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Insects
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Insects
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A story about a swallowtail butterfly written by a child illustrated with photographs. |
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This is a comprehensive site about butterflies created by an international team of three students for the ThinkQuest competition. |
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Has some advertising, but also some good information for research. |
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Discover the many worlds of Hidden Microbes From Michigan State University |
From Zoom |
Animals
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They are complete web based units - nothing to buy! There are activities for all grade levels . Rainforest Birds Whales Mammals Sharks |
A set of links created by Brooks Widmaier at Kings Park, includes Deserts, Forests, Aquatic, Grasslands and Tundra |
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A 2nd and 3rd grade student created site. Easy to read. |
Lists of animals - mammals, insects, reptiles, etc. - with pictures and short paragraphs. |
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Written for 2nd grade. It has a little advertising, but it isn't too intrusive. |
The print is small and hard to read, but there is a FACTS sidebar that is useful, as well as good pictures and some maps. |
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This is a huge list of ideas. The lesson plans have links to other pages - most are teacher sites and webquests. |
Weather
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A commercial site, but has some good info. |
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Space
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Connecting NASA research to the classroom. Updated weekly, but an archive is available. |
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Simple Machines
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These activities are graded 6-10, but could be modified. There are links to other Simple Machine sites. |
This is a high school created webquest - but the links have some information and pictures that might be useful. |
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A series of activities for Simple Machines - designed for 3rd Grade, but good for fouth as well. |
General
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This has a terrific graphic on it. |
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Collection of links related to the 5th grade Landforms Science Unit |
Library of reviewed websites and lessons from the American Association for the Advancement of Science |
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Lesson Plans with activities and links by a teacher from Oakland, CA schools |
An assortment of science questions and answers - such as Why don't birds fall off their perch when they sleep? and many other things your students always wanted to know |
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