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6th Grade Earth Science
01 Intro to Earth Science
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Conversion Calculator
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Create a Graph
Fill in your data and create a bar graph, line graph, pie graph, etc.
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Learn About Longitude and Latitude
03 Structure of the Earth
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USGS: What on Earth is Plate Techtonics?
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Geo for Kids: The Earth Inside Out
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Enchanted Learning: Inside the Earth
Which overview of the layers of the earth.
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Core of the Earth Movie Clip
Latitude and Longitude
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Latitude and Longitude Quiz
Find the correct pin when give the coordinates.
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Rags to Riches Game
Quiz game based on concepts related to latitude and longitude.
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Kids Geo Game
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Latitude and Longitude Slide
Slideshow describing latitude and longitude in terms of a quardinate plane
04 Weathering and Erosion
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Massive Utah Landslide
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Hope Slide: Canada's largest Rockslide
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Wikipedia: Avalanche
See section: "Famous Avalance Diasters"
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Wikipedia: Landslides
See section "Historical Landslides"
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Wikipedia: Rockslide
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Wikipedia: Mudflow
05 Soil
06 Water
07 Atmosphere and Climate
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Weatherbase
Weather records and averages.
08 Weather
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UM Weather: Connecting You to the World of Weather
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Cloud Types
Comprehensive look at cloud types. Lots of info and pics.
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AccuWeather
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National Weather Service
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The Weather Channel
Storm Research
12 Astronomy and the Universe
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Amazing Space: Capture the Cosmos
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NASA's Imagine the Universe
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StarChild: The Universe
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Space Weather
News and information about the sun-earth environment.
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Pathways to Astronomy Education Resources
List of websites, books, magazines, etc. listed by topic. Part of NASA's Imagine the Universe site.
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HubbleSite: Out of the Ordinary
Info about Hubble Space Telescope, it discoveries and other astronomy info. Includes a great galler of images obtained from Hu
7th Grade Life Science
01 Intro to Life Science
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Conversion Calculator
Convert from metric to standard units.
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Create a Graph
Use your own data to create a line graph, bar graph, pie graph, etc.
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Interactivate: Circle Graph
Look at existing circle graphs, or use your own data to create a circle graph.
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Interactivate: Bar Graph
Look at existing bar graphs, or use your own data to create a bar graph.
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Cellupedia
02 Characteristics of Living Things
03 Cells
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Access Excellence: Microscopy Websites
A list of Microscopy Websites.
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Dennis Kunkel Microscopy, Inc.
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Microscopy Pre-Lab Activities
A virtual microsope. Includes a tutorial video.
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Animal Cell Mitosis
Mitosis animation.
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Cells Alive
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Traits of Life: The Stuff of Life
Click "Cell Explorer" link.
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Scientific Art
Stunning color art of microscopic structures.
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Cellupedia
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Learn.Genetics: Amazing Cells
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Learn.Genetics: Real Cell Videos
A list of links to videos of cells in action.
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Olympus Bioscapes Digital Imaging Competition
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Animation: How Diffusion Works
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How Osmosis Works
Cell Search Internet Activity
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IKnowThat.com: Science Lab
Click the "Cells" link to look at plant and animal cell parts and learn about the function of each part. Ignore the subscription
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Exploratorium: The Traits of Life
Click the "Cell Explorer link. Clicking on parts of the muscle cell will bring up a box with a description of each cell part.
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A Typical Animal Cell
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Cell Models
Choose either animal cell or plant cell.
04 Taxonomy
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Life Science Safari
Info on the five kingdoms.
05 Viruses and Bacteria
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The Big Picture Book of Viruses
See the left margin to look at different listings: by disease, by host, by virus name, etc. ** Not all diseases listed are vir
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All the Virology on the WWW
Scroll down to "Specific Virus Servers and Information".
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Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Type the name of your diseaes or pathogen in the search box.
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Mayo Clinic
Type the name of your disease or pathogen in the search box.
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MedicineNet
06 Protoctists and Fungi
07 Plant Structure
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VA Tech Weed Identification Guide
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LeafSnap
Great site for tree identification!
08 Plant Processes
09 Genetics
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DNA from the Beginning
An incredible wealth of information!
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Fingerprint Classification
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Mendelian Genetics
This site is great for the student who wants more detail than covered in 7th grade.
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Learn.Genetics: Tour of the Basics
Great summary of DNA, chromosomes and Heredity.
