ALEX - Alabama Learning Exchange

Science

Access Excellence
http://www.accessexcellence.org/
Provides high school biology and life science teachers access to their colleagues, scientists, and critical sources of new scientific information. Includes Science Updates, BioTech Issues, Activity Exchange, and Collaboration Opportunities.

Bill Nye the Science Guy
http://www.nyelabs.com
Although the TV show no longer airs, the simple science experiments (with diagrams) for each lesson can still be viewed and printed

Exploratorium Learning Studio
http://www.exploratorium.edu/learning_studio/
Students can hear scientist, dissect on-line, and view on-line exhibits, experiments and activities.

GirlTECH Lessons On-Line
http://teachertech.rice.edu/Lessons/
Lesson plans designed to take full advantage of Internet resources and to teach mathematics and science concepts in new and exciting ways

Global Online Adventure Learning Site
http://www.goals.com/Index.htm
List of current expeditions that students can participate in by using the Internet.

Interactive Weather Information Network
http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/graphicsversion/main.html
Current information on weather warnings for the entire country. Satellite images and weather information is also provided.

Journey North - a Global Study of Wildlife Migration
http://www.learner.org/jnorth/
The journeys of a dozen migratory species are tracked each spring. Students share their own field observations with classrooms across the Hemisphere. In addition, students are linked with scientists who provide their expertise directly to the classroom. Includes online teacher manual.

M o n a r c h W a t c h
http://www.monarchwatch.org/
Track the current migration of the Monarch butterflies plus informational and graphic resources.

Mars Exploration
http://mpfwww.jpl.nasa.gov/
Information and activities about Mars, including a "Just for Kids" section with interactive games.

NASA Quest
http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/about/index.html
Meet the people of NASA and look over their shoulders as they make NASA's goals a reality. Whether in the area of aerospace design or training for space walks, NASA Quest is a rich resource for educators, kids and space enthusiasts who are interested in meeting and learning about NASA people and the national space program.

National Geographic for Kids
http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngexplorer/
Variety of articles, movies, online adventures, and learning games about science and social studies topics, with teacher's guide

National Science Teachers Association
http://www.nsta.org/

Newton's Apple
http://www.newtonsapple.tv/
Check out the "Science Try-its" for science experiments using common materials. Contains the archive of lesson plans to accompany the TV shows of seasons 9-15 on PBS, which are also a rich stand-alone resource.

Smithsonian Institute
http://www.si.edu/
Online material related to exhibits at the many museums which fall under the Smithsonian umbrella. Check out the teacher area for units with lesson plans and the kids' area for educational games and activities

The JASON Project
http://www.jasonproject.org/
The JASON Project explores Planet Earth and exposes students to leading scientists who work with them to examine its biological and geological development.

K - 5

The Rainforest Alliance
http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/programs/education/index.html
The Rainforest Alliance helps people of all ages to understand the role that each one of us plays in biodiversity conservation. These pages provide kids and teachers with the information they need to understand fundamental environmental issues in order to help protect our planet. We invite you to use these education resources and join our efforts in connecting children to conservation.

NASA Kids
http://kids.msfc.nasa.gov/
Lots of puzzles, games, facts, and other resources about the Earth and space.Â

Living Things
http://fi.edu/tfi/units/life/
This website identifies plant kingdom divisions through this unit study on living things.

ThinkQuest: Human Body
http://library.thinkquest.org/5777/tour.htm
A web site of basic human anatomy with interactives. Although this is geared toward elementary grades, it works well for introducing topics or remediation.

National Geographic Videos
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/
This website has a variety of FREE National Geographic videos on animals, natural disasters, nature, space, history, and more.

Geography4Kids Quiz: Atmosphere Overview
http://www.geography4kids.com/extras/quiz_atmintro/index.html
This website is an interactive quiz on the atmosphere.

Virtual Electron Microscope
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/interact/vemwindow.html
Students will understand the following: (1) how microscopes have contributed to our knowledge of life science and (2) the basic differences between plant and animal cells.

Lumpy Liquids and Squishy Solids
http://scifun.chem.wisc.edu/homeexpts/lumpyliquids.htm
This exciting lab activity can engage students in experimenting with chemical changes through the phases of matter.

Chemiluminscence Light
http://scifun.chem.wisc.edu/homeexpts/Chemilum.html
This lab activity is an engaging activity for students that develops the concept of chemical reactions. This particular chemical reaction produces light energy without heat energy.

Rubber Bands and Heat
http://scifun.chem.wisc.edu/homeexpts/rubberband.html
In this lab activity, students will examine thermal properties of rubber and how it relates to heat energy.

Secret Worlds-The Universe Within
http://www.micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/
Take an incredible virtual journey that begins in far, far outer space and ends inside subatomic particles of a leaf on a tree that is located at Florida State University. This site can also be used to teach Powers of Ten (Scientific Notation).

Fizzing and Foaming
http://scifun.chem.wisc.edu/homeexpts/FIZZFOAM.html
This foaming and bubbling experiment will grab the students' attention while identifying evidence of chemical changes.

Bending Water
http://scifun.chem.wisc.edu/homeexpts/BENDWATER.html
This engaging experiment will allow students to discover static electricity.

Blue Sky - Red Sunset
http://scifun.chem.wisc.edu/homeexpts/BlueSky.html
Students will investigate how light creates blue skies and orange sunsets.

Water Cycle
http://www.math.montana.edu/~nmp/materials/ess/hydrosphere/novice/water-cycle.html
The primary focus of this unit is to create an awareness of water, its uses, and to develop an understanding of its impact on life. The activities in this section explain: where water is found, the movement of water from one part of the hydrosphere to another, water quality, and conservation.

