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Fourth Grade:

FOSS module	Magnetism and Electricity
Activities	Kitchen Magnets
Photo Gallery	Dissection of a Telephone Electricity from a Windmill
Audio / Video	How a Lightbulb Works Zoom in on an Integrated Circuit
Web Links	AC/DC: What's the Difference? How Does Electricity Get to   My House?
Teacher Resources	Professional Development Duplicate master (PDF)

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Fifth Grade:

FOSS module	Mixtures and Solutions
Activities	Junkyard Analysis
Photo Gallery	Chemist Ellen Lew Glassblowing Mobile Chemical Lab
Audio / Video	Materials Testing at NASA Physical versus Chemical Change Audio Stories: Mixtures and Solutions
Web Links	How Fire Works I Know That: Science Lab I Was Wondering: Women's    Adventures in Science Interactive Periodic Table The Periodic Table Comic Books Scientific American/Ask The Experts Tryscience.org Field Trips Wonderwise: Women in Science    Learning Series
Teacher Resources	Duplicate master (PDF)

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FOSS module	Variables
Photo Gallery	An Ancient Catapult Building a Plane Mail Plane in Winter WWII Poster
Audio / Video	Sound Experiments from NASA
Web Links	Amusement Park Physics Cannon Investigation Cotton Ball Catapult Franklin's Kite How Airplanes Work How Does a Catapult Work? How Gliders Work I Was Wondering: Women's Adventures    in Science Scientific American / Ask The Experts To Fly Is Everything! Tryscience.org Field Trips What's Inside a Computer? Wonderwise: Women in Science    Learning Series
Teacher Resources	Duplicate master (PDF)

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Sixth Grade

FOSS Module	Weather and Water
Web Links	African Americans In Science Ask Doctor Global Change The Atoms Family – Miami Museum   of Science Bad Meteorology The Cloud Appreciation Society Earth from Space/Water Habitats Global Warming Kids Site The Globe Program Historical GOES Browser How NASA Studies Air How NASA Studies Water How to StarWatch I Know That: Science Lab I Was Wondering: Women's   Adventures in Science Interactive Atmospheric Simulator Mount Washington Observatory/Weather National Oceanic and Atmospheric   Administration National Severe Storms Laboratory   Photo Album National Weather Service Homepage National Weather Service: Lightning Safety NOAA Paleoclimatology Program NOAA's Photo Library NOVA Online: Storm Chasers Ready Observed Sounding Data Scientific American/Ask The Experts Solar Eclipse Page States of Matter Types of Clouds USA Today Weather The Water Cycle Water Science for Schools Waterwork: Careers in Hydrology The Weather Channel Weather for Kids Weather Underground Wind Energy Fact Sheets
Course Overview	Weather and Water course (PDF)
Teacher Resources	Duplicate master (PDF)

Additional Arizona science resources and programs:

FOSS Web
http://www.fossweb.com/

Arizona Department of Education – Science Standards
http://www.ade.az.gov/standards/science/articulated.asp

Arizona Department of Education – Science Resource Page
http://www.azed.gov/sa/sdi/science.asp

The Adventures of Herman the Worm
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/worms/

Using Science Notebooks
http://www.sciencenotebooks.org/

Arizona Foundation for Resource Education
http://www.azresourceed.org/

Arizona Game and Fish – Environmental Education (Wild Arizona)
http://www.azgfd.gov/i_e/ee/environmental_education.shtml

Arizona Geological Survey
http://www.azgs.az.gov/

Arizona Project WET (Water Education for Teachers)
http://cals.arizona.edu/arizonawet/

Arizona Mars K-12 Education Program
http://marsed.asu.edu/

Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum
http://www.admmr.state.az.us/

Arizona Rock Products Association
http://www.azrockproducts.org

Arizona Science Center
http://www.azscience.org/

Arizona Science Olympiad
http://www.gc.maricopa.edu/biology/so/

Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
http://www.desertmuseum.org/center/edu/

Arizona Space Grant Consortium
http://spacegrant.arizona.edu/education/

Arizona State Parks
http://www.azstateparks.com/

Audubon Arizona
http://www.audubon.org/states/az

Boyce Thompson Arboretum
http://arboretum.ag.arizona.edu/education.html

Center for Insect Science Education Outreach
http://insected.arizona.edu/home.htm

Challenger Space Center
http://www.azchallenger.org/

Desert Botanical Garden
http://www.dbg.org/

Desert Outdoor Center at Lake Pleasant
http://www.maricopa.gov/parks/doc/

Flandrau Science Center and Planetarium
http://www.flandrau.org

Grand Canyon National Park – Environmental Education
http://www.nps.gov/grca/education/

Lowell Observatory
http://www.lowell.edu/Public/

The Manduca Project
http://insected.arizona.edu/manduca/

The Phoenix Zoo
http://www.phoenixzoo.org/learn/educator_resources/

SAMEC Science and Mathematics Education Center
http://samec.lpl.arizona.edu/aboutus/index.html

TeachSpace
http://www.erau.edu/teachspace

University of Arizona Biotech Project
http://biotech.biology.arizona.edu/

For Parents

Science Education Checklist
“What Should I Look for in the Science Program in My Child's School?”

www.nsta.org