Science Stems and expectations

By Stormy Leroux

ESS1.1.1

• http://www.njawwa.org/kidsweb/watercycle/watercycle.htm

• This cite shows what the water cycle is and how it works.

The water cycle

ESS1.1.2

• http://www.geology.sdsu.edu/how_volcanoes_work/climate_effects.html

• This web cite explains the different effects that volcanic eruptions have on Earth’s climate. Volcanic eruption

ESS1.2.1

• http://www.cnn.com/interactive/nature/9903/earth.layers/frameset.exclude.html

• This cite helps you understand the layers of the Earth with an interactive activity.

The layers of Earth

ESS1.2.2

• http://www.xanga.com/ILS_PROJECT

• This cite describes what Earths plate tectonics are

Plate tectonics

ESS1.3.1

• http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/fossils/rocks-layers.html

• This web cite has information to help understand why fossils are found in sedimentary rock.

Fossil of a mammoth

ESS1.4.1

• http://www.intellicast.com/National/Satellite/Infrared.aspx

• This web cite has examples of how earth has changed by using satellite images.

Satellite

ESS1.5.1

• http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/interior/

• This explains that Earths crust is divided into plates.

Earths insides

ESS1.5.2

• http://rst.gsfc.nasa.gov/Sect2/Sect2_1a.html

• This explains how earths events can bring changes to landforms, ocean floor, rock features, or climate.

Landform

ESS1.5.3

• http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/dynamic/session4/sess4_act3.htm

• This web cite explains the role of differential heating and convection in ocean currents.

Heat

ESS1.6.1

• http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/navigation/home.cfm

• This cite has a lot of information about Earth science. And it also has some good info on the rock cycle!

The rock cycle

ESS1.6.2• http://www.rocksforkids.c

om/RFK/howrocks.html• This web cite explains

that certain rocks, like sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic rocks show evidence of minerals, temperatures and forces that created them.

Rock

ESS1.6.3

• www.maine.gov/doc/nrimc/msg/explore/fossils/fossil.html

• This cite explains how sediments of sand and smaller particles that contain remains of organisms are cemented together into a solid rock.

ESS1.6.4• http://www.rocksandm

inerals4u.com/rock_cycle.html

• This web cite will explain how rock characteristics support and inference about the rocks history and their connection to the rock cycle. More rocks

ESS1.7.1

• http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/followadrip.html

• This cite describes how water goes in a pattern, from precipitation, into the ground, and then back into the oceans and lakes.

ESS1.7.2

• http://www.explorepub.com/articles/water.html

• This web cite describes the physical and chemical properties that

ESS1.7.3

• http://www.math.montana.edu/~nmp/materials/ess/hydrosphere/novice/water-cycle.html

• This explains the process that causes the cycling of water

ESS2.1.1

• http://www.geoastro.de/SME/

• This is a way to find information about the suns characteristics and its position.

ESS2.1.2

• http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_ideas/Astro_p009.shtml

• This cite explains the relationship between the moons phases and tides, using NOAA information.

ESS2.1.3• http://www.earth2class.or

g/er/teachers/resources/astronomyconcepts.php

• This cite explains the regular and predictable positions of the Earth and moon. it also describes what a day and year are and the phases of the moon are.

ESS2.1.4

• http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/STE_SUS/SUN_0_Eng_sonne_Ger_sonne_Fr_so.html

• This cite explains the relationships between the Earth, the Sun, and the Moon.

ESS2.2.1

• http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/programs/weather/

• This cite explains why the sun is the principle energy source for phenomena on Earth’s surface.

ESS2.3.1• http://www.lima.ohio-s

tate.edu/academics/outreach/SolarSystem.htm

• This cite identifies the characteristics and movement patterns of the planets in our solar system.

ESS2.3.2

• http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Hyperion

• This cite explains the affects of gravitational forces on each planet and their moons.

ESS2.3.3

• http://www.godandscience.org/apologetics/designss.html

• This cite explains why Earth and our solar system are unique.

Four Galaxies

ESS2.3.4• http://www.extremescienc

e.com/solarsystem.htm• This web cite shows how

our planets are different from one another.

• Our solar system

ESS2.3.5

• http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_does_gravitational_force_affect_objects_in_the_solar_system

• This cite explains exactly how gravitational force affects objects in the solar system Gravitational pull

ESS2.4.1• http://www-wds.worldban

k.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/IW3P/IB/2002/09/24/000094946_02090504023668/Rendered/INDEX/multi0page.txt

• This shows what we have learned about our solar system thanks to technology.

Satellite

ESS3.1.1• http://www.britannica.

com/eb/article-9010001/astronomical-unit

• This cite precisely describes what an astronomical unit is and what the distance from earth to the sun is.

The Earth And Sun

ESS3.1.2

• http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=a&id=5185

• This cite explains what light years and astronomical units are.

Light year

ESS3.2.1

• http://www.kidscosmos.org/kid-stuff/asteroid-facts.html

• This web cite explains asteroids, comets, and meteors.

Asteroid

ESS3.3.1

• http://zebu.uoregon.edu/~js/21st_century_science/lectures/lec20.html

• This cite explains that there are many different things in the universe.

The universe

ESS4.1.1• http://spaceplace.nas

a.gov/en/kids/phonedrmarc/2003_december.shtml

• This shows how technology has helped us understand the world we live in.

In a computer

ESS4.1.2• http://www.nsba.org/s

bot/toolkit/iot.html• This cite explains the

importance of technology.

Technology

ESS4.2.1• http://

www.srh.noaa.gov/zfw/weather_calculations.php

• This cote helps you calculate degrees Celsius.

Temperatures all over the U.S.

ESS4.2.2• http://

faculty.clintoncc.suny.edu/faculty/Michael.Gregory/files/Bio%20101/Bio%20101%20Laboratory/Metric%20System/Metric_System.htm

• This cite uses calculations using meteoric measurements.

Measurement

ESS4.2.3

• http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=11265

• This explains how man uses different telescopes.

Land based telescope

ESS4.3.1

• http://www.greenhomebuilding.com/naturalmaterials.htm

• This tells