Science
 
 
6-8

 

Scientific Inquiry

The Science of Decisions

http://www.nsta.org/Energy/decideframes.html

An interactive decision maker where you use scientific inquiry to make decisions on the speed limit for a town.
   
   
   
   
   
Rocks & Minerals

Rocks, Minerals and Mining

http://www.cln.org/themes/rocks_minerals.html

This "Theme Page" has links to two types of resources related to the study of rocks, minerals, and mining. Students and teachers will find curricular resources (information, content...) to help them learn about this topic. In addition, there are also links to instructional materials (lesson plans) which will help teachers provide instruction in this theme.

Rocks & Minerals Detectives

http://cte.jhu.edu/techacademy/fellows/brannon/webquest/kmbindex.html

You are a detective that collects clues about rocks and minerals.
   
   
   
   
Earth's Atmosphere & Systems
 

Cloudy Weather Webquest

http://spidey.sfusd.edu/schwww/sch529/clouds/index.htm

A webquest where students will identify clouds and what they mean to them.

King of Tides

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/tide.htm

A websquest where students search for the truth behind what causes tides.
   
   
   
   
 Kingdoms
 

Animal Kingdom Webquest

http://www.jcu.edu/educatio/WebQuests5/Toth/webquest.htm

An interactive webquest where you have to prove your Kingdom expertise in front of a a panel of scientists.
   
   
   
   
   
Cells

A Cell is a Small City

http://edservices.aea7.k12.ia.us/edtech/teacherpages/cwinstead3/index.html

A webquest where students draw comparisons between the parts of a cell and a city.
   
   
   
   
   
Heredity

Human Cloning

http://www.glencoe.com/sec/science/webquest/content/cloning.shtml

A webquest on the process and ethical concerns of cloning.

Genes and Genetic Conditions

http://www.cabcallowayschoolofthearts.com/index.htm

A webquest on heridetary diseases and their causes.
   
   
   
   
Ecology

Dredging Webquest

http://www.geocities.com/teachbetter/dredge.webquest.html

A webquest where students do research and make decisions about the importance or river dredging.

Acid Rain Webquest

http://www.swlauriersb.qc.ca/english/edservices/pedresources/webquest/rainwq.htm

An Acid Rain webquest where students investigate the effects of acid rain.

Recycling Webquest

http://www.plainfield.k12.in.us/hschool/webq/webq81/

You help the local town council to decide whether or not to implement a mandatory recycling program.
   
   
   
Matter & Energy

Energy Resources

http://www.plainfield.k12.in.us/hschool/webq/webq96/index.htm

In this webquest a new housing development needs power. Students will decide if the development should have nuclear or solar energy. 
   
   
   
   
Force & Motion

Roller Coaster Physics

http://www.glencoe.com/sec/science/webquest/content/rollercoast.shtml

A webquest where students learn the laws of physics as they create their own roller coaster.
   
   
   
   
The Universe

Movie Gallery

http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/features/movies/archive.html

An online movie gallery with short clips demonstrating hard to teach concepts like Big Bang Theory, Supernovas, and Black Holes.

Window the the Universe

http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/windows3.html

An awesome resource of everything related to space and the universe.