Exploring Acids and Bases
http://scifun.chem.wisc.edu/homeexpts/ACIDBASE.html
Students will identify and determine common acids and bases.

The Mummy's Tomb Raceway
http://www.miamisci.org/af/sln/mummy/raceways.html
In this activity, the students build a roller coaster for a mummy while relating the concepts of potential and kinetic energy.

Energy Sources and Use
http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/lessons.cfm?BenchmarkID=8&DocID=13
This problem based lesson allows students to research and become involved with creating solutions with renewable and nonrenewable energy sources. They will compare and contrast each alternative source of energy.

Energy Quest Room
http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/index.html
This interactive website allows students to navigate through the many, varied, and unusual facts about energy. There is a plethora of activities that engage student learning on energy sources and alternatives to fossil fuels.

Optics for Kids: The Science and Engineering Behind It
http://www.opticalres.com/kidoptx_f.html
Teachers and students can learn fun and interesting facts about optics, light, and physics.

The Optics
http://library.thinkquest.org/C003776/ingles/teachers/experiments.htm
Teachers can use this plethora of experiments to deepen students' knowledge of the science of optics.

The Cell: Down to Basics
http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif71/4a.asp
This website compares and contrasts a busy factory with a cell and how they perform special tasks.

Plant, Animal, and Bacteria Cell Models
http://www.cellsalive.com/cells/3dcell.htm
This is an interactive website in which teachers and students can navigate to investigate the common parts of animal and plant cells.

Tour of the Body
http://library.thinkquest.org/5777/tour.htm
This website contains information and images on the major systems of the body.

Earth Floor: Spheres
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/spheres.html
This website contains information and illustrations about the spheres of the Earth.

Earth Floor: Rock Cycle
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/rock.html
This web site contains information and illustrations about the rock cycle.

How Stuff Works? Seismographs
http://science.howstuffworks.com/question142.htm
This website has educational resources for and illustrations of seismographs.

Create a Food Web
http://www.vtaide.com/png/foodweb.htm
This is a great interactive site where students can design their own food web.

How Stuff Works: How Radar Works
http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/radar.htm
This is an educational resource for students and teachers to use when researching technology that investigates the Earth.

Weather for Kids: Weather Balloons
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mso/educate/balloon.html
This is an educational resource for students and teachers to use when researching technology that investigates the Earth.

Geography4Kids
http://www.geography4kids.com/
This site has an introduction to the earth sciences that includes topics on the Earth's structure, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere.

Light, Prisms, and the Rainbow Connection
http://www.micro.magnet.fsu.edu/optics/activities/teachers/prisms.html
In this activity, students will work in pairs or in small groups to predict how to best make a rainbow. Cross-curricular extension activities are also included.

Investigating the World of Colors
http://www.micro.magnet.fsu.edu/optics/activities/teachers/investigating.html
In this experiment, students test their ability to see color peripherally and mix watercolors in order to learn about absorption and reflection of light. Cross-curricular activities are also included.

4-H Virtual Farm: Aquaculture
http://www.ext.vt.edu/resources/4h/virtualfarm/aquaculture/aquaculture.html
Virtual Website - great resource for aquaculture!

Chem4Kids
http://chem4kids.com
If you want to know anything about chemistry, like such topics as matter, atoms, the periodic table, reactions, and biochemistry, this website is sure to have what you are looking for. Don't let the title fool you. It is not just for kids.

Plant Parts
http://www.botanical-online.com/lasplantasangles.htm
This site describes & displays parts of the plant

Recycle
http://www.starfall.com/n/holiday/earthday/play.htm?f
Interactive "Earth Day" site introduces recycling. You "clean up" the environment by sorting, then animals return to the environment.

Magnets stick to...
http://www.eduplace.com/science/hmxs/ps/moda1/sections/sect1.html
Teacher ideas & activity sheets answering question: "What sticks to a magnet?"

Kid Zone
http://www.kidzone.ws/animals/monarch_butterfly.htm
Information about the monarch butterfly

Camouflage and Mimicry PowerPoint
rpsec.usca.edu/step/Lesson%20powerpoints/Camouflage%20and%20mimicry.ppt
This PowerPoint explains Camouflage and Mimicry.

Kid Zone - Animal Classes
http://www.kidzone.ws/animals/animal_classes.htm
Introduction to animal classes.

Kdi Zone - Animal Habitats
http://www.kidzone.ws/animals/animalhabitats.gif
Activity page matching animals to their habitats

Parts of Plant PowerPoint Presentation
classroom.jc-schools.net/sci-units/plant-parts.ppt
This is a PowerPoint about the parts of a plant.

Plants
http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/pdfs/crops2_actsheet.pdf
This website displays a worksheet to chart the plant growth.

List/Pictures of animals that hibernate
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/coloring/Hibernate.shtml
This site tells about hibernation and shows pictures(drawings) of animals which hibernate.

Soft Schools-Plant Parts
http://www.softschools.com/science/plants/
Computer-based activity and worksheets on plant parts

Animals in their Habitat
http://pbskids.org/mamamirabelle/games.html
Interactive game where student selects the appropriate habitat for the animal given.

PBS Kids-Science
http://pbskids.org/eekoworld/index.html?load=environment
Student interactive site, plus lesson plans, etc. about plants, animals, the environment, etc.

EDheads Simple Machines
http://www.edheads.org/activities/simple-machines/frame_loader.htm
Interactive games to help the student understand simple machines.

Simple Machines Learning Site
http://www.coe.uh.edu/archive/science/science_lessons/scienceles1/test.htm
Simple machines test with 6 questions

Think Quest - Human Body
http://library.thinkquest.org/5777/tour.htm
Diagrams and information about the systems of the human body

Chemical change
http://www.iit.edu/~smile/ch9209.html
Simple experiments which create a chemical change

University of Illinois Extension-Plants
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/case1/c1facts1b.html
Multiple interactive and printable activities on plants: -parts -life cycle -growth factors etc.

