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ASTRONOMY AND SPACE
 Appropriate
for PreK aged youth.
 Appropriate
for Elementary aged youth.
 Appropriate
for Middle School aged youth.
- Astronomy
for Kids.
http://www.frontiernet.net/~kidpower/astronomy.html
The
solar system, planets, sun, stars, asteroids, and galaxies are all available
in this site.
- The Aurora
Page.
http://www.geo.mtu.edu/weather/aurora/
What is the
"aurora?" What causes it to happen? Information, links, and images about the
Northern Lights.
- Basics of Space Flight
Learners' Workbook.
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/basics/
Prepared by NASA's Jet
Propulsion Laboratory, this module is the first in a sequence of training
modules that pertain to space flight operations activities.
- The
Constellations and Their Stars.
http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/
Need
information on stars, constellations, the Milky Way? The first thing you need
to know is that constellations are not real!
- Earth and Moon
Viewer.
http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/vplanet.html
"Presents
an earth map-you can see where it is day, or night, right now. You can view
either a map of the Earth showing the day and night regions at this moment, or
view the Earth from the Sun, the Moon, the night side of the Earth, above any
location on the planet specified by latitude, longitude and altitude, from a
satellite in Earth orbit, or above various cities around the globe."
- Galileo: Journey to
Jupiter.
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/
This NASA site from the
Jet Propulsion Laboratory describes the journey of space probe Galileo, which
explored the planet Jupiter.
- Hubble Site.
http://hubblesite.org
Learn about new Hubble discoveries,
view photographs of stars and galaxies, and find out facts about this
remarkable telescope.
- Liftoff to Space
Exploration.
http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/
This site sponsored by
NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center is full of information on space sciences
and space related topics geared specifically to teens.
- The Messier
Catalog.
http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/messier/Messier.html
Images of
the brightest and most beautiful diffuse objects in the sky, including
nebulae, galaxies, and star clusters.
- NASA.
http://www.nasa.gov
Learn about aeronautics, earth, space,
and NASA's space program here at NASA's main page through a variety of games,
activities, and features.
- NASA Kids.
http://kids.msfc.nasa.gov/
Learn space sciences at this
site from NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. With games, projects, news,
this site seeks "to inform, inspire, and involve" children of all ages and
reading levels.
- NASA Laugh and
Learn.
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/kids
This is a great source for a
variety of NASA sites with projects, games and activities, scientific
information and amazing facts all about space.
- NASA Quest.
http://quest.arc.nasa.gov
Meet the people of NASA and look
over their shoulders as they make NASA's goals a reality. NASA Quest allows
the public to share the excitement of NASA's authentic scientific and
engineering pursuits like flying in the Shuttle and the International Space
Station, exploring distant planets with amazing spacecraft, and building the
aircraft of the future.
- National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA).
http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/
Find out how to get photos from
space, see a launch, get a lesson plan at this NASA site from the Goddard
Space Flight Center.
- National Air and Space
Museum.
http://www.nasm.si.edu/
Here, in virtual space, are the
objects that made the dream of flight a reality. Each is a reminder of a
noteworthy achievement and evokes the spirit of its own particular time. From
the Smithsonian.
- The
Nine Planets.
http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/nineplanets.html
An
overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of each
of the planets and their moons in our solar system. Each page has text and
images, some have sounds and movies, most provide references to additional
related information. A multimedia tour of the solar system by Bill
Arnett.
- Science @ NASA.
http://science.nasa.gov/
A NASA Web site devoted to space
sciences and updates on news about space exploration and related
sciences.
- SETI Institute.
http://www.seti.org
This site serves as a home for
scientific research in the general field of life in the universe, with an
emphasis on the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI).
- Space Day.
http://www.spaceday.com
Help celebrate the wonderful world
of space exploration. For this year's Space Day, design a totally unique
solution to some "out-of-this-world" challenges--just like a real scientist,
engineer, or explorer working on the space frontier.
- Space Today Online.
http://www.spacetoday.org
The site bills itself as
covering space from earth to the edge of the universe. Learn about space
shuttles, space stations, satellites, astronauts, space history, the solar
system, & deep space.
