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- Elementary Science Resources
- Elementary Activities
- At this site you will find detailed lesson plans for simple
science explorations. Student worksheets and recording
sheets are included Url:
- http://www.aimsedu.org/activities/elem.html
- Math and Science Activities
to do With Your Children
- Simple math and science related activities that you can
try at home with readily available materials. elementary
level Url:
- http://www.learner.org/info/news/9801msact.html
- Virtual Anatomy
Image Browser
- Students can access this site and see what is under their
skin. The site is suitable for all ages. Url:
- http://www.vis.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/gva/gvaview
- Human
Anatomy On-line
- Human Anatomy Online an interactive program containing
numerous illustrations and descriptive links. Good for
upper elementary. Browser must support Java. http://www.innerbody.com/indexbody.html
- Your
Gross and Cool Body - Digestive System
- The journey of digestion, including the soungs of a gurgling
stomach.
- Url: http://www.yucky.com/yucky/body/yuckystuff/gurgle/js.index.html
- Neuroscience
for Kids
- The Neuroscience for Kids site contains many activities
and experiments for students (and teachers) to learn more about
the brain and spinal cord. Neuroscience for Kids has
links to other sites and resources/books (both on-line and off-line)
about the nervous system. http://www.mirrors.org.sg/neuron/neurok.html
- Strange-Animal
Facts
- A list of 20 interesting animal facts from porcupines
to camels. Useful for introducing an animal unit. Url:
http://www.geocities.com/Nashville/2490/Animal.html
- Gander
Academy: Theme Related Resources
- Twenty themes from Animals to Weather each with multiple
listings and pictures.Url: http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/themes.html
- For Kids!
- Games with animals, tours of habitats and links to math
homework help, libraries and reference materials. Url:
http://www.nwf.org/nwf/kids/
- Visit
Antarctica
- Visit Antarctica. This site is a teacher's guide to many
simple science experiments. Some experiments are "Why
ships float?", "Blubber Glove," and "Penguin
Adaptation." Students can have their questions answered
from Live from Antarctica 2. Some of the previous
questions that have been answered are: "How do you
dispose of human waste?" and "Can penguins be used
for human consumption?" Url: http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/antarctica2/main/t_guide/index.html
- Welcome to The Ice!!!
- This site contains lots of cool Antarctic stuff, including
lots of pictures, trip journals, a frequently asked questions
section, a summary of the history of Ross Island, Antarctica,
and links to other Antarctic sites.. Url: http://www.theice.org/
- You Can with Beakman
and Jax
- Welcome to the home of Beakman Place and Jax Place from
"Beakman's World". An excellent interactive site where
kids can click on illustrations to see pictures taken from the
Hubble Space Telescope of the planets, do interactive demonstration
(but first you must download Shockwave which is accessible through
the site) and find the answers to questions like
"Why is poop brown?" or "Why does a steel nail
sink while a steel boat floats?" Other activities
are also included to reinforce science skills taught at this
site. Url: http://www.beakman.com/
- BERIT'S
BEST SITES FOR CHILDREN
- This is another site that has a list of the best sites.
However, this one is for students grades
K-6 to explore on their own. Teacher's may find
it useful for information, but more useful to send your students
to. There are MANY sites for children to explore including
a MATH & SCIENCE section. Some of my favorite sites
from this kist are: Planet Zoom; Museum of Science
& Industry; Nano Science; Bill Nye Labs;
You Can With Beakman & Jax; & African American
On-Line. Many site include Virtual Videos, experiments,
puzzles, & games. Definitely user friendly for elementary
students, especially special education students due to various
levels of difficulty! Url: http://db.cochran.com/li_toc:theoPage.db
- Bill Nye the Science
Guy's Nye Labs Online
- Bill covers all science. Included are T.V. listings,
program guides, and activities. Url: http://nyelabs.kcts.org/
- Bill Nye the Science
Guy's Nye Labs Online
- This site is the introductory page to science by Bill
Nye. From here a Web Search, TV listings, e-mail, etc.
can be found. Each day a new Demo
of the Day or experiment is postedUrl: http://nyelabs.kcts.org/
- Bill Nye the Science
Guy's Nye Labs Online
- This is the site of Bill Nye, the Science Guy!!!! It contains
a demonstration of the day - a link where one can obtain science
experiments to teach various science skills with inexpensive
items. For those young scientists that are Nye fans, you can
also e-mail Bill Nye. Information about his TV program is also
available. Url:
- http://nyelabs.kcts.org/
- Bill Nye the Science
Guy's Nye Labs Online
- If you're a Bill Nye fan or your kids are one, this is
the site for you! Pick a category under life science, physical
science, or planetary science, and go with it. Includes info,
games, tv listings, even Bill Nye sounds. Url: http://nyelabs.kcts.org/
- Bill Nye the
Science Guy
- This is Bill Nye's page. It gives you almost any
information you'd ever want on Bill Nye. A lot of
science information, Bill
Nye's episode guides, and many science experiments are found
at this site. Url: http://sun.jic.com/new/fnye.html
- Looking
into the Hawk's Eye
- Background information about raptors is provided, with
an extensive list of related links. The links include great
information and beautiful graphics. An added bonus is a section
of links which includes vocalizations from a variety of
raptors. Url:
- http://www-personal.umich.edu/~airyn/shamballah/raptors.html
- Birds of
North America:
- This site allows you to search for any bird in North America.
