What do sound waves look like?
http://www.physics.cornell.edu/p214/Anim/anim2.htm
Click on the ear in the picture to see the parts of the ear.
http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow2/apr99/musictoourear.html
Match the sounds to the pictures. Fun game. Click on the round ball to play.
http://www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/games/sound/index.htm#
Background information about simple machines
http://www.sciencetech.technomuses.ca/english/schoolzone/Info_Simple_Machines.cfm
Find simple machines in each room. Answer questions about the machine. Need
to be able to read. Good activity for group or to do with parents. Click on
the green start button, then enlarge the screen.
http://edheads.org/activities/simple-machines/index.htm
Great,colorful examples of simple machines
http://www.mikids.com/Smachines.htm
Illinois State Board of Education site
Science Goals, descriptors, assessments
http://www.isbe.state.il.us/ils/science/capd.htm
Illinois State Board of Education site
Social Studies Goals, descriptors, assessments
http://www.isbe.state.il.us/ils/social_science/capd.htm
Illinois State Board of Education site
Language Arts (Reading and English) Goals, descriptors, assessments
http://www.isbe.state.il.us/ils/ela/capd.htm
Illinois State Board of Education site
Mathematics Goals, descriptors, assessments
http://www.isbe.state.il.us/ils/math/capd.htm