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Kites for Kids! Make 20 kites with 20 kids in 20 minutes (well almost!) Wright Brothers - real film footage. Also check out their First Flight Site Build the best paper airplane in the world! Balloons and Airships Amelia Earhart The Brain What makes up a person's IQ? 12 Universal Dreams Things that go BUMP in the night! Phobias Links to activities related to the BRAIN and spinal cord. Chemistry Chemistry for kids has ideas for experiments - don't forget your goggles Periodic Table Adventure - elementary chemistry Chemicool Chem Elements Science Lab including Element Hangman game. Periodic Table WebElements Periodic Table (Los Alamos National Laboratory) McGraw Hill Chem School Kitchen Chemistry Cloning, Genes, & DNA Fingerprint Patterns How Fingerprint Scanners Work The History of Fingerprints The Gene Scene DNA exhibit How Human Cloning Will Work How Cloning Works Cloning Conundrum Electricity, Light, & Sound Electrical Science Snacks? YES! Try the electrical fleas. Van De Graff Generators and how the work. Check out the funny pictures It's the Atom's Family! Projects to try. The Theatre of Electricity - view different electrical gadgets and experiments Environment, Ecology & Habitats Ethan's Habitat Habitat VIdeos What's it like where you live? Biomes, freshwater ecosystems, and marine ecosystems. Info on climate, plants, animals, and a map Keep America Beautiful! Planetpals Earthzone in an interactive site that features planetpals teaching you the importance of caring for our planet. There are craft ideas, games, and a place to share your opinions. Earthweek reports on severe weather conditions around the world. use the data to practice charting and graphing, keep track of earthquakes, and other natural phenomena. Find hundreds of ways you can reduce, reuse, and recycle The Mississippi River Home Page - "Your guide to heritage, natural history, weather and recreation along the Mississippi River." Mississippi River Links Explorer's Club has stories and environmental activities for students Pollution in my town? See your city's pollution scorecard by typing in your zipcode. Learn about the Amazon Rainforest and the people who call it home World Biomes Biomes and Habitats at Enchanted Learning Blue Planet Biomes - Top notch photos, easy to navigate EPA - interactive climate, environmental and technology activities The Green Squad - action filled site. take an interactive journey through a school and make choices as you go to make a safe environment. Urban Sprawl Reduce - 50 things you can reduce Reuse - 50 things you can reuse Recycle - 50 things you can recycle Amazon Interactive Want to go on a biology or ecology field trip? Simply choose your location. Ecosystems - taiga, desert, temperate, grasslands, shorelines, wetlands, pond/lakes, rivers/streams, tropical oceans, temperate oceans, rainforest, tundra. Basic Biome info Water Around the World - One student's way to make a global difference Turfmutt - head outside and investigate landscaping and recycling. Learn the importance of the nature around us. Field Trips, Web Cams, Virtual Museums Franklin's Institute has many photos,videos, etc. on a TON of topics. Worth a few few minutes of your time - perhaps an hour! Type "multimedia" in the search box to find even more! Science Movie Clips Take a trip, stand, and turn all around to see the view! Internet Field Trips at XcursionIncredible list of virtual museums students have created Links to over 1,700 international museum and museum-related WWW sites, all alphabetical. Enjoy the view from somewhere else. Cam World has over 200 links to outdoor cameras where you can check out the weather and do some sightseeing just about anywhere! Global Webcams All aboard the Magic School Bus! Find out about the books, visit the art gallery, check out the games and toys Fossils and Archaeology Archaeology Flower Pot Fossil Layers Awesome Fossil Pictures Gigantic Snake Fossil - search Bio - snapshots Chuck Spencer - Archaeologist Did Neanderthals and early humans interbreed? Research says no - based on a 34,000 year old bone found in France Support for Human Evolution abounds at this site with links to articles on fossils. Detailed scientific evidence provided on the relationship of humans and apes. Genetics About Genetics Around the World with DNA Cloning Dolly DNA (onion) in a blender DNA model - build Tracing the First Americans - search Bio snapshots Genome Project Genes and Geography - search Human - snapshots Bear Family Tree through DNA - search Bio - snapshots Inventors & Inventions Invention Dimension Who invented the can opener? the frisbee? the feather duster? National Inventors Hall of Fame - How does one select who is admitted? Creative Thinking required to get a US PATENT Check out the creativity and ingenuity of inventors past and present Inventor Biographies Smithsonian Innovations Current technological inventions and discoveries Inventors from A to Z. Find facts on inventors and inventions using an alphabetical index. Goldburger to Go. Use levers, pulleys, planes, etc. to get an object to move just right! The Catapult! Create your own invention - contest included |
Investigations, Explorations & Experiments
