Living Things Energy & Matter Earth Universe Other Aspects
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created these pages so you have some useful information on the different
subjects in science.
This information is not written by grade levels, so you
may need to help your child comprehend the material involved.
You may be able to use some of this information in the
written report of the Science Fair Project.
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Living Things -
Discusses how living things are alike, animals & plants,
and in between animal & plant. Gives links to the main subcategories
below.
| Plants - Provides
links to the subcategories below.
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Energy & Growth
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plants & sources of energy, plant growth & water, how plants use
energy, how plants continue on Earth, how climates change the way plants
live, and plant cells & growth.
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Flowers -
Discusses
the parts of a flower, seeds with one part, seeds with two parts, stems, and
leaves.
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Other Plants -
Discusses mosses & their relatives, the lower plants, plant
puzzles, and plants with cones.
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Plant Behavior -
Discusses
plant behavior & nonliving things and plant behavior & living
things.
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| Animals - Discusses
classifying by structure and how scientists classify. Gives links to the
subcategories below.
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Vertebrates -
Discusses
fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals.
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Invertebrates -
Discusses protozoa, sponges, jellyfishes, corals, worms,
earthworms, mollusks, starfish, arthropods, and the puzzle of the platypus.
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| Insects - Discusses
how insects are alike, antennae, mouths, eyes, thorax, abdomen, how
insects grow, growing in 4 stages, growing in 3 stages, how insects
survive, how insects find each other, color that protects, insects that
work together, insect pests, and problems for scientists.
Note: Insects are Invertebrates.
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| Energy & Matter -
Provides links to the subcategories below.
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Food Energy -
Discusses
carbohydrates, fats, proteins, minerals, vitamins, and the food groups.
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Work & Machines -
Discusses simple machines, compound machines, lifting, force,
gasoline engines, diesel engines, internal combustion, gas turbine engines,
electric motors, generators, and computers.
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Energy Sources -
Discusses
the sun's energy in relation to plants and animals, solar energy, wind,
water, steam, and fuels.
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Matter - Discusses
the 3 states of matter, changing the states of matter, facts & theories of matter, the motion of molecules, molecular
attraction, using molecular attraction, heat energy, measuring heat energy,
transferring heat energy, and heat to mechanical energy.
Also included is an extensive section on Chemical & Nuclear Energy:
combining atoms, energy for chemical change, energy from chemical change,
oxidation, energy in substances, chemical energy in living things,
photosynthesis, nuclear energy, elements, energy in the nucleus, fission,
mass-energy, fusion, and mass-energy transfers.
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Light - Discusses what
light is, light from the sun, the colors of light, how light travels, and
light in different substances.
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Sound - Discusses
vibration, frequency, tension, sound wave, how fast sound is, controlling
noise, hearing sound, and measuring the volume of sound.
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Electricity -
Discusses electrical energy and electrons; static electricity; electricity
in the sky; steady currents of electricity; generators; electricity from
fuels, nuclear fuels, chemical energy, light energy; solar batteries;
measuring electrical energy, electric currents; how a switch works; switches
for special jobs; feedback control; good and poor conductors; danger in a
short circuit; and electromagnets and permanent magnets.
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Earth - Provides
links to the main subcategories below.
| Weather - Discusses
what weather is and provides links to the subcategories below.
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& Living Things -
Discusses weather & crops, weather & gardens,
where plants live, where animals live, hibernating, and migrating.
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Make Up -
Discusses
air temperature, air pressure, wind, and water vapor.
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Climate -
Discusses
what climate is and how climates are different. See also Seasons.
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Storms -
Discusses
thunderstorms, tornadoes & water spouts, hurricanes, and other storms.
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Seasons - Discusses
why the seasons change.
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Gravity - Discusses
what gravity is.
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Geology - Discusses
constructional forces and destructional forces of the earth.
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Resources -
Provides links to the subcategories below, and has a link to Energy Resources (located under Energy &
Matter).
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Reusable -
Discusses
air & water.
