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1. Student Designed Investigations Part 1 - Observations [lesson plan designed for grades 3-5]
2. Student Designed Investigations Part 2 - Testable Questions, Predictions, Materials and Procedures [lesson plan designed for grades 3-5]
3. Student Designed Investigations Part 3 - Collecting Data and Drawing Conclusions [lesson plan designed for grades 3-5]

1. Bird Sleuth: Investigating Evidence - this module consists of five investigations which give students the chance to learn science by doing science on 12/10/08
   1. Teacher's Guide - a 44 page .pdf document
   2. Resource Pages - a 28 page .pdf document
   3. Investigator's Journal - a 25 page .pdf document
2. Science Fair Report: What to Write and How - how to explain your results

1. Bar Graph - Enter data to create a bar graph, then manipulate the graph's maximum and minimum values
2. Circle Graph - Enter data categories and the value of each category to create a circle graph (similar to "Pie Chart" but the user can define the data set)
3. Collecting and Analyzing Data - online quiz
4. Data Interpretation Games - Numerous activities on using and interpreting data - Activities include bar, pie and line graphs, data collecting and much more
5. Data Picking - students collect data, enter tally marks or numbers and then select which graph is appropriate
6. Fun and Sun Rent-a-Car - students use tables, graphs, linear functions to solve a real-world problem
7. Graphing Skills - [this link opens in a new window] What's the point? find the point on the grid
8. Heads I Win - [this link opens in a new window] predict the likelihood of tossing heads or tails and graphs the results of coin tosses (Author - Michaél Dunnivant)
9. The Hot Tub - This is a fun activity where students tell the story behind a graph and relate slope to rate of change.
10. Interpreting Circle (Pie) Graphs - students practice by answering eight questions about the graph
11. Interpreting Column Graphs - students practice by answering ten questions about the graph
12. Interpreting Data - survey a small group by clicking on each of the children, turn the tally marks into two types of graphs and then go back and take a different survey
    1. Interpreting Data Quiz - after you finish the lesson above, take this quiz
13. Interpreting Data - online quiz from Gencoe math
14. Interpreting Line Graphs - [this link opens in a new window] explore line graphs. (Author - Michael Naylor)
15. Line Graph Review - followed by a quiz testing understanding (explains the advantages and disadvantages of line graphs)
16. Magic Bullets: Chemistry vs. Cancer - In this activity students will work with data about cancer deaths. The purpose of the activity is to give students some experience in reading and interpreting graphs. There is a worksheet associated with the data sets
17. Overview of a Bar Graph by Nicole Carroll followed by a practice quiz Overview of a Line Graph by Nicole Carroll followed by a practice quiz
18. Overview of a Stem-and-leaf plot by Nicole Carroll followed by a practice quiz
19. Overview of a Circle Graph by Nicole Carroll followed by a practice quiz Pie Chart - Students view pie charts (parameters: number of sectors, size of sector as a percent)
20. Piece Of Pie - [this link opens in a new window] display data using a circle graph (Author - Sandi King)
21. Push Ups - [this link opens in a new window] collect data to put on a line graph (Author - Sandi King)
22. Reading a Column Graph - five questions related to a graph (good real-world activity)
23. Reading Pie, Line and Scatter Graphs - questions related to a graph (good real-world activity)
24. Spy Guys Interactive - Understanding and Interpreting Graphs - Click Skip Intro, then select Lessons, and then click on Lesson 10
25. Stem and Leaf Plots
    1. Lesson designed to introduce students to stem-and-leaf plots
    2. Let the Games Begin: Olympic Trials in Data Analysis
    3. Long Distance Airplanes - a stem-and-leaf plot lesson from Iluminations (rated 3rd-5th grade, but quite useful)
    4. Make a Stem-and-Leaf plot of the data you enter into the text area (ignore the warning about Internet Explorer, it works fine).
    5. Organizing Data in a Stem and Leaf Plot - a lesson plan from Annenberg CPB
       1. Making a Stem and Leaf Plot - An excellent interactive assignment can be found at the bottom of this page.
       2. Ordering a Stem and Leaf Plot - An excellent interactive assignment can be found at the bottom of this page.
       3. Grouping by Fives - An excellent interactive assignment can be found at the bottom of this page.
    6. Overview of Mean, Median, and Mode Overview of a Stem-and-leaf plot by Nicole Carroll followed by a practice quiz
    7. Overview of stem-and-leaf plot - a display that organizes data to show its shape and distribution
    8. Stem-and-Leaf Plots - Their Construction and Use - an overview followed by several suggested assignments
    9. Stem and Leaf Plotter - an interactive applet that allow students to input data
    10. Stem-and-Leaf plots - from Purple Math
    11. Worksheet to accompany a "Stem-and-Leaf Plots" Lesson
26. Using Graphs to Understand Data - online quiz from Glencoe math
27. What Percentage of your Class is Right or Left Handed? - a data collection and analysis class experiment

