Mayhew, Debby, Science / Web Links & Resources

Classzone.com6th Grade Textbook

Space Science; Earth's Surface; Energy & Changing Earth; Ecology; Waves, Sound & Light

“You are being directed to an outside site. Neither this school nor Iredell-Statesville Schools

are responsible for the content of the site you are about to visit.” - ISS

EOG / EOC Practice Questions for Variety of Subjects

http://education.jlab.org/solquiz/ & http://polyweb.net/etests/

Need help with Science Vocabulary? Click on mic to hear correct pronunciation

http://www.wordcentral.com/ OR http://dictionary.reference.com/

Glossary & Activities K-6 http://www.mhschool.com/science/2005/student/index.html

Ask Kids: http://www.askkids.com/

Create a Graph: http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/CreateAGraph/default.aspx

Extra Credit can be obtained when students attend or participate in events at Science Centers.

Examples: Discovery Place, Fort Fisher Aquarium, Catawba Science Center,

Charlotte's Nature Museum, Schielle Planetarium-Museum in Gastonia, etc.

Write or type 1/2 page paragraph or two about your visit to a Science Center

Learning Styles:

http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks3/ict/multiple_int/index.htm

Science Fun http://scifun.chem.wisc.edu/HOMEEXPTS/HOMEEXPTS.html

Demonstrate & explain experiments in class to earn Extra-Credit!

Involve the whole class!

NASA http://www.nasa.gov

http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/index.html

http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/kidsclub/flash/index.html

NASA websites about space exploration, rockets and airplanes, the earth,

the moon, Apollo 11, the Space Shuttle, careers in NASA and much more.

FEMA: http://www.fema.gov/kids/

NOAA: http://www.education.noaa.gov/
Science News for Kids: http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org

Science Daily: http://www.sciencedaily.com/ index.htm

Extreme Science: http://www.extremescience.com/index.html

National Geographic: http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/

Access maps and geography, nature and conservation, science and space,

and archaeology and paleontology. Visit the Kids section!

http://www.nationalgeographic.com

Smithsonian: http://www.smithsonian.kids.us/

The Exploratorium: http://www.exploratorium.edu/ Explore online!

United States Environmental Protection Agency for Kids:

http://epa.gov/climatechange/kids/ & http://epa.gov/climatechange/kids/version2.html

Explore a range of environmental issues!

Volcanoes! FEMA:http://www.fema.gov/kids/volfacts.htm

EARTHQUAKE Animation http://jclahr.com/science/earth_science/animate/summary.html

Monitoring Earth /Seismology http://www.thetech.org/exhibits/online/quakes/seismo/

Earthquakes past 7 days in US http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsus/

USGS http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learning/kids//

Dynamic Earth http://www.mnh.si.edu/earth/text/index.html

Rocks and MInerals http://www.rocksforkids.com/RFK/identification.html

Rocks/Minerals Fast Facts http://www.childrensmuseum.org/geomysteries/faqs.html

How Rocks are Formed! http://sln.fi.edu/fellows/payton/rocks/create/index.html

Contains Many Websites on Rocks and Minerals http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/jmresources/rocks/links.html

Rock Cycle http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/rock.html

Rock Cycle Song http://www.chariho.k12.ri.us/curriculum/MISmart/ocean/rocksong.htm

Minerals by Name http://mineral.galleries.com/minerals/by-name.htm

Wonderful World of Minerals http://library.thinkquest.org/J002744/adlm.html

http://cte.jhu.edu/techacademy/fellows/brannon/webquest/kmbindex.html

Rocks and Minerals Detective

Minerals Matter http://www.sdnhm.org/kids/minerals/

Mining in North Carolina http://www.msha.gov/KIDS/MRHP.HTM

Ask a Geologist http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/ask-a-geologist/

Growing Crystals http://library.thinkquest.org/J002289/crystals.html

Floating Rock http://www.childrensmuseum.org/geomysteries/floatingrock/a1.html

Subject(s) Content Mastery using Cartoons

Subscription website: http://www.brainpop.com

Bill Nye http://www.eyesofnye.org/

Cool Science http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/

Great Plant Escape http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/index.html

"The Yuckiest Site on the Internet" including - Earthworms!http://yucky.discovery.com/flash/worm/index.html

http://www.biodiversity911.org/soil/soil_main.html

US government Biology Website http://biology.usgs.gov/features/kidscorner/kidscrnr.html

"The Futures Channel Movies" http://www.thefutureschannel.com/index.php

http://www.fao.org/ & http://www.fws.gov/nc-es/es/countyfr.html

Free Rice! http://freerice.com/subjects.php?t=14714921903