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Research guidelines will be ready on Thursday. Research will be done out of class; in tech or at home. Use the note sheets you'll get on Thursday.

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Ball Surface Bounce

· Balls Bouncing Off of Surfaces

http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_ideas/Phys_p039.shtml

· Bouncing Balls: Measure the Rebound Rating

http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_ideas/Sports_p037.shtml

· Bouncing Balls: Why Is the Rebound Rating < 1?

http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_ideas/Sports_p038.shtml

· Bouncing Balls: Why Is the Rebound Rating < 1?

http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_ideas/Phys_p050.shtml

· Bouncing Tennis Balls

http://illuminations.nctm.org/lessondetail.aspx?ID=L246

· How Balls Bounce

http://www.unc.edu/~brads/bouncingballs.html

· Ping Pong Balls Bouncing Higher

http://van.physics.illinois.edu/qa/listing.php?id=90

· Science of Baseball: Bouncing Balls

http://www.exploratorium.edu/baseball/bouncing_balls.html

· Sports Materials: Why and How?

http://materialsworld.utep.edu/Modules/Sports%20Materials/Morehouse%20Module.htm

· Under Pressure: Ball Bouncing Dynamics

http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_ideas/Sports_p007.shtml

Bey Blades

· Bey Blades

http://www.beyblade.com/beyblades/1/beyblades-and-accessories/3/beyblades.aspx

· NASA Brief History of Gyroscopes

http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/scitech/display.cfm?ST_ID=327

· Precession of Tops

http://www.4physics.com/phy_demo/top/top.html

· The Spinning Top

www.sony.net/Products/SC-HP/cx_news/vol10/pdf/tp.pdf

Biodiversity on the Great Barrier Reef

· Coral Crisis

http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/kids/wr/article/0,28391,1986626,00.html

· Discovery Channel Video

http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/discovery-atlas-australia-revealed-great-barrier-reef.html

· Evolution: Survival: Coral Reef Connections

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/survival/coral/

· Global Coral Crisis Is In Full Bloom

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92432491

· Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority

http://www.gbrmpa.gov.au/

· MSNBC: GBR Coral Reef in Crisis

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28436388/ns/us_news-environment/t/coral-growth-decline-great-barrier-reef/

· National Geographic Video of GBR

http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/places/parks-and-nature-places/oceans/oceans-barrier-reef.html

· Virtual World: The Great Barrier Reef

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/00/earthpulse/reef/reef1_flash.html

· WWF: GBR

http://www.wwf.org.au/ourwork/oceans/gbr/

Biological Pest Control

· Biological Control Information Center

http://cipm.ncsu.edu/ent/biocontrol/

· Biological Control

http://www.biocontrol.entomology.cornell.edu/

· Biological Pest Management

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~grnhouse/pest.shtml

· Biological Pest Control Program

http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite/Agriculture-Main/CDAG/1167928159775

Burping

· Belching

http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/symptoms/belching/overview.html

· Bloating, belching and intestinal gas

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/gas-and-gas-pains/DG00014

· Foods That Cause Gas, Belching, and Heartburn

http://www.livestrong.com/article/250891-foods-that-cause-gas-belching-and-heartburn/

· Gas, Bloating, and Burping

http://www.webmd.com/heartburn-gerd/tc/gas-bloating-and-burping-topic-overview

· How to Belch After Eating With Acid Reflux

http://www.livestrong.com/article/407901-how-to-belch-after-eating-with-acid-reflux/

· Intestinal Gas

http://www.medicinenet.com/intestinal_gas_belching_bloating_flatulence/article.htm

· Yucky Stuff

http://yucky.discovery.com/flash/body/yuckystuff/belch/js.index.html

· Smashing for Mash: The Science of Making Memorable Mashed Potatoes!

http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_ideas/FoodSci_p069.shtml

Calories in Food/Calorimeter

· About All You Can Eat

www.pbs.org/safarchive/4_class/45_pguides/pguide_502/4552_truth.html

· Burning Food

http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_ideas/FoodSci_p012.shtml

· Georgia Nutrition Report Card

www.lamar.k12.ga.us/webpages/menus/NutritionMS.pdf

· Heat and Temperature

http://www.coreknowledge.org/mimik/mimik_uploads/lesson_plans/554/HEAT%20and%20TEMPERATURE.pdf

