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Prentice Hall Web Acitivities Relating to Science Explorer.


PlanetDiary provides weekly reports on environmental news and natural phenomena
such as volcanoes, earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, and tornadoes.
The Science News Topics Page correlates recently published articles to the topics you are studying.
6th Grade 

From Bacteria to Plants
Chapter 1: Living Things

Chapter 2: Viruses and Bacteria

Chapter 3: Protists and Fungi

Chapter 4: Introduction to Plants

Chapter 5: Seed Plants

Animals
Chapter 1: Sponges, Cnidarians and Worms

Chapter 2: Mollusks. Arthropods, and Echinoderms

Chapter 3: Fishes, Amphibians, and Reptiles

Chapter 4: Birds and Mammals

Chapter 5: Animal Behavior

Cells and Heredity
Chapter 1: Cell Structure and Function

Chapter 2: Cell Processes and Energy

Chapter 3: Genetics: The Science of Heredity

Chapter 4: Modern Genetics

Chapter 5: Changes Over Time

Human Biology and Health
Chapter 1: Healthy Body System

Chapter 2: Bones, Muscles and Skin

Chapter 3: Food and Digestion

Chapter 4: Circulation

Chapter 5: Respiration and Excretion

Chapter 6: Fighting Disease

Chapter 7: The Nervous System

Chapter 8: The Endocrine System and Reproduction
 

Environmental Science
Chapter 1: Populations and Communities

Chapter 2: Ecosystmes and Biomes

Chapter 3: Living Resources

Chapter 4: Land and Soil Resources

Chapter 5: Air and Water Resources

Chapter 6: Energy Resources
 
 
 
 

                    









 

7th Grade 

Earth's Changing Surface
Map Machine

Chapter 1: Mapping Earth's Surface

Chapter 2: Weathering and Soil Information

Chapter 3: Erosion and Deposition

Chapter 4:A Trip Through Geologic Time

Inside Earth
Chapter 1: Plate Tectonics

Chapter 2: Earthquakes

Chapter 3: Volcanoes

Chapter 4: Minerals

Chapter 5: Rocks

Earth's Waters
Water Resources
U.S. Ocean Information

Chapter 1: Earth: The Water Planet

Chapter 2: Fresh Water

Chapter 3: Freshwater Resources

Chapter 4:  Ocean Motions

Chapter 5: Ocean Zones

Weather and Climate
Current Weather of the United States
Global Climate Highlights

Chapter 1: The Atmosphere

Chapter 2: Weather Factors

Chapter 3: Weather Patterns

Chapter 4: Climate and Climate Change


 
 
8th Grade 

Astronomy
Sky At a Glance: Sky & Telegraph
Astronomy Picture of the Day 

Chapter 1: Earth, Moon and Sun

Chapter 2: The Solar System

Chapter 3: Stars, Galaxies and the Universe

Chemical Building Blocks
Chapter 1: An Introduction to Matter

Chapter 2: Changes in Matter

Chapter 3: Elements and the Periodic Table

Chapter 4:  Carbon Chemistry

Chemical Interactions
National Science Foundation

Chapter 1: Chemical Reactions

Chapter 2: Atoms and Bonding

Chapter 3: Acids, Bases, and Solutions

Chapter 4: Exploring Materials

Motion, Forces and Energy
Super Scientists
Poor Richard's Energy Almanac

Chapter 1: Motion

Chapter 2: Forces

Chapter 3: Forces in Fluids

Chapter 4: Work and Machines

Chapter 5: Energy and Power

Chapter 6:  Thermal Energy and Heat

Electricity and Magnetism
Theater of Electricity
Auroras
Auroras from Space

Chapter 1: Magnetism and Electrocmagnetism

Chapter 2: Electric Charges and Current

Chapter 3: Electricity and Magnetism and Work

Chapter 4: Electronics

Sound and Light
Exploratoriums' Online Exhibits

Chapter 1: Characteristics of Waves

Chapter 2: Sound

Chapter 3: The Electromagnetic Spectrum

Chapter 4: Light


 
 
 
 
February 25, 2002