These sites have content specific to the Science area.  Be sure to check out the websites on the Collection Websites page.  These links contain a wealth of information for Science in addition to all other curriculum areas.
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A Walk in the Woods - Virtual Fieldtrip: http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/woods/

SEDL's "Promising Practices in Science" Video clips
http://www.sedl.org/afterschool/toolkits/science/
A must watch to see best practices modeled in actual classrooms.

National Partnership for Quality Afterschool Learning - Science Resources
http://www.sedl.org/afterschool/guide/science/index.html
The Consumer’s Guide is an online searchable guide of science resources that have been reviewed by after-school and science content experts. Users may browse resources by title, subject, grade level, audience, or cost.

Paso Partners - Integrating Mathematics, Science and Language:  An Instructional Program http://www.sedl.org/scimath/pasopartners  
A two-volume curriculum and resources guide developed by Paso Partners - a partnership of three public schools, an institution of higher education, and SEDL specialists. The resource is designed to help elementary school teachers organize their classrooms and instructional activities in order to increase achievement of Hispanic primary-grade children whose first language is not English. The guide offers a curriculum plan, instructional strategies and activities, suggested teacher and student materials, and assessment procedures.

Read, Write, and Think Printing Press: http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/student_material.asp?id=36  This Web site, which is sponsored by the International Reading Association (IRA) and the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), is designed to help students create all types of newspapers, brochures, flyers, and booklets. There are many templates to choose from, as well as a variety of publishing tools to add interest to the final product.

A site where no serious biology question goes unanswered
Ask a Scientist, a Web site hosted by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, fields about 3,500 questions each year, mostly from American high school students, on such perplexing topics as the molecular bases for zebras' stripes and why flu season occurs during winter. Project coordinator Katherine Wood says the best inquiries -- such as why no mammals have green fur -- come from the youngest children.   The Washington Post (free registration) (12/6)

Catchy science songs make learning memorable
University of Washington lecturer Greg Crowther has found just the ticket for energizing sleepy students in his biology class -- he hits them with a few bars of "Glucose, ah Sugar Sugar," or "That's What Slugs are For" or one of the many other science songs he's created. Crowther runs a database of 2,000 such songs he's compiled from the works of other singers.  Wired (12/2)

Web Science Workshop:  http://www.exploratorium.edu/wsw/
Project 2061:  http://www.project2061.org
American Association for the Advancement of Science:  http://www.aaas.org
Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory:  http://www.nwrel.org
Educational Trust:  http://www2.edtrust.org
Southwest Education Development Laboratory:  http://www.sedl.org

Oklahoma PASS Projects:  PASSPORT http://www.sde.state.ok.us/passport
(Registration and password required)  A searchable database of Oklahoma’s Priority Academic Student Skills by subject matter and grade level.  A MUST for all teachers.  As you address a PASS objective, go to this site to find a project/lesson to enhance the teaching of the objective.  You will have to register as a user.

Standards-based Projects:  MarcoPolo  http://www.marcopolo-education.org/home.aspx
Main page of MarcoPolo. High quality, standards-based Internet content and professional development for K-12 teachers and students.  Explore this extensive site, or if you would like to begin directly searching for projects, you can go directly to the MarcoPolo search pages at http://www.marcopolosearch.org/mpsearch/basic_search.asp

 

GENERAL SCIENCE

Science Fair Website Sites:  Sources for project guidelines and ideas.
http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/projectguide/
http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/sciencefairs/
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/fair.html
http://school.discovery.com/sciencefaircentral
http://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/resources/cf/steps.html
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~macinnis/scifun/projects.htm
http://www.halcyon.com/sciclub/cgi-pvt/scifair/guestbook.html
http://www.scifair.org/
http://www4.umdnj.edu/camlbweb/scifair.html

Jungle Walk  www.junglewalk.com  Tons of audio, videos, and websites for students and teachers.  See and hear all the activities of the jungle.

Cells Alive!  Cell Biology, Microbiology, Immunology, and Microscopy  http://www.cellsalive.com/  GREAT interactive site with videos, etc.  Really neat!

Mega Website!  NOVA Online http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/teachers/   Quick access to more than 500 of the popular science program's resources, which includes a searchable database of program information, activities, and other classroom tools.  Includes more than 125 printable and 100 online activities with grade-level designations in anthropology, archaeology, chemistry, earth science, forensics, health science, life science, mathematics, paleontology, physical science, and space science.

Interactive Site  www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/museum  A GREAT SITE!  Great animations of many science topics.  Virtual dissections.  Explore this site in-depth!

Online Science Experiments  http://tryscience.org 

Frog Guts - An Online Dissection  www.froguts.com  Really neat!  A must site to visit.

Online Science Exhibits Science Museum of Minnesota http://www.sci.mus.mn.us/explorescience/onlineactivities/websites/top.php  Links to online exhibits and activities.  Instructions for growing mold, windmill-powered whirligigs, lessons on the heart and lungs, and more.  Great site!

Worldwide Science Program GLOBE http://www.globe.gov  Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment is a massive, hands-on, worldwide, school-based science program for K-12students…over 16,000 schools worldwide participating.

Amazing Brain Site The Brain Connection  http://www.brainconnection.com/ 

Graduate College of Marine Studies  http://www.ocean.udel.edu/neatstuff/neatstuff.html Great site!  Online expedition of the deep.  Very professionally done.  Section for teacher resources.  Great photo gallery.

Science Museum - King Tut  www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/antenna/tutankhamun/index.asp  Visit the home page also at www.sciencemuseum.org.uk 

Physics in the Movies www.intuitor.com/moviephysics  Fun site.  Looks at the actions in movies and relates the actions to physics.  Projects that show how the actions many times are physics blunders.  A good site to make learning physics fun by using today's movies.

