Science - Gr. 4 Online Interactives
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 | The Greens - This site is especially for kids who want to know more about looking after the planet. This site is full of educational resources, including videos, flash animations, blog, songs, a carbon print calculator, quizzes, tips and much, much more. Check it out!  http://www.tvokids.com/games/greens | ||
| Envirogirl: Multiplayer Game - Work alone or with a teammate to stop Dr. Burn from ruining the environment (site). http://www.tvokids.com/games/envirogirl | ||
| Wonderville: Waste Avengers - Use the Wasteinator to help Tommy sort the trash from his lunch. http://www.wonderville.ca/v1/activities/waste/waste.html | ||
| Sort It Out Sorting Game - In this online activity, you select items off a conveyor belt and drag each into the best bin for recycling. The bins include paper, plastic, metal, glass, cardboard and garbage. http://www.sortitout.ca/delta.html | ||
| Once Upon a Tide - This movie "is a fictional narrative that blends the moral and visual elements of a fairy tale to inspire us to recognize the importance of ocean conservation." [site] http://chge.med.harvard.edu/programs/healthyoceans/once_upon_a_tide/home.html | ||
| Trash on the Spin Cycle (video) - In this video, you can join Jean-Michel Cousteau as he and his team investigate trash on the Kure Atoll and in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. http://www.pbs.org/kqed/oceanadventures/video/gyre | ||
| Educapoles.org: Changing our habits: little things that can achieve a lot - "It is possible to save a large amount of energy while still maintaining the same standard of living and comfort. All we have to do is save the energy that we use without it really being of any value for anything.
We all make unconscious little choices through outthe day that might boost or reduce... | ||
| Educapoles.org: Labels and technology: progress that gives us the choice - "Awareness of the problems associated with the production and use of energy is a very recent thing. It was only in the 1970s that we began to worry about the problem of pollution and the idea that our natural reserves are running out.
These days, there are various methods coming along that try to... | ||
| Educapoles.org: Increase in the use and distribution of energy: we need to do more with less - "People live very differently across the world. For example, someone living in Bangladesh uses an average of sixty time less energy to live than an American. In the same way, how people perceive the notion of "minimum comfort" is not the same everywhere: some people are happy simply to have drinking... | ||
| Educapoles.org: Polluting Waste - very embarassing leftovers - "Some methods of producing or using energy create waste matter that is toxic andcan no longer be used. This is ‘polluting waste'.
Some of this waste can be recycled if people take the trouble to sort it (e.g. rechargeable and non-rechargeable batteries). But what causes the most problems is waste... | ||
| Energy and the Environment - Energy and Global Warming - "Find out about what causes global warming and how you can help." [site]
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| Energy and the Environment - Work out the Words - Test your skill and work out some energy saving phrases.
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| Pick it Up - In this game from Edmonton Waste Management, you search around the city to find items to drag and drop in the recycle bin, the depot, or place in the garbage. http://www.sortitout.ca/charlie.html | ||
| Eeko World - On this interactive site, you can build your own Eeko creature and take some steps towards creating an environmentally friendly home. | ||
| The Return-It Story - In this interactive video from Alberta, you can follow a container's "circle of life": from grocery store, to your home, to the recycling centre and back to the store. http://www.abcrc.com/returnit/index.htm | ||
| National Geographic : Going Green Quiz - Take the quiz to test how environmentally aware you are! http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/quiz-going-gre | ||
| Water Conservation Tips: Interactive Version - Travel through the Water Conservation House and discover tips on how to save water in your home...by clicking on the water ripples. http://www.on.ec.gc.ca/reseau/watertips/watertips_flash_e.html | ||
| EcoKids: Planet Protectors - "Carbon dioxide is taking over the world! Only you can stop it from warming up the world too much and changing the face of the planet forever." (site) Choose the planet protectors that can reduce emissions; avoid the polluters.
http://www.ecokids.ca:80/pub/eco_info/topics/climate/co2effect/index.cfm | ||
| The Rubbish Game (From the Recycle Zone) - Make your way around this game board by selecting items you can reduce, reuse or recycle and dragging and dropping them on the squares.
http://www.recyclezone.org.uk/fz_challenge.aspx | ||
| The Transistor Recycler - In this game, you are working at a transistor recycling facility. As the items go across on the conveyor belt, pick out the ones that do not contain a transistor.
Hint: find out which items contain a transistor before you begin. http://nobelprize.org/educational_games/physics/transistor/recycler/index.html | ||
| WebRangers: Trash Talkin' - Take a look at the items and decide which should be recycled and which should go in the trash can. http://www.webrangers.us/activities/trashtalk/index.cfm | ||
| Green learning: Eneraction - "Hi! I'm EnerGuy, one of the EnerAction superheroes.
