Science

Science resources on the Web are an interesting blend of information, technical flash, and virtual experiments. This subject area seems to be ahead of the game when it comes to interactive lessons.

BIOLOGY INTERACTIVES -- Flash tutorials present complex biological concepts in an engaging way.

NATIONAL SCIENCE DIGITAL LIBRARY -- Thousands of teaching resources, research documents, images, and lesson plans.

THE EDUCATOR'S BRIDGE -- Rich resource for science materials and teaching tools.

I WAS WONDERING -- National Academy of Sciences showcases contemporary women in science.

FIELD TRIP EARTH -- Information on field-based research projects around the world.

EINSTEIN LIGHT -- A great overview of the theory of relativity.

LEARN GENETICS -- Teach about DNA, genetics and bioscience with animations from the University of Utah.

NASA KIDS CLUB -- Animated , entertaining educational activities for kindergarten through fourth grade.

SCHOOLYARD GEOLOGY -- Lessons and activities to conduct a geologic field trip in your own schoolyard.

BIOLOGY IN MOTION -- Original, entertaining, animated biology learning activities.

MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM -- Live cams for otters, sharks, and penguins.

K-4 EARTH SCIENCE MODULES -- K-4 Earth Science curriculum.

WILDFINDER -- Map-driven, searchable database for over 26,000 species worldwide.

PHYSICS EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY PROJECT -- Interactive simulations of real world physics.

SUPER SCIENCE FAIR PROJECTS -- Projects, guides, and a timeline creator.

KATERPILLARS & MYSTERY BUGS -- Fun guide and activities for Entomology.

STUDY WORKS -- Discover the math and science behind everyday activities. Meet people who use math and science as they work and play.

LEARNING WEB FROM USGS – Explore things in and about the earth: land, water, plants, animals and maps. Teacher lesson plans and activities included.

SCIENCE TEXT CENTRAL -- Helps educators choose the best science texts for their classrooms.

SCIENCE NOW -- Web companion to the PBS Nova program.

WATER SCIENCE FOR SCHOOLS -- Everything students and teachers ever wanted to know about water. The site is in both English and Spanish.

AVIBASE -- The world bird database, with information on 10,000 species and 22,000 subspecies.

DNA FROM THE BEGINNING – Animated primer on the basics of DNA, genes and heredity. Flash and Quicktime players required.

MEDTROPOLIS -- A webspace built for the latest health information that will educate and entertain kids and adults alike. Popular features include Health Calculators, Kids Health, and the Breast Cancer Guide in addition to the Virtual Body.

MICROBE ZOO – A digital learning center for microbial ecology from Michigan State University.

WORLD’S BIOMES – Information on the five major biomes of the world.

WINDOWS TO THE UNIVERSE – Interactive site on Earth and space sciences. Teacher resources and classroom activities included.

TRY SCIENCE -- Contemporary science including experiments, adventures, and virtual field trips. Requires Macromedia Flash player.

EXPLORATORIUM – The museum of science, art, and human perception.

SIMPLE MACHINES – A fun site on simple machines created from Legos.

ECO HEALTH – Focuses on global warming and other environmental threats and their links to human health problems.

OCEAN DISCOVERY KIT -- Use global positioning to learn about the oceans.

MARS ROVERS -- From start to finish with NOVA and PBS.

CREATIVE CHEMISTRY -- Work sheets, activities, guides, power points, and quizzes.

NASA EARTH OBSERVATION SYSTEM -- Images of earth from space.

FOOD CHAINS AND WEBS -- Explores how all life is interconnected.

PERIODIC TABLE OF ELEMENTS -- Interactive chart with information on each element.

FORENSICS IN THE CLASSROOM -- Free standards-bases science curriculum from Court TV.

WEB ELEMENTS -- Offers chemistry information relating to the periodic table.

DYNAMIC EARTH -- Tells the story of earth's history through rocks.

SCIENCE NEWS FOR KIDS -- Filled with information on science topics of interest to young people.

THE PHYSICS CLASSROOM -- Lesson plans and class activities from a high school teacher.

CHEMICAL ELEMENTS -- Online interactive periodic table of the elements.

EXPLORING EARTH -- Online Earth Science textbook.

BIOLOGY CORNER -- Lesson plans and resources for science and biology teachers.

VISIBLE HUMAN SERVER. Interactive site that allows users to view human anatomical structures in 3-D.

BIO INTERACTIVE -- Interactive activities, animations and virtual labs for students to learn about biology.

E-SKELETONS -- Interactive study of human anatomy.

SCIENCE NET LINKS. Standards-based science resources for K-12 educators.

BIOLOGY IN MOTION. Teaches biology concepts using cartoons and animations.

POND LIFE IDENTIFICATION KIT -- Guide to small and microscopic pond life.

SCIENCE MADE SIMPLE. Fun experiments using common household materials.

THE SHAPE OF LIFE. Complement to the 8-part PBS series about the diversity of animal life on earth.

FROG GUTS. Virtual dissection of a common bullfrog.

WELCOME TO THE PLANETS -- Collection of NASA's best images.

THE CATALYST. A resource for the high school chemistry teacher.

SOLAR SYSTEM IN PICTURES. 340 pictures and interactive quizzes that can be graded online.

