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Classroom Chemistry

  1. In this interactive activity, learn more about the chemical properties of some everyday objects http://www.fossweb.com/modules3-6/MixturesandSolutions/index.html

  2. Chemical or Physical Change?  You decide: http://virtual.yosemite.cc.ca.us/lmaki/Chem15099/chapters/chapter1/lessons/phys_chem/phy_c_1.htm

  3.  Explore the properties of gases in this interactive activity http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/9_10/gases.shtml

  4. Explore what happens as you change materials in this interactive activity.   http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/10_11/rev_irrev_changes.shtml

  5. Explore what happens as you change the state of materials in this interactive activity.   http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/9_10/changing_state.shtml

  6. Set up an alien juice bar and learn more about acids and bases.                                             http://sv.berkeley.edu/showcase/flash/juicebar.html

  7. PH Factor: http://www.miamisci.org/ph/

  8. Summary of Chemistry concepts: http://www.chem4kids.com/

  9. Kitchen Chemistry: http://pbskids.org/zoom/activities/sci/

  10. Looking at a Solid, Liquid or Gas up close: http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/states_of_matter/index.html

  11.  Solid, Liquid and Gas: http://www.miamisci.org/af/sln/phantom/index.html

  12. Polishing Pennies Experiment.  Make them shine: http://pbskids.org/zoom/activities/sci/polishingpennies.html

  13. The Particle Adventure: This link is very advanced, with details and questions beyond most at the grade five level, but some students may be ready: http://particleadventure.org/

  14. The Soap Experiment – How is soap made? http://candleandsoap.about.com/od/soapmakingbasics/ss/howsoapcleans.htm

  15. How are physical and chemical changes detected?  http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/dl/free/007869387x/280088/E03.html

  16. What is matter? http://flash.learning.com/ahascience-demo/AS-Atoms-Molecules/player.html

  17.  Gas, Liquid or Solid:  What do the particles look like: http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/states_of_matter/index.html

  18. Acids and Bases, litmus test: http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks3/science/acids/litmus.htm

  19.  Solid, liquids and Gases:  http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/online/solids4.swf

  20. The Mixtures Lab where you get the chance to mix and separate materials: http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/mixture/mixture.html

  21. Melting and Boiling: http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/hotplate/index.html

  22.  Wonderville- You bet your hide: http://www.wonderville.ca/v1/activities/hide/tanning.html

  23. Gary’s Electricity Classroom- Heat Activities mystery: http://teams.lacoe.edu/documentation/classrooms/gary/heat/activities/mystery/Mystery.html

  24. Crickweb Solid, Liquid and Gas: http://www.crickweb.co.uk/assets/resources/flash.php?&file=changingstate

  25.  Fossweb Solids and Liquids: http://www.fossweb.com/modulesK-2/SolidsandLiquids/index.html

  26.  Irreversible changes: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/activities/reversible_irreversible.shtml

  27. Solids and Liquids: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/activities/solids_liquids.shtml

  28.  Fossweb Mixtures and Solutions: http://www.fossweb.com/modules3-6/MixturesandSolutions/activities/junkyardanalysis.html

  29.  Alien Juice Bar: http://sv.berkeley.edu/showcase/flash/juicebar.html

  30.  Virtual Kitchen: http://pbskids.org/zoom/games/kitchenchemistry/

  31.  Kitchen Chaos: http://www.sycd.co.uk/primary/kitchen_chaos/index.htm#

  32. Solid, Liquid and Gas:  http://www.mhschool.com/science/2008/student/na/scienceinmotion/Common/SIM.html?Module=../Grade4/Chapter10-FromSolidToLiquidToGas/

  33. Particles of a Solid, Liquid or Gas explained: http://www.mhschool.com/science/2008/student/na/scienceinmotion/Common/SIM.html?Module=../Grade3/Chapter9-ParticlesOfASolidLiquidAndGas/

  34. Changing Matter: http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks3/science/changing_matter/index.htm

Wetland Ecosystems

  1. Working on the food chain: http://msnucleus.org/membership/storybooks/foodchain.html

  2. Create a food web: http://www.vtaide.com/png/foodchains.htm

  3. Adaptation Activity: http://www.chias.org/online/hoh/adaptation.html

  4. Build a Fish for Adaptation: http://sv.berkeley.edu/showcase/flash/fish.html

  5. Who wants to be a millionaire?  Animal Adaptation: http://www.quia.com/rr/109974.html

  6. Virtual Pond Study Trip: http://www.naturegrid.org.uk/pondexplorer/pondexplorer.html

  7. Identify five frog croaks: http://www.exploratorium.edu/frogs/tracker/index.html

  8. More Frogs: http://ecokids.earthday.ca/pub/eco_info/topics/frogs/frog_id/frog_calls.cfm

  9. Populations and Ecosystems, Diversity of Life: http://www.fossweb.com/modules3-6/index.html

  10. Wetland Wonders: www.wonderville.ca

  11.  Pond Food Web: http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/food/food_menu.html

  12.  Pond Ecosystem Movies: http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/science_up_close/313/deploy/interface.html