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Learn.Genetics
INCREDIBLE site! So much information on a variety of genetics topics including: DNA basics, genetic disorders, cloning, stem c
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Animal Cell Mitosis
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Science Music Videos
This rap contains a clear and concise summary of mitosis.
10 Genetics Applications
Cloning
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Learn Genetics: Cloning
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What Are Clones?
Cloning Animation
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Genetics and Cloning
List of websites. Many animations.
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Using Genomics: Cloning and Stem Cells
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Therapeutic Cloning
Info on cloning organs
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Americans to Ban Cloning
DNA fingerprinting
Embryo Adoption
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National Embryo Donation Center: News and Information
Lots of links.
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Nightlight Christian Adoptions
Embryo adoption.
Gene Therapy
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Learn Genetics: Gene Therapy -- Molecular Bandage?
Lots of resources regarding gene therapy.
Genetic Engineering
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Learn More: Genetic Engineering
Includes info on GMOs, and pharming.
Genetically Modified Organisms
Human Genome Project
Microbial Genomics
Stem Cell Research
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Learn Genetics: Stem Cells
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Using Genomics: What are Stem Cells?
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Stem Cells: The All Purpose Cell
Animation that provides a brief overview of stem cells.
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All Purpose Cells
Debate regarding the ethical use of stem cells.
11 Ecology
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Biosphere 2: Biospherics
Info about Biosphere 2, including a photo tour.
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Biosphere 2
Info on current events and news related to Biosphere 2.
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Ecosystems
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Jane Poyneter: Life in Biosphere 2
Video talk
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Video/Slideshow of Biosphere
12 Biomes
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Blue Planet Biomes
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The World's Biomes
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worldbiomes.com
*Note: Choose the Forest biome to find info about rainforest (tropical), deciduous forest and coniferous forest (taiga or bore
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Biomes of the World
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What is it Like Where You Live? Biomes of the World
13 Human Body
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How the Body Works
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BBC: Science and Nature -- Human Body and Mind -- Interactive
Try to ortient the organs and place them correctly in the body.
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Yucky, Gross and Cool Body
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Frog Dissection
Great photos of a frog dissection. Includes descriptions.
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Frog.pdf
Photos of a dissected frog.
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Heart Diagram - Cross-section
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Heart Diagram - External
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Franklin Institute: The Human Heart
8th Grade Physical Science
05 Periodic Table
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WebElements Periodic Table
An interactive periodic table.
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The Photographic Periodic Table
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The Periodic Table of Videos
A short video about each of the elements.
11 Waves and Sound
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Parts of a Wave
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Waves Powerpoint
Great summary.
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Waves
Includes animation of particles in transverse and longitudinal waves.
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Introduction to Waves
Excellent introduction to waves!
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Wave Interference
Animation showing wave interference.
13 Motion, etc.
O9 Acids and Bases
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Chem4Kids.com Acids and Bases
Overview and a quiz.
Bible
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Bible Gateway
Find Bible passages using a keyword or scripture search.
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Does God Exist?
General Info
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Zamar: Free online file converting
Covert files from one file type to another. For example, convert a newer Power Point file (.pptx) to an older file type (.ppt).
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Wordle - Beautiful Word Clouds
General Science
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CCS Science Blog
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Conversion Calculator
Use this site to convert between metric and common units.
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Puzzle Maker
Use this site to create crossword puzzles or word searches for extra credit.
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Create a Graph
Fill in your data to create a line graph, bar graph, pie graph, etc.
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IKnowThat.com
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ScienceIQ.com
Increase your science IQ with one fact a day or search the archives to learn more about a featured topic.
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Extreme Science
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HowStuffWorks
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Free Science Videos and Lectures
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The Dana Foundation: Brainy Kids
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Answers in Genesis
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Olympus Bioscapes Screensaver
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Creation Ministries Internation
Research
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Info Please
Encylopedia, dictionary, thesaurus, etc.
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FactMonser.com
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Bible Questions Answered
Answers questions from a Biblical Worldview.
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Merriam-Webster Online
Dictionary and Thesaurus
Science in the News
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The Why Files: The Science Behind the News
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CNN.com
Space related news from CNN.
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FoxNews.com
Natrual Science news from Fox News.
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Franklin Institute Educational Hot list
Weekly science news hotlist.
Photo Editing
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Morgue File
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Imagebase
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