Michelle Esserwein

SPACE RESEARCH

You may use the links to space sites on the "Cool Science Links" section of my blog or the sources on the Cobb Virtual Library.  There are also a lot of good websites on delicious.com.  Click on the link below to access it:

Space Research

A Trip Through Our Solar System: An Internet Scavenger Hunt!

Solar System Scavenger Hunt!

CRCT PRACTICE

PREPARATION FOR CRCT!!!!  Here are some options for your student to continue practicing for the CRCT: 

Online Assessment System - go to https://www.georgiaoas.org; login ID is the student's GTID number (student can get this from the homeroom teacher), password is: education

USA TestPrep - go to www.usatestprep.com; school id: palmerga; student activation code:  newton96

Skills Tutor - go to www.myskillstutor.com; username:  your child's lunch number; password:  cobb; site:  palmer01

USE THESE SITES TO GET READY FOR ANY SUBJECT, but especially SCIENCE!!!  :-)

OCEANS WEBQUEST

Use the link below for your Oceans Webquest!  Good luck and have fun!

OCEANS WEBQUEST

REAL TIME EARTHQUAKE INVESTIGATION

CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW TO COMPLETE YOUR "REAL TIME EARTHQUAKE INVESTIGATION"!

ALSO, FOR THE SECOND PART OF THE ACTIVITY, INSTEAD OF CLICKING ON "HISTORIC EARTHQUAKES" YOU HAVE TO CLICK ON "EARTHQUAKE LISTS & MAPS" AND THEN CLICK ON "HISTORIC EARTHQUAKES"!  YOU MAY THEN EXPLORE EARTHQUAKES THAT HAVE OCCURED IN THE UNITED STATES OR EARTHQUAKES THAT HAVE OCCURRED WORLD WIDE!

REAL TIME EARTHQUAKE INVESTIGATION

SOIL FORMATION & COMPOSITION WEBSITE

CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW TO ACCESS THE SOIL FORMATION & COMPOSITION WEBSITE!

SOIL FORMATION & COMPOSITION

ONLINE TEXTBOOK INFORMATION!!!

Follow these directions to access our science book online!

1.  http://my.hrw.com

2.  username:  esserwein1

3.  password:  palmer

TRIPLE BEAM BALANCE PRACTICE

Use the following link to practice using the triple beam balance!

http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/ViewObject.aspx?ID=GCH202

Check out these really cool science sites!

Volcano Explorer

Volcano World

Enchanted Learning: Volcanoes

U.S. Geological Survey: Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (Also has some Earthquake info!)

Volcanoes

National Earthquake Information Center

Earthquakes for Kids!

Earthquakes!

Weather Whiz Kids (Has good info for earthquakes & volcanoes!)

Earthquakes!  What's Shakin'?

Ology Website (Great science info!) 

Continental Drift Animation

Space Games

http://www.kidsastronomy.com/jokes/jokes.htm Use this for a joke or make up your own!

Puzzlemaker

http://www.puzzle-maker.com/WS/index.htm Use this for word searches!

NASA website
www.nasa.gov

Amazing Space
http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/

http://kids.nineplanets.org  Use this link to help you find facts for yourastronomy shortcut!

www.solarspace.co.uk/index.php  Use this link to help you find facts for your astronomy shortcut!

http://kids.f9.net.uk/flash/planets/about_planets.html Use this link to help you find facts for your astronomy shortcut!

www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/our_solar_system/solar_system.html Use this link to help you find facts for your astronomy shortcut!

www.apples5theteacher.com/starwarp2.html  Use this link to help find facts for your astronomy shortcut!

www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0769141.html  Use this link to help find facts for your astronomy shortcut!

CLOUD IDENTIFICATION ACTIVITY  Use this link to identify the various types of clouds!

Explore the Ocean Deep!  How deep can they go? Internet activity

The Dirt on Soil  Use this website to learn about soil!

Real Time Earthquake Investigation

Minerals Links http://www.sciencespot.net/Pages/kdzethsci3.html

Minerals Website  http://www.yuprocks.com/mineral_pictures.shtml

Alphabetical List of Minerals  http://webmineral.com/Alphabetical_Listing.shtml

Discovery Channel
http://www.discoverychannel.com

How Stuff Works
http://www.howstuffworks.com

Water Science!
http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/index.html

The Franklin Institute
http://sln.fi.edu/

Living Lakes
http://www.livinglakes.org/top.htm

Freshwater Biome
http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/nceas-web/kids/biomes/freshwater.htm

Ocean's Alive!
http://www.mos.org/oceans/

Exploratorium
http://www.exploratorium.edu/

Real Time Earthquake Investigation
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/

Moon Phases Challenge
http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/interactives/moon/moon_challenge/moon_challenge.html

Constellations
http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/

More Constellations!
http://www.dibonsmith.com/constel.htm

Trackstar
http://trackstar.hprtec.org/

findarticles.com
http://www.findarticles.com

American Museum of Natural History for Kids
http://ology.amnh.org/index.html

Brain Pop!
http://www.brainpop.com

Weather Channel
http://www.weather.com