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Curriculum Resources

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Language Arts/Reading Resources

Guide to the Animal Kingdom for Students and Educators from BIOSIS, is a simplified classification scheme that allows users to easily position an animal group within the animal kingdom and link to related information.

Lizards and Snakes Alive! This online exhibition from the American Museum of Natural History explores the world of squamates (lizards and snakes) with video, sound and photographs.

Sea World Animal Information includes animal sounds, "bytes", "infobooks", ecosystems, and "wildopedia" which is a multimedia reference

Tree of Life web project is a “phylogenetic navigator” that offers information about the phylogenetic relationships and characteristics of organisms and links to other biological information available on the Internet.

Earth and Moon Viewer You can view either a map of the Earth showing the day and night regions at this moment, or view the Earth from the Sun, the Moon, the night side of the Earth, above any location on the planet specified by latitude, longitude and altitude, from a satellite in Earth orbit, or above various cities around the globe.

Google Mars Maps of Mars by region, spacecraft, mountains, plains, canyons, dunes, ridges and craters.

Welcome to the Planets This is a collection of many of the best images from NASA's planetary exploration program.

Your Sky Interactive planetarium on the Web that allows you to print out maps of the night sky in various forms and from any location on earth

Biology4Kids has information on cell structure, cell function, scientific studies, plants, vertebrates, invertebrates, and other life science topics.

Biology Browser more than 190 resources related to various areas of biology. These resources include "Alphabetical Insects", "Antlion Farms," "Ask a Biologist," "Biodidac, a bank of digital resources for teaching biology," "Basic Frog Dissection," "Biology Labs On-Line," and many more

Biology Web Links Thousands of biology related sites and activities to incorporate into your lessons.

Cell Biology Animation visit here for colorful animations of cell biology for use with a data projector or white board.

Encyclopedia of Life "This one Web site unites mammal, bird, bug, plant, bacteria, etc. in one location, providing in-depth, scientifically valid information of individual species as well as developing a clear understanding of how ecosystems work and change over time and under different conditions. Students and educators will be provided with a wide variety of tools for using the information on the species pages as well as for feeding their own information back into the system. Because it exists on the Web, EOL also allows collaborative, inquiry-based learning to occur within a classroom or across the world."

National Science Digital Library "Over 9,888 reviewed resources covering 77 biological sciences topics are available. BEN resources can help you engage student interest, shorten lesson preparation time, provide concept updates, and develop curricula that are in line with national standards for content, use of animals and humans, and student safety."

Biomes of the World from the Missouri Botanical Garden plus information on freshwater ecosystems and marine ecosystems

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch an area of marine debris made up of primarily of plastic about three times the size of Spain and Portugal together that floats in the Pacific Ocean

Chemistry Resources from Flinn Scientific, Inc. including demonstrations, labs, questions and links

Chemistry Web Links Thousands of chemistry and physical science related sites, activities and projects to incorporate into your lessons.

Changing Climate article from National Geographic Magazine includes photos, maps, articles and interactives, ranging from examples of how to reduce household carbon use to vanishing sea ice.

The Earth a good overview of different environmental challenges facing our planet, including climate change.

Earth: A Dynamic Structure A course developed for San Francisco Unified School District teachers by the University of California Museum of Paelontology, this site contains both content and lessons about about the Earth as a dynamic system, composed of the lithosphere (land), hydrosphere (water), atmosphere (air), and biosphere (living things).

Encyclopedia of Earth is from EarthPortal and is filled with information and articles written by scientists, scientific agencies, and commissions. Search by title, author, or topic.

Explorations Through Time A series of interactive, web-based educational modules that address topics such as fossils, the history of life, biological evolution, the science of paleontology and the scientific process.

Explore More's Water Cycle animation of the water cycle that would be great for use with a data projector

Exploring the Environment modules and activities include Tropical Poison, Rift Valley Fever, El Niño, Mars Landing, Yellowstone Fires, Weather or Not?, Florida Everglades, Temperate Rainforest, Mountain Gorillas, Volcanoes, Coral Reefs, and Water Quality

Geology Link.com is from Houghton Mifflin and is meant to be a a public forum for all matters geological. This area is open to students, university instructors, professional geologists, and anyone else who seeks insight into the world’s daily geological rumblings.