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Renewable -
Discusses
plants & animals.
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Nonrenewable -
Discusses soil. Also see Minerals.
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Minerals -
Discusses minerals for making things, common uses of some minerals, iron,
aluminum, copper, mercury, other useful metals, new metals, coal, oil,
natural gas, and rocks.
Note: Minerals
are nonrenewable resources.
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Sea Resources -
Discusses
minerals in the ocean, life in the ocean, plankton, seaweeds, fish, oysters,
and whales.
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Energy Resources -
Discusses
the sun's energy in relation to plants and animals, solar energy, wind,
water, steam, and fuels. Note: This page is located under Energy & Matter.
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Conservation -
Discusses soil and water conservation.
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| Universe - Discusses
what the universe contains and how the universe was formed. Gives links to
the main subcategories below.
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Solar System -
Discusses
the solar system & how it was formed, the sun, planets, moon, and tides.
Gives links to the main subcategories below.
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Sun - Discusses
what the sun is like.
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Planets -
Discusses
what the planets are like, and how planets move. Gives links to the
subcategories below.
| Mercury - Gives
some characteristics of this planet.
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Venus - Gives
some characteristics of this planet.
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Earth - Gives
some characteristics of this planet.
For more information, See Earth directly
under the Categories section.
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Mars - Gives
some characteristics of this planet.
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Jupiter - Gives
some characteristics of this planet.
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Saturn - Gives
some characteristics of this planet.
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Uranus - Gives
some characteristics of this planet.
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Neptune - Gives
some characteristics of this planet.
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Pluto - Gives
some characteristics of this planet.
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Moon - Discusses what the
moon is like and why the moon seems to change its shape.
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Tides - Discusses how the
moon and sun cause tides.
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Travel - Discusses
navigating in space, where space begins, launching spacecraft, to the moon
& back, what's different about being in space, and provides links to the
subcategories below.
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Pioneers -
Discusses
the beginning of the Space Age, space probes, and people in space.
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Future -
Discusses new
explorations and space colonies.
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Problems -
Discusses
space having no air, heat, & sound, space is dark, weightlessness in
spacecraft, rays in space, meteors in space, spacecraft, and space stations.
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Satellites -
Discusses
what a satellite is, how it is launched, its orbit, what keeps it in orbit,
satellites getting information, collecting information about meteors,
equipped to measure temperature, containing instruments to detect
radiations, equipped to study the earth's magnetism, and carrying live
animals.
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Beyond - Discusses neighboring
galaxies, more about galaxies, new findings, and changes in the
universe.
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Astronomy -
Provides links to the subcategories below.
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Early - Discusses the
beginnings of astronomy, the ups and downs in early astronomy, and
astronomy's revolution.
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Stonehenge -
Discusses
the mystery of Stonehenge and the path of the sun.
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Mapping -
Discusses
how objects are located in space and using parallax to measure distances.
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Viewing -
Discusses
telescopes in bringing stars closer, radio telescopes, satellites &
space probes, and planetariums.
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Other Aspects -
Discusses the frontiersman of tomorrow and provides links to the
subcategories below.
| Workers - Discusses
the plant-nursery worker, fish & wildlife specialist, computer
programmers & computer operators, chemists, weather observers,
astronomers, environmental careers, cartographers (mapmakers),
working with resources, geophysics, volvanologists, seismologists,
paleontologists, soil conservationist, city planner, forest rangers,
people who control the weather inside a large building, meteorology
& meteorologists, crops & climatologists, people who study air
pollution, working on the water, knowing about water, finding water,
wastewater-treatment plant operator, knowing about the ocean is
important in many jobs, marine biologist, chemical oceanographer, solar
engineers, people who make space travel possible, and science writing.
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Careers - Provides
questions to help you decide if you have an aptitude for science and lists
some general careers in science.
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Links - TrackStar
- A site with a tremendous amount of information.
The
Nine Planets and Their Moons - A very useful page to add to your
information about the planets.
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