Helpful Science Links
Virtual Aquarium - Keep the fish alive in a virtual aquarium for 30 days by making good habitat choices. Print the handout for students to record their results. Click on "Virtual Aquarium" to begin. Changing Sounds - Use this interactive to experiment with volume and pitch of sounds. Use this handout to record your findings. How We See Things - Drag the mirrors to reflect the light onto the correct objects. Use this handout to record your findings. Food Chains - Learn about food chains then complete 3 food chains. Corpse and Robbers - Collect clues at the crime scene, investigate the clues, and solve the crime. Invention at Play: Tinker Ball - Explore using an assortment of objects to build a path so that the ball can reach the goal. Mechanical Madness - 3 levels of play. Move the missing pieces into the correct positions to move the ball from start to finish. Dragon Fly: Matter and Motion Videos - Watch these video clips to investigate motion and matter. Dragon Fly: Living Things Videos - Investigate living things by watching these videos. Edheads: The Compound Machine - Learn how forces and simple machines can work together to create the compound machine. Edheads: Simple Machines - Learn about simple and compound machines while you explore the House and Tool Shed! Robot Factory - Build robots to do common household chores. Forces of Wonder - Learn about different types of forces while helping the "World's Strongest Man". Goldburger to Go - Can you perfect this Rube Goldberg invention? Kitchen Chemistry - Experiment with acids and bases. Disease Detective - Investigate a disease outbreak to solve the medical mystery. Interdependence and Adaptation - Complete the food webs. Animals, Adaptation, and the Galapagos Islands - Explore with Darwin. Forces in Action - Experiment with forces on a moving object. Food Webs - Put the food webs together. Build-a-Prairie - Turn a barren plain into a healthy prairie. Amusement Park Physics: Roller Coaster - Build your own roller coaster FossWeb - Online activities to accompany the science kits Amazing Reef MovieMaker - Make an animated film about life on the reef. The Reconstructors - Travel into the future to solve medical mysteries of the past. Endangered and Wild Animals- Links to websites for researching endangered species and wild animals.