Global Climate Change: Research Explorer explore scientific data relating to the atmosphere, the oceans, the areas covered by ice and snow, and the living organisms in all these domains. It includes case studies to illustrate how researchers gather evidence, test theories, and come to conclusions. The site includes a glossary of terms and many illustrations and charts.

Global Ecological Footprint Calculator The footprint calculator estimates how much of the Earth's biocapacity is needed to support a person's consumption choices over the course of a year.

Global Warming Facts and Figures from the Pew Center on Climate Change provides graphs, maps and charts with recently updated information. Available in Spanish, German, French, Chinese and Japanese.

Global Warming Videos A collection of Global Warming Videos from National Geographic address greenhouse gasses, glacial melt, and other topics.

Resources for Earth Science and Geography Instruction from Central Michigan University contains links which are organized alphabetically around the sequence of topics typically taught in an introductory earth science or physical geography class. Links are also available for environmental science, earth science/geography education, career opportunities, and more. The sites selected are based on image quality, ease with which lesson plans can be developed, organization, authenticity, scope, and format. Check Alphabetized Earth Science Animations (AESA) for a links to almost 400 earth science concepts.

Educational Resources in Science is from Community Learning Network, a site designed to help K-12 teachers integrate technology into the classroom. Includes curricular and instructional sites and theme pages for air quality, asteroids, comets, and meteors; biomes- one for each; bubbles; clouds; dinosaurs; electricity (concepts); electricity (circuitry); El Niño; simple flying machines; gardening; genetics/biotechnology; gerbils-hamsters; glaciers; global warming; hot air balloons; human body senses- one for each; human body systems- one for each; inventors and inventions; kites; lightning; magnetism; natural disasters (8 different ones); oceanography; ozone depletion; paper airplanes; periodic tables; pictures; rocks minerals and mining; science fair; soaps and soap making; sound; water quality; and whales. For theme pages on endangered species, global warming, hazardous waste disposal, oceanography, overpopulation, reduce, reuse, recycle; and water quality from CLN click here.

ISTAT Digital Curriculum Guide The Digiguide contains lessons in earth and space, life and physical sciences, produced by members of ISTAT, a project of UC Berkeley's Interactive University.

Middle School Science a site that has been around since 1997 that has links, lesson plan archive, and "odds and ends"

Middle School Science Mania "The activities on these pages are generally one or two day lessons. All of them illustrate a particular scientific concept and all of them are great fun!" These activities were posted by a middle school science teacher after 30 years in the classroom. There are also links to posters and tools.

Office of Biological and Environmental Research from the US Department of Energy includes links for weather, biology, global change, chemistry, and genome plus sites just for kids and sites just for teachers

Planet Science The purpose of this site is "To support creative and fun approaches to science teaching and learning that help teachers to inspire their students and families to inspire themselves." There are sections for the kids 11 and under and 12+, as well as science teachers, and parents. Suggestions for experiments, interactive sections, and science news.

PowerPoint Presentations a collection of 42 PowerPoints on subjects from planetary movement to astronomy to weather to completed Jeopardy PowerPoints.

Science at pppst.com This huge section lists free presentations for Earth and Space, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Lab Work, Microscopes, Telescopes, Geology, Natural Hazards, Weather, Environment, Ecology, Nanoscience, Biomes, Living Systems, Forensics for Kids, Flight, and more.

Science Hot Lists from Franklin Institute "Hot lists are organized lists of resources on the Internet that science educators, as well as science enthusiasts, may find useful".

Science Learning Network Inquiry resources developed by science museums across the United States and news and hotlists that have been developed by the museums in the Science Learning Network.

TheScienceQueen.net is a site created by a middle school teacher for her seventh and eighth grade students to use. You will find links for teachers on geology, chemistry, physics and astronomy and sites created by other science teachers, as well as links, for students to projects, homework assignments, and a weekly agenda for each grade level.

ScienceStuff Network includes videos, images, audio, demos, ask-a-scientist, and news

Energized Learning offers middle and high school students and their teachers standards-based lessons to help them develop a better understanding of energy and its complex interrelationships. It includes an interactive Web-based energy calculator and home energy audit toolkit developed by U.S. Department of Energy scientists at the Lawrence Berkeley National Library.

