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1. Endangered Ecosystems - Investigate some of the animals in a Mexican ecosystem. Figure out who are the predators and who are the prey and build your own food web.
2. Food Chains - an interactive site from the BBC
3. Food Chains and Food Webs - What's for dinner? from Enchanted Learning
4. Food Chains and Webs - Information regarding population size on food webs is presented here. After learning about food webs, select the link named "create a possible food web" at the bottom of the page. Click and drag to create your own food web. or

1. Abiotic factors in a freshwater community - the non-living components that effect the living organisms
2. Abiotic factors in a freshwater community - how water conditions effect living organisms
3. Albuquerque 's Environmental Story - the natural environment, abiotic and biotic profiles
4. Biome Table - a worksheet on abiotic and biotic factors of biomes
5. Biomes: Now and When, Current and Future - a WebQuest on the topic "How do abiotic and biotic factors interact within a biome?"
6. Biotic vs. Abiotic - from Regents Prep Living Environment section on Ecology
   1. Multiple choice quiz to follow up this topic [2 questions]
   2. Quizzes on other Ecology topics [also 2 questions each]
7. Consideration of Abiotic and Biotic factors
8. Ecology - Abiotic vs Biotic - a Quia quiz to help you practice differentiating between biotic and abiotic [10 questions]
9. The Ecology Skinny - examples of biotic and abiotic factors
10. Types of ecological interactions - a slide show with a large number of images
11. Unique Plants of the Biomes - from Discovery Education's Lesson Plan Library

1. Create a Food Web - choose from four webs, select animals or plants to populate the food web
2. Energy and Ecosystems - lesson plan from Annenberg
3. Energy Pyramid - an alternate way to look at food chains
4. Experiment with a Pond Food Web - change various population sizes to see what affect the change has
5. Food Chain - National Geographic for Kids has a featured Quick Flick from Brain Pop on the subject.
6. Food Chains - a slide show with places to stop and ask for responses from your students
7. Forest Food Webs - lesson plan from Discovery Education
8. Fun with Food Webs - three webs are available; arctic, meadow, and pond - click and drag elements into place
9. Habitats - investigate food chains with this interactive site from the BBC
10. Interdependence and Adaptation - Use this BBC interactive site to review living things, then take a quiz about interdependence and the food web and
11. Interesting Facts About Food Chains - a brief description of the food chains and food webs in an ecosystem
12. Make a Possible Food Web - click and drag elements [works with Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari or Netscape Navigator] or
13. Make Your Own Food Web - an interactive food web from Scholastic or
14. Predator/Prey Relationship - an interactive investigation from McGraw Hill
15. Welcome to Biology 2002 - This college level PowerPoint show has some great images. Save the show, throw out the college content and modify the show for your classroom.
16. Working on the Food Chain - interactive site

1. Animal Adaptations - lesson plan designed to expand students’ knowledge of animal features and behaviors that can help or hinder their survival in a particular habitat
   1. Animal Adaptations Worksheet
2. Animal Adaptation E-Safaris - meet some interesting animals to explore how they are adapted to their environments
3. Biomes in a Box - students are asked to build a three-dimensional model of a biome in a box
4. Build a Fish - Build a Fish by choosing a body, mouth, and color/pattern, and then release it into the reef! In the process you will learn about adaptations that help the fish survive in their environment.
5. Exploring Ecosystems - explore the living and non-living parts of three extremely different ecosystems and discover how the parts of the ecosystems interact
6. Habitats/Biomes - complex communities of interdependent organisms
7. Interdependence - lesson plan for discovering what makes a balanced ecosystem
8. Interdependence and Adaptation - [designed for 5-6 UK standards] interactive site from BBC
9. Plant Life for Children - lesson plan designed to teach about Plant and Animal Interdependency [designed for K-4, but can be modified]
10. Unique Plants of the Biomes - lesson plan from Discovery School

1. Producers, Consumers, and Decomposers in the Forest Community - short explanation of each of the three, accompanied by two or three images
2. Roles of Living Things - this 24 slide PowerPoint show has some really good images that can be used SPI 7.2.1 or SPI 7.2.2

1. Energy Flow Through an Ecosystem - this 25 slide PowerPoint show covers food chains, food webs and energy pyramids
2. Roles of Living Things - this 24 slide PowerPoint show has some really good images that can be used SPI 7.2.1 or SPI 7.2.2

1. Abiotic factors in a freshwater community - the non-living components that effect the living organisms
2. Abiotic factors in a freshwater community - how water conditions effect living organisms
3. Albuquerque 's Environmental Story - the natural environment, abiotic and biotic profiles
4. Biome Table - a worksheet on abiotic and biotic factors of biomes
5. Biomes: Now and When, Current and Future - a WebQuest on the topic "How do abiotic and biotic factors interact within a biome?"
6. Biotic vs. Abiotic - from Regents Prep Living Environment section on Ecology
   1. Multiple choice quiz to follow up this topic [2 questions]
   2. Quizzes on other Ecology topics [also 2 questions each]
7. Consideration of Abiotic and Biotic factors
8. Ecology - Abiotic vs Biotic - a Quia quiz to help you practice differentiating between biotic and abiotic [10 questions]
9. The Ecology Skinny - examples of biotic and abiotic factors
10. Symbiosis: Living Together - assignment for student and information for teachers - written by C. Rhein of Hazelwood Central
11. Types of ecological interactions - a slide show with a large number of images
12. Unique Plants of the Biomes - from Discovery Education's Lesson Plan Library

1. Conservation Genetics - The science of Conservation Biology studies individuals and populations that have been affected by habitat loss, exploitation, and/or environmental change.

