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An Eye on
Color: Great primary site to explain how the human eye
works.
Aurora: Self Guided
Lesson: This site geared for 6th –12th
grade students lets students study the Aurora phenomena. Great spin off to
light and what causes the colors in the sky.
Auroras Paintings In the
Sky: Learn more about what causes the
Northern Lights.
Light in a Storm: Patterns of a
Lighthouse: Students grades 3-6
work in teams to uncover the patterns of light and sound in a lighthouse.
Students then use this information to create a lighthouse on their team.
Lightning: The Shocking
Story: Lightning is very dangerous. Check
out this site to learn more about lightning and it’s effects.
Magic Factory: Fun interactive activities that teach you about
light as a principle of photography in connection to the concept of light.
Site requires Shockwave.
Physics 2000:Einsteins
Legacy: EXCELLENT Elementary site to learn
about x-rays, CAT scan, Lasers, television, and laptops with a superior
interactive program.
Electricity
Electricity: Theme page to explore the world of electricity and
static electricity. If you have a question about electricity the answer is
here. This site has clear information, games, and additional links.
Electricity and
Magnetism: This giant site will have just what you
are looking for related to electricity.
Welcome to
Electricity: Excellent interactive site with
information, quizzes, and activities that explain the concept from its
basics to more complicated activities.
Microscopes and Cells
The Cell: Excellent website from Thinkquest with many lessons,
photographs, online quizzes, and excellent resources. Use this to spring
your students from the concept of light to the microscopic world of cells.
Cells Alive! Great place to just look at the cell gallery or
explore the microscopic world or cells.
MicroWorlds: Excellent site for exploring various kinds of
microscopes, their history, as well as sites to use to see slides from the
microscopic world.
Scanning Electronic Microscope: Excellent site to show the use of
an electronic microscope. This site also includes an excellent gallery of
scanned images and additional links to the web.
Small
Things: Theme page to explore the world of the microscope.
Telescopes and Space
From Galileo to
Hubble: An interesting tutorial activity that spans
this time period and development of telescopes.
Hubble Deep Field
Academy: Learn more about the Hubble telescope
and how it works.
Hubble: A View to the Edge of
Space: Learn more about the Hubble
Space Telescope and see actual live photos of our Solar System.
The Solar
System: Theme page to explore the Solar System and the
use of a telescope.
Star Light, Star Bright: Fun site that includes basic information
on light, plus two great interactive activities showing how visible light
is created and frequency of waves. Additional links and lesson plans are
also in this site.
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