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Web Sites You Can Use - Science
Earth and Sky - the NPR radio
program's web site offers both a children's site and a teacher's page;
this site covers several different earth science
and astronomy topics providing sound files from the show as well as supplemental
information
Bill Nye the Science Guy's Nye Labs
Online - the PBS science educator's web site offers online demonstrations,
episode guides, and teaching resources in chemistry, physics and biology
The Why Files - this site examines
the science behind current news issues Astronomy sites
- Amazing Space - a web site designed for educators, with lesson-explorations,
homework help, news, images, and teaching tools
- HubbleSite - NASA's home page
for the Hubble telescope replete with public domain images, discoveries
with explanations, general astronomy information and a quick reference
section; also includes a tonight's sky section (links into Amazing
Space)
- NASA - the NASA web site offers
a kids' section with games and information, easy to navigate areas
devoted to history, technology, particular astronomical features, and
people
- Bad Astronomy - although
unfortunately too many badly positioned ads can make this site a bit
difficult to read, this blog by a professional astronomer does a good
job of debunking bad space science
- National
Geographic: Space - this interactive space site lets users explore
various astronomical features, including an excellent interactive solar
system, as well as space flight, the universe, and stars
Biology
- Botany.com - online encyclopedia of plants and flowers as well as
garden pests and diseases and a Latin plant name dictionary
- KidsGardening.com - web
site dedicated to getting children involved in gardening—includes
lots of teachers' tips, project ideas, theme ideas and even grant information
- All
About Birds - online bird guide from Cornell with information about
habitats, birding and ornithology
- BugGuide - online clickable guide to insects that lets users identify
bugs by clicking on images and other information
- eNature Field Guides -
online field guides for all types of animals (mammals, reptiles, insects,
shells) and plants
- Meet the Microbes -
a basic guide to microbes with classifications and simple information
- Becoming Human - interactive
web site including a documentary, news and commentary about human evolution
Chemistry sites
Dinosaur sites
- BBC
Age of the Dinosaurs - This site includes the content from all of
the BBC series, including Walking with Dinosaurs and Sea
Monsters, as well as information about how fossils are created and
information about what killed the dinosaurs
- Discovery
Channel: Dinosaur Guide - this web site includes information about
related to When Dinosaurs Roamed America as well as a dinosaur
locator and an interactive guide to various dinosaurs
- National
Geographic: Prehistoric World - NG's web site is divided into various
time periods as well as tools that allow users to design their own dinosaurs
Earth Science sites
- Encyclopedia
of Atmospheric Environment - free online encyclopedia
assembled by the British Dept. of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
on the topics of weather, environment and climate
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration -
this agency's web site offers users access to government information
on weather, coastal and ocean ecology; the National Weather Service
falls under NOAA's area of responsibility
- National
Geographic: Earth - NG's Earth Sciences web site provides information
about natural disasters, dynamic earth formations, habitats, weather,
and geology; a green guide offers earth-friendly tips while the NG-Environment section
explores this topic in greater depth (NG also has a Kids site that pulls
out specific topics and makes them especially kid-friendly w/games and
activities)
- Kids Do Ecology -
fundamental ecology knowledge for kids; includes links and teachers'
materials
- Weather.com - a range of information about weather topics connected
to everything from hurricanes to health
Inventors sites
Mathematics sites
- HotMath.com - answers to the odd problems for more than 200 different
textbooks from middle-school math through calculus as well as workbook
problems, practice tests and games
- AAA Math - web site that offers
lessons and practice over a range of math skills
- MacTutor
History of Mathematics Archive - biographies of mathematicians
Physics sites
Created February 15, 2007
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