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__Chavela and the Magic Bubble__ by Monica Brown illustrated by Magaly Morales This picture book could be read as an introduction to the "bubble" (surface tension etc.) activities. - Dionna

[] If you search through this site they have different activities listed by grade level sub groups (physical science etc) - Dionna

[] This lesson connects with the Life Science standard. The "Dried vs. Soaked Bean" uses the investigation to predict, compare, make notes, and measurements of two beans. - Dionna

[] Science Daily is a great way for you to keep up on the latest information and "breaking news" in science, medicine, engineering, and technology. I bookmark it and try to look at it for a while every day. Written in a very accessible style with a minimun of jargon.

Also, check out my lab safety Power Point and the manual I wrote about writing scientific papers and lab reports. The one area that college professors of science consistently grip about is the inability of students to write in a scientific style. I wrote this for high schoolers in a student-friendly style. -Chuck S

__How Many Stars in the Sky?__ by Lenny Holt and Illustrated by James E. Ransome This is a children's fiction picture book that can be tied into the standard of light. A little boy asks his Dad the question "How Many Stars in the Sky" and throughout the story he and his Dad are trying to figure out different ways to answer the question. They travel outside the city limits where the street lights aren't such a distraction. Perhaps this story can be shared with students before a lesson on the night sky. - Dionna

[] This is a culminating assessment for the metric system with students writing to Congress about changing our system to metric... --Alice

[|8363|fun%20science%20experiments||S|b|5418278695&gclid=CIDuqZPt_6ICFSFN5Qod3CrVZA] This has different science activities you can do. -Erin

[] This is a fun way to plant seeds in your class. -Erin

[] The Atom's Family - different than what we used in class. This site has labs/activites for levels K-12. Topics are kinetic/potential energy, properties of light, electricity, and energy transfer. ~Kristin

[] This is a fun site for floating and sinking activites. There are also many other activites offered for elementary science experiments. --Karen

[|http://www.fossils-facts-and-finds.com/fossilization.html] The first page is a great hands-on activity for **exploring and creating fossils**. At the bottom of this link is a second page for another fossil activity on excavating fossils. ~Kristin

[] Lots of activities for exploring light and color for elementary students. Offers activity plus explanation of science concept. --Karen

[|http://www.galaxy.net/~k12/machines/index.shtml] This website has activites for the six simple machines. --Karen

[|http://www.ncsu.edu/kenanfellows/kfp-cp-sites/design-tech/index-50373.php.html] Great site for lessons on **heat and temperature**. There are more lessons at the bottom of the page. I found the supplemental pages at the bottom of the page contained the most information. They are listed as K-4, but could easily be modified to higher grades. ~Kristin

[] This is a helpful site for materials on Rocks and Minerals...by Erin html [] Lessons and links to many, many, many science resources. Check out [|http://www.theteacherscafe.com] for ANY content area resources. by Amanda Botsford

[] "Fresh From The World...Where Your Food Comes From" This site incorporates math, science, geography, language arts, and social sciences skills. This site assists the teaching of food history and origins. There are teacher resources as well as interactive tools for students. from Amanda Botsford

[|www.reading.ecb.org/teacher/] Provides resources such as videos and lesson plans for Prior Knowledge, Making Connections, Questioning, Visualizing, Inferring, Summarizing, Evaluating, Synthesizing, and Using Strategies Together. Visit the site and do some exploring to see if it could be helpful to you! These tools can be incorporated into many different content areas and support inquiry. from Amanda Botsford

[] from Stephanie Montavon. This site contains current data for earthquakes around the world as they happen. While we studied plate tectonics, I had student keep a record of the 5 strongest earthquakes around the world each day for a month. Given longitude and latitude points, students plotted the data on a world map. For a final activity, students drew the plate boundary lines and labeled the major plate boundaries.

[|http://middleschoolscience.com] from Stephanie Montavon. This site contains many classroom activities in Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Earth Science.

[] from Stephanie Montavon. The is an NIH (National Institutes of Health) chemistry curriculum. It contains a great introduction to "What is a chemical?" It also contains a number of other experiments to do with students.

[] from Stephanie Montavon. Many inquiry activities.