Photosynthesis
http://plants.pppst.com/photosynthesis.html
Website with PowerPoint for photosynthesis, plants and others

Experimenting with Chemical Change
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/tv/printables/scottforesman/sci_3_ARS_B1_exper1.pdf
Simple experiment to create and observe a chemical change.

Utah Education Network - Animal Adaptations
http://www.uen.org/utahlink/activities/view_activity.cgi?activity_id=4750
Information and additional websites on animal adaptations

Plants and the Environment
http://library.thinkquest.org/3715/Environ.html
This site explains the role of plants in the environment.

Rhode Island College - Chemical Change
http://www.ric.edu/faculty/ptiskus/chemical/
Descriptions/photos of chemical changes

The Seed Site - Plant Life Cycle
http://theseedsite.co.uk/lifecycle.html
Diagram of plant life cycle

Enchanted Learning - Planets
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/
Facts and photos on the planets

Brain Pop Jr. - Plant Life Cycle
http://www.brainpopjr.com/science/plants/plantlifecycle/grownups.weml
Information & activities on plant life cycles

Birmingham Grid for Learning - Plant Life Cycle
http://www2.bgfl.org/bgfl2/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/science/plants_pt2/index.htm
Plant life cycle information and interactives

How plant and animals help each other
http://schools.bcsd.com/fremont/4th_Sci_Life_Plant_Animals.htm
This page will help students understand how many plants depend on animals for pollination and seed dispersal, and animals depend on plants for food .

Components of Our Solar System
http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/space/solar-system
This website helps student to identify the sun and earth moons as components of our solar system.

Classifying Animals
http://www.everythingesl.net/lessons/animalstwo.php
Lesson about how animals are classified by locomotion and covering.

Animal Coverings
http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=629

Simple Machines
http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/GadgetAnatomy.html
visual and interactive for students

Welcome to the Rainforest
http://www.cyberparent.com/rainforest/index.html
Table of Contents include links to: Home to Creatures, Home to Plants

Chemical reaction
http://www.kidzone.ws/science/magicpotion.htm
This experiment could be used to recognize a chemical reaction. Photos could be taken for evidence.

Biology of plants
http://www.mbgnet.net/bioplants/main.html
Information on various aspects of plants (growth, parts, making food, pollination, plant adaptations, seed dispersal, plants & life on earth).

Animal Adaptations
http://www.vtaide.com/png/edu/Animal-Adaptations.pdf
Worksheet-functions of animal adaptations. Great pictures!

Adaptations-Bird Beaks
http://www.vtaide.com/png/bird-adaptations3.htm
Interactive worksheet on bird beaks and printable worksheet. Great pictures!

Identify Objects by a Basic Property
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_k_science.htm#k81
Structure and Properties of Matter Describe an object according to its simple properties. Packing for the Park - [this link opens on a new page] group various objects using their physical characteristics (Author - Sandi King) Select which items give out light - a BBC interactive quiz

Harcourt School - Food Webs
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/food/food_menu.html
Interactive site on food webs

Teacher Vision - Animal Adaptations
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/tv/printables/Beak_Adaptations.pdf
Printable activity, lesson plan, etc. on beak adaptations

Distinguish Between Basic Types of Weather
http://kids-educational-activities.suite101.com/article.cfm/weather_watching
How to make a class project of recording weather.

National Geographic Xpeditions
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/15/gk2/threepigs.html
This lesson teaches students some of the basics of earthquakes and volcanoes . It also asks them to think about how people living in cities and suburbs must plan ahead by constructing sturdy buildings and preparing their homes and themselves for the possibility of a natural disaster.

National Geographic Xpeditions
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/15/g35/earthquakes.html
This website has a lesson with volcanoes and earthquakes.

Everything ESL - Animal Classification
http://everythingesl.net/downloads/classifying.pdf
Chart for classifying animals, including body coverings

Food Chain
http://www.picadome.fcps.net/lab/currl/food_chain/default.htm
This is a web site with several links to different types of food chains. The links include informative sites as well as interactive games.

Teaching Heart
http://www.teachingheart.net/weather.htm
This lesson has plans to make a weather vane to locate wind direction.

Ed Heads - Simple Machines
http://www.edheads.org/activities/simple-machines/glossary.htm#c
Listing and description of simple machines, including examples

Physical and Chemical Changes
http://www.iit.edu/~smile/ch9312.html
This is a variety of experiments to demonstrate physical and chemical changes.

Ecosystems
http://gk-12.osu.edu/Lessons/5th%20Grade/ReactionsToEnviron%20Ecosystem%205.pdf
Lesson plans of activities in ecosystems(animals and how the environment affects them)and recycle.

Sun, Moon, and Earth
http://my-ecoach.com/online/teacherguide.php?projectid=2331
This website has a computer theme lesson on the relationship of the earth, sun and moon.

Source of Light and Heat
http://www.hometrainingtools.com/articles/prek2-light-teaching-tip.html
This is information on how to teach this concept.

Matching Animals to Its Natural Habitat
http://funschool.kaboose.com/preschool/amazing-animals/games/game_animal_homes.html
This is a fun game to help students learn to match animals to their natural habitats.

ABC Teach - Parts of a Plant
http://www.abcteach.com/free/s/simpleplantcolorlabeled.jpg
Teaches the parts of a plant

Weather Wiz Kids
http://www.weatherwizkids.com
This wesite is designed for kids to learn about weather and weather safety. Itâ€™s also a wonderful educational website for teachers and parents to help explain the different types of weather to children.

