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Life Cycle of the Butterfly Human Body Systems
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The Solar System Earthquakes and Volcanoes
Plants Landforms
The Water Cycle Fossils
Weather  
   
   
   
LIVING THINGS
Cell Gallery
Cells Alive
BrainPOP: cell structure
Living Thing Vocabulary: Quia Game
BrainPOP: Vertebrates
BrainPOP: Invertebrates
Quia: Animal Classifications
Quiz: Vertebrates/Invertebrates

ANIMAL ADAPATATIONS
Animal Adaptations
Create a Bird
Bird Bill Matching Game
Basic Needs of Animals -click on the link
Adaptation Adventure Webquest
Animal Adaptations Webquest
E-Safari
Animal Survival Quiz
Camouflage Field Book
Where Did It Come From?
Amazing Animals Quiz-It
Build a Food Web
BrainPOP: Food Chains
Habitats Activity and Quiz (includes food chain)
Animal Adaptations Webquest
Adaptations Scavenger Hunt
Chapter 2 Review Game

ANIMAL GROUPS
Animal Groups Webquest
The Animal Kingdom
The Animal Inside of Me
Webquest: The Case of the Missouri Creature
Fact Monster
The Wellington Zoo

 

LIFE CYCLE OF THE BUTTERFLY
Life Cycle of the Monarch Butterfly (photographs)
Butterfly Life Cycle
Club Caterpillar for Kids (puzzles, games, and activities)
Monarch Quiz
Butterfly Webquest
Power Point Presentation
Life Cycle Stages
CyberHunt: Migrating Monarchs
Web Presentation: Monarch Butterfly Magic
Webquest: Flying Towards Survival

ECOSYSTEMS
The Greenville Zoo Webquest
Forest Family Forever Video
Learning About the Rainforest (movies)
Informational Site on Learning About the Rainforest
Rainforest Theme Unit by ABC Teach
The Rainforest-Listen to sounds from the rainforest and watch online videos about the rainforest.
Tropical Rainforest Biome-informational site
Explore the Fantastic Forest by National Geographic
Webquest: Dr. Green's Rainforest Mystery
Webquest: The Fate of the Rainforests
Virtual Rainforest
Webquest: Journey Up the River Webquest
Rainforest Destruction
Underground Adventure What would it be like to live underground? Visit this website to find out.
Test Review, Unit B, Chapter 1, Ecosystems-Quia Activity
Climate Changes
EPA Environmental Kids Club
eThemes: Recycling
Rainforest Scavenger Hunt
Ecosystem PowerPoint
Quia Activity: Protecting Ecosystems



