We use the Harcourt School Publishers' Science program this year in our room. Below are links that add to our program. Have fun exploring with science!

Chapter One - Classifying Living Things
Classify a Mystery Animal Can you work through this puzzle and classify the mystery animal correctly? Please don't share your answer, tell your friends to try it out.
National Geographic's Animals Creature Features Check out interesting animals on this site.

Chapter Two - Life Cycles
Life cycles of animals
Life cycle of a plant

Chapter Three - Adaptations
Animal Adaptations
Animal Adaptations - Defenses
EcoKids Animal Adaptations
Top Ten Animal Adaptations

Chapter Four - Understanding Ecosystems
What Ecoysystems of the World
Neighborhoods
Exploring Ecosystems

Chapter Five - Energy Transfer in Ecosystems
What are decomposers?
Nature Works - Decomposers
Wikipedia - Decomposers
Food Chain Images Click on an image to enlarge and learn about that chain.
BBC Food Chains
EcoKids Interactive Food Chains
Food Chains
Kidport Food Chains
Geography4Kids Food Chains
Harcourt Food Webs
Identify Food Chains
Habitat Food Chain Links from Power Kids

Chapter Six - The Rock Cycle
Rocks and Minerals
Mineral Matter
KidsGeo.com
Rocky the Rock Hound
Geo Mysteries from Indianapolis Children's Museum

Lesson One Notes
Lesson Two Notes
Lesson Three Notes
Lesson Four Notes

Chapter Seven - Changes to Earth's Surface
Glaciers
Volcanoes
Facts About Volcanoes

Chapter Eight - The Water Cycle
Mrs. Matson's Weather Page

Chapter Nine - Planets and Other Objects in Space
BBC Earth, Sun and Moon Page

Chapter Ten - Matter and Its Properties
Harcourt States of Matter Page
Harcourt Mixtures Lab
Harcourt Melting and Boiling Page
BBC Gases, Liquids and Solids Page

Lesson One Notes
Lesson Two Notes
Lesson Three Notes

Chapter Eleven - Changes in Matter
Chem4Kids Page
BBC Changing State Page

Lesson One Notes
Lesson Two Notes
Lesson Three Notes

Chapter Twelve - Sound

Chapter Thirteen - Light and Heat

Chapter Fourteen - Making and Using Electricity
NASA's Circuits Page
BBC Changing Circuits Page
BBC Circuits and Conductors Page

Lesson One Notes
Lesson Two Notes
Lesson Three Notes
Lesson Four Notes

Chapter Fifteen - Forces and Motions
BBC Friction Page
BBC Forces in Action Page
BBC Pushes and Pulls Page

Chapter Sixteen - Simple Machines
Mrs. Matson's Simple Machine Page