Visual Science Vocabulary

http://www.mwpisd.esc18.net/tatom/html/Science%20TAKS%205th%20Grade/SCIENCEINDEX.htm

There are some pictures to help you understand and study the vocabulary words.

States of Matter

Click on the link to see some animations of how the particles behave in different states of matter.

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/states_of_matter/index.html

Light Energy Game

Sarah Jane's Rani is trapped in the Spellman's Circus Hall of Mirrors! Use your knowledge of light to guide her to safety.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/physical_processes/light/play.shtml

Electrical Conductors

Deadly 60's Steve is going swimming with electric eels! Which material will protect him from a nasty electric shock?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/physical_processes/circuits_conductors/play.shtml

Electrical Circuits

Use your knowledge of electrical circuits to help MI High's Oscar recover his lost camera, but be careful of the Gnome Cams!


http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/physical_processes/electrical_circuits/play.shtml

Phases of the Moon

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/moon_phases/index.html

Here's a great link to help you visualize the position of moon in relations to the Earth and the Sun and how that affects how we see the phases on the moon on Earth. Remember though, we use "Last Quarter" instead of third quarter in this classroom; don't get confused!

Earth, Moon, and Sun Game

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/physical_processes/earth_sun_moon/play.shtml

It's Clyde's birthday tomorrow, but the planets' orbits are in a mess. Hurry - help the Sarah Jane Adventures team put them back in order!

How Sedimentary Rock is Formed

http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow1/oct98/create/sediment.htm

Planets

http://library.thinkquest.org/28327/html/universe/solar_system/planets/earth/interior/layers_of_earth.html

We have a lot of aspiring future astronauts in the classroom. Here's a link for you to know more about the planets. 

Earth's Layers

If you would like to know more about the Earth's layers, click on this link to read more about it.

http://scign.jpl.nasa.gov/learn/plate1.htm

Layers of the Earth

We talked about this about a month and a half ago. Do you still remember all the layers of the Earth?

Pictures/Examples of Weathering

Click the link below to see some real-life photographs of weathering.

http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/eos/geo41/wea.htm

Fronts

http://www.stevemcentee.com/animation3.html

http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es2002/es2002page01.cfm?chapter_no=visualization

Here are two sites to help you understand what cold front, warm front, stationary fronts and their effects are.