Magnet Man cool experiments with magnets both permanent and electro-magnets. Lists of materials for demonstrations, instructions, and notes on how they work.

Science Master's Physical Science Home Page contains quick facts, learning galleries, and "jump start" which takes the viewer to information on topics from physical science including Enrico Fermi, energy, electrons, magnetic fields, mirrors, light and color, atomic clocks and more!

Science of Sound is a series of experiments about sound and its application to animals, musical instruments and communications.

Bridge Building From Toothpicks common bridge designs are shown as well as directions for building a bridge from toothpicks or toothpicks and marshmallows, plus how to conduct a toothpick bridge building contest.

Elements of Machines examines the six basic simple machines as well as gears, rack and pinion, cam, crank and rod, chains and belts, and ratchets.

Fear of Physics through virtual physics, a physics dictionary, a section on bad science of physics all to help students get over their fear of physics.

Physics 2000 an interactive journey through modern physics from the University of Colorado at Boulder

A Walk Through Time the evolution of time measurement from NIST Physics laboratory.

Funology Their weird science section includes experiments for physics, chemistry, biology, weather and holidays and seasons.

Hunkin's Experiments hundreds of cartoon experiments in food, math, biology, electricity, sound, light, and experiments with clothing, hobbies, objects, materials, and in the office.

Joey Green's Mad Scientist Experiments based on Joey's book, here you will find balloon rockets, fake blood, fried marbles, human light bulb, Quaker Oats camera, steel wool sparkler, and three different volcanoes amongst others.

Middle School Science Mania created by Jeannie Tuschi at Vanderbilt University the site includes lesson plans, student record sheets, materials list, plus weather related experiments.

Reeko's Mad Scientist Lab includes lab safety, a message board, resources for materials for experiments, as well as experiments for atomic/electric, chemical reactions, chemistry, cohesion, flotation, geometry, inertia/momentum, light, magnetism, motion/energy, sound, pressure, and miscellaneous.

Science Experiments with Steve Spangler this is an ever-growing and changing collection of his favorite science experiments, recipes and cool science projects. This hands-on science library represents Steve's most requested science experiments from his weekly television appearances and live presentations throughout the country.

Zoom Science from PBS includes chemistry, engineering, forces and energy, five senses, life science, patterns, sound, structures and water.

Free Science Fair Project.com starts with a list of miscellaneous projects and then gives specific projects for biology, electricity, earth science, physics, chemistry and environmental science.

NEED Science Fair Projects "NEED received a grant for the National Network of Energy and Environmental Education Professionals to provide some helpful energy science fair projects for kids. We suggest using our Energy Fair science fair guide to plan your science fair project before jumping into these experiments."

Science Bob's science fair ideas, links to resources, explanation of scientific method and helpful advice.

Science Buddies includes a topic wizard where students complete an online quiz to determine which topic would be a student's best fit for a science fair project; project ideas; guide for projects; ask an expert forum; plus sections for teachers, parents and students.

Science Fair Project Ideas "for all levels with hundreds of ideas for every science topic from astronomy to zoology!"

Science Fair Projects on the Web contents include steps of a science fair project, the scientific method, science defined, judging sheet examples, and teacher's resources for teaching the scientific method.

Science Projects K-12 over 300 science fair projects separated by grades K-7 and 8-12

Science Fair Projects World includes project ideas and experiments which are free, and illustrated with diagrams and easy to follow directions

Successful Science Fair Projects great advice from Lynne Bleeker, science teacher, science fair organizer and judge on what makes a "successful" science fair project including how to decide on a topic, project guidelines, prediction or hypothesis, materials and methods, results or data, conclusion and the final display.

Ultimate Science Fair Resource from championship science fair projects to cheap and easy science fair projects to desperation science projects for the procrastinating students they are all here!

ASPIRE or Astrophysics Science Project Integrating Research and Education "Lab is now one of the most innovative and interactive science education websites available on the Internet. You will find not only fun interactive labs, but well designed and produced curriculum content, created by teachers for teachers. The powerful combination of inquiry-based content, along with interactive, hands-on labs provides a powerful visualization tool for you and your students to use. Best of all, the ASPIRE Lab is free!"

