Energy
Energy (General Information)
Energy Information Administration Kids’ Page - http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/
Energy facts, energy history, sources of energy, uses of energy, classroom activities
Fact Monster - http://www.factmonster.com/index.html
Good general reference – includes dictionaries and encyclopedias
BrainPop - All movies about Energy - http://www.brainpop.com/science/energy/
Kinetic and Potential Energy
1) Potential and Kinetic Energy
http://www.enwin.com/kids/electricity/types_of_energy.cfm
Read and list 5 examples of potentail energy and 5 examples of kinetic energy. Save and print this list - keep it in your science folder
2) Brain Pop - Forms of Energy
http://www.brainpop.com/science/energy/formsofenergy/
Watch the movie and take the quiz - make sure your score is recored by an adult
3) Brain Pop - Kinetic Energy
http://www.brainpop.com/science/energy/kineticenergy/
Watch the movie and take the quiz - make sure your score is recorded by an adult
4) Brain Pop - Potential Energy
http://www.brainpop.com/science/energy/potentialenergy/
Watch the movie and take the quiz - make sure your score is recorded by an adult.
5) Amusement Park Physics
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/parkphysics/coaster.html
Experiment with your own roller coaster!
6) Funderstanding Roller Coaster
http://www.funderstanding.com/k12/coaster/
Sound
The Soundry
http://library.thinkquest.org/19537/Main.html?tqskip1=1
A ThinkQuest site – higher level reading
• How We Perceive Sound
• Physics of Sound - http://library.thinkquest.org/19537/Physics.html (go here first)
• Applications of Sound
• The Timeline
• The Interactive Sound Lab
Parts of a Wave
http://id.mind.net/~zona/mstm/physics/waves/partsOfAWave/waveParts.htm
How Sound Works – Sound Basics
http://stuffo.howstuffworks.com/hearing1.htm
Soundwaves and the Eardrum
http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/mmedia/waves/edl.html
Sound Site
http://www.sci.mus.mn.us/sound/
Excellent info and activities from Science Museum of Minnesota
LIGHT
Science of Light
http://www.gelighting.com/na/home/gela/students/science.htm
Start here!! Has a glossary built in – click on Vocabulary to Learn to access the glossary
How Stuff Works – Light
http://science.howstuffworks.com/light.htm
Optics Bench
http://webphysics.davidson.edu/Applets/optics4/default.html
Light and Optics
http://camillasenior.homestead.com/optics.html
Light & Optics - Lenses and Light
http://www.valemount.com/joel/lightoptics/lenses.htm
Light and Optics
http://www.valemount.com/joel/lightoptics/
Science, Optics and You
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/optics/index.html
Reflection of Light
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/lightandcolor/reflectionintro.html
Refraction of Light
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/lightandcolor/refractionintro.html
Heat
Conduction, Convection and Radiation
http://www.mansfieldct.org/Schools/MMS/staff/hand/convcondrad.htm
Heat Flow Applet
http://www.concord.org/applets/heat-flow/
Kinetic and Potential Energy
http://www.st-agnes.org/~lstinson/webpages/kinpot.htm
Kinetic and Potential Energy
http://library.thinkquest.org/2745/data/ke.htm
Heat and Chemical Energy
http://www.msnucleus.org/membership/html/k-6/as/physics/2/asp2_6a.html
Read about the experiment – good info.
Magnetic Energy
BrainPop - Magnets
http://www.brainpop.com/science/energy/magnetism/
BrainPop – Compass
https://www.brainpop.com/technology/scienceandindustry/compass/
BrainPop – Electromagnetism
https://www.brainpop.com/science/energy/electromagnets/
Magnets and Springs
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/7_8/magnets_springs.shtml
Introduction to Magnetism
http://www.ndt-ed.org/EducationResources/HighSchool/Magnetism/magnetismintro.htm
Magnetism
http://www.mcwdn.org/Physics/Magnetism.html
EduPlace
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmsc/activities/simulations/gr2/unitf.html
Fairly simple, but has a couple of short activities with a compass and magnet
Harcourt School
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/science_up_close/504/deploy/interface.swf
Short but good info
Wise Up
http://www.goldridge08.com/1games/magnet.swf
Basic
Bitsize Science – Magnets
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/science/physical_processes/magnets/play/
Play a game, read some info, take a quiz
Magentism Games
http://www.magnetgames.net/magnetism.html