The sites on this page will be used in school with the students. Students should go on these sites at home to reinforce their learning.
ENJOY!!
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What's it Like Where you live?
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The above site has all that you need for today's work, but you may also go to
#22 Biomes of the World,
#23 Exploring Ecosystems from Harcourt Schools, or
#2 7 Biomes of the World
for more information.
A. FOSS website. FOSS is the supplier for many of the kits we use in science in grades 2-6.
http://www.fossweb.com/modules3-6/index.html
The following sites, known as "Learning Activities," will help students to learn new vocabulary.
Other sites:
1. Quia quiz game on ecosystems
http://www.quia.com/quiz/1345704.html
2. Quia Rags to Riches on ecosystems
http://www.quia.com/rr/457068.html
3. Quia Rags to Riches on ecosystems
http://www.quia.com/rr/457069.html
4. Quia quiz ecosystems vocabulary
http://www.quia.com/cm/161269.html
5. Quia quiz ecosystems vocabulary
http://www.quia.com/jg/1221225.html
6. Quia Rags to Riches on ecosystems
http://www.quia.com/rr/277774.html
7. Quia matching on ecosystems
http://www.quia.com/mc/1135354.html
8. Quia matching on ecosystems
http://www.quia.com/mc/1135353.html
Activities for food webs, food chains, and biomes
9. Producers and Conumers activity
http://www.neok12.com/quiz/ECOSYS01
10. Classify Organisms activity
http://www.neok12.com/quiz/ECOSYS02
11. Food Chain diagram activity
http://www.neok12.com/diagram/Ecosystems-01.htm
12. Quia matching activity
http://www.quia.com/mc/279041.html
13. National Geographic for Kids Habitats and Animals Information
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animals/creaturefeature/
14. Food Chain Game
http://sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/games/foodchaingame.htm
15. Science Clips from BBC (good quiz!)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/10_11/interdependence.shtml
16. Scholastic activity for ecosystems
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/explorer/ecosystems/be_an_explorer/map/foodweb_play.htm
Other activities
17. Food web game
www.harcourtschool.com/activity/food/food_menu.html
18. Another good food web game
www.gould.edu.au/foodwebs/kids_web.htm
19. Great site - American Museum of Natural History (many pages on great science topics)
20. Harvard Museum of Natural History
21. Enchanted Learning Site - many activities and informational pages
22. Biomes of the World site
23. Exploring Ecosystems from Harcourt Schools
www.harcourtschool.com/activity/exploring_ecosystems/
24. Ecokids Site - go to "Games and Activities" then go to "Wildlife"
www.ecokids.ca/pub/kids_home.cfm
25. Blue Planet site on Biomes of the World
26. Geography for Kids site
27. Biomes of the World information
www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5/biome/index.html
Extra sites - great for learning!
28. Website of the National Zoo in Washington DC
29. San Diego Zoo Animal Information Sheets
http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes
30. National Geographic for Kids website
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids
31. My Schoolhouse site with quizzes on Photosynthesis, Plant Life Cycles, and Parts of a Plant
http://myschoolhouse.com/courses/Science-Lessons.htm
32. Fact Monster site for Kids - good site to explore or use for homework help
33. Walking with the Beasts site. Good bones and fossil games
Please let me know if a link or site is not working and I will update this page.