Science
Most children love science! Science is fun, exciting, and sparks curiosity. Science is the explanation behind everything we do and everything we are. This year we will have fun studying soil, body systems (BONES!),the sun and stars, plants, landforms, matter and force/motion. Encourage your child's natural curiosity about the world by letting him or her try experiments at home (with supervision). You never know when he or she will discover a new interest!
Great Science Site
http://scijinks.jpl.nasa.gov/galleries
(Photo galleries, videos and explanations that go with many of our science concepts)
Animal Inquiry
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/animal-inquiry-30020.html
Skeletal System
http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=34550&title=Science_Rock__Dem_Not_So_Dry_Bones
http://www.mikids.com/wq/bones/Bones.htm
(Skeleton Webquest)
http://acme.highpoint.edu/~spratg04/technology%20portfolio/Website%20and%20WebQuest/introduction.htm
(another webquest)
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/halloween/pastaskeleton/
(making a macaroni skeleton)
http://www.e-learningforkids.org/health/lesson/skeleton/
(X-Ray Learning)
http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/bones.html#
(Bones Info- Will read it to you)
(Bones Animation)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/zqfdpbk
(What Does Your Skeleton Do?)
http://www.e-learningforkids.org/health/lesson/muscles/
(Muscle Lesson and Quiz)
http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/muscles.html
(Muscle Lesson- Will read aloud)
https://www.bbc.com/bitesize/articles/zpbxb82
(How Do Your Muscles Work?)
Soil and Plants
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schooladventures/soil/
(soil sites)
http://www.brainpopjr.com/science/land/soil/grownups.weml
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/activities/crafts/miniature-garden/
(How to make a terrarium)
http://urbanext.illinois.edu/worms/index.cfm
(Adventures of Herman the Worm)
http://www.hyperstaffs.info/work/biology/Handford/artifact/start.html
(Pollen Park)
http://www.superteacherworksheets.com/plant-worksheets.html
(plant comprehension activities that can be done as a class)
http://urbanext.illinois.edu/gpe/case1/c1facts2a.html
(plant webquest)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bees/hive.html
(Anatomy of a hive)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bees/dances.html
(Dances With Bees)
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/acrostic-poems-30045.html
(Write an acrostic poem)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/living_things/
Stars and Moon
http://www.carteretcountyschools.org/woes/webquests/constellationwebquest.htm
(Constellation Webquest)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/physical_processes/earth_sun_moon/play.shtml
http://w4.nkcsd.k12.mo.us/~kcofer/alienwebquest/index.htm
(Sun, moon, Earth webquest)
http://stardate.org/nightsky/moon
(Current moon phase calendar)
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/stars/
(Match constellations with their mythical characters
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/physical_processes/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOIj7AgonHM
Mummies
http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/MUS/ED/mummy.html
(Embalm your own mummy!)
http://kids.discovery.com/games/just-for-fun/mummy-maker
(Mummy Maker game)
http://library.thinkquest.org/J003409/
(Mummies Unwrapped)
http://www.salariya.com/web_books/mummy/intro/pages/intro.html
(You Wouldn't Want to Be a Mummy!)
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/games/interactiveadventures/tomb-unknown-mummy/
(Tomb of the Unknown Mummy)
[Link]http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/egypt/mummies.htm
(GREAT page on mummies; Includes mummy activities and how to make your own mummy)
http://www.mummytombs.com/main.egyptian.htm
(Another excellent site with mummy projects; Includes info on other mummies around the world)
(Make a mummy)
Landforms
https://matchthememory.com/mrpolum
(Awesome interactive site for learning about landforms)
(Good site for teachers; lots of landforms resources)
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/typesofland/typesofland.html
(mountains, islands)
http://www.edu.pe.ca/southernkings/landforms.htm
(valleys, mountains, glaciers)
http://worldlandforms.com/landforms/canyon/
http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/mountains/facts.htm
(information about mountains)
(see an example and read a description of most of the different landforms)
http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/earth/caves.html
(info about caves for kids)
http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-volcano.htm
(info about volcanoes)
http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/media/satellite-imagery-islands/?ar_a=1
(info about islands)
http://www.mrnussbaum.com/wlandforms.htm
(interactive landform map and activities)
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/geography/landforms/glossary.shtml
(Enchanted Learning glossary of landforms)
http://www.ga.gov.au/education/geoscience-basics/landforms.html
(Australian landforms info and pictures)
http://www.mcwdn.org/MAPS&GLOBES/WaterForms.html
(Water forms)
Force and Motion
http://www.engineeringinteract.org/resources/parkworldplot.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/10_11/forces_action.shtml
(animated explanation of force)
http://www.edheads.org/activities/simple-machines/index.shtml
(simple machines online activity)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/physical_processes/
Materials: Matter, Heat, Changing States
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/materials/
Rainforests
http://www.livebinders.com/play/play/82753
Polar Bears
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animals/creaturefeature/polar-bear/
Reindeer
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/animals/caribou/#caribou-standing-grass.jpg
http://kids.sandiegozoo.org/animals/mammals/reindeer
http://www.marthastewart.com/913060/reindeer-101-children
(video of tree farm that also raises reindeer)