From: Crystal Jones ECES [] This society is very helpful, and they love astronomy.Two gentlemen from the I.A.S. came to visit my classroom three different times.They brought four different telescopes for the students to look through, presented a power point, and answered questions about astronomy. [|www.kidsastronomy.com] [|www.science-teachers.com]
 * Indiana Astronomical Society **
 * Kids Astronomy **
 * Science lesson plans and worksheets **

[|Pinhole Camera Instructions] from Gary Cooper: A site from Kodak about making pinhole cameras as an application of "optics" discussed 7/15/2010. Use with appropriate discretion for your grade level.

Ball State University Partners in Education [] from De Meita White This awesome website has lessons to use in your science classroom that can be adapted to fit any grade level. The coolest part is that the materials needed are online are reproducible. Also, any additional equipment needed is relatively inexpensive.

[] from De Meita White I have not used this website, but it does provide lessons from most science genres and links for finding additional information

[] from De Meita White Webquests are cool and extend student learning as technolgy can be integrated into the classroom. Happy Hunting!

From Jeff R:

Here is a great site with tons of short 2-5 minute animated videos for all subject areas, not just science. Some of you may already use this site so you know how good it is. The clips can be a bit corny at times but the main character, Tim, does a great job at explaining concepts with real life examples. There are even activities and quizzes that go along with each video, and there are hundreds of videos. To log in, the username and password are both "**msdpike**". Enjoy!!
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[]__** To just access weather data and camera images, log in to the student section using the zipcode of the high school (46268). I think Fishback may also have a WeatherBug station you can also access this way. If you're looking for more, you can create a teacher login by clicking on the "Register Online" link in the window on the left. The lessons included on the teacher website are geared more towards middle and high school students but could be modified. The school key you need to input for registration is 6569-82890665. I wrote the grant for the station and maintain it so if you have any questions feel free to email me during the school year at jroberts@pike.k12.in.us
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From: Angie B. 1) Phet Simulations - This website has several different science simulations that allow students to conduct experiments and observe science phenomenon. This website would probably best serve secondary science teachers. [] 2) BBC BiteSize - This website has lots of great science tutorials and is interactive. It provides good background information & basic content information. I believe that the KS3 version is for middle school and KS2 is for elementary (there is a link for the KS2 site at the bottom of the webpage). Beware: commentators have English accents, audio contains some English phrases that have different meanings in the US. [] 3) Buck Institute - This website has videos, tutorials, resources, etc for educators looking to learn more about Project Based Learning. []

Crystal T. [] [] [|http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/__]

[|Jeanne M.] [|www.medtropolis.com] [|This is a great site about the human body] __[|www.pbskids.org/designsquad]__

[|www.free.ed.gov] This is a huge site of free things you can get from the government for your curriculum.

LA Sitzman: 1.[|inner life of a cell] - beautiful 8 minute animation set to classical music illustrating the inner workings of a cell. (Several versions are available on youtube ) 2. [|ICP class blog] - My blog for webquests and projects. If you teach chemistry, physics, or physical science there could be some useful materials here. If you are intrigued by any of the webquests please message me and I will send you the pdf docs that accompany each. Check it out and don't forget to vote in the poll 3. [|ACS Chem Podcasts] - podcasts approx 8 min on real world chemistry explanations... interesting & fun, 9-12 material mostly.

[|www.prezi.com] is a very cool presentation tool. It's like power point on steroids! The kids really like it and teach themselves (and me) as they use the tool. From Stacy :)

poster.4teachers.org is an online poster maker for kids (you can use it too). It's another alternative to the old school posters we did when we were all in school. Kids can add links, pictures, texts, whatever they want! From Stacy :)

[|www.donorschoose.org] is a website that takes the grant writing out of getting free stuff!!! You go the page, create an account (for free) and then create a profile of your classroom. Once you've done this, you can create projects that get funded by donors in the community. I used it last year and got lots of great stuff for the greenhouse! from Stacy :)

[] if you've never used life streaming in your classroom, it's awesome! You can watch videos from Discovery Channel on just about anything and any grade level! From Stacy :)

[|www.jason.org] This website is through the National Geographic and is amazing. You can create a virtual classroom for your students to join and then give them virtual labs, simulations, readings, homework, quizzes, tests, games, and it even has unit plans and lesson plans. From Jeremy

[] LOADS of lesson plans for grades K-12. From Jeremy

[] This website has a TON of lesson activities for various branches of science. They are tailored for middle school students, but I'm sure some of them can adjusted to any grade level. -Nicholas

[] This is a blog with some different science lessons. -Nicholas