1. Amazing Space is a set of web-based activities primarily designed for classroom use, but made available for all to enjoy.
2. An animation of a comet's passage through the solar system - Compared to the planets, most comets have highly elliptical orbits and widely varying orbital speeds. Comet Halley's next passage through the inner solar system will occur in the year 2061.
3. Astronomy Resources at Internet4Classrooms
4. Atlas of the Universe - This web page is designed to give everyone an idea of what our universe actually looks like. There are nine main maps on this web page, each one approximately ten times the scale of the previous one.
5. The Cosmic Distance Scale - This feature will give an impression of how immense our Universe is by employing a method used many times in "Power of 10" films - that is, starting with an image of the Earth and then zooming out to the furthest visible reaches of our Universe.
6. The Cosmic Distance Scale - a series of web-based exercises designed to take students on an interactive tour measuring cosmic distances
7. The Cosmic Distance Scale - a lecture with illustrations and images
8. Galaxy Index - photo index which leads to pages with more complete information
9. Spiral Galaxy pictures - Alwyn Botha has posted this excellent set of galaxy pictures to assist those who want to take their own astrophotographs, or those who simply want to see the beautiful pinwheel shapes of spiral galaxies. Thanks for all of the hard work Alwyn.
10. How many stars are there in the Universe? - an interesting article on how to make an estimate of the number of stars
11. Hubble Heritage Project - index to images from the Hubble Space Telescope
12. Hubble Space Telescope's greatest hits - some of the best images from 1990-1995, plus links to other Hubble images.
13. Mysteries of Deep Space from PBS Online
14. National Science Foundation Division of Astronomical Sciences provides some useful links to astronomical on-line resources.
15. NOVA - an archive of past NOVA shows on the subject of space
16. Photo Gallery of the National Space Science Data Center
17. Size Comparison - a sequence of models compares larger and larger objects - great pictures
18. Space Science Education Resource from NASA
19. Space Telescope Science Institute - Astronomy resources, data archives and HST
20. StarChild - A Learning Center for Young Astronomers from NASA
21. Star Journey is based on National Geographic's popular map, "The Heavens."
22. Understanding the Universe - an exploration with the American Museum of Natural History at DiscoverySchool.com
23. Windows to the Universe - the site is written in three reading levels approximating elementary, middle school and high school reading levels - levels may be chosen by using the upper button bar of each page of the main site

1. Build a Solar System - Make a scale model of the Solar System and learn the real definition of "space."
2. Size Comparison - a sequence of models compares larger and larger objects - great pictures

1. Astronomy - Rotation and Revolution - a Quia quiz
2. Earth Sun Geometry - rotation and revolution of the earth with many good diagrams
3. Earth's Orbit Activities - eleven activities
4. Earth's Rotation Activities - nine activities
5. Explore a Model of Earth's Yearly Rotation - from Houghton Mifflin
6. Revolution with and without rotation
7. Rotation and Revolution of the Earth - an Introduction to Solar System Astronomy from Ohio State
8. Rotation and Revolution of the Planets - consider the orbits of the planets in more detail

1. Animation of the Earth's Daily Rotation - students can make changes to the animation or
2. Examine the phases of the moon from Earth and space - observe the lunar cycle or
3. Explore a Model of the Earth's Yearly Revolution Around the Sun - Examine the model carefully to compare the amount of sunlight the Northern and Southern Hemispheres receive in March, June, September, and December. or

1. Animation of Spring and Neap Tides - endlessly repeats from one to the other
2. Ocean Tides - high quality transparency master
3. Tide Simulator - [select student version and then click on Tide Simulator] excellent animation

1. Animation of Earth's yearly revolution around the sun - In order to illustrate how much sunlight different parts of Earth receive through the year, this model shows our planet much larger and closer to the sun than it actually is.
2. Do Shadows Change With The Seasons? - a worksheet to print and use with your class
3. How Does Sunrise and Sunset Change with the Seasons? - a worksheet to print and use with your class
   1. Closure activity to use with the seasons lesson plan
4. Observe seasonal changes in the amount of sunlight reaching locations on Earth - This animation shows a satellite view of Earth every day for a year. Examine the sunlit side of the globe to recognize the continent of Australia and peninsulas and islands of Southeast Asia.
5. Reasons for the Seasons - includes some excellent illustrations
6. The Reasons for the Seasons - This lesson plan is actually three activities in one to be conducted over a three-day period (one day in the fall, one in the winter, and one in the spring).
7. Seasons - explanation from MSN Encarta
8. Seasons - find exactly when the seasons start for any year from 1902 to 2102 with this java applet
9. Seasons Reasons - What is the cause of the seasons? This explanation features an animation of the earth’s movement during a year. [careful, you may get seasick watching it!]
10. The Seasons - very good diagrams
11. What causes Earth’s seasons? - Our planet's tilt dictates cycle of spring and fall
12. What Causes the Seasons - high quality transparency master

