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Virtual Electron Microscope

Drag the sample onto the microscope stage and observe it. Try to guess what it is.  Specimens include: housefly mouth, house spider eyes, mold, insect spiracle, and more.  Amazing!

 

 

Science

Chapter Two

Great Links

Cell Inspector

Drag the labels onto the organelles and check your answer. There are four different cells for you to check out.  They include both animal and plant cells.

Cells Alive - Tour of a Cell

Click on the organelles and see the name pop up.  Click below for detailed information about each organelle

 

I Know That - Interactive Cells

Click on "looking through a microscope" and you can view a bunch of digital slides, including: elodea, onion, carrot, tilia root, skeletal muscle, blood, and lung tissue. 

If you hover over organelles on the plant or animal cell, a child's voice pronounces the word, and a fact pops up about it.

Plant and Animal Cell Simulation

You can manipulate the 3-D plant or animal cell by clicking and dragging. COOL! 

Collaborative Poetry

Choose a poem to write with a friend!

Lava - A Marine's Dog

read about a dog found in Baghdad and brought to America

Send a Thank You Card to a Soldier

click above to send a thank you

Function Machine

click above to try the function machines

Sorting Angles

click above to sort the angles into three categories

right, acute, and obtuse

What Am I Poems

practice inferring by reading some riddle poems

Photographs of Invertebrates

click above to see cool photographs of invertebrates

Invertebrates

click above to learn about invertebrates

Fabulous Folktales

click above to read some fabulous folktales

Famous Americans

click above to read about some

famous Americans

Legends About Volcanoes and

Virtual Field Trips to Volcanoes

click above to read legends about volcanoes or

take a virtual field trip to a volcano

FAQ's About Volcanoes

click above to read frequently asked questions

and their answers (written by volcanologists)

Volcanoes - National Geographic

for Kids

click above to watch a tutorial and some video footage about volcanoes

Cool Facts About Earthquakes

click above to learn some cool facts

about earthquakes

Animated Earthquake Stories

click above to hear 3 stories about earthquakes

 

Earthquakes

click above to learn about quakes

and set one off

Mean, Median, Mode, and Range Tutorial

click here to learn about mean, median, mode, and range

 

Endangered Animals

click here to learn more about endangered animals

Animals - Recently Extinct

click here to learn about animals that have become extinct recently

Women's Hall of Fame

click here to learn more about famous women

Virtual Protractor

click here to practice measuring angles

Skills Practice

great for reviewing for the NYS Math Test

Poetry Zone

poems to read

interviews with famous poets

submit your own poems to be published

Giggle Poetry

funny poems to read and rate

Brain Pop

an educational site with many topics

quizzes, movies, comic strips

Biomes and Ecosystems

read about all the biomes we have studied and view neat photographs

Mathematician Magician

practice your math facts and try to beat the timer

The Case of the Mixed Up Cells

learn more about cells and review vocabulary

View Cells Under a Microscope

interactive picture of a cell  

(click on parts to review vocabulary)

click on "looking through a microscope" to view slides

Animal Adaptations

click here to learn about many animal adaptations (both behavioral and structural)

National Geographic For Kids

a fun science site

click on "creature features" to see and hear some cool animals