Atom Builder Create an atom making sure that you keep the charges balanced so it doesn't become ionized or explode! There are also two atom builder guides to help students understand elementary particles and stable atoms.

Battle for the Planet from Science Museum.uk "In 2100 life is far from pleasant. Climate change has brought the earth to its knees. Life in Antennaville has changed for the worse. Back in 2007, people ignored the warnings and kept up their fuel-thirsty lifestyles, belching out more and more planet-warming carbon dioxide. Now it's payback time!"

Be a Martian! New (2009) website from NASA allows users to play games while at the same time sorting through hundreds of thousands of images of the Red Planet.

BioInteractive Examine heart patients, probe the nervous system, assay antibodies in virtual labs or view animations of a bacterial invasion or how blood flows! Also available is a virtual museum with exhibits on microbes, cardiology and the senses!

Brookfield Zoo Interactive Interactive trip to the heart of Africa to learn about animals. As you make a decision the game changes.

Caret Science Games and Puzzles is from the University of Cambridge and has 17 different games and puzzles from food chain to physics to plants to animals.

The Cascades Volcano Observatory "offers students and teachers many educational resources for teaching and learning about volcanoes, how to become a volcanologist and how scientists study volcanoes. Visitors will learn what volcanoes are, why they erupt, how hot they are, what types there are, volcanic eruptions and their impact, and much more. The complete teacher's guide, Living with a Volcano in your Backyard is a three-unit guide that provides science content and inquire-based activities about volcanoes of the Cascade Range. The activities are designed for middle school students but can be adapted for other grade levels. There are activities and fun stuff for students as well as information on how to become a volcanologist, posters to download, a tour of America's volcanic past by state, a photographic tour of Mount Rainier and its geological history, a geologic time scale, and much more."

Centre of the Cell - simulation about the outbreak of an avian flu "There's a new flu in town. You are the Minister of Health so it is your job to stop the flu from spreading. If the flu spreads, thousands, or even millions of people could die."

Climate Challenge -- BBC game where the player attempts to tackle climate change as the President of the European Nations

Climate Change Pentathlon "Our online game offers practical ways that you can reduce your personal contribution to climate change: small changes that could help do the world some good."

COSI Online Activities Columbus Hands-On Science Center has ten different online activities

Dumptown Game You are the new City Manager for Dumptown. It's littered, polluted, and nothing is being recycled or reused. In your new position you can start program that encourage recycling and reduce waste. Just don't go over your budget!

Energyville from Chevron comes a game where its "up to you to provide enough power to meet the energy needs of your city's 5.9 million people while keeping them prosperous, secure and living in a clean environment."

eSkeletons Project "The eSkeletons Project website is devoted to the study of human and primate comparative anatomy. It offers a unique set of digitized versions of skeletons in 2-D and 3-D in full color, animations, and much supplemental information. The user can navigate through the various regions of the skeleton and view all orientations of each element along with muscle and joint information. eSkeletons enables you to view the bones of both human and non-human primates ranging from the gorilla to the tiny mouse lemur. All of the large apes are represented as well as other species from different parts of the world. Many of these primates are rare or endangered species."

Exploring the Environment collection of interactive modules for studying various topics in science including coral reefs, Mars, volcanoes, water quality, tropical rainforests, mountain gorillas, Florida Everglades, Yellowstone fires, hurricanes, and global climate change

FloodSim "FloodSim puts you in control of all flood policy decisions and spending in the UK for 3 years. Whether its deciding how much money to allocate to flood defenses, deciding where to build houses, or how best to inform people about the risk of flooding, you are in control."

Free Rice for each chemical symbols answer you get right, they donate 10 grains of rice through the UN World Food Program to help end hunger

Geology Labs Online Virtual earthquake, river discharge, river flooding, radiocarbon dating labs

Human Body and Mind from the BBC a set of cool games to help you understand your body. There is a 3D jigsaw puzzle to put your organs together, putting your muscles and skeleton together in the correct places. Challenge games about your senses and nervous system stretch your mind. The puberty demo shows what changes take place in your body.