1. Eclipse Interactive - change variables and explore eclipses or
2. Solar Eclipses - explanation and several great images

1. Amazing Space is a set of web-based activities primarily designed for classroom use, but made available for all to enjoy.
2. An animation of a comet's passage through the solar system - Compared to the planets, most comets have highly elliptical orbits and widely varying orbital speeds. Comet Halley's next passage through the inner solar system will occur in the year 2061.
3. Astronomy Resources at Internet4Classrooms
4. Atlas of the Universe - This web page is designed to give everyone an idea of what our universe actually looks like. There are nine main maps on this web page, each one approximately ten times the scale of the previous one.
5. The Cosmic Distance Scale - This feature will give an impression of how immense our Universe is by employing a method used many times in "Power of 10" films - that is, starting with an image of the Earth and then zooming out to the furthest visible reaches of our Universe.
6. The Cosmic Distance Scale - a series of web-based exercises designed to take students on an interactive tour measuring cosmic distances
7. The Cosmic Distance Scale - a lecture with illustrations and images
8. Galaxy Index - photo index which leads to pages with more complete information
9. Spiral Galaxy pictures - Alwyn Botha has posted this excellent set of galaxy pictures to assist those who want to take their own astrophotographs, or those who simply want to see the beautiful pinwheel shapes of spiral galaxies. Thanks for all of the hard work Alwyn.
10. How many stars are there in the Universe? - an interesting article on how to make an estimate of the number of stars
11. Hubble Heritage Project - index to images from the Hubble Space Telescope
12. Hubble Space Telescope's greatest hits - some of the best images from 1990-1995, plus links to other Hubble images.
13. Mysteries of Deep Space from PBS Online
14. National Science Foundation Division of Astronomical Sciences provides some useful links to astronomical on-line resources.
15. NOVA - an archive of past NOVA shows on the subject of space
16. Photo Gallery of the National Space Science Data Center
17. Space Science Education Resource from NASA
18. Space Telescope Science Institute - Astronomy resources, data archives and HST
19. StarChild - A Learning Center for Young Astronomers from NASA
20. Star Journey is based on National Geographic's popular map, "The Heavens."
21. Understanding the Universe - an exploration with the American Museum of Natural History at DiscoverySchool.com
22. Windows to the Universe - the site is written in three reading levels approximating elementary, middle school and high school reading levels - levels may be chosen by using the upper button bar of each page of the main site

1. Examine the vast distances between planets in the solar system - Click the image to see the animation. Use the movie controls to examine the planets.
2. Size Comparison - a sequence of models compares larger and larger objects - great pictures

1. Animation of the Earth's Daily Rotation - students can make changes to the animation or
2. Examine the phases of the moon from Earth and space - observe the lunar cycle or
3. Explore a Model of the Earth's Yearly Revolution Around the Sun - Examine the model carefully to compare the amount of sunlight the Northern and Southern Hemispheres receive in March, June, September, and December. or

1. Current Moon Phase Calculator
2. Earth and Moon Matchup - phases and other earth/moon terms are in this Quia Quiz
3. Earth-Moon-Sun system with Moon phases animation - The Sun is to the right of the Earth and Moon. (The animation is near the bottom of this page)
4. Lunar Phases Activities - includes a quiz
5. Moon Phase Calendar - shows the moon phases for each day of the current month.
6. Moon Phases - Excel workbook to use with interactive whiteboard or projection - let students drag phases to the correct position
7. Moon Phase Applet - use this page to see the phases of the moon for an entire year (from 1973 to 2107)
8. Moon Phases Java Applet - Select "both" for the point of view and run the simulation to see the cause of moon phases. Stop the animation and use their chart to see the name of the moon phase.
9. Moonlight Madness - phases of the moon quiz from Star Child
10. Phases of the Moon - high quality transparency master
11. Phases of the Moon - short lesson on phases with several links to follow
12. Phases of the Moon - from Enchanted Learning
13. Phases of the Moon - This is one of the best animations for explaining moon phases. (from the Science Alberta Foundation)
14. Phases of the Moon - from Harcourt School (short, simple, well done)
15. Phases of the Moon Interactive - drag the slider left or right to observe different positions and phases or
16. Phases of the Moon Activity (from Newton's Apple)
17. Phases of the moon from Earth and space - For each phase, examine how the view from Earth is related to the view from space. or
18. Put the Moon's Phases in Correct Order - a Quia quiz
19. Virtual Reality Moon Phase Pictures - You can view the phase of the Moon for any date and time [1800-2199 A.D.].
20. What Our Moon Looks Like During a Complete Lunar Cycle - from the Astronomy Picture of the Day
21. Worksheet to use with Moon Phases - One sheet gives students places to draw and name the phase, the other worksheet asks students to identify positions of the moon and earth in relation to the sun for each of the eight phases