· How to Make a Homemade Calorimeter

http://www.livestrong.com/article/412253-how-to-make-a-homemade-calorimeter/

· Measuring Calories

www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/Science/Chemistry/CHM0025.html

· Measuring Calories in Food

http://www.seplessons.org/node/349

· The Science of Energy Balance

http://science.education.nih.gov/supplements/nih4/energy/activities/activities_toc.htm

· What Are Calories?

teachhealthk-12.uthscsa.edu/curriculum/nutrition/pa07pdf/0703LSN.pdf

· What Is Energy?

http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr/wcee/keep/Mod1/Whatis/energymeasures.htm

Candy Chromatography

· Analyze Candy Using Chromotagraphy

http://www.msichicago.org/online-science/activities/activity-detail/activities/analyze-candy-using-chromatography/browseactivities/0/

· Candy Chromatography Module

http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/education/teachers/physical/module_5-6-candy.html

· Ever Wonder Why Candies Are Different Colors?

http://scifun.chem.wisc.edu/homeexpts/candy.htm

· Hands-On Activity: Candy Chromatography

http://siemensscienceday.discoveryeducation.com/activities/Candy_Chromatography.cfm

· Identify FD&C Dyes

http://scifun.chem.wisc.edu/homeexpts/candy.htm

· Paper Chromatography: Basic Version

http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_ideas/Chem_p008.shtml

· What Makes Those Colors?

http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_ideas/FoodSci_p006.shtml

Carbohydrates

· Center for Young Women’s Health

http://www.youngwomenshealth.org/low_carb.html

· Choosing Carbohydrates Wisely

www.csrees.usda.gov/nea/food/pdfs/hhs_facts_carbohydrates.pdf

· Counting Carbohydrates

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/patientinstructions/000321.htm

· Learning About Carbohydrates

http://kidshealth.org/kid/nutrition/food/carb.html

· Medicine Plus: Carbohydrates

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/carbohydrates.html

· Testing for Lipids, Proteins and Carbohydrates

http://seplessons.ucsf.edu/node/362

· The Scoop on Whole Grain

http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm151902.htm

Catapults & Trebuchets

· BBC DIY Science: Make Your Own Catapult

· Describing Motion

http://science-class.net/Lessons/Physics/Force_Motion/describing_motion_speed.pdf

· Effect of Trebuchet Arm Length or Counterweight Mass on Projectile Distance

http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_ideas/ApMech_p013.shtml

· Force and Motion Notes

http://science-class.net/Notes/Notes_Force_Motion.htm

· Forces Worksheet

http://science-class.net/Lessons/Physics/Force_Motion/forces_ws.pdf

· Gravity Gets You Down

http://www.discoveryeducation.com/teachers/free-lesson-plans/gravity-gets-you-down.cfm

· How Your Trebuchet Works

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/trebuchet/trebworks.html

· Making Marshmallow Catapults

http://www.life.illinois.edu/boast1/sciencelessons/levers.htm

· Motion Notes

http://www.middleschoolscience.com/motionnotes.htm

· Newton’s Laws Worksheet

http://science-class.net/Lessons/Physics/Force_Motion/Newton%27s_Laws_WS.pdf

· Newton’s Views on Motion

http://library.thinkquest.org/11924/newton.html

Chicken Flavoring

· Do You Love the Taste of Food? Find Out if You’re a Supertaster!

http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_ideas/HumBio_p017.shtml

· Everything We Know About Taste Is Wrong

http://www.gourmet.com/magazine/2000s/2008/07/scienceofflavor

· Full-Body Taste

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/feature/id/71492/title/FOR_KIDS_Full-body_taste

Hot Pot: Choosing the Right Pot in Which to Cook Your Meals http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_ideas/FoodSci_p031.shtml

· How Can Tofu Pack Such a Flavorful Punch?

http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_ideas/FoodSci_p045.shtml

· Neuroscience for Kids: Color and Taste

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/coltaste.html

· Science Snacks

http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/your_sense_of_taste/index.html

Tasty Arrangements: How to Position Food in Microwave Cooking http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_ideas/FoodSci_p033.shtml

