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Alternative Energy
Energy Sources
from the “Energy Kids” page of the U.S. Energy Information Association from the U.S. Department of Energy
Renewable Energy
Scroll down and use the clickable list of alternative energies to find your energy type.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
A national laboratory of the U.S. Department of Energy
How Stuff Works
Enter alternative energy search terms in search box on top right of page
Check our databases for more information!
Genetics
National Institute of Health
Genome.Gov
Periodic Tables of the Elements
Chemical Elements
Interactive periodic table; excellent site for diagrams.
Periodic Table of the Elements
From the Los Alamos National Laboratory's CST Division – interesting facts about the elements.
Plate Tectonics Webquest
Alfred Wegener
Continental Drift
Plate Boundaries
Sea Floor Spreading
Convection
Mountain Building
Humans & Plate Tectonics
Rocks
Rocketry / Space
NASA Past Missions
Includes Apollo, Space Shuttle, Space Station, etc
Mars Exploration Rovers
From NASA
Space Race
Scroll down to read the entire article!
How Rocket Engines Work
Weather Webquest
Use the following websites to define the terms and answer the questions in Part I of your Weather Webquest:
http://www.weather.com/glossary/
http://www.weatherwizkids.com/Weather%20Words.htm
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/home.rxml
http://www.srh.weather.gov/jetstream/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/understanding/
http://nsidc.org/arcticmet/factors/Part II: Interactive & Web-based activities
1. http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/wwatch/investigate/weather_maker.htm
2. http://sunshine.chpc.utah.edu/labs/atmosphere/atm_measure2.html
3. http://www.weatherbugschools.com/exploration_zone.asp?focus=2
4. http://www.weatherbugschools.com/exploration_zone.asp?focus=2
5. http://www.sercc.com/education_files/wxmap/wxmap.html