Science

Scholastic’s Science “Study Jams”(animated Science videos about Plants, Animals, the Human Body, Rocks, Weather, the Solar System, Forces, Matter, Ecosystems, Light, Energy and Sound!) http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/index.htm

 Another Grade 4 class’ Science links:http://grade4scslinks.blogspot.ca/p/science.html

Science Experiments:

Sick Science! by Steve Spangler

Do a Youtube search for Steven Spangler’s very Sick Science experiments!!!!

Here’s an example video now…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAqOksj4Kvg&list=PLC02CFDE5690E4010

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Animal Facts

Lots of Canadian Animal fact pages http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/kids/animal-facts/animals.asp

Silly Animal body parts on YOU website…

http://www.buildyourwildself.com/

 

The Farm Growing Food

VIRTUAL FARMS http://www.farmissues.com/virtualtour/en/index.html

Food Chains and Webs

Photo source: www.bcscience10.com

  1. Food Chain game: http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/foodchain/foodchain.htm
  2. Build a Food web: http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/explorer/ecosystems/be_an_explorer/map/foodweb_play.htm
  3. Food Web Study Jam video and quiz: http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/ecosystems/food-webs.htm

Food Chain SIMULATION with foxes and rabbits http://puzzling.caret.cam.ac.uk/game.php?game=foodchain

 

Planets and Stars

 

  1. NINE PLANETS website http://kids.nineplanets.org/title.htm
  2. KIDS ASTONOMYhttp://www.kidsastronomy.com/solar_system.htm
  3. Kidszone Planets page http://www.kidzone.ws/planets/index.htm
  4. COSMOS4Kids http://www.cosmos4kids.com/
  5. QUIZ http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/trading/game.htm
  6. 50 Planet websites http://www.similarsitesearch.com/alternatives-to/kids.nineplanets.org
  7. Star maps on GOOGLE SKY http://www.google.com/sky/
  8. Interactive STAR map Planispherehttp://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/education/astronomy/constellations/planisphere.html
  9. Hubble Telescopephotogalleryhttp://hubblesite.org/gallery/album/
  10. Visit the International Space Station with astronaut Sunita Williams: http://www.wimp.com/orbitaltour/

 

Moon

Click on the link to go to PHASES OF THE MOON 3D animationwww.youtube.com/watch?v=7vUObZwLJ8A

 

 

Building Structures

 

  1. Here are some building EXPERIMENTS you can try at home:

1a) http://www.exploratorium.edu/structures/index.html

1b) http://pbskids.org/zoom/activities/sci/ (go down to the STRUCTURES section)

  1. Building FORCES lab online http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/lab/forces.html
  2. Building LOADS lab online http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/lab/loads.html
  3. Building MATERIALS lab online http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/lab/materials.html
  4. Building SHAPES lab online http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/lab/shapes.html

 

Learn how to build a paper boat.

Will it float?

http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Paper-Boat
http://www.laits.utexas.edu/hebrew/personal/toolbox/acm/boat/boat.html