kids.org

 

 

Environmental Websites - these will apply to some science projects:

http://earthday-dev.shs.net/footprint/index.asp#

http://www.basecampearth.org/exp2

http://ww2.earthday.net or www.earthday.org

www.scilinks.org  guest codes hsm0033 or hsm1304

Other Neato Links that might help you complete your projects:

NASA's website (lots of great space stuff)-www.nasa.gov

Really Neat website with lots of chemistry stuff.  Particularly good to use if your projects has to do with reactions or solutions  http://www.chem4kids.com/

Good for research on nutrient pollution, salt (silinity levles) and plants, and lots of other ecosystem issues:  The Chesapeake Bay Foundation's great environmental website! (And one of Mrs Cochran's alltime favorites): www.cbf.org

www.nps.gov     This is the official website for the national park service - beautiful pictures!

http://www.chemicool.com/  also good for chemical reactions and solutions

http://www.smithsonianmag.com  high level articles on various subjects

National geographic has terrific articles that you can view for free.  Almost every science experiment can be researched here :  http://www.nationalgeographic.com/

 

For the Gizmos Activites:

www.explorelearning.com

Use login id and password created in class to play

For earthday

www.earthday.net    This is the official website for the 2009 earthday celebration!  If you'd like to calculate your carbon footprint, click on the picture that says "calculate your ecological footprint"  You do not need to put in your e-mail address, just click on the words "click here" and follow the directions

Also see: 

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

 

For extra help and extensions to each unit

www.scilinks.org

when you have clicked on this link you will go to a website called "scilinks"  Click on the button that says "guest" and clock "submit" it will ask you for a code.  Use the following codes

for magnets or electromagnets use HSM0483, hsm0900, or hsm1566

For Earth Layers:  hsm0329 or hsm1468

For plate tectonics: hsm1497

 

For links recommended from the Holt science series use www.go.hrw.com  

for electromagnets type in keyword HP5EMGW

Fun Ecosystem simulation : http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/RabbitsAndWolves/

 


 



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