Brainpop -
Here are two movies from the wonderful Brainpop site. This one is
on how blood works
and the other describes the heart.
If you are Shockwave ready, don't miss a thing!
Rudy
the Red Blood Cell - Did you miss the mini-movie in class or just want
to see it again? Help Rudy the Red Blood Cell learn his job in
the circulatory system and reunite with his parents.
Virtual
Body has a brief shockwave presentation on the heart and other parts
of the body. Still unsure of how the circulatory
system works? Here's your animated answer!
Pumping
Heart - Having difficulty understanding how blood moves in and out of
our four
chamber heart? This visual reference will
help!
Rocks
& Minerals
Geo
Mysteries - Use your knowledge of rocks and minerals to
help Rex, The Dino Detective, solve these geological mysteries.
Discover
Our Earth - Sure this earth science site is geared towards
junior high and high school, but you may be able to get out some
key ideas and relate what you learned in class!
The
Rock Cycle - Rocky the Rockhound will help refresh your
knowledge of the rock cycle with animations and examples.
Ask
a Geologist - Do you have a question about volcanoes, earthquakes,
mountains, rocks, maps, ground water, lakes, or rivers?
What
are Rocks & Minerals? - Need a basic refresher on what
the difference is? You can also get additional information
about other areas of geology.
What
is a Glacier? - This site offers a multitude of information
on ice and its greatest form, the glacier.
Plate
Tectonics - View a colorful online slide show on the history
of the earth and its ever-changing look.
Volcano
World - This is a one stop shop for information on everything
volcano oriented. Additional topics of plate tectonics, earthquakes,
and the earth's interior are covered as well.
Rocks
for Kids - This simple site organizes its information in a simple
menu.
Check it out for basic info.
Parts
of a Plant - Did you know you eat flowers, roots, stems,
and leaves every day? Find out a few from this plant salad.
GF Awesome -
This web site" will teach you many amazing and
gross facts about nature and the environment around us."
Plant Facts - Are tomatoes fruits or vegetables? What is the hottest
chili? This is just a brief collection of commonly asked questions
about plants.
General
Science
The
Yucky Site - I thought about whether or not this site should be associated
with my homepage for a long time. But hey, if you want
to know what causes belching, shouldn't you know? It's educational
and its the truth. I would suggest that
you discuss the idea of going to this site with your parents first!
Beakman & Jax - These two work on mini-movies and interesting links for science
on the web.
Brainpop - The
BEST thing for educational mini-movies on the web. WOW!
How
Stuff Works - Author and teacher Marshall Brain has put together a
compact site offering reasons as to the way things work.
How does a car engine work?
Bill
Nye - While
you may commonly see Bill on Noggin, check out the cool science
at his site.
Science
Master - This site uses a lot of reading, but
has great links and homework help to many of our topics.
Neuroscience
for Kids - What weighs three pounds and allows you to smell flowers,
run, or just think? You guessed it, your brain! This
site is jammed with amazing facts, brian games, and news on our
nervous system. Challenge yourself to brianteasers, test your reflexes
and
memory, or just find out how the nervous system works.
International
Space Station - This baby is supposed to be done by 2004, but
I think NASA has bumped it back to 2006. Either way,
check where
the pieces (that are in orbit) are.
Space
Image Libraries - Check out the latest pictures from the Hubble telescope
and from observatories around the world!
Science
4 Kids - Begin at a student drawn collage of pictures and choose your
topic. Each area has great summaries of relevant
information.
Web
Weather - Even though this is a fifth grade topic, you may want to learn
a bit about that thunderstorm that's coming.
Borrico
Animal Search - Oh no, you've got to do a report on an animal?! Well,
this site is a great place to begin!
