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Butterflies
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Children's Butterfly Site - a web site by the National
Biological Information Infrastructure that looks at the life
cycle of butterflies and moths, answers frequently asked
questions about butterflies and moths, lists references to
butterfly and moth books and videos, and provides photos of
butterflies in Asia, Western Europe, North America, and Central
America.
Dinosaurs
- Dinosaurs
- another Smithsonian Institute web site that helps students
answer questions about dinosaurs: What makes a dinosaur "a
dinosaur"? Where did they live? What caused their mass
extinction? Students can participate in a virtual dinosaur
discovery
DNA
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Putting DNA to Work - this National Academy of Sciences web
site looks at where DNA is found, similarities in the DNA of
humans and other species, and how traits are inherited from one
generation to the next. Learn how DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid),
discovered 50 years ago, is used today to detect diseases,
improve crops, and catch criminals.
Earth Science
- Digital Library
for Earth System Education - a National Science Foundation
web site that is a geoscience community resource that supports
teaching and learning about the Earth system. Find thousands of
reviewed resources on topics that include atmospheric science,
biology, chemistry, climatology, cryology, ecology,
environmental science, forestry, geography, geology, mineralogy
and petrology, hydrology, mathematics, natural hazards, ocean
sciences, physics, soil science, and space science.
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Eyes on the Sky and Feet on the Ground - a Smithsonian
Institution web site that provides hundreds of hands-on
astronomy explorations for Grades 2-6. Topics include earth's
rotation and orbit, earth's tilt, shadows, seasons, time zones,
the moon, calendars, maps, the solar system, and tides.
Activities help students understand the scientific process.
Jeopardy Games
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Hardin County Jeopardy Games - Jeopardy-like games on
different topics and different grade levels. Click on the
link of the game you want to try and choose Open.
Oceanography
- NASA
Oceanography - this web site provides online field trips,
information about ocean phenomena (such as phytoplankton,
carbon, and reefs), remote sensing tools for monitoring ocean
changes, and more.
- Kid's &
Teacher's Corner - a NOAA web site offering information
about oceanography, meteorology, resource conservation, and
marine biology.
Science
- GetSmarter - Take a
science test and compare your grade against students worldwide.
Once you know your grade, you can use learning tools on the site
to help you "get smarter."
Simple Machines
Solar System
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Astro-Venture -
this NASA web site gives students an opportunity to Design a
Planet, and in doing so they will learn what makes Earth special
for humans
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NASA Kids' Club -
click on Level 5 and choose "Go to the Head of the Solar System"
to answer game questions about our solar system
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Our Solar System - links to video clips and test on the
solar system. (Teachers can download a PowerPoint file and
CPS file to use)
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The Planets
Adventure - click on The Planets Adventure link at this Toon
University web site for students to learn interest facts about
our solar system.
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Solar System Game - click on this NASA link and have
students place the planets in proper order around the sun.
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Space Watch - this Yahooligans Game tests the student's
knowledge of the solar system.
Space Science
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Amazing Space - this Space Telescope Science Institute web
site has information about telescopes, comets, galaxies, and
other space science topics. All lessons include
spectacular photographs taken by the Hubble Space Telescope and
many high quality graphics, videos, and animation designed to
enhance student understanding and interest.
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Ask an Astronomer for Kids - this Cal Tech web site provides
answers and photos for 200 common questions about astronomy and
objects in space. Topics include planets, stars, the solar
system, comets, asteroids, galaxies, and the night sky.
- Astronomy Center
- this National Science Foundation web site is a collection of
Astronomy 101 reviewed digital resources for teachers and
students. Topics include asteroids and comets, astrobiology, big
bang theory, black holes and pulsars, cosmology, dark energy,
dark matter, galaxies, historical astronomy, Milky Way,
planetary astronomy, planetary geology, stellar astronomy,
telescopes and satellites, terrestrial planets, planet
formation, planetary atmospheres, space exploration, stars, and
the sun.
Weather
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Weather Activities - use the EdHeads web site to show
students how to predict the weather (also incorporates math
activities).
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What's the Weather? - dress a bear in appropriate clothing
related to the temperature shown on a thermometer. Go to
the page and click on "What's the Weather?" picture on the left
side of the page.
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