The pH Factor
http://www.miamisci.org/ph/phpanel.html
The pH Factor is designed as a resource to help elementary and middle school teachers introduce acids and bases to their students. Materials are organized using a conceptual framework called the Seven E's: Excite, Explore, Explain, Expand, Extend, Exchange, and Examine. This model can be used in a linear fashion or each E can stand alone.

Chemical vs. Physical Change
http://www.chem4kids.com/files/matter_chemphys.html
CHEMICAL vs. PHYSICAL CHANGES It is important to understand the difference between chemical and physical changes. The two types are based on studying chemical reactions and states of matter. We admit that some changes are obvious, but there are some basic ideas you can use. Physical changes are about energy and states of matter. Chemical changes happen on a molecular level.

Landforms and Bodies of Water
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/geography/landforms/glossaryprintable.shtml
Illustrated glossary of landforms and bodies of water.

Physical and Chemical Changes
http://www.mcwdn.org/chemist/pcchange.html
The web page has information on physical and chemical changes and a quiz students can take when finished.

Weather Resources for Students
http://www.wxdude.com/kidres.html
Nick's favorite resource materials for students to learn more about weather and other sciences.

Power Up!
http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/tools.cfm?DocID=88&Grade=6-8
This tool, created by Science NetLinks, challenges students to think about the positive and negative consequences of various types of power. The site provides students with a specific monetary budget, which they can use to purchase power plants for their city. As students choose their types of power, they learn how much power the plant provides, how much it costs, and the effect it could have on the environment. While this page links to the overview of the tool for grades 6-8, you can access reviews for additional grades and benchmarks using the navigation tools at the top of the overview.

Energy Kid's Page
http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/onlineresources.html
Online energy education resources include energy activities for kids and materials to help classroom teachers teach about energy.

Simple Machines
http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/lessons.cfm?DocID=1
The purpose of this lesson, from Science NetLinks, is to use Internet resources to explore the parts of a system and develop students' understanding of the interactions between those parts, as well as engage in troubleshooting and design related to systems. In this investigation, students take a closer look at a variety of simple hardware devices. They observe the interactions between the elements of the devices, through both hands-on and Internet exploration.

Circle Time Activities
http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/3878.aspx
This is a circle time lesson plan. It includes a morning song, months of the year, and days of the week.

Science Games
http://mint.ua.edu/games/
A collection of science games from the Center for Materials for Information Technology.

6 - 8

Auroras: Paintings in the Sky
http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/SegwayEd/abtauror.html
Students go on a tour of auroral phenomena through research images and taped interviews with scientists. Diagrams and text provide background on qualitative magneto-dynamics, and explanations of locations of auroral zones on the Earth. Variations in color are used to introduce ideas about spectroscopy.

DNA, Genes and Heredity
http://www.dnaftb.org/dnaftb/
This site is an animated primer on the basics of DNA, genes, and heredity. It contains concepts, animations, a photo gallery, and additional web links. It also contains language options for ESL students.

Virtual Plant Cell
http://www.life.uiuc.edu/plantbio/cell/
This web page has an interactive eukaryotic plant cell that students and teachers can manipulate to see its component parts.

Water on the Move Current Events
http://www.mos.org/oceans/motion/currents.html
This site contains great information and experiments. Learn what makes ocean currents flow on this page from the Museum of Science's "Oceans Alive!" Read about some major ocean currents and discover the effects of wind, sun, continents, density, salinity, El Nino, and the Coriolis Effect on currents.

Geography4Kids Quiz: Atmosphere Overview
http://www.geography4kids.com/extras/quiz_atmintro/index.html
This website is an interactive quiz on the atmosphere.

From Sea to Shining Sea: Exploring America's Ocean Realms
http://nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/15/g68/s2ssmap.pdf
This student reproducible, which accompanies several Xpeditions lessons, features information about 12 unique marine ecosystems. A map, glossary and more accompanies the information about the Mariana Trench, Beaufort Sea, Gulf of Mexico and other locales.

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES
http://homepages.nyu.edu/~pet205/biogeochem1.html
This website has explanations and illustrations of the different biogeochemical cycles.

Wildflowers of Alabama
http://www.duc.auburn.edu/~deancar/
Information about Alabama Wildflowers includes common and scientific names and a searchable database.

Learn Genetics: Tour of the Basics
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/units/basics/tour/
Great animations on what DNA, Genes, Chromosomes, Proteins, Heredity and Traits are!

Create a DNA Fingerprint
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/education/body/create-dna-fingerprint.html
Interactive PBS/NOVA site about using DNA Fingerprinting to solve a mystery. Solving the mystery involves creating a DNA fingerprint (they supply the lab and all necessary materials) and comparing this fingerprint to those of the suspects.

Plate Tectonics
http://www.tulane.edu/~sanelson/geol111/pltect.htm
Great explanation of plate tectonics (includes diagrams).

World Biomes Map
http://www.worldbiomes.com/biomes_map.htm
This website has an interactive colored map of biomes. Click on the biome names above the map for information and images related to the selected biome.

The World's Biomes
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5/biome/index.html
This web page provides general knowledge and pictures of biomes.

Missouri Botanical Garden
http://www.mbgnet.net/index.html
This site provides easy-to-read and useful information about and pictures of the world's different types of biomes.

Interactive Online Periodic Table of Elements
http://www.webelements.com/
Click on any element in The WebElements Periodic Table for information such as examples, images, and description of the elements.

Ocean Zones
http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/nwep6c.htm
This site provides information on the different ocean zones.

Human Genome Project (by the U.S. Dept. of Energy)
http://genomics.energy.gov/
Information about the Human Genome Project, Microbial Genome Research, Image Gallery, and Biomass to Biofuel Report.

