In Sixth grade science we learn about the water cycle, weather, Space, Mather and Ecosystems. Below are a few websites that will help introduce you to these topics.
Science Vocabulary: http://quizlet.com/your-sets
Exploring Clouds
https://sites.google.com/site/safehavenlearning/science/weather/clouds-1
Weather
SUN YOUTUBE VIDEO : https://youtu.be/qv1KVC6jRQ8
Predicting Seasonal Weather: http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/autumnwinter/
eHeads Weather Activities: http://www.edheads.org/activities/weather/frame_loader.htm
Utah Climate Center: http://climate.usurf.usu.edu/
UEN: http://www.uen.org/3-6interactives/science.shtml
http://www.uen.org/weather/activities.shtml
http://www.pleasval.k12.ia.us/bridgeview/Teachers/krogmanbeth/weather_extremes_webquest.htm
http://sites.google.com/site/safehavenlearning/science/organisms/clouds-1Wild Weather Adventure
Students will learn about weather patterns and terminology - as well as a little bit of overall geography - as they race around the world in their weather blimps with this interactive game from NASA.
http://scijinks.jpl.nasa.gov/wild-weather-adventure
Weather Word Cross
Click to play the online version of the weather word game, where, if your 4th grade students don't know the answers, they can get clues to help them along.
http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/kids/goes/crossing-words/index.shtml#
Make a Precipitation Map
With this printable weather activity, students will use symbols on a United States map to identify regions of snow flurries, thunderstorms, drizzle, etc. Answers are included; extensions suggest creating your own weather report, or writing precipitation poems.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/lessonplans/profbooks/precipmap.pdf
Weather Terms
Make up some index cards for these weather terms, or have students work together to create a board game, illustrated with extreme weather conditions!
http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-words.htm
An Introduction to Clouds
The Earth's water cycle is covered in this colorful NASA poster, along with how clouds are formed, the different types of clouds, visual opacity, and cloud levels. A Sky Watcher Chart is also included.
http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/educators/posters/clouds/NOAA-NASA-CloudChart.pdf
What Makes it Rain?Take a review of the major elements at work in the Earth's water cycle with this map from USGS, with an overview of cloud formation from NASA.
http://scijinks.jpl.nasa.gov/rain
Water Cycle
http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle.html
- Web weather for Kids: http://eo.ucar.edu/webweather/
- Cloud in a bottle experiment: http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/content/experiment/00000030
- Weather Wiz Kids: http://www.weatherwizkids.com/
Rocks, Minerals, and Soil
Interactives: The Rock Cycle: http://www.learner.org/interactives/rockcycle/index.html
Interactives: http://www.webrangers.us/activities/rockpark/?id=22
http://www.mcsdk12.org/curr/webquests/rocks/rockswebquest.htm
This Planet Really Rocks!!!
Utah Plants & Animals
- Utah Habitat Project Site #1: http://home.utah.edu/~u0230781/project/index.htm
- Utah Habitat Project Site #2: https://sites.google.com/site/utahbiomesplantsanimals/
- Utah Animal Species Database: http://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/ucdc/
- Smithsonian North American Mammals: http://www.mnh.si.edu/mna/
- All About Birds: http://www.allaboutbirds.org
- Desert habitat: https://pbskids.org/plumlanding/games/ecosystem/feed_the_dingo.html
Fossils
- Visitor Information Guide to Fossils in Utah: where to see Utah's fossils and dinosaurs. http://geology.utah.gov/utahgeo/dinofossil/fosguide/fosguide.htm
- Trilobites and the Cambrian Environment of Utah http://geology.utah.gov/surveynotes/gladasked/trilobites.htm
- Fossil environments in Utah (pdf) http://geology.utah.gov/online/pi/pi-93.pdf