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Science

Name
Subject(s)/Grade Level
Contact Information
Heather Callow
Life Science 7
Gary Caruso
Physical Science 8
Mark Daugherty
Physical Science 8
Karen Goyette
Life Science 7
Jeff Hood
Physical Science 8
Clark Lindgren
Physical Science 8
Julee Moore
Life Science 7
Sue Nidzgorski
Life Science 7
Edith Nwosu
Physical Science 8
Sandy Rogers
Life Science 7

FCPS Program of Studies (POS)

  • Curriculum content and essential knowledge and skills for each grade level and course,
  • Approved instructional resources, and
  • Assessment activities.

Virginia Standards of  Learning (SOL)

  • Specific curriculum standards,
  • SOL resources,
  • Released test items, and
  • Test results.

FCPS Student Accountability

  • Student Accountability Plan, and
  • Specific academic Promotion Benchmarks for the end of each grade level.

Student/Parent Curriculum Resources

  • Links related to curriculum,
  • Online reference materials, and
  • Study aids.

Course Materials

  • FCPS-approved textbooks,
  • Supplementary classroom materials and resources, and
  • Links to publisher Internet sites.

Web Resources

DISCLAIMER
This web site contains links to one or more web pages that are outside the FCPS network. FCPS does not control the content or relevancy of these pages.

Science
An Inquirer's Guide to the Universe

http://sln.fi.edu/planets/planets.html

Ask Science Questions

http://sciencepage.org/question.htm#top

Batting Cage

http://library.thinkquest.org/11902/physics/batting.html

Bill Nye, the Science Guy

http://www.billnye.com/

Biology Project

http://www.biology.arizona.edu/

Cool Science for Curious Kids

http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/

Explorelearning.com

http://www.explorelearning.com/

Explore Zone

http://www.space.com/

ENC Online: Lessons and Activities for Middle School Science

http://www.goenc.com/search/default.asp?page=1&pagelength=10&searchText=Search+Keywords&grade=G3&resourceType=R0&go=Search

Exploring Leonardo da Vinci

http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/LeoHomePage.html

Franklin Institute Science Museum

http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/welcome.html

GLOBE Program (Environmental Network)

http://globe.gov/fsl/welcome/welcomeobject.pl

Goddard's Science Question of the Week

http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/science.html

Great Plant Escape

http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/

Heart Preview Gallery

http://sln2.fi.edu/biosci/preview/heartpreview.html

Virtual Frog Dissection

http://froggy.lbl.gov/virtual/

JASON Project

http://www.jasonproject.org/

Jefferson Lab (Math and Science Links, useful for SOL review)

http://education.jlab.org

Kids World (Math and Science Links)

http://northvalley.net/kids/science.shtml

MAD Scientist Network

http://www.madsci.org/

Meteorology Guide

http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/home.rxml

NASA Quest

http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/index.html

NASA Resources

http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/5-8/features/index.html

Nine Planets Multimedia Tour of the Solar System

http://www.nineplanets.org/

Nobel Prize Educational Games

http://nobelprize.org/educational_games/

Periodic Table of the Elements

http://www.webelements.com

Physics 2000

http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/index.pl

Physlink

http://www.physlink.com/

Science Learning Network

http://sln.org/

Sea and Sky

http://seasky.org/

Solar System Simulator

http://space.jpl.nasa.gov/

Soundry

http://library.thinkquest.org/19537/

Tech Museum of Innovation

http://www.thetech.org/exhibits_events/online/

Windows to the Universe

http://www.windows.ucar.edu/