Library
Science  - Grade 7
*** easier reading

Science Netlinks
http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/

Biomes

World Biomes.com
http://www.worldbiomes.com/

Biomes - Habitats***
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/biomes/

Missouri Botanical Garden***
http://mbgnet.mobot.org/sets/

Animal Habitats
http://www.uen.org/utahlink/activities/view_activity.cgi?activity_id=3792

Pine Bush

Save the Pine Bush
http://www.savethepinebush.org/

Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission
http://www.albanypinebush.org/main.htm

Significant Habitats- NY Bight Watershed: Albany Pine Bush - US Fish and Wildlife Service
http://training.fws.gov/library/pubs5/web_link/text/apb_form.htm

Albany Pine Bush - Union research studies
http://www1.union.edu/rices/STELLA/samples/Pine_Bush_Model.pdf

Energy 

Some of the sites in this section are sponsored by organizations with a particular point of view.

Energy Kid's Page***
http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids

Florida Power and Light Kids' Korner **
http://www.fplforkids.com/

Department of Energy
http://www.energy.gov/

Environmental Literacy Council
http://www.enviroliteracy.org/category.php/4.html

Solar Energy International (empowering others to use solar energy)
http://www.solarenergy.org/resources/kids.html

Learning About Fossil Fuels
http://www.fe.doe.gov/education/energylessons/index.html

Energy Quest*** (dictionary, energy sources, news stories, how things operate)
http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/index.html

Dr. E's Energy Lab*** (renewable energy)
http://www.eere.energy.gov/kids/

Southern Company - How a Plant Works (electric power company)
http://www.southerncompany.com/learningpower/h204kids.asp?mnuOpco=soco&mnuType=lp&mnuItem=oc

Geothermal Education Office (organization that promotes geothermal resources)
http://geothermal.marin.org/index.html

From the Ground Up: The World of Oil (sponsored by two petroleum company foundations and a professional association of petroleum geologists)
http://www.priweb.org/ed/pgws/index.html

Biomass Program
http://www.eere.energy.gov/biomass/

Renewable Energy
http://www.nrel.gov/learning/re_basics.html

CVPS Cow Power
http://www.cvps.com/cowpower/

Propane Education and Research Council (propane industry support group)
http://www.propanecouncil.org

Uranium Information Center (funded by Australian uranium industry)
http://www.uic.com.au/uran.htm

Energy Costs

New York State Research and Development Authority
http://www.nyserda.org/Energy_Information/energy_prices_supplies.asp

Energy Conversion Charts
http://www.unit-conversion.info/energy.html

http://www.onlineconversion.com/energy.htm

http://www.uwsp.edu/CNR/wcee/keep/Mod1/Whatis/energyresourcetables.htm

Petroleum and Natural Gas
http://www.bloomberg.com/energy/

Energy Information Administration
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/states/state.html?q_state_a=ny&q_state=NEW%20YORK

Coal Facts
http://www.coaleducation.org/ky_coal_facts/electricity/average_cost.htm

Global Warming

EPA: Climate Change and New York
http://yosemite.epa.gov/oar/globalwarming.nsf/UniqueKeyLookup/SHSU5BVJR6/$File/ny_impct.pdf

EPA: Global Warming Kids Site
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/kids/

Global Warming: Climate
http://yosemite.epa.gov/OAR/globalwarming.nsf/content/Climate.html

Warming the Earth (Woods Hole Research Center))
http://www.whrc.org/resources/online_publications/warming_earth/index.htm

Global Warming Basics (Pew Center)
http://www.pewclimate.org/global-warming-basics/

States of Matter

States of Matter - Chem4Kids
http://www.chem4kids.com/files/matter_states.html

Weather

AccuWeather
http://wwwa.accuweather.com/index.asp?partner=accuweather

National Weather Service
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/

Weather Underground
http://www.wunderground.com/

Hurricanes

Hurricanes
http://hurricanes.noaa.gov/

Hurricanes for Kids***
http://www.fema.gov/kids/hurr.htm

FEMA Hurricanes
http://www.fema.gov/hazard/hurricane/index.shtm

How Hurricanes Work
http://science.howstuffworks.com/hurricane.htm

National Hurricane Center
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

Hurricane Field Trip
http://www.field-trips.org/sci/hurricane/tr.htm

Tornadoes

Severe Weather Tornadoes
http://www.noaa.gov/tornadoes.html

Tornadoes for Kids***
http://www.fema.gov/kids/tornado.htm

FEMA: Tornadoes
http://www.fema.gov/hazard/tornado/index.shtm

How Tornadoes Work
http://science.howstuffworks.com/tornado.htm

Inside Tornadoes - video footage inside a tornado (Flash software needed)
http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0506/feature6/multimedia.html

 

 

 

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