Families Homepage - National Geographic Education

Families Homepage - National Geographic Education: Featured stories - Geo Explorations, Underwater Debris, What is your Human Footprint? Use the interactive calculator to find out! Try the Global Closet Calculator, view the baby Panda video and more!



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Alleyoop Algebra Help

Alleyoop Algebra Help:  Having a hard time with your math? Try Alleyoop - it's free and it adjusts the level of problems as you learn new concepts!  You can view thousands of videos and try to solve problems posed by NASA and the National Science Foundation!

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As Arctic Ice Melts, So Does The Snow, And Quickly : NPR

As Arctic Ice Melts, So Does The Snow, And Quickly : NPR:  You can listen to this on a podcast or you can read the article.  How will this ice and snow melt affect our climate?

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ZAGG | Enter your favorite K-12 public school to win $25,000 in technology from ZAGG. Plus, win an iMac too

ZAGG | Enter your favorite K-12 public school to win $25,000 in technology from ZAGG. Plus, win an iMac too:  Wouldn't it be nice if our school won?

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Young Scientist of the Year competition pays tribute to inventor of electric motor | Culture24

Young Scientist of the Year competition pays tribute to inventor of electric motor | Culture24:  In London, students will be using Faraday's electric motor design to complete tasks in this exciting competition!  Culture24 has many interesting science articles on many topics - Dinosaurs and Fossils, Space, Medicine, Animals, Environment, Technology, Science Art and Science History! Take a look today!

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Science by Email | Bionic eye a step closer, Cracking up

Science by Email | Bionic eye a step closer, Cracking up: In this edition of Science by Email, Australian scientists are working on a bionic eye to help vision impaired people regain their sight!  Check out the try at home geology activity, too!

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NREL: Learning - Biofuels Basics

NREL: Learning - Biofuels Basics:  Check out this short clip to learn how biomass can be converted to liquid fuels!

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American Society for Microbiology:Significant Events in Microbiology 1861-1999

American Society for Microbiology:Significant Events in Microbiology 1861-1999: Wow! For those of you interested in the history of scientific discoveries, check out this timeline!



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Study 2.1 Vocabulary Terms on Quizlet!

2.1 The Cycles of Matter http://quizlet.com/_8j6fg

The Carbon Cycle

The Carbon Cycle: How does it work and how does this cycle relate to the Water Cycle and the Nitrogen Cycle?



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Museum of Vision: Education

Museum of Vision: Education: Learn about the amazing world of animal eyes, check out some optical illusions and learn more about how your eyes work at this awesome website!

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Is Global Warming Harmful to Amphibians?

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Effects of Climate Change Today

Effects of Climate Change Today:  What's happening to the Earth as the climate warms up?

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Present Day Carbon Cycle - How Much Carbon Is Present?

This graphic representation shows you where carbon is stored and approximately how much we have moving through our present day Carbon Cycle.

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The Carbon Cycle Changes

The Carbon Cycle Changes:  The Carbon Cycle isn't static - it changes. During the Paleozoic Era, volcanic ash caused a big fluctuation in our climate and the Earth got warmer.  Global warming has happened before, but the Earth hasn't had such high levels CO2 to contend with.

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The Carbon Cycle Game

The Carbon Cycle Game: Great! Now that you've read about the Carbon Cycle, try this game!  You are a little carbon atom - find out where life will take you!

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The Carbon Cycle

The Carbon Cycle: Learn about the Carbon Cycle - start here! After reading about the Carbon Cycle, try the Carbon Cycle game!

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Lower River - Brown Bear & Salmon Cam - Bears - explore

Lower River - Brown Bear & Salmon Cam - Bears - explore:  Wow! Check out Explore.org's webcam to see Brown bears in action!

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Science Update: The Science Radio News Feature of the AAAS

Science Update: The Science Radio News Feature of the AAAS:ANIMAL CONSERVATION - Nepalese tigers co-exist with people, aggression is giving Tasmanian Devils cancer, tadpoles keep their personalities when they become frogs, and a new monkey species is discovered in Africa.

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Science by Email | New monkey species discovered, Backyard birding

Science by Email | New monkey species discovered, Backyard birding:  The locals had been familiar with Lesulas for years - why were they such a surprise to scientists?  Learn about taxonomy and how to do some backyard birding!

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The Miracle Of The Levitating Slinky : Krulwich Wonders... : NPR

The Miracle Of The Levitating Slinky : Krulwich Wonders... : NPR:

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eCYBERMISSION

eCYBERMISSION: Create a team, get an adult advisor and enter the challenge!

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Math Munch

Math Munch: A blog with weekly updates and links to cool math sites! Check it out!

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Quizlet Mobile Apps — iPhone, Android, Windows | Quizlet

Quizlet Mobile Apps — iPhone, Android, Windows | Quizlet: Did you know you can get a Quizlet App for your iPod/iPhone, Droid, Windows phone, Kindle Fire or Nook?  Take your study notes with you - brush up in the car on the way to soccer practice!! Best of all? It's free, fun and it's a great way to improve your grades!