Pictures and sounds of these birds can be accessed by state.
For those of you wanting to take your students out bird watching,
it would be a great idea to let them listen to sound files of
birds found in your area before traipsing off into the field.
Many times you will hear a bird rather than see it. http://whirl.research.att.com/birds/
- Birds
- Pictures of wild animals from mammals, invertebrates,
prehistoric animals, endangered species to amphibians give the
first grade student an opportunity to see the characteristics
of these animals and to create a knowledge background in order
for these children to build their learning experiences on
prior knowledge. The program is full of pictures for the
first and second grade students with information given about
the species for the older students.Url:
- http://www.nature.ca/notebooks/english/birdpg.htm
- Birds
in the Classroom:
- A great teacher and student resource that teaches students
how to identify birds in the field, make a field guide, and analyze
and interpret bird data. The page includes a teacher and
student guide to bird project experiments. http://www.caosclub.org/nsw/nature/teachdata/path/prebird.html
- Birding:
- Teachers can gain a great deal of information on building
bird houses, attracting birds, how birds see, kids projects,
gardening for birds, and migration. http://birding.miningco.com/
- MBG Educational
Programs
- Find lots of information about tropical rain forests.
See pictures with descriptions of different parts of the Missouri
Botanical Garden, including the Japanese Garden, and the tropical
plants inside the Climatron.
- Url: http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/education/
- Butterflies
on the Internet:
- This site offers a large selection of butterfly sites
on the web. Photos, gardening, publications and anything
you would need to know to begin raising butterflies in the classroom.
http://mgfx.com/butterfly/resource/index.htm
- Monarch Watch:
- This is an excellent place to gather classroom materials,
larvae, and information about tagging migrating monarch butterflies.
Information about milkweed, tag recoveries and research is readily
available. http://MonarchWatch.org/
- Children's Butterfly Site, Butterfly
Books and Videos and Websites with Butterfly Photographs
- A list of books and videos
on butterflies and how to construct a butterfly garden.
Activities and teacher resources on butterflies are included
as well as a listing of related websites and photographs of butterflies,
moths, and other instects. http://www.mesc.usgs.gov/butterfly-books.html
- Virtual
Cave
- This site has fabulous photographs of many different types
of cave formations. There is also information on how these
formations grow.
- Url:http://www.goodearth.com/virtcave.html
- Virtual
Cave
- From the comfort of your keyboard, browse the mineral
wonders unique to the cave environment. Images collected from
around the world combine to generate an 'ideal' cave. Wonderful
graphics of speleothems for a virtual field trip to a cave, for
preliminary explanations, or for review after a field trip to
a cave. Links to
- other sites related to bats and caves are also included.
Url:http://www.goodearth.com/virtcave.html
- Cave
Life
- An extroidinary site about caves, cave life, and karst
areas. There are wonderful photographs of cave animals
and their habitat. Dr.
William ( Bill ) Elliot,who began working for the MO
Conservation Dept. in 1998, has worked with his fellow speleologists
to provide teachers and the public with the information at this
site.
- Url:http://www.utexas.edu/depts/tnhc/.www/biospeleology/
- Missouri
Caves .
- Find out more about Missouri, it's caves and cave life.Url:
- http://www.umsl.edu/~joellaws/ozark_caving/mss/webster.htm
- Cool
Web Sites for Kids and Teachers
- A listing of science sites for elementary kids and teachers.
Some sites listed include Children's
Butterfly Site (a site full of coloring, questions
and answers, and videos about moths and butterflies), the Cincinnati Zoo, and Denver
Zoo Home Page.Url: http://www.mesc.usgs.gov/links/kids-sites.html
- MISSOURI
DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION HOME PAGE
- Teachers and students can study plants of Missouri, animals
of Missouri, and regions of the Missouri Department of Conservation.
This site also shows a list of books and videos available through
MDC. Url: http://www.conservation.state.mo.us/
- MISSOURI
DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION HOME PAGE
- Through this site Missouri fifth grade teachers can obtain
descriptions, drawings, and habitat information about common
Missouri plants and animals. This is a key skill for those
schools still giving the MMATs. This site contains an extensive
fish and wildlife database as well as an educational materials
request form. Url:
- http://www.conservation.state.mo.us/
- The
MDC News Page
- The Missouri Department of Conservation offers many sites.
