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General
- BrainPOP www.brainpop.com
- BrainPOP Jr. www.brainpopjr.com
- The Why Files
- Create a Graph nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/index.asp?ID=84B547D18297C2A9F
- Science Photo Library
- CIESE Collaborative, Real-Time, Primary Source and Partner projects in engineering and science.
- American Museum of Natural History www.amnh.org/
- Science Explorations--American Museum of Natural History
- The Great Plant Escape www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/index.html
- Enchanted Learning http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Home.html Kid friendly site on a variety of subjects.
- Sci4Kids www.ars.usda.gov/is/kids
- Kids Earth kids.earth.nasa.gov
- Chem4Kids www.chem4kids.com
- Harcourt School www.harcourtschool.com
- DuPage Children's Museum-Fun Stuff for Kids http://www.dupagechildrensmuseum.org/online_stuff.html
- Science Learning Network www.sln.org Excellent site for all types of science information and fun.
- The Skinny On... www.discovery.com/area/skinnyon/skinnyon.html Get explanations of scientific questions from Hannah Holmes of the Discovery Channel. Why is there no channel 1 on your TV? Why is snow white? Why do people get crazy during a full moon? Find out these and many more here.
- The Exploratorium www.exploratorium.edu Have fun exploring featured topics in science, math, and technology.
- Bill Nye the Science Guy www.billnye.com Internet site from the popular T.V. show.
- The Children's Museum of Indianapolis Online Exhibit Virtual museums and links to railroading, artifacts, arts, dinosaurs, flight, science works, and much more.
- Ask Dr. Universe www.wsu.edu/DrUniverse/Contents.html Fun question and answer site for all.
- The Franklin Institute Learning Resources sln.fi.edu/learning.html This site has resources and links to science and health related topics such as, The Heart, Benjamin Franklin, and The Universe.
- Kid Info-Human Body http://www.kidinfo.com/School_Subjects.html#Health
- Schools Online from the Univ. of Illinois Extension www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/SchoolsOnline/index.html
- Science, Optic, and You
- Nova Science Now-PBS www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/
- Nova-PBS www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova
Animals/Wildlife
- Enchanted Learning
- All About Frogs allaboutfrogs.org/weird/weird.html
- Frogs on the Net cgee.hamline.edu/frogs/resources/internet.html
- North American Mammals-Smithsonian Institute web4.si.edu/mna/
- SciLinks-Harcourt www.scilinks.org/harcourt
- Kids Planet Wildlife Site www.kidsplanet.org/
- Especies Fact Sheets http://www.kidsplanet.org/factsheets/map.html
- Kansas City Zoo-Wild Bunch Kids Page
- Sedgwick County Zoo-Animals Find answers to the most commonly asked questions about our animals!
- The Electronic Zoo netvet.wustl.edu/ssi.htm If it has to do with animals, pets, or vets on the Net you can find it here.
- From A to Z www.oaklandzoo.org/atoz/atoz.html Oakland, California Zoo, information about birds, mammals, marsupials, reptiles in Knowland Park.
- Sea World/Busch Gardens Animal Information www.seaworld.org/animal-info/index.htm Information site designed especially for students andteachers. You can download quizzes, activities, animal facts, and check out the live animal cams!
- National Zoo, Washington, D.C. www.si.edu/natzoo Play puzzle games, encounter new births in the zoo, great animal pictures, and live cams (OranguCam, Elephant Cam, Mole-Rat Cam, Rhino Cam)
- San Diego Zoo www.sandiegozoo.org/ This zoo cares for 3,800 animals in outstanding natural habitats. Info about animals at the zoo, play "Gulp", or do a puzzle.
- The Los Angeles Zoo www.lazoo.org
- Petstation www.petstation.com Links to every kind of pet page you can imagine.
- All About Nature: Animals www.enchantedlearning.com/coloring/Australia.shtml
- African Wildlife Foundation www.awf.org/wildlives
- All About Frogs allaboutfrogs.org
- Welcome to Freddo's Pond www.greenweb.com.au/freddo/index.html Games and activities designed to learn about the environment and children's safety issues with cute icon Freddo the Frog.
- National Wildlife Federation-Kids Page www.nwf.org/kids Articles from Ranger Rick environmental magazine, homework help, updates of water quality, endangered animals, various wildlife topics.
- Wildlife and Nature Photography Website www.wildpicture.com Great photos of mammals, birds, scenery, and people of Africa.
- yahooligans.yahoo.com/content/animals/
- www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/creature_feature/archive/
- www.kidsgowild.com/
- www.greenapple.com/~jorp/amzanim/aninfct.htm
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Earth and the Environment
- Earthworks-- Learning Exchange
- How Rocks Are Formed
- BrainPOP Rock Cycle
- The Seasonal Merry-Go-Round www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/the_universe/uts/seasons2.html&edu=elem
- Earth's Layers volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/vwlessons/lessons/Earths_layers/Earths_layers1.html
- Earthquakes pubs.usgs.gov/gip/earthq1/index.html
- The Tech-Earthquakes www.thetech.org/exhibits/online/quakes/
- Volcano Facts www.learner.org/exhibits/volcanoes
- The Discovery Channel www.discovery.com Life on Planet Earth, wildlife, nature, animal cams, featured stories, games, expeditions, news, history, science, technology from the Discovery Channel.
