8th grade web links by topic:
Grade 8 Course Outline - click here
Weather's impacts:
http://kidsenvirohealth.nlm.nih.gov/subtopic/003/climate-change/013/impact-on-weather/
http://www.weather.gov/media/aly/School%20Weather%20Safety%20Plan.pdf
http://www.ecy.wa.gov/climatechange/extremeweather_more.htm
atmosphere:
http://www.cruzine.com/2010/11/16/earth-space-photography/ polar orbit fly over night camera
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyQlYY-5fG8 You tube - Mr Parr Drops of Atmosphere song
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/GlobalMaps/ NASA satellite data maps
Hurricane Websites:
How Hurricanes Form, etc:
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/science/hurricane/#hurricane-aletta.jpg read, then watch the hurricane video. The same video is this youtube link...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=29&v=lEtxRd9y1c4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4f45jA5UxB0
http://merehistory-qvms.weebly.com/uploads/1/5/1/5/15155754/_atlantic-hurricane-tracks-1851-to-2012.jpg
http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-hurricane.htm
http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/hurricanes/en/
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/hurr/stages/home.rxml
http://curriculumbits.com/prodimages/details/geography/hurricanes.swf
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/hurr/glob.rxml
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/wwhlpr/hurr_names.rxml?hret=/guides/mtr/hurr/glob.rxml
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/weather/hurricane/
Data for Past Hurricanes
www.nhc.noaa.gov/pastdec.shtml
http://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/images/2011-Landfalling-Hurricanes-11x17.pdf
http://www.hurricaneville.com/historic.html
Hurricane Hunters:
http://www.hurricanehunters.com/become.htm
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/pa/files/hurricane%20hunters.pdf
http://oceantoday.noaa.gov/hurricanehunters/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDXFHjhV61o
Other Hurricane sites
www.nytimes.com/1990/09/25/science/more-strong-hurricanes-predicted-for-east-in-next-2-decades.html
Weather Lore
http://wilstar.com/skywatch.pdf
http://www.rcn27.dial.pipex.com/cloudsrus/lore.html
http://www.cmos.ca/weatherlore.html
Typhoon Haiyan:
http://www.npr.org/2013/11/11/244572227/why-typhoon-haiyan-caused-so-much-damage
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-24866265
http://www.abc.net.au/news/specials/typhoon-haiyan-photos-before-after/
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2013/11/aftermath_of_typhoon_haiyan.html
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2013/11/12/was-typhoon-haiyan-a-record-storm/
http://www.weather.com/news/interactive-super-typhoon-haiyan-surge-wind-path-20131113
Meteorologist / TV weather
http://boston.cbslocal.com/category/watch-listen/
http://www.wmur.com/weather
http://www.necn.com/weather
Aurora Boriallis:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5utQxtma2U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcfWsj9OnsI
Heat Energy Transfer:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/topic-group/measuring Great measuring practice
http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/energy-light-sound/light-absorb-reflect-refract.htm light behavior
http://www.wisc-online.com/Objects/ViewObject.aspx?ID=sce304 Heat Transfer interactive
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks3bitesize/science/energy_electricity_forces/energy_transfer_storage/activity.shtml Heat transfer review
http://teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=159713 Song
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/etgame/etgame.dcr (conduction convection radiation fun)
Weather caused by differential heating:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOWzNBXk3ss Solar energy to wind
http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es1903/es1903page01.cfm?chapter_no=visualization Land and Sea breezes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHrapzHPCSA global winds
Effects of Cloud Cover: http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/%28Gh%29/guides/mtr/fcst/tmps/cld.rxml
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_Qmue54W14 CERES Earth's energy Budget
Understanding Air Pressure: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NeFCO_Dww4
Weather Map Review:
How To Read a Weather Map: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkE3F5AuWBQ
Seasons:
How Seasons work (Basic): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6yQ8-M8rmU
How Seasons work: http://www.edutube.org/video/what-causes-different-seasons-animation
Understanding Sun- Earth Distance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7T77G5XwTnE
Actual photos of the sunlit Earth: http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es1704/es1704page01.cfm?chapter_no=visualization