1. Bay of Fundy - home of what may be the world's largest tide range
   1. Bay of Fundy Tourism Information
   2. Hopewell Rocks - at the Bay of Fundy
   3. Undersea Landscapes - the Bay of Fundy
2. The King of Tides - a WebQuest which asks students to collect data and support a conclusion regarding the moon's role in creating tides.
3. Lesson on tides with a good diagram of spring tides and neap tides from the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville
4. Moon Tides - how the moon affects ocean tides
5. Neap and Spring Tides video clip - this is an .exe file but it is safe
6. Normal Tides video clip - this is an .exe file but it is safe
7. Ocean Tides - introduction to the hydrosphere
8. Ocean Tides - high quality transparency master
9. Our Restless Tides - a brief explanation of the astronomical factors which produce tides from NOAA's Oceanographic Products and Services Division
10. Tidal Comparisons Photo Gallery
11. Tide - from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
12. Tide Prediction and Data - from NOAA
13. Tides - spring and neap tide explanation from Enchanted Learning
14. Tides - short lesson with several links, includes good picture of high and low tide in Douglas, Alaska
15. Visualizations Useful for Teaching Tides - list of several sites useful for teaching about tides
16. Water Level Tidal Predictions - from NOAA
17. What Causes Tides? - This explanation of giant tides in the Bay of Fundy also includes a great illustration of the various types of tides.

1. Animation of Earth's yearly revolution around the sun - In order to illustrate how much sunlight different parts of Earth receive through the year, this model shows our planet much larger and closer to the sun than it actually is. or
2. Do Shadows Change With The Seasons? - a worksheet to print and use with your class
3. How Does Sunrise and Sunset Change with the Seasons? - a worksheet to print and use with your class
   1. Closure activity to use with the seasons lesson plan
4. Observe seasonal changes in the amount of sunlight reaching locations on Earth - This animation shows a satellite view of Earth every day for a year. Examine the sunlit side of the globe to recognize the continent of Australia and peninsulas and islands of Southeast Asia. or
5. Reasons for the Seasons - includes some excellent illustrations
6. The Reasons for the Seasons - This lesson plan is actually three activities in one to be conducted over a three-day period (one day in the fall, one in the winter, and one in the spring).
7. Seasons - students may change several variables in this interactive video or
8. Seasons - explanation from MSN Encarta
9. Seasons - find exactly when the seasons start for any year from 1902 to 2102 with this java applet
10. Seasons Reasons - What is the cause of the seasons? This explanation features an animation of the earth’s movement during a year. [careful, you may get seasick watching it!]
11. The Seasons - very good diagrams
12. What causes Earth’s seasons? - Our planet's tilt dictates cycle of spring and fall
13. What Causes the Seasons - high quality transparency master

1. Animation of a lunar eclipse from Astronomy Picture of the Day
2. How Can the Little Moon Hide the Giant Sun - lesson plan designed for lower grades, but can be modified
3. Animation of a Lunar Eclipse or
4. Animation of a Solar Eclipse - simultaneous animation of total, partial, and annular eclipses or
5. Eclipse Home Page at the NASA/GSFC Sun-Earth Connection Education Forum. This web site is continually expanding and strives to be the ultimate resource for online information about eclipses.
6. Eclipse: How Can the Moon Hide the Sun - a two page document from NASA
7. Eclipses - This real-time 3D simulation of the Sun, Earth, and moon explains lunar and solar eclipses, as well as the defined moon phases. The student can manipulate the Sun, the Earth, and the moon into all of their phases as well as view the phases from a variety of different perspectives.
8. Mechanics of Lunar Eclipses - great diagrams | Lunar Eclipses occurring between 1999 and 2020
9. Mechanics of Solar Eclipses - great diagrams | Solar Eclipses occurring between 1999 and 2020
10. Moon and Sun - A solar eclipse composite photo
11. Solar Eclipses through Space and Time - this 41 slide show is filled with information, images and movies

1. Atmospheric Processes: Convection - lesson plan with several suggested activities
2. Aviation Weather - the effects of convection
3. Exploring What Causes Wind - lengthy discussion of several factors
4. How Winds Form - high quality transparency master
5. Introduction to Environmental Science - a sixty-six slide PowerPoint show in the form of an Adobe Acrobat document with a large number of good images related to the effect of convection on weather events
6. Instability - how convection is related to lightning and storms
7. Unstable Weather - how convection currents affect instability
8. What Causes Wind? - discussion of several factors
9. Wind - Explanation from Dan's Wild Weather Page
10. Wind: What is it and What Causes it? - good explanation from Weather Wiz Kids

