Science

[|Hey Moon, You're Blocking My Sun!]= = =SCIENCE FRIDAY GAMES= ||  || [|Scales of the Universe]
 * How Big is Our Universe

[|Elementary Games from PhET--University of Colorado] ||  || Then click on RUN When the Java message comes up, CLICK the LATER button. CLICK RUN NOW
 * Click on the games: GRAVITY AND ORBITS, State of Matter, Food and Exercise. You should just be able to click on the icons below. If you have trouble with the icons below, then use the link above and follow these instructions:

[|PUPPET POWER--SciGirls Activity]

=**GRAVITY AND ORBITS GAME**= media type="custom" key="25615290" ||  || Pay attention to what impacts the movement of atoms (temperature, pressure) See which states move faster.
 * On Tuesday morning between 1 and 2 a.m. we'll have a lunar eclipse.**
 * See if you can find how that might happen.**
 * Be sure to show the moon, earth, and sun t**
 * o see an illustration of how we all move through space!**
 * =STATES OF MATTER GAME=

media type="custom" key="25615312" ||  || Why do objects like wood float in water? Does it depend on size? Create a custom object to explore the effects of mass and volume on density. Can you discover the relationship? Use the scale to measure the mass of an object, then hold the object under water to measure its volume. Can you identify all the mystery objects? media type="custom" key="25615494" ||  || This site makes Powers of 10 come alive as you can see how it relates to our world! ||  ||
 * =DENSITY GAME=
 * [|SCALES OF THE UNIVERSE]

[|Scholastic Study Jams--Adaptations]

[|Project WILD]

[|Power My Learning] [|How to Use Google Sky]

[|Google Sky]

[|Exploring the Sky: Telescope Video]

[|Gravity and Orbits Simulation Activity]

[|Bioluminescence Plays a Role in the Hunt for the Giant Squid]

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[|Manatees Are Protected]

[|What Are Animals Thinking? From NOVA Science Now (PBS) 53.37]

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[|How Smart Are Animals? NOVA Science Now (PBS) 51.37]

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[|See the Northern Lights from the International Space Station]

[|Solar System Song for Kids] You could create something like this! =FIELD TRIP RESEARCH=

South Dakota State Library World Book STUDENT Link []

[|Wind Cave National Park]

SCIENCE FRIDAY: Science in the News [|New Species of Monkey Discovered!] [|Robot Cheetah Runs Faster Than Usain Bolt] [|New Robotics Help People Walk Again] [|Guatemala Volcano Erupts] [|Curiosity's Photo Shoot of Itself] [|Best Video Yet of Curiosity: Sept 13] PLANTS Photosynthesis diagram/worksheet

DISEASE DETECTIVE! [|Disease Detective] Can you identify the cause of an infectious outbreak at a campground by interviewing a group of campers? You will have to determine importance as you read. Good luck!

Animal Classification
[|Bats That Use Buildings Identification]

[|Bat Monitoring in South Dakota]

PLANT INFORMATION [|Plant Unit] [|Hydroponic Home Experiment from Smithsonian Institute's Lemelson Center for STEM]

= MOON INFORMATION =

Phases of the Moon Printable Calendar by Month
media type="custom" key="23965722" [|Video Explaining What Causes the Phases of the Moon--Great in Depth Video from Wonderville]

[|Neil's Story of Lunar Landing with Videos]
[|Simulation of all Moon Phases....shows Left Is Leaving...]

[|Six Minute Phases of the Moon Video]

[|Phases of the Moon Explained with Diagram from Moon Connection] [|Phases of the Moon August 2012]

U[|ncle Percy's Adventures in Space!] This site features episodes for each of the eight planets, the sun, the moon, and Pluto. Workbook activities that address standards are included.

[|Mars from Uncle Percy]

[|Curiosity's 7 Minutes of Terror]
If you don't think science is cool, check out this video!

[|Video Animation of Curiosity's Landing]

[|Curiosity Has Landed--Watch the JPL NASA Scientists Hair Raising 7 Minutes]

[|Listen to the First Interplanetary Song played from Mars to Earth! Will.i.am's new song, Reach for the Stars: Mars Edition]

[|Follow Curiosity] [|MARS Sites for Teachers]

[|CURIOSITY UPDATE]

[|More Mars Info from NASA and JPL] [|MARS for Kids from NASA's Fun Zone]

[|Is There Life on MARS?] Nova Movie online--53 minutes

[|Meteorites from Mars] [|Getting to Mars] [|Mars Activities] [|International Space Station: Earth Observation Photography]

[|MARIA's COMET--ASTRONOMY LESSON]

[|Bat Management Plan in South Dakota]

[|Bat Information Little Brown Bat in Eastern South Dakota]

