Curriculum Links

A wealth of Internet sites support the middle school science curriculum.

The following sites contain educational resources for general science information:

General Science Information

• Science Master
• Classroom of the Future
  
• Bill Nye Labs Online
  
• WWWlinks
• Exploravision
  
• Metric system
  • National Institute of Standards and Technology site
    

The following web sites are arranged by grade level and by unit of study.

Grade Seven Science

Observing Living Things

Classification of living things
More about classification
Insects on the Web

Cells
Virtual cell
Another virtual cell site
Cell anatomy
Cells alive
All about cells
The plant cell
Plant and animal cells
Diffusion and osmosis in cells
Powers of Ten

Exploring Herdity and Diversity

DNA and genetics

Understanding Populations and Ecosystems

Marine ecosystems
Planet ocean
Virtual ocean
Freshwater ecosystems
Biomes
More about biomes
Astrobiology


Photosynthesis
More about photosynthesis

Food webs
Energy pyramids

Chesapeake Bay

The Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Chesapeake Bay Observing System
The Bay Journal
Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Virginia's Department of Conservation and Recreation
The Watershed Game

Grade Eight Science

Investigating Matter and Its Changes

• Matter and Energy
  • Matter
  • Energy
  • Absolute zero and the Bose Einstein Condensate
• Periodic Table
  • Periodic Table background information
  • Web Elements
  • Chemicool Periodic Table
  • Chemical Elements
  • A really interesting Periodic Table
  • Link to "The Elements" song
• Atoms
  • Try to build your own Carbon atom out of quarks and electrons
  • Ernest Rutherford's Gold Foil Experimnent
  • Scanning Tunneling Microscopic Images of Atoms
• Chemical Reactions--Acids and Bases
  • Chemical reactions
  • More about chemical reactions
  • Chemical equations
  • Practice balancing equations
  • Reaction rates, catalysts, inhibitors
  • Acids and bases
  • More about acids and bases

Investigating Matter and Temperature

Temperature vs. Heat
About temperature
A really good site on hypothermia
Heat and energy
An easy to understand site on heat and temperature

Investigating Motion, Forces, and Energy

Newton's Laws and forces
Newtons Three Laws of Motion
Amusement park physics
Roller coaster design project
Another Newton's Laws site
Newton's Laws and airplanes
Newton's First Law of Motion
Newton's Second Law of Motion
Newton's Third Law of Motion
Energy

Investigating the Earth-Moon-Sun System

Moon data
Tides
The science behind eclipses
Lunar eclispe computer
Naval Observatory site
A really good solar and lunar eclipse site

Science Textbook Publishing Companies and Other Resources 

• Glencoe/McGraw Hill Publishing Company
  http://www.glencoe.com/

• Prentice Hall Science
  http://www.phschool.com/science/index.html
   
• Vernier
  http://www.vernier.com

Note:  This web page contains links to web pages that are outside the FCPS network.  FCPS does not control the content or relevancy of these pages.

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