Science

FCPS Competency Assurance Documents - Science

General Science NetLinks - Internet-based learning activities for your classroom. lesson plans, and websites to support standards-based teaching and learning
Science News for Kids
 - devoted to science news for children, ages 9 to 13. Includes timely articles, hands-on activities, internet links, and a section for teachers
Physical Science Atoms Family - Lessons and activities relating to different forms of energy. The Mummy's Tomb: energy conservation, kinetic, and potential energy. Phantom's Portrait Parlor: principles of atoms and matter. Dracula's Library: properties of light, waves, and particles. Wolf Man's Ghostly Graveyard: fuel conservation and energy transfer. Frankenstein's Lightning Laboratory: different forms of electricity
Chem4Kids
 - discusses matter and the states of solid, liquid, and gas
Edheads - Simple Machines Activities
 - Learn about simple and compound machines
Electricity and Magnetism
 - learn about static charge, moving charge, voltage, resistance and current
Energy Story
 - all about energy, electricity, fossil fuels and other energy sources
How Stuff Works
 - learn how everything works
Lesson Index
 - science lessons, by grade and benchmark, from Science NetLinks
Light and Sound
 - links to light and sound, from the Science Spot
Simple Machines
 - explains inclined plane, lever, wedge, screw, pulley, wheel and axle
What is Matter 
- about the properties of matter
What is Matter?
 - about the states of matter
Earth Science How Rocks Are Formed - learn about 3 different kinds of rocks: igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic
Minerals
 - more than 4,000 individual mineral species descriptions with links to other sources of mineral data and information
The Dirt on Soil
 - from Discovery School, explore the many layers of soil and find out what lives under your feet
The Water Cycle
 - learn about precipitation, evaporation, and transpiration, all part of the water cycle
Weather Information Links
 - links to lots of weather sites from Kathy Schrock
Weather Wiz Kids - New Orleans meteorologist Crystal Wicker has created this educational weather website for kids and their teachers
Zoom Astronomy
 - comprehensive on-line site about space and astronomy. Scroll down and click on "Moon" for information about moon phases
Life Science Animal Kingdom - classifying animals, from Kidport
Biomes of the World
 - great site from Missouri Botanical Garden
Circle of Life
 - each family of living things has its own life cycle
Food Chain
 - two examples: one in the water and the other on land.
Habitats and Biomes
 - great site on world habitats and the animals that live in each
Habitats of the World
 - lesson plan library from Discovery School
Insectclopedia
 - Find information categorized by species.
Monarch Watch
 - dedicated to education, conservation, and research
National Zoo
 - wild animals and their habitats

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