1. Abiotic factors in a freshwater community - the non-living components that effect the living organisms
2. Abiotic factors in a freshwater community - how water conditions effect living organisms
3. Albuquerque 's Environmental Story - the natural environment, abiotic and biotic profiles
4. Biome Table - a worksheet on abiotic and biotic factors of biomes
5. Biomes: Now and When, Current and Future - a WebQuest on the topic "How do abiotic and biotic factors interact within a biome?"
6. Biotic vs. Abiotic - from Regents Prep Living Environment section on Ecology
   1. Multiple choice quiz to follow up this topic [2 questions]
   2. Quizzes on other Ecology topics [also 2 questions each]
7. Consideration of Abiotic and Biotic factors
8. Ecology - Abiotic vs Biotic - [this link opens in a new window] a Quia quiz to help you practice differentiating between biotic and abiotic [10 questions]
9. The Ecology Skinny - examples of biotic and abiotic factors
10. Symbiosis: Living Together - assignment for student and information for teachers - written by C. Rhein of Hazelwood Central
11. Types of ecological interactions - a slide show with a large number of images
12. Unique Plants of the Biomes - from Discovery Education's Lesson Plan Library

1. Create a Food Web - choose from four webs, select animals or plants to populate the food web
2. Energy and Ecosystems - lesson plan from Annenberg
3. Energy Pyramid - an alternate way to look at food chains
4. Experiment with a Pond Food Web - change various population sizes to see what affect the change has
5. Food Chain - National Geographic for Kids has a featured Quick Flick from Brain Pop on the subject.
6. Food Chains - a slide show with places to stop and ask for responses from your students
7. Food Chains - an interactive site from the BBC
8. Food Chains - another site from BBC
   1. Quiz on Populations and Pyramids
9. Food Chains & Food Webs - information and links
10. Food Chains and Food Webs - What's for dinner? from Enchanted Learning
11. Food Chains and Webs - Information regarding population size on food webs is presented here. After learning about food webs, select the link named "create a possible food web" at the bottom of the page. Click and drag to create your own food web.
12. Forest Food Webs - lesson plan from Discovery Education
13. Fun with Food Webs - three webs are available; arctic, meadow, and pond - click and drag elements into place
14. Habitats - investigate food chains with this interactive site from the BBC
15. Interdependence and Adaptation - Use this BBC interactive site to review living things, then take a quiz about interdependence and the food web
16. Interesting Facts About Food Chains - a brief description of the food chains and food webs in an ecosystem
17. Make a Possible Food Web - click and drag elements [works with Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari or Netscape Navigator]
18. Make Your Own Food Web - an interactive food web from Scholastic
19. Predator/Prey Relationship - an interactive investigation from McGraw Hill
20. Welcome to Biology 2002 - This college level PowerPoint show has some great images. Save the show, throw out the college content and modify the show for your classroom.
21. Working on the Food Chain - interactive site

1. Animal Adaptations - lesson plan designed to expand students’ knowledge of animal features and behaviors that can help or hinder their survival in a particular habitat
   1. Animal Adaptations Worksheet
2. Animal Adaptation E-Safaris - meet some interesting animals to explore how they are adapted to their environments
3. Biomes in a Box - students are asked to build a three-dimensional model of a biome in a box
4. Build a Fish - Build a Fish by choosing a body, mouth, and color/pattern, and then release it into the reef! In the process you will learn about adaptations that help the fish survive in their environment.
5. Habitats/Biomes - complex communities of interdependent organisms
6. Interdependence - lesson plan for discovering what makes a balanced ecosystem
7. Interdependence and Adaptation - [designed for 5-6 UK standards] interactive site from BBC
8. Plant Life for Children - lesson plan designed to teach about Plant & Animal Interdependency [designed for K-4, but can be modified]
9. Unique Plants of the Biomes - lesson plan from Discovery School

