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Alki's Home Page

VSD Home Page

iPad Links

http://creationstations.vansd.org/ This is a great place to learn about the apps on your iPad.

https://cdn.preterhuman.net/texts/literature/general/A_Wrinkle_in_Time.pdf A Wrinkle in Time

https://n11060d43873.acceleratelearning.com/loginsso/login-ldap.php    Stemscopes Login Link

CURRENT EVENT WEBSITES

https://scienceworld.scholastic.com/

http://www.dogonews.com/category/science

weather.com

http://student.societyforscience.org/sciencenews-students

Directions for how to do a current event.

 

 

ROOT WORDS, PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES

http://www.biologyjunction.com/prefixes%20and%20suffixes.pdf  Word list

https://www.flinnsci.com/media/459249/bf10321.pdf

CLASSIFICATION LINKS

http://www.biokids.umich.edu/ Great online field guide information

https://www.audubon.org/# Great for Bird information

GEOLOGIC TIME SCALES

www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/help/timeform.php  

www.fossilmuseum.net

 

http://www.fossils-facts-and-finds.com/tertiary_period.html

 

QUIA WEB SITE

http://www.quia.com/web/studentZoneBegin.html

 

Vocabulary

http://www.chemistry-dictionary.com/  Use this chemistry dictionary for doing your vocabulary.

 

QUIA WEB SITE

http://www.quia.com/web/studentZoneBegin.html

 

ACIDS AND BASES

http://sciencespot.net/Pages/kdzchem3.html pH Factor and Alien Juice Bar

MATH WEBSITES

http://amby.com/educate/math/integ_x1.html  Integers practice

http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/Mr.Thomas-83014-1-3-integers-absolute-value-education-ppt-powerpoint/ Absolute Value

http://www.sldirectory.com/studf/math.html  Middle School Math

http://www.aaamath.com/g8_74ax1.htm

http://www.onlinemathlearning.com/index.html

http://www.math.com/school/subject3/lessons/S3U2L2GL.html Triangles

http://www.themathpage.com/alg/exponents.htm Practice with exponents.

http://www.mathwarehouse.com/transformations/rotations-in-math.php#rotationByOneEighty Rotations

 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS SCIENCE SITES

http://www.khanacademy.org/  Video help with just about any topic. Check it out.

http://www.bjpinchbeck.com/science.html#Physics   BJ Pinchbeck's homework helper

http://www.upscale.utoronto.ca/GeneralInterest/Harrison/Flash/#em    Math and Physics simulations

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/program_d.html  Nova Movies

http://www.panoramas.dk/moon/mission-apollo.html    Awesome panoramic photos.

http://school.discovery.com/ontv/themes/f2003_nature.html  Assignment Discovery TV schedule

http://www.edhelper.com/puzzles.htm Crossword builder

http://elibrary.bigchalk.com/libweb/k6/do/pbsbrowsetree?source=magazines&edition=  A good place to get article reviews

http://sciencespot.net/Pages/kdzphysics4.html The Science Spot Kid Zone

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Inconvenient_Truth   

http://www.fossweb.com/modulesMS/       Foss Planetary Science Modules

http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/PPT-games/  PowerPoint Games for teacher creation.

METRIC SYSTEM

http://www.visionlearning.com/library/module_viewer.php?mid=47  Metric system intro and conversion

 

 PLANETARY SCIENCE

http://htwins.net/scale2/ Scale of the Universe

http://sci.gallaudet.edu/Science/relativesizes.html size of the earth and sun

http://www.fossweb.com/modulesMS/PlanetaryScience/index.html   Foss Planetary Science Link (Moon Unit)

http://maps.google.com/  Google Maps Satellite Imagery

http://maps.live.com/?vendor=google&pkw=locallive&s_kwcid=locallive|771011971  Virtual Earth Microsoft imagery. Try the bird's eye view!

http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/index.html  Powers of Ten

http://terraserver.microsoft.com/default.aspx  TerraServer Home (Aerial Maps)

http://trunks.secondfoundation.org/files/psychic.swf  Puzzle

http://worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/na.htm  Latitude and Longitude

http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/Earth?imgsize=1024&opt=-l&lat=66.875&ns=North&lon=356.375&ew=West&alt=986&img=learth.evif  Day and Night an Interactive satellite view.

