Science Classroom Resources

Science

Internet Classroom Sites

Lesson Plan Ideas - Various Grade Levels and Topics

Grades K-6

A Cell is a Small City: http://edservices.aea7.k12.ia.us/edtech/teacherpages/cwinstead3/index.html

Botany Quest, Grades K-3: http://geocities.com/mgkennedy/

Bubblesphere, K-3: http://bubbles.org

Chem4Kids: http://www.chem4kids.com/

Children's Museum of Indianapolis, Cyberspace Museum: http://www.cyberspacemuseum.com/index.html
Crick Primary School: Interactive Science Resources: http://www.crick.northants.sch.uk/pagescience.html
Cyberbee: Science Fair: http://cyberbee.com/science/scifair.html
Cyber-Fair: http://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/resources/cf/ideas.html
The Earth: Clouds: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/
The Everglades: http://www.nps.gov/ever/ed/index.htm
FEMA for Kids: Hurricanes: http://www.fema.gov/kids/tornado.htm
FEMA for Kids: Tornadoes: http://www.fema.gov/kids/tornado.htm
Geo-Mysteries: http://www.childrensmuseum.org/geomysteries/mysteries.html

Growing Mold: http://www.sci.mus.mn.us/sln/tf/b/bread/bread.html
Internet Public Library Science Fair Project Resource Guide: http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/projectguide/
KidsHealth for Kids: http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/
Live Cams: http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/animalcams/
MadSci Edible/Inedible Experiments Archive: http://www.madsci.org/experiments/
Pfizer FunZone: http://www.pfizerfunzone.com/funzone/discovery/
Plastic Fork Diaries, middle school: http://www.plasticforkdiaries.org/index_flash.cfm
Polymers: They're Everywhere: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/resources/ngo/education/plastics/index.html
Project Central-8th Grade & Under: http://sciencehunt.com/HuntHow.nsf/Lookup/Project

San Diego Zoo: http://www.sandiegozoo.org/
Search for Life on Mars: http://www.units.muohio.edu/dragonfly/space/search.htmlx
Sky Diary KIDSTORM: http://skydiary.com/kids/

Smithsonian National Zoological Park: http://natzoo.si.edu/
Solar System Webquest: http://www.monet.k12.ca.us/challenge/Teacher_webpages/OWStemigD/
SolarSystemWebquest/solar_system_webquest.htm
StarChild: http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html
Take a Bite Out of Ocean Info, Grades 3 & 4: http://www.mcs.k12.in.us/les/ihnen/Oceans.htm
The Tech Museum of Innovation: Robotics: http://www.thetech.org/robotics/
Who Dunnit? Forensic Science: http://www.cyberbee.com/whodunnit/crime.html
Wonderful Web Weather webquest: http://www.memphis-schools.k12.tn.us/admin/tlapages/Weather.htm

Yuckiest Site on the Internet: http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/
Yucky Roach World: http://www.yucky.com/noflash/roaches/
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Grades 7-12

Are You HWP?: Body Mass Calculator: http://cc.ysu.edu/~doug/hwp.cgi
Clouds and Precipitation: http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/cld/home.rxml
Environmental Science: Scorecard: http://www.scorecard.org
Explore Science: http://www.explorescience.com/
Fireworks, the Science Behind the Spectacle: http://library.thinkquest.org/15384/
IOWATER: http://www.iowater.net/

NASA: Imagine the Universe: http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/
Physics Web: http://physicsweb.org/TIPTOP/VLAB
Plants Database: http://plants.usda.gov/

Science Fair Page: http://www.hpl.lib.tx.us/youth/science_fair_index.html
The Science Spot: http://sciencespot.net/
Soda Play: http://www.sodaplay.com/index.htm
Stalking the Mysterious Microbe!: http://www.microbe.org/
Superconductors.Org: http://superconductors.org/

U.S. Geological Survey's Earthquake Bulletin Web site: http://geology.usgs.gov/quake.shtml
USGS: Earthquakes Hazard Program: http://gldss7.cr.usgs.gov/neis/bulletin/bulletin.html