[|Glaciers Moving Quickly in Arctic]
[|Meteorites from Antarctica]

[|NSTA Resources for Teachers]

[|Here we go]

SCIENCE FRIDAY!
media type="custom" key="10965072" [|LABTV] [|Camouflauge Video] =PHYSICAL SCIENCE= [|Teachers Domain from PBS] [|Periodic Table of the Elements from Web Elements]

[|STOP for Science--Science Topic Outreach Posters from Chandra Observatory]

[|Elementary School Simulations from PhET--University of Colorado]

[|Online Visual of Atomic Size by Electon Orbitals]

Brain Pop--Atoms (subscription site for elementary) [|__http://www.brainpop.com/science/matterandchemistry/atoms/__]

Brain Pop--Atomic Structure

[|The Human Accelerator from Jefferson Lab] This site incorporates math: decimals, fractions, percentages, and graphing

Cool Jobs in Science []

[|STEM for GIRLS]

Periodic Table Video from Discovery Channel []

Elements, Compounds, Mixtures From Discovery Channel on How Stuff Works []

Chem 4 Kids [|__http://www.chem4kids.com/__]

NOVA Atom Video on How Stuff Works [|__http://videos.howstuffworks.com/wgbh-nova/13616-amazing-atoms-video.htm__]

[|Kinesthetic Sculpture Shows Energy Transfer (9 min)]

[|Science and Solar System 101]

Quarked: Adventures in the Subatomic Universe [|www.quarked.org]

Quarked: Theme 1: How Small is Small Lessons [] This page contains lessons for grades K-8 with accompanying videos and activities for students to make meaning of concepts in the subatomic world.

Scale of the Universe and Subatomic Universe Scale 2 [] Scale 1 This is very similar to Scale 2 but easier to navigate certain parts. []

The Molecularium []

Nanospace from Molecularium []

[|Water Cycle]

Peep and the Big Wide World []

[|Science Net Links]

FIREFIGHTERS [|Smoke Jumper Video Clip]

[|Rapid CIty Police and Firefighters Save the Day for a Vacational Family--featured on Travel Channel]

EARTH DAY NEWS Jane Goodall Webinar

Elephants of Sumatra

Wolves of Yellowstone

[|WAANGAARI MAATHAI's GREENBELT MOVING RESTORES AFRICA]

[|Geography Awareness Week--Look at your own Econsystem! From Science Net Links] [|Earth Day News Articles of Interest]

ANTARCTICA [|Short 1 Minute Video Clip of Antarctica from National Geographic]

[|Palmer Station Webcam]

[|Palmer Station Two Minute Walking Tour]

[|Palmer Station NASA Satellite Image]

[|Funky Two Minute Video of Palmer Station]

[|Photos of New Species in Borneo]
Check out the frogs, slugs, and stick bugs!

[|NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory]
Check out the new and improved photographs from this observatory, revealed to us for the first time!

=LIFE SCIENCE=

BIOMES
[|Biomes Video Movie with Quiz]

Discovery Channel Biome Video

[|World Biomes from Kids Do Ecology] [|Blue Planet's Biome Website] [|NASA--Mission Biomes] =Teacher Biome Info= [|Teacher Domain with worksheets, video clips, lesson ideas] =EARTH SCIENCE=

[|Volcano Movie from NOVA--53 minutes]

[|Underneath the Arctic Ice] Go 3 miles underneath the Arctic Ice to see strange new life in our oceans. 8 minute video

ASTRONOMY

[|40 Cent Solar System Model Showing Scale: Earth, Moon, Mars]

[|Space Sheets and Crafts from Busy Bee]

[|Moon Rise Craft]

[|Solar System Mini Books for Children] [|Scale Model for Kids--Simple]

[|Solar System Lithograph from NASA]

[|Interactive Tour of the Solar System from Nova]

[|THE SUN] Nova Movie online--53 minutes [|Oreo Moon Phases from Paper Plate Education] [|Steve Spangler's Phases of the Moon Chart]

Star Child
===Canadian Astronomy Education=== ===Helium: Astronomy Science Projects for Elementary School Students=== ===Lunar and Planetary Institute - Education===

Scales of the Universe
===Interactive Comet Animation=== ===Pacific Science Center - Astro Adventures=== ===Online video: In the Shadow of the Moon -=== //In the Shadow of the Moon// brings together for the first, and very possibly the last, time surviving crew members from every single Apollo mission which flew to the Moon, and allows them to tell their story in their own words.