1. Abiotic factors in a freshwater community - the non-living components that effect the living organisms
2. Abiotic factors in a freshwater community - how water conditions effect living organisms
3. Albuquerque 's Environmental Story - the natural environment, abiotic and biotic profiles
4. Biome Table - a worksheet on abiotic and biotic factors of biomes
5. Biomes: Now and When, Current and Future - a WebQuest on the topic "How do abiotic and biotic factors interact within a biome?"
6. Biotic vs. Abiotic - from Regents Prep Living Environment section on Ecology
   1. Multiple choice quiz to follow up this topic [2 questions]
   2. Quizzes on other Ecology topics [also 2 questions each]
7. Consideration of Abiotic and Biotic factors
8. Ecology - Abiotic vs Biotic - [this link opens in a new window] a Quia quiz to help you practice differentiating between biotic and abiotic [10 questions]
9. The Ecology Skinny - examples of biotic and abiotic factors
10. Symbiosis: Living Together - assignment for student and information for teachers - written by C. Rhein of Hazelwood Central
11. Types of ecological interactions - a slide show with a large number of images
12. Unique Plants of the Biomes - from Discovery Education's Lesson Plan Library

1. Conservation Genetics - The science of Conservation Biology studies individuals and populations that have been affected by habitat loss, exploitation, and/or environmental change.

1. Amazing Space is a set of web-based activities primarily designed for classroom use, but made available for all to enjoy.
2. An animation of a comet's passage through the solar system - Compared to the planets, most comets have highly elliptical orbits and widely varying orbital speeds. Comet Halley's next passage through the inner solar system will occur in the year 2061.
3. Astronomy Resources at Internet4Classrooms
4. Atlas of the Universe - This web page is designed to give everyone an idea of what our universe actually looks like. There are nine main maps on this web page, each one approximately ten times the scale of the previous one.
5. The Cosmic Distance Scale - This feature will give an impression of how immense our Universe is by employing a method used many times in "Power of 10" films - that is, starting with an image of the Earth and then zooming out to the furthest visible reaches of our Universe.
6. The Cosmic Distance Scale - a series of web-based exercises designed to take students on an interactive tour measuring cosmic distances
7. The Cosmic Distance Scale - a lecture with illustrations and images
8. Galaxy Index - photo index which leads to pages with more complete information
9. Spiral Galaxy pictures - Alwyn Botha has posted this excellent set of galaxy pictures to assist those who want to take their own astro photographs, or those who simply want to see the beautiful pinwheel shapes of spiral galaxies. Thanks for all of the hard work Alwyn.
10. How many stars are there in the Universe? - an interesting article on how to make an estimate of the number of stars
11. Hubble Heritage Project - index to images from the Hubble Space Telescope
12. Hubble Space Telescope's greatest hits - some of the best images from 1990-1995, plus links to other Hubble images.
13. Mysteries of Deep Space from PBS Online
14. National Science Foundation Division of Astronomical Sciences provides some useful links to astronomical on-line resources.
15. NOVA - an archive of past NOVA shows on the subject of space
16. Photo Gallery of the National Space Science Data Center
17. Size Comparison - a sequence of models compares larger and larger objects - great pictures
18. Space Science Education Resource from NASA
19. Space Telescope Science Institute - Astronomy resources, data archives and HST
20. StarChild - A Learning Center for Young Astronomers from NASA
21. Star Journey is based on National Geographic's popular map, "The Heavens."
22. Understanding the Universe - an exploration with the American Museum of Natural History at DiscoverySchool.com
23. Windows to the Universe - the site is written in three reading levels approximating elementary, middle school and high school reading levels - levels may be chosen by using the upper button bar of each page of the main site

1. Build a Solar System - Make a scale model of the Solar System and learn the real definition of "space."
2. Size Comparison - a sequence of models compares larger and larger objects - great pictures

1. Astronomy - Rotation & Revolution - [this link opens on a new page] a Quia quiz
2. Earth Sun Geometry - rotation and revolution of the earth with many good diagrams
3. Earth's Orbit Activities - eleven activities
4. Earth's Rotation Activities - nine activities
5. Explore a Model of Earth's Yearly Rotation - from Houghton Mifflin
6. Revolution with and without rotation
7. Rotation and Revolution of the Earth - an Introduction to Solar System Astronomy from Ohio State
8. Rotation and Revolution of the Planets - consider the orbits of the planets in more detail

