6 Science

DIGITAL RESOURCES BY UNIT

Earth's Atmosphere

• Introduction to our atmosphere, un-narrated (5:23)

• Journey Through Our Atmosphere (7:32)  

• The Structure of Our Atmosphere (5:05)

• Mr. Parr’s Atmosphere song (3:16)

• The Dr. Bincos  Show ,Layer of Atmosphere (3:27)

• BrainPop Video

Earthquakes

• Video -- Earthquakes Our Restless Earth (login with ludlowe / bulldogs)

• San Andreas Fault Activity: https://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/earthq3/

• What is an Earthquake?  https://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/earthq3/whatearth.html

Biomes

• • Biomes by Earth Floor

  • Kids Do Ecology -- World Biomes

  • World Biomes by Blue Planet

  • What's it Like Where You Live -- Biomes

  • The World's Biomes

Map Sites

• • Maps of the World

  • World Atlas

  • U.S. History Map

• Ecology Unit

  • Tour of Long Island Sound  -- Scroll down to the section titles Living Treasures: The Plants and Animals of Long Island Sound

  • Water Life:  Where Rivers Meet the Sea

Climate Change

A Student's Guide to Global Climate Change

Weather

• Weather Underground

• Daily Weather

• • Clouds - Nova Labs

  • Definition of Clouds

  • Water Cycle

  • Hurricanes Explained: ABC News

  • Storm Surge Explained

  • BrainPOP -- Climate Types

  • BrainPOP -- Clouds

  • BrainPOP -- Floods

  • BrainPOP -- Hurricanes

  • BrainPOP -- Thunderstorms

  • BBC Interactive Weather Site

  • Cloud Chart

  • EdHeads Weather

  • Forces of Nature -- scroll down to slide show and click on icon for Tornadoes or Hurricanes

  • Scholastic Weather Watch

    • Severe Weather 101 from the National Severe Storms Laboratory

  • Weather Interactives

  • Weather Wiz Kids

  • Web Weather for Kids

  • Learning Resources for Students -- Easy Handouts

Rainbows:

• • The Science of Rainbows

  • How Rainbows Form

Geology Unit

• • BrainPOP -- Earth's Structure  -- login is ludlowe / bulldogs

  • BrainPOP -- Eathquakes

  • BrainPOP -- Plate Tectonics 

  • BrainPOP -- Tsumani

  • BrainPOP -- Volcanoes

  • How the Earth Was Made

  • Forces of Nature -- scroll down to slide show and click on icon for Volcanoes and Earthquakes

  • Plates on the Move

  • Savage Earth --  Earth's Crust, Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Tsunamis

  • Volcanoes Interactive

  • Learner: Dynamic Earth

  • Geological Society: Plate Tectonics

Teachers