Ms. Mercer's Class Website » Science http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org Find out what's going on... Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:37:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Science Links for 5/21/2007 http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/20/science-links-for-5212007/ http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/20/science-links-for-5212007/#comments Sun, 20 May 2007 23:36:03 +0000 alicemercer http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/20/science-links-for-5212007/ 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? ]]> http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/20/science-links-for-5212007/feed/ 1 Science Links for the week of 5/14/2007 http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/11/science-links-for-the-week-of-5142007/ http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/11/science-links-for-the-week-of-5142007/#comments Fri, 11 May 2007 21:26:01 +0000 alicemercer http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/05/12/science-links-for-the-week-of-5142007/ 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?

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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?

    ]]>     http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/04/22/science-links-for-the-week-of-4232007/feed/ 1     Science Links for 3/5/07 http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/03/03/science-links-for-3507/ http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/03/03/science-links-for-3507/#comments Sun, 04 Mar 2007 01:16:10 +0000 alicemercer http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/03/04/science-links-for-3507/ 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
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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…

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

    ]]>     http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/02/03/science-links-for-february-5-2007/feed/ 0     Science Links for 1/29/2007 http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/01/26/science-links-for-1292007/ http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/01/26/science-links-for-1292007/#comments Sat, 27 Jan 2007 04:32:22 +0000 alicemercer http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/01/26/science-links-for-1292007/ 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.

    ]]>     http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/01/26/science-links-for-1292007/feed/ 0     Science Links – 01/16/2007 http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/01/12/science-links-01162007/ http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/01/12/science-links-01162007/#comments Sat, 13 Jan 2007 04:38:25 +0000 alicemercer http://nicholasfifth.edublogs.org/2007/01/12/science-links-01162007/ 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
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  • Cycles in Nature
  • NASA site on Earth Science

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