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If you are looking for a good biology text, you might want to check out the site for Sylvia Mader. She has written several biology texts and has web-sites that offer what she calls "chapter tools" -- outlines, study questions, and related web sites. The URL for the 5th Edition of her textbook is: Biology. Her home page is: Sylvia Mader Home Page.
There is an on-line biology book at: There is an on-line biology book at: http://gened.emc.maricopa.edu/bio/bio181/BIOBK/BioBookTOC.html">BioBook Table of Contents
There is another on-line biology book (sponsored by MIT) at: Biology Book - This is not a full textbook per se. It is designed to complement their biology course, but is has great info.
VirtualFly Lab -- you get to design and mate fruit flies -- watch those genetic traits in action.
Click here: StarChild: A learning center for young astron...
FROM Leslie:
I thought you all might be interested in this. NASA is trying to gather one million names of children to send to Mars with The Mars Polar Lander. You can have your children's names become part of history, plus there is a really neat certificate to print out when you are done. Just follow the link! NASA
FROM Heidi:
TimeLife Complete Gardener Encyclopedia Search Engine
FROM Denise:
The Camisea Project: Peru - The Camisea Natural Resource Project in the Jungle of Peru
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Five Senses - My son and I had a lot of fun here (Its not necessarily christian).
FROM Jane:
Something we did recently that was a lot of fun for a 4 yr old boy... Take several clear glasses - fill halfway with water. Put in drops of food coloring - mix colors. Also, talk about dissolving and what it means. Let him put a spoonful of things in a glass of water, stir, and see what happens. We just used things I saw in the kitchen, sugar, salt, pepper, flour, rice, etc... A year or 2 ago we took a big container of water and dropped things in it to see what floated and what didn't. He still remembers that and begs to do it again. We used kitchen items, toys, whatever I could find.
FROM Donna:
Here are sites that have wonderful paper airplanes to make:
http://pchelp.inc.net/paper_ac.htm
http://www.zurqui.com/crinfocus/paper/airplane.html
http://www.sci.mus.mn.us/sln/tf/p/pneumatic/des7.html
Critical thinking lesson plans for grades 1-3 - This is a good one to look at because it really explains how to use critical thinking. I took a quarter course on this many years ago. We see the phrase critical thinking on our plans but do we really know what it means?
Environmental Curriculum Plans - This curriculum plan comes from Earth Generation's New York Educator's Guide, a print publication with 10 complete curriculum plans for junior high students investigating environmental issues relevant to the Great Lakes region. Birds...I live in Ga. and still found many good ideas to use.
Cave Connection - For the next several weeks the 6th grade class will be in the "Cave Connection". Students will be experiencing a thematic approach to all their subjects during this period. Reading, social studies, language and math will all have a theme encompassing the earth's crust. Mold Fossils with Chocolate
Encarta Lesson Plans - wonderful science lesson plans
Children's Butterfly Site - Despite their small size, butterflies and moths are some of the World's most wondrous animals. Their beauty, seemingly miraculous metamorphosis, and apparently carefree flight all spark our imaginations. In this brief space, we provide... A coloring page that shows the life cycle of the Monarch. Some answers to frequently asked questions about butterflies and moths. With the Butterfly and Moth Life Cycle.
Glacier National Park - Imagine a class field trip with your students to the crown jewel of the Rockies without leaving the classroom. Get on board one of Glacier National Park's original buses and motivate your students to learn by online discovery and inquiry. The Glacier Park EFT will take you there! of interdisciplinary lessons involving science, social studies, language arts and mathematics (the pre-field trip lesson plans are included in each link below). The EFT will begin with a General Tour and highlight the following aspects of Glacier Park: Ecosystems, Botany, Geology, Glaciers/Weather, Aquatics, Wildlife
HELPING YOUR CHILD LEARN SCIENCE
Explore Science - Welcome to the first shocked science lab on the WWW (growing since December 1995). This site will let both students and teachers interact with material on the web, rather than just reading text. Inclined Plane: This lets you alter the initial velocity, mass, and angle of a frictionless inclined plane.
Expo/Science & Industry/Spacetime Wrinkles - SPACETIME WRINKLES: Albert Einstein published his famous Special Theory of Relativity
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: A Special Report--
River Resource - RiverResource is a place where students of rivers can explore valuable river resources--a gateway to productive internet exploration. At RiverResource you won't find the facts, but rather the connections to facts, books, and people studying rivers. Here classrooms can share the information they are gathering about rivers.