Animation Showing the Tilt of the Earth During Orbit:
http://www.suntrek.org/earth-beyond/spinning-orbiting-earth/what-causes-seasons/watch-tilt.shtml
Animation Showing Why the Sun is Higher in the Sky During the
Summer: http://www.suntrek.org/earth-beyond/spinning-orbiting-earth/what-causes-seasons/long-summer-days.shtml
Daylight hours graph animator: http://astro.unl.edu/classaction/animations/coordsmotion/daylighthoursexplorer.html
Earth in Orbit + daylight animator: http://www.mathsisfun.com/earth-orbit.html
Latitude Finder: http://mynasadata.larc.nasa.gov/latitudelongitude-finder/
Daylight Hours Explorer:
http://www.micklehamweather.com/wxdaylighthours.php
Mr Parr Seasons song:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIBNgx2hlyU
short seasons video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3rkUjrdo3A&feature=related
Daylight Saving Time persuasive essay links:
http://www.webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/nodes.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time
http://www.timeanddate.com/time/dst/
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14429 page shows the overview, click the pdf to read the whole report
http://www.physorg.com/news187946326.html
http://www.energy.ca.gov/daylightsaving.html
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM199608013350517
http://commdocs.house.gov/committees/science/hsy73325.000/hsy73325_0.htm
Climate:
http://www.rssweather.com/climate
NASA - electromagnetic spectrum ttp://missionscience.nasa.gov/ems/07_infraredwaves.html
Water cycle:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=al-do-HGuIk NSF water cycle
http://pmm.nasa.gov/education/videos/tour-water-cycle NASA
http://www.kidsgeo.com/geology-for-kids/0076-drainage-basins-watersheds.php
http://www.iwr.msu.edu/edmodule/water/cycle.htm
http://www.fergusonfoundation.org/hbf/raindrop_roadtrip/index.html
http://www.watersheds.org/earth/karstmovie.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3BVa7PH_JE – Mr Parr
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3QwLYfgwP0 – cute COOL one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31zSkgstmZM – same song, better visuals and text
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDyPkjQxkas&feature=related – water cycle cartoon with vocab
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StPobH5ODTw&feature=related – visual representation of the water cycle
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/tg/wrisnow/wrisnow.htm
http://www.weatherquestions.com/How_do_clouds_form.htm clouds form
http://stream2.cma.gov.cn/pub/comet/FireWeather/S290Unit5TemperatureandRelativeHumidityRelationships/comet/fire/s290/unit5/print.htm#z4_0 Snowstorms
http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-winter-storms.htm Winterstorm formation -precip type
http://www.vtaide.com/png/evaporation.htm Rate of evaporation factors
Freshwater Pollution:
http://www.koshland-science-museum.org/water/flash/en/water.html?_2_00_00 Safe Drinking Water
http://eschooltoday.com/pollution/water-pollution/types-of-water-pollution.html Water Pollution - use the links on the left to learn more
http://www.bu.edu/sjmag/scimag2005/features/drugsinwater.htm Drugs in the water - water pollution article
http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/news/2013/fungicides Fungicide use and water pollution concerns
http://www.edf.org/ecosystems/helping-farmers-fight-ecological-dead-zones Fighting Fertilizer water pollution
http://news.discovery.com/earth/oceans/tsunami-debris-no-island-still-heading-for-us-131107.htm Tsunami debris water pollution
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=251664454 Plastic beads in the Great Lakes
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/08/06/158231148/tons-of-plastic-pellets-hong-kongs-typhoon-clean-up-could-take-months
States of matter web videos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guoU_cuR8EE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-KvoVzukHo (Solid, liquid, gas)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAPc6JH85pM (glass)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWQuE0X-sTI Evaporation and Condensation
Heat and State changes:
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/states_of_matter/index.html
http://www.physics-chemistry-interactive-flash-animation.com/matter_change_state_measurement_mass_volume/water_states_matter.htm States of matter and state changes interactive
http://www.physics-chemistry-interactive-flash-animation.com/matter_change_state_measurement_mass_volume/solidification_pure_substance_ice_water.htm Changing state OR changing temperature interactive - freezing (takes 10+ minute)
http://www.physics-chemistry-interactive-flash-animation.com/matter_change_state_measurement_mass_volume/boiling_pure_substance_water_from_liquid_to_gas_vaporization.htm Changing state OR changing temperature interactive - boiling (takes 10+ minute)
