The following web sites for teachers support the NYS curriculum standards. Click on subject to go to link.
Animal Bytes Animal database from Sea World that's great for students.
Animal Diversity Web from the University of Michigan. Gives life histories of animals. Includes numerous pictures.
Animal Kingdoms: From Birmingham, Alabama Zoo can search major five kingdoms of animals with links to animal pictures and sounds.
Baby animals at the Trinidad Zoo.
Camouflage: Interactive site with games and links entitled "Exploring Hide and Seek."
Communication: How wolves communicate in order to adapt successfully to their environment. Site has sounds, games, and links.
Eggs: Fun lesson plan dealing with science of eggs. Has link to web site about baby chicks.
Electronic Zoo - Explores the animal kingdom with animal facts, pictures and extensive links.
Endangered species and their habitats: an in-depth look by the National Wildlife Fund with numerous links and lesson plans.
Frog Deformities: Worldwide frogs are being born deformed and scores are dying off. Web site deals with these issues and possible causes in a thought provoking manner.
Frogs Galore: FrogLand Wonderful sites dealing with everything one could want to know about frogs from their sounds, life history, frog jokes and many links.
Marine Mammals Good site with cute activities from Maine aquarium. Also has link to turtle and lobster pages with creative craft ideas for elementary age child.
Seals, walruses and sea lions. Interactive teaching unit dealing with basic needs and adaptation to habitat.
Taxonomy: Great site from Franklin Institute dealing with classifications of animal and plant kingdoms with extensive well chosen links.
Taxonomy: Click on either Animals or Vertebrata to get extensive descriptions and pictures.
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Australian Olympics Curriculum Resources Scroll to bottom to find all the great resources including web quests!
Olympic Links Near bottom of page, go to Activities Online for great multimedia projects.
Jenny Griffith's Web Page Site about Australia designed by Australian teacher.
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Habitats Wonderful site designed for kids dealing with different ecosystems. Includes activities.
Habitats and ecosystems explored by Franklin Institute with related web sites given.
Animal adaptations for survival: Lesson plans with activities for primary grade students.
Animals native to different biomes. From Sedgwick County Zoo. Has different geographic regions with animals native to region.
Animals of the Arctic. Site deals with Arctic animals and their adaptations to the environment. Has links and activities.
Antarctic animals adaptations: In this "virtual" field trip to Antarctica, students study the Antarctica continent together. The basic concepts covered include food webs, "hypothesis," prey and predators, global and local ecosystems, human impact on natural environments, environmental stewardship and international cooperation.
Desert animal adaptations: Night Creatures of the Kalahari. Great site from Nova, which deals with animal adaptations to environment to survive. Includes resources and teacher's guide.
Food Chain explained and with links.
Food Web explained and integrated in unit on fish.
Marine food chains: lesson plan from Encarta with links and activities.
Needs: Lesson plan dealing with "Being Alive" showing that living organisms have similar needs.
Ocean Ecosystem: Lesson plan from Smithsonian Institution's incredible Ocean Planet Virtual Exhibition dealing with ocean ecosystem.
Rain Forests at Risk (Grades 4 to 9) - Students study rain forests and the effect of rain forest destruction on global ecology. Students then brainstorm ways of protecting rain forests and write a report on a rain forest of their choice. (Click on lesson #29)
Rain Forests- Encarta Article about rain forests with multi-links
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Energy Quest is an awesome interactive site filled with information on energy, conservation, scientists, energy sources, safety tips, games, teacher resources, etc. aimed for the elementary-age child.
Energy Sources: From Magic School Bus series, activities on water, wind, and solar power and where energy comes from.
Wind: Franklin Institute in Pennsylvania has series of programs and curricula dealing with wind as an energy resource.
Energy Experiments: experiments kids can do dealing with different sources of energy.
Energy resources: Lesson plans with links to other resources on energy and other scientific subjects.
Energy, work and machines: Site has animated visuals explaining different principles of energy, work and machines.
Energy: The Atoms Family page interactively deals with energy .
Energy experiments: San Francisco Exploratorium offers comprehensive list of science experiments for children many dealing with these topics.
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Faster than Sound: A Nova program exploring what creates a sonic boom, and detailing the latest attempts to beat speed records on land, water, and in the air. Has links and teacher notes.
Metrics Matter: Site covers metric system with interactive, animated displays. A knowledge of the metric system is a must for budding innovators and scientists to master - problem is, it can be really dry to learn. Metrics Matter is a site that helps kids get into the subject, and have some fun too. The animations, real-world examples, and interactive exercises are a plus.
Physics: The Association for Science Teachers lists sites appropriate to students re: physics concepts covered in this chapter. Loaded with quality links.
Physics: Links to lessons for the elementary school child with units relevant to topics in this chapter.
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Geology: Extensive list of online links to geology, minerals, gems and rocks.
Geology Must: List of virtual tours dealing with earth history, paleontology and stratigraphy.
