5th Grade Science Links
 

Science
Virtual Aquarium - Keep the fish alive in a virtual aquarium for 30 days by making good habitat choices. Print the handout for students to record their results.
Physical Processes - Interactive activities and quizzes for 10 different topics including light and sound.
Changing Sounds - Use this interactive to experiment with volume and pitch of sounds.  Use this handout to record your findings.
How We See Things  - Drag the mirrors to reflect the light onto the correct objects.  Use this handout to record your findings.
Design a Habitat - First learn about the black-footed ferret, then design a habitat for it to live in.
Food Chains - Learn about food chains then complete 3 food chains.
 Corpse and Robbers - Collect clues at the crime scene, investigate the clues, and solve the crime.
Invention at Play: Tinker Ball - Explore using an assortment of objects to build a path so that the ball can reach the goal.
Mechanical Madness - 3 levels of play.  Move the missing pieces into the correct positions to move the ball from start to finish.
Dragon Fly: Matter and Motion Videos - Watch these video clips to investigate motion and matter.
Dragon Fly: Living Things Videos - Investigate living things by watching these videos.
Edheads: The Odd Machine - Learn how forces and simple machines can work together to create The Odd Machine!
Edheads: Simple Machines - Learn about simple and compound machines while you explore the House and Tool Shed!
Simple Machines - Investigate the facts and report your findings.
Robot Factory - Build robots to do common household chores.
Forces of Wonder - Learn about different types of forces while helping the "World's Strongest Man".
 Mechanical Madness - Add missing parts to make these machine work.
 Goldburger to Go - Can you perfect this Rube Goldberg invention?
 Kitchen Chemistry - Experiment with acids and bases.
 Disease Detective - Investigate a disease outbreak to solve the medical mystery.
 Interdependence and Adaptation - Complete the food webs.
Create-a-Bird - Create a new species of bird by answering some questions.
Animals, Adaptation, and the Galapagos Islands - Explore with Darwin.
 Forces in Action - Experiment with forces on a moving object.
 Simple Machines - Find all the simple machines.
 EdHead's Simple Machine Activity - Find the every day simple machines.
 EcoKids - Interactive environmental web site for children
Outbreak in Delaware - A 5th grade pathogens Webquest
Food Webs - Put the food webs together.
Virtual Pond - Pond population simulation
Build-a-Prairie - Turn a barren plain into a healthy prairie.
Amusement Park Physics: Roller Coaster - Build your own roller coaster
Soda Play - Online erector set
Environmental Explorers Club - Learn about protecting the environment.
FossWeb - Online activities to accompany the science kits
Science Activities - Online science activities, fact sheets, and tests.
Amazing Reef MovieMaker - Make an animated film about life on the reef.
The Reconstructors - Travel into the future to solve medical mysteries of the past.
Endangered and Wild Animals- Links to websites for researching endangered species and wild animals.

 

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Last Updated
10/13/2009