SUN, EARTH AND MOON

http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/vplanet.html

http://jove.geol.niu.edu/faculty/stoddard/JAVA/moonphase.html  Moon, Earth and Sun System Simulation

http://www.fearofphysics.com/SunMoon/sunmoon.html  Sun, Moon and Earth simulation. Green city

http://www.lakelandsd.com/tutorial/lesson3.html  Latitude and Longitude

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyC99HbmuY8&feature=fvwrel Size of Earth and Sun Video

 

MOON LINKS

http://www.almanac.com/astronomy/moon/

http://aspire.cosmic-ray.org/labs/moon/lunar_phases_main.html  Phases of the moon.  Awesome site!

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/moon/Craters.shtml Crater types

http://www.fossweb.com/modulesMS/PlanetaryScience/index.html Navigate to Lunar Crater Videos

http://home.hiwaay.net/~krcool/Astro/moon/moontides/  Why we have tides.

http://astro.unl.edu/naap/motion1/animations/seasons_ecliptic.swf  Why we have Seasons

http://ralphaeschliman.com/luna/lnslamasm.jpg  Scaling Lunar Features

http://www.oarval.org/MoonMapen.htm  Mapping the moon

http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/olcweb/cgi/pluginpop.cgi?it=swf::800::600::/sites/dl/free/0072482621/78778/Lunar_Nav.swf::Lunar%20Phases%20Interactive  Moon Phases Interactive

http://www.moonconnection.com/moon_phases.phtml  Moon Phases

http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/aboutmoonphases.html  Phases

http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/vphase.html Moon Log information

http://www.calculatorcat.com/moon_phases/moon_phases.phtml  Moon Log Link

http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/MoonPhase.php Past, Present and Future Phases of the moon.

http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/interactives/moon/moon_challenge/moon_challenge.html  Phases of the Moon Challenge - Complete all three levels!

TIME ZONES

http://aa.usno.navy.mil/faq/docs/world_tzones.html  Time Zones of the World

http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/RS_OneDay.html  Local sunrise and sunset

http://www.worldtimezone.com/datetime.htm  World Time Zone Map

ORIGIN OF THE MOON

http://physics.fortlewis.edu/Astronomy/astronomy%20today/CHAISSON/AT308/HTML/AT30808.HTM

http://www.psi.edu/projects/moon/moon.html 

http://cseligman.com/text/ssevolve/moonorigin.htm

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tothemoon/origins.html

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/solarsystem/moon_making_010815-1.html  How the moon was formed?

LUNAR ECLIPSE SITES

http://www.mreclipse.com/Special/LEprimer.html  Lunar eclipse information.

 

 

APOLLO SPACE MISSIONS

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/index.html Apollo Missions

https://airandspace.si.edu/exhibitions/apollo-to-the-moon/online/racing-to-space/ Race to Space link

http://www.lpi.usra.edu/moon.html

http://i.usatoday.net/tech/graphics/iss_timeline/flash.htm 

 

CHEMISTRY (ATOMS, PERIODIC TABLE (Printable), WRITING FORMULAS)

 

ATOMIC STRUCTURE

http://elements.wlonk.com/ElementUses.htm elements and their uses

http://education.jlab.org/elementflashcards/index.html Element Flashcards

http://education.jlab.org/qa/atom_idx.html  Atoms, Elements, Compounds and Molecules

http://education.jlab.org/atomtour/listofparticles.html  Atoms and the periodic table.

http://www.chem4kids.com/files/atom_intro.html  Atoms' role in chemistry

http://web.jjay.cuny.edu/~acarpi/NSC/3-atoms.htm

http://www.school-for-champions.com/science/chemperiodic.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org  Metals powerpoint

 

PERIODIC TABLE

http://www.ptable.com/Other/Periodic%20Table.pdf Grab this one for your ipad and save in GoodNotes

http://education.jlab.org/elementflashcards/index.html Element flash card game

http://www.sciencegeek.net/tables/tables.shtml  Printable Periodic Tables

http://www.dayah.com/periodic/  Great Periodic table thanks to Cole B.

http://periodic.lanl.gov/index.shtml   Properties and Uses

http://www.corrosionsource.com/handbook/periodic/perd_pg.htm Good source for periodic table cards.

http://www.science-teachers.com/physical/periodic_table_color.doc  Periodic table with colored categories

http://www.rsc.org/education/teachers/learnnet/ptdata/games/findelement.htm Find the Element Game

http://www.funbrain.com/periodic/ Periodic table game

http://www.webelements.com/webelements/support/media/pdf/WEB_ELEM.PD

http://www.chemicalelements.com

http://www.johnpratt.com/atomic/periodic.html Memorization Help

 

