Event-Related Links
Below are links that can help you prepare for each event. Some links have been suggested for a specific event by the County Supervisor at the Extravaganza, others are JUST SUGGESTIONS AND NOT SANCTIONED BY THE SUPERVISORS.
A is for Anatomy
http://macombso.org/elementary/events/anatomy/e_anatomy_10h.pdf
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Charged Up
http://www.wonderhowto.com/topic/breadboard/
Three videos on building breadboard circuits.
http://macombso.org/elementary/events/chargedup/index.html
Video put together by event supervisor.
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Crime Busters
http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/Science/Chemistry/CHM0200.html
http://mason.gmu.edu/~epeters1/Forensics_PBL_Scenario.htm
Both of the above sites are lesson plans to run a chromatography experiment.
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Don’t Bug Me
http://web1.msue.msu.edu/cyf/youth/eoe-games/sub3.htm
Great online insect activity involving some of the insects we are studying.
http://www.cnr.berkeley.edu/citybugs/insectBasics/insectOrders.htm
Comprehensive list of insect orders.
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Grasp a Graph
http://www.lethsd.ab.ca/mmh/graphing/graph.htm
The above site is a great resource for graphing.
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Naked Egg Drop
http://www.pphsg.org/so/events/eggdrop.html
GREAT website for egg drop, make sure you see the “Tips and Hints” at the bottom of the page.
http://www.angelfire.com/az/eggsacrossthenet/page2A.html
A page of Egg Drop results, very interesting and a great place to get ideas.
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Reflection Relay
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSDOgLMHCog
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Rock Hound
http://rocksforkids.com/index.html
A great comprehensive site on rocks and minerals, designed for kids.
http://www.childrensmuseum.org/geomysteries/mysteries.html
Crystal shapes, hardness, color and streak, density and cleavage, and fracture.
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Rubber Band Catapult
Site to order the rubber bands. Order:
Large 7 x 1/8 inch and 8-1/2 x 1/4 inch
http://www.ibtinc.com/artman/publish/lss/Space_Age_Management.shtml
Interesting article on catapult design and testing.
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Weather or Not
http://macombso.org/elementary/events/weather/e_weather_10h.pdf
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Water Rockets
http://www.tclauset.org/21_BtlRockets/BTL.html
Video ‘how-to’ site for building rockets.
http://www.lnhs.org/hayhurst/rockets/
Bottle rocket design site.
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Which Way is North?
http://geography.about.com/od/understandmaps/Understand_Maps_and_Cartography.htm
Cartography links
http://www.compassdude.com/map-reading.shtml
How to read a map.
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Zowie Estimation
http://www.mathworksheetscenter.com/mathskills/estimation/weightandvolume/
Weight and volume estimation worksheets.
http://www.quarked.org/parents/lesson6.html
Estimation lesson plans.
Below are links that can help you prepare for each event. Some links have been suggested for a specific event by the County Supervisor at the Extravaganza, others are JUST SUGGESTIONS AND NOT SANCTIONED BY THE SUPERVISORS.