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500s - Science and Math

Amphibians

All About Frogs for Kids- Lots of information and links to frog poems and stories.

Frog Web Quest - Learn everything about frogs with this web quest.
 

Animals

Animals Animals!  Enchanted Learning has lots of animal  printouts with easy to read  facts and pictures to color.

Animal Baby Names Find out  the names of male, female, baby, and animal groups.

Animals of the Arctic easy to read information about a variety of animals in this biome.

Baby Animal Name Quiz  Test your knowledge- how many names do you know ?

The Cub Den - Learn facts about bears and lots of other links to great bear sites.  Cub Den offers easier to read information about various kinds of bears.

The Bear Den - This site has great facts about bears.

E Nature  from the National Wildlife Federation - get online field  guides, backyard habitat information, even search by region.

Eco-Kids-  Games, information, and activities about wildlife, nature, environmental issues, and more.

KBears Farm learn about farming- animals, crops, and farm life at this interactive site.

Mystery Rock - A virtual "hands-on" activity. "Whoooo" could it be?

Kid Wings-  Learn about birds but best of all is the  Virtual Owl Pellet dissection from a number of owl species.

National Geographic Kids is a great web site that includes a printable animal coloring book and a bookmark maker.

Penguins- webquest with easy to read information about various penguins around the world.

Really Wild Animals - Animals over the world are being reported in strange places, so use the  Spin-u-later, to find the correct habitats and return these animals home. Great for learning about both world geography and animal habitats.  From National Geographic.

National Wildlife Federation Online - Learn about wildlife and other environmental issues.  or click on the Ranger Rick part  for games and activities.

Animals- Pennsylvania

E Nature  from the National Wildlife Federation - get online field  guides, backyard habitat information, even search by region.

Mammals of Pennsylvania  Info on diet, habitat, maps from Carnegie Museum.

Wildlife Notes from the Pennsylvania Game Commission.

Animals- Vertebrates and Invertebrates

Biology4kids- lots of information on vertebrates and invertebrates.

Bones- Play Boney or Boneless and the Bone Detective

Elementary Biology  Website Project AP Biology students at NASH made these pages about various biology topics.

Vertebrate and Invertebrate PowerPoint

Vertebrate Puzzles-  assemble the skeletons of  prehistoric vertebrates.

 

Biomes and Habitats

Biomes Tour from Earth Floor Learn about the climate, plants, and animals of 6 biomes.

Biomes-Enchanted Learning Find out about various biomes and the animals and plant life found there, including great print outs.

Biomes and Ecosystems - From a tropical rainforest, to coastal wetlands, rivers and streams, deserts, or tundra, this site offers a wide exploration of the diverse biomes on this planet we call Earth.

Biomes- World Biome Project- Learn about different biomes and see a map of the world's major biomes.

Biomes- The World's Biomes Web site- from the University of Berkley.

Blue Planet Biomes-  information about some of the major biomes.

Ecosystems- Learn about most of the major biomes.

Mammals of Pennsylvania  Info on diet, habitat, maps from Carnegie Museum.

E Nature  from the National Wildlife Federation - get online field  guides, backyard habitat information, even search by region.

Pennsylvania Game Commission- use the Wildlife notes to find information.

Pond Life Identification Kit - Grab the microscope and head to your nearest pond to introduce your students to an exploration of some of the tiniest life forms.

Prairie Builder-  Scroll down to "Build a Prairie" and learn all about this biome and see if you can turn bare dirt into a thriving ecosystem. 

Tundra- Animals of the Arctic easy to read information about a variety of animals in this biome.


 

Butterflies

Enchanted Learning - Monarch Butterflies - has great information, diagrams, etc.

Insects-Monarch-learn more about monarchs.

Monarch Butterflies USA - Great pictures of monarchs - see the caterpillars jump.

Nature Works - lots of information about Monarchs as well as many other animals

Do a monarch jigsaw puzzle or make a mini-coloring book.

Butterflies of North America - this site has photos, thumbnails, and distribution maps.

Visit Journey North for Kids, the web site for the Monarch migration and many other great projects.  Track their awesome migration and see videos.

Children's Butterfly Site - a great website with lot's of information and activities related to butterflies

Billy Bear 4 Kids Butterflies- Butterfly coloring pages, crafts, jigsaw puzzles, word searches and so much more!
 

