Debra Erickson
The Erickson Kids
Goals:

Graduate college in May 2011
Teach in a Lutheran School
     Teach in 3rd or 4th grade but
     any young age would be great
Have a family
Read 1,000,000 pages
Hobbies/Activities:

Read lots of books
Make puzzles
Watch Husker football
Play piano
Listen to music

                                 Douglas, Joy, Jennifer, Me
the family
the family
Dad, Mom, Me, Joy, Douglas, Jennifer
Joy, Me, Douglas, Mom, Dad, Jennifer

Unit 1 Links:
Models in Science: Show the different types of models in science.  It tells what models are, what they are used for, and how it ties into theories.
Scientific Laws, Theories: Gives definitions of scientific law, hypothesis, theory, etc.
Models: Tells more about models.  Give a definition, tells the characteristics, how models are used in science and more.
Scientific Theory: Explains the definition of a theory, what the criteria is for a theory, and more.
Unit 2 Links:
Color on How Stuff Works: Talks about color and light.  A page on color but can also learn more about color on other pages.
Color Matters: The RGB Color System is shown and the additive and subtractive concepts.
Eyes see Color: A simple site that tells how eyes see color.
Color on Wikipedia: A variety of information about color.
Unit 3 Links:
Phase Changes:Phases of Water. Charts that show the temperatures and phases.
Phases of Matter: Shows the phases of water, copper, and nitrogen.  Can click on the thermometer to see temperature and what phase it is.
Chem4Kids Changing States: Showing the change of states.
Heating Curve: A site where there is an experiment showing the heating curve.  Hands on activity.
Unit 4 Links:
Convection, Conduction, and Radiation: Definitions of convection, conduction, and radiation and explanation for how radiation works.
Heat Transfer: Shows example of convection, conduction, and radiation.  Click on slide show and examples are shown.  Can look at examples you want to look at.
How does Heat Travel?: Goes through convection, conduction, and radiation and shows pictures to show each.
Popcorn: Shows how to remember convection, conduction, and radiation by using the ways of cooking popcorn.
Unit 5 Links:
Pressure Examples: It gives three examples of pressure, defines pressure, and tells the difference between pressure and force.
Ocean pressure: Explains why the ocean is still cold even though there is a lot of pressure
Aneroid Barometers: Explains how aneroid barometers work
Air Pressure: Youtube video of air pressure example
Bottle example: Youtube video of "Do Not Open Bottle" Science prank you can do at home!
Unit 6 Links:
Archimedes' Principle of Buoyancy: Article of that explains why ships float.
Buoyancy Basics: Gives a simple explanation for buoyancy.  Would be good to have for explaining it to younger students.
Fluid Buoyancy: Explains that it is also in any fluids show buoyancy.
Archimedes' Principle: More information about Archimedes' Principle and a picture diagrams that show it.
Unit 7 Links:
Naturalism (Philosophy): Wikipedia's entry on the history of naturalism and information on philosophers on MN
Definition of Intelligent Design: A short explanation of ID.  Includes the definition, compares it to creationism, and answers the question is it a theory
Science and Religion: Comparing different religions and science.  Different pages and images to show the similarities and differences in all the areas
Another Science and Religion: There are several links that hit different areas where there are differences in science and religion or where different ideas are presented

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