| Links | Description |
| Accommodated Readings - DOL | Shortened versions of the reading assignments in DOL book |
| Brain Dance | Description and explanation of classroom warm-up activity |
| Scientific theory of development of cells over millions of years | |
| Cell building game | Interactive cell creation activity that illustrates and reviews cell parts vocabulary |
| Cells | Illustrations of cell parts, size comparisons, etc. |
| Cell Size | Drag the slider to view comparative sizes of cells compared to other objects |
| Cell Summary | Everything you ever wanted to know about cells. |
| Circulatory System Rap | Basics of circulation with music |
| Chinook Weather | King 5 link to our school's weather station, part of King 5's "SchoolNet" system |
| CLEvR | Practice writing exercises to improve scientific explanation |
| Conclusions | Practice exercises for developing conclusion writing skills |
| Current Event articles | Life Science Articles for Kids |
| Digestive system | A summary of the basic parts and functions of the human digestive system |
| DNA in action | A microscopic video of chromosomes in a cell nucleus undergoing mitotic division |
| Diffusion | Explanations, definitions and animations of stuff moving through membranes. |
| Evolution | Matt Groenig's take on Darwinian change over time. |
| Food into Fuel | Complete explanation of the workings of the digestive system. |
| FOSS Online | Link to online resources for our FOSS units: Diversity of Life and Populations and Ecosystems. |
| Genetics summary | Paragraphs summarizing the basic concepts we learn about genes, traits, adaptations, evolution. |
| Heart Videos | Videos (including in Spanish) about the circulatory system |
| How stuff works | "Things you should know," "Mythbusters," etc. |
| Human Body Systems | University of Illinois at Chicago class outline on the topic of the three human body systems that we study. For students who want a little more detail. |
| Khan Academy | Bill Gates supports this online learning site. Sign up! |
| Microscopes | Practice learning and naming parts of a light microscope. |
| Micro-videos | Videos made in our classroom of microscopic organisms and objects. |
| Mitosis/meiosis | YouTube videos of cell division |
| Ribbon of Life | FOSS online homework assignment |
| Science Demo Videos | Simple Science experiments demonstrated - do try this at home! |
| Space station | Cartoon animation showing the putting together of the ISS - International Space Station |
| Stem Cells | A site that explains the medical uses of stem cells in rehabilitative medicine; includes videos of patient interviews. |
| Transpiration | Animations showing modes of the biological process of transpiration |
| World Clock | Amazing and scary statistics on everything under the sun. |
| Online Assignment -Due: Tue. 9/13 |