Welcome Future Scientists!
ES.1 Scientific Investigation
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Google Science Fair
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Metro Richmond Science Fair
If your project is great, this is where it will go after the TJHS Science Fair!
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Science Buddies Survey
What do you want to do your science fair project on?
ES.1b Mapping
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Online Atlas
Use this to find your Latitude & Longitude (slow to load)
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How to Read a Map
Good Map Review
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Map Match
Map Game
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Find Hannah
Use Your Skills to Find Hannah!
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Find Latitude & Longitude
Use this to put in coordinates and show on Google Maps
ES.4 Minerals
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Jason Project - Mineral ID
Mineral Identification Online Lab
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Gizmos - Minerals
Use your login and password to access Gizmos to identify minerals
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JMU Mineral Museum
Mineral specimens from JMU
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Interactive Mineral Lab
From Glencoe Textbook
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Difference between Rocks & Minerals
Online Tutorial
ES.5 Rocks
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Interactive Rock Lab
from Leaner.org
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Rock Classification Lab
from Glencoe (need sound)
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Rock Classification Activity
from Wiley
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Virtual Rock Box
Pictures of all of the rocks
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How do rock undergo change?
Online activity with animations
ES.6 Natural Resources
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WebQuest Link 1
EPA How does electricity affect you?
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WebQuest Link 2
EnviroLiteracy - Fossil Fuels
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WebQuest Link 3
Renewable Energy
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WebQuest Link 4
World Electricity Mix
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WebQuest Link 5
Light Bulb Savings Calculator
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WebQuest Link 6
How to reduce your energy use!
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WebQuest Link 7
Carbon Footprint
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Energy Quest Game
Play AFTER your WebQuest
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WEBQUEST DIRECTIONS
ES.7 Plate Tectonics
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Earth's Internal Structure
Webquest Location #1
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Convergent Boundaries
Webquest Location #2
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Divergent Boundaries
Webquest Location #3
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Transform Boundaries
Webquest Location #4
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Plate Tectonics Map
Webquest Location #5
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Dynamic Earth
Interactive activity
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Jason Project Game! Landform Detectives
Username: rpschools Password: 4me2use
ES. 7b Faults, Earthquakes & Volcanoes
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Virtual Earthquake
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Plates on the move
What is happening at plate boundaries?
ES. 8 Geological Processes
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Landform Detectives
by the JASON project
ES. 9 Geological Time
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Part 1: Understanding Geologic Time
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Part 2: Life Has a History
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Life Preservers
Game about creating an ecosystem
ES.10 Oceanography
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Tides Animation
Monterey Institute
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Ocean Tides from Gizmos
Gizmos Lesson (need Java)
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StudyJams Oceans
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StudyJams Ocean Floor
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StudyJams Tides
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StudyJams Water Cycle
ES.11 and ES.12 Atmosphere & Meteorology
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NOAA Forcasting Link
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Weather Data
Wunderground Historical Information
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StudyJams Weather & Climate
Review Video & Quiz
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StudyJams Air Masses and Fronts
Review Video & Quiz
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StudyJams Air Pressure and Wind
Review Video & Quiz
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Layers of the Earth
Information Site
ES.13 and ES.3 Astronomy
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SkyWeek Videos
Videos updated each week with what's going on in the sky!
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Chronopticon
BrainPop Game on Moon Sun and Earth relationships
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Fly to Mars
Launch a spacecraft!
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The Drake Equation
Is there life elsewhere?
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What if the Sun Disappeared?
VSauce YouTube Video
Simulations
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pHET
Earth Science Simulations
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Gizmos ExploreLearning
Simulations and activities
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SHODOR
Online Math & Science tools
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Kerbal Space Program
Build a space program!
Earth Science SOL Review
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Jefferson Labs
Go to student zone or games and puzzles- check out the review games such as hangman -
SOL Pass
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Astronomy Games
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Meteorology Games
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Geology Review
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Nature of Science Games
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Review Crossword
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Hangman
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SOL Review
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Digital Textbook
Under student login use this access code to download a digital copy of your textbook - a6ac7e29d2 -
Brainpop
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Engaging Science
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NASA Online Games
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Science Kids
Videos and Games