Science Links (les sciences naturelles)
Grade 5 topics
Human Body
Skeletal System:
Grade 5: Weather
Weather: Hail
Weather: Drought
Weather: HURRICANES:
Weather: The Water Cycle
Weather: Clouds
Acid Rain:
States of Matter
Human Body
- http://www4.tpgi.com.au/users/amcgann/body/ - Inside the Human Body
- Kids Health: My Body - http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/body/mybody_noSW.htm
- Surfing Inside the Human Body - http://library.thinkquest.org/J001614F/
- Gross and Cool Body - http://yucky.discovery.com/flash/body/pg000029.html
- Kids Biology - http://www.kidsbiology.com/human_biology/index.php
- The Virtual Body - http://www.medtropolis.com/VBody.asp
- How the Body Works Movies - http://kidshealth.org/kid/closet/movies/how_the_body_works_interim.html
- The Human Body Science Desk -http://www.iknowthat.com/ScienceIllustrations/humanbody/science_desk.html
Skeletal System:
- http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/SSmovie.html
- http://kidshealth.org/en/kids/bones.html
- http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/anatomy/skeleton/Skelprintout.shtml
- http://www.imcpl.org/kids/guides/health/skeletalsystem.html
- http://www.innerbody.com/image/skelfov.html
- http://animals.howstuffworks.com/amphibians/frog2.html
- http://www.sportsinjuryclinic.net/cybertherapist/front/ankle/anklesprain.html
- http://www.kidsbiology.com/human_biology/index.php
- http://kids.discovery.com/tell-me/science/body-systems/your-digestive-system
- http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/DSmovie.html
- http://www.innerbody.com/image/digeov.html
- http://www.imcpl.org/kids/guides/health/digestivesystem.html
- http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/yrdd/
- http://kidshealth.org/kid/body/digest_SW.html
- http://kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/food/pyramid.html
- http://www.nutritionexplorations.org/kids/nutrition-pyramid.asp
- http://www.kidsbiology.com/human_biology/index.php
- http://kids.discovery.com/tell-me/science/body-systems/your-cardiovascular-system
- http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/CSmovie.html
- http://www.innerbody.com/image/cardov.html
- http://hes.ucfsd.org/gclaypo/circulatorysys.html
- http://www.imcpl.org/kids/guides/health/circulatorysystem.html
- http://kidshealth.org/en/kids/heart.html
- http://www.kidsbiology.com/human_biology/index.php
- http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/pictures/humanbody/heartdiagram.html
- http://kidshealth.org/kid/talk/qa/blood.html
- http://kids.discovery.com/tell-me/health/the-respiratory-system
- http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/RSmovie.html
- http://www.imcpl.org/kids/guides/health/respiratorysystem.html
- http://kidshealth.org/en/teens/lungs.html
- http://kidshealth.org/en/kids/lungs.html
- http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/Asthma/Asthma_WhatIs.html
- http://www.kidsbiology.com/human_biology/index.php
- http://www.innerbody.com/image/card06.html
- http://discoverykids.com/articles/your-muscular-system/
- http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/MSmovie.html
- http://www.innerbody.com/image/musfov.html
- http://www.innerbody.com/image/musbov.html
- http://www.imcpl.org/kids/guides/health/muscularsystem.html
- http://kidshealth.org/en/kids/muscles.html
- http://www.kidsbiology.com/human_biology/index.php
- http://www.biology4kids.com/files/systems_muscular.html
- http://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/Contexts/Sporting-Edge/Science-Ideas-and-Concepts/Muscle-types
- http://kids.discovery.com/tell-me/science/body-systems/your-nervous-system
- http://www.imcpl.org/kids/guides/health/nervoussystem.html
- http://kidshealth.org/kid/word/n/word_nervous_system.html
- http://kidshealth.org/en/kids/brain.html
- http://www.neuroskills.com/brain.shtml
- http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/brain.htm
- http://www.kidsbiology.com/human_biology/index.php
- http://kids.discovery.com/tell-me/science/body-systems/your-nervous-system
- http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/NSmovie.html
- http://en.sommer-sommer.com/braintest/
- http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/lobe.html
