Click this link to practice Science PSSA Vocab words! On this
page, there are links for practicing spelling (Speller), using
flash cards (Learn), and testing yourself (Test). There are also
two games to play: Scatter and Space Race.
PSSA Science Vocabulary Quizlet
Students, click here to access your textbook resources online!
PearsonSuccessNet.com
Do you remember the difference between mammals, amphibians,
fish, birds, and reptiles? Play this game to test your skills!
Classification Game
Click the link to find out what defines a "species." This PBS
website is a good place learn information about how animals
choose their mates and why there aren't more "hybrid species"
out there in the wild.
What are tigons and ligers?
Click the link to watch a Youtube video that describes the three
types of symbiosis (parasitism, mutualism, and commensalism).
The examples discussed in the video clip include ash trees, the
emerald ash borer, and lichens.
Symbiosis Simplified Video
This "Ecosystems Song" summarizes many of the Big Ideas in Ch. 1
(Populations and Communities). It can be used as a study tool for
the test!
Ecosystems Song
This rap song about the three types of symbiosis (parasitism,
commensalism, and mutualism) is another great study tool.
Symbiosis Rap Song
Confused about what adaptations are? Watch this music video!
Adaptations Song
This song reinforces what we learned about primary succession and
secondary succession in an ecosystem.
Succession Song
Just how is it that a bumblebee is able to fly? Click the link
for a quick explanation.
Flight of the Bumblebee
Click here to watch The Food Chain Song from class. This is a
fantastic review of Ch. 2: Lesson 1: Energy Flow in Ecosystems!
The Food Chain Song
A few students were wondering, "Are the eggs we eat fertilized?"
Check this site out to learn some interesting facts about the
chicken eggs we eat.
The Chicken and the Egg
More "egg-celent" information! On this page, click on the
question, "Are fertilized eggs more nutritious?" towards the
bottom of the list. Doing so will help to answer another question
students brought up: "Can we hatch a chick from a brown
egg?"
USDA: Shell Eggs from Farm to Table
This song reviews the six terrestrial biomes of the world:
desert, rainforest, grassland, deciduous forest, boreal forest
(a.k.a taiga), and tundra.
"My Biome" Song
Awesome website, all about biomes! Click on the biome map or on
the links beside the map to learn about both terrestrial and
aquatic biomes. There are cool, informative videos and lots of
great information about each biome- click on the biomes to see
for yourself!
TheWildClassroom.com- Biomes of the World
Go through this interactive to review information from Ch. 2:
Lesson 5 (Biogeography).
Pangea, Continental Drift, and Plate Tectonics
Click here to watch a YouTube music video about the scientist who
first came up with the hypothesis of continental drift.
Continental Drift: Alfred Wegener Song
This video clip, hosted by Bill Nye, features the discovery of
seafloor spreading and its contribution to the development of the
Plate Tectonics Theory. It builds on Alfred Wegner's story, told
through the previous music video link.
Seafloor Spreading with Bill Nye
Click here to practice dissecting an owl pellet online! Read
the "Pellet Directions," and click on "Virtual Owl Pellet" to
explore what an owl eats.
Virtual Owl Pellet Dissection
This song provides information on how to dissect owl pellets in
the form of a catchy tune.
Owl Pellets Song
Watch a video made by HomeScienceTools.com, in which skeletons
are pulled out of an owl pellet, and learn about the eating
habits of birds of prey.
Owl Pellet Dissection
Great reference site for dissecting owl pellets.
Owl Pellet Lab
Dirty Jobs: Owl Vomit Collector
Practice your reading comprehension by filling in this short
paragraph with drop-down menus.
Who Eats What?
Another short reading comprehension exercise.
Where Plants and Animals Live
In this YouTube video, Mathis Wackernagel, co-creator of the
Ecological Footprint, describes how this tool lets us calculate
the amount of natural resources necessary to support our
collective "spending" of resources. He explains how the
ecological footprint can help us avoid ecological bankruptcy, or
running out of resources.
The Ecological Footprint Video
Click here to learn more about PA's natural resources!
PA Department of Conservation & Natural Resources
Click here to learn more about wildlife in PA!
PA Game Commission
Click here to learn about PA fish!
PA Fish and Boat Commission
Play along with Bernie to get the dirt on soil! See if you can
answer his eight questions and become a soil expert.
What's your soil IQ? (Interactive Game)
Micro-size yourself for this journey underground! In your
EarthShip, you'll encounter bizarre creatures in their natural
habitat. Your main mission: stop a toxic chemical spill, and save
the life in the soil!
Soil Safari
When you buy fish at the market, you probably think about its
flavor, freshness, and price. But do you ever think about the
environmental impact of your selection? Visit our market and see
if you can find the sustainably caught fish to make an
environmentally friendly stew.
Fish Stew (Interactive Game)
This website describes easy, affordable options for living a
greener lifestyle so that we can all help fight the ill effects
of global warming.
