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Animation of Himalyas Forming
Animation of Himalayas Forming Though I have other convergent plate boundary animations, when my kids start looking at Earth changes and mountain building, this is definitely a needed animation....
Posted in SciTrip.com on January 24, 2009 01:49 PM
Animation of Plate Boundaries
Animation of Plate Boundaries Simple and clean, this one is easy to follow for lower levels as an introduction to plate boundaries....
Posted in SciTrip.com on January 24, 2009 01:44 PM
Hotspot Volcanoes
Hotspot Volcanoes Animation that shows how hotspot volcanoes occur. Full screen, which is always nice to find....
Posted in SciTrip.com on January 24, 2009 08:38 AM
Rock Cycle Animation
Rock Cycle Animation A student actually found this one and I liked it so well, I had to find it for myself so I could list it. You can decide which path to take in the rock cycle and see...
Posted in SciTrip.com on December 12, 2008 07:31 PM
USGS Earthquake Hazard Program - For Teachers
USGS Earthquake Hazard Program - For Teachers I have this site listed as a whole, but then decided to list this page as well. I'll probably use the powerpoint and some of the animations, though most are a little advanced...
Posted in SciTrip.com on November 16, 2008 11:24 AM
Nitrogen Cycle Animation
Nitrogen Cycle Animation From Classzone, this nice little animation shows how nitrogen cycles through. Very easy to follow and nice graphics....
Posted in SciTrip.com on November 15, 2008 05:38 PM
What Kind of Animal is This?
What Kind of Animal is This? "In these games , kids need to be able to tell the difference between mammals, reptiles, birds, fish, amphibians, and other kinds of animals. Each game is full of animations, sounds, and fun!"...
Posted in SciTrip.com on November 8, 2008 08:44 PM
DNA Replication Fork
DNA Replication Fork An interesting look at how DNA is replicated. Again, more upper level, but still interesting....
Posted in SciTrip.com on September 1, 2008 12:11 PM
What Is Mitosis/Meiosis?
What Is Mitosis/Meiosis? Another good animation for explaining the differences between Mitosis and Meiosis....
Posted in SciTrip.com on September 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Genetic Disorders
Genetic Disorders Nice site for research on genetic disorders. When you choose a disorder, you get a short explanation of that disorder. If you want more information, you just click on the menu to the left and the details. Rather...
Posted in SciTrip.com on September 1, 2008 08:48 AM
Sexual Reproduction
Sexual Reproduction Though these relate more to meiosis, the comparison animation is what I was wanting to list. Very useful....
Posted in SciTrip.com on August 31, 2008 02:29 PM
How Cells Divide
How Cells Divide Hate listing these this way, but there's not much choice. There are 3 animations on here. The one I like the most for middle school is Mitosis and Cytokinesis. The others are fine, but that's the one...
Posted in SciTrip.com on August 31, 2008 02:27 PM
Meiosis
Meiosis Nice little animation for Meiosis. Can do step by step or narrated....
Posted in SciTrip.com on August 31, 2008 02:19 PM
Independent Assortment of Alleles
Independent Assortment of Alleles Good explanation for the assortment of alleles. Probably better for high school than my middle school kids, but the animation is nice. Quiz at the end is a little short....
Posted in SciTrip.com on August 31, 2008 02:17 PM
Intermediate Filaments
Intermediate Filaments Animation on intermediate filaments which is above the heads of my middle schoolers, but would be good for an upper level high school class....
Posted in SciTrip.com on August 31, 2008 01:55 PM
The Lipid Bilayer
The Lipid Bilayer Another good animation on the cell membrane and lipid bilayers....
Posted in SciTrip.com on August 31, 2008 01:50 PM
Lysosome Animation
Lysosome Animation Higher level animation to explain how lysomes in a cell work....
Posted in SciTrip.com on August 31, 2008 01:11 PM
Flagella and Cilia
Flagella and Cilia Very short animation explaining what cilia and flagella are and how they work....
Posted in SciTrip.com on August 30, 2008 10:23 PM
Studies in Life Science - University of Alberta
Studies in Life Science - University of Alberta Sometimes, you just luck up on something and discover it's ideal for your needs. This one has some excellent stuff that can be used at middle school, but is more in line...
Posted in SciTrip.com on August 30, 2008 10:18 PM
Energy and the Living Cell
Energy and the Living Cell Simple animations about the functions of cell organelles....
