Science is a Blast

Computer Lab 

Rice University NSQUAD Field Test

Please do not use this link unless you are part of our field test and you have a signed consent form.

Please do not work ahead.

Click on link to begin:  http://temp.nsquad.rice.edu/dev/pilot/index.html

• Session 1: Tuesday, (May 5, 2009), ca. 30 min

• Session 2: Friday, (May 8, 2009), ca. 40 min

• Session 3: Monday, (May 11, 2009), ca. 40 min

• Session 4: Friday, (May 15, 2009), ca. 40 min

• Session 5: Monday, (May 18, 2009), ca. 30 min

 

Energy Scavenger Hunt for Science Day       

Paper Copy

 

PLANTS

Interactive - Plants and plant parts: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/9_10/life_cycles.shtml

The Great Plant Escape - Can you solve the case?: http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/case1/c1facts2a.html

What do Plants need to make food? http://www.mbgnet.net/bioplants/food.html

The improtance of Plants: http://www.mbgnet.net/bioplants/earth.html

The importance of Plants: http://www.enviro-explorers.com/wildflowers/importance_of_plants_and_plant_c.htm

Plant Webquest: http://library.thinkquest.org/3715/seeds.html

Parts of a plant: http://www.mbgnet.net/bioplants/parts.html

The above sites came from this webquest: http://www.blackgold.ab.ca/ict/Divison2/Plants/

 

 

 

Owl Pellet Preparation Scavenger Hunt (Single file web page)

Owl Pellet Preparation Scavenger Hunt (97-2003 doc.)

Traditional Chinese Version of owl pellet scavenger hunt

1. http://www.kidwings.com/owlpellets/pelletform/index.htm
2. http://www.kidwings.com/owlpellets/index.htm  (If forbidden, still go to Owl Pellet Dissection)
3. http://www.cas.psu.edu/DOCS/WEBCOURSE/WETLAND/WET1/identify.html

   4a. http://www.medtropolis.com/VBody.asp

    4b. http://www.kidsknowit.com/interactive-educational-movies/free-online-movies.php?movie=Skeletomuscular

    4c. . http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/bones.html

Mrs. Putnam's Ecology Scavenger Hunt (1 to 2 days) 

Mrs. Putnam's Ecology Scavenger Hunt (97-2003 doc.)

Open the Chinese documents below while site is in English, the document is translated.

Minimize screen and open another internet window.  Open my site.  Open translator

and enter the URL for my site.  Then go to orange Computer Lab Key.  Once

on this page again, use the list of sites below to continue your scavenger hunt. 

They will be translated for you.  If a site has a problem, skip it and go to the

next question.  Happy Hunting!

Mrs. Putnam's Ecology Scavenger Hunt (traditional Chinese)

Mrs. Putnam's Ecology Scavenger Hunt (simple Chinese)

Translator - words, documents, websites: http://www2.worldlingo.com/en/websites/url_translator.html

http://www.webs.uidaho.edu/nsan/aliens/alienglossary.htm

http://www.quia.com/quiz/244317.html?AP_rand=973804458

http://www.uen.org/utahlink/activities/view_activity.cgi?activity_id=3792

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibits/biomes/index.php

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/wildworld/terrestrial.html

http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/course/ent591k/symbiosis.html

http://www.nearctica.com/ecology/pops/mutual.htm

http://www.nearctica.com/ecology/pops/commens.htm

http://www.kidsknowit.com/interactive-educational-movies/food-chain.php

http://www.worldwildlife.org/endangered

http://dnr.wi.gov/org/caer/ce/eek/earth/endangered.htm

http://www.worldwildlife.org/fun/games/caught/board.html