Earth Science
Xtreem Science

Xtreem Science Found by accident, this is a great resource from University of North Texas.  Too many good things to mention here.  Powerpoints, animations, games, lesson plans.  I haven’t used them yet, but sure have found enough to make me smile.

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Posted on 8th March 2011Comments Off
Educational Videos and Games

Educational Videos and Games Alright, another site I haven’t sifted through yet, but one I definitely need to work through.  Great bunch of resources.  I’ve done some of the games as well and they seem pretty good.

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Posted on 7th March 2011Comments Off
Layers of the Earth

Layers of the Earth I’ve lost this link, not once but TWICE!  Spent 30 minutes already this morning trying to locate it yet again.  Didn’t have it listed on here, but on my school website.  And I have no idea WHY, since it’s my favorite site to use. One of the things that kids ask [...]

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Posted on 14th October 2010Comments Off
The Race is On

The Race is On Neat lesson plan for seafloor spreading.

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Posted on 20th September 2010Comments Off
Battle for Planet Science

Battle for Planet Science This one will take you a while, though it’s rather fascinating.  I think it will save your game for you.  It’s a superhero game.  Really fun, but a little time consuming.

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Posted on 23rd June 2010Comments Off
The Tornado Project Online!

The Tornado Project Online! All sorts of tornado information.  To help out with those research projects we all give from time to time.  Seriously, this is a centralized location for lots of sites on tornadoes.

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Posted on 17th June 2010Comments Off
NJDEP-SEEDS-”Print Me!-Weather Station Symbols

NJDEP-SEEDS-”Print Me!-Weather Station Symbols Need a sheet with weather station symbols?  Here ya go!  By the way, if you click on the Return to “Print Me” Pages link at the bottom of the page, you’ll find some other useful things.

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Posted on 17th June 2010Comments Off
Winter Weather

Winter Weather Though this goes along with another unit, the activity itself stands alone just fine.  Use the worksheet with the link provided.  Great activity.

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Posted on 17th June 2010Comments Off
Isotherm Lesson

Isotherm Lesson Nice little lesson to use while teaching isotherms.  There’s a link in the lesson that will take you to an interactive online map to do contour lines.  I’m including this site because they have a link for map to go along with it as well.

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Posted on 17th June 2010Comments Off
Make Your Own Hurricane

Make Your Own Hurricane Change the settings to see how strong a hurricane you can make.  I didn’t try too hard, so mine wasn’t so great.  But the kids always like doing these things.

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Posted on 15th June 2010Comments Off