Additional Science Sites
Harcourt Site A great resource!
Harcourt's site contains interactive curriculum activities and web links for students that correlates to their Science Textbooks. The site is divided by grade, units and chapters and includes a glossary too. To access resources you must sign in with this password: Jones
In addition, this site also has a link to a International Space StationTimeline complete with activities that link science to other curriculum subjects. The Teacher/Parent link lists the aim of each student activity or link to help teachers plan lessons.
Great Plant Escape- Roots and Stems
Standard 4-Living Environment
This web page covers parts of a plant- Roots and stems.
Great Plant Escape- Functions of Leaf and Photosynthesis
Standard 4-Living Environment This web page covers parts of a plant- functions of the leaf and photosynthesis.
Great Plant Escape- Function of a Flower
Standard 4-Living Environment
This web page covers parts of a plant- function of a flower.
Great Plant Escape- Function of Fruit
Standard 4-Living Environment
This web page covers parts of a plant-function of fruit.
Endangered Animals
Endangered! Exploring a World at Risk
This site created by the American Museum of Natural History covers the causes of Endangerment as well as information on endangered animals and habitats,
Cell Structure
Grade 6- Cell Structure Activity
Ecosystems
Standard 4 Living
Environment
This site covers: Roles of organisms in an ecosystem
Energy flow through ecosystems Food Webs and Chains -How can we create a food web for a particular ecosystem? This site includes an example.
Forms Of Energy
Standard 4 PS
This page covers: What is energy? What are the various states and forms of energy? Includes a link to a slide show on the five forms of energy. (Need Real Player plug-in)
About the Solar System
Standard 4 PS
This web page covers the history, nature and design of the solar system.
NASA Solar System
This page from NASA has information on all the planets and a Solar System Simululator that allows students to view the planets from different spacecrafts or from other planets.
The Universe
This very complete site tells the story of the history, nature and design of the universe. Facts have been simlified to make them easy
to understand.