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Earth Science Book Online
Please ask Mr. Green, in class, for a username and password.
This is the website associated with our book. Students are able to access the entire book and many activities to get a better understanding of the concepts taught in class.
For access to the online book, please contact Mr. Green for user name and password information. |
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Rigby Jr. High Home Page
This site provides access to each teacer's email and other information concerning the Jr. High. |
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Jefferson District Web Site
District web site. Power School access |
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| Nature of Science |
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Sciencee/AAAS
This web page is all about Science today and new discoveries. |
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Scientific Method
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Science Fair Resources
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A Dictionary of Units of Measurement
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Science Daily
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Popular Science Magazine
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Measurment Conversion
this site converts all kinds of measurements to/from metric to US |
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National Geographic
One of my all time favorite sites. Great for any type of science or other interesting field. |
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Dialogue 4 Kids
This has many videos to view for homework assignments. It also has a lot of good information about many fields of science. |
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| Processes of Earth |
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Glacier Information
Basic information on glaciers and ice fields. |
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Glacier Information
General information and pictures about glaciers |
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Earthquake Detector
This site tracks earthquakes around the world. It is updated throughout the day. This is a great site to see where the tectonic plates are located too! |
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Carlsbad Caverns
This site has many interesting pictures of cavern formations. Take one of the online tours. |
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| Chemical Reactions |
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Chem 4 Kids
Displays information about chemical reactions. Explains about basic chemical reactions. Provides diagrams of molecules. |
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| Elements/ Periodic Table |
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Your Periodic Table
The site shows all the elements in the periodic table and descriptions of them |
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WebElementsTM Periodic table (professional edition)
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NASA
Lots of great astronomy information. Use for astronomy homework. |
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Space.com
All around good site for space. There are some great images here too! |
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Phases of the Moon
Shows the phases of the moon on specific days. |
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Geology Labs On-Line
Geology Labs On-Line was initiated in 1999 to develop Web-based activities which enhance the learning and teaching of earth science from middle school through college classrooms. |
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Water Cycle
This site is a great overview of the water cycle and it many components. |
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JetStream Topic Matrix
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The Big Bang Theory
This site discusses the Big Bang Theory and how all of the universe happened(supposedly) |
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History of Space Travel
a complete website on space travel with lots of information and games Bonus-my cousin was on the team that made this site and won first place in a world wide competition |
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Science @ NASA
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Phys Link
Shares the latest information about astronomy and physics. There are interesting facts, pictures, and graphics to study. |
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Kids Astronomy
This website is formated to catch the eyes of kids, with plenty of games, as well as fun activities that help teach the child more about astronomy. Complete with many interesting facts, this website would be an excellent link to add to barnesweb.org. But kidsastronomy.com is not JUST for kids. There is also a Teacher's Corner there, where teachers can get information on astronomy or worksheets to teach with. |
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Seasons of the Year
Although this website is probably more suitable for older students, around eighth grade, it still serves as a useful information resource. This is also a good website for science teachers to search through for interesting facts to share with a class. |
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About HyperPhysics
This website shows many different diagrams explaining all three of Newton's laws, and also explains the laws in paragraphs. Under the diagram of Newton's Second Law, you can type in a object's mass and acceleration, which will result in the website telling you the net force on the object. There are also many other interesting things that can be learned or discovered on this website. |
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Fire Detection
This site allows you to see where there are fires in the United States. |
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National Weather Service
This site will allow you to search for weather facts for the local area (Rexburg) for the meteorology assignment. You will need to select the "Archived Data" to get values for prior days. |
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Weather history
This site allows you to research weather facts for the current year and for past years. This could be helpful for the meteorology homework assignment. |
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Weather Wiz Kids
This site has a great amount of weather information and activities. |
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 Weather Information
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Weather Underground
This is another link to the weather station for the school. Try this if the picture above does not work. |
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Some famous scientists
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BluPets's Science Biographies
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Famous Inventors
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