Posted in SciTrip.com on August 30, 2008 10:11 PM
Structure of Cell Membrane
Structure of Cell Membrane One of my very favorite things to teach at high school level was about the cell membrane and the phospholipid bilayer. For some reason, the entire concept fascinated me. This animation shows how the bilayer works....
Posted in SciTrip.com on August 30, 2008 10:08 PM
Mitosis and Meiosis
Mitosis and Meiosis Simplified animation of mitosis and meiosis makes it easy to explain the difference in the processes to even middle school students....
Posted in SciTrip.com on August 30, 2008 10:06 PM
Biological Animations
Biological Animations Some of this is a little deep for middle school, but other parts are definitely useful at a middle school level. Nice little animations of how different biological processes work....
Posted in SciTrip.com on August 30, 2008 09:37 PM
Concepts in Biochemistry - Interactive Animations - Cell Structure
Concepts in Biochemistry - Interactive Animations - Cell Structure Going back through a site I thought I was done with, I found several new things to list. This is one I'll be using in class next week. It looks at...
Posted in SciTrip.com on August 30, 2008 09:32 PM
The Evolution of Organelles
The Evolution of Organelles Interesting site that explains a possible link between some organelles in the eukaryotic cells and early prokaryotic cells. There is a quiz that can also be given....
Posted in SciTrip.com on August 30, 2008 09:23 PM
Meiosis and Fertilization Animation
Simple little animation describing the relationship between meiosis and fertilization. Meiosis and Fertilization Animation...
Posted in SciTrip.com on August 24, 2008 02:35 PM
Animal and Plant Cell Animations
Help your students learn the organelles of a cell and their functions with this quick and easy animation. Animal and Plant Cell Animations...
Posted in SciTrip.com on August 23, 2008 10:30 AM
Cell Biology Animations
Interesting site with animations of several different aspects of cells and DNA. A little difficult to navigate due to the lack of a Home link on the pages or a menu so that you can get to other pages instead...
Posted in SciTrip.com on May 19, 2008 06:21 AM
The Astronomy Center
I found this while searching through a link I was given. Happens that way alot, you know. You get one good link, then find something even better through that link. This a collection of lesson plans, powerpoints, etc. There are...
Posted in SciTrip.com on May 17, 2008 07:18 AM
The Nearest Stars
This animation lets you see the nearest stars and their spectral type. The animation is a 3d map, so you can get a better idea of where the Sun is in relation to the others. The Nearest Stars...
Posted in SciTrip.com on May 13, 2008 05:56 AM
Continental Divide
Nice little interactive of continental drift, showing the evidence that supports this movement. Continental Divide...
Posted in SciTrip.com on May 12, 2008 09:57 PM
Earthquake Epicenters from 1999 to 2003
"This animation shows all the earthquakes of magnitude 5 or greater that occurred all over the world from January 2, 1999 through March 15 2003. The size of each dot indicates the magnitude of the earthquake." Earthquake Epicenters from 1999...
Posted in SciTrip.com on May 11, 2008 05:51 PM
Geoscience Animations - Tectonic Settings and Volcanic Activity
Take a look at where volcanoes occur and watch them create new landforms or just change the shape of things. Geoscience Animations-Tectonic Settings and Volcanic Activity...
Posted in SciTrip.com on May 11, 2008 02:07 PM
Astronomy Animations
I usually try to list animations one at a time, but like th Interactives page that is part of this site, it's a little tough to do it with the time I have right now. Someday, I'll sit down and...
Posted in SciTrip.com on May 11, 2008 01:46 PM
Physics Flash Animations
Not a pretty site, but plenty of animations to make up for it. Most of these are upper level concepts. Very simple, clean, easy to use. Good for class examples. Again, not the prettiest in the world, but very useful....
Posted in SciTrip.com on May 8, 2008 06:22 AM
Savage Earth Animations - Earthquakes
Nice visualization of how waves move in an earthquake. Shows the difference in movement between P and S waves. Savage Earth Animations - Earthquakes...
Posted in SciTrip.com on May 4, 2008 10:47 AM
Savage Earth Animations - Tsunamis
Nice animation of how a tsunamis occurs. Step by step, well presented as would be expected from PBS. Very useful for the classroom. Savage Earth Animations - Tsunamis...
Posted in SciTrip.com on May 4, 2008 10:45 AM
The Space Place - Animations
Okay, this one's too cool. I put it under space exploration because alot of it is looking into space. Even the Infrared Photo Album goes hand in hand with looking into space and the images we get back using different...