My friends and I are on a mission to conserve energy. Together, we battle the wasteful ways of the Carbon Critters....
Please join our team of superheroes and help us stop them." [site]
http://eneraction.greenlearning.ca/ | ||
| Wonderville - Water Experiment - This Wonderville interactive lets you discover "What's wrong with the water?"
http://www.wonderville.ca/v1/activities/watertreatment/wateractivity.html | ||
| Creek Rescue Game - "You can help Freckles the Frog clean up the creek and learn about what makes a creek healthy at the same time. But hurry, Freckles needs your help now! " [site - note Australian site] http://www.qld.waterwatch.org.au/schools/waterwatchgame.html | ||
| ManagEnergy Kids Corner - Sustainable energy animations, drawings, games and links for kids aged 6-11. http://managenergy.net/kidscorner/en/u11/u11.html | ||
| ZooAction's Conservation IQ Quiz - Take this quiz to see if you are a conservation star or if you need to improve! http://www.zooaction.ca/@flash/0500-02.html | ||
| National Geographic Kids: Recycle Roundup - Help clean up the park and sort the garbage and recycle. http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Games/ActionGames/Recycle-roundup | ||
| It's Time to Test Your Water Sense - Play this game, collecting water drops and avoiding the water wasters, to learn about ways to conserve water! http://www.epa.gov/watersense/quiz/game.html | ||
| Switch Off the Lights - "Switch off the lights is based on the classic game othello, where the player changes the colour of his opponent's pieces by surrounding then with his own. The winner is the player who has the most pieces showing after the grid of 64 squares has been filled. Here, you can play against the computer,... http://www.ace.mmu.ac.uk/kids/Games/Othello/othello.html | ||
| Energy Hogs - Energy Hogs are stealing all the energy from your home! These games and activities will help you stop the hogs and become an official Energy Hog Buster! http://www.energyhog.org/childrens.htm | ||
| Honoloko Island - Find your way around the imaginary island of Honoloko. Along the way, make important choices about energy use and transport, ensuring the health of all. http://www.honoloko.com/Honoloko.html | ||
| Lolly VS the Energy Monkeys - This is a a fun game where you battle energy stealing monkeys from space to save the planet's energy. http://www.cwndesign.co.uk/funergy/game/index.html | ||
| Ronaldo vs ElectroViper - "Help Ronaldo defeat the evil ElectroVipers who have taken over the light factory, and rescue the low-energy light bulbs!" [site introduction]
http://managenergy.net/kidscorner/games/electroviper/electroviper.html | ||
| How Much of a Waster Are You? (From the Recycle Zone) - "Find out how good you are at looking after the Earth's resources by trying this 'lifestyle challenge' based on a typical school day." [site]
http://www.recyclezone.org.uk/fz_waster.aspx | ||
| EcoClimates of Canada Game (EcoKids.ca) - "Use your EcoSmarts to find out how Canada's environment could change if the amount of carbon dioxide in the air is doubled." (site introduction) http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/eco_info/topics/climate/ecoclimates/index.cfm | ||
| How Do You Measure Up? The MPCA water awareness test - This quiz makes you think more about how much water you are using and wasting. http://www.pca.state.mn.us/kids/kidsQuizWater.cfm | ||
| Recycle City - Visit Recycle City for a virtual hands-on experience with reducing and reusing waste. The site includes a "Dumptown" game in which you become the city manager in charge of selecting programs to reduce landfill waste.
http://www.epa.gov/recyclecity/dumptown.htm | ||
| Hazardous Wastes (Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Kids) - Students learn more about hazardous wastes and pollution by first reading about and then by taking an interactive quiz. http://www.pca.state.mn.us/kids/kidsQuizGarbage.cfm | ||
| Water Quiz (UN Cyber School Bus) - Learn more about how water is lost or wasted and then take a quiz that tests your new found knowledge. http://www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/waterquiz/waterquiz4/index.asp | ||
| Strange Matter: Materials and the Environment - A professor shares his viewpoint on materials and the environment, through this video.
http://www.strangematterexhibit.com/popup.html?asset=performance_panel&page=einknew | ||
| Strange Matter: Where Do All the Cell Phones Go? - A scientist wonders,through this video, where do all the cell phones go?
http://www.strangematterexhibit.com/popup.html?asset=processing_panel&page=wherestu | ||
| Robo Poop - In this game, Robo Poop must be guided through the sewers in order to get rid of the debris that is blocking the sewers. http://www.scottishwater.co.uk/education/flashR/game.html | ||
| EPA Climate Change Kids' Page - Welcome to Flash Animations of Global Warming and Earth Processes. Here you will find animations of how Global Warming occurs and how it is linked to the Carbon and Water cycles. http://epa.gov/climatechange/kids/animations.html | ||