WHAT TREE IS IT? Helps identify trees by leaf, fruit, and name.

OCEANOGRAPHY. This site is a rich resource that includes facts, photos, and information about experiments and discoveries. From the Office of Naval Research.

CI4KIDS. From the USDA, this science site has a Teacher’s Desk, activities, 50 ideas of projects, and a Teacher’s Whiz Kid Activity Packet.

FIRST SCIENCE. A huge science clearinghouse with news, video clips, weekly and daily crosswords, science quizzes, and more.

SIMPLE MACHINES -- Animated site explains how 50 different machines work.

BIOLOGY ONLINE. 200 links, tutorials, and a biology dictionary.

MOLECULAR EXPRESSIONS. Photo galleries of things viewed via optical microscopy.

VIRTUAL CAVE. Explore everything about caves. Great Earth Science site.

ANSWER WORM. Skworm the worm teaches students about dirt (soil conservation).

SEEING, HEARING, AND SMELLING THE WORLD. The Howard Hughes Medical Center offers solid science about these senses.

THE SPACE PLACE. NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab provides space science in action.

AIRHEAD. Neat site to study air pollution. Includes an Emissions Calculator so students can see their impact on the environment.

OCEAN EXPLORER. Dive deep into the world's oceans with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Good teaching tools.

STORMY WEATHER. Enables students to learn about the destructive forces of nature.

ASTRONOMY ACTIVITIES. Good projects for K-12 students.

PAPER PLATE EDUCATION. Complex notions reduced to paper plate explanations.

GF AWESOME. Great resource for planning an ecology curriculum. Lesson plans, activities, quizzes, and entertaining virtual tours of global forests.

ANIMAL LAND. Articles about animals and pets, with lots of animations and graphics.

FORESTRY IMAGES. A database of images detailing every aspect of forest study.

MEMORY EXPERIMENTS. Great experiments and games to test your memory, and also techniques to improve memory. Includes grade levels for the activities.

CHEM CENTER HANDS-ON EXPERIMENTS. Eleven hands-on experiments that include step-by-step directions for everything from materials to clean-up.

FEAR OF PHYSICS. Actually should be "no fear," because this site puts physics concepts into easy to understand terms and illustrations.

EXZOOBERANCE -- A virtual zoo online with everything about animals.

RAPTORS IN THE CITY -- Watch peregrine falcons nesting on skyscrapers in Cleveland.

SENSING THE WORLD. Everything there is to know about our five senses.

VIRTUAL OCEAN -- Gives kids a look at sea creatures on a microscopic level.

SPACE KIDS -- Entertaining lessons that teach kids all about space.

YOUR PLANET. Everything needed to put together lesson plans on Environmental Science.

PHYSICS 2000. This is a place to have fun while learning about 20th century science. From the University of Colorado.

SCIENCE SNACKS. Miniature versions of big time experiments.

FUN SCIENCE GALLERY. Fun, simple, low cost science experiments.

GLOBE XPLORER. Type in an address and get a satellite image. See your school from outer space.

COOL SCIENCE FOR CURIOUS KIDS -- Invites curious kids to explore biology.

NATIONAL SCIENCE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION. This is a fine place to start because it has a good set of links categorized by specific science areas.

eNATURE -- 4800 species, field guides, images.

BUG BIOS -- complete entomological database of bugs.

SCIENCE A-GO-GO. "Science with the knobs on" gives kids their daily dose of science. Lots of fun!

THE HUMAN HEART. Illustrations and interactive presentations on the workings of the heart.

THE NATIONAL AQUARIUM. Located in Baltimore, the National Aquarium has some neat exhibits.

THE VIRTUAL FROG DISSECTION KIT. Explore the anatomy of a frog, turn it over, remove the skin, and highlight various organs. Really well done.

3-D INSECTS. Everything about insects, including cool VRML movies. Watch the bugs fly!

MAD SCIENTIST NETWORK. "The laboratory that never sleeps." Answers on everything from Anatomy to Zoology.

THE CHEMICAL SCORECARD. Find out where the harmful chemicals polluting your community come from. Polluters HATE this site.

THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL ONLINE. Rated the top science/nature site on the Web by USA Today. Also linked into Animal Planet and the Science Network.

BILL NYE, THE SCIENCE GUY. Sponsored by the National Science Foundation, this site is loaded with activities and facts. There's a "Demo of the Day," and listings for Nye's TV show, too.

BIO-CHEM-NET. Well-organized directory of the best educational biology and chemistry sites on the Net.

HOW STUFF WORKS. Articles and animated diagrams that explain how everyday things work.

THE YUCKIEST SITE ON THE INTERNET. Focuses on strange science, like "Why do we burp?" A lot of fun.

EXPLORATORIUM. Interactive science exhibits cover subjects ranging from frogs to sheeps brains to sports and the science associated with them.

SCIENCE FAIR PROJECT GUIDE. From the University of Michigan Internet Library, all sorts of projects students can do.

EXPLORE ZONE. Quick bits of science ranging from asteroids to waves.

RAINFOREST ALLIANCE. Environmental lesson plans for K-6.

ANIMAL BYTES. Everything about animals from the San Diego Zoo.

MOP TOP THE HIP HOP SCIENTIST --Celebrates African-Americans in the sciences.