Middle+School+Science


 * Web Pages:**

[|**8 Wonders of the Solar System**]

[|CSI Web Adventures]- educational web adventure based on CSI design to take students through forensic investigation and problem solving

[|Endangered Species Custom Search]

[|Energy Resources Custom Search]

[|Energy Kids**]- plethora of information on energy including games like Sudoku, puzzles, quizzes and much more

[|Genetics Web Lab]

[|Geocube]- based on the principle of the Rubik's Cube the online resource has six faces with 54 topics covering Living Together, Shrinking Planet, Exploring our World, Useful Geographies, Earth from all Angles, Fascinating Earth with each face encompassing 9 separate topics.

[|Google Earth Ocean Tours]

[|**Gulf Oil Spill**]- interactive map that tracks the Gulf Oil spill

[|Human Body: An Online Tour]

[|Human Body Systems]

[|Interactive Body]

[|Interactive Simulations]

[|**Japanese Science and Technology Center - Virtual Science**]- The lessons are appropriate for middle school and high school and some go into more depth: Mind Lab, Search for ET, Physics of Amusement Parks, Optical Communications, Earth Guide, The World of Rust, Energy Transmission in Sports, the Human Genome, and the Mysteries of the Body.

[|KidWings]- virtual dissection of an owl pellet and information on birds

[|**Molecules 3D**]- provides 46 models of 3D, interactive, rotating models of simple and complex molecules that are common such as glucose and fructose. Models may be changed to show or not show bonds, individual atoms and to rotate on a specific axis. The website does not work well with Internet Explorer so use Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera or Safari.

[|**NASA Brain Bites**]- a series of videos to answer elementary and middle school student questions about space travel; these videos my be download to QuickTime or Window Media Player Ex: How do you go to the bathroom in space?

[|NASA Mission Science] provides a way for teens to conduct experiments with actual NASA scientists and advance their knowledge in space exploration

[|NASA Posters/PowerPoint]- free online posters and slideshows on air, water, land and ice

[|NASA Space Place**]- fun projects, games, animations about Earth, space and technology

[|National Geographic Water]- interactive display of the water we use and various videos

[|Organ Systems]

[|Periodic Table]- students memorize the periodic table of elements by playing a game based on Tetris. Students will use the keyboard's arrow keys to move element blocks into the proper place. The game has three levels for students to progress through.

[|Rader's Kapili.com] - lessons and activities for biology, chemistry, physics, cosmos

[|**Stop Disasters**]- Five game scenarios that help students learn and prepare for a natural disaster,


 * Catastrophic Events:



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[|**5 Ways to Teach about Haiti**]

[|**CIA World Factbook**]



[|**Haiti Interactive Photo Essay**]

[|**Google News Timeline**]

[|**Hurricanes and Various Natural Disasters**]

[|**National Geographic Forces of Nature**]

[|**National Geographic Natural Disasters**]

[|**Natural Disasters**]

[|**Natural Disasters Custom Search**]

[|**NOAA**]

[|**Recent Earthquake Teachable Moments**]

[|**U.S. Geological Survey**] **- U.S. and World Earthquakes**

[|**U.S. Geological Survey**]**- Tsumamis and Earthquakes**


 * Lesson Ideas:**

Human Body Magazine Cover: Used Big Huge Labs to create the cover where students placed their information.