6th Grade Resources

A. INFORMATIVE VIDEOS

1.  http://www.youtube.com/user/SteveSpanglerScience - informative videos for science

2. http://vimeo.com/40271657 - great explanation of fire/light/heat

3. http://www.engineerguy.com/videos.htm - explanation of technologies 

4. http://curiosity.discovery.com/question/newtons-discovery-gravity-advance-astronomy - explanation of gravity

5. http://dsc.discovery.com/search/results.html?query=volcanic+eruptions&focus=video - volcanoes

6. http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/perpetual-ocean.html - videos on oceans

7. http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/summer_olympics/  - videos on the science of the olympics

8. http://explorations.ucsd.edu/category/video/ - videos on ocean

9. http://oceantoday.noaa.gov/welcome.html - videos about ocean & weather phenomena

B. INTERACTIVE SITES

1. http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/krakatoa/virtualvolcano/virtualvolcano.html - virtual volcano

2. http://www.mechon-mamre.org/i/t/t0416.htm - Text of Korach (Tectonic Plates)

3. http://www.numbersleuth.org/universe/ - comparison of sizes of different material in the univserse (from Hydrogen atom to entire known universe).

4. http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/games_activities/index.cfm - interactive activities for energy & water

5. http://oneocean.cbc.ca/biosphere/install - interactive site about oceans

6. http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/interactive/2012/aug/06/mars-exploration-curiosity-interactive - timeline and activity of Mars Exploration.

7. http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html?collection_id=18895&media_id=150507221 - NASA's site for the Mars Landing

8. http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html - NASA's site on astronomy. Lots of cool interactive and informative opportunities.

C.  MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES

1. http://library.thinkquest.org/J002783/MIhg.htm - simple display of information (chart form)

2. http://www.middleschoolkidz.com/MultipleIntelligenceB.htm - list of resources to explain MIQs