1. Absorbing Light: Dark vs Bright - instructions on how to set up an experiment
2. The Effect of Soil Type on the Absorption of Heat and Water Evaporation - detailed report of a science fair project
3. Radiation and the Transfer of Energy - lesson plan describing how to set up the experiment
4. Solar Energy, Albedo, and the Polar Regions - look for the section named Reflect or Absorb? about halfway down the page
5. Solar S’Mores - lesson plan on investigating the differences in the amount of the sun’s energy absorbed by a variety of edible surface materials - delicious
6. Which material absorbs heat most efficiently, sand, soil, or rocks? - answer from an expert

1. How Ocean Currents Affect Climate - emphasis is on UK climate
2. Ocean Currents - two excellent videos from NOAA; select Global Impact to see the second video
3. Ocean Currents - scroll past the Google ads to see content
4. Ocean Currents and Climate - a large number of excellent images are includes with this explanation

1. Create a New Hawaiian Island - read the page then click on the link at the bottom of the page to experiment with these local effects on climate by creating a new Hawaiian island! or

1. Ocean Surface Currents - [A web-based ocean current reference site] Each current has important links, summary text detailing velocity and hydrographic observations, and plots such as, average current speed and locations, drifting buoy positions, sea surface temperature maps.
2. Picturing the Gulf Stream Current - some of the history of Benjamin Franklin's discovery
3. Surface Ocean Current Map - warm and cold currents are color coded on this map
4. Surface Ocean Currents - three levels of explanation are available from Windows to the Universe - select Beginner, Intermediate, or Advanced

1. Weather Underground - select a city and then scroll down to Detailed History and Climate, select a month day and year and you will have a large amount of weather data available

1. Atmospheric Processes: Convection - lesson plan with several suggested activities
2. Aviation Weather - the effects of convection
3. Instability - how convection is related to lightning and storms
4. Interactive Weather Maker - investigate how weather is made by observing the effect of the changes that you make or

1. Exploring What Causes Wind - lengthy discussion of several factors
2. What Causes Wind? - discussion of several factors
3. Wind - Explanation from Dan's Wild Weather Page
4. Wind: What is it and What Causes it? - good explanation from Weather Wiz Kids

1. Ocean Currents - two excellent videos from NOAA; select Global Impact to see the second video
2. Ocean Currents - scroll past the Google ads to see content
3. Ocean Currents and Climate - a large number of excellent images are includes with this explanation

1. Cloud Forecasting - Clouds can tell you many things about what the weather will do.
   1. Use what you learned to make a forecast for your Dad.
   2. Help Dad plan the rest of your trip.
2. Compare and contrast warm and cold fronts - excellent animations of each type of front
3. Meteorology Online: Weather Forecasting - a ThinkQuest entry
4. Predicting Weather - posted by United States Search and Rescue Task Force
5. Real-time data sources to use in weather forecasting projects
   1. Weather Underground - look up any city in the US and most cities around the world
   2. Intellicast Radar Loop of the last 2 hours covering the contiguous United States. This Doppler radar site indicates clouds, rain and snow with different colors, and refreshes 4 times per hour. They now offer a 12 hour java loop. More importantly, this loop allows you to step forward, or backward, one image at a time.
   3. National Forecast Maps from NOAA
   4. Conditions for the last 24 hours reported by the National Weather Service - Select State from the pull down menu, then select City
6. Satellite Movies of Air Masses Moving across North America or
7. Tips for Forecasting the Weather - step-by-step process including links to real time weather data
8. Weather Activities - three levels of practice reporting weather followed by three levels of predicting the weather
9. Weather Instruments - this 36 slide PowerPoint show has excellent views of weather instruments used to collect data
10. Weather Maps
    1. Analysis Quiz - twenty question multiple-choice quiz on using weather charts
    2. Daily Weather Maps from NOAA - Click on the Surface Weather Map to see a larger map with plotted station observations.
    3. How to interpret a weather map
    4. How to Read a Weather Map - from Wiki Answers
    5. How to Read Weather Maps - This 36 slide shows how to read the various symbols associated with a station. The final slide acts as a quiz, testing understanding.
    6. Jet Stream: Online School for Weather - a National Weather Service lesson on learning how to read a weather map
    7. Reading and Creating a Weather Map - lesson plan with printable maps integrated
    8. Reading Weather Maps - In the sections that follow, students will examine features to look for on weather maps to make a forecasts, general methods of preparing a forecast, and more specific tips for specific scenarios.
    9. Surface Weather Analysis - complete listing of weather map symbols
    10. Tips for Forecasting the Weather - step-by-step process including links to real time weather data
    11. Virtual Weather Map Room - provided by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
    12. Weather Forecasting Using the Internet - suggestions for incorporating weather into your curriculum
    13. Weather Fronts on a Weather Map - a 17 slide PowerPoint show
    14. Weather Map Analysis - [designed for grades 6-8] a lesson plan designed for middle school science
11. Weather Quizzes - seven quizzes from easy to advanced from Weather Wiz Kids
12. Weather Watch - a student activity from Scholastic - links to six types of weather instruments and a link to a data sheet to use
13. Weather Watchers - a lesson plan from Illuminations

