Science Links

Science Links
An Internet Hotlist on Science Links

created by Mrs. Holzweiss
Bay Shore Middle School

Introduction
In addition to using books and magazines to find out about Science Links, why not also use the power of the Internet? The links below will get you started.

The Internet Resources

Dirtmeister's Science Labs -

START HERE!

Bell Museum of Natural History: Online Activities - Identify animal skulls, figure out what habitats turtles call home, take the Build-a-Prairie challenge, design your own habitat diorama, and play the watershed game.
EBSCO RESEARCH DATABASES - User ID and password are both copiaguems.
GROLIER ONLINE ENCYCLOPEDIA -
Science Hotlist by KidInfo -
Science Links Hotlist -

General Links

'What is...?' - Information on matter, energy, forces, machines, and earth.
Access Excellence @ The National Health Museum -
American Geological Institute -
Animal Diversity -
Animals A to Zoo -
Biointeractive Virtual Museum - Stroll through exhibits.
Biology Lessons -
British Natural History Museum -
Cartoon Laws of Physics - Are your students tired of those boring old Newton's Laws? These laws correspond to what they are truly expert in: the behavior of falling cartoon characters.
Cell City - How a cell is compared to a city.
Cell and Molecular Biology Online - An informational resource for cell and molecular biologists.
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education - CIESE sponsors and designs interdisciplinary projects that teachers throughout the world can use to enhance their curriculum through compelling use of the Internet. They focus on projects that utilize real time data available from the Internet, and collaborative projects that utilize the Internet's potential to reach peers and experts around the world.
Chem4Kids - Information on matter, atoms, elements, the periodic table, reactions, and biochemistry
Climate Challenge Simulation Game -
Climate Discovery Teacher's Guide -
Cool Science for Curious Kids -
Digital Library for Earth System Education -
Education Place: Online Support Materials for Houghton Mifflin Science Textbooks -
EurekAlert for Kids -
Evolution and the Nature of Science Institute -
Exploratorium -
Explore Biodiversity -
Exploring the NanoWorld -
Extreme Science -
Galaxy Evolution Explorer -
GenScope -
Genetics Animation -
Geological Time Machine -
Geology -
Graphics Gallery - Graphics Gallery is a series of labeled diagrams with explanations representing the important processes of biotechnology. Each diagram is followed by a summary of information, providing a context for the process illustrated.
Harcourt School - Science interactives and videos
History of Life - At the Humboldt StateUniversity (California) Natural History Museum - as you scroll over the mural,there are hotlinks to images and brief descriptions of real fossils.
How Cells Divide - A video animation of mitosis and meiosis.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute -
IPPEX: Interactive Physics - matter, electricity and magnetism, energy, and fusion.
Instructional Television Services -
Interactive Learning Lab -
Interactive Simulations -
Interactive Whiteboard Resources -
Jefferson Lab Science Education -
Kid Science Links - Science links for K-12, children, teens, kids, parents, and families.
Kids Primary Science -
Learn Earth Science -
Learn Genetics - The best site to visit about genetics and heredity.
Links Learning: Illustrated Math Lessons -
Major Biomes of the World -
Microbe Zoo - To discover the many worlds of hidden microbes, touch an environment in the map above!
Micron: Science Lesson Plans -
Molecular Expressions - Optical microscopy and digital imaging.
Mr. Nussbaum’s Science Lab -
Museum of Science in Boston - The mission of the Museum of Science, Boston is to stimulate interest in and further understanding of science and technology and their importance for individuals and for society.
National Geographic: Wild World -
Nature on PBS -
New York Science Teacher - New York Science Teacher was created in early 2005. The goal was to setup a central location for all teachers in New York State to visit in order to find course and profession related materials.
Newton's Apple - You can watch videos from the TV series, download activity guides, and order DVDs and videocassettes.
Odyssey Science Magazine -
Ology: American Museum of Natural History -
Paleontology -
Physics Classroom - The Tutorial covers basic physics topics using informative graphics and an easy-to-understand language. Each unit is broken up into lessons and sub-lessons. A lesson resembles the type and extent of coverage given to that physics topic in class. The sub-lessons are accompanied by Check Your Understanding sections, providing an opportunity to assess one's understanding of the lesson material. The tutorial, when combined with other resources at this site provides a student of physics a great opportunity to learn and to test their understanding.
Physics Simulations -
Playing with Time - Playing With Time is an exciting, new project that looks at how the world around you is changing over many different time periods.
Predicting the Weather -
Pulse of the Planet -
Regents Exam Preparation Center -
Regents Review Live - All of their 2008 programs are now available 24/7 as streaming video files. Click on each subject to find the link to the web video.
Scholastic Science Explorations -
SchoolHouse Rock: Science -
Science Clips -
Science Games -
Science Gizmos -
Science Interactive Resources -
Science Interactives - 'Interactives' provides educators and students with strategies, content, and activities that can enhance and improve students' skills in a variety of curricular areas.
Science Monster -
Science News for Kids - Information and resources on science topics of interest to young people, categorized by topic.
Science Regents Exams -
Science Resources -
Science Spot -
Science Wizards - 'cool little science demonstrations and simple experiments'
Science, Optics, and You -
Skateboard Science -
Solar and Heliosperic Observatory - SOHO, the Solar & Heliospheric Observatory, is a project of international collaboration between ESA and NASA to study the Sun from its deep core to the outer corona and the solar wind.
Sports Science - What's the science behind a home run? Why do curveballs curve? Find out how this extreme sport is governed by the principles of momentum, gravity, friction, and centripetal force. Check out RealVideo clips of top mountain biker, Ruthie Matthes.
Strange Matter - These unusual experiments make use of everyday materials and introduce scientific concepts in an entertaining way.
Texas Instruments Activities Exchange - TI's Activities Exchange offers thousands of free lesson plans and activities in all of the major science subject areas.
Texas Instruments Middle Grades Science Activities -
The Elegant Universe: A Sense of Scale -
The Periodic Table of Comic Books - Click on an element to see a list of comic book pages involving that element. Click on a thumbnail on the list to see a full comic bookpage.
The Savage Earth -
Under the Microscope -
Universcale -
Virtual Cell -
Virtual Courseware for Earth and Environmental Studies - Virtual Courseware for Earth and Environmental Sciences Project involves a collaboration of natural science faculty members and support staff at California State University, Los Angeles.
Virtual Electron Microscope -
Virtual Microscope - The virtual scope has all the same controls found on the real thing.
Virtual Triple Beam Balance - Practice using a triple beam balance.
Water Cycle Movie -
Weather Flash Game -
What is Chemistry? -
Wild Classroom - Biodiversity.
Writing with Scientists -
pH Factor -