- Volcano World volcano.und.nodak.edu Details about volcanoes, their eruptions and more...
- Franklin Institute Science Museum sln.fi.edu/tfi/welcome.html Ocean research, FAQ's, tours, career information in oceanography.
- Glacier www.glacier.rice.edu Visit Antarctica and find out about its region and inhabitants.
- Our Wonderful Moon Tree-Cannelton Elementary Media Club
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Oceans
- Monterey Bay Aquarium On-Line www.mbayaq.org Take a look at how this aquarium works, learn about some of the marine animals, check out the Habitat Paths Tours and the Live Cam updates every 3 minutes.
- National Aquarium in Baltimore www.aqua.org This aquarium has a featured online exhibit, good pictures and info, and trivia quizzes.
- The Ocean Planet seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/ocean_planet.html Site about oceans, developed by the Smithsonian.
Rocks and Minerals
- The Mineral Gallery mineral.galleries.com/default.htm Explore rocks and minerals with short descriptions and pictures.
Space
- Journey into Space: Gravity, Orbits, and Collisions
- RocketCam-EclipticEnterprises www.eclipticenterprises.com/gallery_rocketcam.shtml
- Nova-Mars Up Close www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/mars/upclose.html
- Solar System Exploration
- Kennedy Space Center-Mercury
- Athena Earth and Space Science for Kids K-12
- Windows to the Universe www.windows.ucar.edu
- Space Kids spacekids.hq.nasa.gov
- Kids Astronomy http://www.kidsastronomy.com Astronomy and Space for kids
- National Aeronautic and Space Administration www.nasa.gov Past, present, and future of space.
- NASA Human Spaceflight spaceflight.nasa.gov View the INternational Space Station and much more about space flight.
- The Nine Planets Great info and pictures about our solar system.
- Star Child starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov Learning center for young astronomers (Solar system, universe, space stuff, glossary...
- Star Journey www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/stars Travel among the stars using the Hubble Telescope images and the work of the National Geographic. Reading level if fairly high at this site.
- Hawaiian Astronomical Society www.hawastsoc.org Views of the Solar System and Deep Sky Atlas
- Apollo 11-The History Place www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/apollo11 Timeline of apollo Missions to the Moon, blast off to splashdown, includes pictures and sound files.
- View of the Solar System www.solarviews.com Solar System info, missions, apollo, astronauts, space history, rocket history, Pioneer, Voyager, Magellan, Pathfinder info and more......
- The Constellations and Their Stars www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations This is a good place to go for star and constellation information.
- Hubble Space Telescope's Public Pictures oposite.stsci.edu/pubinfo/pictures.html This site presents a selection of Hubble's most spectacular images.
- The Planetary Society-Young Explorers planetary.org Site dedicated to astronauts, scientists and engineers of the future. Activities, educational resources, teachers might want to check out the Red Rover Project for classrooms.
- Astronomy for Kids www.frontiernet.net/~kidpower/astronomy.html Learn about the Solar System, planets, sun, stars, asteroids, comets, meteorites, moon, galaxies, and space exploration. Good site for younger elementary students, includes a dictionary.
- SETI Institute www.seti.org Listening for extraterrestrial life with the Phoenix Project.
- Space Quizzes
- NASA Image Exchange nix.larc.nasa.gov
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Weather
- BrainPop Weather Related Movies and Quizzes www.brainpop.com/science/seeall/
- Edhead Weather Activities www.edheads.org/activities/weather/index.htm
- What is a hurricane? bird.miamisci.org/hurricane/toc.html
- Weather Science Hotlist sln.fi.edu/tfi/hotlists/weather.html
- Weather World www.ems.psu.edu/WeatherWorld/kidstuff/kidlinks.html Weather site from Penn State.
- The Daily Planet www.atmos.uiuc.edu Resources dealing with weather and meteorology, clouds, winds, storms....
- FEMA for Kids www.fema.gov/kids Federal Emergency Management Agency produced this site to teach about disasters. Learn about hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, earthquakes, volcanoes, wildfires, tsunamis, winter storms. Play games and take the disaster quiz. Also teacher resources area.
- USA Today Weather www.usatoday.com/weather/wfront.htm Current weather, info on weather, homework help, Ask Jack, good hurricane and tornado info with movie clips and other weather links.
- The Weather Channel www.weather.com/homepage.html
- Earthwatch Communications www.earthwatch.com/index.html Here you will find clouds, wind and wild weather for your viewing pleasure.
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