1. Animation of Spring and Neap Tides - endlessly repeats from one to the other
2. Tide Simulator - [select student version and then click on Tide Simulator] excellent animation

1. Animation of Earth's yearly revolution around the sun - In order to illustrate how much sunlight different parts of Earth receive through the year, this model shows our planet much larger and closer to the sun than it actually is.
2. Do Shadows Change With The Seasons? - a worksheet to print and use with your class
3. How Does Sunrise and Sunset Change with the Seasons? - a worksheet to print and use with your class
   1. Closure activity to use with the seasons lesson plan
4. Observe seasonal changes in the amount of sunlight reaching locations on Earth - This animation shows a satellite view of Earth every day for a year. Examine the sunlit side of the globe to recognize the continent of Australia and peninsulas and islands of Southeast Asia.
5. Reasons for the Seasons - includes some excellent illustrations
6. The Reasons for the Seasons - This lesson plan is actually three activities in one to be conducted over a three-day period (one day in the fall, one in the winter, and one in the spring).
7. Seasons - explanation from MSN Encarta
8. Seasons - find exactly when the seasons start for any year from 1902 to 2102 with this java applet
9. Seasons Reasons - What is the cause of the seasons? This explanation features an animation of the earth’s movement during a year. [careful, you may get seasick watching it!]
10. The Seasons - very good diagrams
11. What causes Earth’s seasons? - Our planet's tilt dictates cycle of spring and fall

1. Eclipse Interactive - change variables and explore eclipses
2. Solar Eclipses - explanation and several great images

1. Amazing Space is a set of web-based activities primarily designed for classroom use, but made available for all to enjoy.
2. An animation of a comet's passage through the solar system - Compared to the planets, most comets have highly elliptical orbits and widely varying orbital speeds. Comet Halley's next passage through the inner solar system will occur in the year 2061.
3. Astronomy Resources at Internet4Classrooms
4. Atlas of the Universe - This web page is designed to give everyone an idea of what our universe actually looks like. There are nine main maps on this web page, each one approximately ten times the scale of the previous one.
5. The Cosmic Distance Scale - This feature will give an impression of how immense our Universe is by employing a method used many times in "Power of 10" films - that is, starting with an image of the Earth and then zooming out to the furthest visible reaches of our Universe.
6. The Cosmic Distance Scale - a series of web-based exercises designed to take students on an interactive tour measuring cosmic distances
7. The Cosmic Distance Scale - a lecture with illustrations and images
8. Galaxy Index - photo index which leads to pages with more complete information
9. Spiral Galaxy pictures - Alwyn Botha has posted this excellent set of galaxy pictures to assist those who want to take their own astro photographs, or those who simply want to see the beautiful pinwheel shapes of spiral galaxies. Thanks for all of the hard work Alwyn.
10. How many stars are there in the Universe? - an interesting article on how to make an estimate of the number of stars
11. Hubble Heritage Project - index to images from the Hubble Space Telescope
12. Hubble Space Telescope's greatest hits - some of the best images from 1990-1995, plus links to other Hubble images.
13. Mysteries of Deep Space from PBS Online
14. National Science Foundation Division of Astronomical Sciences provides some useful links to astronomical on-line resources.
15. NOVA - an archive of past NOVA shows on the subject of space
16. Photo Gallery of the National Space Science Data Center
17. Space Science Education Resource from NASA
18. Space Telescope Science Institute - Astronomy resources, data archives and HST
19. StarChild - A Learning Center for Young Astronomers from NASA
20. Star Journey is based on National Geographic's popular map, "The Heavens."
21. Understanding the Universe - an exploration with the American Museum of Natural History at DiscoverySchool.com
22. Windows to the Universe - the site is written in three reading levels approximating elementary, middle school and high school reading levels - levels may be chosen by using the upper button bar of each page of the main site

