Websites

__Website Assignment__

**Health Websites** - [|Activity Calorie Calculator] - this calculator can be used for students trying to figure out how many calories they burned. I would use this with my current digestion and nutrition unit in which students track their physical activities for a 24 hour period.

[|Survivor Science] - WOW! This is a unit activity that not only includes GPS activities but also searching on the web for different challenges. I really like all of the great ideas that are in this unit and think I am going to try it with my eighth graders as a review at the end of either this year or next year.
 * Science Websites** -

[|Teachable Moment] - This website has great lessons on our environment as well as a great lesson for middle schoolers about Earth Day. It also features an online video that helps students to understand the concepts of Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.

[|Biomes of the World] and [|Kid Zone]- This lesson has students explore the biomes of the world and has students explore online to find the different properties of each biome.

[|Organ Trail Webquest]- This lesson has students gather information and create a wanted poster for the organ that they selected.

[|It's Elemental] - Periodic table of elements games and review ideas. This website would be great as a center activity when students complete their work. This website does not necessarily have a lesson plan format but does provide supplemental information to reinforce what I currently do in my sixth grade physical science classroom.

[|Genetics with a Smile] - This is a lesson that is focused on choosing traits using a coin and then having students create the smiley face using the traits chosen. They create the smiley face using Microsoft Word's drawing tools. I really like that all of the information and sheets are already created for you! You do have to scroll down to the Genetics with a Smile part of the Biology page to find it.

[|Read, Write, Think] - PHENOMENAL!! T his website is a great place to find lessons that are amazing for reading and writing. The website also has a lot of programs that allow you to use the internet to help students begin the creative process of writing.
 * Language Art Websites** -