Phases of the Moon
http://www.discoveryeducation.com/teachers/free-lesson-plans/telling-time-by-the-light-of-the-moon.cfm
This student activity helps them learn the phases of the moon. They will also learn how they can use the moonâ€™s position relative to the horizon and to the sun to determine the approximate hour of the night.

Phases of the Moon
http://home.hiwaay.net/~krcool/Astro/moon/moonphase/
Information and simulation of the phases of the moon.

A Disaster in the Making
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/20060417monday.html
This is a writing assignment for students to compare the effects of natural disasters. Questions are included as well as a video clip. An internet connection is required.

Mitosis/Meiosis
http://www.cellsalive.com/mitosis.htm
Great animation of mitosis in an animal cell and interactives for meiosis and the cell cycle.

Tour of the Body
http://library.thinkquest.org/5777/tour.htm
This website contains information and images on the major systems of the body.

Mitosis Animation
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/Cell_bio/tutorials/cell_cycle/cells3.html
Great animation of the process of mitosis. Go to the bottom of the page for the animation.

Sea Secrets
http://smithsonianeducation.org/educators/lesson_plans/ocean/secrets/stupage.html
All lesson plans in the Ocean Planet online curriculum kit (including student activity pages, step by step procedures, and teacher answer keys) are available in the Adobe Acrobat PDF format.

KidsHealth - My Body
http://kidshealth.org/kid/body/mybody.html
This is an interactive site for human anatomy. This site provides information on various body systems in an easy to understand format that can be used with all students. A Spanish version is also available.

Volcanoes Online
http://library.thinkquest.org/17457/english.html
Students can learn about volcanoes and test their knowledge using the volcanic database, information on volcanoes and plate tectonics, review questions, games, and comics!

Virtual Body
http://www.medtropolis.com/VBody.asp
Great information and interactives on systems of the human body. The systems included are, brain, skeleton, heart, and digestive track. This is also available in Spanish.

Volcano World's Games & Fun Stuff
http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/
This website has several interactive games and simulations related to volcanoes.

Chaparral Biome
http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/chaparral.htm
This website about the chaparral biome includes a description, global position, climate, and information on specific plants and animals of this biome.

Photosynthesis, Energy, and Life
http://www.ftexploring.com/me/me2.html
This site contains information about the flow of energy through living organism.

Biomes
http://home.comcast.net/~john.kimball1/BiologyPages/B/Biomes.html
This is a good site for student research on biomes.

Latitude and Longitude
http://www-spof.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Llatlong.htm
This lesson is an introduction to coordinates on a sphere. It discusses how latitude and longitude define locations on Earth, and similarly, how declination and right ascension define locations on the celestial sphere. Also introduces systems of time-keeping, e.g. local solar time, time zones, universal time and the International Date Line.

Working out a Punnet Square
http://www.athro.com/evo/gen/punexam.html
This interactive site allows students to work out a Punnet square. Students can work both monohybrid and a dihybrid crosses.

Mendelian Genetics
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/mendelian_genetics/mendelian_genetics.html
This site features genetics problem sets and tutorials.

Create a Food Web
http://www.vtaide.com/png/foodweb.htm
This is a great interactive site where students can design their own food web.

Chromosomes
http://www.accessexcellence.org/RC/VL/GG/chromosome.html
Great illustration of the parts of a chromosome.

Geography4Kids
http://www.geography4kids.com/
This site has an introduction to the earth sciences that includes topics on the Earth's structure, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere.

Kid Zone
http://www.kidzone.ws/animals/monarch_butterfly.htm
Information about the monarch butterfly

Kid Zone - Animal Classes
http://www.kidzone.ws/animals/animal_classes.htm
Introduction to animal classes.

Newton's Laws: action and reaction
http://teachers.net/lessons/posts/661.html
This site has several mini-labs for Newton's Laws of motion and allows students to observe, collect data, and form hypotheses also.

Planets in our solar system
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/
Discusses the planets and their relationship to the sun.

Blue Planet Biome - Savannas
http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/savanna.htm
Information on savanna (grassland) habitats, including plants & animals

Population Genetics
http://www2.gsu.edu/~mstnrhx/worksheet.htm
Questionnaire about differences among peers based on his/her inherited traits.

Think Quest - Human Body
http://library.thinkquest.org/5777/tour.htm
Diagrams and information about the systems of the human body

Photosynthesis
http://plants.pppst.com/photosynthesis.html
Website with PowerPoint for photosynthesis, plants and others

Family Traits
http://www.sln.org/guide/knox/Traits/traitexampleswksht.pdf
You can change names and make it for the classmates to help fill out each others traits.

Newton's 1st Law of Motion
http://teachertech.rice.edu/Participants/louviere/Newton/law1.html
visual demonstration of newton's first law of motion

Solar system
http://www.nineplanets.org/
This website is an overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of the planets, moons and other objects in our solar system. Each page has my text and NASA's images, some have sounds and movies, most provide references to additional related information.

Components of Our Solar System
http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/space/solar-system
This website helps student to identify the sun and earth moons as components of our solar system.

Food Chains/Web
http://www.vtaide.com/png/foodchains.htm
Description of food chains and web. Worksheets, games. Students can click and make their own food chain and print it.

Habitats and Biomes
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/biomes
Enchanted Learning is great for lower grades in many areas

Who Eats Who in the Antarctic?
http://www.globalclassroom.org/antarct7.html
This site includes the list of animals in the Antarctic and what they eat; food chains in the Antarctic; detailed descriptions are provided along with activities.

Mi Kids - Simple Machines
http://www.mikids.com/Smachines.htm
Photographs, descriptions, activities on simple machines

Electromagnet
http://education.jlab.org/qa/electromagnet.html
Instructions on how to make an electromagnet/make it stronger..with pictures.

