Science Resources

Inventors

Invention at play- Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation

Make a Roller Coaster- Create your own roller coaster. Check to see if it is a good design.

Animals

KidsPlanet

All About Birds- Cornell University Lab of Ornithology. Reseaching everything you want to know about birds can be fun! Check this site out! This is a great guide to birds and bird watching.

Elephant Listening Project- Cornell University Lab. Great information about elephants.

Dolphin Flips For ipad Article- Scholastic News

Baby Robin Video- Very clear video inside the nest of three baby robins.

Animals

Loggerhead Turtle- movies about turtles and other animals

Animal Puzzle

Panda Puzzle

Animals

National Zoo-

Animals in Action

Baby Chicks Hatching- Watch a baby chick hatch at the Museum of Science+Industry Chicago. Check out the other interesting videos.

Webcams: Raptor Resource Project Decorah Bald Eagles

USTREAM Webcam Watch the Eagles Live

Youtube Videos Watch the babies! Check out the nest exchange.

Webcams: Birds

The birdbox Project- Schools make birdboxes. Check them out!

Webcams: Clouded Leopard Cubs

Live Webcam of Leopards

Leopard Cubs

Webcams: Africam- African Watering Hole

Africam- Three webcams. There is a time difference.

Engineering

Digital Engineering Blog from Punahou School- Very cool projects to check out from a school in Hawaii. They used a Silhouette Digital Cutting Tool.

General Science Resources

Science

Science Up Close- This resource has interactive explanations and demonstrations covering a variety of topics in Science for grades 1 through 6. The explanations are very clear and easy to follow.

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ClassZone This site is for Middle School and High School. Lower levels can learn from these sites also. Click on the book you want to explore.

Science Games: Fun4theBrain

Mr. Nussbaum Science Games

National Science Foundation

Scienceinquirer Wiki- free resources for science.

Science Fair

Discovery Education: Choose a Project Idea

Science Fair

Google Science Fair- Enter your science fair into the Google Science Fair

Science Fair

Experiments- Some examples of studies and experiments for kids.

Science Fair

Sciencebuddies- Science Fair ideas

Demonstrations

Virtual Earthquake- learn about how seismic waves are used in earthquake research.

Careers

Ed Heads- For older students: Doctors, Scientists, Investigators, Weather Reporters

Video Tutorials

Khan Academy -video tutorials about higher level math and science

Videos

Asksara- tvokids- Scientist Sara answers questions. She answers many different science themed questions in video clips.

Video Tutorialsos

brightstorm.com- Video tutorials

Biology

Biology Hangman

Cells

CellsAlive- Be careful not to click on the ads. This give some diagrams and interactive lessons about biology topics.

Cells

Label The Cells- Label the diagram. Great for an interactive white board.

Dissection

Kidwing's Owl Pellet Dissection- This is a virtual owl pellet dissection. Match the bones you find to the model.

Anatomy

PBS 3D Brain Tour- Take a tour of the brain. This simulation allows you to rotate and find specific areas of the brain to llearn about.

DNA

All About DNA- Learn about the history of DNA and the code of DNA.

Chemistry

Periodic Table of Videos- The University of Nottingham has put together videos expaining information about different elements on the periodic Table. This is a must see website.