Web Resources Fifth Grade Science

Jessica Smith Standard: ALCOS Science 5th Grade: 8.) Identify major body systems and their functions, including the circulatory system, respiratory system, excretory system, and reproductive system. Circulation WebQuest:
URL: http://www.greenville.k12.sc.us/beck/students/sci/circ.pdf Author: Unknown The WebQuest on circulation lists webpages for students to explore on different parts and functions of the heart and circulatory system. The students must answer questions by following links to various websites. The webpages listed are all interactive and appealing to young students. They contain many pictures and a plethora of information. The last website, a PBS website link, is the most interactive. The students must complete open heart surgery following directions and using different tools. The students eventually are able to dissect a cartoon version of the heart. Each step gives detailed information about that part of the heart. This would be very fun to incorporate in teaching the cardiovascular system. It could be done as an introduction, but would probably work most effectively after teaching about the circulatory system.

Respiratory System Labeling Game

URL: http://www.neok12.com/diagram/Respiratory-System-01.htm Author: NeoK12: Educational Videos, Lessons, and Games for K-12 Kids This website contains a great deal of resources on different body systems and other topics. The respiratory system section has many excellent videos, but the link above is to an interactive quiz that asks students to label parts of the respiratory system. It shows a diagram of the parts of the system and ten terms that must be dragged to the appropriate part of the diagram. The terms are: right lung, main bronchi, diaphragm, alveolar sacs, alveoli, left lung, trachea, nasal cavities, capillaries, and pharynx. It then grades the students on their accuracy. This activity would be great to give for students to review before a test or practice to become familiar with the system. The other resources on the website would be helpful in teaching about the respiratory system by showing videos and images.

Interactive Body
URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/body/index_interactivebody.shtml Author: BBC BBC has put together six games and demos that cover the major body systems. The organs game gives a blank body and asks students to put the organs in the appropriate location. It also gives information about each organ or organ system. The muscles game is another puzzle game where the player must match the muscle with the appropriate location. The clues in this game give information about the muscle and its job. The skeleton game covers the skeletal system and asks the player to put the bones or tendons in the correct spot. It also gives information about the bone or tendon. The senses challenge is very neat. It gives twenty questions and asks the player to use his or her senses. It gives insight as to how the brain and nervous system work. The nervous system game requires the player to make connections between parts of the body and the place where the nerve connects. It gives information about the nervous system as you play. The puberty demo is a good addition to the study of the reproductive system. The games on this website would be helpful as a review of the unit to allow students to explore the different systems that they have learned about through their studies.

Explore the Human Body

URL: http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/health-and-human-body/humanbody/?source=G4101&kwid=ContentNetwork|929422345 Author: National Geographic The National Geographic website is a terrific resource for educational games, videos, and interactive tools. The webpage on the human body is no exception. On it, students can explore various parts of the human body. There are multiple engaging videos, articles, and interactive resources. For example, the page on the heart offers a moving picture of the persons heart beating. You can increase the activity level of the person to see the effect that movement and exercise has on the heart. There is also a diagram of the heart that the viewer can click on different parts to see how the heart fills with blood. The website offers these types of resources for the brain, heart, digestive system, lungs, and skin. It would be a great way to let students explore different parts of the body in an interactive and hands on way.

The Human Body WebQuest

URL: http://wallkill.ny.schoolwebpages.com/education/components/scrapbook/default.php?sectiondetailid= 122586 Author: Mrs. Sluszka

In this WebQuest, students are given the task of informing the public of the role of the organs within each body system. They are given questions and links about each system to use as a guide. They will record the answers to questions in a science journal and then make a presentation about their final ideas. The webpages linked are age appropriate and very informative. This would be an excellent project for students to do after a study of the human body is complete.

Standard
ALCOS Science 5th Grade:

7.) Identify common parts of plant and animal cells, including the nucleus, cytoplasm, and cell membrane. Comparing unicellular and multicellular organisms Comparing plant and animal cells

Interactive Animated Cell

URL: http://www.cellsalive.com/cells/cell_model.htm Author: Cells Alive This website gives an interactive model of animal and plant cells. Users can explore different cell parts in a diagram by holding the mouse over the name of the cell part. This could help students quiz themselves by seeing if they could label the parts of the cells and then checking their answers. Clicking on the cell part gives the user more information about that cell. A paragraph appears, telling about what the cell part does and why it is important to the function of the cell. This could be used to teach students about the parts of the cell or as a review. It could also help students compare plant and animal cells since the diagrams are in comparable formats.

Cell Games
URL: http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/health/anatomy/cell/index.htm Author: Sheppard Software This website contains information and games on plant, animal, and bacteria cells. For each type of cell, the user can choose to do a tutorial or play a quiz game. The tutorial offers an interactive cell that highlights each organelles to give the user information about the job of the organelle. The game allows the player to drag the name of the organelle to the location within the cell. The color diagram is a wonderful resource. I would use this website in my classroom as a review. It would be great to use on the Smartboard as a whole class review.

Inside a Cell
URL: http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/begin/cells/insideacell/ Author: University of Utah Inside a Cell is a unique tool that shows the outs ide of the cell. When the user drags the mouse over the cell, a window shows the inside. When you click on a particular area, activity in that particular area comes up. It shows the processes going on in each part of the cell. This website is different than other interactive cells because it shows movement and close ups of the organelles. It would be great to use as a supplemental resource for students to have a full picture of the workings of the inside of a plant or animal cell.

Virtual Bacteria Lab

URL: http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/vlabs/bacterial_id/index.html Author: Joseph Perpich, M.D., J.D. The virtual lab allows students to explore a laboratory and prepare a sample of bacteria and analyze its DNA virtually. The website takes the user through each step. First, the user prepares a sample of bacteria by moving a bacteria colony from a petri dish to the centrifuge tube. The notebook takes the user through each step following to extract bacterial DNA. The website is very interactive and gives students experiences they would not otherwise have. It could be a little complicated for fifth grade, so I would either take the students through the steps as a group, or save it as an extra or optional activity.

The Great Cell WebQuest

URL: http://mrscienceut.net/CellWebquest.htm Author: Darrell Martin This WebQuest takes students on a journey to discover information about animal cells. The task is to make trading cards for different parts of the cell. First, students gather information using the Cell Organelle Research Guide provided on the site. The websites they visit for this information are interactive and age appropriate. With the information the students gather, they will make trading cards for each organelle. The trading card instructions are available to make the cards in Microsoft Word. After gathering their information and creating trading cards, each group creates a PowerPoint presentation to present to the class. This is an excellent WebQuest, not only for its information about organelles, but also because it gives students practice using various technologies. It would be a great way for students to practice researching a subject and learn information about organelles.