The Life Cycle of a Star Applet
http://www.cascaeducation.ca/CSA/CSA_Astro9/files/multimedia/unit2/star_lifecycle/star_lifecycle.html
This applet has been designed to help students gain a better understanding of the life cyle of a star. The cartoon character, Stellar Sam, guides students through the various stages in the lifecycle of stars using an example of a star similar to the Sun, as well as a much more massive star.

9 - 12

Cells Alive
http://www.cellsalive.com
This site contains photographs and models of all types of cells and cell activity, including some movies of cell functions and other learning activities.

Living Things
http://fi.edu/tfi/units/life/
This website identifies plant kingdom divisions through this unit study on living things.

A Guided Tour of the Visible Human
http://www.madsci.org/~lynn/VH/
This virtual anatomy site includes cross-sections, some interactives, and 3-D models.

Virtual Plant Cell
http://www.life.uiuc.edu/plantbio/cell/
This web page has an interactive eukaryotic plant cell that students and teachers can manipulate to see its component parts.

Chesapeake and Coastal Bay Life
http://www.dnr.state.md.us/bay/cblife/index.html
The Chesapeake and Coastal Bay Life website is an instructional resource on submerged aquatic vegetation and other coastal aquatic organisms provided by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. Information, for both students and teachers, is geared to grades 6-12.

What are Corals and Coral Reefs?
http://www.coris.noaa.gov/about/what_are/
This website discusses the types of coral reefs and their ecosystem. It also includes pictures and diagrams.

Chloroplasts and Pigments
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss3/photosyn/pigments.html
This page, part of the University of California at Berkeley's Photosynthesis web site, features information about plant cells and the photosynthesis process. This resource is referenced in the Science NetLinks lesson titled "Urban Ecosystems 4: Metabolism of Urban Ecosystems."

Poison Frog Uses Less-Toxic Looks to Survive, Study Finds
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/03/0308_060308_poison_frog.html
This is an article on mimicry. It is an excellent resource that can be used to introduce protective adaptations of animals.

Popular Groups on the Tree of Life
http://tolweb.org/tree/home.pages/popular.html
The Tree of Life Project provides information about animals and plants, their history and characteristics.

Checklist of Marine Flora and Fauna at Seaside Park-Bridgeport, Connecticut
http://www1bpt.bridgeport.edu/~robert/seaside.htm
This site features both scientific and common names of flora and fauna at Seaside Park in Connecticut. This resource is presented by the University of Bridgeport.

Wildflowers of Alabama
http://www.duc.auburn.edu/~deancar/
Information about Alabama Wildflowers includes common and scientific names and a searchable database.

Newfound Octopus Impersonates Fish, Snakes
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2001/09/0920_octopusmimic_2.html
This article can be used as an introductory to evolution (protective adaptations). Scientists have discovered what may be the ideal partner for a game of charades: a long-armed octopus that mimics poisonous creatures of the sea to avoid its predators.

Educational Resources on Photosynthesis for Teachers and Students
http://photoscience.la.asu.edu/photosyn/education.html
This web page, from Arizona State University, features an extensive list of links to resources that discuss photosynthesis at varying degrees of complexity.

Learn Genetics: Tour of the Basics
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/units/basics/tour/
Great animations on what DNA, Genes, Chromosomes, Proteins, Heredity and Traits are!

Rubber Band and Heat
http://scifun.chem.wisc.edu/homeexpts/rubberband.html
Quick and Easy Lab (for home or school). This is a really neat experiment which allows students to describe how heat flows from one object to the next. This is cheap and students can do this at home.

Instant Evolution Seen in Darwin's Finches
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/07/060714-evolution.html
This is a news article on a new study of GalÃ¡pagos finches suggests.

Introduction to the Human Body / Anatomical Terminology
http://www.training.seer.cancer.gov/anatomy/body/terminology.html
Includes directional terms, planes of the body, and body cavities. Some diagrams are included.

DNA Interactive Workshop
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/dna/
This interactive PBS site shows DNA replication and protein synthesis.

Introduction to the human body / Cells, Tissues, and Membranes
http://www.training.seer.cancer.gov/anatomy/cells_tissues_membranes/
This site includes notes, diagrams, interactive dictionary, and a review with interactive quiz.

Missouri Botanical Garden
http://www.mbgnet.net/index.html
This site provides easy-to-read and useful information about and pictures of the world's different types of biomes.

Ecology and Biome Unit
http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/AEC/AEF/1996/tomlinson_ecology.html
A lesson plan for an ecology and biome unit, including day-by-day activities and projects.

Anatomy & Physiology
http://www.training.seer.cancer.gov/anatomy/cells_tissues_membranes/
A unit for each body system is provided and includes notes, diagrams, interactives, and quizzes.

Human Genome Project (by the U.S. Dept. of Energy)
http://genomics.energy.gov/
Information about the Human Genome Project, Microbial Genome Research, Image Gallery, and Biomass to Biofuel Report.

Making Sense of Science
http://www.bayerus.com/MSMS/MSMS_Science_Fun/PeriodicTable/PeriodicTableIntro.aspx
This is a student interactive using the periodic table. This can be used with Physical Science and Chemistry.

Garden of Eden
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/teachers/activities/2714_eden.html
In this classroom activity, students invent an organism with adaptations to fit a niche and determine its impact on populations.

Evolution: Teacher's Guide
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/educators/teachstuds/tguide.html
This 40-page curriculum guide on evolution includes worksheets and links to videos.

