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Archive for the 'Science' Category

Science Links for 5/21/2007

Posted by alicemercer on 20th May 2007

This week, we study the nervous system. This is a very important part of what we studied last week when we looked at muscles. Here are our links:

Question of the week: Why is the nervous system important for muscles?

Posted in 05/21/2007, Life Science, Science | 1 Comment »

Science Links for the week of 5/14/2007

Posted by alicemercer on 11th May 2007

skeleton This week we studied about bones and muscles.
Here are some links to help us:Your Multitalented MusclesThe Interactive Skeleton

Question of the week:  How do bones and muscles work together?

Posted in 05/14/2007, Life Science, Science | No Comments »

Science Links for the Week of 4/23/2007

Posted by alicemercer on 22nd April 2007

The heart and lungs, from an older edition of Gray's Anatomy. 
Heart and lungs from older edition of Gray’s Anatomy from Wikipedia

We continue studying the human body:

  • Links to sites on human biology 
  • A tour of the human body from fourth graders
    • Question of the week: Why do you think some of the parts are colored blue, and some are colored red in the drawing shown above?

    Posted in 04/23/2007, Human Systems, Life Science, Science | 1 Comment »

    Science Links for 3/5/07

    Posted by alicemercer on 3rd March 2007

    We will start our study of the systems of the human body this week.

    • A cool clickable map of the human body
    • A tour of the human body from fourth graders

    Posted in 03/05/2007, Life Science, Science | No Comments »

    Science Links for 2/13/2007

    Posted by alicemercer on 9th February 2007

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  • Photosynthesis
  • It’s a jungle out there!

    • Question of the week: Why are plants important to humans? Answer in the comment box below…

    Posted in 02/13/2007, Science | 3 Comments »

    Science Links for February 5, 2007

    Posted by alicemercer on 3rd February 2007

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    We start a unit on Life Science by studying plant structure and reproduction.

    Posted in 02/05/2007, Life Science, Science | Comments Off

    Science Links for 1/29/2007

    Posted by alicemercer on 26th January 2007

    DNA.jpg This is a diagram of DNA, the basic unit of living things.  We will begin a unit on Life Science and start about by learning about living things:

    Send a comment below sharing what you learned about weather, and rocks, or wondering about living systems.

    Posted in 01/29/2007, Science | No Comments »

    Science Links – 01/16/2007

    Posted by alicemercer on 12th January 2007

    clouds2.jpg Last week we studied about water systems and the water cycle. Here are some links:
    • Water on Kidzone
    • Play on this interactive map about water systems from the U.S. Geological Survey
    • Go on a Water ThinkQuest
    • Study wetlands

    Posted in 01/16/2007, Science | No Comments »

    Science Links – 01/08/2007

    Posted by alicemercer on 8th January 2007

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  • Cycles in Nature
  • NASA site on Earth Science

    • Posted in 01/08/2007, Science | No Comments »