Interactive Green Swamp, a swamp in Florida that lies between Tampa and Orlando and it includes "a complex, integrated and delicate natural system composed of cypress swamps and hardwoods". Come explore!

Interactive Science Websites collection of interactive science websites for grades 3-12 on various aspects of science

Invention at Play demonstrates the link between play and inventiveness and how to develop it.

Kinetic City Super Crew needs students help to save their virtual world of Vearth from the science-distorting computer virus, Deep Delete. Students work together to perform engaging science activities and then download their data to the Super Crew to help repair their world. Activities include physical experiments to be completed both online and off, interactive science games, art projects and more.

Make a Quake from Discovery Channel comes an earthquake simulator designed to teach about building earthquake proof.

Make an Electric Circuit Online Click on the picture of a component on the right. The battery and wire will be added immediately. For other components, click on the diagram on the grey part of the wire. Add enough wire to complete the circuit. You can have up to three components in a simple circuit. You can change a component by replacing it with another, or delete one. You can also create a parallel circuit.

Mountain Maker, Earth Shaker this activity lets you manipulate tectonic plates and see what happens to the earth.

MyAbodo "Myabodo is an interactive toy that lets you shape a house to suit you. Change your stuff and see how it shapes the climate."

My Sus House - explore sustainable living and housing through two different games

Natural Disasters Interactive games on natural disasters including earthquakes, hurricanes, volcanoes, and wild fires from Channel One

Nature Interactives from PBS Visitors to the site can help a 30 year old sea turtle, Adelita, find her way to Japan to lay her eggs; help a cheetah named Toki catch a meal and avoid danger; go inside a glacier to learn about crevasses and icefalls; search for amazing creatures in all levels of the rainforest; discover how diamonds are formed; learn the difference between a crocodile and an alligator; find out what creates a wave an how certain weather conditions can lead to monster swells; take a snapshot tour of India; scale the Himalayan peaks; and much more. There are also lesson plans and guides for teachers as well as videos, animal guides, podcasts and an archive of all past Nature features.

Oxford University Museum of Natural History Learning Zone features a great series of interactive lessons for kids on fossils, animals, insects, rocks and minerals. Various characters (such as "Megan the Megalosaurus") help to guide students through the learning process.

Physics Education Technology Interactive simulations in seven categories: motion, work, energy and power, sound and waves, heat and thermo, electricity and currents, light and radiation, quantum phenomena and math tools

Planet Green Game Brought by Starbucks Coffee the game demonstrates the impact the individual can have on their own ecological "footprint".

PowerHouse Demonstrates how much electricity is used in a house, as you go through the house turning off appliances and lights and watch the meter adjust as you move.

Quake Quiz "Click each scene to test your quake knowledge and learn how you can get prepared for an earthquake in San Francisco".

Recycle City Games, activities, facts and graphics for students to learn about recycling

Shake, Rattle and Slide the world of earthquakes, volcanoes and glaciers Along the exploration, you will be able to build your own volcano, test the power of an earthquake and make a mountain with a glacier.

Sprocket Works multimedia science site for astronomy, flight, horses, chemistry, birds, ships, and oceans

Stop Disasters! Choose earthquake, hurricane, tsunami, wildfire, or flood and learn how you can prevent each one!

Tissues of Life is designed to be highly interactive and uses Flash technology. Begin by clicking on slides of the four types of tissue; connective, epithelial, muscle, and nervous, to see how each type of tissue looks under a microscope. Each sample also includes an explanation. The body scan allows users to take a close up look (30x magnification) at such parts of the body as the scalp, tongue, under arm, and many more.

Universal Leonardo "Here you’ll find a range of fun on-line games and activities which explore a little of the thinking behind Leonardo’s approach."

Virtual Autopsy Interactive site where you try to determine the cause of death for 18 different cases after reading the history and viewing the autopsy photographs.

The Virtual Body is available in Spanish or English. The site offers interactive animated exhibits of the body including the brain, skeleton, heart and digestive tract.

Virtual Earthquake Students get a certificate as a virtual seismologist upon completion

Visual Physics "is a FREE powerful tool for physics students and teachers which integrates Internet resources while learning the science. This project was designed by physics students at Cariboo Hill Secondary School, encouraging active and innovative learning. With Visual Physics, users can learn about specific topics in physics, run interactive simulations, and participate in basic, yet challenging quizzes which can measure one's progression."