Theater of Electricity
http://www.mos.org/sln/toe/toe.html
This resource, from the Boston Museum of Science Web site, takes students on a virtual tour of the museum's Theater of Electricity. The Web site features a variety of lightning-related topics, including the history and construction of their Van de Graaff generator, sparks and lightning, Benjamin Franklin's kite, tesla coils, two videos, and an image gallery. Also included are a lightning safety quiz and teachers' resources with experiments.

Leopards of the Night
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/leopards/seeing.html
This is an interactive web page that allows students to distinguish between the different types of camouflage. A Shockwave version and non-Shockwave version are available.

Tissues of Life
http://www.smm.org/tissues/
This is a student interactive for introducing body tissue. This site also includes other links that can also be used.

Ohm, George Simon
http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/people_n2/science_n2/ohm.html
This resource from HyperHistory Online provides a brief biography of George Simon Ohm. His work in developing laws of electricity is discussed briefly, and a link to more information is provided.

What is Electromagnetism?
http://www.howstuffworks.com/electromagnet.htm
This resource, from HowStuffWorks, contains a brief article explaining the difference between regular magnets, permanent magnets, and electromagnets. There are also links to three experiments involving electromagnets.

The Water Cycle
http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle.html
USGS Water Science page with links to information about the water cycle. Follow a drop of water through the water cycle. Print a place mat showing the water cycle. The site also includes the various changes in states of water.

Mitosis/Meiosis
http://www.cellsalive.com/mitosis.htm
Great animation of mitosis in an animal cell and interactives for meiosis and the cell cycle.

New Backpack Generates Electricity
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/09/0908_050908_backpack.html
In this National Geographic News article, read about the invention of a backpack that creates enough electricity to power seven portable gadgets at once. And to charge it up, all you have to do is walk. Links to related stories and Web sites are also found on this page.

Weeds Gone Wild: Non-native Species or Alien Plant Invaders
http://www.nps.gov/plants/alien/
This site provides a compiled national list of invasive plants infesting natural areas throughout the U.S., background information on the problem of invasive species, illustrated fact sheets that include plant descriptions, native range, distribution and habitat in the U.S., management options, suggested alternative native plants, and other information, and selected links to relevant people and organizations.

Resources for Science Learning
http://www-medlib.med.utah.edu/WebPath/CVHTML/CV001.html
This resource can be used to show actual pictures of organs that are found in the body. It can be used as an introductory to a particular system in the body.

Mitosis Animation
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/Cell_bio/tutorials/cell_cycle/cells3.html
Great animation of the process of mitosis. Go to the bottom of the page for the animation.

Farm Pond Aquaculture
http://www.ext.vt.edu/resources/4h/virtualfarm/aquaculture/aquaculture.html
This is a virtual farm that allows students to observe various structures and equipment in growing aquacrops.

Cells Alive - The Cell Cycle
http://www.cellsalive.com/cell_cycle.htm
This is an animation of the cell cycle. This link also includes other student interactives on the cell.

General Chemistry Online
http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/index.shtml
This website, presented by the Chemistry Department at Frostburg State University, contains information and resources for those studying chemistry. Some of the features include a database of chemical compounds, lecture notes, tutorials, a glossary, and a chemistry trivia quiz.

Types of Symbiosis
http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/S/Symbiosis.html
This site explains the interactions between two species that live in close association for long periods.

HHMI Virtual neurophysiology lab
http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/vlabs/neurophysiology/index.html
In this virtual exercise, students will probe the nervous system of a leech, concentrating on looking at the nerve cells that are responsible for collecting touch information from the skin of the leech to its simple brain. Students will perform an accurate simulated dissection to make part of the nervous system accessible in the first part of the lab, and then use virtual electronic equipment to investigate the electrical activity of individual nerve cells.

Modified Crops Could Lead to
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2001/08/0816_geneticplants_2.html
This National Geographic article is an excellent reading resource on genetic engineering and agriculture.

American Field Guide: Animals
http://www.pbs.org/americanfieldguide/topics/animals/index.html
PBS and American Field Guide provide information about classifying animals, including video clips.

Modeling Mendel's Pea Experiment
http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/AEC/AEF/1996/nolin_pea.html
This modeling activity allows students to discover for themselves what Mendel uncovered in his famous pea experiments. It is an excellent introduction to Mendelian genetics which generates discussion and stimulates interest in Mendel's principles. Students are encouraged to use the same observation and critical thinking skills that Mendel used. Hands-on activities, simulations, inquiry labs, and group/cooperative learning are used.

Photosynthesis, Energy, and Life
http://www.ftexploring.com/me/me2.html
This site contains information about the flow of energy through living organism.

The Phantom's Portrait Parlor: Mighty Molecules
http://www.miamisci.org/af/sln/phantom/mightymolecules.html
Explore principles of atoms and matter in this classroom activity from the Miami Museum of Science. In this activity, students will construct models of molecules. They will show the chemical formula for each of the molecules they construct.

Fighting Crime With Bugs
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/04/0423_040423_tvbugman.html
This National Geographic news article is an interview on forensic entomology with M. Lee Goff, chairman of the forensic science department at Chaminade University in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Beowulf and the Bog
http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/ATG/data/released/0069-PamelaDuncan/description.html
This is a transdisciplinary unit that incorporates the ancient English literature poem, Beowulf, with community ecology and the concepts of primary hydrarch succession. Students in a literature class study the literary aspects of Beowulf while students in biology study succession and ecology. The two classes are joined for a trip to a wetland system known as a bog which was the probable setting for the Old English poem. This unit was developed in conjunction with an English Literature instructor named Richard J. McNally.

Chemistry: Periodic Table and More
http://www.chemicool.com/
Interactive periodic table that gives detailed information about each element.