Cave Virtual Click on part of cave and get great pictures and info.
Caves Around the World Links to information and pictures about caves from around the globe.
Earthforce from Franklin Institute deals with volcanoes, earthquakes, floods, tsunamis, and avalanches supplying many links. Teacher resources. Great site.
Earthquake Virtual is an interactive computer program designed to introduce you to the concepts of how an earthquake epicenter is located and how the Richter Magnitude of an earthquake is determined.
Gems and minerals: Virtual tour National Museum of Natural History's gem and mineral collection with extensive lesson plans and activities detailed.
Geologic Wonder: A virtual tour through the Grand Canyon.
Geologic Wonder: Virtual tour of Big Bend National Park in Texas and the changes in it that have taken place over the millennia.
Geologist's Lifetime Field List: The following is a list of locations for geologists or travelers to visit. It contains many of the interesting geological wonders of the world, with links with activities for most of them. Other interesting natural phenomena are presented and explained. Beautiful site.
Tectonics: Earth's interior and plate tectonics detailed with pictures, charts and interactive data.
Volcano World. Premier resource with bonanza of volcano information, pictures, videos, "Volcano of the Week," volcanoes on other planets, games, interactive glossary, and teacher resources.
Volcano Electronic is a wealth of information on active volcanoes with loads of links
Volcanoes: Travel to the Cascades. Explore the volcanoes of Hawaii and Alaska. Learn about the contributions of the USGS's Volcano Hazards Program. Links to other sites and teaching activities included. Wonderful graphics.
Links to earthquakes, minerals, structures, and volcanoes.
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Color: Make a splash with color. Site deals with science of color.
Lenses, optics, sound and hearing. Animated visuals.
Light: See Dracula part of Atoms Family for section on properties of light.
Light and Optics : Simple explanations with illustrations of optical principles.
Optical illusions Interactive site.
Optics for Kids- site illustrates principles of optics for kids.
Sound: Encarta lesson plan "Let's explore sound waves together. Lesson plan, activities, outcomes, etc. for sound.
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Dinosaur Illustrations Zillions of great pictures with cool links.
Animals and plants: Lesson plans on differences between animals and plants with links to other top resources.
Life Cycles: Great links to sites dealing with life cycles of plants and animals.
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The Great Plant Escape: Help Detective LePlant and his partners Bud and Sprout unlock the amazing mysteries of plant life. The life cycle of plants and more is cheerily explored in this web page which includes a teacher section.
Photosynthesis : Unit on photosynthesis with experiments.
Photosynthesis: Easy experiment illustrating how plants produce oxygen.
Plant Catalog: Detailed site covering plants including pictures, descriptions, and links.
Plant Kingdom: Great site from University of California at Berkeley dealing with plant kingdom from fossils to today's plants.
Plants and our Environment: Treasure mine of resources on plants. Comes with activities.
Plant Taxonomy: Detailed descriptions of plant classification such as monocots and dicots.
Rain Forests at Risk (Grades 4 to 9) - Students study rain forests and the effect of rain forest destruction on global ecology. Students then brainstorm ways of protecting rain forests and write a report on a rain forest of their choice. (Go to lesson #29. The other lessons are great too!)
The Lorax's Save the Trees: Interactive Game from the site of Dr. Suess.
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Brain and Nervous system: Explore the brain and spinal cord in this informative interactive site.
The Body Using Shockwave as intro, describes every major part of the body in colorful images and text.
Bones, nerves, reflexes, senses, etc.: Lesson plans with hyperlinks.
NeurOn (Neurolab Online) is a project that invites classrooms around the world to join NASA personnel as they prepare for the Neurolab mission, STS-90. NeurOn uses the Internet and Email to help break barriers between NASA and the classroom. The Neurolab mission will conduct brain research to study neurological and behavioral changes in space.
Visible Human Project: Allows viewer to see the inner and outer anatomy of the human body. From program developed by National Library of Medicine.
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Geography Links Unbelievable array of quality links. Good to browse to find what is perfect for your class. Check this out. It is extremely extensive.
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Cells, fungus, microbes
Cells: The cell and its parts explained from the Franklin Institute in Pennsylvania.
Cells: Again from the Franklin Institute, more on cells with many links provided.
Fungus: Fun facts about fungus.
Microbes: Click on relevant area for extensive descriptions and pictures of viruses, protists, fungi, bacteria, eukaryotes, etc.
Microbe Zoo: Great site with extensive coverage of all types of microbes.
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Magnetism: Site from San Francisco Exploratorium that lists experiments on magnetism for children.
Electricity: Mining Co. Guide to Science/Nature for Kids. Look under category of electricity and a cornucopia of web sites open with links and activities.
Batteries: Site with lesson plans dealing with batteries and electrical technology.
Biographies of scientists important in the study of magnetism with links.