http://www.physics-chemistry-interactive-flash-animation.com/matter_interactive.htm (more advanced animations)
Practicing Mass, Volume and Density:
mass with triple beam balance:
http://www.wisc-online.com/Objects/ViewObject.aspx?ID=GCH202
http://www.ohaus.com/input/tutorials/tbb/tbbentry.swf
Volume: http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objID=GCH302
Volume: http://morrisonlabs.com/meniscus.htm
other scale reading practice:
http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/measures/capacity.html#Capacity
http://www.mathszone.co.uk/
http://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/measures
Density interactives http://interactivesites.weebly.com/float-or-sink.html
Mixtures vs. Pure Substances
Periodic Table of Elements and Chemistry:
http://education.jlab.org/itselemental/ interactive periodic table with info on each element - Use with A Single Atom task
http://videos.howstuffworks.com/hsw/5792-periodic-table-metals-and-non-metals-video.htm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGM-wSKFBpo (element song)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgVQKCcfwnU (element song in order)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cqauZq4uYM (element song in order with words)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0zION8xjbM&feature=related
(They Might be Giants - Meet the Elements)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRR-4BLzNus (Chemical Formulas)
http://ed.ted.com/periodic-videos Scientists talk about and do fun things with each element
http://www.chemicalelements.com/elements/n.html Interactive periodic
table
http://mint.ua.edu/games/chemical-mixup/ sorting elements,
compounds and mixtures
http://www.middleschoolchemistry.com/multimedia/chapter6/lesson1
chemistry visuals and explanations
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/science/chemical_material_behaviour/compounds_mixtures/activity/ Video of compounds formation and of mixtures
http://molo.concord.org/database/browse/module/4.00/
Interactive animations of chemistry topics
http://physiquecollege.free.fr/physics_chemistry_middle_high_secondary_grammar_school_higher_education_academy_co.uk.us.en/chemistry_interactive/chemical_kinetics_factor_temperature.htm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rl0IciM3db0 Metals vs NonMetals
Chemistry links of all sorts:
http://sciencespot.net/Pages/kdzchem.html
Articles about elements:
http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/engineering/news/important-rare-earth-elements#slide-1
http://chemistry.about.com/library/weekly/blfireworks.htm
http://ibmblr.tumblr.com/ IBM movie made with Carbon Molecules
Materials science and engineering: http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/innovation/?WT.mc_id=USNSF_51http://1.usa.gov/JLLjfQ
Rock Types Review:
Site # 1 – required http://www.learner.org/interactives/rockcycle/index.html (interactive)
Other source you may choose from:
http://www.geography4kids.com/files/earth_rocktypes.html (good general info - easy to read)
http://jersey.uoregon.edu/~mstrick/AskGeoMan/geoQuerry13.html (clearly tells subgroups)
http://geology.com/rocks/ (very visual, caution - has distracting ads)
http://www.rocks-rock.com/rock-types.html (text based, look for links)
Rock Cycle :
http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/investigations/es0602/es0602page02.cfm
http://www.phschool.com/atschool/phsciexp/active_art/rock_cycle/index.html
http://www.learner.org/interactives/rockcycle/testskills.html interactive learning and quiz for rocks and rock cycle
Weathering and Erosion:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R48zYr-S7v0&feature=related weathering, erosion, deposition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amXzjK9c1cc&feature=related erosion and uplift
http://pbskids.org/dragonflytv/show/sand_dunes.html sand dunes – wind
http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/planet-earth-caves-limestone-erosion.html limestone caves
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/ caving videos
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/episode/giant-crystal-cave-3569/Overview#tab-Videos/05857_00 Crystal Caves
Plate Tectonics -
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/tectonics/ Interactive Plate Tectonics and information
http://www.learner.org/interactives/dynamicearth/plate2.html name the plates and boundaries interactive
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/ USGS recent earthquake interactive maps
http://kids.usa.gov/teens/science/geology/index.shtml links for Geology topics
EarthQuakes:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/kids/eqscience.php General Quake information
http://www.iknowthat.com/mhscience/Earthquakes/Fixed.htm Interactive Seismograph
http://interactivesites.weebly.com/natural-disasters.html Interactive links on Natural Disasters
