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
Iowa State
Insect Zoo
http://zoocam.ent.iastate.edu/
This site contains a
live, interactive camera that allows students to
view the insects at the Insect Zoo. It also
provides information about the insects. Teachers
can use this site to set up a tour by an
entomologist. This site is geared for elementary
students, Grades 1-5
The
Great Plant Escape
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/
Students can help Detective Leplant and his partners
investigate plant mysteries including cases about
soil, plant growth, seeds, and reproduction. Grades
4-5
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
Dinosaur Movie Clips
http://www.sci.kun.nl/thalia/funpage/television/dinosaurs/download/download.html
Download sound files and
video clips from the Dinosaurs television show.
Grades 2-5
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+
The
Astronomy Workshop
http://janus.astro.umd.edu/index.html
Students can view a multitude of Java programs that
creates a solar system, view the moons and their
orbits around their planets, and learn about
astronomical distances. 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
The Eggs of Time
game features an exciting science fiction
story and includes over 20 fully interactive 3-D
exercises, animated tutorials, and 200 review
problems! Grades 6-8
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.
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
Air Travelers is an
introduction to the basic principles of
buoyancy, properties of gases, temperature, and
the technology involved in hot air ballooning.
Grades 5-8
Explore the
mysteries of why and how humans and animals age,
and discover the secrets of healthy aging.
Grades 3+
Experiencing Chemistry
http://www.omsi.edu/visit/chemistry/unit.cfm?UnitCurrentKey=1
Online chemistry
resource and experiments for students. Grades 4+
Eyes on Earth
http://www.omsi.edu/visit/earth/eyesonearth/
Check out satellite images from NASA's Earth
Observing System. Includes an Educator's Guide with
lots of great classroom activities on satellite
technology and imagery (requires QuickTime
plug-in). Grades 6-8
Hanford at the Half Life Radiation Calculator
http://www.omsi.edu/explore/online.cfm#radiationcalculator
Estimate your annual radiation dose with an online
version of the Radiation Calculator from OMSI's
Hanford at the Half Life exhibit. (Note: This
activity requires the free, Macromedia Flash
Player.) Grades 6+
Apples for the Teacher Science Games
http://www.apples4theteacher.com/science.html
Water Works
http://www.omsi.edu/visit/physics/ww/
Explore the science and engineering behind water
fountains at home or in the classroom with Water
Works. The website has loads of fun and fascinating
online activities, as well as helpful curriculum
resources. Grades 4+
What's Your EQ?
http://www.omsi.edu/teachers/psd/2002/eq/
Did you ever wonder how much energy your house uses
each year? Now you can calculate your EQ (or
energy quotient) online and determine how many
kilowatt-hours you use! Grades 3+
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
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