The ones that are relevant to Missouri fifth graders are Missouri
trees and plants and Missouri animals. The site offers
colored pictures of the trees and their leaves for example.
In addition, Missouri is divided into conservation areas, and
activities available in each area are listed. Url:
- http://www.conservation.state.mo.us/news/
- Missouri
Department of Conservation
- Explore plants and animals of MO as well as nature, places
to go, a kids page, and education.Url:http://www.conservation.state.mo.us/
Missouri Prairie Foundation:
- Good resource for exploring the efforts in the state to
conserve our state's natural prairies. Provides information about
the endangered prairie chicken. http://www.moprairie.org/
- Endangered
Animals of the World
- This site provides information about endangered species
around the world. Additional links to related topics are
provided, as well as an opportunity to submit an endangered animal
to be included on the web site. Url:
- http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/1460/index.html
- Endangered
and Extinct Species Lists
- This is a clickable regional Map which shows which species
are threatened and endangered in each state and lists fact sheets
for some of those species. Lists give common name, scientific
name, historic range, status, etc. Url:
- http://nceet.snre.umich.edu/EndSpp/ES.lists.html
- Action
Alert 128 - April, 1997
- Ancient Redwoods are under attack in California.
Sample of letter you can write. April - 1997
- Url: http://www.ran.org/ran/info_center/aa/aa128.html
- Redwood
Forest Ecology
- Basic information about the Redwood Forest covering mammals,
bats, reptiles, amphibians, fish, rodents and insects.
Location site available for questions.
- Url: http://www.northcoast.com/~hrsp/ecology.html
- Edible/Inedible
Experiments Archive
- A series of science experiments useful for teachers.Age
levels precede each activity.Url:
- http://www.madsci.org/experiments/
- Explore Science
- A good site for upper elementary simple machine demos.
Url: http://explorescience.com/
- Exploratorium:
ExploraNet
- This home page for the San Francisco museum by this name
provides many science activities and science fair-type projects
for students as well as information about the museum itself.
It's on-line exhibits are attractive as well as interesting.
Url:
- http://www.exploratorium.org/
- Exploratorium:
ExploraNet
- The Exploratorium, a Museum of Science, Art, and Human
Perception, is located in the Palace of Fine Arts building in
San Francisco. This is their fabulous web site. It
show many of the exhibits found there. Included are step-by-step
pictures showing the dissection of a sheep's brain and a cow's
eyeball. The pictures and photos at this site are great.
They might be a little slow in downloading, but it's worth the
wait. Url:
- http://www.exploratorium.edu/
- Take
Flight - Forces of Flight
- In a class studying flight the science student will find
at this site the four forces that act on an airplane. A
diagram is included. Url:
- http://www.msichicago.org/ed/flight/flight1.html
- The Franklin
Institute Science Museum
- Enlightening exhibits online and in Philadelphia, at this
museum named for Ben Franklin. Visit online exhibits about
The Heart (shows the blood flow), Ben Franklin, and The Universe.
Educational Hotlists make browsing the web more meaningful for
anyone interested in science education. For science teachers,
the online units of study, like Wind and Living Things, support
your hands-on science investigations. Visit the publications
library for science activities or to ask an expert for help with
science questions.Url:http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/welcome.html
- The Franklin Institute Science
Museum
- This program provides a wide variety of activities dealing
with science. It has current events in it. Students
can plan a visit to a museum and explore exhibits. This
program provides alot of motivation for students to become involved
with science. Url: http://sln.fi.edu/
- The
Frogs of New England
- All you ever wanted or needed to know about "frogs".
All elementary would benefit and lower elementary could be taught
from the pictures of a
frog lifecycle.Url:http://library.advanced.org/11034/index.htm
- Gardening
for Kids - Science & Nature for Kids - 03/30/98
- All types of fun projects and experiments about planets
and seeds are available at this site. The terminology is
at an elementary level so could be a site which kids could visit
and do the activities. It is a part of the bigger site
Mining Co.com which includes science for all ages and levels.Url:
- http://kidscience.miningco.com/library/weekly/aa033098.htm
- Hands-On Technology
Program
- This address brings you to the introductory page to science
experiments and hands-on math activities for K-8 students.
Areas include Physical Science, Life Science, Earth Science,
and math. Each area, such as Weather
Table Of Contents in Earth Science, has from 10-20 experiments
and activities explained in detail complete with a sheet set
up for the student to make observations. Url: http://www.galaxy.net/~k12/
- Helping
Your Child Learn Science
- This site provides parents and teachers
with hands-on science activities and projects that will engage
elementary and middle school students. There are 28 interesting
activities, as well as other suggestions and ideas for adults.
