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Math/science Nucleus: Night Without Light

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This animation discusses light and the properties of electricity in a storybook format. The theme of the story is that a family lost their power, so the animations discuss power and electricity and how it travels into homes.
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Math/science Nucleus: Famous Earthquakes Animation

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This animation reviews three famous historical earthquakes in a storybook format with pictures and animations, told from the perspective of three girls.
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Math/science Nucleus: Harbor Seal Animation

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This animation discusses the harbor seal in a storybook format. It follows the life of Phoca the seal as she is born and travels through the ocean.
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What Is a Map?

For Students 3rd - 5th
Do you want to know what a map is? If you look here, you will find why we have them and their uses.
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K 12 Animated Science Storybooks

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A resource that discusses various science topics in an interactive storybook form. Flash player is needed to view stories.
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K 12 Animated Science Storybooks

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A resource that discusses various science topics in an interactive storybook form.
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Math Science Nucleus: Maps as Tools

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
A series of lessons in which students learn about landforms. Includes interpreting landforms, creating landforms, and information on Angel Island.
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I. Science Ma Te: Integrating Science, Math and Technology

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This site offers a wealth of online textbook-related materials that encourage the discovery of science in the world around us. Enter the site to access material on specific topics. Each section contains reading material (complete with...
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Math:science Nucleus:identifying Bones of the Body (Lab)

For Students 9th - 10th
A nice site which provides descriptions of each of the bones that make up our skeletal system. Then there is a lab activity for students to complete in which they build a skeletal system and describe the structure/function of each bone...
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Math/science Nucleus: Storybook: Ant Trails

For Students Pre-K - 1st
An introduction to ants, told in an animated storybook format. Includes information about ant behavior, body structures, and more.
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Math/science Nucleus: Light Magic

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This animation discusses light and the properties of light in a storybook format. The animations cover the colors of the rainbow (ROYGBIV) along with prisms, light waves, reflection, and refraction.
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Discovering How Landforms Are Created on Earth

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students compare water and ice erosion to discover how landforms are created.
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Math/science Nucleus: Observing Different Landforms

For Teachers K - 1st
Lesson plan with subsequent pages to use with the instructional activity. Images with landform word match up and additional work on earth modeling.
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Math/science Nucleus: Polymer Storybook

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This animation discusses polymers and the properties of polymers in a storybook format. The story covers polymers both plastic and natural, and provides interesting information.
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Math/science Nucleus: Cloud Poem Animation

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This animation, in a storybook format, tells the various types of clouds (stratus, cirrus, nimbus) through a picture poem.
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Math/science Nucleus: Giving Water a Second Chance

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This animation discusses water and the water cycle in a storybook format. Condensation, evaporation, and precipitation are all covered.
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Math/science Nucleus: Nu, You, and Water Animation

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This animation discusses water and its properties in a storybook format. An emphasis is placed on filtration and purification of water.
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Math/science Nucleus: Drippy Water Cycle Animation

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This animation discusses the water cycle in a storybook format using the character Drippy. All the stages of the water cycle are covered.
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Math/science Nucleus: Frog Poem Animation

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This animation outlines the life of a frog in a storybook format through a poem. The poem covers the stages in the life of a frog.
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Math/science Nucleus: Appendix Animation

For Students Pre-K - 1st
With a focus on the appendix, this site explores, in a storybook format, the digestive system. The story involves a young boy with stomach pain which turns out to be appendicitis.
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Math/science Nucleus: Snail Animation

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This animation tells the story of a murder investigation taking place among a group of gastropods. The behavior and nature of snails is discussed along with strange habits.
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Math/science Nucleus: Owl Poem Animation

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This animation told in a storybook format explores the food cycle generated by the owl. It begins with the owl's consumption of food, then the food provided other animals through that consumption and so on.
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Math Science Nucleus: Topographic Maps

For Students 3rd - 5th
For a picture of a topographical map, go to this page. There is some information to help you understand what they are.
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Math Science Nucleus: The Bear and the Baby

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This animation discusses the history of the constellations and the naming according to myths. The specific constellation dealt with in this animation is Ursa Major and Ursa Minor (the bear and the baby).