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+General Science Virtual Exhibits from Boston Museum of Science
PBS: Science and Nature:
The Jobs of a Scientist:
Exploratorium Premier online interactive site
NASA Website for Middle Schoolers

Eight Grade Resources

+Inside EarthUSGS Resources: Track recent earthquakes, forest fires, and other geographical changes on Earth
- Rock Hounds
-Plate Tectonic Animation
-Geology: Plate Tectonics
-The Action is at the Edges
-Continental Divide: The Breakup of Pangaea

+Rocks and Minerals Mineral Identification
Minerals Statistics and Information from the USGS
Rocks For Kids
Rockdoctors guide to mineral identification
The Mineral and Gemstone Kingdom Hershel Friedman
SDNHM: Mineral Matters San Diego Natural History Museum
Mineral Identification Guides
GeoMan's Mineral and Rock Identification

+Earthquakes Tsunami and Earthquake Facts (CNN)
Historical Earthquakes
How are Earthquakes Measured?
Richter Magnitude Scale
The Deadliest Earthquakes on Record
Locatin’ the Shakin, P and S waves, and Seismographs
Maryland Geological Survey

+Weather Local Weather and Descriptions of Phenomena
Severe Weather
Clouds & Cloud Boutique
Weather and climate data in 1700 world cities
National Weather Service HomePage

+Astronomy NASA’s Resources Excellent interviews, links to origins of Earth and quests to other worlds

+Chemistry The Atom’s Family:
Chemistry for Kids:
Chemistry Lab Demos:
The Chemical Elements:
Fact Monster Periodic Table:
Radiochemistry Society, Periodic Table of Elements:
Mineral Information Institute
Environmental Chemistry
Soap and Detergent Asso.
Household Product Database

Seventh Grade Resources

+Human Body Systems Virtual Body
Nanoworld Image Gallery: High quality magnified microscopic images of cells, blood, tissue, diseases, etc.
Science in the news
The Virtual Cell Website
CELLS alive!
Women Scientists, Changing the Face of Medicine

+Heredity DNA Learning Center:
National Library of Medicine, Biotechnology Information
Biotechnology Institute
Genetics Home Reference
National Center for Biotechnology Information
Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man
Science Connection - Heredity and Genetics
Genetics Science Learning Center: Basic Genetics
Monohybrid Cross Problem Set
Punnett Squares Online Problems

+Sound and Light View through a Bee’s Eye
Make a Splash with Color
Physics 2000

+The Jason Project
+Virtual Frog Dissection

Sixth Grade Resources

+Forces and MotionAmusement Park Physics

+Celestial Patterns and Time The official U.S. time
A Walk Through Time
Calendars through the Ages
Astronomy Resources
Astronomy Magazine for Kids
Weekly News about our Universe
"Sky and Telescope's" online magazine
Bad Astronomy (Misconceptions)
Moon Phases
Tide data
National Space Science Data Center: planetary facts, moon phases
Myths about the Moon from many cultures
Ancient Models of the World
Western Washington University Planetarium Native American Skylore
Big Horn Medicine Wheel
Stonehenge
Chichen Itza
Mayan Calendar and Chichen Itza

+Diversity and Adaptations Owl Pellets:
Virtual Dissection:
Owl Video Clips

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6th Grade
Mrs. Blair
Mr. Calvert
Mrs. Yesnick

7th Grade
Mrs. Rajni Luthra
Mr. Ross
Ms. Sun

8th Grade
Mr. Hand, Resource Teacher
Mr. Brameyer
Mrs. Marsteller

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