Landforms
PowerPoint: What are landforms?
Illustrated Glossary: Landforms and Bodies of Water
Types of Land-Click on the list to learn more about different types of land.
Face of the Earth -includes information on landforms, the rock cycle, and the process of erosion
Landforms Quiz-Use the picture dictionary to answer the questions.
Look It Up Quiz-Landforms and Bodies of Water
Land Formations Activity
World Atlas-Use the atlas to discuss major landforms of the world
Landforms -includes information and a relief map
Geoimages
Landform Atlas of the U.S.
EARTHQUAKES AND VOLCANOES
Webquest: Would you rather live near a volcano or an earthquake fault line?
Build Your Own Volcano
BrainPOP Movie: Volcanoes
Discover Channel: Virtual Volcano
Simulate an Erupting Volcano
Internet Field Trip: The Mighty Volcano
Volcano World
Volcano World Kid Quiz
FEMA for Kids: Volcanoes
How Volcanoes Work
Games and Fun Stuff by Volcano World
BrainPOP Movie: Earthquakes
Make a Quake: Earthquake Simulator
FEMA for Kids: Earthquakes
Earthquakes for Kids
How Earthquakes Work
The Restless Planet Earthquakes (animation)
Set Off Your Own Earthquake
I Know That-Earthquakes
Study Guide
Ethemes: Earthquakes
Ethemes: Volcanoes
ELECTRICITY
Electricity PowerPoint by Nicki Green
Quiz-It
Webquest
Electric Circuits
The Blobz Guide to Electric Circuits
Electricity in the Home
Circuits and Conductors
eThemes: Electricity
SIMPLE MACHINES
Quiz-It
Webquest: Exploring Simple Machines
Links on Simple Machines
Descriptions and Photographs of Simple Machines
Inventor's Toolbox: The Elements of Machines
Plants
Meet the Plant Parts-Build a Salad
Parts of a Plant
The Great Plant Escape
All About Plants-Thinkquest
Vascular Plants-See how materials flow through a plant
All About Seeds
Plants and Our Environment-Thinkquest
Research Plant Parts
Investigate the Needs of Plants
Biology of Plants
Photosynethesis-Thinkquest
Plant Explorer -Explore the parts of plants. Discover the different parts of plants we eat.
PowerPoint-What is a Plant?
PowerPoint-The Life Cycle of Plants
PowerPoint-The Parts of a Flower
Growing Plants Game and Quiz
Root Factory-Distinguish between tap and fibrous roots. Decide whether the root is edible.
Soil Formation Activity
Cyberhunt: The Veuns Flytrap
Quia Vocabulary Review
SOLAR SYSTEM
Quiz-It
Quia Activity-order the planets
Quia Game-Solar System Vocabulary Words
Solar System Jeopardy
Play some on-line jig-saw puzzles
Blast Off!-information on the solar system
Exploring Space-Links
Solar System Scavenger Hunt
Beyond the Clouds
Astro Fun Zone
The Solar System
Deep Space
Space Exploration
Civilian Space Travel
NASA Kids
Solar System Movie
Tour of the Solar System
Windows to the Universe-create a journal, play games, and take a tour
Solar System Coloring Book
A to Z Teacher Stuff-lesson plans, online activities, and webquests
Solar System Thematic Unit
Interactive Crossword Puzzle
NASA Space Place-Spacey Things To Do
Astronomy For Kids
Space Webquest
Webquest-Create a New Planet
Discovery Chanel Space Favorites
The Gravity of the Situation- read a table
View From Space
BrainPOP Movie: Mars
Stargazers
Moon Phases-animated movie
Phases of the Moon
Phases of the Moon-Movie
Virtual Reality Moon Phase Pictures-What did the moon look like on the day you were born?
Earth, Sun, and Moon Activity and Quiz
The Earth's Rotation

HUMAN BODY SYSTEMS
Quiz-It Body System Parts
Quiz-It Body Parts and Systems
Keeping Healthy Activity and Quiz
A Look Inside the Human Body
Body Quest
Kids Discovery
Discovery School Yuckiest Kids Site
Thinkquest: Surfing Inside the Human Body
Brains Rule Games
Inside the Human Body: The Respiratory System
My Body
Mrs. Siever's Site
Mission Nutrition
Movies: How the Body Works
Experiments and Activities
Mr. Bones-Put the Skeletal System Together
Senses Challenge
Pathway of Digestion-put the steps in order (interactive)
Links on the Human Body
Webquest: Inside and Outside of the Human Body (includes interactive quiz)

 

MATTER
View the Action of the 3 States of Matter
What is Matter?
PowerPoint
Interactive Scale

 

The Water Cycle
The Water Cycle- This site explains the water cycle and has printable sheets.
Fossils
Fossil Webquest
Dinosaur Dig
Virtual Museum
The Museum of Fossils
Kids Dig-Reed Farmstead


Organisms: Producers, Consumers, and Decomposers
Weather
Atmospheric Cycles-Science On-line
Weather by School Web
Interactive Weather Maker
The Weather Game
Video: How Tsunamis are Formed
Games-Weather Wiz Kids
What is Weather?


 
 
©LaRae Barfield, 2005