Go Green

Act Green -
Alternative Energy -
Alternative Energy and Fuel -
An Inconvenient Truth -
Backyard Nature -
Big Green Help -
Build Green Schools -
EPA Climate Change -
Earth 911 -
Earth Day Hotlist -
Earth Day games. -
Environment Hotlist by KidInfo -
Environmental Education for Kids -
Environmental Kids Club -
Environmental Protection Agency -
Global Warming / Greenhouse Effect Hotlist -
Green Buildings -
Green Squad -
Green Vehicle Guide -
Kids Be Green -
Kids C.A.V.E. - A study about pollution and its negative effects.
Living in a Green World -
Meet the Greens -
Natural Resources Defense Council -
Planet Festo - The goal is to create a ribbon on the Internet large enough to stretch around the planet, six inches at a time.
Planet Green -
Pollution Blasters Game. -
Recycle City Game -
Renewable Energy -
Roofus' Solar and Efficient Home - Shows several ways that homes can conserve energy.
Toxic Town -
Treehugger -
Vulcan Project - The Vulcan Project is a NASA/DOE funded effort under the North American Carbon Program (NACP)to quantify North American fossil fuel carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.
We Can Change the World Challenge - The challenge is entirely web-based and provides a robust collection of resources for students and teachers from interactive labs to lesson plans , custom developed by the same curriculum team that brings you our award-winning services Discovery Education streaming and Discovery Education Science.
Zipper's Green Tips -

Science Fair Sites

A Student’s Guide to Keeping the Science in Your Science Project -
All Science Fair Projects - Science fair projects with complete instructions.
Create a Graph -
Cyberbee's Science Fair How To's -
Discovery Education Science Fair Central -
Free Science Fair Projects -
How Stuff Works -
More Science Fair Topics -
National Student Research Center -
Odyssey of the Mind - An international educational program that provides creative problem-solving opportunities for students from kindergarten through college. Team members apply their creativity to solve problems that range from building mechanical devices to presenting their own interpretation of literary classics. They then bring their solutions to competition on the local, state, and World level. Thousands of teams from throughout the U.S. and from about 25 other countries participate in the program.
PBS Science Fair -
Science Bob: Experiments -
Science Buddies -
Science Fair Hotlist by Kid Science Link -
Science Fair Project Ideas -
Science Fair Projects -
Science Fair Projects Hotlist -
Science Fair Sites -
Science Fair Topics -
Science House: Videos of Science Experiments -
Science News for Kids: Science Fair Zone -
Scientific Method -

Spanish Sites

Grade 8 Science Glossary Translation in Spanish -

Content by Mrs. Holzweiss, kholzweiss@bayshoreschools.org
http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/listsciencekr.html
Last revised Tue Feb 9 11:21:30 US/Pacific 2010