1. Size Comparison - a sequence of models compares larger and larger objects - great pictures

1. Current Moon Phase Calculator
2. Earth and Moon Matchup - phases and other earth/moon terms are in this Quia Quiz
3. Earth-Moon-Sun system with Moon phases animation - The Sun is to the right of the Earth and Moon. (The animation is near the bottom of this page)
4. Lunar Phases Activities - includes a quiz
5. Moon Phase Calendar - shows the moon phases for each day of the current month.
6. Moon Phases - Excel workbook to use with interactive whiteboard or projection - let students drag phases to the correct position
7. Moon Phase Applet - use this page to see the phases of the moon for an entire year (from 1973 to 2107)
8. Moon Phases Java Applet - Select "both" for the point of view and run the simulation to see the cause of moon phases. Stop the animation and use their chart to see the name of the moon phase.
9. Moonlight Madness - phases of the moon quiz from Star Child
10. Phases of the Moon - short lesson on phases with several links to follow
11. Phases of the Moon - from Enchanted Learning
12. Phases of the Moon - This is one of the best animations for explaining moon phases. (from the Science Alberta Foundation)
13. Phases of the Moon - a good diagram to print so students could list the phases in order
14. Phases of the Moon - from Harcourt School (short, simple, well done)
15. Phases of the Moon Interactive - drag the slider left or right to observe different positions and phases
16. Phases of the Moon Activity (from Newton's Apple)
17. Phases of the moon from Earth and space - For each phase, examine how the view from Earth is related to the view from space.
18. Put the Moon's Phases in Correct Order - [this link opens on a new page] a Quia quiz
19. Virtual Reality Moon Phase Pictures - You can view the phase of the Moon for any date and time [1800-2199 A.D.].
20. What Our Moon Looks Like During a Complete Lunar Cycle - from the Astronomy Picture of the Day
21. Worksheet to use with Moon Phases - One sheet gives students places to draw and name the phase, the other worksheet asks students to identify positions of the moon and earth in relation to the sun for each of the eight phases

1. Bay of Fundy - home of what may be the world's largest tide range
   1. Bay of Fundy Tourism Information
   2. Hopewell Rocks - at the Bay of Fundy
   3. Undersea Landscapes - the Bay of Fundy
2. The Cause of Tides - the easy version
3. The King of Tides - a WebQuest which asks students to collect data and support a conclusion regarding the moon's role in creating tides.
4. Lesson on tides with a good diagram of spring tides and neap tides from the Department of Physics & Astronomy at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville
5. Moon Tides - how the moon affects ocean tides
6. Neap and Spring Tides video clip - this is an .exe file but it is safe
7. Normal Tides video clip - this is an .exe file but it is safe
8. Ocean Tides - introduction to the hydrosphere
9. Our Restless Tides - a brief explanation of the astronomical factors which produce tides from NOAA's Oceanographic Products and Services Division
10. Tidal Comparisons Photo Gallery
11. Tide - from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
12. Tide Prediction and Data - from NOAA
13. Tides - spring and neap tide explanation from Enchanted Learning
14. Tides - short lesson with several links, includes good picture of high and low tide in Douglas, Alaska
15. Visualizations Useful for Teaching Tides - list of several sites useful for teaching about tides
16. Water Level Tidal Predictions - from NOAA
17. What Causes Tides? - This explanation of giant tides in the Bay of Fundy also includes a great illustration of the various types of tides.

1. Animation of Earth's yearly revolution around the sun - In order to illustrate how much sunlight different parts of Earth receive through the year, this model shows our planet much larger and closer to the sun than it actually is.
2. Do Shadows Change With The Seasons? - a worksheet to print and use with your class
3. How Does Sunrise and Sunset Change with the Seasons? - a worksheet to print and use with your class
   1. Closure activity to use with the seasons lesson plan
4. Observe seasonal changes in the amount of sunlight reaching locations on Earth - This animation shows a satellite view of Earth every day for a year. Examine the sunlit side of the globe to recognize the continent of Australia and peninsulas and islands of Southeast Asia.
5. Reasons for the Seasons - includes some excellent illustrations
6. The Reasons for the Seasons - This lesson plan is actually three activities in one to be conducted over a three-day period (one day in the fall, one in the winter, and one in the spring).
7. Seasons - students may change several variables in this interactive video
8. Seasons - explanation from MSN Encarta
9. Seasons - find exactly when the seasons start for any year from 1902 to 2102 with this java applet
10. Seasons Reasons - What is the cause of the seasons? This explanation features an animation of the earth’s movement during a year. [careful, you may get seasick watching it!]
11. The Seasons - very good diagrams
12. What causes Earth’s seasons? - Our planet's tilt dictates cycle of spring and fall