Simple Science  www.sciencemadesimple.com 

Rainforest Activities K-8  Rainforest Action Network  http://www.ran.org/kids_action/   Site to teach kids about the rainforest, its people, animals, and problems.  Many free educational resources. Online video, downloadable teacher guides, lesson plans, and activity sheets. Much more.

Great Project Site Gr. 4-8  Canada's Science Magazine for Kids  http://www.yesmag.bc.ca/  Fun resources and activities.  Great projects along with an easy-to-understand section explaining how scientific gadgets work.

Outstanding Collaborative Projects http://www.k12science.org/currichome.html Great site if you want to expand your classroom across the globe with a collaborative project with students in another location.  Take your students across the globe while exposing them first hand to the rest of the world.

Cool Infrared Exhibit   Space Infrared Telescope Facility. Explore the solar system, galaxy, and universe by looking at infrared light.  Many pictures of people, animals, and objects as appear in infrared light.
  Gr. 4-8 Site:  http://sirtf.caltech.edu/EPO/Kidszone/beginning.html  
  General Site:  http://sirtf.caltech.edu/EPO/ 

GREAT Example of a Total Project   Sunnyside's Water Habitat Project  http://www.psd267.wednet.edu/%7Ekfranz/Science/WaterHabitat/waterhabitat.htm  Visual and written documentation of a full, cross-curriculum project carried out.

Weather Resources  http://classroom.aws.com  Project-based learning.  Site by the owner of the largest live weather network.  The site is an interactive learning tool that integrates real-time local and national weather data and camera images into a variety of hands-on science and math lessons for elementary, middle, and high school students. Great site!   

Multimedia Site  BrainPOP  www.brainpop.com  Movies on health, science, and technology.  Consistent with the National Science Education Standards.

Simple Machines Canada Science & Technology Museum  http://216.94.16.40/english/schoolzone/machines.cfm  Illustrated explanations of each type of simple machines.  Additional pages for cross-curricular lesson plans for hands-on activities to help students create their own machines.    Complementary pages: 
http://www.rube-goldberg.com
http://personal.rockbridge.net/higs/sm/machines.htm

Science Field Trips  http://www.field-trips.org/  20 science field trips.  Helpful pre-teaching activities are included for each trip.

Exciting Links for Kids Gr. 3-6  Dragonfly TV  http://pbskids.org/dragonflytv/  Get kids excited about science by combining kids in actual scientific exploration with hip music and no scripts.

Cool Science for Kids Gr. K-3  http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/  Shows kids how to investigate scientific topics at home or school. Offers 5 online adventures.  Facts and animations.

Zoobooks Gr. K-8 http://www.zoobooks.com/  A kid-friendly destination about animals with games, information, links, teacher resources, plus the world's first virtual zoo.  Great site.

Ocean Explorer Gr. K-8 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/  Allows visitors to follow ocean expeditions as they uncover underwater mysteries. In its gallery, this site provides authentic audio, video, and photographs that will make your students feel like undersea divers peering over the shoulders of experts as they venture into new and exciting regions of the deep. Also, check http://www.education.noaa.gov/ 

Ranger Rick's Kid Zone  http://www.nwf.org/kids/ This site is an excellent resource for learning about the environment.  It includes activities, games, and resources on the web as well as ideas for environmental activities outside.

Plants in Motion http://sunflower.bio.indiana.edu/~rhangart/plantmotion/  A collection of time-lapse movies that demonstrate various phases of plant growth.  Interesting!

Electric Heart http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/eheart/human.html   GREAT SITE  Excellent graphics of how the heart works. Cross-sectioned.  A must site to visit.  Want the students to perform a heart transplant:  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/eheart/transplant.html  (Shockwave required and can be downloaded at this site)

Extensive Collection  www.sciencenetlinks.com/resource_index.htm  An extensive collection categorized by subject and grade level.  Provides sites for teachers and students.

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SPACE TOPICS

Space Science PLUS Los Alamos National Laboratory http://www.lanl.gov/worldview/education/  Over 50 lesson plans by grade level and subject matter linked to National Science Standards.  Activities for school projects, Web Quests, Sports Physics, and much more.

Space Sites
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/facts/index.html
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/index.html
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/reference/faq/index.html#8   Virtual Reality Tour
http://www.exploratorium.edu/origins/hubble
http://hubble.stsci.edu/

3D Color Images of the Solar System  http://www.the-solar-system.net/3d/main5.html  50 unique 3D color images of the solar system. If you have 3D glasses, the pictures look even neater.  There are also 340 other pictures of the planets as well as interactive quizzes to test your students' knowledge.

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CHEMISTRY TOPICS

UNC-Chapel Hill Chemistry Fundamentals Program GREAT SITE:  http://www.shodor.org/UNChem/  Lessons, tests, and check out this polyatomic ion calculator  http://www.shodor.org/UNChem/basic/nomen/polycalc.html 

Chemistry Place  www.chemplace.com  Visual, interactive type lessons to supplement classwork.

Chemtutor  http://www.chemtutor.com/  Contains topics such as Elements, States of Matter, Compounds, Reactions, and Acids and Bases.

Chem 4 Kids  http://www.chem4kids.com/index.html  Learn about the states of matter; the periodic table; the structure of atoms; formulas and symbols; and reactions (acids and bases).  Refer to the glossary for definitions and try a quiz.

Schoolchem.com Gr. 8-12  http://www.schoolchem.com/ Use the index or browse through the contents to learn about Elements, Compounds, Mixtures, Atomic Structure, Acids and Alkalis, Rates of Reactions, and Catalysts.

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