Tibet Quake of 2015
http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view.php?id=43520 sat images of area
http://www.tibetnature.net/en/the-science-behind-the-nepal-earthquake/ Science of Nepal Quake
Japan Earthquake of 2011
Japan 2011- most of these links are from the Japan earthquake 2011 page put together by the NSTA listed here:
http://nstacommunities.org/blog/2011/03/14/teaching-resources-for-the-japanese-earthquake-and-tsunami/
Plate movements and the Mantle –
http://www.geophysik.uni-frankfurt.de/~schmelin/convection1.mpg
http://education.sdsc.edu/optiputer/flash/convection.htm
http://bprc.osu.edu/education/rr/plate_tectonics/mantle_convection_cell.gif
Japan Trench-
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/03/11/world/asia/maps-of-earthquake-and-tsunami-damage-in-japan.html??smid=fb-nytimes&WT.mc_id=WO-SM-E-FB-SM-LIN-HSP-031411-NYT-NA&WT.mc_ev=click
/Earthquake happens –
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12748215
Waves-
http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es1002/es1002page01.cfm?chapter_no=10
Images of quake damage-
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/03/massive_earthquake_hits_japan.html
http://www.eqclearinghouse.org/2011-03-11-sendai/2011/03/17/building-damage-in-sendai/
Tsunami animation
http://www.pep.bc.ca/tsunamis/causes_2.htm
http://www.tsunami.noaa.gov/animations/tsunami_genesis.avi
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/environment/environment-natural-disasters/tsunamis/tsunami-101.html
http://nctr.pmel.noaa.gov/Dart/Jpg/DART-II_05x.swf
Tsunami
size and predictions/ plans
http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201103180204.html
Damage:
http://whyfiles.org/2011/tsunami-the-killer-wave/
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/03/13/world/asia/satellite-photos-japan-before-and-after-tsunami.html?hp
other:
I highly recommend the you tube Mr. Parr Science Songs as well as any Bill Nye video clips.
Mr. Parr songs for grade 8:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LD4hSW2mys0 Fronts song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBfaAN_tWW4&feature=plcp Weather Instruments
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQPyNY2WIdw Atmosphere song 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyQlYY-5fG8 Atmosphere song 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_ru5UnrUTs&feature=plcp Gases cycles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIBNgx2hlyU Seasons
Weather's impacts:
http://kidsenvirohealth.nlm.nih.gov/subtopic/003/climate-change/013/impact-on-weather/
http://www.weather.gov/media/aly/School%20Weather%20Safety%20Plan.pdf
http://www.ecy.wa.gov/climatechange/extremeweather_more.htm
atmosphere:
http://www.cruzine.com/2010/11/16/earth-space-photography/ polar orbit fly over night camera
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyQlYY-5fG8 You tube - Mr Parr Drops of Atmosphere song
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/GlobalMaps/ NASA satellite data maps
Hurricane Websites:
How Hurricanes Form, etc:
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/science/hurricane/#hurricane-aletta.jpg read, then watch the hurricane video. The same video is this youtube link...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=29&v=lEtxRd9y1c4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4f45jA5UxB0
http://merehistory-qvms.weebly.com/uploads/1/5/1/5/15155754/_atlantic-hurricane-tracks-1851-to-2012.jpg
http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-hurricane.htm
http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/hurricanes/en/
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/hurr/stages/home.rxml
http://curriculumbits.com/prodimages/details/geography/hurricanes.swf
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/hurr/glob.rxml
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/wwhlpr/hurr_names.rxml?hret=/guides/mtr/hurr/glob.rxml
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/weather/hurricane/
Data for Past Hurricanes
www.nhc.noaa.gov/pastdec.shtml
http://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/images/2011-Landfalling-Hurricanes-11x17.pdf
http://www.hurricaneville.com/historic.html
Hurricane Hunters:
http://www.hurricanehunters.com/become.htm
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/pa/files/hurricane%20hunters.pdf
http://oceantoday.noaa.gov/hurricanehunters/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDXFHjhV61o
Other Hurricane sites
www.nytimes.com/1990/09/25/science/more-strong-hurricanes-predicted-for-east-in-next-2-decades.html
Weather Lore
http://wilstar.com/skywatch.pdf
http://www.rcn27.dial.pipex.com/cloudsrus/lore.html
http://www.cmos.ca/weatherlore.html
Typhoon Haiyan:
http://www.npr.org/2013/11/11/244572227/why-typhoon-haiyan-caused-so-much-damage
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-24866265