Chemistry

Interactive Periodic Table

Periodic Table on Video

Computers and Keyboarding

Cyber Smart Kids Guide - Take the online Internet safety quiz.

Dance Mat Typing -Colorful and tuneful introduction to touch typing - do all 12 levels and become a top typist.

Free Typing Games- Play Meteor Typing Blast, Spacebar Invaders, and other games.

Glencoe's Online Keyboarding-  16 lessons with video clips, even printable score sheets.

Super Hyper Spider Typer  Save Berry the spider from hungry lizards with words on their backs by typing words quickly

Join Doug to learn about safe surfing, includes an interactive story, safety pledge, and games.

Play the Interactive Internet Safety game at this site.

Surf Swell Island Mickey and his friends need your help in this game-playing adventure where you learn about Internet safety, viruses, privacy, and manners.
 

Dinosaurs

Enchanted Learning - Zoom Dinosaurs - Learn all about dinosaurs, print our facts and pictures, and play dino games at this great site.

The Dinosauria site at the University of California offers some interesting facts. 

Discovery.com - Dinosaurs - Assemble a dinosaur skeleton, send dinosaur greeting cards, use a glossary, and study dinosaur motion!

Kinetosaurs- find a simple database of 24 dinosaurs plus outline pictures you can print out and color.  
 

Earthquakes

Understanding Earthquakes - Watch a Java animation on how earthquakes occur. Learn about  seismology, read  famous earthquake accounts, and find an animation on earthquake locations.
 
Ecology

Ecology for Kids-  great activities in categories from wildlife to energy. Test animal adaptations knowledge, build a food chain, solve the great garbage caper, and more !

Ecology and Environment- Fourth Grade Webquest

Food Chain Activities- a variety of interactive  sites.

Water Sense - How much do you know  about water and its use ?

 

Electricity

Ben Franklin's Energy Almanac -  learn about electricity and other forms of energy  including energy conservation and games.

Silicon Spies-  Stop Dr. Volt from plunging Silicon City into darkness.
 

Forces and Motion

Parkworld Plot  investigate the science of forces while you save Parkworld and its rides.

 

Geology

Fossweb Click on a rock photograph to get specific information about each rock.  You can also play a game that tests your knowledge about the hardness of rocks.

Gem Gallery- Some great pictures of gems with some interesting facts.

Geo Mysteries- Solve 3 cool  mysteries- the floating rock, the golden cube, and the broken necklace.

Mineral and Gemstone Kingdom- More than 150 minerals are already listed in this guide. Sort by color, hardness, streak, etc.

Mineralogy 4 Kids- Learn about the rock cycle and the 3 main types of rocks.

Rock Around the World- Students from around the world can send it rocks to be analyzed and compared with rocks on Mars.

Rocks For Kids  How are rocks formed? How can they be identified by name and type? This web site, published by the Brampton Rock and Mineral Club, introduces these and other elementary geology topics for children.

Rockhound Home Page- Learn about rocks with Rocky the Hound. See animations of the rock cycle, examples, even a rock collecting safety quiz and a rock expert quiz.

Windows to the Universe-Geology section learn about rocks, earth's layers, and more.

 

Insects

Insect Inspector - lots of info about all types of insects.

Insect's Perspective  Web Quest - a science and literacy activity for 2nd and 3rd grade.

Worm World - Learn about earthworms and other amazing but yucky facts.

Meet Herman the Worm - This website has interesting facts and links to other wormy sites.

Pestworld for Kids- great interactive sight to learn about insect and animal pests.

Snails-  Learn everything from life history to how they eat.

Spiders- Seven lesson plans on  habitats, prey, etc. with printable student activity pages.

Light and Sound

Alien Attack- Learn about light as you stop evil aliens from blowing up the world.

Ocean Odyssey- Investigate  the science of sound as you solve who stole Mel Mermaid's voice.

Science of Light-Learn about light as it relates to color, shadows, mirrors, in various simulations.

Light - Optical Illusions

Amazing Optical Illusions -  An interesting collection of optical illusions.

NIEHS Kids Page -- Optical Illusions - A HUGE site of optical illusions

 

Math-   click here to see our list of great math web sites.