Virtually Controlled House
People depend on nature for many things. A stable climate. Clean
air. Fresh water. Abundant food. Cultural resources. And the
incalculable additional benefits the world’s biodiversity
provides. Conservation International (CI) works to ensure a
healthy and productive planet for us all.
Conservation International
WWF’s mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing
threats to the diversity of life on Earth.
World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
Watch this video from Good Morning America about The Great
Pacific Garbage Patch, hypothesized to be the world's largest
landfill, located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
The Great Pacific Plastic Patch Video
Toxics are harder to control than wildfire on a windy day. Once
released into the environment, they can travel just about
anywhere and often linger in the environment for years. Play a
game of toxic pinball, and trace the toxic chemical as it travels
through the environment.
Toxic Pinball (Interactive Game)
Click here to review the layers of the Earth using a rap song.
Layers of the Earth Rap Song
Click here for another catchy song about the layers of the Earth.
Layers of the Earth Song
Watch this short clip from BBC's Earth: The Biography about
convection in the Earth's mantle, which causes tectonic plates to
move apart.
Mantle Convection Cells and Continental Drift
Click on this link for an interactive lesson about radiation,
conduction, and convection.
3 Types of Heat Transfer
Confused about heat transfer? Click here.
Conduction, Convection, and Radiation Rap Song
This video from TeacherTube explains all about Minerals and Rocks.
Rocks and Minerals Movie
This YouTube video shows you how to identify minerals.
Mineral Identification
This BrainPop video explains all about sedimentary, metamorphic,
and igneous rocks.
Types of Rocks
This cutaway view of Earth shows where some common rock-forming
processes occur. Embedded animations will illustrate the path of
a rock moving through the rock cycle.
Interactive Rock Cycle Animation
Review the rock cycle to the tune of a Rascal Flatts song!
The Rock Cycle Song
Here is another rap song to help you remember what we're learning
in class: rocks and the rock cycle.
Rock Cycle Rap song
What rock is that? You can use this online Rock Analyzer to
identify a real rock that you have at home or one of the
website's virtual rocks.
Online Rock Analyzer
Click here for the fantastic Interactive that we used for our
Rock Cycle WebQuest in class.
Rock Cycle Interactive
This is a great website that explains all about rocks and
minerals.
How Rocks and Minerals are Formed
Click for a song about Wegener's continental drift hypothesis,
which was later supported as the theory of plate tectonics.
Crust In Pieces Song
This rap song describes convergent, divergent, and transform
tectonic plate boundaries and the features that occur at each.
Plate Boundary Rap Song
This website includes animations of Earth's layers and geological
processes (like subduction, sea-floor spreading, and plate
movement). Read the text, scroll down, and click "Continue" to
progress through the animations.
Savage Earth Animations
Did you ever wonder what molten rock looks like? Watch this video
clip to learn about lava and magma.
Lava with Bill Nye
Learn more about seismic waves here!
Seismic Waves
Learn about normal, reverse, and strike-slip faults at this
website. Nice animations!
Types of Faults
Confused about the Richter scale? Here is an excellent
explanation from Bill Nye.
The Richter Scale with Bill Nye
This NASA Sci Files segment explains how scientists measure the
power of earthquakes by using the Richter Scale and the Moment
Magnitude Scale.
Measuring Earthquakes
It's another song from Mr. Parr! Click the link for a fantastic
review of Ch. 4 (Earthquakes).
Aftershock Song
What is matter? It's solids, liquids, and gases, and it can
change states through heating or cooling. Want to know more?
Watch the three minute video, try singing karaoke, and quiz
yourself all on this Scholastic website.
StudyJams! Solids, Liquids, and Gases
Click here for animations and information regarding gases,
liquids, and solids.
Gases, Liquids, and Solids
Watch this YouTube video to review the two types of solids:
crystalline solids and amorphous solids.
Crystalline and Amorphous Solids
In this video, Gavin the gas particle explains all about
temperature.
What is temperature?
Another video with Gavin the gas particle, explaining Boyle's law
(when the temperature is kept the same, the pressure and the
volume are inversely proportional to each other).
Boyle's Law
Gavin the gas particle explains Charles' Law in this video (when
the pressure is kept the same, the volume is directly
proportional to the temperature).
Charles' Law
In his final gas law video, Gavin the gas particle explains the
Pressure-Temperature Law (when the volume is kept the same, the
pressure is directly proportional to the temperature).
Pressure-Temperature Law
Click on the elements on the following periodic tables to learn
more about them.
Visual Elements Periodic Table
WebElements Periodic Table
Photographic Periodic Table
Jefferson Lab Periodic Table
Practice your chemical symbols and help make a difference in the
world! For each answer you get right, this website donates 10
grains of rice to the United Nations World Food Program.
FreeRice.com Chemical Symbols Practice- BASIC
Once you've mastered the Basic Chemical Symbols Practice, click
here to sharpen your knowledge of the entire periodic table's
chemical symbols.
FreeRice.com Chemical Symbols Practice- ADVANCED
Here's another game to help you practice your Periodic Table knowledge!
Periodic Table Game