Science PortaPortal
Assignments
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Mrs. Poulseen's Wiki
Click here to get current assignment information.
Chemistry
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Chem4Kids
A colorful, well-designed site specifically for students. Includes 'tricks' for remembering items. -
Interactive Period Table of the Elements
Allows you to select many different types of tables.
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What is matter?
A series of experiments and modeling exercises in elementary chemistry.
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Element usage in Comics Books
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Periodic Table Formulations
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wikipedia
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Periodic Table of Elements w/ properties, orbitals, isotopes
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Web Elements - Home of the periodic table
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Photographic Periodic Table
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American Chemical Society Periodic Table
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The Wooden Periodic Table (a real table with samples)
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Periodic Table of Videos
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The Visual Elements Periodic Table
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Who discovered the elements
Cool Science
Earth/Space Science
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The seasons
This site explains the real reason behind the seasons.
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Seasons at Science U
Contains an animation of the Earth's rotation during one year.
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Geology : Plate Tectonics
A new way of looking at the world and how it works.
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NASA Home page
A multimedia site that has live TV and clips of life on earth, humans in space and exploring the universe.
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Pick 5
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Power Up
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Stop Disasters
Games
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Element games
Johnson Labs has created some games to help you learn about the elements and the periodic table.
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Explore Learning
This site has several 'gyzmos' to help you learn about atoms and compounds.
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LInerider
Create a line and see if you can "ride" it.
Japanese Enrichment
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KidsWeb - Japan
Introduces students to Japan.
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LearnOutLoud
Learn to speak Japanese.
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About.com
Answer questions about Japan
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Counting in Japanese
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Koyoen house
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Living Treasures
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Japan Discovery
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Vending machines
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Japanese apartments
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Videos on Jaoan
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Sakura apartments
Sadako/Hiroshima
Origami
Life and Learning Skills
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A Parent's Guide to K-12 Success
A resource on back to school, count down to college, research and compare schools.
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Homework Center: Study Skills
The basics on how to study.
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Study Guides and Strategies
From basic study tips to how to take a test to specific ideas for content areas.
Life Science
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Cells Alive
Fun animations of cells and their functions.
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How Cells Work
To understand how your body works, you need to understand cells.
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Cells are the starting point
Cells are the basic units of life.
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Ecosystems of our world
Ecosystems are dynamic interactions between plants, animals, and microorganisms.
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What is it like where you live?
Learn about biomes, ecosystems, and plants.
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Out of the Wild
Physics
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The Physics Classroom
A tutorial, multimedia studio, and practice problems to help you learn physics.
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Amusement Park Physics
Students learn about the laws of physics by investigating their applications to amusement park rides.
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Fundamental Physics in Space
Simple laws of nature give rise to wonderous diversity we observe in the Universe.
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Physics Zone
How physics works in car crashes.
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Physics classroom - waves
An introduction to waves.
Rockets
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eThemes
A collections of sites on water bottle rockets.
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NASA Bottle Rockets
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The HOW Zone
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Soda bottle water rockets
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Mr. Hayhurst's quick and easy bottle rocket
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Good site from France