 

 

 

Natural Disasters

Nature's Fury the Galveston Storm photo archives.

America's Story - Information, including early video, of  disasters and destruction, including San Francisco earthquake and the Galveston hurricane.

School Discovery - Tidal waves,  hurricanes, and other disasters .

Stormy Stories - Through various written exercises, students will role-play the part of a child caught in a major storm. Also links to other disaster information and how to create a disaster response booklet.
 

Ocean Life

Secrets  of the ocean realm - Explore different ocean habitats and uncover their secrets.

Enchanted Learning - Oceans And Seas
- Why is the ocean blue, and what causes tides? Why is it salty?  Lots of great resources here.

Monterry Bay Aquarium link.

New England Aquarium link. Try the interactive Be a Penguin game and take web cam tours.

Shedd Aquarium Educational Adventures  A treasure trove of aquatic science resources for K-12 teachers and students. Help Squish the Fish find lunch or Build a Fish and try to survive on a coral reef.
 

Plants (including wildflowers)

American Meadows - details on seventy wildflowers and meadows in your area.

Herb Information- click here for links to sites about herbs and spices.

My First Garden-  information about gardening basics and tips on planning and planting a garden.

From the National Wildlife Federation - get online field  guides, backyard habitat information, even search by region.

Information on wildflowers and other natural wonders of  the southeast.

Western PA Wild Flowers - Click on "alpha lists" and find info about over 450 wildflowers of this region in alphabetical order.

The Great Plant  Escape - a fantastic site to learn about plants.

Plant Parts - an interactive web quest  for primary students on plants with good graphics and clear instructions.

Tops and Bottoms-  A gardening webquest for 2nd and 3rd grade .

 

Science - General

Bill Nye the Science Guy - Find experiments, science games, and episode outlines.

Dirtmeister Science Reports features hands on science activities and investigations into topics such as erosion and animal adaptations.

Dr. Universe - Science questions and answers for kids of all ages.

Iwaswondering.org- Focusing on interesting girls in science, features reports on women in science and 3 fun games.

Find science information and games at the Magic School Bus web site.
 

Simple Machines

Simple Machine Activities- Learn about simple and compound machines while you explore the House and Tool Shed!
 

 

Space

Mr. Morton's Webpage - Here is information from our own Mr. Morton about using a telescope along with pictures from our star parties and other events.

Astro Adventures- learn about the solar system  as you save  yourself from disaster on the Redstone Space shuttle- super interactive introduction.

Astronomy for Kids -Click on a planet to learn more facts about it.

Constellations -  find links to sites with constellation information, images, even some games.

Field Guide to the Universe - planets, spacecraft, and astronomers.

NASA Kids- Star Child  learn all about the solar system and more.

NASA Kids-GAMES-  Try Connect the Stars to make constellations, Space Bounce, and others.

Our Spaceship and the Solar System-  information about the planets, spaceships, satellites, even a game.

Planet Ten- Take an awesome virtual tour through the solar system and even design and launch your own planet.

Space Travel Mission patches - interesting site-lets you look at the full color patches for all the space missions.

Space Station - Interactive web site - students can answer questions to build a space station and earn mission specialist certificates.

Virtual Space Postcards -  over 170 different images of planets, stars, etc. that you can email.

Windows to the Universe- great site- choose the reading level- sections on the earth, our solar system, and astronomy and the universe.  There is even a solar system coloring book that you can print.

Zathura - the movie web site based on the Chris Van Allsburg book  has some neat space games .


 

Weather

Busy Kid's Weather Page-  a class project- click on the map of the US to see current weather conditions or use the weather recipes as the basis for a class project.

Droplet and the Water Cycle- Learn about the water cycle as you navigate Droplet through the back to the clouds.

Edhead's Weather Activities-  Great site-Learn report and predict the weather at the W.H.E.D. weather caves.

Storm Stories - Through various written exercises, students will role-play the part of a child caught in a major storm. Also links to other disaster information and how to create a disaster response booklet.

Water Cycle- Primary students can see an interactive demo of the water cycle-also print out an activity book.

Weather Channel for Kids-  weather forecasts, games,  even a weather encyclopedia

Wild Weather Page - a nice site put together by a meteorologist with descriptions of weather phenomena for kids, parents, and teachers.


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