1. Forms of Energy - this page concentrates on potential and kinetic energy
2. Kinetic Energy - the Physics Classroom presents explanation of this type of energy and four questions [with answers] for you to check your understanding
3. Kinetic Energy Calculator - This calculator is designed to give the unknown value in the formulae involving Kinetic Energy. Enter any two of the values of mass, velocity and kinetic energy. Click on the Calculate button of the unknown value
4. Potential and Kinetic Energy - explanation followed by an interactive applet with a question for you to solve
5. Potential Energy - the Physics Classroom presents explanation of this type of energy and two questions [with answers] for you to check your understanding
6. Potential Energy - explanation followed by a mini-quiz [below the ads]
7. Skateboard Science - The Exploratorium takes a look at the relationship between skateboarding and energy transformation

1. Energy Facts - an Energy Kids page
2. Energy Sources - posted by the U. S. Department of Energy
3. Energy Story - an index to over 20 pages
4. Sources of Renewable Energy - from AGORES (A Global Overview of Renewable Energy Sources)

1. Energy Matters - the physics of energy
2. Energy Transformation - from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
3. Energy Transformation on a Roller Coaster - from the Physics Classroom
4. Forms of Energy - examples of each type
5. Kinetic and Potential Energy - a Think Quest entry
6. Kinetic vs Potential Energy - a Quia quiz

1. Conservation of Energy - this HyperPhysics explanation is on a page which explain several conservation laws
2. The Law of Conservation of Energy - this ThinkQuest page uses a pendulum and colored dots to explain energy transformation
3. The Law of Conservation of Energy - short video to illustrate the law [1:01]
4. The Law of Conservation of Energy - with the explanation this page has a short table showing types of energy transformations
5. The Secret Lives of Energy: Conservation of Energy - scroll down near the bottom, there is an excellent animated image which shows several types of energy changing while total energy remains constant.

1. Elastic Potential Energy - this HyperPhysics explanation also includes spring PE
2. Energy of Rolling on a Hill - illustrates the loss of GPE due to friction
3. Gravitational and Elastic Potential Energy - includes two questions [with answers] for you to check your understanding
4. Gravitational Potential Energy - this HyperPhysics explanation includes a PE calculator - make sure to scroll down the page, there are five tables of information
5. Gravitational Potential Energy - several good images are included
6. Potential Energy - lesson plan with experimental procedure and a java applet at the bottom of the page
7. Potential Energy - this Wikipedia entry discusses several types of PE; gravitational potential energy, elastic potential energy, chemical potential energy, electrical potential energy, electrostatic potential energy, electrodynamic potential energy, nuclear potential energy, and thermal potential energy
8. Types of Energy - This is primarily about kinetic and potential, but other forms of energy are presented. There is a mini-quiz at the bottom of the (page below the ads).
9. Work and Energy in Projectile Motion - a very detailed java applet - let your students use this to collect data. or

1. Forms of Energy - this page concentrates on potential and kinetic energy
2. Kinetic Energy - the Physics Classroom presents explanation of this type of energy and four questions [with answers] for you to check your understanding
3. Kinetic Energy: Movement of Matter - explanation followed by a mini-quiz at the bottom of the page (below the ads)
4. Potential and Kinetic Energy - explanation followed by an interactive applet with a question for you to solve
5. Potential Energy - the Physics Classroom presents explanation of this type of energy and two questions [with answers] for you to check your understanding
6. Skateboard Science - The Exploratorium takes a look at the relationship between skateboarding and energy transformation

1. Conservation of Energy Lesson Plan - seven page lesson plan for a lab investigating energy transformation from potential to kinetic
2. Flash Movie of the Racing Balls Problem - look carefully before making your prediction or
3. Racing Balls - interactive applet similar to the one below with more instructions
4. Racing Balls - look at the applet carefully before selecting an answer
5. Racing Balls - after you have considered the problem, click on the image to see a short video demonstration
6. Watt's That? - an energy game in the Jeopardy format

1. Conservation of Energy - explanation from Wikipedia
2. Conservation of Energy - this HyperPhysics explanation is on a page which explain several conservation laws
3. The Law of Conservation of Energy - this ThinkQuest page uses a pendulum and colored dots to explain energy transformation
4. The Law of Conservation of Energy - short video to illustrate the law [1:01]
5. The Law of Conservation of Energy - with the explanation this page has a short table showing types of energy transformations
6. The Secret Lives of Energy: Conservation of Energy - scroll down near the bottom, there is an excellent animated image which shows several types of energy changing while total energy remains constant.