- http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/humanbody/nervoussystem.html
- http://www.ucmas.ca/our-programs/whole-brain-development/left-brain-vs-right-brain/
- http://kids.discovery.com/tell-me/science/body-systems/your-endocrine-system
- http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/USmovie.html
- http://www.biology4kids.com/files/systems_endocrine.html
- http://kidshealth.org/en/kids/kidneys.html
- http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/general/body_basics/endocrine.html
- http://www.kidshealth.com/teen/your_body/body_basics/endocrine.html
- http://www.kidsbiology.com/human_biology/index.php
- http://leavingbio.net/endocrine%20system/endocrine%20system.htm
Grade 5: Weather
- http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/city/pages/ns-19_metric_e.html - Environment Canada's Weather Forecast (Halifax)
- http://weatherwizkids.com - Weatherwizkids
- http://eo.ucar.edu/webweather/index.html - Web Weather for Kids
- http://skydiary.com/kids/ - KidStorm
- http://www.fema.gov/kids/dizarea.htm - FEMA: The Disaster Area
- http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/wwatch/severe.htm - Scholastic: Weather Watch
- http://www.wildweather.com/ - Wild Weather
- http://www.nws.noaa.gov/ - NOAA -National Weather Service
- Nova Scotia Weather
Gander Academy's Weather Links. Great Site! - Weather Lore
- Sky Watch
- Canadian Hurricane Centre
- Canadian Weather Fact Sheets
- Canadian Weather Topics
- Weather Fact Sheets
- Weather Games
- Weather Quiz
- http://climate.ncsu.edu/edu/k12/.index/ - have a look at the index for your topic (it's not always the linked text) water cycle, severe wether (like tornatoes, hurricanes, etc., climate change, greenhouse effect/gases, global warming, heat waves and more!
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/find_out/guides/tech/extreme_weather/newsid_2296000/2296631.stm
This is a website for hurricanes,tornadoes and thunderstorms (from Erin)
Weather: Hail
Weather: Drought
Weather: HURRICANES:
- Hurricane 2004
- Hurricane Weather Center
- Hurricanes: Tropical Twisters
- Monsoons
- Sun Wise
- Temperature Conversion
- Top Ten Weather 2004, Of The Century, Of All Time
- Weather Encyclopedia terms
- Weather History
- Weather words A to Z
- El Nino Theme Page
- Interactive Weather Crossword. Neat!
Weather: The Water Cycle
- http://www.mbgnet.net/fresh/cycle/index.htm
- http://www.mbgnet.net/fresh/cycle/concepts.htm
- http://www.mbgnet.net/fresh/cycle/cycle.htm
Weather: Clouds
- http://www.srh.noaa.gov/bna/educate/VATHENA_2/weather/pricloud/index.html
- http://www.fi.edu/weather/events/fog.html
- http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/cld/dvlp/cnvct.rxml
Acid Rain:
States of Matter
- http://www.chem4kids.com/files/matter_intro.html - States of Matter
- http://www.1001-periodic-table-quiz-questions.com/quiz/k-12/states_of_matter_1.html - States of Matter Quiz
Various Science Links
- Find information on just about anything science-related: www.exploratorium.edu
- http://www.ecokids.ca – great science website with games for kids
- http://www.howstuffworks.com/ - discover how stuff works!
- http://www.eskimo.com/~billb/amateur/coolsci.html - Insanely Great Science Websites
- http://museum.gov.ns.ca/ - The Nova Scotia Museum
- http://www.switcheroozoo.com/default.htm - Switcheroo Zoo
- http://www.exploratorium.edu/ - The Exploratorium
- http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/ - Dinosaurs-Museum of Paleontology
- http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/ - Planets
- http://www.stsci.edu/ - Hubble Space Telescope
- http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/home/index.html - NASA Just for Kids
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/living_things.shtml - Grow a plant - Can you do it? (Thanks Lexie!)
- http://www.andythelwell.com/blobz/ - Electronic circuits website
- http://classroom.jc-schools.net/sci-units/earth-features.htm
- http://www.iit.edu/~smile/cheminde.html
- http://education.jlab.org/million/ - Millionaire science style
- http://www.skydiary.com - Kids Storm
- http://www.kidport.com - while the grade levels don't match up to our curriculum (check out everything from grades 3-7), there's a lot of great information!
