6th GRADE SCIENCE GLCESS

Kinetic & Potential Energy
Design a Roller Coaster http://www.learner.org/interactives/parkphysics/coaster/section1.html

Energy Transfer
Energy Story http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/story/index.html
Energy:The Quick Tour http://www.classroom-energy.org/energy_101/energy_quick_tour/quicktour_3.html
Conservation of Energy and the First Law of Thermodynamics http://www.ftexploring.com/energy/first-law_p2.html
Energy Information Administration http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/state/

Matter: Changes in State
Design a Roller Coaster http://www.learner.org/interactives/parkphysics/coaster/section1.html

Organisms & Ecosystems
What's It Like Where You Live- http://www.mbgnet.net/
Windows to the Universe: Ecosystems http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/ecosystems.html
Arctic Oceans  Ecosystem http://polardiscovery.whoi.edu/arctic/ecosystem.html
Antarcticas Ecosystem http://polardiscovery.whoi.edu/antarctica/ecosystem.html
Windows to the Universe: Desert Ecosystem http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/desert_eco.html&edu=elem
Windows to the Universe: Temperate Forest Ecosystem http://www.windows.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/tour_def/earth/forest_eco.html
Sea Slug Forum http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet.cfm?base=symbio
Global Issues http://www.globalissues.org/
How Big is Your Ecological Footprint? http://www.myfootprint.org/en/

Great Lake Ecosytems
USGS: Great Lakes Ecosystem http://glein.er.usgs.gov/
People in the Great Lakes Region http://www.great-lakes.net/envt/flora-fauna/people.html
Water Pollution in the Great Lakes http://www.great-lakes.net/teach/pollution/water/water1.html
Great Lakes Science Center http://www.glsc.usgs.gov/
Great Lakes Atlas http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/atlas/

Soil
Inside the Earth http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/inside.html

Rock Formations
Erosion http://geography.about.com/od/physicalgeography/a/erosion.htm

Plate Tectonics
Geology.com Lesson Plans on Plate Tectonics http://geology.com/teacher/plate-tetonics.shtml
National Geographic Natural Disasters Lesson Plans http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/07/g68/noaadisaster.html
University of Kentucky portal for Plate Tectonics websites http://www.uky.edu/KGS/education/platetectonics.htm
Windows to the Universe: Earth's Plate Tectonics http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/images/earth_plates_usgs_L_2_jpg_image.html
Plate Tectonics http://msteacher.org/epubs/science/science1/science.aspx
Everest http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/everest/earth/birth.html
Earthquakes for Kids http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learning/kids/
Earthquake Topics-Plate Tectonics http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learning/topics/?topicID=30&topic=Plate%2520tectonics
Earthquakes http://geology.com/teacher/earthquake.shtml
Volcano World http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/
Geomagnetism http://geomag.usgs.gov/faqs.php
The Earth is a Magnet http://www.worsleyschool.net/science/files/magnet/earth/asamagnet.html