Thursday, October 9, 2008

Plant Animations

Here's a great site that has lots of animations on everything related to plants. Don't forget to check out the rest of the site as well - lots of info on animals, ecology, physics, geology, etc. Hope you enjoy.

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Life Science Resources

Everything you ever wanted to know about animals, plants, bugs, fruits, vegetables, fish, mammals, creepy crawlers or anything else your little minds can conjure. Check out the link below.
http://www.kiddyhouse.com/Kids/lifescience.html

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Safety in the Science Lab



This virtual tour of a science lab is a little advanced, but it does cover all the things we discussed when we went over safety plus a few more. Enjoy the show.

http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/tutorials/weissman/biolab/

Measurement Fun



Here are some fun activities to practice measuring mass, length, and volume. Click the link below, choose an activity, read about it and then select Activity or Quiz at the bottom of the page. Oh, and don't forget to have fun.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/maths/revision_bites/measures.shtml

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

MIT Entrance Exams 1869-70

Test how smart your brother, sister, mom, dad, or cousin is (or thinks he/she is). Here are some entrance exams to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1869-70. All I can say is "WOW!" And I'm not going to tell you how I did on these exams either...

Keep those brains sharp over the summer.

http://libraries.mit.edu/archives/exhibits/exam/index.html

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Take Action to Reduce Global Warming

Here's a few websites with some ideas on how you can help prevent global warming. We all need to do our part. We only have one planet to call home. Help keep it a nice place to live for you and everything else that inhabits this planet.

http://www.wikihow.com/Take-Action-to-Reduce-Global-Warming

Here's some general information on global warming (more kid friendly) and some things you can do to help save our world.

http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/ce/eek/earth/air/global.htm

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Science Review Games

With the big day quickly approaching (May 1st) what better way to brush up on all those science concepts than with some video games. Check out the link below for tons of games on various science topics we've covered this year (and some we haven't). Hope this helps.

http://sciencereviewgames.com/srg/