  13.  Wonderville water treatment activity: http://www.wonderville.ca/v1/activities/watertreatment/wateractivity.html

  14. Watershed Game: http://www.bellmuseum.org/distancelearning/watershed/watershed2.html

  15. Wonderville Wetlands Activity: http://www.wonderville.ca/v1/activities/wetlands/wetlands.html

  16.  Chain Reaction Game (Food Chain): http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/eco_info/topics/frogs/chain_reaction/index.cfm

  17.  Fossweb Virtual Aqarium: http://www.fossweb.com/modules3-6/Environments/index.html

  18.  City of Calgary Website: http://www.calgary.ca/docgallery/BU/environmental_management/Envirosquad/flash/EnviroSquadIntro.html

  19.  Salmon Sally’s Upstream Sprint Game: http://www.ran.org/new/kidscorner/jungle_gym/games/

  20.  Wonderville Fishing Activity: http://www.wonderville.ca/v1/activities/fishing/Fishing.html

  21.  Wild Wetlands Game: http://www.engagingscience.org/games/onlinegames/games.html

  22.  The Water Cycle: http://www.mhschool.com/science/2008/student/na/scienceinmotion/Common/SIM.html?Module=../Grade5/Chapter4-TheWaterCycle/

  23.  Food Chain: http://www.mhschool.com/science/2008/student/na/scienceinmotion/Common/SIM.html?Module=../Grade1/Chapter4-FoodChain/

  24. Mini-habitats within a pond: http://www.naturegrid.org.uk/pondexplorer/pond-cross.html

  25.  To survive, living things must adapt to non-living factors in the environment:  http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/dl/free/0078693896/280423/CT08.html

Weather Watch

  1. Learn about the water cycle through this online interactive.  http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/facilities/multimedia/uploads/alberta/watercycle.html

  2. This interactive water cycle allows you to choose parts of the water cycle and listen to learn more.  http://www.epa.gov/OGWDW/kids/flash/flash_watercycle.html

  3. Virtual Weather Office Tour: http://www.on.ec.gc.ca/skywatchers/ontario/wx_office_tour/office/inside_e.html

  4. Water Drop Adventure: http://www.on.ec.gc.ca/greatlakeskids/morphie-story-title_e.html#content

  5. Properties of Water: http://www.fossweb.com/modules36/Water/activities/evaporation.html

  6. Drop and drag the labels in this diagram to show that you understand what happens when you apply heat or reduce heat to water and ice.  http://www.crickweb.co.uk/assets/resources/flash.php?&file=changingstate

  7. Weather and Water:  http://www.fossweb.com/modules3-6/index.html

  8.  Cochrane Five Day Forecast with Environment Canada: http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/city/pages/ab-1_metric_e.html

  9. Weather Network Forecast for Calgary: http://www.theweathernetwork.com/weather/caab0049

  10. Clouds and Precipitation, Air Masses and Fronts, Forces and Winds, Weather Forecasting, Severe Storms, Hurricanes, El Nino, Hydrologic Cycle: http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/home.rxml

  11. Make Weather Tools: http://www.miamisci.org/hurricane/weathertools.html

  12. Make a Rain Gauge: http://sln.fi.edu/weather/todo/r-gauge.html

  13. Weather Dog Game: http://www.funbrain.com/weather/index.html

  14. Weather Wiz Kids Games: http://www.weatherwizkids.com/WxGames.htm

  15. Wild Weather Adventure Game: http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/kids/goes/wwa/#

  16. Interactive weather maker: http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/wwatch/sim/game.htm

  17. Ed Heads Predicting the weather: http://edheads.org/activities/weather/

  18. Interactive Climate zones: http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es2103/es2103page01.cfm?chapter_no=21

  19. Interactive water cycle: http://www.e4s.org.uk/director/wtrgoes.htm

  20. Watch the water cycle: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/riversandcoasts/water_cycle/rivers/pg_02_flash.shtml

  21. More water cycle: http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/earthguide/diagrams/watercycle/

  22. Cold and Warm Fronts: http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es2002/es2002page01.cfm?chapter_no=20

  23. Satellite movies of Air masses moving across North America: http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es2001/es2001page01.cfm?chapter_no=20

  24. Geographical effects on climate: http://www.eduweb.com/portfolio/earthsystems/climate/climate4.html

  25. Changing States:  http://www.crickweb.co.uk/assets/resources/flash.php?&file=changingstate

  26. EdHeads Weather Activities:  http://www.edheads.org/activities/weather/index.htm

  27. Identify clouds: http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/science_up_close/610/deploy/interface.html

