Science
The next unit we will study is Food & Nutrition. Go to the Foss kit menu listed below as KIT MENU to see some of the pictures and activities.
You will find the links you need here for Microscopes Online.
The sites you need for Microscope Mania are Imaging and Quiz 1 and Quiz 2 and the Quia.
We study life science, earth science, and physical science in units throughout the year. A major focus will be classifying living things using their properties and characteristics. We will use FOSS Kits as well as our textbook. Here is a website that supports our textbook: Science Book FOSS also supplies website help. You can access the menu of kits by clicking here: Kit Menu We will be using Levers & Pulleys, Food & Nutrition, as well as Solar Energy.
One of our kits is Solar Energy. We will be studying our sun/moon system and its effects. Here are some websites we will use to help us: Energy Perspective Energy Info Book Sun Images Solar Radiation applet Fusion Simulation Fusion Animation Land-Sea Breezes Solar Radiation Info Solar Cost FAQ
Here is a vocabulary list from Foss: Vocab List Defined Terms
Here are two websites about the electromagnetic spectrum: NASA site Chart of the spectrum
Here is a link for Archimedes Principle. You can also view a periodic table of elements Here is a song about them - Tom Lehrer.
Some research sites for your kingdom project: Kingdoms Animal Kingdom 1 Animal Kingdom 2
Monera 1 Monera 2 Microbe Field Trip Microbes Protist 1
Fungus 1 Fungus 2 Plant 1 Plant 2 Plant 3
Below are some of the sites we will be visiting later this year:
Here is a link to the Hubble Telescope site, and you can see a NASA site for what it would be like to live in space here. This site Moon will give you some links to other moon information. This link is to NASA’s Eclipse site.
Here is a great website for reviewing information about ENERGY.
Try these sites for Physical vs. Chemical Change: Intro Info Change Quiz