General Science & Technology Sites:

How Stuff Works:
Enough said!
Exploratorium:
Museum of science, art, and human perception. For those of you who like to know and do.
McGraw-Hill Student Resources: Web sites linked to grade seven science units
Brain Pop:
cool little movies on almost anything scientific you can think of!
Try Science
(neat experiments that you can do at home.. with an adult)
YES Mag:
Canada's Science Magazine for Kids (and teens too!)
CBC Kids: The Laboratory

Photo of the Earth from space

Let's Talk Science
Discovery Channel Web site

Youth Science Foundation
(great science fair info)

Specific to Unit 3: Earth's Crust Unit

Photo of the crust
Notes from a university course on the Earth's Crust from Simon Fraser University
Lessons about geology
Links to other web sites about the Earth's Crust

Specific to Unit 2: Pure Substances & Mixtures Unit:

WHMIS: Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System
The pH scale: provided by Environment Canada
Water Treatment Plant
Chem4Kids: All kinds of info on matter, atoms, etc.
Water: Here, There, and Everywhere
Properties of Water: The Universal Solvent

Specific to Unit 1: Structural Strength and Stability Unit:


Building Big: Bridges, Domes, Skyscapers, Tunnels, Dams. Activites and cool info on famous structures.
Big Buildings: Sky scrapers
Great Buildings: More than 800 buildings from around the world and across history
Great Structures of the World: Search by country for a select group of famous structures
The Official
CN Tower Site
Learn how the
CN tower was built
The Official
Eiffel Tower Site
The Official
Golden Gate Bridge Site


Please email me if you have other unit related sites that we can add to our links page. Mrs. Fay  :)  
Cool Web Links
Email me if you know of other cool science or technology related web sites that I can add to this site.
Check out the Stanley Park SPS web site made by Ms. McNaughton and her student web team:
http://stn.wrdsb.on.ca