Plant Kingdom - This little spot in Cyberspace is dedicated to the diversity within the plant kingdom, and field biology in general. This at a level of secondary school or a bit higher. But of course, you can also just sit back, and enjoy the scenery.
The Fractory - This advanced page will help you learn about fractals: what they are and how to design them, but it will also let you discover more on your own. Fractals are just now emerging as a science. They show an order in seemingly random things, and give us tools with which we can predict the weather, render natural looking objects, and help understand order. You will also play a part in the interactive fractal creation center by designing and displaying fractals you have invented. You can even post your coolest fractals on our fractal message board. (9-12)
Insect Unit - This unit was developed as an introduction to the world of insects for grades 2-3. Each of the four lessons in the unit concentrates on a particular content area: Lesson 1 focuses on language arts, Lesson 2 - science, Lesson 3 - fine arts, and Lesson 4 - music. (2-3)
Amelia Earhart's Flight (World Flight, Inc.) - Provides an ongoing interaction with the flight of Linda Finch, who is reenacting Amelia Earhart's flight around the world. Starts on March 17, 1997 and contains curriculum resources to use with the adventure.
Astronomy - Exploring the Moon ....This is a great detailed site!
Changing Attitudes about Nature Through Bird Identification - It is very easy to do a lesson in bird identification. If you do not have a set of bird cards, make them. You can get a pocket guide by Audubon, and make your own flash cards. Or subscribe to a Wild Bird magazine and cut out pictures to use as flash cards . You do not have to tell students directly that this lesson will keep them from using air rifles and pellet guns to hurt birds; that will come from education. They will tell you that they no longer do this, and that they keep others in their neighborhood s from doing it. I like this unit and the source.
Arctic Animals - " We have chosen some of the most unique arctic animals there are. We have stories to read, great pictures of the animals, interesting facts to share, and some fun activities to do"
Science projects - This is a good list with wonderful instructions.
Bizarre projects - but they actually are good ones....Cloud chamber, Clouds in a bottle, Dancing mothballs, Hurricane machine, motor, psychic Phonograph, Edison's Sound effects: Boing boxes JUST A FEW
Amateur rocketry is a fascinating and rewarding pastime
Exploring Leonardo - This excellent website offers resources for learning about Leonardo da Vinci, one of the best known, yet least known, characters in world history.
Basics of Space Flight Learners' Workbook - The idea of deep space travel can be perplexing, to say the least. This excellent workbook introduces and explores the science behind the general concepts of space flight, with particular emphasis on the challenges associated with a deep space mission
THE BEST SET OF SITES ON THE NET!!
This is called the Seeds Of Life and is a very good site for understanding seeds.
Flower Anatomy - (rice fower) Diagrams are great!
WHY DO PLANTS HAVE FLOWERS? - GREAT!!
Welcome to the Great Plant
Escape! - My name is Bud. My good friend Sprout and I are helping Detective LePlant on
his search. You will find that plants are an important part of your life. We
will need your help to find clues, do experiments, and solve problems as we
journey into the world of plants. He promises lots of fun, but remember,
we're here to solve a mystery!
***This is a great site. Ryan is 13 but I used simple things from this list
to add pages to his journal. Sometimes we think we have to use complicated
but simple can get the job done. If he is interested than we go deeper.****
Missouri Botanic Garden Kids' Learning Network - Activities for home and school, lesson plans, resources.
Gardens- Check out all these gardens!!!
Welcome to the Journal of Maple Seed Science - Designing a Maple Seed Rocket
Aeronautic Activities - HOT AIR BALLOON, MUSICAL TUBE, PING PONG BALL CURVES (BERNOULLI'S PRINCIPLE), FLYING TUBE and a lot more!!!
Newton on Waterskis - Waterskiing: How do water skis stay up? Good one for the summer!
Lesson plans from Florida Center for Instructional Technology - these are by subjects and they are good
Circles of Light: The Mathematics of Rainbows
An introduction to the many ways children can interact with plants and the outdoors
Leafy-Greens
Promotional materials such as our Leafy
Greens Lesson Plans encourage our younger consumers to understand the
nutritional benefits and the cancer-fighting elements of leafy greens; and
hopefully to encourage the increase in consumption of leafy greens at home.
I used this with Ryan about 1 1/2 years ago and it was good and he loved it.
