WEBSITES
The easiest search engine to use...if other websites fail you then go to google.
http://www.google.com
Mr. A's Favorite Websites (use for homework help and review - these sites are in addition to songs/videos in drop down) :
Quizlet - review all of your vocab here! Set up your own site or use one's created by Mr. A
https://quizlet.com (highlight and paste in search window)
https://quizlet.com/pete2570
All about matter, atoms and elements...
http://www.chem4kids.com/files/matter_intro.html
https://www.stevespanglerscience.com/lab/experiments/density-tower-magic-with-science/ (physical property of density)
States of Matter & Phase Changes
http://www.chem4kids.com/files/matter_states.html
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/states_of_matter/
http://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/states-of-matter/latest/states-of-matter_en.html
Acids and bases…how do these mix – a virtual activity
http://sv.berkeley.edu/showcase/flash/juicebar.html
From inside the earth to outer space…science materials from all
disciplines covered here
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/earth/Continents.shtml
Rocks, Minerals and the rock cycle (volcanoes and earthquakes too!)
http://www.mineralogy4kids.org/
Virtual Volcanic Eruption model
http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/pompeii/interactive/interactive.html
Earthquakes
Great model to show how a earthquake moves through the Earth
*Adobe shockwave needed
http://www.phschool.com/webcodes10/index.cfm?wcprefix=cfp&wcsuffix=1022&area=view&x=9&y=18
World Earthquake Map (in live time!)
https://www.emsc-csem.org/#2
Minerals for kids
http://geology.com/rocks/igneous-rocks.shtml
Pictures and information about minerals, rocks and classification
of these earth materials
http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow1/oct98/create/index.html
Soil
https://www.soils4teachers.org/around-the-world
The Human Eye
diagrams and vocabulary
http://www.99main.com/~charlief/Blindness.htm
Cow eye dissection - very cool review of the parts of the eye (same as human but larger, so easier to see)
http://www.exploratorium.edu/learning_studio/cow_eye/doit.html (cow eye dissection)
Sound & the Human Ear
https://www.nde-ed.org/EducationResources/HighSchool/Sound/frequencypitch.htm
Earth’s revolution around the sun model – great visual for
rotation and revolution
http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es0408/es0408page01.cfm?chapter_no=visualization
Models for:
Why do we always see the same side of the moon AND how the Earth
& moon rotate as they both revolve around the sun (*note that adobe shockwave needed in order for this program to work)
http://phschool.com/webcodes10/index.cfm?wcprefix=cfp&wcsuffix=5013&area=view&x=8&y=11
Excellent resource for the phases of the moon
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/time/moon/phases.html
Another good resource for the phases of the moon (with
definitions)
http://home.hiwaay.net/~krcool/Astro/moon/moonphase/
Wonderful site about energy flow thru ecosystems
http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/facilities/multimedia/uploads/alberta/Ecosystem.html
Biomes
https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibits/biomes/marine.php
https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibits/biomes/index.php