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Science
Field Trips
- Colossal Cave and Posta Quemada Ranch
- Cooper Center for Environmental Learning
- Field Trip Factory - field trips to various places around Tucson, Arizona
- Flandrau Planetarium
- Saguaro National Park
- Tucson Botanical Gardens
Resources
- A Balanced Diet
Interactive quiz about food and healthy eating.
http://www.curriculumbits.com/prodimages/details/biology/a-balanced-diet.html - The Children's Museum of Indianapolis (Grades preK-2)
Interesting information and engaging activities.
http://www.childrensmuseum.org/games/grades_prek-2.htm - Climbers and Creepers
Learning activities on plants and animals.
http://www.kew.org/climbersandcreepers/index.html - Eeko House
Do things at home that help the enviroment.
http://pbskids.org/eekoworld/index.html?load=eekohouse - Every day is Earth Day!
Help clean up our planet.
http://www.starfall.com/n/holiday/earthday/load.htm?f&n=main - Exploratorium - Great science website - tons of activities and links.
- FOSSWeb - Interactive website on the FOSS science kits
- Great Weather Race
Pick the right clothes for the weather.
http://bblocks.samhsa.gov/Children/Games/flash/weatherrace.aspx - Growing Plants
Learn how plants need water and light to grow and how seeds grow into flowering plants.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/5_6/growing_plants.shtml - I Sense
The five senses: see, hear, taste, smell and touch.
http://pbskids.org/sid/isense.html - Kitchen Magician
What did grandma heat up to make the food?
http://pbskids.org/sid/kitchenmagician.html - Molecularium
Learn about atoms and molecules with this musical cartoon adventure.
http://www.molecularium.com/kidsite.html - Mystery Lunchbox
Explore mold and decay using Sid's lunchbox.
http://pbskids.org/sid/mysterylunchbox.html - NASA Space Place - Space science for kids
- National Science Teachers Association - Freebies for Science Teachers
- NAU Science Center
- Online Science-athon - Science project website
- Peep and the Big Wide World
This web companion to the Canadian TV production shown on the Learning Channel and Discovery Kids' channel presents a baby chick and friends who invite preschoolers into the wonderful world of science.
http://www.peepandthebigwideworld.com/ - Plant Parts
Match the drawings and names to make a salad.
http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/forkids/vegquiz/plantparts.html - Plants and Animals in the Local Environment
Interactive activity to spot animals and plants, and then sort them according to where they were found.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/6_7/plants_animals_env.shtml - Riding the Winds with Kalani
Learn about temperature, clouds, precipitation and basic earth movements.
http://urbanext.illinois.edu/kalani/ - Science Notebooks in the K12 Classroom
- Sid Says
Click on Sid to move his muscles.
http://pbskids.org/sid/sidsays.html - Snapshot
Take pictures of the right objects to help George.
http://pbskids.org/curiousgeorge/games/snapshot/snapshot.html
TUSD Science Kits
Kinder
Grade 1