Build with Kids-Gardening
Children are a natural in the garden. Fresh air, soft grass, bright sun,
fragrant flowers, diggable dirt, and tasty tidbits are powerful kid magnets. Gardening is much more "efficient" without little ones underfoot, yet the heart of a garden is not about efficiency. It is in the joy it gives to its gardeners—whatever their ages. This is a wonderful site!!!!!
VolcanoWorld - One goal of VolcanoWorld is to provide students and teachers with lessons about volcanoes.
Make a Comet Nucleus
You can make an accurate model of a comet nucleus
easily and inexpensively. Unfortunately it is difficult to do it neatly.
Science Lesson Plans - The rest of the lesson plans.
Integrating Mathematics, Science and Language -
An Instructional Program
Introduction
Grade K: Five Senses
Grade K: Spiders
Grade K: Dinosaurs
Selected Bibliography
These are wonderful. I wish I had one this age to use
these with!
Activities Integrating Math and Science
Welcome to the Samples Activities Archive! The activities being made
available in this archive may be freely used in your classrooms.
Hypertext lessons and lesson
plans
by Ruralnet teacher-leaders for elementary, middle, and secondary
schools are accessible here.
Science Lessons by Age Group
100+ Lesson Plans relating to Astronomy, Biology,
Chemistry, Earth Science, Physical Science and Technology for Early Elementary, Later Elementary, Middle School and High School.
Ryan and I did this one last year and loved it! Taking Apart Electrical
Equipment ....a hands on lesson.
Guidelines for Lesson Plans
How to make a lesson more effective; lots of science terminology help.
Explaining electricity with colored plastic sheets
Science Lesson Plans
Here is the science one and it is simply great. Here are a few subjects from over 100.
Hands on activity on photosynthesis (6-8)
Scenario: Spaceship earth as systems (5-7)
Introduce aerodynamics by bubble-ology (4-9)
Salmon Homing Instincts: Hands-on activity
Science Projects - neat projects from "Yes" magazine
Dinosaurs at Children's Museum of Indianapolis
Dinosaurs at the Children's Museum of Indianapolis Includes dinosaur
information sheets with coloring pages.
Florida Aquarium
Create a mangrove tree (Grades K-8)
Naked Egg (Grades K-8)
Press seaweed (Grades K-12)
Build a hydrometer (Grades 5-12)
Compare freshwater and saltwater (Grades 5-12)
Science Camp at Home: Mouse Meadows
WaterWorks: Introduction to Physics-Water
Bob Miller's Light Walk and Activities
Nutrition Expedition: Trails to Explore
Interactive
Physics and Math
Needs Java
Interactive Chemistry
Needs Java
4000 Years of Women in Science
Basics of Space Flight Learners Notebook
Project Primary: Teaching Science K-3
Kid's Quest: Adventures in the Rainforest - Christian site
More
Rainforests
The photos are good. A good addition to a rainforest
theme.
Food Zone
I used this. It is a wonderful unit and has wonderful
teachers resources
with experiments etc. Check it out. grade 8-12
Science
Projects
Fun projects for science and the theories. Good
How to Prepare a Science Fair Project
Weather Unit for 1st and 2nd Grades
FROM Pam:
Tobin's Lab
I wanted to mention a Christian source for science
supplies I
know of. The business was founded by a Christian family
who were homeschooling and found it difficult to get a
hold of inexpensive science supplies.
Or you can send email to mike@tobinlab.com and request
a catalog.
SCIENCE LINKS AND LESSON PLANS (K-5)
This site contains not only lesson plan links but also other science
resources such as publications, museums, online projects, etc. Small, but nice.
PITSCO'S LINK TO ONLINE COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
This is a very comprehensive alphabetical listing of the many online
projects that can be found on the internet. Includes most major online
projects such as NASA online and The Jason Project.
GSN Online Project Registry
Global Schoolhouse Network's online project registry. Includes listings of
online projects catalogued by the month in which the projects begin. These
seems to be mostly teacher and classroom sponsored projects as opposed to
some of the majorly funded online projects such as NASA and The Jason
Project, but they would be nice small projects without as much involvement.
http://members.aol.com/krampf/home.html for information on:
Watt is Electricity, the million volt electric show
The Nuts and Bolts of Lightning
Burning Questions, the science of fire
Educational consulting
Educator workshops
The Van de Graaff e-mail course
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