Energy Sources: Web site dealing with different energy sources used to make electricity. Extensive information with links to many sites.
Telecommunication: New frontiers in telecommunications lesson plan.
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Digestion: An animated film with sound tracing an apple down the digestive tract.
Kids Food Cyber Club offers many fun activities for exploring and learning about nutrition and health. Loaded with numerous links for teachers with lesson plans.
Nutrition: "Responsible Healthy Lifestyles Nutrition Education" has lesson plans for each grade.
Nutrition Scientists: Notable scientists making historical contributions to various scientific disciplines of importance to animal & human nutrition.
Teeth: Plaque Attack! Interactive game where brush, floss and toothpaste fight black decay. Viewer must first defend eight front teeth.
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Oceanography: The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution provides a comprehensive list of oceanographic resources of interest to students and teachers K-12. Exceptional links.
Ocean Planet: The Smithsonian Ocean Planet Exhibit. Go to Take a Special Tour to get awesome virtual tours of the actual exhibition with pictures, videos, and sounds covering all aspects of the ocean. Incredible!!!!
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Pollution, Trash and Composting
Acid Rain: Lists three lesson plans with links dealing with acid rain.
Acid rain and air pollution: The Office of Air Quality has useful lesson plans listed for these topics.
Composting: Part of an in-depth composting from the Cornell University Center for the Environment, Composting in Schools provides a rationale for school composting, lab activities and lesson plans, forums, a quiz, frequently asked questions, and more.
Trash: Where does all the garbage go? In this lesson, students investigate solid waste in their community by researching community totals, quantifying their personal contribution, identifying problems and making projections for the future. They then formulate a proposal for disposal methods.
Trash: Trash disposal choices unit.
Trash: This U.S. Environmental Protection Agency site uses art, coloring, comics, stories and games to involve kids in environmental science. Trash: "If your habits resemble those of average Americans, you contributed 1,570 pounds of solid trash, 23 tons of hazardous waste, and 3,613 pounds of sewage to the world's waste this past year." Informative, interactive quiz.
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Astronomy: Interactive site dealing with living in space on other planets, moons, etc. with different gravities and non-earth-like conditions.
Amazing Space Awesome astronomy activities.
Daily space weather with detailed pictures of the sun.
Day and Night: Series of lessons designed for primary grades
Day and night: lesson plan. Tied with another lesson plan on nocturnal and diurnal animals, and one on the weather.
Earth, moon, and sun: Windows to the universe offers information on sun, moon and earth with links. Teacher resources
Exploring the Planets Cyber-Center. Have you ever wondered why the Moon has so many craters? Do you know which planet has the largest volcano, or what causes storms on Jupiter? The Cyber-Center is a simulated research center at the National Air and Space Museum where you can explore these and many other mysteries of the Solar System. Teacher resources. Click here for wonderful pictures.
NASA site, "StarChild": A learning center for young astronomers" designed for children under 10 years of age. Incredible site. Deals with sun, moon, planets, and more. Comes with games for kids.
Nine Planets: A Multimedia Tour of the Solar System by Bill Arnett. Highly recommended.
Storm Curriculum Great lesson plans with helpful links
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Water: The EPA Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water has compiled resources especially designed for kids to learn more about drinking water. Great site loaded with information for students and teachers, including "Surf Your Watershed" where typing in your zip code leads to a wealth of data about local water sources. However, program does not link back easily to Kid's Homepage.
Water: Sea World - Excellent teaching unit dealing with all aspects of water for elementary school age child.
Water Issues: NWF deals with many aspects of water issues.
Water: National Wildlife Federation (NWF) guides kids through tours of water, wetlands and more. Excellent with many resources.
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Seasons: Journey North - funded by Annenberg/CPB Projects Learner Online highlights seasonal changes with particular emphasis on tracking spring's progress across the Northern Hemisphere by following migrations of animals such as whales, butterflies, and birds. Curriculum resources.
Weather: Weather unit employing disciplines of science, math, English, library, geography, social studies, physical education, drama and music.
Weather: Franklin Institute has programs on powers of nature, El Nino, weather forecasting and earth forces.
Weather Curricula: The following teaching resources were designed specifically with the elementary student in mind, using clear and understandable terminology, plus suggested classroom activities to enhance the learning of weather.
Weather lesson plans: Scroll down to entry 210 and 6 lessons about weather appear that are excellent.
WeatherNet: Provides access to thousands of forecasts, images, and the Net's largest collection of weather links, WeatherNet is the most comprehensive and up-to-date source of weather data on the Web.
Weather Phenomena: Incredible site with links to programs about rainbows, clouds, climate, air pressure, temperature, El Nino, and teacher resources.
Wind: Franklin Institute in Pennsylvania has series of programs and curricula dealing with wind as an energy resource.
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Microsoft Encarta has lesson plans and activities searchable by subject and grade level. The lesson plans integrate MS Office programs using graphs, tables, charts, databases, and sound.