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geology

geologic timeline
geologic timeline
natgeo version of geologic timeline

astronomy

solar system
pictures and explanations
specific planet info
sun pix
google images, some good, some not so
classifying the galaxies
National Geographic information
more reading
http://www.dustbunny.com/afk/planets/
NASA chart comparing planets
good info/some harder to understand though
Pluto info
seasons animation
animation of seasons/no explanations
youtube version
phases of the Moon animation
Moon phases, seasons, etc
NASA version of phases
planet information
good planet information
more planet information

life cycle of a star

Life cycle of a star
vocab and descriptions of star stages
Goddard Space Flight Center
life cycle of a star
You tube video of life cycle of a star
Oracle Thinkquest life cycle of a star
Another site for life cycle of a star
life cycle of Betelgeuse
Sirius A and Sirius B

Earth's address in the universe

space exploration

experiments

matter/motion/force

ecosystems/biomes

world biomes
tundra
grasslands
rainforest
deciduous forest
deserts
blueplanet biomes
san diego zoo - animals
Nasa site for biomes
find the animals-field habitat
plants-animals-field habitat
Pictures of old field habitats
marine biomes
freshwater biomes
marine biomes for kids
world biomes for kids
contains all the terrestrial biomes and the water ones as well
animal info
nat. geo animal site
animal postcards
make animal cards
animal adaptations

enchanted learning

biomes

food web

Energy and Food Webs (8th)

oceans

environmental pieces

PBS video on pythons in the Everglades

Animal information

Metric

Mass/weight on other planets

solar cookers

plans

solar/energy plans

miscellaneous

weather

electromagnetic spectrum - nasa
good graphic and descriptions
thunderstorm formation
compare cold fronts and warm fronts
tornado animation
another cold front animation
mesocyclone formation
refraction of light
animation for weather fronts
hurricanes
tornadoes

new weather 2013

force and motion

constellations

myths

Chemistry

bridges

energy resources

http://www.eia.gov/kids/energy.cfm?page=2
Energy story
Lots of info with chapters on different aspects of energy resources
http://www.kids.esdb.bg/basic.html
Seems a good source of info - all kinds of energy
http://www.alliantenergykids.com/EnergyandTheEnvironment/RenewableEnergy/index.htm
focuses on renewable energy...possibly limited
Pros and cons
Pros and cons

Natural Resources for kids

Climate change

Wide ranging info for climate change
How do we know climate is changing
More technical info
Great pix of polar ice caps; perhaps biased, more complex
What's the big deal with carbon?
What is the greenhouse effect?
What's happening in the oceans?
The Carbon Bathtub - Nat. Geo

Life science

is it alive

scientists/history

scientists for kids
This site has short biographies for about 16 scientists
Enchanted Learning Inventors/inventions
Many inventors and inventions are listed here by letter and topic. At this site you could find information on your scientist OR
Scientist site, more difficult
This site may be too difficult for 5th grade readers, but it has a lot of information.
Timelines of electricity
Inventions of the 17th century
inventions of the Middle Ages
Timeline of transportations
Communications
Computers
Site of timelines of inventions

Conductivity

testing insulators
force and motion game
magnets and springs
works with forces and magnets

Gizmos

cell division

Whitefish mitosis
Shows the stages/practice id'ing stages
Onion root tip mitosis
Shows stages/practice
step by step mitosis
step by step with review sheet
onion root tip

parachutes

funny animated video
very catchy video for kids
museum of science video
history of parachutes, Museum of Science
How to make a simple parachute
materials and steps of parachute making

history of science