Url: http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/Science/
- Goodies
- Goodies contains several
science sites that contain activities for the classroom and places
for field trips in the St. Louis area that are appropriate for
all age groups. http://Walden.MVP.Net/~snaptoit/pages/goodies.html
- Goodies
- Goodies is an index of various sites including
Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis Science Center, St. Louis
Kids Corner, and NASA On-line. This site is good source
for kids and adults. http://Walden.MVP.Net/~snaptoit/pages/goodies.html
- Galileo
- Collection of K-12 science lessons that are easily accessible
and easy to follow. Url: http://www-hpcc.astro.washington.edu/scied/galileo.html
- Iowa State
Entomology Index of Internet Resources
- K-12 Organizes hundreds of informational resources available
to entomologists. Collaborative database of useful sites.
Url:
- http://www.ent.iastate.edu/List/
- New Jersey
Online: Wendell's Yucky Bug World
- Wendell the Worm, host of The Yuckiest Sites including
Yucky Bug World, is the coolest science
- reporter around. He's got a nose for information
on gross insects, especially roaches, and the answers to kids'
science questions. Ask Wendell can be a terrific resource for
kids of all ages. Includes links to other Yucky sites,
including one on human body functions.Url:http://www.nj.com/yucky/roaches/
- Amazing
Insects: An Internet Project
- The Amazing Insects Project, originally organized by two
third-grade classrooms at Groveland Elementary School in Wayzata,
Minnesota, is open to students around the world who are interested
in observing local insects and sharing their data and reactions
with other classrooms. May not be able to collaborate with the
original authors currently, but it is a comprehensive explanation
of how to do a collaborative insect unit on the Internet.Url:http://www.minnetonka.k12.mn.us/groveland/insect.proj/describe.html
- 3M
Collaborative Invention Unit
- This multifaceted lesson helps students explore what it
takes to be an inventor by reviewing the different hats an inventor
must wear (critic, trailblazer, etc.), studying some successful
inventors, and learning how to write a report on an inventor.
Includes links to activities to help generate ideas for inventions.
Url:http://mustang.coled.umn.edu/inventing/Inventing.html
- Kid's
Domain Holidays
- A child-oriented site filled with many holiday math and
science activities. Everything from summer fun to Earth
Day. These activities include adopting an animal from the
rainforest to making ice cream in a can. Url:
http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/index.html
- Science
lessons.html
- The site opens to Science Lesson Plans for Teachers submitted
by the Edmonds School District in Lynnwood, Washington and updated
July 5, 1998. The page links you up to sites with science
lessons for students of all ages. Lessons vay in detail
depending upon site.Url:
- http://dent.edmonds.wednet.edu/IMD/lessonsscience.html
- Tammi's
Lesson Plans and Resources for Teachers
- Math and science lesson plans for grades K-8 with math
and science resource links. Url: http://members.aol.com/Tammi5/index.html
- Smile
Program Biology Index
- A collection of almost 200 lessons that may be freely
copied. Url: http://www.iit.edu/~smile/biolinde.html
- Math
and More
- A variety of activities,lesson plans,software, workshops,
and links to other math/science sites. K-12 Url:
- http://www.solutions.ibm.com/k12/teacher/mam/mamt.html
- Curriculum
Project
- In Curriculum Project you will find six broad science
topics: 1) The Solar System and Beyond 2) Plants
3) Animals 4) The Human Body 5) Pollution 6) Electricity,
Matter, and Energy. Under each of the topics you will find
information that could be used in planning science lessons for
students in grades 2-6. Url:
- http://science.cc.uwf.edu/sh/curr/uwfcur.htm
- Elementary
Science Lesson Plan Folder
- Lesson plans and student activities for earth science,
environmental science, life science, health science, and physical
science have been done by Drake University science students and
are posted on this web site. The plans and activities have
been tested and refined several times before being posted. Url:
- http://www.educ.drake.edu/sci_ed/
- Science
Center - Lessons for 4-5
- A teacher site which contains a list of math and science
lessons and activities. Includes suggestions on ways to
start math journal entries, and also many activities for Earth
Day. Url: http://WWW.minnetonka.k12.mn.us/support/science/lessons45.html
- The MAD Scientist
Network
- A website from Washington University that includes three
primary divisions: 1. Ask a scientist: Includes an online
archive of questions and answers, and "Ask-A-Scientist";
2. Mad Libs; 3. Mad Science Library: includes sites and links
to other Ask-a-Scientist sites. Great for student research.Url:http://medinfo.wustl.edu/~ysp/MSN/
- The MAD Scientist
Network
- A combination of three primary divisions: Ask a scientist,
Mad Labs, and Mad Science Library. The experiments are
well explained and cover a broad range of areas from astronomy
through math and physics. K-12 Url: http://medinfo.wustl.edu/~ysp/MSN/
- Museum
Mania Treasure Hunt
- An excellent scavenger hunt for elementary students. Url:
http://www.eduplace.com/projects/treasure.html
- Newton's
Apple Index
- Newton's Apple is an award-winning science program for
kids and adults. This site shows lessons from the teacher's
guides for several seasons.. Url:
- http://ericir.syr.edu/Projects/Newton/
- Newton's
Apple Index
- This site serves as an index for programming, the
overviews can provide a guide for those interested in formulating
their own lessons. Check out the Science Try Its.