http://www.abc.net.au/news/specials/typhoon-haiyan-photos-before-after/
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2013/11/aftermath_of_typhoon_haiyan.html
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2013/11/12/was-typhoon-haiyan-a-record-storm/
http://www.weather.com/news/interactive-super-typhoon-haiyan-surge-wind-path-20131113
Meteorologist / TV weather
http://boston.cbslocal.com/category/watch-listen/
http://www.wmur.com/weather
http://www.necn.com/weather
Aurora Boriallis:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5utQxtma2U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcfWsj9OnsI
Heat Energy Transfer:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/topic-group/measuring Great measuring practice
http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/energy-light-sound/light-absorb-reflect-refract.htm light behavior
http://www.wisc-online.com/Objects/ViewObject.aspx?ID=sce304 Heat Transfer interactive
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks3bitesize/science/energy_electricity_forces/energy_transfer_storage/activity.shtml Heat transfer review
http://teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=159713 Song
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/etgame/etgame.dcr (conduction convection radiation fun)
Weather caused by differential heating:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOWzNBXk3ss Solar energy to wind
http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es1903/es1903page01.cfm?chapter_no=visualization Land and Sea breezes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHrapzHPCSA global winds
Effects of Cloud Cover: http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/%28Gh%29/guides/mtr/fcst/tmps/cld.rxml
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_Qmue54W14 CERES Earth's energy Budget
Understanding Air Pressure: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NeFCO_Dww4
Weather Map Review:
How To Read a Weather Map: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkE3F5AuWBQ
Seasons:
How Seasons work (Basic): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6yQ8-M8rmU
How Seasons work: http://www.edutube.org/video/what-causes-different-seasons-animation
Understanding Sun- Earth Distance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7T77G5XwTnE
Actual photos of the sunlit Earth: http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es1704/es1704page01.cfm?chapter_no=visualization
Animation Showing the Tilt of the Earth During Orbit:
http://www.suntrek.org/earth-beyond/spinning-orbiting-earth/what-causes-seasons/watch-tilt.shtml
Animation Showing Why the Sun is Higher in the Sky During the
Summer: http://www.suntrek.org/earth-beyond/spinning-orbiting-earth/what-causes-seasons/long-summer-days.shtml
Daylight hours graph animator: http://astro.unl.edu/classaction/animations/coordsmotion/daylighthoursexplorer.html
Earth in Orbit + daylight animator: http://www.mathsisfun.com/earth-orbit.html
Latitude Finder: http://mynasadata.larc.nasa.gov/latitudelongitude-finder/
Daylight Hours Explorer:
http://www.micklehamweather.com/wxdaylighthours.php
Mr Parr Seasons song:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIBNgx2hlyU
short seasons video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3rkUjrdo3A&feature=related
Daylight Saving Time persuasive essay links:
http://www.webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/nodes.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time
http://www.timeanddate.com/time/dst/
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14429 page shows the overview, click the pdf to read the whole report
http://www.physorg.com/news187946326.html
http://www.energy.ca.gov/daylightsaving.html
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM199608013350517
http://commdocs.house.gov/committees/science/hsy73325.000/hsy73325_0.htm
Climate:
http://www.rssweather.com/climate
NASA - electromagnetic spectrum ttp://missionscience.nasa.gov/ems/07_infraredwaves.html
Water cycle:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=al-do-HGuIk NSF water cycle
http://pmm.nasa.gov/education/videos/tour-water-cycle NASA
http://www.kidsgeo.com/geology-for-kids/0076-drainage-basins-watersheds.php
http://www.iwr.msu.edu/edmodule/water/cycle.htm
http://www.fergusonfoundation.org/hbf/raindrop_roadtrip/index.html
http://www.watersheds.org/earth/karstmovie.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3BVa7PH_JE – Mr Parr
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3QwLYfgwP0 – cute COOL one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31zSkgstmZM – same song, better visuals and text
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDyPkjQxkas&feature=related – water cycle cartoon with vocab
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StPobH5ODTw&feature=related – visual representation of the water cycle
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/tg/wrisnow/wrisnow.htm
