Science Sites
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Animals
  1. Adventures of Herman - Information and games about worms
  2. Animal games - Lots of games for K-1st graders from kidsdomain.com
  3. Animal games 2 - Games for grades 1 and up from kidsdomain.com
  4. Animals of the World - Correctly guess the mystery animal using as few clues as you can
  5. Arctic Animals- Pictures and information about Artic animals
  6. Desert Animals and Wildlife - pictures and Information on dozens of creatures that live in North American deserts
  7. Owl Pellet Dissection-Virtual dissection of an owl
  8. Animal Acitvities-San Diego Zoo Kid’s Games
  9. Where do I live? - Students click and drag various animals to their appropriate habitat
  10. Zoom School - Science/biology section has lots of information and activities about various animals
    National Geographic for Kids- Animals
  11. Frogs
    Life Cycle Video
    Frog Life Cycle

Electricity

BBC Changing Circuits
Electric and Natural Gas Safety World - Review safety information and spot hazzards
Electricity Circuits, Conductors, and Batteries eThemes eMINTS
Electricity- list of sites
The Blobz Guide to Electric Circuits Energy *Review basic electrical information and quiz yourself
Basic Electricity for Kids

Energy
Energy Kids Page
- Energy facts, fun, games and activities
The Energy Story - Students will look at the different forms of energy that make our world work

    Food Chain
    Food Chains- Decomposers, Herbivores, Crnivores, & Omnivores Information and Game

    StoryPoem about animal food chain
    Food Chains
    Food Chains Informationa and Activity

    Build a Food Change

Fossils

  1. Behind the Scenes at the Museum - Learn how fossils are formed and how they are studied, even play a game
  2. Matching game - Match the picture of each dinosaur fossil to the correct description

General

  1. BBC Schools - Test your science skills with games and quizzes for K-6
  2. Fun and Games from NASA
    EYE MAGIC: Optical Illusions

Habitats
MGBnet - Easy to read descriptions of Biomes, freshwater ecosystems, and marine ecosystems
Desert Pictures- Plants and Animals
Habitats- Information and Activities
Sorting

Human Body

  1. Heart Transplant - Students are guided through the steps of this procedure
  2. A Look Inside the Human Body - Provides a brief and illustrated overview of the different body systems
  3. Arnold’s Body - Arnold has lost all his organs and students can help put him back together

Insects

  1. All About Butterflies - Information about the butterfly including printouts
  2. All About Butterflies- Great information site
  3. Butterflies of North America - Photos and brief information about butterflies in each state
  4. Butterfly Activities- Various activities
  5. Butterfly- Monarch- All about Monarch butterflies
  6. Insecta Inspecta World - Profiles of almost a dozen different insects
  7. Let's Talk About Insects- Good introduction to insects

Landforms

  1. Story of Vesuvius - Read the story or play the movie depicting the eruption of this famous volcano
  2. Volcano World - Complete listing of the world’s volcanoes
  3. Volcanoes Online - General information about volcanoes and profiles of over 60 volcanoes
    What on Earth-

Light
Star Light Star Bright - Brief information about the properties of light and heat

Matter and Solutions
Chem4Kids

Micro to Macro
Cells Alive Advanced level including images and video to download
Image Gallery -Highly magnified images of plants and animals
Biology 4 Kids Covering topics from the atmosphere to vertebrate specieas
Cell Inspector

Oceans
Life or Death:Lost at Sea -Discovery Channel game of survival
Current Capers- Follow the ocean currents
Oceans in Motion
Myth of Oceanus

Plants
Plants BBC
Great Plant Escape - Students play detective and learn all about plants, too
Plants Information and Activities

Rocks and Minerals

  1. How Rocks are Formed -Animated graphic of how rocks are formed
  2. Rock Hounds- Site has many ideas and activities
  3. Rocks Slide Show- show of different types of rocks
  4. Rocks and Minerals Internet Hunt

Science Expo
Kids Science Experiments
Hands on Activitites
Try Science
Science Fair Projects

Simple Machines
Simple Machines
Help Move the Principal with Simple Machines
Simple Machine Match
Simple Machine Quiz
Simple Machines Made Simple- Descriptions, short videos, and examples

Solar System
Astronomy for Kids - Brief facts about the planets and the solar system
Moon Phases - View the phase of the Moon for any date and time
Starchild - Information about the solar system, the universe, and other space topics on 2 reading levels
Kids Astronomy - Introduction to the Sun, the Planets and the Solar System
Moon Phases2- Good visual of the phases of the moon

The 8 Planets Lots of information about the planets

Planet Information Chart

Water Cycle
Drinking Water and the Water Cycle- Lots of links to water activities
Drippy's World- Online stories of the water cycle
Hydrocycle from NASA- Good explanation with graphics and quiz
The water cycle-Simple description and pictures
Online Activity - Move the water cycle terms to their correct place
Water Activities- Lots of cool activitites related to water

Water Cycle -antimated and label

Weather
Dan’s Wild Weather Page - Created by a meteorologist, this page covers a wide range of weather topics
Snowflake Maker- Make an online snowflake
Snowflake Designer- Make designs on snowflakes
WeatherBug- Achieve WeatherBug Site
Web Weather for Kids
Build- A -Snowman Drag and Drop


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Last Updated: 8/6/2007