These mini-activities provide thought provoking experiences for
students and teachers alike. Students can enter this site
on their own to explore these Try Its. Url: http://ericir.syr.edu/Projects/Newton/
- Newton's
Apple Index
- This page is sponsored by Newton's Apple, an award-winning
national science program for kids and adults. The site
gives summaries of the lesson available in video form from the
program. These lessons can be used with the program or
without. The best part of this site seems to be the Teacher's
Guide Index. Here you find an extensive alphabetized
list of many, many lessons. Each lesson plan has background
information, lists of needed materials, and related sites.
Url:
- http://ericir.syr.edu/Projects/Newton/
- Newton's
Apple: Teacher's Guides
- A comprehensive site containing topics from A to Z math
and science.Includes lesson plans, activities, resource lists,
and student materials lists and worksheets. K-12 Url:
http://www.pbs.org/ktca/newtons/11/jumbojet2.html
- Newton's
Apple: Teacher's Guides
- Materials are listed in ABC Order for quick reference.
Detailed lesson plans for math and science, references, and activities
are provided. K-12 Url:
- http://ericir.syr.edu/Projects/Newton/newtonalpha.html
- NWF Issues
Page
- National Wildlife Federation educates students on the
core environmental issues and how to conserve our natural resources.
The site would be appropriate for Middle School Science/Social
Studies Students and teacher directed for Elementary Students.
Url:http://www.nwf.org/nwf/issues.html
- Oceanography
- This is an OUTSTANDING site that gives access to 6 elementary
ocean sites. There are resources for teachers and children.
There are many links to other interactive research and game sites.
Try Ocean
Lesson Plans or
- Sea Games for
a quick look, but be sure to check out the entire sight when
you have time.Url: http://www.ccsd.edu/Link/oceanogr.htm
- NEPTUNE'S
WEB - Oceanography Lesson Plans for Science
- I like the way they intergrate a unit on oceanography
throughout the content areas. This web site has some good
hands on activities. Url:
- http://www.cnmoc.navy.mil/educate/neptune/lesson/science/science.htm
- OceanLink - Marine
Science
- This site is appropriate from about grade 3 through college
(job opportunities) as well as answering questions from site
visitors. Url: http://oceanlink.island.net/
- Animal
Bytes - blue whale
- Students K-6 will enjoy researching the blue whale on
this site. It gives a good description as well as a diagram
of the whale. It shows the population, where they live,
and how they survive. Url:
- http://www.seaworld.org/animal_bytes/bluewhaleab.html
- Whale
FAQ
- A great resource for information about whales presented
in a question/answer format which is sure to spark student interest.
Students may also submit their own questions. Url:
http://whales.magna.com.au/faq/#022
- The Whale-Watching Web: Children Pages
- Whale-Watching web contains
informatio on education and research on whales, activities
for children, fun facts about sea mammals, and information about
the Whale Club. http://www.physics.helsinki.fi/whale/education/children.html
- SeaWorld/Busch Gardens
Animal Information Database
- Sea World/Busch Gardens offers educational resources and
programs about animals and their habitats. Elementary science
students would delight in the pictures and appropriate information
given about their favorite animals as they guide their own study.Url:http://www.seaworld.org/
- SeaWorld/Busch Gardens
Animal Information Database
- This site has a broad selection of animals and its goals
include appreciation for science, a respect for all living creatures
and natural environments. K-8 Url:
- http://www.seaworld.org/
- NEPTUNE'S
WEB - Oceanography Lesson Plans for Science; Pressure
- School students would enjoy this lesson on water pressure
because of the cooperative learning opportunities. This
hands on activity with water pressure allows the students to
use experiences and then add the experiences to building
on performance based task. This project would also be a
lesson to use with gifted primary children.Url http://www.cnmoc.navy.mil/educate/neptune/lesson/science/pressure.htm
- The NEW What's
It Like Where You Live?
- This site contains biomes and provides a broad range of
information, games, and links. Oceans, Shorelines, Ponds
and Lakes, Desert, Grasslands, Rivers, Streams, Rain Forests,
Taiga, Tundra K-8 Url: http://www.mobot.org/MBGnet/
- Welcome to the Rainforest
Action Network Home Page
- The Rainforest Action Network is for teachers (adults).