http://www.weatherquestions.com/How_do_clouds_form.htm clouds form
http://stream2.cma.gov.cn/pub/comet/FireWeather/S290Unit5TemperatureandRelativeHumidityRelationships/comet/fire/s290/unit5/print.htm#z4_0 Snowstorms
http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-winter-storms.htm Winterstorm formation -precip type
http://www.vtaide.com/png/evaporation.htm Rate of evaporation factors
Freshwater Pollution:
http://www.koshland-science-museum.org/water/flash/en/water.html?_2_00_00 Safe Drinking Water
http://eschooltoday.com/pollution/water-pollution/types-of-water-pollution.html Water Pollution - use the links on the left to learn more
http://www.bu.edu/sjmag/scimag2005/features/drugsinwater.htm Drugs in the water - water pollution article
http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/news/2013/fungicides Fungicide use and water pollution concerns
http://www.edf.org/ecosystems/helping-farmers-fight-ecological-dead-zones Fighting Fertilizer water pollution
http://news.discovery.com/earth/oceans/tsunami-debris-no-island-still-heading-for-us-131107.htm Tsunami debris water pollution
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=251664454 Plastic beads in the Great Lakes
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/08/06/158231148/tons-of-plastic-pellets-hong-kongs-typhoon-clean-up-could-take-months
States of matter web videos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guoU_cuR8EE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-KvoVzukHo (Solid, liquid, gas)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAPc6JH85pM (glass)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWQuE0X-sTI Evaporation and Condensation
Heat and State changes:
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/states_of_matter/index.html
http://www.physics-chemistry-interactive-flash-animation.com/matter_change_state_measurement_mass_volume/water_states_matter.htm States of matter and state changes interactive
http://www.physics-chemistry-interactive-flash-animation.com/matter_change_state_measurement_mass_volume/solidification_pure_substance_ice_water.htm Changing state OR changing temperature interactive - freezing (takes 10+ minute)
http://www.physics-chemistry-interactive-flash-animation.com/matter_change_state_measurement_mass_volume/boiling_pure_substance_water_from_liquid_to_gas_vaporization.htm Changing state OR changing temperature interactive - boiling (takes 10+ minute)
http://www.physics-chemistry-interactive-flash-animation.com/matter_interactive.htm (more advanced animations)
Practicing Mass, Volume and Density:
mass with triple beam balance:
http://www.wisc-online.com/Objects/ViewObject.aspx?ID=GCH202
http://www.ohaus.com/input/tutorials/tbb/tbbentry.swf
Volume: http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objID=GCH302
Volume: http://morrisonlabs.com/meniscus.htm
other scale reading practice:
http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/measures/capacity.html#Capacity
http://www.mathszone.co.uk/
http://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/measures
Density interactives http://interactivesites.weebly.com/float-or-sink.html
Mixtures vs. Pure Substances
Periodic Table of Elements and Chemistry:
http://education.jlab.org/itselemental/ interactive periodic table with info on each element - Use with A Single Atom task
http://videos.howstuffworks.com/hsw/5792-periodic-table-metals-and-non-metals-video.htm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGM-wSKFBpo (element song)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgVQKCcfwnU (element song in order)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cqauZq4uYM (element song in order with words)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0zION8xjbM&feature=related
(They Might be Giants - Meet the Elements)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRR-4BLzNus (Chemical Formulas)
http://ed.ted.com/periodic-videos Scientists talk about and do fun things with each element
http://www.chemicalelements.com/elements/n.html Interactive periodic
table
http://mint.ua.edu/games/chemical-mixup/ sorting elements,
compounds and mixtures
http://www.middleschoolchemistry.com/multimedia/chapter6/lesson1
chemistry visuals and explanations
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/science/chemical_material_behaviour/compounds_mixtures/activity/ Video of compounds formation and of mixtures
http://molo.concord.org/database/browse/module/4.00/
Interactive animations of chemistry topics
http://physiquecollege.free.fr/physics_chemistry_middle_high_secondary_grammar_school_higher_education_academy_co.uk.us.en/chemistry_interactive/chemical_kinetics_factor_temperature.htm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rl0IciM3db0 Metals vs NonMetals
Chemistry links of all sorts:
http://sciencespot.net/Pages/kdzchem.html
Articles about elements:
