Life Science Links
Plants:
This is a short video on plants and photosynthesis.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pD68uxRLkM
Study Jam Videos on Plants
http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/index.htm
Mr. Parr's plant song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KKw3UavsPA
Mr. Parr's photosynthesis song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDwUVpOEoE4 Photosynthesis Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wj8TGhcCnxs
This is a great site full of interesting information about plants.http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/kids/plants/plantsintro.htm
This site has great information, activities, games, and experiments about plants. http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/plants.html
Here is a description of the shoebox experiment we are going to do in class.http://herbarium.desu.edu/pfk/page11/page12/page13/page13.html
Lots of sites about plants.
http://www.vrml.k12.la.us/curriculum/quicktip/science/plants/plants.htm
This is a fun interactive game about classification of plants and animals.
http://sciencenetlinks.com/esheets/a-touch-of-class/
Pollination Song on Flocabulary
https://www.flocabulary.com/unit/pollination/video/
Invertebrates/Vertebrates:
Vertebrate Sites:
http://www.kidport.com/reflib/science/animals/animalindexv.htm
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/coloring/vertebrates.shtml
http://www.biology4kids.com/files/vert_main.html
Invertebrate sites:
http://www.allwords.com/invertebrates-glossary-A-words-149-47-654.php
http://www.kidport.com/reflib/science/animals/animalindexinv.htm
Videos:
Sea Star
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSo30lRHaAw
Jellyfish
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UZxEo8k894
Lobster
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5cF08wEMos
Sponge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8a0oNsDEx8
Coral
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EO_Zc5XH6e0
Worms
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZHTerOJYMA
Study Jams Invertebrates http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/animals/invertebrates.htm
Study Jams on Vertebrateshttp://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/animals/vertebrates.htm
Study Jams on Arthropods
http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/animals/arthropods.htm
Life Cycles:
Life Cycle of a Butterfly
http://natgeotv.com/ca/great-migrations/videos/growing-up-butterfly
Life Cycle of a Butterfly Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rvGUevGxDk
Monarch Butterfly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AUeM8MbaIk
Life Cycle of a Frog
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMs3waaW75g
Amphibian Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ti0HDtRY8u4
Frog Life Cycle Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrXww4oZrsI
Ecosystems:
Bill Nye Food Chains Video
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3jyupd
Ecosystem video on Scholastic
http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/ecosystems/ecosystems.htm
Mr. Parr Food Chain Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWfEn8J5xKM
Mr. Parr Ecosystem Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUY_-LK_lOc
Ecosystems
http://eschooltoday.com/ecosystems/what-is-an-ecosystem.html
Food Chain and Food Web information and gameshttp://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/foodchain/foodchain.htm
Scavenger Hunt:
Link One - Producers and Consumers
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/foodchain/producersconsumers.htm
Link Two - Herbivores
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/animaldiet/herbivore.htm
Link Three - Carnivores
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/animaldiet/carnivore.htm
Link Four - Omnivores
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/animaldiet/omnivore.htm
Link Five - Decomposers
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/foodchain/decomposers.htm
Link Six - Food Chains
http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/ecosystems/food-chains.htm
Link Seven - Food Chains
http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-food-chains.html
Link Eight - Food Webs
http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/ecosystems/food-webs.htm
Adaptations:
Mr. Parr Adaptations Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0N0wVq4nUBU
Adaptations Game
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/animalneeds/
Bird Beak Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzHQ5-lYvrk
Camouflage:
Pictures of Camouflaged Animals
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/wacky-weekend/hidden-animals/#ww-camouflage-gecko.jpg
Octopus video showing camouflage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eS-USrwuUfA
Jonathan Bird's Blue World Camouflage Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMVZnNHg5CE
Camouflage video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpdoDBYuHIA
Migration:
Gray Whale Migration Video
http://www.animalplanet.com/tv-shows/animal-planet-presents/videos/planets-best-baja-gray-whale/
PBS Gray Whale Video
http://video.pbs.org/video/2286020756/
Plants:
This is a short video on plants and photosynthesis.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pD68uxRLkM
Study Jam Videos on Plants
http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/index.htm
Mr. Parr's plant song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KKw3UavsPA
Mr. Parr's photosynthesis song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDwUVpOEoE4 Photosynthesis Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wj8TGhcCnxs
This is a great site full of interesting information about plants.http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/kids/plants/plantsintro.htm
This site has great information, activities, games, and experiments about plants. http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/plants.html
Here is a description of the shoebox experiment we are going to do in class.http://herbarium.desu.edu/pfk/page11/page12/page13/page13.html
Lots of sites about plants.