It shows what is being done in the world to help save and preserve
the rainforests. For the children go to Kid's
Corner and see what children are doing to help save
the rainforest. Url: http://www.ran.org/ran/
- The
Rainforest Workshop
- The purpose of this page is to help teachers and students
learn more about the tropical rainforest . Categories to
choose from include Tropical
Animals, Rainforest
People, Tropical
Plants, Rainforest
Travel, and more.Url: http://kids.osd.wednet.edu/Marshall/homepage/tropical.html
- Good Green Fun!-
Children's Music and Rainforest Ecology
- At this site there are bright, beautiful pictures, songs,
activities, and links that children will enjoy. There are
7 songs about tropical rainforests and 7 songs about temperate
rainforests. When you choose a song you may listen to it,
read the lyrics, and see activities that go with it.
This site is primarily for children but there is a nice Curriculum
Development section for teachers. Url: http://www.efn.org/~dharmika/
- Frank
Potter's Science Gems
- This web site has some great K-6 lesson plans on planets,
stars, simple machines, marine life, El Nino, etc. They
have virtual field trips, which I know my students would enjoy.
Url: http://www-sci.lib.uci.edu/SEP/SEP.html
- Frank
Potter's Science Gems - Physical Science I
- A resourceful site for college, high school,middle school,
and elementary school teachers on Physical Science topics. The
site is broken down by grade levels and subcategories and has
related links to other subject areas.Url: http://www-sci.lib.uci.edu/SEP/physical.html
- Rocks,
Fossils, and the Earth
- Activities for students to understand how the earth is
made up. Url: http://www.galaxy.net/~k12/geology/erosion.shtml
- Kindergarten
Software Online!!!
- Did you really believe that Kindergarten kids couldn't
use the internet? Check out all the games and learning
activities about numbers, sequencing, patterns, letters, and
animals and their homes.There's also some great coloring
pages which teach number and color words.
- Url:http://www.funschool.com/cgi-bin/ga?kindergarten,i
- Recommended
Science Sites on the Internet
- This site has online data collection link sites for updated
weather, marine data, even current views of the Earth from satellites
in space. K-8 classroom activities, collaborative classroom
projects, interactive projects, even curriculum development are
among the smorgasbord of links available on this web page.
A good start for teachers wanting ideas on how to use the Internet
in an interactive way in the classroom. Url:
http://essc.calumet.purdue.edu/other%20science
- Science
2000 Frames
- This site provides lessons on astronomy, biology, chemistry,
earth science, and physics. It has great lessons and activities
on condensation, climate, water cycle, and many others. Url:
http://www.luc.edu/schools/education/science/zframe.htm
- SMILE Program home
page
- This science site is wonderful for different areas and
levels of science activities. Url: http://www.iit.edu/~smile/
- Simple
Machines in the Classroom
- Here is an explanation of the six simple machines including
pictures. There are many links to lesson plans and activities
to help students understand how these machines work. Url:http://www.fi.edu/qa97/spotlight3/spotlight3.html
- Sky
DEN -- The Solar System
- At this site you will learn about the solar system.
You may read general information or choose options to read about
specific parts of the solar system. You also have the opportunity
to assign a Unit
Quiz. This page is designed for children. Url:
http://www.actden.com/sky_den/solar.htm
- StarChild:
A learning center for young astronomers
- You can learn about the solar system, the universe,
space stuff, or use a very good Glossary.
In each area there are many links to explore more specific ideas
about space. This page is designed for children. Url:
lhttp://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html
- StarChild:
A learning center for young astronomers
- This is a great resource for the elementary student. Star
Child has two levels from which to choose. Topics include:
Solar System, Universe, and "Space Stuff" (topics
related to space exploration). Vocabulary terms are linked
directly to a glossary by clicking on highlighted term. Many
photographs are provided. http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html
- Planetary
Sciences at the NSSDC
- This is a great resource for researching planets.
My students would find this very handy for our unit on the solar
system. It also gives a timeline for missions in space.
Url: http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/planetary_home.html
- NASA Spacelink
- An Aeronautics & Space Resource for Educators
- Learn about NASA educational services, instructional
projects, news, overviews, and read a most frequently
asked questions list. You can check out recent space Cool
Picks . This is a large site with multiple links for
more help, explorations, and information. This page
is designed to assist teachers.Url:
- lhttp://spacelink.nasa.gov/.index.html
- The
Nine Planets
- The Nine Planets is information about our solar system
aimed at a general audience. The site contains pictures and a
multimedia tour of the solar system. There are links to more
sites that are grade appropriate for high school, middle school,
and elementary students There are also links to more specific
questions pertaining to the solar system.Url:http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/nineplanets.html
- The
Nine Planets
- This site has pedagogy, projects, sources, skills.