The Kingdom of Pasta
http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/ATG/data/released/0070-JudithAllard/index.html
This activity uses different kinds of uncooked pasta as the individual members of a kingdom. Students must give each individual type of pasta a scientific name and then construct a dichotomous key to identify each individual type. Teachers can use any number of different pasta shapes/colors to vary the difficulty of this activity.

DNA Analysis Aids Efforts to Identify New York Disaster Victims
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2001/09/0919_TVdna.html
This National Geographic news article discusses the use of DNA fingerprinting to identify the victims of the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Towers.

Guided Tour: Visible Human
http://www.madsci.org/~lynn/VH/
An interactive guide to learn about anatomical features. Internet connection required.

Create a DNA Fingerprint
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sheppard/analyze.html
This is an interactive lab activity. Students will solve a crime using a DNA fingerprint created virtually.

Working out a Punnet Square
http://www.athro.com/evo/gen/punexam.html
This interactive site allows students to work out a Punnet square. Students can work both monohybrid and a dihybrid crosses.

Autopsy of a Dill Pickle
http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/ATG/data/released/0072-KatharineNoonan/description.html
This activity is adapted from "Dissect a Pickle" by Doug Bunch. In this activity students learn anatomical terms and directions with reference to a pickle (transformed into human form with toothpicks). The three stages of a formal autopsy are followed. A student worksheet is included.

Mendelian Genetics
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/mendelian_genetics/mendelian_genetics.html
This site features genetics problem sets and tutorials.

Document Fingerprints Could Fight ID Fraud
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/07/0727_050727_documentid.html
This National Geographic News article discusses a laser-based technology that can read and record the unique "fingerprint" found in every piece of paper, cardboard, and plastic.

Design an Ecosystem
http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/ATG/data/released/0079-KarinWesterling/index.html
In this simulation activity, students create a simple, imaginary ecosystem. They describe the interrelations between the species inhabiting the ecosystem and their physical environment. Then, they imagine an alteration in their environment and project the impact that such a change would have on the organisms living in their ecosystem. Finally, they write an environmental impact statement suggesting ways to mitigate the effects of the change.

Monocots vs. Dicots
http://www.backyardnature.net/monodico.htm
Shows photos of both monocots and dicots and defines each.

Classifying and Sequencing: Introduction
http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/ATG/data/released/0182-JimMariner/index.html
Classifying and sequencing are fundamental skills in a scientist's repertoire. This series of activities leads students to exercise observational skills to identify characteristics in sets of "organisms" that enable the set to be divided dichotomously into subsets using both single and multiple characters. Students develop dichotomous schemes and keys to both imaginary and real populations. In addition, some criteria can be used to sequence the members of a population.

How Animal Camouflage Works
http://www.howstuffworks.com/animal-camouflage.htm
In this article, students will see how animals blend in with their environment so that others might overlook them. Students will look at a few sophisticated hiders who can change their camouflage in accordance with a change in their surroundings. In addition to these expert hiders, students will look at some animals who don't hide at all, but throw predators off by disguising themselves as something dangerous or uninteresting.

Bacteria Wanted Poster Research Project
http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/ATG/data/released/0210-JoyceCalo/index.html
In this lesson, students research a bacterial pathogen and produce a wanted poster of the organism.

It's Elemental - The Periodic Table of Elements
http://education.jlab.org/itselemental/index.html
This site provides a printable periodic table with information on each element, interactive games, puzzles, and activities.

Neuroscience for Kids
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/introb.html#dr
This website describes the scientific effects of numerous drugs on the brain.

Plants grow towards light
http://www.botanical-online.com/animation8.htm
Animation that displays seed growing towards light from a window.

Environmental Graffiti-Plants
http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/ecology/invasive-plants-harm-hawaiian-rainforests-help-global-warming/880

Animal camouflage
http://animals.howstuffworks.com/animal-facts/animal-camouflage.htm
Pictures of animals using camouflage as protection.

Population Genetics
http://www2.gsu.edu/~mstnrhx/worksheet.htm
Questionnaire about differences among peers based on his/her inherited traits.

Octupus Mimics other Animals
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2001/09/0920_octopusmimic_2.html

Camouflage
http://www.howstuffworks.com/animal-camouflage.htm
Picture gallery of animals and their camouflage

Animal Defense Against Predators
www.life.umd.edu/grad/mlfsc/res/AnimalDefensevsPredators.ppt
Discusses chemical defense, mimicry and camouflage.

Mimicry
www.unc.edu/~welcha/ecology/lectures/lecture%208%20predation.ppt
Mimicry of animals and insects

Kudzu
http://www.nps.gov/plants/alien/fact/pumo1.htm
This is an article about how kudzu can be harmful to the environment.

Helpful Fungus
http://www.extension.iastate.edu/news/2006/jan/071801.htm
This is an article that describes how this fungus is helpful to the environment.

Food Chains/Web
http://www.vtaide.com/png/foodchains.htm
Description of food chains and web. Worksheets, games. Students can click and make their own food chain and print it.

Adaptation & Survival
http://www.makalapa.k12.hi.us/Makalapa_Folder/HTML/adapt&survive/adapt%26survive.html
This web site includes an extensive list of animals. These are links that can be followed for detailed descriptions of each animals adaptations.

Lesson Plans Page
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/ScienceDistinguishSolidLiquidAndGas24.htm
This website has lessons for distinguishing between solids, liquids and gases.

Electromagnet
http://education.jlab.org/qa/electromagnet.html
Instructions on how to make an electromagnet/make it stronger..with pictures.

Environmental Health Science Education
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/scied/
The Environmental Health Science Education website provides educators, students and scientists with easy access to reliable tools, resources and classroom materials. It seeks to invest in the future of environmental health science by increasing awareness of the link between the environment and human health.

Science Games
http://mint.ua.edu/games/
A collection of science games from the Center for Materials for Information Technology.