JoAnn Floyd’s Web Link Bibliography

Mrs. Floyd’s Web Link Bibliography

The following Web sites have been selected to reinforce and extend the 3^rd grade science curriculum.

Plant Growth and Development

Plant Explorer- Enjoy this interactive site. Click on each part of the flower to learn its name. Be sure to try the activity called “I didn’t know I ate that” It stumped me a few times! The plant glossary makes it easy to understand lots of new terms. Date visited 2/13/05

http://www.naturegrid.org.uk/plant/index.html

Cal’s Plant of the Week- A different plant is highlighted each week. Visit this site often to learn how to grow and care for a variety of plants. Date visited 2/13/05

http://www.plantoftheweek.org/

Plant Scavenger Hunt- Take this online quiz to test your knowledge of plants. Date visited 2/13/05

http://www.naturegrid.org.uk/plant/index.html

Kidport Reference Library How Plants and Flowers Grow- Find out the difference between flowering and non-flowering plants. Learn about two ways that plants can be pollinated. Can you think of a third? Date visited 2/13/05

http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/Science/HowPlantsGrow/HowPlantsGrow.htm

Backyard Flower Basics- Use the glossary to learn the meanings of several plant terms. Read about the process of pollination. Find out what’s growing in your own backyard. Date visited 2/13/05

http://www.backyardnature.net/pollen.htm

Primary Plants- See a collection of work by second graders from Kentucky. The students and the teacher have used Kidspiration, Kid Pix, and digital cameras to create an informative website about plants. Date visited 2/13/05

http://www.picadome.fcps.net/expo-plants/default.htm

Plants and Our Environment- Visit another class created website. Learn about different kinds of seeds and what’s inside them. Find out why seeds have to travel and how they do it. Date visited 2/13/05

http://library.thinkquest.org/3715/index.html

Kid’s Stuff- Did you know plants have babies? Find out how plants become parents. Discover why bees and flowers are so important to each other. Date visited 2/13/05

http://www.cnps.org/programs/education/kidstuff.htm

Reproductive Characters- Just when you thought you knew it all a new glossary comes out with even more plant vocabulary. Challenge yourself to learn each new term. Date visited 2/13/05

http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/201Manhart/repro/repro.1/repro1.html

Sound

Household Science for Kids: Sound & Noise- Try using the directions provided to create these two simple musical instruments. Date visited 2/13/05

<>http://www.fatlion.com/science/sound.html<>

Quirks Kids Science: Auditory Illusions- We’ve all heard that our eyes can play tricks on us, but did you know your ears can, too? Click to hear the different sounds, and test your ears! Date visited 2/13/05

http://www.radio.cbc.ca/programs/quirks/test/audill.htm

NASA’s KSNN- Learn how sound is created and what materials are best at conducting sound. Discover the parts of the ear and their functions. Take a quiz to see what you’ve learned. Date visited 2/13/05

http://ksnn.larc.nasa.gov/webtext.cfm?unit=sound

Sound Title Page- Try the sound investigations presented in this 5^th grade class website. Date visited 2/13/05

http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow2/apr99/soundindex.html

What is a Sound??- Discover the truth about echoes and other interesting facts about sound. Be sure to check yourself by taking the quiz, too. Date visited 2/13/05

http://library.thinkquest.org/11924/sound2.html

Crime Lab Chemistry

Crime Scene- Use the clues found at the crime scene to solve this mystery. It’s a real whodunnit! Date visited 2/13/05

http://www.cyberbee.com/whodunnit/crimescene.html

History- Learn about the history of fingerprint identification. Its roots can be traced back to ancient civilizations! Date visited 2/13/05

http://www.cyberbee.com/whodunnit/crimescene.html

classification_lab- Make your own fingerprints and learn how to classify them. You’re on your way to being a real criminalist. Date visited 2/13/05

http://www.geocities.com/sciencejanetc/7th_8th_grade/animal_kingdom/classification_lab.html

The E-Learning Zone- Did you know the FBI has over 250 million fingerprints on file. Find out more about the FBI and fingerprints. Discover the reason why authorities started to use fingerprints for criminal identification. Date visited 2/13/05

http://www.cornwallis.kent.sch.uk/intranet/elearn/science/crime/crimebusters/1finger.htm

Basic Fingerprint Patterns- View an example of each of the three main categories of fingerprint classification. Date visited 2/13/05

http://www.aimsedu.org/Activities/oldSamples/GimmeFive/gimme3.html

FBI – Kids Page – Kindergarten – 5^th Grade- Take a virtual field trip to the FBI and learn about the many different jobs people do there. Maybe you’ll work there one day. Date visited 2/13/05

http://www.fbi.gov/kids/k5th/kidsk5th.htm

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