http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/engineering/news/important-rare-earth-elements#slide-1
http://chemistry.about.com/library/weekly/blfireworks.htm
http://ibmblr.tumblr.com/ IBM movie made with Carbon Molecules
Materials science and engineering: http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/innovation/?WT.mc_id=USNSF_51http://1.usa.gov/JLLjfQ
Rock Types Review:
Site # 1 – required http://www.learner.org/interactives/rockcycle/index.html (interactive)
Other source you may choose from:
http://www.geography4kids.com/files/earth_rocktypes.html (good general info - easy to read)
http://jersey.uoregon.edu/~mstrick/AskGeoMan/geoQuerry13.html (clearly tells subgroups)
http://geology.com/rocks/ (very visual, caution - has distracting ads)
http://www.rocks-rock.com/rock-types.html (text based, look for links)
Rock Cycle :
http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/investigations/es0602/es0602page02.cfm
http://www.phschool.com/atschool/phsciexp/active_art/rock_cycle/index.html
http://www.learner.org/interactives/rockcycle/testskills.html interactive learning and quiz for rocks and rock cycle
Weathering and Erosion:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R48zYr-S7v0&feature=related weathering, erosion, deposition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amXzjK9c1cc&feature=related erosion and uplift
http://pbskids.org/dragonflytv/show/sand_dunes.html sand dunes – wind
http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/planet-earth-caves-limestone-erosion.html limestone caves
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/ caving videos
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/episode/giant-crystal-cave-3569/Overview#tab-Videos/05857_00 Crystal Caves
Plate Tectonics -
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/tectonics/ Interactive Plate Tectonics and information
http://www.learner.org/interactives/dynamicearth/plate2.html name the plates and boundaries interactive
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/ USGS recent earthquake interactive maps
http://kids.usa.gov/teens/science/geology/index.shtml links for Geology topics
EarthQuakes:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/kids/eqscience.php General Quake information
http://www.iknowthat.com/mhscience/Earthquakes/Fixed.htm Interactive Seismograph
http://interactivesites.weebly.com/natural-disasters.html Interactive links on Natural Disasters
Tibet Quake of 2015
http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view.php?id=43520 sat images of area
http://www.tibetnature.net/en/the-science-behind-the-nepal-earthquake/ Science of Nepal Quake
Japan Earthquake of 2011
Japan 2011- most of these links are from the Japan earthquake 2011 page put together by the NSTA listed here:
http://nstacommunities.org/blog/2011/03/14/teaching-resources-for-the-japanese-earthquake-and-tsunami/
Plate movements and the Mantle –
http://www.geophysik.uni-frankfurt.de/~schmelin/convection1.mpg
http://education.sdsc.edu/optiputer/flash/convection.htm
http://bprc.osu.edu/education/rr/plate_tectonics/mantle_convection_cell.gif
Japan Trench-
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/03/11/world/asia/maps-of-earthquake-and-tsunami-damage-in-japan.html??smid=fb-nytimes&WT.mc_id=WO-SM-E-FB-SM-LIN-HSP-031411-NYT-NA&WT.mc_ev=click
/Earthquake happens –
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12748215
Waves-
http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es1002/es1002page01.cfm?chapter_no=10
Images of quake damage-
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/03/massive_earthquake_hits_japan.html
http://www.eqclearinghouse.org/2011-03-11-sendai/2011/03/17/building-damage-in-sendai/
Tsunami animation
http://www.pep.bc.ca/tsunamis/causes_2.htm
http://www.tsunami.noaa.gov/animations/tsunami_genesis.avi
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/environment/environment-natural-disasters/tsunamis/tsunami-101.html
http://nctr.pmel.noaa.gov/Dart/Jpg/DART-II_05x.swf
Tsunami
size and predictions/ plans
http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201103180204.html
Damage:
http://whyfiles.org/2011/tsunami-the-killer-wave/
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/03/13/world/asia/satellite-photos-japan-before-and-after-tsunami.html?hp
other:
I highly recommend the you tube Mr. Parr Science Songs as well as any Bill Nye video clips.
Mr. Parr songs for grade 8:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LD4hSW2mys0 Fronts song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBfaAN_tWW4&feature=plcp Weather Instruments
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQPyNY2WIdw Atmosphere song 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyQlYY-5fG8 Atmosphere song 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_ru5UnrUTs&feature=plcp Gases cycles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIBNgx2hlyU Seasons