Useful Websites

Rocks

Rock Hound - rock identification
Study Jams Volcanoes
Three Rock Types
Rock Key
Rock Identification Table
Rock's Layers Song
Types of Rocks Song
Types of Rock Video
Identifying Rocks Video
Rock Types Explained in a Simple Way
Dr. Loopy crayon rocks
Rock Cycle Crayons
Study Jams Rock Cycle
SchoolTube Rock Cycle
MIT Rock Cycle
Earth's Structure Interactive
Continental Drift Puzzle


 IDITAROD WEB SITES

Official Iditarod Website

1. 2016 map
2. musher profiles
3. musher standings
4. weather
5. checkpoints
6. Alaska - Enchanted Learning (must be logged in - brooksville, panthers)
7. Maine - Enchanted Learning (must be logged in - brooksville, panthers)

 FOOD CHAINS AND WEBS

Food Chain info and game
StudyJams Food Chain
StudyJams Food Web
Study Jams Adaptations

   BIOMES

1. A - Z Animals
2. Biomes of the World (links to biome info)
3. World Biomes (map and links to plants, animals, climate)
4. Windows to the Universe (map and link to biome info)
5. Biomes (list of biomes with climograph, list of plants and animals for each biome)
6. Enchanted Learning (biomes with many animals)
7. eNature.com (detailed plant and animal info)
8. What Lives in the Tundra
9. Tundra Biome
10. World Biomes (map and link to biome info)

Magic School Bus in the Rainforest
Biome Intro
StudyJams - biomes
PBS - brief descriptions
PBS - adaptations
Biomes of the World
Rainforest Animals
Animal Atlas - adaptations
Animal Atlas - adaptations #2

   Wetlands

Enchanted Learning

videos

Magic School Bus Gets Swamped

Carnivorous Plants of Texas

Carnivorous Plants

Decomposers

KTUU

KTVA

KNOM

SP Kennel (Aliy Zirkle and Allen Moore)

Iditarod Photos - by Jeff Schultz and Team

AlaskaKids games

Birch Leaf Photography - (wonderful photos and blog - not specific to Iditarod)

Serum Run

video -  (not working right now)

Solar System Websites

Interactive Solar System
Planets for Kids
Starchild
Windows to the Universe
Your Weight...
Study Jams - A Day on Earth

Government

Congress for Kids
Ben's Guide to U.S. Government
Kids gov
School House Rock - Government - No More Kings

Math

math playground  (multiplication and division)

Xtra Math

tessellations   

math activities

product game

factorize

Geography Games

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/Geography.htm

geography games

Fables
Thirsty Crow
The Lion and the Mouse
Fox and the Grapes
The Ant and the Dove
The Fox and the Stork

Word Games
Word Play
Parts of Speech  (try Story Blanks)
Syllables (try K-2 Syllable Game or Primary Science Game)
           

Water
Study Jams - Weathering & Erosion

Poetry
acrostic interactive

Museum of Science
2011-12 
Exhibits (some of these are not open ready yet)       

Samantha Smith videos

Samantha Smith - the letter

visit to the Soviet Embassy

news broadcast about her death

Samantha telling about her experience

          

GLACIERS
PBS Kids - glaciers
YouTube video


                                  

 FOOD CHAINS AND WEBS

Food Chain info and game

Eco Kids Chain Reaction

Food Webs - 4 to choose from

                                          BIOMES

World Biomes (map and link to biome info)

Windows to the Universe (map and link to biome info)

Biomes of the World (links to biome info)

World Biomes (map and links to plants, animals, climate)

Biomes (list of biomes with climograph, list of plants and animals for each biome)

Enchanted Learning (biomes with many animals)

Biomes of the World

Arctic Animals (basic, easy to understand info)

eNature.com (detailed plant and animal info)
Introduction to Biomes - video
Bill Nye - The Science Guy - Biodiversity
Magic School Bus - In the Arctic
Life of the Inuit Part 1
Life of the Inuit Part 2
Life of the Inuit Part 3
Amazon Rainforest Documentary
Magic School Bus in the Rainforest

WATER CYCLE

http://www.freesciencefairproject.com/projects/water_cycle.html

easy individual water cycles

http://thewaterproject.org/resources/lesson-plans/create-a-mini-water-cycle.php

mini water cycle

http://www.epa.gov/ogwdw/kids/flash/flash_wordscramble.html

word scramble

http://www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/flash/flash_matching.html

matching water facts

http://www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/flash/flash_qagame.html

25  questions – good but a little more advanced

http://education.jlab.org/reading/water_cycle.html

test to take and then check by teacher

http://www.education.com/activity/article/soda-bottle-terrarium/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTIoviY8Nsk

The Magic School Bus Wet All Over

http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/ecosystems/water-cycle.htm

good water cycle video

http://www.epa.gov/ogwdw/kids/flash/flash_watercycle.html

video to watch together or alone