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Learninginhand Imovie
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WEATHER

EXTINCT ANIMALS PROJET Grade 5

DINOSAURS

Dinosaur Dig - San Diego Natural History Museum.  An interactive "Name that Reptile" game, FAQ's about Jurassic Park and DNA, and fossil hunting clues with photos provide good information along with fun.  Download the Jurassic Jumbe word search or d it online. Grades 3-8
http://sdnhm.org/kids/dinosaur/index.html

The Dinosauria - University of California Museum of Paleontology. Text hyperlinks and subject buttons on many pages lead to sophisticated information with color illustrations and answer questions like"Are birds really dinosaurs?" An audio tour describes a Dilophosaurus discovery.  Grades 6-8
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/diapsids/dinosaur.html.

Dinosaurs -  Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. A first stop for report writers, this iste offers extensive photos, good general information and details on the museums extensive collection.  Highlights include a guide to museum dinosaur collections worldwide and a virtual tour with a 3-D fossil specimen.  Grade 5 + up. http://paleobiology.si.edu/dinosaurs.

Dinosaurs: Fact and Fiction - U.S. Geologic Survey. Short, straightforward text entries answer 20 common questions about dinosaurs and cover topics such as habitat, diet, appearance, names and extinction. A reliable easy to navigate resource. Grades 3-6.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dinosaurs

Sue at the Field Museum - The Field Museum Chicago Illinois. Learn about Sue the museum's superlative T.Rex fossil exhibit, with and interactive virtual dig, photo gallery, on line quiz, timeline and more. Grades 4-8
http://fieldmuseum.org/sue/index.html

SPACE

Visible Earth - Home to NASA's catalog of images and animations of Earth from outer space
http://visibleearth.nasa.gov
 
Windows to the Universe   **** USE FOR GRADE 3 SPACE PROJECT
www.windows.ucar.edu
 
 
 
Biomes of the World
http://mbgnet.mobot.org
 
 
Particle Adventure
www.particleadventure.org
 
Robert Krampf’s Experiment of the Week
www.krampf.com/news.html

 

ENATURE

www.enature.com

Bridge

www.vims.edu/bridge

How Stuff Works
www.howstuffworks.com

Exploratorium
http://www.exploratorium.edu

Science Learning Network
http://www.sln.org

Franklin Institute Science Museum
http://www.fi.edu

The Mad Scientist Network
http://www.madsci.org

Museum of Science, Boston
http://www.mos.org

National Science Foundation
http://www.nsf.gov

Nature
http://www.nature.com

Science Friday
http://www.sciencefriday.com

Science Hobbyist
http://www.eskimo.com/~billb/

Why Files
www.whyfiles.org

Boomerwolf
www.boomerwolf.com

RAINFORESTS

The Living Edens: Manu, Peru's Hidden Rainforest
http://www.pbs.org/edens/manu/

SCIENCE FAIRS

CMS Science Fair Page
http://mathforum.com/library/view/1273.html

Science Fair Project Resource Guide
http://www.ipl.org/youth/projectguide/

Earth Sciences
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Servers/earth_servers.html 

VOLCANOES

Cascades Volcano Observatory
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/

The Electronic Volcano
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~volcano/

Global Volcanism Program
http://www.volcano.si.edu/gvp/

MTU Volcanoes page
http://www.geo.mtu.edu/volcanoes/

Volcano Watch
http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/volcanowatch/

Volcanoes
http://www.usgs.gov/themes/volcano.html

Volcanoes:Can we predict Volcanic Eruptions?
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/volcanoes/entry.html