Science Grade 8 to 10 Links
Biology
MicroscopesThis site has a wealth of information on the history and use of microscopes.
Museum of Bacteria
This site covers everything that you might want to know about bacteria!
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
A U.S. Government site giving excellent information on all known diseases.
ActionBioscience.org
ActionBioscience.org offers resources to enhance teaching in the biosciences:
- Peer-reviewed, easy-to-read articles on bioscience issues, which make excellent student reading material or content for case study activities
- Educator-written lessons to accompany many of the articles with handouts for middle school, high school, and/or college level students
ActionBioscience.org is an education resource of the American Institute of Biological Sciences. Our site was chosen best biology site by Scientific American and is featured as a recommended resources on major websites with science content, such as Nova, PBS, BBC, and National Geographic.
Chemistry
Rutherford's Gold Foil ExperimentAn excellent animation explaining Rutherford's experiment
Atomic Structure
Chem. for Kids site on the structure of an atom.
Periodic Table
An interactive Periodic Table
Earth Science
Cascades Volcano Observatory
Current information on US West Coast volcanoes and plenty information about volcanoes, eruptions and safety.
Current Earthquake Information in B.C. and Western Canada
This site has up-to-the-minute information on earthquake activity in Western Canada as well as lot of historic data and general earthquake information