It's well organized and informative for elementary and intermediate
solar system studies. Url:
- http://web.cs.mun.ca/k12media/resources.libraries.science.planets.html
- Welcome to The Nine
Planets - For Kids!!! -
- A younger version of Bill Arnett's The
Nine Planets. Each of the planets are explored in terminology
appropriate for upper elementary.Url:
- http://www.tcsn.net/afiner/
- Solar System Simulator
- This simulator allows you to see a celestial body from
any given point in the solar system. You may project the day
and time for the given image. It is a great way for kids
to see items in space up close. Url: http://space.jpl.nasa.gov/
- Moon
- Science teachers and students can use this diagram to
study the moon phases. There is also a description and
diagram of the eclipses. Url:
- http://www.astro.indiana.edu/~classweb/a100s0474/Help/earth_moon.html
- Moon
Phases
- The site explains the eight phases of the moon and
list them in order. A table shows the current moon phase,
and differentiates from waxing and waning phases. Url:
http://www.wsanford.com/~wsanford/exo/moon_phases.html
- Phase
Watch
- This site provides a step by step procedure for identifying,
observing, and recording the moon's phases. This detailed
plan can be teacher directed or accessed and followed by the
student individually. This provides an internet use reinforcement
activity as well as practice at reading and following directions.
Url:
- http://www.hypernote.com/~magruder/bcp/zodiacal/moon/phasewatch.htm
- StarChild:
Multidisciplinary Solar System Activities: Moonlight Madness
- This link provides descriptions of the individual phases
and provides the student with the opportunity to identify and
order the phases of the moon. The appearance of this site
is appealing to students, and it provides a self assessment option.
Url: http://rosat.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level2/moonlight.html
- StarChild:
Multidisciplinary Solar System Activities: Moonlight Madness
- This site defines each of the eight phases and gives illustrations.
An identification test of each phase is given, and then the student
may check their answers. The introduction is very catchy
for students, and two additional pages to view.Url:
http://rosat.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level2/moonlight.html
- NASA Homepage
- All ages will enjoy this site to find frequently asked
questions, hot topics, maps, and other interesting space information.
Url:
- http://www.nasa.gov/
- Mars Missions
- Are you studying about Mars? If so, this is a must
see for your students. They can tour Mars with Pathfinder
and find out about future explorations. Url:
- http://mpfwww.jpl.nasa.gov/
- PIGS
Space: Cooperative Learning - Modules
- Suggested lesson plans for really neat and simple to play
games, or suggestions for e-mail buddy activities for Math (numeration,
operations, measurement, geometry, data), Science (inventions
environment), Language Arts, and Social Studies. Many are
adaptable for 4th-8th grade. Url:
- http://cspace.unb.ca/nbco/pigs/modules/
- Math Links-
Bloomington High Math
- This looks like a math site and it is, but it also includes
ocean and space sites. There are things for teachers and
children to explore. Unfortunately, August 9, 1997 was
the last time that this page was updated (today is July
9, 1998) and some of the choices won't work, but there are still
links to some pretty cool sites. For a quick look try Views of
the Solar System or The
Electronic Zoo. You will find museum trips, virtual field
trips, and surfing the webb instruction sites for children. Url:
http://www.bhs-ms.org/mlfldtrp.htm
- Views
of the Solar System
- This site gives an educational tour of the solar system.
It contains colorful images and up-to-date information about
the sun, planets, moons, asteroids, and comets found in our solar
system. Url: http://bang.lanl.gov/solarsys/eng/homepage.htm
- Outer Orbit
- Outer orbit is a site about space exploration. Classroom
activities, lesson plans for teachers and a wide variety of related
links to other sites are provided. If you teach a space unit
this is a site to visit. Url: http://www.outerorbit.com/
- Earth
- An excellent Earth and solar system site for all ages.
It has everything! Url:
- http://www.windows.umich.edu/cgi-bin/tour.cgi/level.button.map(link=/earth/earth.html&sw=false&sn=353388&d=/images&edu=mid&br=graphic&cd=false&fr=f&tour=?456,11
- Nasa
Rocket Classroom Activities:
- This rocketry site provides a teacher's
guide, history, principles, and many plans to create different
types of rockets. A list of related rocketry
sites are included. Check out the aeronautic activities
page for lift, airfoil, thrust, and Bernoulli's principal. http://www.lerc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/TRC/Rockets/RocketActivitiesHome.html
- Student
Rocket Activity page:
- Students can fill out an online
crossword puzzle containing rocketry vocabulary. Activities
such as balloon staging and altitude finder assist students in
computing the distance of a launched rocket and understanding
a two phase rocket. http://www.smv.mus.va.us/~rocket/student.html
- Welcome to the St. Louis
Science Center
- Online galleries which include information about tornadoes,
earthquakes, dinosaurs, and much, much more. See
pictures of actual exhibits within the Science Center, including
the Space Xploration Gallery in the Planetarium. Url:
http://www.slsc.org/
- Science/Nature
for Kids - Welcome from The Mining Co.