- Star
Journey.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/stars/
A
beautiful site from National Geographic featuring star maps and info on the
Hubble telescope.
- Stardate.org
http://stardate.org
This site offers useful information
from stargazing tips to finding resources about our solar system. You may have
heard the radio show--now visit the Web site, from the University of Texas
McDonald Observatory. Also available in Spanish.
- Views of the Solar
System.
http://www.solarviews.com/
Presents a vivid multimedia
adventure unfolding the splendor of the sun, planets, moons, comets,
asteroids, and more. Discover the latest scientific information, or study the
history of space exploration, rocketry, early astronauts, space missions, and
spacecraft through a vast archive of photographs, scientific facts, text,
graphics, and videos.
- Virtual Science
Center.
http://www.chabotspace.org/vsc
The Chabot Space and
Science Center in Oakland, California, offers a virtual tour of selected
exhibits and programs, a virtual planetarium, and space photographs taken by
their telescopes. Try your hand at a lunar landing.
- Windows to the
Universe.
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/
A site about earth and space
science. Includes a lovely section on mythology. Also available in
Spanish.
- Women of
NASA.
http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/women/intro.html
The Women of
NASA resource was developed to encourage more young women to pursue careers in
math, science, and technology.
- Appropriate
for PreK aged youth.
- Appropriate
for Elementary aged youth.
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for Middle School aged youth.
BIOLOGY
- Appropriate
for PreK aged youth.
- Appropriate
for Elementary aged youth.
- Appropriate
for Middle School aged youth.
- 4-H
Embryology.
http://lancaster.unl.edu/4h/Embryology/
This site,
sponsored by Lancaster County (Nebraska) 4-H, invites you to watch chicks
hatch, view photos of the embryos as they develop, and participate in fun
activities.
- BAM! Body and Mind.
http://www.bam.gov
Maintained by the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, this site helps to answer kids' questions on health
issues and recommend ways to make their bodies and minds healthier, stronger
and safer. Games, quizzes and health tips add up to an appealing site.
- Band-Aides &
Backboards.
http://www.faculty.fairfield.edu/fleitas/contents.html
Developed
by Dr. Joan Fleitas of the Fairfield (CT) University School of Nursing, this
site helps to explain the world of children growing up with medical
challenges. Illustrated interviews cover illnesses ranging from asthma to
Wilm's tumor.
- BIOLUMINESCENCE.
http://www.biolum.org
Living lights inhabit earth's
oceans. The Bioluminescence web page explores, through photos and text, some
of what scientists have learned.
- Bugs in the
News!
http://people.ku.edu/~jbrown/bugs.html
A site to answer
questions about bacteria, antibodies, E-coli, and DNA "Bugs."
- Cats.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/cats/
Opportunity
to design the perfect feline predator with guides to the internal structure of
a cat.
- Cells Alive!
http://www.cellsalive.com
What do disease, sourdough
bread, biological weapons, and gold mines have in common?
- Conchologist's
Information Network.
http://erato.acnatsci.org:80/conchnet/
Everything you ever
wanted to know about shells and the mysterious creatures that live inside
them.
- Dairy Council
of California Activities Page.
http://www.dairycouncilofca.org/activities/acti_main.htm
Games,
quizzes and checklists to help kids, teens and adults increase their
understanding of nutrition and fitness. Try creating your own pizza.
- Desert Life.
http://www.desertusa.com/life.html
Begin your exploration
of the American Southwest with a general introduction to the complex and
delicate desert ecosystems, including a discussion of the roles humans play in
the changing desert environment.
- Eureka Science: I
Can Do That!
http://www.eurekascience.com/ICanDoThat/
Learn all about
what genes are and how they work. Also learn about cells, cloning and
more.
- The Gator
Hole.
http://home.cfl.rr.com/gatorhole
The alligator is an
amazing reptile, having survived almost unchanged since the time of the
dinosaurs. Having been hunted almost to the brink of extinction, this reptile
has made an amazing comeback in recent years, inhabiting almost every body of
water in Florida.