· The Science Behind How We Taste

http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/science-how-we-taste

· Umami: The Fifth Taste

http://www.aip.org/dbis/stories/2010/20117.html

· Unlocking the Secrets of Taste

http://www.insidescience.org/current-affairs/unlocking-the-secrets-of-taste

· What Gives Meat Its Flavor?

http://www.exploratorium.edu/cooking/meat/INT-what-makes-flavor.html

Coastal Wetlands

· Adopt a Watershed

http://www.adopt-a-watershed.org/

· BIOMES

http://www.environment.gov.za/enviro-info/nat/biome.htm#Wetlands

· Interactive Green Swamp

http://www.swfwmd.state.fl.us/education/interactive/greenswamp/greenswamp.html

· Louisiana Coastal Wetlands: A Resource At Risk

http://marine.usgs.gov/fact-sheets/LAwetlands/lawetlands.html

· Many Coastal Wetlands Likely to Disappear this Century

http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=2649&from=rss_home

· National Wetlands Inventory

http://www.fws.gov/wetlands/index.html

· yWatershed Excursion of the Springs Coast

http://www.swfwmd.state.fl.us/education/interactive/springscoast/intro.shtml

· Wetlands

http://water.epa.gov/type/wetlands/index.cfm

· Wetlands: Biomes of the World

http://www.thewildclassroom.com/biomes/wetlands.html

· Wetlands: Wonderlands Not Wastelands

http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/ce/eek/nature/habitat/wetland1.htm

Cod Depletion

· Atlantic Fish Crisis May Be Due to Global Warming

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/01/0103_020109wircod.html

· Cod Caught in a Net, Gulf of Maine

http://ocean.nationalgeographic.com/ocean/photos/oceans-overfishing/

· Environmentalists Fight Plans to Farm Cod in Scotland

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/07/0722_030722_codfarming.html

· Gadus morhua, Atlantic Cod

http://marinebio.org/species.asp?id=206

· Seafood Substitutions

http://ocean.nationalgeographic.com/ocean/take-action/seafood-substitutions/

· The Rise and Fall of Atlantic Cod

http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/specialfeatures/atlanticcod/codhome.asp

Coral Reef Destruction

· Coral Grief: Warming Climate Threatens Reef Destruction

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=coral-grief-warming-climate-threatens-reef-destruction

· Coral Triangle The world’s richest garden of corals and sea life

http://www.worldwildlife.org/what/wherewework/coraltriangle/index.html?sc=AWY1000WCGG0&searchen=google&gclid=CP7e852R66gCFYt95QodBmo4DA

· Human Impact on the Great Barrier Reef

http://sitemaker.umich.edu/gc2sec7labgroup3/conclusion

· New study warns on coral reef diversity

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/04/05/coral.reef.destruction.study/index.html

· World Biomes: Coral Reef

http://kids.nceas.ucsb.edu/biomes/coralreef.html

Drought

· Drought for Kids

http://www.drought.unl.edu/kids/

· Drought Information for Kids

http://www.state.nj.us/drbc/drought/kids_droughtinfo.htm

· Drought: Unit Overview

http://serc.carleton.edu/eslabs/drought/index.html

· National Drought Mitigation Center

http://drought.unl.edu/

· Understanding Drought

http://www.drought.gov/portal/server.pt/community/drought.gov/202/understanding_drought

· US Drought Continues

http://www.riverdeep.net/current/2000/05/front.170500.drought.jhtml

Ecotourism

· Amazon Interactive: The Ecotourism Game

http://www.eduweb.com/ecotourism/eco1.html

· Benefits Of Ecotourism

http://www.untamedpath.com/Ecotourism/benefits.html

· Connect with the Natural World

http://www.nature.org/greenliving/greenshopping/travel/

· Defining Ecotourism

http://www.untamedpath.com/Ecotourism/defining.html

· Definition of Ecotourism

http://traveltips.usatoday.com/definition-ecotourism-10981.html

· What is Ecotourism?

http://www.ecotourism.org/site/c.orLQKXPCLmF/b.4835303/k.BEB9/What_is_Ecotourism__The_International_Ecotourism_Society.htm

· WHAT IS ECOTOURISM?