  28. Flash version of Weather, Climate and Water Quiz fun: http://www.on.ec.gc.ca/skywatchers/gamesApr04/wmd_quiz_e.html

  29. Wild Weather Adventure:  http://spaceplace.jpl.nasa.gov/en/kids/goes/wwa/index.shtml#

  30. McGraw Hill includes Water Cycle, Sun: Warm Air, Cold Air, Quiz Game: http://www.mhschool.com/science/2008/student/na/scienceinmotion/Common/SIM.html?Module=../Grade6/Chapter7-TypesofClouds/

  31. How a Thunderstorm forms: http://www.mhschool.com/science/2008/student/na/scienceinmotion/Common/SIM.html?Module=../Grade5/Chapter7-HowAThunderStormForms/

  32. Weather Game, Rags to Riches: http://www.quia.com/rr/52020.html

  33. Video on Global Warming: http://tiki.oneworld.net/global_warming/climate_home.html

  34. Cloud Chart, interactive: http://www.scienceclass.com/dayscape/pages/main.htm

  35. Pictures of clouds with explanations: http://www.uen.org/weather/clouds/  

  36. Cloud Types for kids: http://eo.ucar.edu/webweather/cloud3.html#Anchor-47857

  37. Create a hurricane game: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/HAW2/pdf/canelab.htm

  38. Match the clouds with their names: http://chainreaction.asu.edu/weather/digin/clouds.htm

  39. Hurricane, Tornado, Lightning, http://www.edu4hazards.org/index_en.html

  40. Identify how storms develop by viewing the clouds: http://www.chaseday.com/identity-2.htm

  41. Interactive weather maker:  http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/wwatch/investigate/weather_maker.htm

  42. Weather Game http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/k4/k4modules.html

     

Electricity and Magnetism/ Mechanisms Using Electricity

  1. Glossary: http://www.mmem.spschools.org/grade5science/mechanismselectric/mechelecglossary.html

  2. Electricity and Magnetism: http://ippex.pppl.gov/interactive/electricity/intro.html

  3. Magnetism Experiments (Always with a Parent): http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/iconmagnetism.html

  4. Electricity Experiments(Always with a Parent): http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/iconelectricity.html

  5. Tell me More: http://www.fplsafetyworld.com/

  6. Energy Quiz: http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energy_fungames/quiz/index.html

  7. Green Learning Game: http://science5.greenlearning.ca/

  8. Changing Circuits: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/activities/changing_circuits.shtml

  9. Electricity and Magnetism, Dr. Volt, etc.:  http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/revision/Science/electricity.htm

  10. Power Kids learn about Electricity: http://www.rp-l.com/rplkids.htm

  11. Electricity Stations, includes some of the experiments that we are doing at school: http://members.shaw.ca/len92/stations.htm

  12. Circuits and Conductors: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/8_9/circuits_conductors.shtml

  13. Building an Electromagnet: http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/projects/electromagnet.html

  14. Iron Fillings and Magnets, a picture: http://demoroom.physics.ncsu.edu/html/demos/128.html

  15. How Electric Motors Work, a video: http://www.howstuffworks.com/motor.htm

  16. The Development of an Electric Motor, a history: http://www.sparkmuseum.com/MOTORS.HTM

  17. Open and Short Circuit Experiments: http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/projects/open-short-circuit.html

  18. Electricity and Magnetism (Interactive Activities: Energy Street, Save the World, Energy Meter Madness):http://www.wonderville.ca

  19. Electronics: http://www.fossweb.com/modules3-6/index.html

  20. How a battery works: http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/science_up_close/302/deploy/interface.html

  21. Electromagnet Game: http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/electromagnets/

  22. An Electric Motor: http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/science_up_close/520/deploy/interface.html

  23. How Energy Efficient Are You?: http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/eco_info/topics/energy/energy_efficient/index.cfm

  24. Electricity and How to Use it Safely: http://www.switchedonkids.org.uk/

  25. Smartboard Activity: http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/using_electricity/eng/Introduction/default.htm

  26. Conductors: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/activities/conductors.shtml

  27. Changing Circuits: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/activities/changing_circuits.shtml

  28. Current Affairs Game: http://www.engagingscience.org/games/onlinegames/games.html

  29. Can You Make Energy Flow?  http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/onlinestuff/games/energy_flows.aspx

  30. Parallel Circuits and Quiz:  http://www.mhschool.com/science/2008/student/na/scienceinmotion/Common/SIM.html?Module=../Grade5/Chapter12-ParallelCircuit/

  31. How a Generator Works: http://www.mhschool.com/science/2008/student/na/scienceinmotion/Common/SIM.html?Module=../Grade4/Chapter12b-HowAGeneratorWorks/

  32. Electricity Game: http://electrocity.co.nz/

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