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provides activities to help students in Grades 3-5 learn about water supplies, the importance of saving water, the connections between the source of the water they use and the ways their water use habits affect the environment and human health, and more. Take EPA's interactive online quiz. (Environmental Protection Agency)
provides teacher guides, videos, quizzes, and games to help teachers integrate the science behind drug abuse into class activities. Students can read the Sara Bellum Blog to learn about the effects of drugs on the brain and body, and then join a discussion with scientists, science writers, public health analysts, and other students. (National Institutes of Health)
focuses on 256 terms related to genetics. Listen to scientists define and describe each term. See illustrations and 3-D animations of cells, chromosomes, genes, mitosis, protein, and more. Take the Test Your Gene IQ quiz -- read a definition and pick the correct term. (National Institutes of Health)
examines oceans and how they affect earth's climate. Videos focus on six topics: the water cycle, carbon cycle, sea level changes, ocean salinity, remote sensing, and phytoplankton (the tiny marine plants responsible for half of the photosynthesis that occurs on earth). (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
offers lesson plans, fact sheets, and activities for learning about the 2010 census. How are census data used? Why is the wording of questions important? What are the various ways of representing data? How has the census affected history? What predictions can you make about the future based on census data? These and other topics are the focus of lessons for Grades K-4, 5-8, and 9-12 that help develop knowledge and skills in math, maps and geography, civics, reading, and writing. (U.S. Census Bureau)
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