K-12 Partnership Online Materials    2002 - 2003

Human Brain and Senses (Grade 7)

• The Brain Connection
• Neuroscience for Kids-Experiments, background information, and more
• Short Term Memory Games
• Seeing, Hearing, and Smelling the World
• Comparative Mammalian Brain Collections
• The Human Brain- Informational site from Franklin Institute Online
• The Brain Explorer- Puzzles from the Exploratorium
• Memory- Exploratorium exhibit
• Optical Illusions- Exploratorium site

Earth

Earth and Moon Viewer

Tutorial: What Causes the Seasons?

The Noon Day Project (CIESE Collaborative Project)

Global Sun/Temperature Project (CIESE Collaborative Project)

Ask Dr. Soho  NASA site

Other Planets
• Introduction  to Mars
• Introduction to Venus
• Star Child
• Space Kids
• Mars Climate
• Mars (University of Michigan)
• Mars (NASA)
• Venus
• Venus (University of Michigan)
• Venus (NASA)
• Virtual Postcard

Dissecting a Cow's Eye

• Exploratorium
• Middle School Cow's Eye Dissection (with photos)

Background Information on the Eye

• A Big Look at The Eye
• Newton's Apple: The Human Eye
• Optical Illusions
• Vision Experiments and Games (Neuroscience for Kids site)
• The Eye (Neuroscience for Kids site)
• Eye Anatomy

• Facts about the Titanic
• Water Science for Schools (with online quiz)
• EPA Kids: Water

• Whitehouse for Kids
• Homeland Security
• CIA's Homepage for Kids
• F.B.I. Kids Page K-5
• Ben's Guide to the U.S. Government for Kids
• NJ Legislature Kids' Page

• STC and FACETS
• NJ PEP-(NJDOE site) Good resource for standards-based classroom activities
• A to Z Lesson Plans

• The Ecosystem
• Fun with Food Webs
• Interesting Facts About Food Chains
• A to Z of Food Chains
• Microbe Zoo
• School World Zoo Experts
• Ask a Biologist (Scientific American)
• Ask a Biologist and Mystery Images(Arizona State University)
• Vertebrates (Resource links from the Franklin Institute)
• Entomology for Kids