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Physical Science Websites
Keyed to the California State Science Standards for Elementary Schools.
websites open in new windows. Updated 1/2006.
Kindergarten: Matter, Water
Ooblek and Glurch - Physics Fun at Home
http://www.dctech.com/physics/features/0901.php
Recipes for Slime
http://www.uwm.edu/~tholme/fun/srec.htm
Sorting and Using Materials
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/ 5_6/sorting_using_mate.shtml
A Study of Water
http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v3n2/dixon.html
Disappearing Water
http://eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Science/Physical_Sciences/PHY0055.html
Magic Schoolbus - Wet All Over
www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/ games/teacher/Water/index.htm
First Grade: Matter, Water
Changing States
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/ 9_10/changing_state.shtml
Is Air Something?
www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/Summer_Training/Elementary97/IsAirSomething.html
Solids and Liquids
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/ 8_9/solid_liquids.shtml
Solids, Liquids and Gases
http://www.iit.edu/~smile/physinde.html
A Study of Water
http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v3n2/dixon.html
Disappearing Water
http://eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Science/Physical_Sciences/PHY0055.html
Magic Schoolbus - Wet All Over
http://content.scholastic.com/browse/search?query=magic+schoolbus+wet+all+over
Second Grade: Force and Motion, Simple Machines, Sound
American Symphony Orchestra League
www.playmusic.org
Building Big - Build a Suspension Bridge
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/ educator/act_suspension_ei.html
California Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom
www.cfaitc.org
Edhead - Simple Machines
http://www.edheads.org/activities/simple-machines/index.htm
Fear of Physics
http://www.fearofphysics.com
Leonardo's Mysterious Machinery
http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/one/one.html
Science of Sound
http://www.smm.org/sound/nocss/top.html
The K-8 Aeronautics Internet Textbook
http://wings.avkids.com
Third Grade: Energy, Light, Matter
CA Energy Commission Energy Quest
http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/story/index.html
Changing States
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/ 9_10/changing_state.shtml
Chocolate and Ice Cream Across the Curriculum
www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1999/4/99.04.05.x.html
Experiencing Chemistry
http://www.omsi.edu/visit/chemistry/
Kitchen Chemistry
http://personal.cfw.com/~rollinso/SciFood.html
Ooblek and Glurch - Physics Fun at Home
http://www.dctech.com/physics/features/0901.php
Paso Partners Bilingual Instruction
http://www.sedl.org/scimath/pasopartners/welcome.html
Project NEED
www.need.org
Science, Optics & You
http://microscope.fsu.edu/optics/activities/students/
Solids, Liquids and Gases
http://www.iit.edu/~smile/physinde.html
Fourth Grade: Electricity and Magnetism
CA Energy Commission Energy Quest
http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/story/index.html
Science Toys
www.scitoys.com
Exploring Magnetism - Lesson Series
http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/SegwayEd/lessons/exploring_magnetism/index.html
Frankenstein's Lightning Laboratory
http://www.miamisci.org/af/sln/frankenstein/
Louie's Space
http://iec.electricuniverse.com/flash/eu/education/louie/index.html
The Shocking Truth About Electricity
http://library.thinkquest.org/6064/
Exploration of the Earth's Magnetosphere
http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/Education/Intro.html
Science in Focus: The Lure of Magnetism
http://www.learner.org/channel/workshops/force/workshop7/
Fifth Grade: Atoms, Chemistry
Cyber-ific Periodic Table of the Elements
http://www.bayerus.com/msms/fun/pages/periodic/index.html
Elements of Life
http://www.physics.hku.hk/~tboyce/sfseti/contents.html
Experiencing Chemistry
http://www.omsi.edu/visit/chemistry/
Periodic Table of Comic Books
http://www.uky.edu/Projects/Chemcomics/
Powers of Ten Animation
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/index.html
The pH Factor
http://www.miamisci.org/ph/
WebElements
http://www.webelements.com/webelements/scholar/
Imagine the Universe
http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/teachers/elements/elements.html
Visualizing Common Molecules
http://www.reciprocalnet.org/edumodules/commonmolecules/index.html
It's Elemental! The Periodic Table of Elements
http://education.jlab.org/itselemental/index.html
Elements and the Periodic Table
http://www.chem4kids.com/files/elem_intro.html
What's That Stuff?
http://pubs.acs.org/cen/whatstuff/stuff.html
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