Science+and+the+Web

**Grade 3**

 __Animals__   __Plants__  Example of Animoto in use for one class' plant study (G3, this is for you!)  http://newplants.wikispaces.com/Different+Plants

 __Light & Sound__

 __Rocks, Minerals & Fossils__

 **Grade 4**

__Electricity & Magnetism__    __Weather & Climate__
 * Named after the founder of Medtronic, a Minnesota-based producer of medical electronic gadgets such as pacemakers, the museum attempts to enliven the study of science. Its focus is electricity and magnetism. http://www.thebakken.org

 __Ecosystems__  Watch a 5th grade class' presentation on ecosystems.  http://healthyecosystems.wikispaces.com/

<span style="color: #450245; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">+EcoMUVE--appears to be a spin off of Harvard University's River City project. EcoMUVE seeks to build middle school student engagement in the study of ecosystems using a multi-user virtual environment (MUVE).

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 141.12%;"> **G5**

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 141.12%;"> __Astronomy__ Animated Earth __ http://www.scienceu.com/observatory/articles/seasons/seasons.html__

__Animated moon phases__ __ http://www.scienceu.com/observatory/articles/phases/phases.html__

__Animated eclipse__ __ http://www.scienceu.com/observatory/articles/eclipses/eclipses.html__

__Lunar eclipse video__ __ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dk--lPAi04&feature=related __

__Eclipse explanations__ __ http://www.mreclipse.com/Special/LEprimer.html__ __ http://www.space.com/eclipse/__

__Eclipse modeling instructions__ __ http://solar-center.stanford.edu/eclipse/model.html__

__Animated phases of the moon:__ http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/moon_phases/