Cool Elementary Science Sites
http://www.animalearn.org
Virtual dissections. Require $60 credit card deposit. Is not run unless not returned in reasonable amount of time.
http://www.teachersdomain.org
WGBH/PBS video clips, lesson plans, activities
http://www.fossweb.com/
Interactive web activities
http://www.utdanacenter.org/sciencetoolkit/index.php -
Science TEKS Toolkit (Science inquiry lessons)
http://kids.yahoo.com/
Great games, activities, lessons in all areas. Check before using. District blocks due to advertisements. Request that it be unblocked when needing an activity.
http://teachnology.com/
Lesson plans, Rubrics, Tips, Tools, Activities
http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/index.cfm
Ecology games and activities
http://www.kidsites.com/sites-edu/science.htm Features numerous sites on various topics
Great Web Sites For Kids
Features numerous sites on various topics
http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/kids/
Animations, activities and games on stars, the solar system, earth-moon system, space travel, laws of the universe (light, motion, gravity), etc.
http://www.chem4kids.com/
Basic chemistry information on matter, atoms, elements, the periodic table, reactions, and biochemistry
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/tchrtoolbag/CurRes_Science.html
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Cool Secondary Science Sites
http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/SIMGuide2Galaxy_launch_page.html
Interactive galaxy site
http://phet.colorado.edu/new/simulations/sims.php?sim=Wave_on_a_String
This site allows you to manipulate wave frequency and amplitude.
http://www.knowitall.org/nasa/simulations/sound/wave.html
This is great to check for understanding and then if you have speakers hooked up, you can "hear" the difference amplitude makes when a guitar string is plucked.
http://www.gmi.edu/~drussell/Demos/waves/wavemotion.html
This site is excellent at reinforcing the fact that only the energy moves and not the medium.
www.windows.ucar.edu
This site has great information on many different topics as well as interactive games
http://www.amnh.org/ology/earth/plates/loader.swf
Plate tectonics site |