Virtual Cell Web Page: http://www.virtualcell.com/
Visual Interpretation of the Table of Elements: http://www.chemsoc.org/viselements/
Wilton High School Chemistry: http://www.chemistrycoach.com/links%20to%20chemistry_experiments.htm
Wooden Periodic Table Table: http://www.theodoregray.com/PeriodicTable/
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Grades K-12

Amazing Space: http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/

Animal Planet: http://animal.discovery.com/
Chemical Elements.com: http://www.chemicalelements.com/

Cool Clouds for Kids of All Ages: http://pals.agron.iastate.edu/carlson/main.html

Cracking Dams, three grade levels: http://simscience.org/cracks/
Earth & Sky, K-12: http://www.earthsky.com
eNature: online field guide for plants and animals of North America: http://enature.com/
The Electronic Zoo: http://netvet.wustl.edu/e-zoo.htm
Explore Science - Interactive Science Education, 10-12: http://www.explorescience.com
Exploratorium: http://www.exploratorium.edu/
FirstGov for Science: http://www.science.gov/
Hands-On Science Centers World-wide: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/mwm/www/sci.html
Health Information Page - U of Alberta Health Centre: Health Software: http://www.ualberta.ca/healthinfo
How Stuff Works: http://www.howstuffworks.com/
Instructional Materials in Science Education: http://www.ncsu.edu/imse/
Kapili.com: http://www.kapili.com/topiclist.html
Kids'N Fitness, middle to high school: http://exchange.co-nect.net/fitness

The Mad Scientist Network: http://www.madsci.org/
Magnet Man: Cool Experiments with Magnets: http://www.execpc.com/~rhoadley/magindex.htm
Mission Mars, K-12: http://library.advanced.org/10274/
NASAexplores, K-12: http://www.nasaexplores.com/

NASA Image Exchange: http://nix.nasa.gov/

NASA Kids: http://kids.msfc.nasa.gov/

NASA: Windows to the Universe-three reading levels: http://www.windows.ucar.edu
Net-Lab Science Network: http://www.netlab.org:8888/
Neuroscience for Kids: http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neurok.html
Plugged-in: Super Sizzling Scientific Stuff Just for Girls: http://www.plugged-in.org/index.html
San Francisco Exploratorium Museum: http://www.exploratorium.edu
Science Center of Iowa, Pre-K-adult: http://www.sciowa.org
Sky Watch: http://www.school.discovery.com/schooladventures/skywatch/

Solar System Live, K-12: http://www.fourmilab.ch/solar/solar.html
Space Science and Engineering Center: Satellite Composite Image: http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/data/composites.html

Try Science (webcams, field trips): http://www.tryscience.org/
Thinking Fountain (presented by Science Museum of Minnesota): http://www.sci.mus.mn.us/sln/tf/
Weather Cams from Around the World: http://www.weatherimages.org/weathercams/

Why Files: http://whyfiles.org
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Projects

Animal Diaries, K-6: http://www.tesan.vuurwerk.nl/diaries/index.html

CIESE: Online Classroom Projects: http://www.k12science.org/currichome.html

ePals: http://www.epals.com

The Globe Program, K-12: http://www.globe.gov
The International Tress and Forest Project, Elanora Heights Primary School, K-6: http://www.zip.com.au/~elanora/trees.html
Journey North: http://www.learner.org/jnorth/
Kidproj: http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/
Monarch Watch: http://www.monarchwatch.org
Musical Plates: A Study of Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics: http://www.k12science.org/curriculum/musicalplates3/en/
Online Herbarium Project: online database of timber where you can classify and share images of trees in your area: http://www.uen.org/utahlink/pond/herbmain.htm
Penguins Around the World: Classrooms select an animal that is native to their region to study.: http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/proj/penguins/ideas.html
Project Feeder Watch: http://birds.cornell.edu/PFW/
RoadKill Monitoring Project: http://www.edutel.org/roadkill
Square of Life, elementary level: http://www.k12science.org/curriculum/squareproj/
Teaching.com: http://www.iecc.org/
The Tree of Life Home Page: http://tolweb.org/tree/phylogeny.html
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