science links

Science Interactions This is the website for our text book. It has review pages to print off, activities, and a practice QUIZ to help you study. You might want to BOOKMARK this page!!
All About Glaciers Learn about glaciers and how they are made and move.
Ask a Geologist Here's your chance to ask a geologist a question about rocks or anything related. Make sure you read the what type of questions you shouldn't ask. Enjoy.
BBC site to describe different classifications of rocks. A quick description of the 3 classifications of rocks.
BBC website about the Rock Cycle Use this site to explore the Rock Cycle and help identify rocks.
Bill Nye Labs Activities and tv schedule from Bill Nye the Science Guy.
Brain Pop Science Videos This is a great introductory for any science topic or any topic for that. Get a good idea on what each topic is by taking a short trip with Tim and Moby. Enjoy! *****
Chapter 11 Glencoe Online Quiz Take the online quiz for Chapter 11: The Rock Cycle and email me the results on how well you did. mr_hess2007@yahoo.com
Collecting Rocks-USGS For those of you who are serious about collecting the rocks and being the scientist in you, here's a page from the United States Geological Survey to help get you started on your own collection.
Family Fun: Raising Kids Use this website to help identify rocks as a family on vacation or in your own backyard.
Games to play about Volcanoes Here's a page that can take you several different links that have games that you can play about volcanoes.
Glacier NP Virtual Fieldtrip Take a 'virtual fieldtrip' through Glacier National Park and see beautiful glaciers and scenery.
Glacier pictures. Pictures from a photographer of glaciers and volcanoes.
Glaciers by Charlotte Learn some information about glaciers from an interesting person.
Glencoe Chapter 11 Online Resources Go to this site for help and extended activities about the Rock Cycle.
Glencoe Text Book Online YOUR TEXT BOOK ONLINE!!! Click "Class Code", enter "hessrjb", then click on the link for your book. You can view the table of contents or go to a specific page number. Lots of extra video clips to help understanding of the text!!!
How Stuff Works Learn how different things work...the SCIENCE way!
Identification of Rocks for Kids This is the site you want to use to begin identifying rocks. EXCELLENT!
IDENTIFYING ROCKS This is an EXCELLENT to help the beginner identify rocks. It has a clickable flow chart that ends with pictures of samples of each type of rock. BRAVO! 5 stars from Hess!
Identifying Rocks and Minerals Good text description on how to identify rocks (from a college course). This would be good to use after one of the other sites.
Indianapolis Firebirds website This link is for the Indianapolis Firebirds which the students that earn an 'A' in science and students invited from each homeroom will be attending on Sunday, March 16, 2003.
North Dakota Ovservatory on Volcanoes Here's a great link to see volcanoes of the earth and of other worlds.
Rock Hounds A very good description on how the 3 types of rocks are formed as well as examples of each. ****
Rocks and Minerals Here's a great link page to find almost anything for your project and to learn about rocks. Do a little searching on it and you should be able to find what you need. ****
Rocks For Kids This is a good website to get you started on your project. It has a lot of information in a small amount of space. ****
Science Olypiad National Website This link gives details on competition and rules and tips for different events.
Soil Science! Learn about soil and what's in it!
This Planet Really Rocks! A very good website to find most of the information needed for your project. This site was made with the help of 4th and 5th graders! It's fun, too.
United States Geological Survey This site is excellent for up-to-date information on everything from earthquakes, volcanoes, geology (rock cycles), and mapping.
USGS Photo Glossary of Volcano Terms All the terms you ever wanted to know about volcanoes and pictures and links to go with each one. If you ever thought about being a vulcanologist, this is the place to get to know!!
Volcano World Here's a good diagram to give you an idea of how rocks can be classified...but that's not all. You'll have to search your class notes for more info. ***
Water Science Learn about the water and how it affects you.