Web Sites of Interest
Here are some great websites to help you out during your study of Magnets and Motors. Be sure to explore the sites identified as student-friendly before you send your students there.
Student Friendly Sites
Get the Latest Dirt on …Soils: Thinkquest
http://library.thinkquest.org/J003195F/default.htm
Site gives background information about soil types and formation. Gives several soils investigations and links to other kid-usable sites.
Soil Science Education Home Page
http://soil.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html
Site has quite a bit of reading for younger kids but some great photos. Opportunity for classes to submit local soil photos and participate in some soil projects.
Discovery School.Com: The Dirt on Soil
http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/soil/
Information on how soil is different at differing depths, what lives in soil, how soil is formed. Good information on how to identify soil types. An exploration for kids in a game format.
NIEHS Kids pages: Vermicomposting
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/worms.htm
Facts about composting and worms. Has a simple game and a song with musical accompaniment.
MSN Kidz: Worm World
http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/flash/worm/
Video clips of a worm emerging from an egg, a worm's heart beating. Information about worm body parts and their use in composting. Information about other types of worms.
Teacher Friendly Sites
Natural Resources conservation Service
http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/feature/education/
Links to question-and-answer sites. Some related lesson plans and investigations.
Underground Adventure Just for Teachers
http://www.fieldmuseum.org/undergroundadventure/teachers/index.shtml
Gives teachers background and a variety of investigations to be done to examine soil.