1. Animation of a lunar eclipse from Astronomy Picture of the Day
2. How Can the Little Moon Hide the Giant Sun - lesson plan designed for lower grades, but can be modified
3. Animation of a Lunar Eclipse
4. Animation of a Solar Eclipse - simultaneous animation of total, partial, and annular eclipses
5. Eclipse Home Page at the NASA/GSFC Sun-Earth Connection Education Forum. This web site is continually expanding and strives to be the ultimate resource for online information about eclipses.
6. Eclipse: How Can the Moon Hide the Sun - a two page document from NASA
7. Eclipses - This real-time 3D simulation of the Sun, Earth, and moon explains lunar and solar eclipses, as well as the defined moon phases. The student can manipulate the Sun, the Earth, and the moon into all of their phases as well as view the phases from a variety of different perspectives.
8. Mechanics of Lunar Eclipses - great diagrams | Lunar Eclipses occurring between 1999 and 2020
9. Mechanics of Solar Eclipses - great diagrams | Solar Eclipses occurring between 1999 and 2020
10. Moon and Sun - A solar eclipse composite photo
11. Solar Eclipses through Space and Time - this 41 slide show is filled with information, images and movies

1. Create a New Hawaiian Island - read the page then click on the link at the bottom of the page to experiment with these local effects on climate by creating a new Hawaiian island!

1. Cloud Forecasting - Clouds can tell you many things about what the weather will do.
   1. Use what you learned to make a forecast for your Dad.
   2. Help Dad plan the rest of your trip.
2. Compare and contrast warm and cold fronts - excellent animations of each type of front
3. Meteorology Online: Weather Forecasting - a ThinkQuest entry
4. Predicting Weather - posted by United States Search and Rescue Task Force
5. Real-time data sources to use in weather forecasting projects
   1. Weather Underground - look up any city in the US and most cities around the world
   2. Intellicast Radar Loop of the last 2 hours covering the contiguous United States. This Doppler radar site indicates clouds, rain and snow with different colors, and refreshes 4 times per hour. They now offer a 12 hour java loop. More importantly, this loop allows you to step forward, or backward, one image at a time.
   3. National Forecast Maps from NOAA
   4. Conditions for the last 24 hours reported by the National Weather Service - Select State from the pull down menu, then select City
6. Satellite Movies of Air Masses Moving across North America
7. Tips for Forecasting the Weather - step-by-step process including links to real time weather data
8. Weather Activities - three levels of practice reporting weather followed by three levels of predicting the weather
9. Weather Forecasting Using the University of Michigan Weather Underground
10. Weather Instruments - this 36 slide ppt show has excellent views of weather instruments used to collect data
11. Weather Maps
    1. Analyzing Weather Maps - lesson plan
    2. Daily Weather Maps from NOAA - Click on the Surface Weather Map to see a larger map with plotted station observations.
    3. How to interpret a weather map
    4. How to Read a Weather Map - from Wiki Answers
    5. How to Read Weather Maps - This 36 slide shows how to read the various symbols associated with a station. The final slide acts as a quiz, testing understanding.
    6. JetStream: Online School for Weather - a National Weather Service lesson on learning how to read a weather map
    7. Reading and Creating a Weather Map - lesson plan with printable maps integrated
    8. Reading Weather Maps - In the sections that follow, students will examine features to look for on weather maps to make a forecasts, general methods of preparing a forecast, and more specific tips for specific scenarios.
    9. Satellite Movies of Air Masses Moving across North America
    10. Surface Weather Analysis - complete listing of weather map symbols
    11. Tips for Forecasting the Weather - step-by-step process including links to real time weather data
    12. Virtual Weather Map Room - provided by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
    13. Weather Forecasting Using the Internet - suggestions for incorporating weather into your curriculum
    14. Weather Fronts on a Weather Map - a 17 slide ppt show
    15. Weather Map Analysis - [designed for grades 6-8] a lesson plan designed for middle school science
12. Weather Quizzes - seven quizzes from easy to advanced from Weather Wiz Kids
13. Weather Watch - a student activity from Scholastic - links to six types of weather instruments and a link to a data sheet to use
14. Weather Watchers - a lesson plan from Illuminations

1. Energy Facts - an Energy Kids page
2. Energy Sources - posted by the U. S. Department of Energy
3. Energy Story - an index to over 20 pages
4. Sources of Renewable Energy - from AGORES

1. Energy Matters - the physics of energy
2. Energy Transformation - from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
3. Energy Transformation on a Roller Coaster - from the Physics Classroom
4. Forms of Energy - examples of each type
5. Kinetic and Potential Energy - a Think Quest entry
6. Kinetic vs Potential Energy - [this link opens on a new page] a Quia quiz