Scientific Method Lab Report How Stuff Works Memory Experiments Test your memory and learn some tricks and techniques to help you never forget again. Edible Experiments you can Eat Science Investigation Tools Experiments for Third Graders Popular Science Magazine's Site Basic and Complicated Physics explained in an interactive way. Video clips, voting, more at Fear of Physics Tic Tac Bubbles is just one of the activities at Professor Bubble's site. Learn to make your own gargantuan and odd looking bubbles! Chem Center has 11 hands-on experiments to try from the Cow's Moo to Making Colonial Ink Fun Science Gallery of Experiments: Fun for all ages. More for elementary students by using the link at the bottom of their page. Math and Science and Technology What happened at Three Mile Island ? Reeko's Mad Scientist Lab has a section on chemistry, pressure, motion, and energy as three different levels. Materials, procedures, and background information included. Extreme Science gives you the facts about the largest, highest, oldest, and greatest creatures and formations of our natural world Micro World's science simulations and math explorations. The Education Arcade - GAMES to solve challenges from the Univ. of Madison A Special Exploratorium from San Francisco. TONS of explorations in all areas of science. Simulations - all areas. Plasma Physics online simulations Read about the Dell Winston Solar Challenge. A Top Ten Innovative Project! Then learn how to Build a Solar Car Solar Cooking Archive Solar Online Resources Science Fair Made Simple - ideas for science fair projects Young Scientists Challenge Discover Magazine Science News for Kids Matter Gases, liquids, solids. Good comparison The Particle Adventure. This site is aimed at high school students, but answers questions such as what is the world made of , what holds it together, and how come we know this. Take an interactive tour of quarks, neutrinos, antimatter, dark matter, and other intriguing particles. Find Out Why - discover states of matter, test some tomatoes, look at meteors! Study the different states of matter, what matter is, and what makes it up Liquid Basics - or would you like to be a solid? Solid/Liquid/Gas - particles applet. Make energy transform molecules! Energy Simulation - change variables to affect molecular movement River Crossing - cross the river on platforms of solid, liquid, or gas Matter Games Micro-Organisms A picture shop and data place for all of life. Every kingdom. Every kind! Have you ever wanted to see INSIDE something? Explore the inner space of animals, minerals, vegetables, and more with the best microscope that exists today, the SEM (Scanning Electron Microscope) A typical animal cell A typical plant cell Cells and Cell Structure Plant and Animal Cell Diagrams and info The Cell - types, what's inside, photos CELLS ALIVE! is an award winning library of virtual cells. Color images, 3D models, time lapse photography. See the growth of cancer and bacteria cells! A Walk in the Woods - Slide show format taking you on a walk through the woods. Interesting presentations of fungi, moss, and lichens. Also check out the Nature Notes section. Mysteries Visit an offbeat cyberspace science museum. Flying saucers, Loch Ness Monster... Solve biological mysteries using the scientific process! Who Dunnit? Do you enjoy a good mystery? Learn about fingerprinting, teeth impressions, identifying powers, and examining bones. Try to solve a crime. Super Sleuths. Try to solve these mysteries FBI - investigate crime solving techniques. Nancy Drew - learn about the mystery series Art Pintura, Art Detective has a mystery for you to solve. Oceans & Shipwrecks National Geographic Ocean info Discovery Kids Ocean links Enchanted Learning Ocean links The Sea Travel in the Oceans search Light in the Oceans Ocean Layers Nature Works on Oceans Temperate Oceans Ocean Zones, cycles, plants and animals Enchanted Learning - Biomes Lobster camera How Deep Can They Go? Test objects in the ocean! Jason Project Watch drips of water drop S L O W L Y. A Sea of Questions. Scientists study the ocean. Click on Ian Harrison for more information on what he studies. Take the quiz How a Submarine Works Sonar - Navy vs the Whales Alvin Digger & Friends Shark Water Live Web Cams at Monterrey Bay Aquarium Taking Stock of Coral Reef Species - search Bio -snapshots Alvin and the Deep Sea Vents - What's Living and Non Living down there? How Deep Can They Go? USS Wisconsin Great Lakes Shipwrecks Wisconsin Shipwrecks Shipwreck Explorers Dave Swayze's Shipwreck Research Plants & Trees The Great Plant Escape - learn about plant structure, what they need to grow and more facts than you'll ever need. Earth Observatory - visit the Global Garden, check on energy sources, and find out what is happening in the atmosphere. Telling an oak from a maple - from space State Trees Trees into families with pictures Click on a region and see the trees that live there. Great pictures and info. Choose a tree and see where it grows Pulleys, Gears, and Simple Machines How a Compass Works How Guitars Work How Drip Coffee Makers Work How Thermometers Work How a See N' Say Works How Water Towers Work How Gears Work How does a roller coaster work? Inside a Wind-up Alarm Clock Inside a Bathroom Scale Projects involving forces, materials, loads, and shapes. Interactive from Building Big Simple Machines Information Edheads Exploration of Simple Machines The Elements of Machines Grain Elevator Game Scientists Albert Einstein was a scientist since he was a young child. Read more about this Nobel Prize winner. Ben Franklin |