Science Standard 1:
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Test your Water Sense (game) |
epa.gov's Pac-Man-ish game that quizzes students on their water conservation knowledge
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Downloadable water cycle game (best for at home)
Science Standard 3:
Rocks and Minerals
Vocabulary to know; mineral, weathering, erosion, sedimentary, igneous, metamorphic, topsoil, subsoil, bedrock, organism, freeze, thaw, profile, nonliving, structural support, nutrients.
Case 2: Soiled Again!
An interactive webquest about why soil is important and what's in soil. |
Rock CycleKids Love Rocks |
Rocks & Minerals
scavenger hunt
Climate Kids is NASA's climate change website for kids. On Climate Kids you will find a nice selection of online games and hands-on activities for students. (link)
Teacher Page (link)
Teacher Page (link)
BBC Biggest Bangs - Chemical Reaction
Science Standard 2:
Elements of Water
(measuring and recording)
Vocabulary to know: atmosphere, meteorologist, freezing, cumulus, stratus, cirrus, air pressure, thermometer, air temperature, wind speed, forecast, severe, phenomena, precipitation, seasonal, accuracy, barometer, rain gauge, components.
Understanding How Ice Crystals form in Clouds UCL News
Recognizing Which Clouds Mean Danger AccuWeather
Colonial Williamsburg |
A website with information and activities regarding to predict weather in the 18th Century.
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Cloud Types & Precipitation |
From the Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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A website that helps understand weather, and why different weather conditions occur. Games, experiments, & other to help learn about WEATHER!
WorldClimate.com contains over 85,000 records of world climate data (historical weather averages) from a wide range of sources.
Very cool interactive weather map, helpful for reporting.
Very cool interactive weather reporting and predicting website.
An interactive website, changing the temperature & humidity levels to create different weather conditions.
Meteorologist Dan Satterfield's webpage all about various weather. (a great resource)
Various weather prediction links from "Internet4Classrooms" website
Amazing video, showing the power of a hurricane. Great for Unit 3 Week 4 Reading Street story
"Eye of the Storm"
"Eye of the Storm"
Information on Utah's rivers and streams, ground water, water quality, etc,. Data is Real Time
A fun Weather "game show" that reviews weather and weather terms.
Science Standard 4:
Fossils
Vocabulary to know: infer, environments, climate, dinosaur, preserved, extinct, extinction, impression, fossil, prehistoric, mineral, organism, replacement, trilobite, sedimentary, tropical.
Dig through layers of earth to find dinosaur fossils.
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Uncover fossils and interpret your findings.
Sea Monster
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Student Packet
Task Card C - Part 1 (Layers of Time)
Task Card C - (Face-to-Fossil)
Science Standard 5:
Biomes
Vocabulary to know: wetland, forest, desert, adaption, deciduous, coniferous, invertebrate, vertebrate, bird, amphibian, reptile, fish, mammal, insect, hibernation, migration.
Blue Planet Biomes has tons of information on each biome. Specifically with animals and plants found in each biome.
Information on animals, plants, rainfall, temperature, and soil.
Different information on the biomes around the world.