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Websites that may be useful to teachers of middle grade science
Updated on Mar 29, 12
Created on Jan 13, 10
Category: Schools & Education
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Mary Beth Bennett's List: Science
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Jan 13, 10
Interesting urban myths related to science with information about their truth. Good "hooks" for science lessons.
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Science News for Kids is a web site devoted to science news for children of ages 9 to 14.
Our goal is to offer timely items of interest to kids, accompanied by suggestions for hands-on activities, books, articles, Web resources, and other useful materials.
Our emphasis is on making the Web site appealing by offering kids opportunities to comment on and grade the subject matter, get ideas for science projects, and try out mathematical puzzles. At the same time, we offer teachers creative ways of using science news in their classrooms.
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Jan 14, 10
Information on water, along with pictures, data, maps, and an interactive center.
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Jan 15, 10
Contains documents that give instructions and information for performing 30 hands-on atmospheric investigations in your classroom.
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Jan 15, 10
Links to classroom activities about the weather, clouds, and atmosphere.
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Jan 15, 10
Using diagrams and text, this site explains the layers of the atmosphere.
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Jan 15, 10
Interactive website that uses diagrams and text to explain the stages of the water cycle.
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Jan 15, 10
Different kinds of energy have different advantages. Some are cheap, some are safer for the environment, and some are very efficient. In this game, your job is to provide power for a gigantic city. But you need to do it without running out of money or ruining the environment.
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Jan 15, 10
Provides an opportunity to experiment with forces. An online quiz assesses basic concepts about forces.
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Jan 15, 10
Numerous resources about the types of energy and energy conservation. Includes teacher and parent resources, puzzles, games, and energy stories.
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Jan 15, 10
Lesson plan to study the concepts of force, motion, and work as they analyze simple machines while they invent a machine.
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Jan 15, 10
Contains information about forms of energy, conservation of energy, and energy efficiency. Also has teacher resources.
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Jan 15, 10
Discusses different types of energy, potential and kinetic energy, conservation of energy, and alternative sources of energy. Includes a game as well.
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Jan 18, 10
Choose to learn about diseases that affect the human body from and alphabetized list or through a "top requested" list.
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Jan 18, 10
Take a tour of the different systems of the human body. Uses text and diagrams to discuss each major system of the body.
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Jan 18, 10
Interactive site with educational games that allows users to take a tour of the human brain, skeletal system, heart, and digestive system. In English and Spanish.
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Jan 18, 10
Advertised as the yuckiest site on the internet, students can find out the real story behind the disgusting things that interest them about their body. Covers body systems in a unique way.
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Jan 18, 10
Teacher and student science activities in biology, chemisty, physics and more.
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Jan 18, 10
Written in language the general public can understand, Medline Plus allows user to search for many diseases and conditions and provides information on them.
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