Posted in SciTrip.com on May 3, 2008 05:51 PM
HHMI's BioInteractive
Because this site has several things that are usable with upper level students, I'm listing it in a bundle. I DID list the transgenic fly lab separately, but after looking things over, there's just too much. If you're looking for...
Posted in SciTrip.com on February 3, 2008 08:14 AM
Isaac Newton's Laws of Motion
Nice little animation to help explain Newton's Laws of Motion. I felt sorry for the little worm, though. Watch it and you'll see what I mean. Isaac Newton's Laws of Motion...
Posted in SciTrip.com on February 1, 2008 02:08 PM
Explore Learning Gizmos
Okay, I'm listing this site because it has great toys on it. The animations are incredible. I signed up for a free trial and LOVED it. But when it came down to cost? No way. Much too expensive for what...
Posted in SciTrip.com on January 31, 2008 08:17 AM
Mitosis
Another favorite, this site is an animation of Mitosis. It gives a step by step of mitosis in an animal cell, then shows cytokinesis in a plant cell. Nice site to use. Mitosis Animation...
Posted in SciTrip.com on January 28, 2008 08:14 PM
Cells Alive
Cells Alive! Cells Alive has animations for cell models, mitosis, meiosis, the cell cycle and cell cams. My favorite, however, is How Big, which starts with the head of pin and gets smaller and smaller, looking at different microscopic...
Posted in SciTrip.com on January 28, 2008 08:02 PM
Grow Your Own Tornado
The title sounds alot more exciting than the site is. You just click on the buttons to have the tornado on the animation grow from an F1 all the way up to an F5. However, it does show you exactly...
Posted in SciTrip.com on January 27, 2008 08:11 PM
SciZone Games
While this is a site with a variety of interesting games/animations, the main purpose I had in listing it was the part where they talk about additive and subtractive color. However, they also have some neat games for how your...
Posted in SciTrip.com on January 27, 2008 10:45 AM
Biology for Kids
This site has a little bit of everything. They cover almost every topic for biology that you can think of. The best thing about it that each topic - like each organelle of a cell - is pretty much contained...
Posted in SciTrip.com on January 25, 2008 06:05 AM
Cave Formation
Nice little animation of how a cave forms. Stop and start as you please while you talk about what's happening. Great to go over before a field trip to Mammoth Cave. Observe an animation of cave formation....
Posted in SciTrip.com on January 24, 2008 07:56 PM
Harcourt Science Links
This site has links for Harcourt Science Grade 6. Some are pretty good, especially their Science Up Close animations. The others are good resources, but really the main area of interest here are the Up Close links Harcourt Science Grade...
Posted in SciTrip.com on January 24, 2008 02:23 PM
Animations, Sites, Visualizations
I typically like to list sites individually, but with this one, it's a little tough. Some of their visualizations open in little windows and getting the htmls can be difficult with those. Besides, there are several useful links on one...
Posted in SciTrip.com on January 24, 2008 11:05 AM
Sun, Moon, and Tides
Most of the time, we only see videos and graphics about how the moon affects the tides. This actually talks about the moon and the sun. Though the animation isn't great, the information is good. Ocean in Motion: Tides...
Posted in SciTrip.com on January 24, 2008 10:55 AM
Interactive Rock Cycle Animation
Another nice Rock Cycle Animation. This one is different because it goes through those steps of formation and breaks it down. You can stop it along the way and take a close up look at what's going on. Interactive Rock...
Posted in SciTrip.com on January 11, 2008 09:41 AM
Pangea
"This animation shows how the locations of continents and islands have changed over the past 150 million years. Reconstructions are based on data from ocean drilling projects and other research. To generate the maps, scientists analyzed data and calculated the...
Posted in SciTrip.com on November 25, 2007 10:35 PM
Formation of the Solar System
This is a very quick little animation of how the solar system may have formed. It's quick, easy, and can be stopped at any point for discussion. Here's an idea of how the solar system may have gotten its start....
Posted in SciTrip.com on November 25, 2007 10:33 PM
Cell Animation
An animal cell to help you study the organelles. Then you can take a little quiz and try to identify them. No plant cell, though. Just animal cell. Still, it's a pretty good animation. A Typical Animal Cell...
Posted in SciTrip.com on August 31, 2007 10:56 AM
