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Mrs. Mayernik's Favorite Learning Websites

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

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Loggerhead Turtle-  movies about turtles and other animals

Animal Puzzle

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Panda Puzzle

Animals

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National Zoo-  

Animals in Action

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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

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USTREAM Webcam Watch the Eagles Live


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

Webcams:  Birds

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

Webcams:  Clouded Leopard Cubs

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Live Webcam of Leopards

Leopard Cubs

Webcams:  Africam- African Watering Hole

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Africam-  Three webcams.  There is a time difference.


Engineering

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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

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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

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Discovery Education:  Choose a Project Idea

Science Fair

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

Science Fair

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Experiments-  Some examples of studies and experiments for kids.

Science Fair

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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

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

Video Tutorialsos

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brightstorm.com- Video tutorials

Biology

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Biology Hangman

Cells

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

Cells

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

Dissection

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

Anatomy

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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

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

Chemistry

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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.

Electronic Magazines

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EEK- Environmental Education for Kids.  The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has this great resource for kids.  I like the section on careers.

Virtual Field Trips

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List of Musuems and field trips to go on.  Education World article that consists of some great links.

Optics Information

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Molecular Expressions:  Optics Websites

Optics Information

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Optics For Kids

Earth Day

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Fact Monster Earth Day

Earth Day

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Planeteer Website

Earth Day Recycling

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Recycling Round up

Earth Day

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EekoWorld- PBS kids

Earth Day

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Green Planet for Kids

Astronomy

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The Moon-  The Phases of the Moon

Photography

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Arkive- slideshows of animal scrapbooks including wonderful images

Weather

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Volcanos By Curriculumbits.com- Animated guide to find out how volcanos are formed and what happens in an eruption.

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