Virtual River "Here you will find two interactive exercises designed to help you learn about river processes like discharge, flooding, and flood frequency. Each activity requires you to make careful observations and measurements, do simple calculations, and answer questions about your work. A "Certificate of Completion" will be available to you at the end of each activity."

Virtual Telescope "What you will see here are, for the most part, actual photographs of the depicted objects. Many photos have had artificial colors added to make their features more apparent. Descriptions of celestial bodies as they appear here are accurate, although abbreviated."

Volcanoes: Can We Predict Volcanic Eruptions? is a site from Annenberg Interactives and offers numerous interactive activities for exploring volcanoes.

About Earthquakes from USGS and includes includes on facts, FAQs, photo collections, animations for earthquakes terms & concepts, Today in Earthquake History, visual earthquake glossary, and Earthquakes for Kids, Students, and Teachers.

Earthforce in the Crust gives a kid-friendly explanation of plate tectonics and then leads to links for further exploration. This site is from the Franklin Institute.

How Volcanoes Work is from SDSU and "is an educational resource that describes the science behind volcanoes and volcanic processes."

Savage Earth is a series from PBS on tsunamis, earthquakes, volcanoes and plate tectonics.

Volcano World is one of the premier sites on the Net to find information on past and current volcanoes from around the world and in outer space. Here you will find photos, maps, charts, and activities.

Volcanoes of the World provides information on volcanoes both historical and active. Database is searchable several ways and information includes country, type of volcano, status, last known eruption, summit elevation, latitude and longitude, as well as physical description.

Why Earthquakes Happen slide show from The Guardian newspaper in London on how and why earthquakes happen. Would be a great choice to use with a data projector. Not really for elementary as the reading level would be too high, but great for middle and high school.

All About Snow is from the National Snow and Ice Data Center and provides a wealth of information about snow, avalanches, blizzards, lake-effect snow, and snowflakes and crystals.

Dan's Wild Weather Page is from a meteorologist and it provides information for students on radar, tornadoes, clouds, precipitation, lightning, humidity, satellites, temperature, forecasting, hurricanes, wind, climate, plus a section for teachers.

Forces of Nature is a ThinkQuest entry on the "forces of nature" that shape our world

Historical Weather Database "Temperature and precipitation data for 2,000 cities worldwide is available in our historical database" from the Washington Post.

How Does a Hurricane Form? includes information as well as interactive activities for learning more about hurricanes and weather in general.

Hurricanes & Cyclones- A Brief Explainer Uses British spellings for some words such as center vs. centre, but otherwise a nice slide show on hurricanes and cyclones with some interactivity.

In Katrina's Wake Pages from a photography book of the ravages of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans

Live Weather Images "This is a one-stop weather site. From here, you can get radar and satellite imagery, other weather maps, and cool weather cam views!"

Sister Storms from Xpeditions at National Geographic is a collection of lesson plans on tropical storms around the world.

Tornado Project Online "gathers, compiles, and makes tornado information available to tornado and severe weather enthusiasts, the meteorological community and emergency management officials in the form of tornado books, posters, and videos. There are many sites with tornado data, so we are giving the subject a little different twist, with tornado myths, tornado oddities, personal tornado experiences, tornado chasing, tornado safety, and tornadoes in the past as well as more recent tornadoes."

Tornadoes from NOAA includes fast facts, FAQs, long-term averages by state, Fujita Tornado Intensity Scale, tip sheet, forecasting tornadoes today, and a photo gallery.

Tracking El Niño from PBS talks about one of the most powerful forces driving global weather.

Weather.com provides weather information for locations around the world, weather-related news, a weather encyclopedia, weather information as it relates to health, and other information.

Weather Links from Kathi Mitchell is a collection of links by an elementary teacher from New Hampshire and includes instruments and WebQuests

Weather Underground includes forecasts for locations around the world, as well as historical weather, marine weather, astronomical forecasts, weather radar, satellite weather information, and more.

Weather Watch: Hurricanes from Scholastic.com comes a site with information, experiments, eyewitness accounts, a quiz, and information on hurricane preparation.