- This site offers a variety of opportunities to science
links and features for all ages. "A Walk in the Rainforest"kilauea.html
helps to teach about Hawaii, volcanoes, and landforms.Url:
http://kidscience.miningco.com/
- The Teacher's
Desk, Educational Resources
- Teachers can brouse over 250 free lesson ideas, specialized
e-mail discussion groups for 5/6 teachers, and database of educational
links. Url: http://www.knownet.net/users/Ackley/
- Teachers'
Resources
- Teacher Resources pulls together some user friendly search
engines, teacher resources, science subject resources, and a
mail room to ask the experts science related questions.
This would be a great site for students to use to begin their
research on any given science topic. Url: http://www.fiu.edu/~georgej/teachres.html
- Teachers
Helping Teachers
- This site provides a wealth of teacher created lesson
plans for elementary science teachers. The site is updated
on a regular basis during the school year. Teachers are
invited to submit their plans to the site. A click on the
homepage icon allows a look at wonderful lesson plans in all
subject areas. Url:
- http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel/Science.html
- Weather
- The Wonderful World of Weather is an interactive program
which incorporates hands-on, collaborative problem solving acitivities
with the internet. It is focused for grades 2-4.
Students link with other students throughout the world sharing
and gathering weather information for their area on a weekly
basis. The unit integrates all subject areas. Url:
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/1690/weather.html
- The Weather Unit
- The weather unit contains
lessons on weather teaching across the curriculum. The
lessons are appropriate for second through fourth grade.
http://faldo.atmos.uiuc.edu/WEATHER/weather.html
- WeatherNet
- Want to know what the current weather is 500 miles away?
Visit this site and quickly and easily find the temperature,
humidity, wind, pressure, conditions, etc. This site has
lots more too. A "must see" for future weathermen.
Url: http://cirrus.sprl.umich.edu/wxnet/
- Weather
Here and There
- Students will become involved in collaborative problem
solving activities. These lessons intergrate math, science,
geography, and language arts in learning about weather phenomena.
They utilize the use of Email and the internet for projects.
Url: http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/edu/RSE/RSEred/WeatherHome.html
- Weather
Forecast
- Students may access this site to retrieve weather information
anywhere in the worls, including their own address. Url:
- http://infoseek.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=65327&brand=infoseek
- Especially
Elementary - Guide to Meteorology (UIUC)
- Especially Elementary provides two complete weather units.
"The Weather Unit" is designed for grades 2 through
4. "Weather Here and There" is for grades 4 through
6. Both lessons are integrated with other subject areas
as well as the internet and provide hands on activities as well
as problem solving practice. "A Guide to Meteorology"
provides links to a collection of multimedia instruction modules
as well as additional instructional resources. Url:
- http://covis.atmos.uiuc.edu/guide/html/elementary.html
- Franklin's
Forecast
- A weather site that includes making your own weather
station, weather right now, and weather events. There are pictures,
videos, instructions and other weather links. Upper elementary
would benefit and lower elementary could be teacher directed.Url:http://www.fi.edu/weather/index.html
- Whelmers
Science Activities
- Sample 20 enhanced science activities from Steven L. Jacobs'
book Whelmers Vol. 1. Whelmers have been aligned with the National
Science Education Standards (National Research Council 1995)
by the staff of the Eisenhower High Plains Consortium for Mathematics
and Science. Includes links to an extensive list of science sites.
Url:http://www.mcrel.org/whelmers/index.html
- Yahoo!
Science:Education:K-12:Teaching:Lesson Plans
- General resourse site for lesson plans. Url:
http://www.yahoo.com/Science/Education/K_12/Teaching/Lesson_Plans/
- Yahooligans!
- A science page for kids. Url: http://home.netscape.com/bookmark/40/yahooligans.html
- Yucky Stuff That Kids
Want to Know
- "Oh, gross! Why do have to tell us about digestion
after we've eaten the pizza?" Not only does this site
give great insight to the human body and its functions, but there's
a lot of "gross" and "yucky" stuff about
bugs and worms too. Your elementary students will love
science class at this site.
- Url:http://www.nj.com/yucky/
- Yucky Site
- Yucky stuff about the body, bugs, worms, etc. Great interest
for kids and all. Url: http://www.nj.com/yucky/
- Yucky
Teacher Center
- Classroom activities for grades 3-8 for teaching human
body, worms, and bugs.Url:http://www.yucky.com/yucky/teachercenter/
- St. Louis Zoo
- The St. Louis Zoo web site
provides all important information about the zoo and its animals.
It is an excellent source of Science research material for K-12
students. In addition, the site provides information about
the zoo that is helpful in planning a field trip or onsite study.
Url: http://www.stlzoo.org/home.as
- The Electronic
Zoo
- This is the place to start if you are needing to know
where to go to find information about animals (and lots more).
It includes enough links to keep you busy for hours. Url:
http://netvet.wustl.edu/e-zoo.htm
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