CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Fifth Grade Science
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This is a science text for Grade 5. It has sections on physical science, earth science, and life science. The first two are broken down into eleven topics each, and...
PBS
Quest: Science Based Google Maps
Take a journey with your students during science class without your students ever leaving their seat! This website includes how to integrate maps into your curriculum, good content for map making, and what can be included in a map. Also...
Other
Hummingbird Educational Resources: Ladybugs and Insects
This is a resource for any teacher looking for some ideas to use to complement a unit on bugs. Scroll down for songs, center ideas, crafts, science discovery, math ideas, dramatic play ideas and much more!
BSCS Science Learning
Bscs: Bscs Helps Students, Parents, and Teachers Connect With Nature
BSCS Science Learning has developed this resource to help students, parents, and teachers get away from technology and formal learning and spend some time connecting with nature. Included are links to resources about the benefits of...
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center: Forces of Change:meet Your Atmosphere
This superb site has detailed information about the composition of the atmosphere, how it is always changing, how it protects life on earth, and the destructive impact human activity has on it. There is an atmosphere design lab, as well...
Museum of Science
Museum of Science: Looking at the Sea
There are 5 parts to this resource. You can click on the water planet, oceans in motion, life in the sea, scientists at sea and resources. There are also activities for teachers.
PBS
Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Nature Files
Resources to accompany a 16-episode science series created to help young minds better understand how plants and animals interact with their environment. A fantastic resource for elementary science teachers that includes state standards...
Other
Little Giraffes: Insects
Insect activities for early elementary students are pictured and described on this resource.
Other
Center for Science Education: Eye on the Sky: Introduction to the Sun
Use this resource as an introduction to the sun. This teacher guided activity will expose students to solar vocabulary and some internet photographs of the sun. A list of appropriate books are provided as well.
Everything ESL
Everything Esl: Growing Flowers
A lesson for young ELL young scholars on how to grow flowers. Teachers will meet the ESL TESOL standards. Lots of resources included in this activity.
University of Kentucky
Virtual Workshop: The Course on Temperature and Heat
On line course on Temperature and Heat for graduate credit or professional development, that emphasize hands on activities you can use in your classroom.
abcteach
Abcteach: Solar System Links
[Free Registration/Login Required] This resource provides several links to elementary information about the Solar System. Students and teachers will find charts, graphs, crossword puzzles, word searches, report forms and more.
US Geological Survey
U.s. Geological Survey: Make a Birdhouse
Illustrated, step-by-step directions on how to build a birdhouse for a bluebird or other similar species.