- A Guided Tour of the Visible
Human.
http://www.madsci.org/~lynn/VH/
The Visible Human Project
consists of some 9,000 digitized sections of the body. The animations and
images in this tour demonstrate the planes of section and how the 2-D images
provide a unique means of studying the 3-D anatomy of the human body. Click on
"Interactive Annotations" for a good starting point.
- The Heart: An Online
Exploration.
http://sln.fi.edu/biosci/biosci.html
Explore the heart.
Discover the complexities of its development and structure. Follow the blood
through the blood vessels. Wander through the weblike body systems. Learn how
to have a healthy heart and how to monitor your heart's health. Look back at
the history of heart science.
- Human Anatomy
Online.
http://www.InnerBody.com/htm/body.html
Welcome to Human
Anatomy Online, the place for fun, interactive, and educational views of the
human body. This program contains more than 100 illustrations of the human
body with animations and thousands of descriptive links. Java
enhanced.
- Human Genome
Project.
http://www.ornl.gov/TechResources/Human_Genome/home.html
Explore
this site for answers about the U.S. Human Genome Project. Useful to older
children who have projects in this area.
- Infection,
Detection, Protection.
http://www.amnh.org/nationalcenter/infection
Created in
conjunction with the American Museum of Natural History's "Epidemic! The World
of Infectious Disease" exhibit, this site will help kids and their parents
understand what causes diseases and how to prevent them. Find out how Lou got
the flu, investigate bacteria in the cafeteria, and more.
- KidsHealth.org.
http://www.kidshealth.org/
KidsHealth has trainloads of
accurate, up-to-date information about growth, food & fitness, childhood
infections, immunizations, lab tests, medical and surgical conditions, and the
latest treatments. You'll find health games, How The Body Works animations,
the KidsVote health poll, and tons of surprises.
- Kids Regeneration
Network
http://www.kidsregen.org
"Healthy soil, healthy food,
healthy people" is the slogan that describes what kidsregen.org is all about.
Kidsregen contains information about healthy living and responsible care for
the planet and its resources. Family-centered activities encourage young
people to discover that what little they are able to do to save earth's
resources does make a difference.
- MBGnet-Kids Page.
http://mbgnet.mobot.org/
The Missouri Botanical Gardens
site allows kids to explore different biomes as well as freshwater and marine
ecosystems.
- Melissa Kaplan's Herp
Care.
http://www.anapsid.org
So you think you want a reptile or
amphibian? This is expert advice on raising snakes, lizards, and such.
Includes a great section on convincing your parents.
- Powerful
Bones.
http://www.cdc.gov/powerfulbones
Powerful Girls. Learn all
about the ways good nutrition and exercise can help you maintain strong bones
through quizzes, games and more!
- Wonders of the
Seas.
http://www.oceanicresearch.org/lesson.html
The Oceanic
Research Group "Wonders of the Seas" page highlights different animals with
text and images.
- Appropriate
for PreK aged youth.
- Appropriate
for Elementary aged youth.
- Appropriate
for Middle School aged youth.
GENERAL SCIENCE
- Appropriate
for PreK aged youth.
- Appropriate
for Elementary aged youth.
- Appropriate
for Middle School aged youth.
- 3d&I Discover,
Design and Discuss.
http://www.3d-i.org/design_landing.jsp
Be an active
participant in the 3-dimensional world in which we live by trying your hand at
being a designer.
- 4,000 Years of Women in
Science.
http://www.astr.ua.edu/4000WS/
This site lists more than
125 names from our scientific and technical past. They are all women!
- About
Rainbows.
http://www.onlineschools.org/rainbow/
Answers
to questions about "one of the most spectacular light shows observed on
earth."
- Bill Nye the Science
Guy.
http://www.billnye.com
Nye applies his entertaining
approach to science to the Web, with a Demo of the Day, highlights from the
day's television episode, and a chance to e-mail your own query. Requires
Macromedia Shockwave Plug-in.