http://www.vrml.k12.la.us/curriculum/quicktip/science/plants/plants.htm
This is a fun interactive game about classification of plants and animals.
http://sciencenetlinks.com/esheets/a-touch-of-class/
Pollination Song on Flocabulary
https://www.flocabulary.com/unit/pollination/video/
Invertebrates/Vertebrates:
Vertebrate Sites:
http://www.kidport.com/reflib/science/animals/animalindexv.htm
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/coloring/vertebrates.shtml
http://www.biology4kids.com/files/vert_main.html
Invertebrate sites:
http://www.allwords.com/invertebrates-glossary-A-words-149-47-654.php
http://www.kidport.com/reflib/science/animals/animalindexinv.htm
Videos:
Sea Star
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSo30lRHaAw
Jellyfish
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UZxEo8k894
Lobster
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5cF08wEMos
Sponge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8a0oNsDEx8
Coral
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EO_Zc5XH6e0
Worms
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZHTerOJYMA
Study Jams Invertebrates http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/animals/invertebrates.htm
Study Jams on Vertebrateshttp://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/animals/vertebrates.htm
Study Jams on Arthropods
http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/animals/arthropods.htm
Life Cycles:
Life Cycle of a Butterfly
http://natgeotv.com/ca/great-migrations/videos/growing-up-butterfly
Life Cycle of a Butterfly Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rvGUevGxDk
Monarch Butterfly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AUeM8MbaIk
Life Cycle of a Frog
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMs3waaW75g
Amphibian Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ti0HDtRY8u4
Frog Life Cycle Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrXww4oZrsI
Ecosystems:
Bill Nye Food Chains Video
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3jyupd
Ecosystem video on Scholastic
http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/ecosystems/ecosystems.htm
Mr. Parr Food Chain Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWfEn8J5xKM
Mr. Parr Ecosystem Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUY_-LK_lOc
Ecosystems
http://eschooltoday.com/ecosystems/what-is-an-ecosystem.html
Food Chain and Food Web information and gameshttp://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/foodchain/foodchain.htm
Scavenger Hunt:
Link One - Producers and Consumers
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/foodchain/producersconsumers.htm
Link Two - Herbivores
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/animaldiet/herbivore.htm
Link Three - Carnivores
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/animaldiet/carnivore.htm
Link Four - Omnivores
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/animaldiet/omnivore.htm
Link Five - Decomposers
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/foodchain/decomposers.htm
Link Six - Food Chains
http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/ecosystems/food-chains.htm
Link Seven - Food Chains
http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-food-chains.html
Link Eight - Food Webs
http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/ecosystems/food-webs.htm
Adaptations:
Mr. Parr Adaptations Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0N0wVq4nUBU
Adaptations Game
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/animalneeds/
Bird Beak Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzHQ5-lYvrk
Camouflage:
Pictures of Camouflaged Animals
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/wacky-weekend/hidden-animals/#ww-camouflage-gecko.jpg
Octopus video showing camouflage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eS-USrwuUfA
Jonathan Bird's Blue World Camouflage Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMVZnNHg5CE
Camouflage video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpdoDBYuHIA
Migration:
Gray Whale Migration Video
http://www.animalplanet.com/tv-shows/animal-planet-presents/videos/planets-best-baja-gray-whale/
PBS Gray Whale Video
http://video.pbs.org/video/2286020756/