8th Grade Class Links and Resources
8th Grade Class Links and Resources
Science Fields and Careers
- A List of Science Fields
- A List of Famous Scientists
- 50 Influential Scientists Today
- Scientists from Chicago
- List of Puerto Rican Scientists & Inventors
- List of African American Scientists & Inventors
- Scientists out in the Field
- STEM Career Coalition
- I am a Scientist
- If/then collection empowering female scientists
- Spellbound: How Kids Became Scientists - video series from American Chemical Society
- Careers in Genetics
- Energy 4 Me: Careers in Energy
- Earth Science Careers
- Careers in Chemistry
- Cool Science Careers
- Women in STEM
Chemistry Resources
- Element Videos
- It's Elemental: Balancing Equations Practice
- Balancing Equations Practice Simulation
- Periodic Table Matching Game
- Dihydrogen Monoxide
- ChemCrafter: app you can download to see chemical reactions
- The Periodic Table Song
- The "original" element song by Tom Lerher
- What's the Matter: Melting and Boiling Point SImulation
- Interactive Periodic Table
Earth and Space Sciences Links
- How minerals are used in daily life
- RocketSTEM
- Interactive Planetarium
- Acid Mine Drainage - science experiments
- The Latest Earthquakes: Did you feel them?
- Mars Rocks Webquest
- Life of a "Rock"star
- Rock Cycle Animations
- Learning Zone: Fossils
- Learning Zone: Rocks
- Learning Zone Minerals
- Rocks and Minerals Resources
- Mineralology for Kids - minerals, rocks, how we use them and games
- USGS Mineral Resource Page
- Mineral education coalition: Mineral database
- Minerals sorted by Name
- Mind-dat Hudson Institute of Mineralogy
- mineralogy database
- Giant Crystal Cave video
Energy Links
- Wind Energy Resources
- Switch Energy Project - info and videos on all energy and conservation topics
- Safe and Smart Natural Gas
- Going Solar: Solar Energy Resource Guide
- Potential and Kinetic Energy Basics
- Energy Resources Game
- Transforming wind turbine blades
- How Fuel Cells Work
- Fuel Cell Cars
- Solar Energy Careers
- Wind Energy Careers
- Save the Penguin online resource
- It's a Noisy Planet- experiments on sound and hearing
- Solar Energy Defenders -Game
- Energy House
- Experiments on Energy Conservation at Home
- Why LED lights save energy and $
- Solar Energy: PV cell video
- Revolution Now - Implementing Clean Energy Sources
- Community Energy Statistics
- Home Energy Audit
- Energy Star Kids - Your planet needs you, find out why
- Wind for School Project
- Solar Energy for the home
- Insulation practices - "weatherization"
- Experiment on Bioenergy
- “Sustainability in Bioenergy: A Nation Connected” - short documentary on smart energy choices
- Joules of Wisdom
- Student Resource Page - Energy
- How Energy Sources Work
- energy resources for projects
- Videos produced by the Department of Energy on clean energy
- Video series demonstrate energy’s role across the sciences
- Forms of Energy
- Energy for Kids - basic information resource
- Energy Statistics by State
- Energy by the Numbers from Dept, of Energy
- Energy Glossary
Science News Sites
- A Science Odyssey
- Climate Game
- The Learning Zone
- Q?rius
- Science Daily News
- Science Friday
- BBC News Science Section
- New York Times Science Section
- Everyday Mysteries in Science
- Strange Matter: learn about material science
- Scientific American Space Lab Youtube channel
- Learn more about nanotechnology in the nanozone
- Nanotechnology in the News
- Whyfiles
