Showing posts with label science. Show all posts
Showing posts with label science. Show all posts

Thursday, June 3, 2021

Sunday, December 6, 2020

BUILDING BIG

Explore large structures and what it takes to build them with BUILDING BIG™, a five-part PBS television series and Web site from WGBH Boston.

Sunday, August 30, 2020

Walking Water Rainbow Science Experiment

This is aimed for younger children but older children and teenagers should enjoy doing this science experiment. It mentions "capillary action" and "cohesion" which are two properties of water.

Walking Water Rainbow 

Wednesday, June 17, 2020

World Sea Turtle Day - June 16

Sea Turtles

World Sea Turtle Day is celebrated on June 16.

June 16th is World Sea Turtle Day!

Turtles and Tortoises Located on this blog.

This was posted on the Turtles, Sea Turtles, and Tortoise page (now Turtles and Tortoises) on May 25, 2020. I have created a separate page because there is so much information out there about sea turtles.

Sea Turtles Fact Videos
Happy World Sea Turtle Day | Nature | PBS
Sea Turtles 101 | National Geographic
Turtle Time! | What Sam Sees | National Geographic Kids
Videos | National Geographic

Sea Turtles
The Leatherback is the largest sea turtle.

Find a Species: Sea Turtles | NOAA.gov
What is the largest sea turtle? | NOAA.gov
800-pound endangered sea turtle nests on Melbourne Beach - Leatherback Sea Turtle
Leatherback Turtle

Information About Turtles
Sea Turtle Conservancy
Turtles of South Africa | Oceans Africa

Interactive
Sea Turtle Lifecyle | SWOT

Educational Resources
Educational Initiatives: Educator’s Guide & Lessons | Sea Turtle Conservancy

Online Games
Education: Kids Corner: Games | Sea Turtle Conservancy
WaterLife: Sea Turtles and the Quest to Nest | NOAA.gov

Books
I'll Follow the Moon by Stephanie Lisa Tara
The Life Cycles of a Sea Turtle by Bobbie Kalman
One Tiny Turtle by Nicola Davies
Sea Turtle Journey by Lorraine A. Jay
Sea Turtles by Gail Gibbons

Read Aloud Books
One Tiny Turtle | Ms. Shelly's Read Aloud
Sea Turtles by Gail Gibbons 

Tuesday, June 9, 2020

June: National Ocean Month

June is National Ocean Month. Learn more about the ocean by visiting the National Ocean Service at Celebrate the Ocean | NOAA.gov.

Find more resources on this blog located at Oceans.

Saturday, June 6, 2020

Letter M

M Countries
Find various countries that start with the letter M.
Some include: Mexico, Mali, Morocco, Mongolia.
Locate them on a map or globe.
Learn about them.
Make a booklet or paper about one or more of them.

M States
This states that are located in the United States
Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, and Montana
Locate them on a map or globe.
Learn about them.
Make a booklet or paper about one or more of them.

Machu Pichu
Machu Pichu is located in Peru.

Machu Pichu | wikipedia
Destination: Machu Pichu

Magnesium
Learn about magnesium from the links on this blog.

Magnetism
Explore magnetism using magnets.

Magnifying Glass
Look at objects using a magnifying glass.

Map
Look on a map for different countries, states, territories, mountains, oceans, etc.
Learn about that location.

Maple Tree and Maple Syrup 
Learn the history of maple syrup.
What kind of maple tree does it come from?
How is maple syrup made?

Maracas
Maracas | wikipedia

Make maracas.
Play music on them.
Mexican Maracas (using a balloon) @ DLTK-Kids

Mars and Mercury
Learn about the planets that start with the letter M (Mars and Mercury).

Mars
What is another name for Mars? Does Mars have any moons? If so, what are they called and what type of moons are they? Find the answers at NASA: Planets - NASA Solar System Exploration.

Did you know there is a volcano located on Mars! It is called Olympus Mons. It is a shield volcano. Learn more about it at Planets - NASA Solar System Exploration by using the interactive planet on the top of the page.

Matter
Learn what matter is in science.
The States of Matter include: solid, liquid, gas, and plasma.

Explore the states of matter using water.

Mercury
Learn about the planet Mercury.
Planets - NASA Solar System Exploration
Does Mercury have any moons? Find out at NASA.

Microscope
View cells under a microscope.

Moon
Learn about the Earth’s moon.
Are there any moons by Mars and Mercury?

Mountain
Learn about different mountains.
Locate them on a map or globe.
Create a booklet or paper about what you have learned about mountains. Include photos of the mountains that you researched.

Muffin

Snack
Make and eat muffins.

Song
The Muffin Man | All Nursery Rhymes
The Muffin Man | Scoutsongs.com

Thursday, June 4, 2020

Stratovolcanoes

Stratovolcanoes are also called composite volcanoes.

Information

Stratovolcano | Volcano World

Volcanoes of Chile

Volcanoes

Colima
Country: Mexico

Fuji (Mount Fuji)
Country: Japan

Galeras
Country: Colombia

Mount St. Helens
Country: United States
It is part of the Ring of Fire.
It is between the Juan de Fuca plate and the North American plate.

Mount St. Helens Tectonic Plate

Sakura-jima
Country: Japan
This volcano has erupts 100-200 time each year since 1995.

Villarrica
Country: Chile
It is one of Chile's most active volcano.
It is part of the Ring of Fire.
It is between the Nazca plate and the South American plate.

Barren Island
Burma Plate and Indian Plate

White Island
Country: New Zealand

Tuesday, June 2, 2020

Science Links

Digestive System

Science Index

Astronomy
(A branch of physical science)

Atmospheric Sciences
(Including: Climatology, Meteorology, and other sciences)

Clouds Thematic Unit
Jetstream

Chemistry
(A branch of physical science)

Periodic Table of Elements

Earth Science
(A branch of physical science)

(Including: Geology:, Physical Geography, Ecology, Soil science, Oceanography, Atmospheric sciences, and other sciences)

Earth Science Interactive Games
Earth

Geology
Rocks, Minerals, and Soils

Life Sciences
Life science deals with living things and their relationship to one another and to their environment.

Biology is a branch of life science. These sciences are a branch of biology: anatomy, botany, cell biology, ecology, genetics, marine biology, microbiology, neuroscience, ornithology, Zoology, and other sciences

Digestive System
Genetics
Human Body Systems

Birds (Ornithology) 

Botany
Botany Labels on this Blog

Cell Biology

Neuroscience for Kids

Physics
(A branch of physical science)

Physics

This is my though process here. I will add more later.

Topics:
Electricity
Magnets

Miscellaneous
Science A to Z

Science Links

Find lots more resources are on this blog.