Curiosity's 7 Minutes of Terror

PhET Simulator Site

[|Earth/Sun/Moon/Space Station Orbit Simulation from PhET]
[|Planet Size and Comparison Activity from National Geographic Education]

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[|Lunar Activity]

[|Our Home: NASA's Earth From Space]
[|Discover the Role of Water in our Lives] From Project WET

[|Your Chance to Go to MARS] Mars Rover Certificate

=Pine Beetle Videos= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjLGyyafm9E SDPBS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRSR5L5e28g&feature=related BC pine beetle info =VOLCANOES and EARTHQUAKES=

=[|Icelandic Volcano]= =[|USGS: This Dynamic Earth-The Story of Plate Tectonics]=

[|Plate Tectonics from American Natural History Museum Fossil Pangea Activity]
=[|Paleo Map Project]= =[|Pangea Flip Book Activity]= =[|Plate Tectonics Tennis Ball Globe Activity]= =[|Plate Tectonics Simplified Map]=

=[|Plate Tectonics, Volcanoes, and Earthquakes from How Stuff Works-Video]= =[|PBS: NOVA's Volcano's Deadly Warning]=

=[|PBS Video of Volcanoes]=

=[|Volcanic Activity of Mt. Erubus from NASA's Earth Observatory]=

=[|Ring of Fire from World Atlas]=

=[|USGS's Information On Volcanoes, Plate Tectonics, and the Ring of Fire]=

=[|USGS Map of Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and the Ring of Fire]= =ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE=

Earth Day: A PBS Activity Pack
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=[|The GREEN Town]= When Greenburg, Kansas was flattened by a tornado in 2007, it seemed like the end. But rebuilding what is being billed as "the greenest town in rural America" has given it new life. Check out some fascinating ways this community is using energy!

=[|Fresh Water Video: Aquifers Explained]=

[|Global Change: A USGS EARTH SCIENCE UNIT]
=[|BBC Travels the World to See Climate Change]=

[|Musical Plates: A Study of Plate Tectonics]
=[|American Museum of Natural History's Science Links Page]=

[|HOT CHALK DIGITAL REFERENCE SITE]
=[|Water Purification in Singapore]=

=How's the Weather?: A PBS Activity Pack= =media type="custom" key="5045779"= =ANTARCTIC SCIENCE=

[|Water Sense Kids]
This site from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) contains information about water usage, tips on how to conserve water, and includes some fun games! =LIFE SCIENCE--BIOLOGY= =[|Census of Marine Life]= [|Rebecca Johnson's Journey Into the Deep Chat] =The Real Science of Avatar= In this issue of Time, you'll see the real creatures and science that inspired Avatar. =[|Six Kingdoms of Living Things]= =[|Invertebrates Activity Sheets]= =[|Vertebrate Activity Sheets]= =Intro to Genetics with Probability Activity=

BACTERIA

[|Bacteria--Harmful or helpful?] Be sure to check out the two kingdoms of bacteria information as well as Bacteria and Living Things

[|Bacteria Information from World Book for Kids]

[|Bacteria--Helpful/Harmful]

[|Bacteria--The Good, The Bad, The Ugly]

[|Bacteria Video from Brain Pop]

[|Bacteria Basics from Biology for Kids (1 page)]

=[|Genetics for Kids: Cartoon Explanation]=

=[|You and Your Genes]=

=ANIMAL INFORMATION=

[|Oceanic Research Group Films]
See videos about animal life in our oceans--sharks, manatees, coral reefs, dolphins, and much more!

How does camouflage work in the animal kingdom?
=[|Astonishing Underwater Video]= Click on the video link below to find out how some ocean dwellers use it!

=[|Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution]= If you enjoyed the above research and would like more information, this is the place where the research was done.

=ELECTRICITY= =[|Intro to Electricity]=

[|Tech Topics: How Does Electricity Work?]
=[|Blobz Guide to Electric Circuits]=

=[|Electric Circuits Activity from PBS]=

=MISC= [|Navy for the Classroom Lesson Plans and Interactive Games] =EARTH DAY=

[|NSTA's Comprehensive Earth Day List with Links]

[|NSTA's Earth Day Publications in the Past]

SCI GIRLS LINKS

[|Science Cheerleaders] These former cheerleaders have highly advanced careers in various STEM fields and urge kids to get involved in science!

=OTHER RESOURCES= =[|The Science Spot]= [|ARKive Resources]

=[|Science Tests and Resources]=

SCIENCE RESOURCES IN THE BLACK HILLS

M =[|Sanford Underground Laboratory at Homestake]= The former Homestake Mine is now a science laboratory!

[|The Particle Adventure--Great resource explaining physics]

[|Neutrinos at the South Pole]

=[|Game Fish and Parks Outdoor Campus West]=

=[|South Dakota School of Mines Geology Museum]=

=[|Mammoth Site in Hot Springs]=

[|Map from Rapid Valley Elementary to Rapid City Regional Airport]