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Bill
Nye
the
Science
Guy
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Demos,
highlights
from
television
episodes
and
queries.
About
Rainbows
-
How
is
the
bow
made.
Find
out
the
answer
to
this
question
and
many
more
about
rainbows.
Earth
Science
Explorer
-
Tour
a
virtual
earth
science
museum
and
learn
about
dinosaurs.
Albert
Einstein
Online
-
List
of
links
to
information
about
Einstein
will
fill
you
in
on
anything
and
everything
you
want
to
know
about
Einstein.
Energy
Quest
-
Adventures
in
energy
education.
Fun
for
students
and
excellent
resources
for
teachers
and
parents.
The
Exploratorium
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Discover
the
science
of
sports.
Do
you
see
what
you
think
you
see?
Online
interaction.
Treeture
- A pleasant way for younger children to learn
about the value of trees to our environment.
Terrific
Science - Science education resources
for teachers and parents.
Chemistry
Tutor
- Students can get help with their chemistry
homework.
Lapeer
- A teacher's resource for chemistry.
Lesson
Plans - Links to lesson plans for grades
K-6
Science
Lesson Plans - Find
ideas and inspiration in these free science lessons.
Stock
Market Math - Real world experience in
math from About.com.
Math
Resources - Links from About.com.
Mad
Labs - Part of the MadSci Network site.
High School level and up. Demonstrations illustrating various
concepts in science. Most experiments should require little more
than a quick rummaging through the kitchen cabinets.
Goose
Holler - Goose Holler Middle School
activities include a formula to let students know how far they can
jump in space and a jumping paper frog activity.
Funology
- Funology is the science of having fun. Offers
science experiments, quizzes, trivia -all kinds of great learning
activities. use this site as a classroom aid.
Science
Teachers Resource - An award-winning
website for teachers to share ideas.
Frank
Potter's Science Gems - Links to science
resources.
Astronomy
course - Lesson plans and activities,
including an on-line astronomy course for students.
Eurekalert
-
The
premiere
site
for
science
news.
Bubbles
- Want to know how to make the best bubbles, then this site is for
you. Also includes a history of bubbles.
Sky
maps - download and print.
STARGAZER
- seen on PBS, can now be viewed on computers.
John
Walker's Living Earth & Brilliant Earth Images
- Zoom in, via satellite, to your favorite spot on
Earth.
Earth
Viewer - Primarily for
elementary school students. It shows the daytime and nighttime
portions of the Earth for any day of the year.
Astronomical
Games - both teachers and students
will find interesting.
Astronomy
Classes - for children, begins
November 15.
Northern
Lights - Keep up-to-date with the
aurora borealis.
Students
for the Exploration and Development of Space - Take
a multimedia tour of nine planets. Hosted by the university of
Arizona Chapter of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory.
Peter
Meadow's Solar Observing Webpage -Download
freeware to keep track of sunspots.
David
Paul Green's Free Astronomy Software - An
observing log is just one of the forms available from David Paul
Green's website that makes collecting
observations easier. Download free software.
Dean
Dauger's Shareware - ($20) lets you
explore the gravitational interaction between bodies in space.
Sky
Watchers Page - A collection of
resources for skywatchers. Calculate the sunrise or sunset. View
current night or daytime regions. Take a constellation quiz and
more.
Space
- One of the most popular sites on the Internet for
space news, photos, products, SETI, and more.
Space
Shapes - Have you ever
wondered what happens to the human body after spending prolonged
periods of time in space? The astronauts who spent weeks in Skylab
learned that their bodies behaved differently in space than on
Earth. - "Bodies in Space," Factmonster.com, c
2000, 2001 The Learning Network Inc.
Catalyst
- Developed specifically for the secondary
education/high school level teacher, the Catalyst is a valuable
website for finding relevant information for use in the teaching
of chemistry, including a periodic
table.
Science
Activities - Interesting, educational,
and simple science activities for grades 6,7 and 8.
SciQuest's
SciCentral - Central location for the latest news in science. One
Sky, Many Voices - Inquiry-based,
K-12 curricula that utilizes the World Wide Web for learning
opportunities. Also excellent source for home schooling efforts. Athena
- Space,
weather, Earth, oceans, science, and more. The
Safe Zone - Sky
charts, planet and meteor sightings, news articles, links, and more North
American Skies. Science
Net Links - Comprehensive
"homepage" for K-12 science educators How
Things Work -
What makes balls bounce? Why do some balls bounce higher than others? What is a "dead ball?"
A comprehensive discussion of common
objects in physics and science. Louis A. Bloomfield, professor of
Physics, University of Virginia 
-Teachers resources include help building homepage
and cartoon on web safety for children.
For
My World - A better world is just a click
away. Naturepedia
- an online nature encyclopedia
States
and Capitals -
Learn more about the United States, including the weather
NASA
Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Education outreach
site.
Educator's Focus
- concentrates on subjects of interest that
educators might overlook.
enature
- How
to create a classroom species list -- Make an online list of
plants and animals your students have seen. Also online guides
to help you identify what you've seen. Great for recording
outdoor classroom observations. http://enature.com/teachers/teachers_home.asp
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Interactive reports for students and teachers.
Participate in weekly Internet Digs.
Environmental Resource. RAIN's
Public Internet Broadcasting service is an excellent distance
learning medium suitable for formal and informal education, health
education, and economic development project support.
Activities
on this site help make discovering the ideas behind
concepts an enjoyable and memorable experience
Discovery's Yucky teaching units (for grades 3-8
and K-2) correlate with the science topics that students love on
the Yucky Site. They are designed to align within a curriculum's
scope and sequence and with national standards. Discovery
Communications site.
Source for information about volcanoes, includes
school projects, virtual field trips, workshops, quizzes and more.