Science Resources

This is a video that discusses the importance of sharks in the ocean ecosystem.  The questions, "What if there were no sharks?" is explored.

Students have a difficult time actually understanding how big or small planets are or distances to and from planets compared to other terrestrial b

This video discusses how temperatures in lakes affect the flow of the lake's ecosystem.

In this online science activity, students get to take pictures of animals and plants and learn something about their adaptations that permit them t

This is a video that discusses what sound its, how it travels, and why we can or cannot hear it.  The video also discusses how the ear receives and

In this Study Jam video, students will learn about the water cycle.  The vocabulary used in the video is precipitation, evaporation, condensation,

In this Study Jam video, students will get a better understanding of biomes.  Vocabulary that is discussed is biome, ecosystem, habitat, climate, a

Discover how air pressure generates wind in this Study Jam video.

In this Study Jam video, students will have a chance to learn about the concepts of air mass and weather front, as well as the differences between

This Study Jam video does a great job demonstrating the differences between weather and climate.

This teacher made video does a great job explaining why changing one variable at a time when conducting an experiment is important.

Scientists demonstrate what tree rings tell us about the change in climate over time and how the climate changes in cycles.

Here is a handout to give students when they are about to do a science experiment.

Students can either label or put the skeleton together in this online activity.  The better they do the higher their score.

A limnic eruption occurs when a poisonous gas gets "belched" out of the bottom of a lake where it was building up pressure.

This is a great video to show during your unit on adaptations and evolutionary changes.

It's all about attraction.  This video discusses covalent and ionic bonding as well as the more basic structure of atoms and molecules.

This animated cartoon about eyes also comes with a quiz, an article, a labeling worksheet, and a word find.

This is an introductory video to avalanches.

Students will draw and diagram the different phases of the moon depending on how the Earth, Sun, and Moon are positioned relative to one another.

This video discusses what comparative embryology in relation to the study of evolution.

This video on evolution discusses the different lines of evidence that support the theory of evolution.

This video does a good job explaining what is meant by natural selection in the evolutionary process and why scientists believe in the Theory of Ev

This "Its OK to be Smart" video discusses why our bodies feel cold.  Students will learn that it is all about heat transfer.