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TED-Ed | Symbiosis: A Surprising Tale of Species Cooperation

TED-Ed | Symbiosis: A Surprising Tale of Species Cooperation:  Watch the short video to learn more about symbiosis!  Then, take a short quiz and answer the questions that follow the video.  You will be investigating commensalism and parasitism  on your own and creating a visual display.

Here are a few links to get you started!  http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/symbio


http://www.sciencedaily.com/articles/p/parasitism.htm

2012 New England Fall Astronomy Festival | Physics

2012 New England Fall Astronomy Festival | Physics:  Are you looking for something cool to do this weekend? Check out the New England Fall Astronomy Festival at the UNH Observatory ( Spinney Lane, Durham - at the west end of campus).  View our galaxy through dozens of different telescopes, make your own sundial, moon phase clock, planisphere and more!  Play astronomy games, ask an astronomer questions, enjoy some food and participate in hands-on demonstrations!  Best of all, it's FREE!  Friday 9/21 starting at 6 pm. and Saturday, 9/22 starting at 10 am  Don't miss it!

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Video: In the Valley of the Wolves | Watch Nature Online | PBS Video

Video: In the Valley of the Wolves | Watch Nature Online | PBS Video:  If you wanted to check out the video again, here is the link!  Lots of great examples of food chains and food webs, plus you get to see survival of the fittest and limiting factors in action.



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Beautifully simple learning tools for students | Quizlet

Beautifully simple learning tools for students | Quizlet:
Hey E and F Block Science Students! So you have a whole bunch of new science vocabulary words to learn?  Try Quizlet! It's free!  Have your parents check their email for the invitation to join your class group! You can study and then practice taking the quiz or you can see how quickly you can match the definition to the vocabulary word - you can race with your classmates - check the leaderboard to see who can match the words accurately in the shortest amount of time! Try it!!
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Teen Scientists' Experiments Livestreamed From Space With Bill Nye

Teen Scientists' Experiments Livestreamed From Space With Bill Nye: Kids! What will they do next? Check this out!!



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The Plastics Breakdown (INFOGRAPHIC)

The Plastics Breakdown (INFOGRAPHIC):  Every year, 6.4 million tons of plastic ends up in our ocean.  What does that do to the marine life? Check out the Plastics Breakdown to find out.

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Science by Email | CSIRO's got gas, Burning metal

Science by Email | CSIRO's got gas, Burning metal: It’s Australian footy finals season, and millions of eyes around the country are focused on the football field. Now imagine the area of that football field and fold it in half. Keep folding and folding until it’s small enough to sit in a spoon. Sounds impossible, right? 
Check out Science by Email to learn more about MOF's 

Try at home science - burning metal? Check it out!

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Luna Moth

One of the students found this caterpillar outside at recess today.  After viewing multiple images of green caterpillars that can be found in NH, we decided that "Charlie" is a Luna Moth Caterpillar!  Interestingly enough, in researching, we found that Luna Moths lay their eggs on the underside of Black Walnut leaves.  Last spring, as part of our Nottingham Past, Future and Present theme, students took home and planted hundreds of black walnut trees! 

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Best of the Best, Creativity, Chemistry and Earth Science Weeks

Best of the Best, Creativity, Chemistry and Earth Science Weeks: In this issue- National Chemistry Week Nano,  Crash Course on Creativity, Working the EArth, Spooky bone science and Exploring Mars!

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Science Update: The Science Radio News Feature of the AAAS

Science Update: The Science Radio News Feature of the AAAS: In this podcast - a new drug that could block heroin addiction, how mice can speed up new AIDS research and more!

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Science by Email 7 September 2012

Science by Email 7 September 2012: "

What do the electromagnetic force, rip currents, humpback whales and lizards have in common? They are just some of the subjects of work that won Eureka Prizes this year."
Also, check out this week's try at home activity - Deep Impact! You can model how asteroids impact the Earth!

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Science by Email 31 August 2012

Science by Email 31 August 2012:  In this issue of Science by Email, learn all about the Paralympics and this month's try at home science activity will show you how radio interference works!

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High School Scientist Develops Cancer Screening Test - Science Buddies Blog

High School Scientist Develops Cancer Screening Test - Science Buddies Blog:  Learn about 9th grader Jack Andraka, of Glen Burnie, MD!  He won the INTEL Science Fair with his simple and inexpensive test that screens for cancer!

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Science Buddies in Action

Science Buddies in Action:  This link will take you to a page with stories from real kids who show how they used Science Buddies to create some amazing science projects!  Check out some of these very cool success stories!  It isn't too early to start planning your science fair project now!

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Discovery Education - Curiosity in the Classroom

Discovery Education - Curiosity in the Classroom:  What are YOU curious about? Learn about the interesting people who change the way we live and find out how you can have a career that can change the world!



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