Systems	Inherited Traits
Cycles	Learned Characteristics

Websites that are all encompassing

Cool Science for Curious Kids	Sponsored by the Howard Huges Medical School.
US Geological Survey	Explore things, in,on and around Earth http://www.usgs.gov/education/
Creature Feature	National Geographics archive of animals around the world http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/ creature_feature/archive/

 

Separated by Grade Level

Pre-K- 2nd focus

Living and Nonliving	Living vs NonLiving quiz Ourselves
Animals: characteristics, needs, and parts	Living Things Need Each Other WebQuest
Senses	The Senses
Properties and Patterns	Butterfly Match Game
Ecosystems	Kinder: Ponds Biodiveristy	1st: Deserts, Webquest	2nd: Woodland forest Smokey Bear's Home page Earth's Forests
Parts and function of Plants	ThinkQuest, Enchanted Learning
Parts and function of Animals	Petting Zoo Activity , Teeth and Eating, Animal Characteristics Things that have backbones
Lifecycle of... Life Cycle Game Life Cycles	Kinder: butterflies and/or frogs, Frog Quiz BugsBios	1st: earthworm Herman's adventures	Living VS Non-Living Lesson Plan Quiz
Basic Needs/ Interdependency	What plants need to grow Investigating local Ecosystems

 

3rd focus

Systems	the wetlands ecosystem Animals of Wetlands
Basic needs of living systems
Wetlands	Wetlands Project Adventure Animals of the Wetlands
Beaver	All about the Beaver What to Look For, Beaver Adapt
Inherited traits of plants and animals (beaver)	Beavers List
Mud Snail	New Zealand Mud Snail
Fish in saltwater	Many, many Types!
Adaptations within a species	What are Adaptations? Alaskan Animal Adaptations

 

4th focus

Ocean food chain and food web	Alaskan Animals Food Web Safari Touch Tank (ocean creatures)
Change creates patterns	changes of leaves
Adaptations within a species	What are Adaptations? , Animal Adaptations
Sea turtle life cycle	See the Eggs in the Nest , Sea turtle
Migration patterns of a sea turtle	Green Sea Turtle Adventure
Change over time of marine life	Oceans Alive
Inherited traits vs Learned characteristics.	Webquest

 

5th focus

Producers, consumers and decomposers	Creature games Nowhere to hide
Changes occur in cycles	Living Things
Life cycle of plants; photosynthesis	Photosynthesis Diagram
Life cycle of a frog	From Swimmer to Hopper Frog Page // Virtual Frog Dissection Kit Froggy Jokes
Adaptations within a species	Camoflaged Frogs, animal adaptations, Camoflage Field Book
Plant adaptations within a rainforest ecosystem	Plant Adaptations
Inherited traits vs Learned characteristics.	Cells Alive

 

Nature of Science

Earth and Space

Physical Science

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