Science Websites

 

General Science

periodic table and elements

http://www.chem4kids.com/

Weather Websites

Amy Freeze, our favorite meterologist! http://www.myfoxchicago.com/subindex/weather/weather_other2

http://ithacasciencezone.com/earthzone/lessons/07meteor/insolation.htm

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/science_elem_weather.htm

http://www.weatherwizkids.com/

http://www.wxdude.com/basics.html

 

Animals	Plants	Earth	Space
Weather	Simple Machines	Sound	Force
Magnets	Electricity	General

 

Grade Level Science Sites - State Assessed
Kindergarten	1st Grade	2nd Grade	3rd Grade	4th Grade	5th Grade	6th Grade	7th Grade	8th Grade

 

 

Human Body

http://www.dare.com/drug_information_tobacco.asp

http://www.stop-smoking-updates.com/quitsmoking/smoking-and-your-health/other-health-hazards/smoking-and-emphysema.htm

http://www.stcms.si.edu/site-map.htm#hbs

http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/interactives/systems.html

http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/jmresources/systems/body.html

http://www.fi.edu/biosci/systems/systems.html

http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0774536.html

http://www.imcpl.org/kids/guides/health/index.html

http://www.imcpl.org/kids/guides/health/index.html

http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0774536.html

http://www.kidshealth.org/PageManager.jsp?lic=1&article_set=29673&ps=110

 

For information about exercise, consult these Web sites:

http://kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/fit/work_it_out.html

http://www.key2fitness.com/index.html

http://www.fitness.gov/activelife/pepup/pepup.html

http://www.americanheart.com

 

Food Pyramid

http://www.health.gov/dietaryguidelines/dga2000/document/frontcover.htm

 

For more information about different types of foods:

http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/

 

To learn about foods that are good for the heart:

http://www.americanheart.com

 

Illinois Facts and Plants and Animals

http://web.extension.uiuc.edu/wildlife/directory.cfm

http://www.dnr.state.il.us/education/CLASSRM/IllinoisFactsFinal.pdf

http://urbanext.illinois.edu/animals/

Nocturnal animals: http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/natbltn/100-199/nb151.htm

Coyote information: http://www.vernonhills.org/thingsyoushouldknow/TheCoyote.asp

 

 

 

The Dismal Swamp/ Swamp Information

Animals:

http://www.naturalsciences.org/funstuff/notebook/index.html

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/biomes/swamp/swamp.shtml

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildlife_of_North_Carolina

http://www.herpsofnc.org/herps_of_NC/lizards/lizards.html

Dismal Swamp information:

http://gorp.away.com/gorp/resource/us_nwr/va_great.htm

http://www.fws.gov/northeast/greatdismalswamp/pdf%20files/UR%20reference%20facts.pdf

http://www.writing.com/main/view_item/item_id/1339638

http://www.geocities.com/great_dismal_swamp/research.html

http://library.fws.gov/Refuges/greatdismalswamp01.pdf

http://www.fws.gov/refuges/generalInterest/GreatDismal021304.html

 

Movie about the Dismal Swamp:

http://www.dailyadvance.com/news/mplayer/m/74887

 

Wetland and Swamp Information

http://www.globio.org/glossopedia/article.aspx?art_id=4

http://www.globio.org/glossopedia/article.aspx?art_id=4

http://idahoptv.org/dialogue4kids/archive/episodePage.cfm?versionID=129013