Beakman
and Jax's Place
http://www.beakman.com/index.html
This site contains interactive demos, news about the Beakman's World TV show,
and several Hubble Telescope pictures. It has a nice section on planets on the
first page for early elementary students. Shockwave plug-in required for interactive
demonstrations.
Electronic Zoo
http://netvet.wustl.edu/ssi.htm
The Electronic Zoo has a vast amount of information and various links to the
study of the animal kingdom and the environments in which they live. For example,
the link to whales has interactive and interdisciplinary lesson plans developed
by both educators and students.
Earth and Mars
Education Modules
http://www-k12.atmos.washington.edu/k12/modules/index.html
Interactive student activities geared towards planet exploration. This site
contains some activities for grades 2-3, but is best suited for upper elementary.
It can serve as a link for teachers to other science activities.
UC Museum of
Paleontology
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/historyoflife/histoflife.html
Great site for information on dinosaurs. Has a very good rubric (fossil record
section) tying the National Science Standards to the study of dinosaurs at all
grade levels.
Chem4Kids
http://www.chem4kids.com/
This site speaks directly to the young scientist. It's an excellent tutorial
for children learning scientific concepts and how math is integrated into science.
There are no hands-on activities and the student has to have genuine interest
in topic because it's encyclopedic in its approach.
Discovery
Channel School
http://discoveryschool.com/schoolhome.html
This site offers multimedia, interactive video options to the classroom. The
content is current and linked to the Discovery Channel and The Learning Channel
programming, offering opportunities for teachers to tape the programming and
use it interactively with TLC Elementary School lesson plans. Also provided
for teachers and students are previews of upcoming programs and "Bulletin Board"
Discussion opportunities regarding lessons/program. For full audio effects,
the plug-in RealAudio must be downloaded.
The Yuckiest Site
on the Internet
http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/
Learn all about cockroaches, worms, and your gross and cool body! This web site
has a great humorous slant to it that makes learning fun! Great graphics and
sounds! An excellent resource to use in the classroom for learning about entomology
and bodily functions.
VolcanoWorld
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu
VolcanoWorld is an outstanding resource for kids interested in learning about
volcanoes. This website contains real-time volcano information, an interactive
clickable map of active volcanoes world-wide, and remote sensing satellite images.
Topics covered at VolcanoWorld include how volcanoes work, submarine volcanoes,
planetary volcanoes, career information on becoming a volcanologist, volcanic
parks and monuments and volcano, and exploration on the moon, Mars, and Venus.
Carolina Coastal Science
http://www.ncsu.edu/coast
This web site contains a Carolina Coastal Photojournal with QuickTime movies.
Students can use this Web site to explore similarities and differences in the
amount of sand, visible waves, and plant cover between the ocean side and marsh
side of the same barrier island and identify similarities and differences among
the three regions of the Carolina Coast.
For Kids Only - Earth
Science Enterprise
http://kids.mtpe.hq.nasa.gov/
This site has many interesting activities to help young students learn about
various earth science concepts. An interactive online coloring book is a unique
feature of this web site.
NASA
Observatorium
http://observe.arc.nasa.gov/nasa/core.shtml.html
In addition to many awesome space pictures, this web site contains a variety
of interactive games with space themes that will engage young students.
WhaleNet
http://whale.wheelock.edu
This web site has many classroom activities for teachers to use in the classrooom
to assist students in learning about whales and their habitat.
MathMol Hypermedia
textbook for elementary school
http://www.nyu.edu/pages/mathmol/textbook/ elem_home1.html
This web site contains an online textbook for students in grades 3-5.
National
Geographic Kids
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/
The web site for kids to explore the fascinating world of National Geographic.
Interactive games and explorations make this Web site very engaging for young
students.
Nine
Planets Tour of the Solar System
http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/nineplanets.html
Take a virtual tour of our solar system.
Earth Today: A
Digital View of Our Dynamic Planet
http://www.nasm.si.edu/earthtoday/
View the Earth from space on the Internet. At this Web site, students can look
at this planet as a whole system with its atmosphere, oceans, lands masses,
and other interacting global systems.
Galaxy photography
http://www.galaxyphoto.com/index.html
Great pictures of galaxies throughout our universe.
Greatest hits from the Hubble Telescope
http://oposite.stsci.edu/pubinfo/BestOfHST95.html
Just like the title says. Many unique space photographs.
NASA's Planetary
Photojournal
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/
A NASA database with over 1200 space images.
Cool Science for
Curious Kids
http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute invites curious kids to explore biology
at this Web site. Activities include dust exploration, classifying critters,
microscopy, plant parts, and more.
ExplorA-Pond
http://www.uen.org/utahlink/pond/
Experience a simulated pond, take a virtual tour of an outdoor classroom, experience
pond math and pond science activities, publish your adopted pond online, and
chat with other K-6 students interested in pond stuff.
Sci4Kids
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/kids/
The science behind agriculture is presented as a series of interactive stories
based on research projects featured in Agricultural Research. The site also
contains photos, graphics, trivia, and classroom connections.
Rock Hounds
with Rocky
http://www.fi.edu/fellows/payton/rocks/
Science activities to help students to explore how sedimentary, metamorphic,
and igneous rocks are made. Also contains animations and interactive games.
Air Travelers
http://www.ornsi.edu/visit/physics/air
Introduces students to the basic principles of buoyancy, properties of gases,
temperature, and the technology involved in hot air ballooning.
Journey North
http://www.learner.org/jnorth
Global study of wildlife migration and seasonal change. Students share their
own field observations with classmates across North America. They track the
coming of spring through the migration patterns of monarch butterflies, bald
eagles, robins, hummingbirds, manatees, whooping cranes -- and other birds and
mammals, the budding of plants, changing sunlight and other natural events.
Includes lesson plans and activities.
Square of Life
http://www.k12science.org/curriculum/squareproj/
Internet-based collaborative project in which students investigate their local
environment and share that information with other students from around the country
and the world.
Bucket Buddies
http://www.k12science.org/curriculum/bucketproj/
Elementary students around the United States and other countries collect samples
from local ponds to investiage the question: Are the organisms found in pond
water the same all over the world?
FOSSWEB
http://www.fossweb.com/
Interactive activities and resources aligned to FOSS kit activities.
Living
Things
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/science/living/
This site includes 5 different activities about living things including life
processes, food chains, animals: teeth and nutrition, bones and organs, and
plants. Content background, assessment items and worksheets provided.
Helping Plants Grow Well
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/7_8/plants_grow.shtml
Web-based simulation for growing plants.
My
Life as an Elk
http://www.wildlifeart.org/ElkStory/
Interactive story about elk life. Students take on the identity of a newborn
elk calf and make choices throughout the story about what the calf does.
Life
Cycles
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/9_10/life_cycles.shtml
Identify plant parts and functions.
Habitats
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/8_9/habitats.shtml
Simulation to explore a pond habitat.
Plants
and Animals in the Local Environment
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/6_7/plants_animals_env.shtml
Simulation to explore organisms inhabiting a playground.