Links


 McDougal Littell - Online resources from our science 
textbooks!!  Practice tests, vocabulary, check out related links 
and more!
http://www.classzone.com/books/ml_science_comp/

National Geographic for Kids
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/

NASA for Kids - Learn about the Earth and some of its features!
http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/

 NASA for middle-school students
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/5-8/features/index.html

Cells Alive! - look at cell models, practice naming the 
organelles, watch mitosis, and more!!
http://www.cellsalive.com

Watch slow-motion mitosis and see where the chromosomes are at 
each phase!
http://www.johnkyrk.com/mitosis.html

Check out the current world and US population and watch them 
grow!!
http://www.census.gov/main/www/popclock.html

VIRUS/BACTERIA WEBQUEST:  Try to solve medical mysteries caused 
by microbes by collecting clues to crack the case.
http://medmyst.rice.edu

Cell Organelle WebQuest - Find resources and other links to cell 
and organelle websites!
http://mrscienceut.net/CellWebquest.htm

Train to become a CSI and help the team solve mysteries by 
collecting and analyzing evidence.
http://www.csitheexperience.org

Discovering Biomes:  A wiki (created by Mrs. Emerson) to aid you 
in learning about the features of biomes!
http://informationliteracyatfretz.wikispaces.com/science+unit+biomes

7th GRADE SCIENCE WIKISPACE - Use this wikispace for research in 
7th grade.  The information 
for the VIRUS/BACTERIA WANTED POSTER will be found here.
http://fretz7redscience.wikispaces.com/

CELL ORGANELLE TRADING CARDS:  Use this website to help complete 
your ticket in for cell day.  Click on the "Resources" section of 
this site to help you find information on your organelles!
http://mrscienceut.net/CellWebquest.htm

Mad Virus - try to infect all the cells in a certain number of 
moves.
http://www.gamingdelight.com/games/madvirus.php

Genetics practice with games.  Try "Pass the Genes".
http://nature.ca/genome/04/041/041_e.cfm

Scrabble!
http://www.themaninblue.com/experiment/SSCrabble/

Tree Identification Dichotomous Key
http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr/leaf/Treekey/tkframe.htm

Nab the Aquatic Invader - An interactive game where you solve the 
mystery and identify an invasive species!
http://www.iiseagrant.org/NabInvader/great_lakes.html

Mystery on Apo Island - Some strange things are happening on Apo 
Island, in the Philippines. Investigate the clues and try to 
solve the mystery! Learn about shark biodiversity.

http://sea.sheddaquarium.org/sea/interactive_module.asp?id=9#

Eco Kids Chain Reaction - Build a food chain and then explore the 
effects of removing organisms.
http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/eco_info/topics/frogs/chain_reaction/index.cfm

Food Webs - Identify the niche of organisms from different food 
chains
http://www.gould.edu.au/foodwebs/kids_web.htm

Eco Kids Animal Adaptations - identify the adaptations of 
differnet animals and see how it helps them survive!
http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/eco_info/topics/climate/adaptations/index.cfm

How Animals Meet Their Needs - identify the need a physical 
adaptation meets on different animals.
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/animalneeds/

Animals, Adaptations, and the Galapagos Islands - Play Darwin and 
find clues to solve the mystery of the islands.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/explorations/adaptation/

Metric System Interactive Site - practice with the metric and 
standard systems
http://www.learner.org/interactives/metric/index.html

Design an aquarium with dimensions to meet the clients needs.  
Type in the access code you were given to access the simulation.  
Write down your final dimensions and turn them in.
 http://stem.definedlearning.com/students

To explore natural selection with the peppered moth, copy the web 
address from above and paste it into the URL box.
http://www.techapps.net/interactives/pepperMoths.swf


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