HHMI’s BioInteractive
http://biointeractive.org
HHMI (Howard
Hughes Medical Institute) provides
activities and tools for students.
There is also a section for teachers
Grades 9-12
Creature Feature
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/creature_feature/
Audio and
video clips help students learn about
featured animals. Grades 3-8
Entomology Image Gallery
http://www.ent.iastate.edu/imagegallery/
Students can
view images and movies of beetles,
ticks, lice, and lots of other creepy
crawling insects! Grades 3 and up
Endangered Animal Channel
http://www.endangeredtv.com/
Students
explore videos of endangered animals
from the Bagheera site. Grades 2-6
Amoeba Movies
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/moviegallery/pondscum/protozoa/amoeba/index.html
Explore
videos of an amoeba eating and moving
through different environments. Real
Player needed. Grades 5+
Way Cool Surgery
http://www.waycoolsurgery.com
View video
clips of an actual doctor performing
cardiac bypass surgery. Learn about
heart
health, and careers in the health care
field. Grades 3+
Popular
Science
http://www.popsci.com
There are plenty of
interesting things to read at Popular
Science Magazine's web site. Articles on
science, space, the Internet, computers,
and more. Grades 3+
Exploring the Planets
http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/ceps/etp/etp.htmExploring
the Planets is a simulated research
center at the National Air and Space
Museum that illustrates how scientist
explore planets that are millions of
miles away. Students can choose to log
in, enabling them a chance to save their
work. There are three levels for grades
5-8, grades 6-8, and grades 7-9.
Planet Impact!
http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/impact/
Discover the
fierce force of gravity and pelt poor
Jupiter with a comet! Teacher Tips
included. Grades 5-8
Mission Mastermind
http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/mastermind/
NASA needs
your help in planning a Hubble Servicing
Mission. Join the team! Teacher Tips
included. Grades 6-8
Galaxy Hunter
http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/ghunter/
Statistically speaking, this cosmic
photo shoot is out of this world!
Students construct and interpret
frequency tables, demonstrate knowledge
of simple random samples, define range,
mean and median as they apply to
statistics, and demonstrate knowledge of
min/max plots. Teacher Tips included.
Grades 10-12
Galaxies Galore
http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/galaxies-galore/
Galaxy construction timeline: billions
of years. For you: ten minutes. Teacher
Tips included. Grades 6-8
No Escape: The Truth About Black
Holes
http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/blackholes
An
opportunity for students to research the
fascinating topic of black holes and to
examine the concepts of escape velocity,
gravity, mass, and the speed of light as
they apply to black holes. Grades 8-12
Solar System Trading Cards
http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/trading/
students
will collect solar system trading cards
by playing an interactive card game.
They will identify the sun, planets,
comets, and asteroids by answering
questions about them. Students will
learn facts about the solar system
presented with amazing pictures taken by
the Hubble Space Telescope and various
NASA missions. Grades 3-6
Star Light, Star Bright
http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/light/
Explore the
nature of the electromagnetic spectrum.
In this lesson, students will identify
the different properties of waves and
the relationship that exists between
energy, wavelength, and frequency.
Students will correlate images taken by
the Hubble Space Telescope and other
astronomical instruments to the
wavelength, color, and temperature
information that can be found in the
spectrum. Grades 6-9
Hubble Deep Field Academy
http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/hdf/
Join
Professor WifPic in examining the Hubble
Deep Field image and simulate the
process astronomers have gone through to
count, classify, and identify objects in
the image as well as estimate their
distances from Earth. The lesson is
modular so that all or part of it may be
completed using computers and the
Internet. Grades 6-8
Funology
http://www.funology.com
At Funology find fun facts, experiments,
crafts, recipes, magic tricks, jokes,
and a whole lot more. Grades 2-5
Inner Learning Online
http://www.innerbody.com
Students can study the anatomy of the
human body or learn about the inner
workings of an automobile. Each of the
detailed graphic images has 'hot spots'
that interact to provide more
information. Grades 5+
Interactive Weather Maker -
Students can make whatever kind of day
they like just by moving the humidity
slider and either of the two temperature
sliders.
ScienceMonster
http://www.sciencemonster.com
Created by the makers of CoolMath, this
site entertains with information about
our solar system. Students can take a
star tour, see how gravity and inertia
work, and play a fun lunar landing
game.Grades 2-5
Amazing Space
http://amazing-space.stsci.edu
Amazing Space is a collection of
interactive activities designed to teach
students about black holes, collect
solar system trading cards, and more.
Each activity includes high quality
graphics and animation. Grades 3+
Earth and Moon Viewer
http://fourmilab.ch/earthview/vplanet.html
View a map of the Earth showing the
actual day and night regions at this
moment. You can also view it as
currently seen from the Sun, Moon,
orbiting satellite, or from above a
variety of cities. Grades 3+
spaceKids
http://www.spacekids.com
Start the countdown and blast-off for
fun and learning at this stellar site!
Take a virtual tour of the solar system,
play games, view space pictures and
movies, get up-to-date space news, and
more. Grades 2-5
Virtual Solar System
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/solarsystem/splash.html
A fantastic site from National
Geographic with a vast amount of
information about our solar system. With
the Viscape SVR plug-in students can
take a fly-by tour of the sun and each
planet, but even without the plug-in the
site is a must-see for space buffs.
Grades 3-8
Explore educational activities about
energy concepts, the power of the
sun, energy conservation, energy
transformation, electricity and
fossil fuels being presented by
famous gothic horror characters.
Virtual Fish Tank
Build-Your-Own-Fish online and
release them into the Virtual
FishTank(TM) exhibit at the Museum
Of Science, Boston
Biology in Motion
A collection of learning
activities, animations, and
cartoons Grades 7-12
Edheads
Interactive science activities
Zoobooks
The "Kids" section share interesting
facts about animals
Energy Flows
Move objects in sequence to let
energy flow Grades 3-6
Ology
An interactive museum
Is it
acid or base? Use the ph factor
resource to find out. Grades 6-8
Interactive activities related to
weather instruments and storms.
Grades 4-5
An
interactive skeleton that assist the
learner in identifying specific
bones. Grades 3-6
Apples for the Teacher Science Games
http://www.apples4theteacher.com/science.html
A
complete list of online calculators
and converters. Grades 3-12
The Physics Classroom
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/
An
online physics tutorial written for high
school physics students. Grades 9-12
I Know That Science Games
http://www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?Area=L2_Science
Science
Basic Skills and Games
http://classroom.jc-schools.net/basic/science.html