Thursday, November 20, 2008

The Carbon and Nitrogen Cycles

Here are a couple of websites that provide some very nice animations on the carbon and nitrogen cycles. Hope you enjoy.

Carbon Cycle

http://epa.gov/climatechange/kids/carbon_cycle_version2.html

Nitrogen Cycle

http://www.ext.vt.edu/resources/4h/virtualfarm/flash_mov/nitrogencycleintro.swf

The Water Cycle

Here's a fun game you can play and hopefully learn something more about the water cycle in the process. Tell me your high score next class. Have fun.

http://nsdl.org/resource/2200/test.20061004113041419T

Monday, November 10, 2008

Animal Adaptations



Here are a couple of websites for you. The first is a game (of course). How quickly can you match adaptation to animal? Let me know your high score.

http://www.ecokidsonline.com/pub/eco_info/topics/climate/adaptations/index.cfm

This next one is a slide show covering everything related to Ecology. Don't know what that is? Check out the site and find out. Enjoy.

http://io.uwinnipeg.ca/~simmons/Chap5398/sld001.htm

Food Chain

Want to play a game and learn a little bit more about food chains? Well you're in luck. Check the link below for a game on food chains called Chain Reaction.

Metamorphosis

Check this site for additional information on complete and incomplete metamorphosis. There are also lots of wonderful pictures (at the bottom of the page). Enjoy.http://www.uen.org/utahlink/activities/view_activity.cgi?activity_id=2024