Cool Links
Vocabulary Links
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Quizlet
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Insect Identification
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Butterflies & Moths of North America
Leave first Species Type menu to "All" Select "United States" from Region menu Select "New Hampshire" from next menu Select "Cheshire County" from last menu Click Apply Now you have a list of scientific/common names for all butterfiels and moths found in our area! Click on the name for more information.
Cells
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Cell Tutorial, Games & Quiz
Go here to learn about the organelles of bacteria, plant and animal cells. You can practice matching organelles to their functions and even quiz yourself!
Human Body
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How We Taste & Smell
A BIG thank you to our friends at Goodwin Community Center for their awesome link suggestion!
General Biology
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Study Jams
Awesome songs and short videos with great summaries of our topics this year!
Dissection
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Virtual Flower Dissection with Quiz!
Click here to practice your parts of angiosperms. It has a bunch of great information to help you study for your plant quest.
Animal Web Page Resources
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IUCN Red List
Click on "Other Search Options" at the top of the page. Click locations, then click the + sign next to land forms. Continue clicking + signs until you have your country. Then click the box next to your country and click search. -
Mammals & More
Search by name of animal if you need more info on it (YOU CANNOT SEARCH BY COUNTRY HERE) ** Like the name says, not all animals listed here are mammals. Make sure you put them in the correct category. (Lizards are not mammals!)
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Birds
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Fish
Scroll down and search: Information by Country or Island: Select your country from the pull down menu and WAIT FOR THE PAGE TO RELOAD. Then click "All Fishes" right under the pull down menu and wait for a new page to load. It will bring up a list of fish in your country. Click on the scientific name (in blue) for more information.
Mollusk Web Quest
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Invertebrate Webquest
Use the links on this page to find information for each category on your Web quest exploration guide.
Element Research Links
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Periodic Table - Royal Society of Chemistry
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AWESOME Periodic Table Site!
Thanks to Destiny Malcolm and Dominick Thornton for finding this great resource!
Weather & Climate
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Atmosphere Web Quest Site #2
Use this link to answer questions 7-24 on your webquest worksheet.
Adopt A City Project Links
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Weather Underground
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Sun Rise/Set, Day Length and Moon Rise
Another option to use to find your Astronomy data, for any day and in any location -
Weatherbase
Type in your city (with state or country) in the search field at the top to find weather averages. Make sure you record information using the correct units. Click the little "F" on the top right corner of the data table to convert temperatures into Fahrenheit if they are currently listed in Celsius. -
MeteoEarth
To create your isotherm map of any location in the world, click on "Map Builder" in the bottom left of the page Click the globe to make it stop spinning Click/drag your mouse over the globe to move to your location Select the temperature icon, and deselect all others (wind, precipitation, 3D, light, etc.) Take a screen shot and insert into a doc to crop the image to just the map Voila! Custom isotherm map!