Animal Kingdom

 

 

 

Sponges, or Porifera:

 

http://www.oceanoasis.org/fieldguide/sponges.html

 

 

 

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/porifera/porifera.html

 

 

http://library.thinkquest.org/26502/level3/1/info1.htm

 

 

 

Cnidaria, Coelenterates,Stinging Celled Animals:

 

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/cnidaria/cnidaria.html

 

http://www.earthlife.net/inverts/cnidaria.html

 

http://www.pbs.org/kcet/shapeoflife/animals/cnidaria.html

 

 

 

 

Flatworms, orPlatyhelminthes:

 

http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/t/r/trp2/flatworms.html

 

http://www.historyforkids.org/scienceforkids/biology/animals/flatworms/

 

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/platyhelminthes/platyhelminthes.html

 

 

 

Annelida, or SegmentedWorms:

 

http://www.biology4kids.com/files/invert_annelid.html

 

http://www.biokids.umich.edu/critters/Annelida/

 

http://www.mcwdn.org/Animals/Earthworms.html

http://kids.yahoo.com/directory/Science-and-Nature/Living-Things/Animals/Invertebrates/Worms/Segmented-Worms

 

 

 

Mollusca:

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/taxa/inverts/mollusca/mollusca.php

 

 

http://infusion.allconet.org/webquest/PhylumMollusca.html

 

 

Math Games:

 
 
Colonial Websites:

http://www.scarborough.k12.me.us/wis/teachers/dtewhey/webquest/colonial/index.htm
 
COMPOUND WORD PRACTICE:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
* Revolutionary War Topics

 

http://www.kidspast.com/world-history/0365-common-sense.php

 

* Boston Massacre

 

http://www.earlyamerica.com/review/winter96/massacre.html

* Stamp Act

 

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/wwww/us/stampactdef.htm

 

http://pbskids.org/bigapplehistory/early/topic12.html

*Boston Tea Party

 

http://www.libertyskids.com/story/101.html

 

http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/E/teaparty/bostonxx.htm

 

*Lexington and Concord

 

http://library.thinkquest.org/10966/data/lexnton.shtml

 

*Battles at Breed’s Hill and Bunker Hill

 

http://encyclopedia.kids.net.au/page/ba/Battle_of_Bunker_Hill

 

http://www.factasy.com/independenc_day/bunker_hill.shtml

 

*General George Washington & Thomas Paine

 

http://www.libertyskids.com/arch_who_tpaine.html

 

http://encyclopedia.kids.net.au/page/th/Thomas_Paine

 

*Declaration of Independence

 

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/northamerica/after1500/government/declaration.htm

 

http://www.congressforkids.net/Independence_declaration_1.htm




Pumpkin Webquest Sites

A. Use ONLY the following Website to answer the following questions inyour packet:


http://urbanext.illinois.edu/pumpkins/facts.cfm

1. Pumpkins originated in what country? _____________2. Pumpkins are______percent water.3. Pumpkins are a_________.    (a)fruit (b) vegetable (c) bread  (d)meat4. About 90-95% of the processed pumpkins in the United States    aregrown in which state?  ______________________5. Native Americans used pumpkin seeds for _____________    and___________.6. Pumpkins contain potassium and Vitamin ______.


B. Use THIS website to find the answers to thesepumpkin questions in your packet:
http://www.pumpkinnook.com/giants/giantpumpkins.htm

7.    The largest pumpkin ever grown weighed___________________         pounds.8.    This pumpkin was recorded on October 15,_______________.9.    This was the first time that the grower was from         _______________________.10.    This annual contest takes place at the__________________            ___________________ ______________________           ____________________________.11.    Most giant pumpkins are grown from the_____________________         GiantPumpkin Seeds.
 
Use this websiteto fill in the chart that is in your packet.  The ‘#’ means ‘pounds’.

Varieties of Pumpkins Chart

Group

Variety

Days to Harvest

Weight (#)

Color

Pumpkins: Giant

Dill's Atlantic Giant

 

 

 

Pumpkins: Large

Mammoth Gold

 

 

 

Pumpkins: Mid Size

Ghost Rider

 

 

 

Pumpkins: Mid Size

Harvest Moon

 

 

 

Pumpkins: Pie

Spookie

 

 

 

Pumpkins: Miniature & Specialty

Casper

 

 

 




   When you are finished,you can try these pumpkin games!


MultiplicationFacts:

http://www.multiplication.com/flashgames/Pumpkin.htm



Multiples:

http://www.mathplayground.com/multiples.html




 

GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES Websites:

 

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/tectonics/

 

·      This PBS site provides basic biographical information on Alfred Wegener and Harry Hess, a plate tectonic activity, and interactive visuals of different types of plate movements and resulting formations.

 

 

http://www.runet.edu/~sbisset/rockswq.htm

 

                  -History of the Earth Web-quest

 

 

 http://www.kidsgeo.com/geology-for-kids/0037-the-earth-earth-inside-out.php                  -Layers of the Earth

 

 

http://www.edumedia-sciences.com/a95_l2-continental-drift.html

 

                  -Continental Drift

 

 

http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/plates1.html

 

·      This site covers plate tectonics and convergent, divergent, and transform boundaries.

 

 

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learning/kids        

 

·      This site covers earthquakes.

·      It includes really neat learning links, activities, animations,puzzles, etc.

 

 

http://quake.usgs.gov

 

·     This site is great because it shows where earthquakes are taking place currently, recent earthquakes, and the probability of an earthquake occurring at any location within 24 hours.

 

 

http://www.usgs.gov/science/science.php?term=1209&type=feature

 

·      This site covers volcanoes.

·      You can click on states to learn more information about the volcanoes in that particular state.

 

 

www.pbs.org/wnet/savageearth

 

                  -Earthquakes and Volcanoes

 

 

www.scienceman.com

 

·      This is a good site, but a bit more difficult to navigate. The kids will need to use the bar to the far left and click on “Geology.” 

·     A lot of the information comes from USGS.