1. Circuits - Energy Story explains circuits and give instructions on making one
2. Circuits: Series and Parallel - high quality transparency master
3. Electricity: Simple Circuits - In this site you will be able to: light a light bulb, make your own battery, and discover which types of objects conduct electricity.
4. Insulators and Conductors - an eight page lesson plan with several pages to be printed
5. Simple Electrical Circuits - click your way through six pages of explanation

1. Changing Circuits - experiment with circuits at this interactive BBC site [when finished, click on the Quiz button for a multiple choice quiz] and
2. Circuits and Conductors - explore circuits and conductors with this interactive BBC site
3. Conductors and Insulators -a text lesson plan which includes instructions for making a quiz board for series circuit units for testing materials
4. Make an Electric Circuit Online - interactive applet with instructions or

1. Charge and Charge Interactions: Conductors and Insulators - explanation from the Physics Classroom followed by five questions so you can check your understanding
2. Conductors and Insulators - explanations and illustrations from HyperPhysics
3. Conductors and Insulators - [designed for high school] After reading this section you will be able to do the following: Contrast the characteristics of conductors and insulators; List examples of common conductors and insulators; and Explain how insulators provide protection from electricity
4. Conductors and Insulators - a matching quiz from Quia
5. Conductors and Insulators - lesson plan in the form of a three slide PowerPoint show with a sheet to print
6. Conductors, Insulators, and Electron Flow - the purpose of this site is to sell magnets, but they do a very good job of explaining the science behind conductors and insulators.
7. How it Works: Conductors and Insulators - a multi-page explanation from Florida Power and Light
8. Insulators and Conductors - this explanation includes two animated illustrations
9. Tech Topics: Electricity - Conductors and Insulators - interactive Flash movie about conductors and insulators or

1. All About Circuits - a series of online textbooks covering electricity and electronics
2. Changing Circuits - experiment with circuits at this interactive BBC site [when finished, click on the Quiz button for a multiple choice quiz] and
3. Circuits - Energy Story explains circuits and give instructions on making one
4. Circuits and Conductors - explore circuits and conductors with this interactive BBC site
5. Electric Circuits - explanation of the function of a circuit
6. Make an Electric Circuit Online - interactive applet with instructions or
7. Quiz: Materials, Circuits and Conductors - multiple choice quiz from an interactive BBC site
8. The Science Behind Circuits and Conductors - 2 pages of explanation - click Next at the bottom right to go to the next page
9. Simple Electrical Circuits - click your way through six pages of explanation

1. Conduction: Insulators, Conductors, Semiconductors, and Superconductors - this PBS site has a large list of links about electricity at the left of the page
2. Cement Can Be Made to Conduct Electricity - short press release (translated from Japanese) about the first concrete that can conduct electricity
3. Conductors and Insulators - [designed for high school] After reading this section you will be able to do the following: Contrast the characteristics of conductors and insulators; List examples of common conductors and insulators; and Explain how insulators provide protection from electricity
4. Electricity: Simple Circuits - In this site you will be able to: light a light bulb, make your own battery, and discover which types of objects conduct electricity.
5. Plastic Made to Conduct Electricity - a report from Science Daily News

1. Student Designed Investigations Part 1 - Observations [lesson plan designed for grades 3-5]
2. Student Designed Investigations Part 2 - Testable Questions, Predictions, Materials and Procedures [lesson plan designed for grades 3-5]
3. Student Designed Investigations Part 3 - Collecting Data and Drawing Conclusions [lesson plan designed for grades 3-5]

1. How Science works: Taking measurements - Explains the ideas of 'variation', 'range' and 'mean (average), and explains the difference between 'accuracy' and 'precision'

1. How Science works: Graphs - explains the shapes of different graphs
2. How Science works: Types of Variables - Explains the difference between 'categoric', 'ordered', 'discrete' and 'continuous' variables, with examples.

1. How Science works: Errors - Explains random and zero errors, parallax, and anomalous results.
2. How Science works: Reliable evidence and Valid evidence - Explains the meaning of 'data' and 'evidence', 'reliability' and 'validity', 'secondary' evidence, with examples for you to discuss.

1. Bird Sleuth: Investigating Evidence - this module consists of five investigations which give students the chance to learn science by doing science
   1. Teacher's Guide - a 44 page .pdf document
   2. Resource Pages - a 28 page .pdf document
   3. Investigator's Journal - a 25 page .pdf document
2. Science Fair Report: What to Write and How - how to explain your results

1. How Science works--Variables - Explains the meaning of 'independent', 'dependent' and 'control' variables, with examples from typical practicals.
2. Solar Cooker - harness the sun's energy to make a tasty treat (s'mores) - the experiment procedure includes instructions on how to include a control (also s'mores) - good science and tasty fun