CHEMICAL BONDING

http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objID=GCH2204  Ionic Bonding Example

http://www.visionlearning.com/library/module_viewer.php?mid=55 Chemical Bonding explained.

http://school-for-champions.com/science/chembonding_types.htm#Mini-quiz

http://www.beyondbooks.com/psc92/3a.asp

http://www.mr.grayrocks.com

http://www.chemtutor.com/struct.htm

 

CHEMICAL EQUATIONS

 

http://education.jlab.org/elementbalancing/index.html

http://www.school-for-champions.com/science/chemequations.htm Chemical Equations

http://funbasedlearning.com/chemistry/chemBalancer/ques1.htm Balancing Chemical Equations Game

CHEMICAL REACTIONS

http://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/chemical-reactions/704379/?ref=appemail  Symbols for writing a reaction and evidences of a reaction.

PHYSICS LINKS

http://sciencespot.net/Pages/classphys.html  Physics lessons

ENERGY

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmsc/activities/simulations/gr4/unitf.html  Roller Coaster Potential and Kinetic

http://www.visionlearning.com/library/flash_viewer.php?oid=1429

 

MOTION LINKS (Roller Coaster)

http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/rhatch/NSF-PLANS/2-2_NEWTON.htm  Newton's Laws

http://sciencespot.net/Media/newtonlab.pdf  Newton's laws of motion activities

http://faraday.physics.utoronto.ca/PVB/Harrison/Flash/ClassMechanics/AirTrack/AirTrack.html Air Track Collisions

http://www.sciencejoywagon.com/explrsci/media/airtrack.htm Air Track II

https://www.msu.edu/~brechtjo/physics/airTrack/airTrack.html Another Air Track

http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/mmedia/kinema/acceln.html  Red, Green and Blue Cars

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/mmedia/newtlaws/efar.html  Elephant and Feather simulation.  Answer true or false questions

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/newtlaws/U2L1a.html  (Newton's 3 laws)

http://www.beyondbooks.com/psc91/4a.asp More about Galileo and motion

http://www.learner.org/exhibits/parkphysics/   

http://www.hazelwood.k12.mo.us/~grichert/sciweb/motionsm.htm 

http://www.funderstanding.com/k12/coaster/

http://aspire.cosmic-ray.org/javalabs/java12/fnm/act1/lab.htm  Snowmobile Speed Calculations

 

MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE AND SIMPLE MACHINE LINKS 

http://www.rube-goldberg.com/ Rube goldberg devices

http://www.dynamicscience.com.au/tester/solutions/hydraulicus/simplemachineslevers4.htm  Levers

http://www.fi.edu/qa97/spotlight3/spotlight3.html Simple machines explained

MOUSETRAP CARS

http://www.wikihow.com/Adapt-a-Mousetrap-Car-for-Distance

http://www.docfizzix.com/mouse_trap_cars_tips.htm

http://can-do.com/uci/ssi2002/mousetrap-racer.html

www.pbs.org/saf/1208/teaching/teaching.htm

www.ideas-inspire.com/mousetrap-cars/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BOTTLE ROCKETS

http://hometown.aol.com/hayhurst1/h2orocket.htm

 

 

WAVES

http://id.mind.net/~zona/mstm/physics/waves/introduction/introductionWaves.html (Demonstration of amplitude and wavelength

http://www.acs.psu.edu/drussell/Demos/waves/wavemotion.html (Wave animations. Particle movement in the wave)

http://livephoto.rit.edu/LPVideos/Slinky/ (Videos of waves)

 

 

ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM

http://www.krysstal.com/spectrum.html  History of electromagnetic spectrum

http://www.nih.gov/health/chip/od/radiation/ What is radiation?

http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/interact/electromagneticspectrum.html General information about the different types of waves of the electromagnetic spectrum.

 

Acids and Bases

http://www.glencoe.com/sec/science/Science600/co/617.php?iRef=617 Acids and Bases matching game

 

Matter

http://www.media.pearson.com.au/schools/cw/au_sch_whalley_sf1_1/int/matter.html  Solid, liquid, gas animations

http://www.footprints-science.co.uk/states.htm   Solid, liquid, gas animations

http://www.chem.purdue.edu/gchelp/liquids/character.html  Solid, liquid, gas animations

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/states_of_matter/  Solid, liquid, gas animations