Grade 6 topics:
Grade 6: Biodiversity
Grade 6 Space
Grade 6 Flight
Grade 6 Electricity
Grade 6: Biodiversity
- Vertebrate or invertebrate? Test your knowledge with an online quiz
- Classifying the Animal Kingdom
- The Animal Kingdom - Classifying
- Classifying Critters into the five kingdoms.
- Animal Kingdoms Kingdoms - interactive quiz
- Animal Kingdom Webquest
- Who wants to be a Millionaire - kingdoms version
- JEOPARDY review the kingdoms
- BioKids - very cool; includes a 'critter catalogue' as well as a complete 22-page Invertebrate Identification Guide that you can take to your backyard to explore the life out there.
- The Animal World - play the Animal Kingdom guessing game; you need to provide your email and choose a player name but that's it. :)
- Arthropods - (Features, classes, structure, mouthparts etc.)
- Insects - cool video
- The Fungus Among Us Making a Mold Terrarium Mold experiment from Bill Nye
Studying Cells Matching Game - Micro-organisms interactive video
Endangered Species Links: - Hinterland Who's Who - species at risk
- Parks Canada - species at risk
- Canadian Wildlife Service, Species at Risk Species at Risk in Nova Scotia - guide
Grade 6 Space
- https://www.esa.int/esaKIDSen/SEMVY5WJD1E_OurUniverse_0.html
- The Solar System
- Build a Solar System
- The *8* Planets The Solar System - pretty complex but lots of info on all planets!
- Solar System Quiz
- The Planets - Who Wants to be a Millionaire game
- Learn about space: design a space station or navigate the north pole
- Phases of the Moon
- More Phases of the the Moon
- More Phases and still
- More
- How do the Moon Phases get their names?
- Earth and Moon Viewer - see LIVE shots of the moon from here on Earth or the Sun's point of view, and live shots of the Earth from the moon or the Sun!
- Video: Why do we have seasons? It all has to do with the tilt of the Earth's axis. Watch this video. Here's another
- Seasons animation Tides - how do they work?
- Stargazing - This site is full of constellations as you would see them from Halifax! Click on the names you know for a closer look.
- More stargazing from the Weather Network
- http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/ISSRG/index.html - Neat videos about what it's like to live in space (how astronauts eat, sleep and exercise in space)
- http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials/listbytype/The_Construction_and_Design.html - Space suit technology
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gd59GuHn91s - 6Connolly presentation about Jupiter amazing facts video (2015)
Grade 6 Flight
- Flight Central - Aeronautics Learning Laboratory
- The Wright Brothers
- Parts of a Plane
- Parts of a Plane 2
- Learning about Air and Flight
- How do planes fly?
- Controlling an airplane
- Milestones of Flight
- History of Flight
- National Paper Airplane Contest
- Paper Airplane Flight Simulator - play around with the forces of flight to make your airplane travel the farthest
- Great Flight Site
- History of Flight
- Amelia Earhart
- Bernoulli's Principle
- More Bernoulli's Principle Flight Quiz - test your knowledge
Grade 6 Electricity
- The History of Electricity
- All about electricity - very informative!
- Electricity Pioneers (general info)
- Franklin: one, two, three, four
- Edison: one, two, three, four
- Faraday: one, two (go to p53)
- Static Electricity - explanation
- Electrical Safety: one, two
- Electricity - basic video - click "Electricity Slideshow"
- In-depth electricity video Series and Parallel Circuits - learn the difference.
- Short Circuits Electricity - info video and even a quick quiz ... great study tool.
- Interactive learning and game about electricity
- Turbines, Generators and Power Plants: how is energy produced and how does it get to our homes?
- Fun Electricity games Electromagnets - what are they, how are they useful and even learn how to build one of your own - supervised by an adult only, of course!
- Another electromagnet experiment
- Electromagnets game - I LOVE this game!
- ELECTRICITY WEBQUEST
- Loads of Links - a bunch of interactive stuff for students.
- Conserving Energy: one, two
- Energy efficient driving
- Alternative Energy Sources
- Wind Power - a crash (introductory) course