- Brain Pop.
http://www.brainpop.com
Learn all about the world around
you, from health and science to mathematics, technology and even English
grammar, by viewing the educational films on this site. Non-subscribers are
limited to two films per day.
- Building
Big.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/
Explore construction
by type of structure, try labs and challenges, read biographical sketches of
people working in a variety of engineering careers, and even nominate local
structures. Based on David Macaulay's BUILDING BIG.
- The
Children's Museum of Indianapolis Fun On-Line Page.
http://www.childrensmuseum.org/funonline/funonline.html
This
museum-sponsored site provides not only interesting information, but also
engaging activities such as creating a multimedia puppet show and designing
your own space station.
- Consumer Reports Online for
Kids.
http://www.zillions.org
Produced by the Consumer's Union,
this Web site tests and rates toys, games, and other products aimed at kids.
No longer being updated after the year 2001.
- Cool Science for Curious
Kids.
http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/
Created by the Howard
Hughes Medical Institute, this site offers both online and offline science
activities for children of all ages.
- Don't Buy It.
http://pbskids.org/dontbuyit
Find out about advertising
tricks, learn how to be a smart shopper and see what you can do to avoid being
cheated in the marketplace.
- Dragonfly.
http://www.muohio.edu/Dragonfly/
The Dragonfly Web Pages
are for scientific investigators of all ages. Get involved in the creative
process of science and see how science relates to your life.
- Earth
Science Explorer.
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/explorer.html
His
name's Explorasurus, and here is the deal: He'll teach you of Earth when the
dinos were real. We'll travel the world, and we'll travel through time. We'll
find out the dinosaur's reason and rhyme. This is a virtual earth science
museum.
- Edheads
Simple Machines.
http://www.edheads.org/activities/simple-machines/index.htm
Visit
The House and The Tool Shed and learn about simple and compound
machines.
- EIA Kid's
Page.
http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/index.html
Learn about all the
different forms of energy and their uses from Energy Ant.
- Albert Einstein
Online.
http://www.westegg.com/einstein/
Elaborate list of links
to a very large database of information on Einstein, including photographs,
biographies, and explanations of relativity theory.
- Energy Quest.
http://www.energyquest.ca.gov
Wonderful adventures in
energy education from the California Energy Commission.
- The
Exploratorium.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/
The science museum in San
Francisco mounts electronic versions of hands-on exhibits like the science of
hockey, tracking severe storms, and how to dissect a cow's eye.
- Franklin Institute Science
Museum.
http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/welcome.html
A wealth of educational
and exciting information from the famed Philadelphia museum. Visit the online
exhibits.
- How Stuff Works.
http://www.howstuffworks.com
Learn how everything works.
From digital cameras to identity theft, this site is a treasure trove of
useful and searchable information.
- How Things
Work.
http://howthingswork.virginia.edu/
Ask a question or
search the archives for answers to How Things Work!
- Ideas and
Activities from the Science Museum of Minnesota.
http://www.smm.org/explorescience/websites/
There are many
interesting things to look at here, with topics including art, other cultures,
butterflies, crocodiles, and the human heart. The Thinking Fountain is good
for younger kids, while From Windmills to Whirligigs shows some cool ways to
play with the wind.
- IEEE Virtual Museum.
http://www.ieee.com/museum
For "electrifying" information
about the history and uses of electricity, visit this site sponsored by the
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Inc. Biographies of
well-known, and not so well-known, scientists in this field are
included.
- It's My Life.
http://pbskids.org/itsmylife
Life can be hard! Here you
can read articles, share stories, play games and activities, take quizzes and
polls, and watch video clips of kids talking about family, friends, and school
as well as their bodies and emotions. Maintained by the Corporation for Public
Broadcasting.
- A Kid's Wilderness
Survival Primer.
http://www.equipped.org/kidsrvl.htm
Learn what to do if
you are lost in the wilderness, including how to improvise a shelter, attract
attention and stay calm. Find out what equipment you should always have on
hand and try your hand at an interactive wilderness survival
simulator.