http://www.untamedpath.com/Ecotourism/what_is_ecotourism.html

Egg Drop

· Egg Drop - Newton’s Law of Inertia

http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/experiment/egg-drop-inertia-trick

· Activities: Egg Drop

http://www.amnh.org/rose/mars/eggdrop.html

· Egg Drop Background

http://tnst.randolphcollege.edu/Jubilee/jubilee2008.htm

· Egg Drop Physics

http://www.hcsb.k12.fl.us/ertt/studentsites/EP/coryb/physics.htm

· Egg Drop Project

barndt.risdblogs.org/files/2011/01/Egg-Drop-Project1.doc

· Forces and Motion

http://www.discoveryeducation.com/teachers/free-lesson-plans/forces-and-motion.cfm

· Grade 6 Egg Drop Project

http://www.lasd.k12.pa.us/teachers/purnellj/EDP6.html

· Design Studio Egg Drop

http://best.berkeley.edu/~mesa/cheer/design/design_w.html

Farming in a Flood Plain

· “Once in a lifetime” flood submerges farm land

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/10/us-usa-flooding-arkansas-idUSTRE7496XF20110510

· Flood Waters Sweep on Toward St. Louis Area

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CX1aAAAAIBAJ&sjid=F08DAAAAIBAJ&pg=3756,1165144&dq=flood&hl=en

· Kids’ Ag Page

http://www.agr.state.il.us/kidspage/

· Manitoba to flood farm area on Saturday

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/13/canada-flooding-manitoba-idUSN1329764520110513

· Nat’l Ag Library: Kids and Teens

http://riley.nal.usda.gov/nal_display/index.php?info_center=8&tax_level=1&tax_subject=433

· Opening of Spillway Seen to Relieve River Pressure

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/17/us/17floods.html

· Technical Article about the Upper Mississippi

http://www.umesc.usgs.gov/umesc_about/about_umrs.html

· USDA Science for Kids

http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/kids/

· Virtual Farm

http://www.sites.ext.vt.edu/virtualfarm/main.html

Floating Boats

· Archimedes Squeeze: At What Diameter Does an Aluminum Boat Sink?

http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_ideas/Aero_p044.shtml

· Boat Hulls

http://www.boatsafe.com/kids/022298hulls.htm

· Density and Shape

http://http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/phy00/phy00615.htm

· How Boats Float

http://www.boatsafe.com/kids/021598kidsques.htm

· How Much Weight Can Your Boat Float?

http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_ideas/Aero_p020.shtml

· Making It Shipshape: Hull Design and Hydrodynamics

http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_ideas/Aero_p019.shtml

· Milk Does Your Body and a Boat Good—Design Your Own Milk Carton Boat

http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_ideas/Aero_p037.shtml

· Water Displacement

http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/phy99/phy99x34.htm

· What’s More Dense?

http://pbskids.org/zoom/activities/sci/whatsmoredense.html?print

· Why Do Boats Float and Rocks Sink?

http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/farid/sciencekids/float.html

· Why Do Boats Float?

Activity

teacher.scholastic.com/lessonplans/engineering/pdfs/repro3boats.pdf

· Why Things Float

http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/phy00/phy00291.htm

General Background Info Choices

· American Museum of Natural History

http://www.amnh.org

· Discovery Kids

http://kids.discovery.com/

· National Geographic for Kids

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/

· National Wildlife Federation

http://www.nwf.org/

· Odyssey Magazine: Adventures in Science

http://www.odysseymagazine.com/

· Science News for Kids

http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/

· Wildlife Conservation Society

http://www.wcs.org

· World Wildlife Fund

http://www.worldwildlife.org/home-full.html

· Yes Magazine: The Science Magazine for Adventurous Minds http://www.yesmag.ca/

Ice Cream

· Chemistry of Ice-Cream Making: Lowering the Freezing Point of Water

http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_ideas/Chem_p023.shtml

· History of Ice Cream

http://www.idfa.org/news--views/media-kits/ice-cream/the-history-of-ice-cream/

· Ice Cream Links

http://www.foodscience.uoguelph.ca/dairyedu/icecream.html

· Ice Cream Timeline

http://www.foodtimeline.org/foodicecream.html

6th Grade Science

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

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