1. British and Metric Conversions - a series of pages relating to converting to or from metric units
2. Calculating the Density of a Liquid - tutorial on the math involved plus sample questions
3. Calculating Density of a Solid - tutorial on the math involved plus sample questions
4. Converting Fahrenheit to Celsius - interactive problem from Annenberg
5. Converting Length Measurements - use your knowledge of meters, centimeters and millimeters to answer questions to build a shed
6. Finding the Mass of an Object - tutorial on using a triple-beam balance which includes questions to answer
7. Finding the Volume of an Object - tutorial on using a graduated cylinder which includes questions to answer
8. Platform Scales Addition - weigh several items and find the sum in hundredths of a gram or
9. Platform Scales Subtraction - weigh several items and find the difference in hundredths of a gram or
10. Teaching Measures - links to length, mass, or capacity activities and printables - good for using on an interactive whiteboard for a whole class activity or
11. Transparency Master - use this high quality picture of a block of metal on a triple beam balance as a review for your students
12. Using a Graduated Cylinder - [L and mL] a whole class activity for reading a scale, estimating and converting between units or
13. Using a Graduated Cylinder - [mL only] a whole class activity for reading a scale, estimating and converting between units or
14. Using a Platform Scale - practice using scales like the one in a doctor's office, five Gregs will drop on the scale, waiting to be weighed, see how quickly you can weigh them or
15. Using a Ruler - [15 cm ruler] a whole class activity for reading a ruler, estimating and converting between units or
16. Using a Ruler - [30 cm ruler] a whole class activity for reading a ruler, estimating and converting between units or

1. Bar Graph - Enter data to create a bar graph, then manipulate the graph's maximum and minimum values
2. Charts, Tables, and Graphs: Data Interpretation - some things to remember when doing problems based on data interpretation
3. Circle Graph - Enter data categories and the value of each category to create a circle graph (similar to "Pie Chart" but the user can define the data set)
4. Collecting and Analyzing Data - five multiple-choice questions
5. Data Interpretation Games - Numerous activities on using and interpreting data - Activities include bar, pie and line graphs, data collecting and much more
6. Data Interpretation Practice Test - [25 questions] practice reading tables and a variety of charts; column, pie, and pictogram - answers at the end of the test
7. Data Picking - students collect data, enter tally marks or numbers and then select which graph is appropriate
8. Fun and Sun Rent-a-Car - students use tables, graphs, linear functions to solve a real-world problem
9. Graphing Skills - What's the point? find the point on the grid
10. Heads I Win - predict the likelihood of tossing heads or tails and graphs the results of coin tosses (Author - Michaél Dunnivant)
11. The Hot Tub - This is a fun activity where students tell the story behind a graph and relate slope to rate of change.
12. Interpreting Circle (Pie) Graphs - students practice by answering eight questions about the graph
13. Interpreting Column Graphs - students practice by answering ten questions about the graph
14. Interpreting Data - survey a small group by clicking on each of the children, turn the tally marks into two types of graphs and then go back and take a different survey
    1. Interpreting Data Quiz - after you finish the lesson above, take this quiz
15. Interpreting Data - multiple choice quiz from Gencoe math [5 questions]
16. Interpreting Line Graphs - explore line graphs. (Author - Michael Naylor)
17. Line Graph Review - explains the advantages and disadvantages of line graphs
18. Magic Bullets: Chemistry vs. Cancer - In this activity students will work with data about cancer deaths. The purpose of the activity is to give students some experience in reading and interpreting graphs. There is a worksheet associated with the data sets
19. Overview of a Bar Graph by Nicole Carroll followed by a practice quiz
20. Overview of a Line Graph by Nicole Carroll
21. Overview of a Circle Graph by Nicole Carroll followed by a practice quiz
22. Piece Of Pie - display data using a circle graph (Author - Sandi King)
23. Push Ups - collect data to put on a line graph (Author - Sandi King)
24. Spy Guys Interactive - Understanding and Interpreting Graphs - Lesson 10
25. Stem and Leaf Plots
    1. Lesson designed to introduce students to stem-and-leaf plots
    2. Long Distance Airplanes - a stem-and-leaf plot lesson from Iluminations (rated 3rd-5th grade, but quite useful)
    3. Make a Stem-and-Leaf plot of the data you enter into the text area (ignore the warning about Internet Explorer, it works fine).
    4. Organizing Data in a Stem and Leaf Plot - a lesson plan from Annenberg CPB
       1. Making a Stem and Leaf Plot - An excellent interactive assignment can be found at the bottom of this page.
       2. Ordering a Stem and Leaf Plot - An excellent interactive assignment can be found at the bottom of this page.
       3. Grouping by Fives - An excellent interactive assignment can be found at the bottom of this page.
    5. Overview of Mean, Median, and Mode
    6. Overview of a Stem-and-leaf plot by Nicole Carroll followed by a practice quiz
    7. Overview of stem-and-leaf plot - a display that organizes data to show its shape and distribution
    8. Stem-and-Leaf Plots - Their Construction and Use - an overview followed by several suggested assignments
    9. Stem and Leaf Plotter - an interactive applet that allow students to input data
    10. Stem-and-Leaf plots - from Purple Math
    11. Worksheet to accompany a "Stem-and-Leaf Plots" Lesson
26. Using Graphs to Understand Data - five multiple-choice questions from Glencoe math
27. What Percentage of your Class is Right or Left Handed? - a data collection and analysis class experiment

1. Keep-a-Cube - Using materials listed, make a container to see how long you can keep an ice cube from melting. Find out what works best to keep the heat away from the ice cube.