Recommended Websites - for science content knowledge

The following websites have been reviewed by teachers like you, to add to your resources for teaching this unit. You will find sites for both teachers and students. Please let us know if you have any issues with any of the sites or if the links are corrupted. Contact us. Thank you.

Ecology
http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/nceas-web/kids/ - this is kid friendly and has some games for students

Photosynthesis
http://www.globalchange.umich.edu/globalchange1/current/lectures/kling/ecosystem/ecosystem.html
http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookPS.html - good photosynthesis
http://www.biology4kids.com/files/plants_photosynthesis.html - this had some good links, but a lot of ads.

Producers and consumers
http://www.geography4kids.com/files/land_foodchain.html - kid friendly with good links
http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/nwep10.htm - herbivores and carnivores - good for 4th grade units
http://www.chs.k12.nf.ca/science/b3201/WebCT-Copy/units/unit1-05.htm - has good links with vocabulary

Mosquito fish
http://www.fishpondinfo.com/mosq.htm - hermit crabs for 4th grade unit
http://www.fishsvr.com/mosquito.htm - only one page, but okay
http://www.happytrailsaquatics.com/mosquitoFish/index.html - one page of info

Snails
Gastropods
http://naturalaquariums.com/inverts/snails.html
http://www.ento.csiro.au/education/allies/gastropoda.html

Interdependent relationships
http://library.thinkquest.org/C001650/html/text_only_english/characteristics_interdependent.html - has good links to plants

Germination
http://library.thinkquest.org/3715/germ6.html - has good main page and kid friendly
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/case3/c3facts3.html - offers info in SPANISH!  Kid Friendly

Pollution
http://www.umich.edu/~gs265/society/waterpollution.htm - good graphs

Acid Rain
http://www.epa.gov/ebtpages/airairpollutionefacidrain.html - good links, cause and effects info
http://library.thinkquest.org/26026/Environmental_Problems/acid_rain.html - kid friendly

Effects of pollution
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/milagro/effects/pollution_effects_overview.html - good links
http://www.tpub.com/content/advancement/14325/css/14325_12.htm
http://www.yourlunghealth.org/healthy_living/pollution/outdoor/effects/
http://www.lbl.gov/Education/ELSI/Frames/pollution-health-effects-f.html
http://www.grinningplanet.com/2006/12-05/water-pollution-effects.htm

Background:
http://www.enviroliteracy.org/category.php/3.html

Atmosphere:

Layers:
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/srh/jetstream/atmos/layers.htm

Absorption and Scattering:
http://outreach.atnf.csiro.au/education/senior/astrophysics/atmosphere.html - good for telescopes

Biomes:
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/k4/biomes/Boverview1.html
http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibits/biomes
http://www.thewildclassroom.com/biomes 

Rainforests:
http://www.mbgnet.net/sets/rforest/index.htm

http://library.thinkquest.org/26634/forest/introf.htm
Use the base website for this and then it has links for all the other types of biomes that teachers and students can click on.

Layers/Structure of Rainforest
http://www.mobot.org/education/tropics/page2.html
http://passporttoknowledge.com/rainforest/main.html

Protection:
http://ran.org/why_we_do_it/forests/
http://www.ran.org/new/kidscorner/kid_s_action/7_steps_kids_can_take/

Polar Regions:
http://www.panda.org/news_facts/education/middle_school/habitats/polar_regions/index.cfm

Permafrost:
http://gsc.nrcan.gc.ca/permafrost/whatis_e.phphp

Video links:
http://www.exploratorium.edu/poles/climate.php  *neat videos to show

Taiga: (boreal Forests)
http://www.runet.edu/~swoodwar/CLASSES/GEOG235/biomes/taiga/taiga.html

Management:
http://www.borealforest.org/world/world_management.htm

Plants and Animals:
http://www.borealforest.org/world/world_species.htm

Watershed:
http://www.mbgnet.net/fresh/rivers/index.htm

Cross Section of a River Channel:
http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/earthrivers.html
http://www.epa.gov/bioiweb1/aquatic/river-r.html

What are Freshwater Wetlands?
http://www.mbgnet.net/fresh/wetlands/index.htm

Shoreline:

Beaches:
http://www.onr.navy.mil/focus/ocean/habitats/beaches1.htm      
Estuaries:
http://www.onr.navy.mil/focus/ocean/habitats/estuaries1.htm

Temperate Oceans:
World's oceanic current:
http://www.divediscover.whoi.edu/circulation/world.html   quick time videos

Tropical Oceans:
Coral Reefs:
http://www.mbgnet.net/salt/coral/indexfr.htm
Threats to Reefs:
http://www.mbgnet.net/salt/coral/indexfr.htm same as above

Hands on Activities:
Ecosystem:
http://www.naturewatch.ca/english/wormwatch/activities/bottle.html

Assessments:
Ecological Footprint quiz:
http://www.earthday.net/footprint/index

Build a prairie:
http://www.bellmuseum.org/distancelearning/prairie/build/index.html