- Lawrence Hall of
Science.
http://lhs.berkeley.edu/kids
Play online science games,
download activities to do at home, and more cool stuff.
- Mad Scientist Network.
http://www.madsci.org/
The "network" provides a forum in
which people can learn more about the world around them. This site has three
primary divisions: 1) Ask-A-Scientist: Includes the online archive of
questions and answers, and "Ask-A-Scientist" Section; 2) MAD Labs: More about
having fun with science; and 3) MadSci Library: Locate science sites and
resources on the WWW. Includes links to other Ask-A-Scientist sites and
information about careers in science.
- Moo Milk.
http://www.moomilk.com/
An adventure, including the
science, in the dairy industry, with mooing cows! Excellent information on
milk.
- National
Geographic Kids.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/
Not only can you
read the newest edition of this magazine on-line, you can check out the
contests, polls, games and even virtual adventures.
- The Office of Naval Research
and Technology Focus.
http://www.onr.navy.mil/focus/
The ONR funds scientific
research that benefits the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Marines, primarily
Oceanography and Space Sciences.
- Plastic Fork
Diaries.
http://www.plasticforkdiaries.org
Follow six middle
school students as they experience first-hand the relationship between food
and their changing bodies, cultural differences, the vanishing family meal,
nutrition and athletic performance. Uses a serial story to provide
information about food, nutrition, eating, and health related
diseases.
- Playing With
Time.
http://www.playingwithtime.org
This exhibit, developed by the
Science Museum of Minnesota and Red Hill Studios, allows viewers to observe
specific places or events over many different time periods. View a forest, for
example, in real time, minutes, hours, days, months, or over the course of a
year.
- Science for
Families.
http://scienceforfamilies.allinfo-about.com/
Links to all
things science from agriculture to zoos.
- Scientific American.
http://www.sciam.com/
A good percentage of Scientific
American'sexcellent articles and interviews are available online.
- Secrets
of the Lost Empires: Medieval Siege.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/trebuchet/
Learn
about life in medieval castles and how to operate a catapult.
- SodaConstructor.
http://sodaplay.com/constructor/index.htm
Create a model
out of digital soda straws and use your engineering skills to animate
it.
- U.S. Naval
Observatory Master Clock Time.
http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/cgi-bin/timer.pl
If you want to
know exactly what time it is, you can find out here.
- You Can with Beakman &
Jax.
http://www.beakman.com/
A good question is a very powerful
thing! Fans of Beakman's World and the newspaper column will love this
site.
- The Why Files.
http://whyfiles.org
A project of the National Institute
for Science Education, this site offers well-researched and clearly written
investigations of current topics in science; a new story is posted every other
week. The site also includes a small but worthy collection of scientific
images.
- Wright
Again
http://wings.avkids.com/Book/Wright/
Features journal
entries of the work of the Wright brothers as they struggled and succeeded in
creating the Wright Flyer and their first successful flight on December
17,1903.
- Yuckiest Site on the
Internet.
http://www.yucky.com/
If you like cockroaches, visit it!
Ask Wendell any yucky question in science.
- Appropriate
for PreK aged youth.
- Appropriate
for Elementary aged youth.
- Appropriate
for Middle School aged youth.
- Experimental
Science Projects: An Introductory Level Guide.
http://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/resources/cf/SciProjIntro.html
Do
you have to do an experimental science project? This site provides tips for
conducting the experiment and using the scientific method.
- The Kids' Guide to
Science Projects.
http://edweb.tusd.k12.az.us/jtindell
This site provides
everything you need to develop a successful science project, including project
ideas, sample projects, online help, project steps and more.
- A Science Fair Project
Resource Guide.
http://www.ipl.org/youth/projectguide/
An excellent
resource from Internet Public Library that links kids to all sorts of
exceptional resources for their projects.
- Whelmers.
http://www.mcrel.org/resources/whelmers/index.asp?
Demonstrated
experiments for all ages-designed to "whelm" students!
- Appropriate
for PreK aged youth.
- Appropriate
for Elementary aged youth.
- Appropriate
for Middle School aged youth.
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