Cluster
1 - Habitats and Communities
Cluster 2 - Light
Cluster 3 - Sound
Cluster 4 - Rocks, Minerals, and Erosion
Cluster
1 Habitats and
Communities
Ecosystems,
Biomes, and Habitats (The Franklin Institute Online)
Sir
Robert Hitcham’s Wildplaces
Biomes
and Habitats
Biomes
of the World + Freshwater and Marine Ecosystems
World
Biomes
Kids
Planet
Endangered
Species Fact Sheet
Ocean
Animals
History
of the Northern Cod
Explora-Pond
Animals
of the Arctic (Webquest)
Virtual
Rainforest
Biomes
in a Box
Explore
a Fantastic Forest
Cluster
2 Light
Causes
of Colors
How
Light Works
Color,
Light and Optics Lesson Plans
Light
and Optics, Lesson Plans
Optics
for Kids Lesson Plans
Exploratorium’s
“Snacks about Light”
Exploratorium’s
“Snacks about Perception”
What
Causes Rainbows?
Soda
Bottle Kaleidoscope (NASA)
You
can Create a Kaleidoscope
The
Bent Pencil
Light
and Shadows
Shadow
Colors #219 (The Teacher’s Corner)
Splitting
Sunlight (The Teacher’s Corner)
Disappearing
Glass Rods (The Teacher’s Corner)
Cluster
3 Sound
Sound
Lesson Plans
The
Soundry (Think Quest)
Sound
Connexions
Sound
(Sites for Lessons)
Physics
of Sound
Ask
the Experts, Sound
Sensing
Pitch or Sound Frequencies
How
We Hear
Play
Some Pure Tones
Energy
in the Air: Sounds from the Orchestra
Have
You Ever Wondered about the Ear and Hearing?
The
Ear and Try Some Experiments that Test Your Hearing
Let’s
Hear it for the Ear (My Body)
Anatomical
Tour of the Ear
Virtual
Tour of the Ear
How
Hearing Works
Can
I Damage my Hearing by Listening to Loud Music?
Toxic
Noise
Hearing
Dogs of Canada
Hearing
Ear Dogs
Invention
of Radio
History
of Hearing Aids
Bird
Songs
Whale
Songs
Cluster
4 Rocks,
Minerals, and Erosion
Rocks
for Kids
Natural
Resources Canada, Educational Resources
Rockhounds
Rocks
and Minerals Detectives
Geological
Survey of Canada, Educational Sites
History
of Mining in Canada
Canadian
Junior Rockhound
Canadian
Landscapes
Dynamic
Earth
Hands-On
Earth Science
K
– 12 Earth Science
Why
Do We Mine?
USGA
Mud Fossils
USGA
Rocks and Images
Rocks
and Minerals Slide Show
Volcano
World (University of North Dakota)
Mineralogy
Database
The
Rock Cycle
Earthforce (Fraknlin Institute Online)
Going,
Going Gone (The Why Files, Palaeontology)
Athena
Mineral Pictures
Minerals,
Mining, and Metallurgy