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The Upper Moreland School District provides these
sites
as a resource and is not responsible for their content. |
NASA Education Gateway for Students
This web site provides K-12 students activities, links, and background
information on a range of astronomy topics. The site also includes
information on science competitions, research at the Jet Propulsion
Laboratory, and links to other NASA and Jet Propulsion Laboratory web
pages. |
MarsQuest Online
This web site, designed for grades 6 and higher, lets users interact
with the Martian geography while learning about the red planet and what
it takes to plan and launch a mission from Earth. Users learn the major
features of Mars through educational games, interactive simulations,
challenging puzzles, and narrative descriptions. |
Biomes of the World
Created by the Missouri Botanical Garden, students can explore in-depth
concepts about the following locations: Desert, Grasslands,
Rainforest, Taiga, Temperate, and Tundra. |
Offshore Windfarms in the United States?
This Internet site, designed for grade 10 and higher, features an
interactive activity for students to explore alternative sources of
energy. The site challenges students to use their critical thinking
skills and the Internet to investigate the benefits and concerns of
developing offshore wind power in the United States. |
Weather Forecasting for Kids
This website, created by the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
in partnership with the National Weather Service, takes students step by
step through the process of forecasting the weather. |
Web Weather for Kids
Students learn what makes weather wet and wild, conduct experiments, and
play games on this interactive site created by the University
Corporation for Atmospheric Research. |
Amazing Animal Senses
Designed for students grades 1-8, this site gives examples of how some
animals sense the outside world and the anatomical structures that allow
them to do so. |
Animal Houses
A series designed for elementary students from Dragonfly magazine. |
Webs of Life
This site explores the intricate network of plants and animals that
depend upon one another for survival, and the life-bringing webs that
spiders use to catch their prey. |
Botanists-in-Training
From the Canadian Botanical Conservation Network, this site includes
experiments that can be conducted at home as well as excellent visuals
about biodiversity and plant anatomy. |
Inventor's Workshop
Explore the elements and anatomy of machines with the help of Leonardo
da Vinci. This interactive site is sponsored by the Science Learning
Network. |
