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L2K Bookmarks: SCIENCE
A: Animals: classification
Classifying Critters
http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/critters/critters.html
From "Cool Science." Looks good for early elementary. Quiz form. Needs a fast computer
because of the graphics.
A: Animals
Sound Safari
http://www.wildsanctuary.com/safari.html
Animal sound recordings from all over the world! From Megan.
A: Animals
Creature World
http://www.pbs.org/kratts/world/content.html
From PBS, opening page is a map of the world. A few animals for each
continent are displayed. Short enough for primary grades. From Homework
Central.
A: aurora
Auroras: Paintings in the sky
http://www.exploratorium.edu/learning_studio/auroras/
From Exploratorium, so it's gotta be good.
B: Biology
Biology for Kids
http://www.kapili.com/biology4kids/cell/index.html
B: Bubbles
The Bubble Page
http://freeweb.pdq.net/headstrong/bubble.htm
From the Bizarre Stuff website, THE recipe and some explanation, along with a big bubble-blower idea.
B:
butterfly
Children's Butterfly Site
http://www.mesc.usgs.gov/butterfly/butterfly-faq.html#Q3
Question and Answer portion. Very general. Good for grade two.
C: Cats
Cats
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/cats/
National Geographic feature on cats. From Homework Central.
C:
cave
Virtual Cave
http://www.goodearthgraphics.com/virtcave.html
Absolutely the best!
Updated link provided
by Feldman.
C: Chick
Chick Unit
http://www.homestead.com/msross/Chicks.html
From Ashley/1/PA
C: Cycles
From listserve, provided by "CyberScout": not yet checked:
Technology Literacy Lesson Plan:
Butterfly Lesson Plans & Resources:
Life Cycle of a Monarch Butterfly:
Bird, Butterflies, & Insects:
(Lesson Plans. Handouts.
Web Based Activities. Connecting Students Through Themes and Units.)
Cycles in Nature:
An
interesting eight week lesson on the Cycle of Nature produced by Hunter Woods Elementary
Harriet and the Garden:
(great fall
stories of creating gardens and tending flowers)
Internet Lesson: Plants and their Parts!
(two-day activity)
C: compost
Composting for Kids
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu./sustainable/slidesets/kidscompost/cover.html
Beautifully photographed slide show about building a compost pile. Produced by Robert E. (Skip) Richter, CEA-Horticulture, Travis County, Texas Agricultural Extension Service
C: Coral
Hawai'i Coral Reef Network
http://www.coralreefnetwork.com/
From the Sciencemaster newsletter
D:Dinosaurs
Walking With Dinosaurs
http://www2.bbc.co.uk/dinosaurs/index.shtml
This is the BBC presentation that has an interactive component. Awesome!
D: dinosaurs
Dinosaur interactive video
http://www2.bbc.co.uk/dinosaurs/index.shtml
May take some searching to find the clip-- it was "today's choice"
on April 23! I'm not sure where they file it permanently, but it's worth
looking for!!!
D:
digestive system
Digestive system links
http://www.cln.org/themes/digestive.html
LARGE list of links.
D: digestive system
The Digestive System
http://www.msms.doe.k12.ms.us/biology/anatomy/digestive/digestive_frame.html
A little too technical for second grade, but adaptable.
E
:Earth
The Earth Bowl
http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/activity/earth/earth-1.html
The Earth Bowl is a three dimensional, edible representation of the earth in cross section.
E: Endangered Species
Bagheera
http://www.bagheera.com/
A website for our endangered species.
E: Energy
Energy and Science Projects http://www.energy.ca.gov/education/projects/projects-html/projects.html
from ProTeacher, listing with subcategories.
F
: Food
A Tropical Feast
http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/education/feast/
Lists various tropical foods, with information about each. Good for general research.
G:General
Ask Dr. Science
http://www.drscience.com/index.htm
DESCRIPTION
G
: general Science
BrainPop
G: general
Bizarre Stuff
http://freeweb.pdq.net/headstrong/Cat.htm
Listing of "fun" science activities, including hurricane machine, prop blood,
crystal radio. Extensive listing of projects, categorized.
G: general
Brain Pop
http://www.brainpop.com/indexwin.asp
Mini-movies. Excellent on a power machine. Don't try with the Performa!
H: human body
Digestive System
http://kidshealth.org/parent/healthy/digshock.html
The shockwave demonstration. Simple but effective.
L:
Lesson Plans
Ask Eric Science Lesson Plans
http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Lessons/Science/index.html
Ask Eric...one of the oldest, biggest, best LP sources.
L: Links
Canada Teacher's List of Links for Science.
http://persweb.direct.ca/ikhan/links/linkscience.html
Worth Checking.
O: oceans
Extreme 2000
http://www.ocean.udel.edu/deepsea/
From Homework Central, quicktime movies, etc.
O:ocean
Treasures at Sea: Exploring the Ocean through Literature
http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow8/dec98/main.html
From the Franklin Institute: Wired at School. Kobe.
R: rocks and minerals
Geomysteries
http://www.childrensmuseum.org/geomysteries/index2.html
From the Children's Museum of Indianapolis, this has a lovely interactive
presentation about rocks. Try the mystery of the floating rock, along
with a center that has a piece of pumice!
S: Seasons
A Seasonal Walk to Study Nature Closeup
http://www.diwalk.demon.co.uk/walk/janwalk.htm#contents
Microscope activities for winter. From Homework Central.
S: solar energy
solar cooking archive http://solarcooking.org/
from a ProTeacher posting...may have it printed somewhere...
S: solar system
Your weight on other worlds
http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/weight/index.html
From the exploratorium: find your weight on another planet.
S
: Speech
Bell Labs Speech to Text
http://www.research.att.com/~mjm/cgi-bin/ttsdemo
Wonderful Fun!
T:
trees
Tree Identification Unit
http://www.scsc.k12.ar.us/garrettT
Compaq contest winner
W: wolves
Wolf Sounds http://www.wolfpark.org/Wolfsounds.html
description.
