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Earth and space science

Earth science directory links
Prentice Hall

Dinosaurs

sims and interactives

videos

Defensive weapons
What colors were dinosaurs?
Walking with dinosaurs
52 sec, no words
Are dinosaurs alive today?
9-10 min
Finding footprints and fossils
3 min go to 1:50
Amber
start at 12 sec. 40 sec
Insects in amber
start 1:25 while talking
Making mistakes when building dinosaurs
3:43 end for older kids
Dragons or dinosaurs
13:47 minutes can start at 2:20
AIG order of fossil record
3:12 (start :13)
Noah's flood and aftermath
start at :44 Bible, no uniformitarianism
Rapid speciation
3:30
Kinds
2:32 min
D is for Dinosaur
15 min, read by kid

Earth Patterns, Cycles and Change

Geology

Geology textbook
higher ed Mhed
Glacier sim
phet
Glacier sim
Classzone
Volcano
What if Pangea had never broken up webquest PBL

Natural Resources

Cause and effect exit ticket 3
C&E using up nonren and using ren instead
Exit ticket
list 3 of each (Non) renew GO
Fossil Fuels Nuclear Power
BBC gd for writing prompt info
Groundwater pollution interactive
How can people save resources exit ticket 2
fill in reduce, reuse, recycle
Natural resources exit ticket GO
Renewable vs Nonrenewable resources
3 min Youtube video
Tox town
NIH gov

Solar System

209 second tour of galaxy
Youtube
Exit ticket - eclipses, tides, oceans & heat
GO eclipses, tides, ocean absorb heat

Weather

GED writing

General sites and online textbooks

Study Jams
Gizmo
applebeeged getmyged
MH biology textbook online
high school level
Biology glossary
No Way critical thinking game

Life science

Cells

Cell structure quiz (self grading)
MH
Cell models (eu and prokaryotic)
cells alive
Cell organelle descriptions
cells alive
Osmosis in cells interactive
Mitosis
MH
Meiosis
MH
Meiosis quiz (self grading)
MH
Mitosis quiz (self grading)
MH
Cell organelle tour
classzone
Nova cell factory video
4 min
Mitosis rags to riches
Bacteria cells rags to riches
Cells in general rags to riches 1

Disease and prevention

Heart disease basics video
3 min
HIV life cycle
HHMI 5 min
How much longer do you have to live?
MH calculator
Pathogens (reading and video)
Phagocytosis animation
MH
Preventing infectious disease
reading and video
Skin Cancer investigation
Skin color differences
HHMI 3:34 min
STDs reading and video
Virus Wars Nova video
3:43
Virus Wars quiz

Ecosystems

Carrying capacity sim
Animal behavior lab
ph sch - learn hyp, variables
Ecological pyramid video
4 min
Energy pyramid reading
Symbiosis video
5 min (start at 40 sec)
Symbiosis quiz
ck12
Human disruption to ecosystems reading
ck12
How wolves change rivers
4:33

Genetics

Mendal's peas interactive
need browser with plug in
How to fill out a Punnett Square
Drag and drop Punnett Square
Punnett Square virtual lab
Heredity quiz (self grades)
MH
14 genetics labs online
Genetic drift simulation
Genes self grading quiz
History of DNA research
20+ interactives and quizzes
Fly genetics lab
phsch
Heredity game
Possible worlds

Human biology and homeostasis

Human Biodigital body systems
sign up for free account
Inner body
Homeostasis
interactive think bank
Homeostasis drag and drop
plix
Human body build it by system
Human body plan video
2:28

TED videos

Lungs
3:21
Heart
4:27
Liver
3:24
Pancreas
3:20
Thyroid
3:36
Play Code Fred
live or die

Nutrition

Choosing healthy foods
ck12
Food and nutrients
reading and video CK12
Vitamins, minerals (charts) and smart nutrition video
3:41 min ck12

Plants

Photosynthesis game
Ruby Realms
Change the rate of photosynthesis interactive
manipulate temp, CO2 and light
Virtual experiment light affecting plant growth
Glencoe

Physical science

Atoms & Matter

Atomic models interactive
har 6 much reading covers scientists
Exit ticket - structure of matter exit ticket
atom, periodic table FITB
Exit ticket - what is a compound
HM 6 MI 3 det
Hot air balloon sim
gr 4 sim hard C&C hot air in balloon vs outside
How does matter change state exit ticket
hm 5 2 C&E
Interactive periodic table
uncp
Matter changing states sim
har
Periodic Table
Types of matter in stars
gr 5 hard examin univ elements

Periodic Tables

Chemistry

Balancing chemical equations
ck 12
All chemistry topics
ck12
Practice balancing chemical equations
J Lab

Energy transform (heat/light to mech, chem, ele)

How water and electric currents are alike
Electricity game
Possible worlds
Heat transfer game
Possible worlds

PE & KE

Force, Motion, Energy, Work

Sim on formation of carbon dioxide
mh 5
Chemical reactions review
Mcm 5
37* Play energy battleship
quia diane b
Review of elements
mh 5
4
8
8
f
Subatomic particle adventure
quarks neutrinos antimatter
Velocity challenge board

Heat

Heat video
study Jams

Mr W simulations

Stopping distance and speed
mw
With teacher - car going around a curve
mw
With teacher which bug travels fastest, furthest?
mw
When do you let go of a sling?
mw
Withteacher why does balloon recoil?
mw Newton's 3rd law
with teacher police car chasing and oil spots
mw acceleration
with teacher balloon in car
mw inertia demo
with teacher ball rolling off table with camera clicks
mw
with teacher tranquilize the monkey
mw falling motion
with teacher person parachuting from copter
mw
with teacher boat on the river
Newton's second law podcast
mw

Scientific method and measurement

STEM careers

Biology

Chemistry

Dental

Dental assistant
post HS $35K
Dental hygenist
AS $72K
Dentist
Doctoral $158K

Engineering

Aerospace engineer
BS $100K+
Civil engineering technician
AS $49K
Civil Engineer
BA $82K
Environmental engineering technicians
AS $48K

Medical

Doctor
Doctoral $187K+
RN
BS $67K
LPN
Post HS $43
EMT
Post HS $31K

Vocabulary

Dictionaries lexicons

Lexipedia
visual
Lingro - add to webpages
works with BBC
Snappy words visual
Word hippo
synonyms, antonyms, used in sentence, more
Merriam-Webster visual dictionary
ads ads ads ugh
Shahi
no visuals but quotes authors
Math words
Word sift
links to visualdictionary
Vocab Ahead videos
very short, GRE and SAT words
Padlet - create online word walls
Word Nik
no visuals but quotes example sources