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Click to Return to Main Resource Page All Areas Powers of 10 (grades 9-12)
View the Milky Way at 10 million light years from the Earth. Then move through space towards the Earth in successive orders of magnitude until you reach a tall oak tree just outside the buildings of the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory in Tallahassee, Florida. After that, begin to move from the actual size of a leaf into a microscopic world that reveals leaf cell walls, the cell nucleus, chromatin, DNA and finally, into the subatomic universe of electrons and protons.
"Decisions, Decisions Online" (grades 5-10)
Online version of the award winning "Decisions, Decisions" series from Tom Snyder Productions.
Extreme Science
Site profiles extremes in the natural and animal worlds. Scientists are profiles who
study such phenomena.
Field Trips you can take from your Schools' computers (grades K-12)
Offers free online nature tours designed for use in K-12 classes. The current field trips explore deserts, volcanoes, salt marshes, and hurricanes.
The Exploratorium (grades K-12)
Offers teachers and students a fun and provocative way to experience art, science, and technology. The Learning Studio's Top Cool Sites! index of science, art, and educational sites will be sure to wisk you to mind-bending exhibits, such as the link What's New in the World of Science. You can download plenty of cool images and Real Audio files, but hands-on exhibits are the real specialty.
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse (ENC) (grades K-12)
The information source for K-12 math and science teachers. K-12 Science
A complete overview of SciCentral pages for K-12 The Science Page (grades K-12)
The Science Page is home to the internet's largest collection of science analogies. Earth Science
The Weather Underground
The Weather Channel
The National Weather Service
Weather Cameras
Build a Solar System
Students create a scale model of a solar system Welcome To The Planets (grades K-12)
This is a collection of many of the best images from NASA's planetary exploration program. The collection has been extracted from the interactive program "Welcome to the Planets" which was distributed on the Planetary Data System Educational CD-ROM Version 1.5 in December 1995.
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
This is NASA's Science Education Home Page
Earth Systems Science Education Programs
USRA provides a mechanism through which universities can cooperate effectively with one another, with the Government, and with other organizations to further space science and technology, and to promote education in these areas.
Images From Space
This service, developed as a collaboration between NASA's Planetary Data System Imaging Node, the Solar System Visualization Project,and JPL's Public Information Office, is designed to provide you with easy access to the publicly released images from various Solar System exploration programs. Radar Images From Space Embrace Space
Offers curriculum material, photos, and a host of resources related to outer space and space travel Moonlink
The space education, outreach and public awareness program for NASA's Lunar Prospector Mission. Space Science News
This site features the latest news in science, including weather, space travel, and astronomy. The ÒThursday ClassroomÓ section provides new lesson plans and activities based on a current story making news headlines. "Why Is the Sky Dark at Night?"
Come visit this site and pick up a good working knowledge of elementary physics. Life Science
Monarch Watch
Follow their journey south, learn more about their amazing life cycle, read up on lesson plans, and get students involved in butterfly gardening by checking out the resouces at this fabulous monarch site. Children's Butterly Site
At this site kids can both play and learn. Electronic Resources on Lepidoptera:Butterflies and Moths
Billed as "the most complete and comprehensive website on Lepidoptera on the Internet". Gander Academy: General Resources on Spiders
Interesting tidbits about spiders, including some "awesome spider facts" straight from the mouth of third-graders as well as spider life histories and links to hundreds of pictures. Cool Science for Curious Kids The Howard Hughes Medical Institute invites curious kids to explore biology on its Cool Science for Curious Kids, a site dedicated to encouraging exploration of the natural world and the biological processes it contains. Cells Alive Wonderful resource for the biology teacher who wants to provide students with examples of all types of single-celled organisms, including ones few would want to handle in class. Complete 3D models. Earthlife Web
Tackles questions about the insect world Physical Science
Mathematics and Molecules
Molecular Modeling, is one of the fastest growing fields in science. It may vary from building and visualizing molecules to performing complex calculations on molecular systems. Virtual Laboratory
This site uses Java applets to demonstrate concepts of physics. Health and Safety Sparky the Dog
Fire Prevention site. Online fire truck gallery, interactive fire safety game, and the story of Sparky the Fire Dog. Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition
FDA - US Food and Drug Administration Healthtouch Online
Nutrition Navigator
A rating guide to nutrition websites PE Central
KidsHealth
Designed with kids in mind, the site provides hundreds of useful articles divided into separate sections for parents, kids, and teens.
Museums
Field Museum of Natural History (grades K-12)
Youngsters interested in archeology, biology, and sociology should check this site out. This site includes online exhibits that are chock-full of colorful JPEG graphics and interesting MPEG movies. This site also provides a companion book list for recosious kids who want to read more about the subjects of the exhibits. Teachers guides that suggest pre- and postvisit activities also are accessible from the site. Franklin Institute
You can visit the ocean, forecast the weather, study the heart, and learn the physics of flight at this Philedelphia science museum.
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