Links for Science & Technology

Africam Caution, this site is addicting. You can log on at any time to see live video footage from a watering hole in Africa. Though sometimes there's nothing but the sound of birds chirping, we have seen zebras, hyenas, Egyptian geese, wildebeests, and giraffes. This is a very cool site.   Afterschool Agriculture Sponsored by Ohio 4-H Youth Development, this website offers two online "books" full of agriculture-themed web units. Each book contains 40 activities that can be completed within in 30 minutes and are appropriate for 3rd-5th grade students. Also visit National 4-H Curriculum Projects Online to locate additional projects in a variety of subject areas prepared by 4-H programs across the nation.   Apologia Science A science cirriculum based on young earth theology . The site offers information about the cirriculum as well as links to other resources, including homeschooler created content.    Back Yard Boat Building This site is hosted by a Valpo physics professor. He enjoys sharing his hobby of "Boatology". This site provides a fun way for your child to see real-life applications of those physics and math lessons.   Building Big PBS sponsors this site and it’s Building Big television series.  The site offers interactive labs and other means to study exactly how huge structures come together.  An educator’s guide is provided at the site as well.    Celestia Download free software at this site that will allow you to simulate viewing space in 3-D.   Cells Alive! This site offers film and computer enhanced images of living cells and organisms.  Interactive features include building cells models, studying meiosis and mitosis, and completing puzzles and quizzes.    Chem4Kids.com This site offers an overview of chemistry for young and old alike.  From this site you can also access related sites covering astronomy, biology, earth science, physics and math. This site has a lot of Google ads and it is sometimes difficult to distinguish the advertisements from the content on the main page.     Copper Development Association's Kid's Page Learn about copper and where it comes from at this site.   Education World's Tech Center Integrate technology into your studies and find great science lessons at this site. Included is a lesson plan of the week and a library of templates for creating your own lessons.   EdHeads This site offers a limited number of free educational resources focusing on science.  Featured activities include studies on simple machines, weather and knee surgery.   Energy Quest This interactive energy education website was created by the California Energy Commission.  The site includes several activities and learning tools.  From the colorful EQ homepage complete with sound effects, you can access games, science projects and additional resources.        Exploratorium The website for Exploratorium, the museum of science, art and human perception. This site has a huge amount of resources for the refernced subject areas, visuals, sounds and more. View online magazines, webcases, instructions for hands-on activities, even a map of the museum floor and a roof cam!   Exploratorium's Ten Cool Sites This website provides a list of "10 cool sites" in a variety of subject areas. The link above will take you to a list of 10 science sites for kids.   Find Sounds Find recordings of a variety of sounds.   Geology Unit Study A free unit study from Oklahoma Homeschool.com.   Harvard Science Multimedia Presentations (added 6/08) Wow!  I’d describe it but I don’t use words that big- just kidding (no I’m not.) From this webpage you can access the award winning “Inner Life of a Cell” animated production, as well many other scientific concepts visually presented.  If you watch the Opticell presentation, have some fun and count how many syringes it takes to complete the process.  Caution: These presentations were created for presentation to adult students, so content may not be appropriate for all age levels.  Note: A useful explanation of the Inner Life of a Cell production is provided at Flixxy.com, however this website offers a wide variety of user produced materials so viewing discretion is strongly advised.     Internet Center for Wildlife Damage Management  This site is sponsored by several universities and contains extensive information on identifying and managing various types of wildlife. In addition the site offers links to additional educational resources offering lesson plans on wildlife and wildlife management and several wildlife related games. There are a lot of downloads and articles located on this website and links to many more on other sites though the information is a bit scattered, so take your time and look around.   The images in the library are subject to a copyright agreement, but are available for individual non-profit educational use.  Note: This site is designed to assist in controlling the damage done to property by wildlife so not all information and articles will have a point of view favorable to the animal.     Journey North Sponsored by Annenberg Media, this website provide “a global study of wildlife migration and seasonal changes.”  The images on this site are beautiful and the information fascinating.  Registration is free.       Kids Health This website offers doctor-approved health information for parents, teens and younger kids.  The site is divided into separate sections for each age group.  Features on the website include articles, games, movies and other resources.  At this site you can view a glossary of medical terms in age-appropriate language, watch a movie about how the body works, find healthy recipes and play games.    Kinetic City Mission to Vearth Here you'll find resources for educators to take their students through the "Mission to Vearth". The program was created for students in grades 3 through 5 and includes 100 science activities using hands-on demonstrations, writing and internet research, interactive science games, art projects and physical activities. You can download a complete educator's guide for each grade level from the site.     Molecular Expressions “Exploring the World of Optics and Microscopy”- I’m not sure I can adequately describe this website as it is one that simply must be seen to understand.  Here’s the site’s own description: “We are going where no microscope has gone before by offering one of the Web’s largest collection of color photographs taken through an optical microscope…”  Themed galleries include an exploration of the universe from its far reaches to a single cell here on earth, views of amino acids, gemstones, DNA and more.  The site also includes several interactive tutorials exploring various microscopes and imaging techniques.  Note: The subject matter covered by some of the galleries may be objectionable, please exercise discretion in making use of this resource.     NASA Eclipse Home Page At this website you can learn about past eclipses and find out when new ones will take place.   NASA’s Mars Exploration Program This site features activities for kids, resources for teachers and students and more.  The site offers many images of the red planet as well as updates on the status of our Mars exploration efforts.        NASA Quest “Meet the people of NASA and look over their shoulders as they make NASA’s goals a reality.”  This NASA website includes profiles of NASA staffers, live interactions with NASA experts monthly, audio and video programs available online and lesson plans with student activities.        NASA Science Files This site offers access to program information and supporting materials for a series of “episodes” each covering a different scientific topic.  The site also features a “Kid’s Tree House” where kids can find online investigations, hands on activities, interviews with NASA researchers and more.  To download a specific lesson, select the Episode and then click on “Download the Educator’s Guide.”   View past broadcast of the episodes at NASA’s Center for Distance Learning.   NASA Space Weather Action Center Guide Here you can learn how to set up a Space Weather Action Center in your "classroom". Then, follow the guides to teach your child how to study the interaction of the earth and the sun and monitor the progress of a solar storm.   National Geographic's Seal Cam Viewing times are from 9 AM to 9 PM (EST). See elephant seals do what elephant seals do on a point south of San Francisco.   National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Not only is the full name a mouthful, but the site is pretty meaty too. There are various topic areas with materials created just for kids. Links to other sites of value are provided on this website as well.   Net Frog This site offers a visual presentation of the dissection of a frog.  There are also additional links and information relating to this topic.      Neuroscience For Kids Yes, you read that correctly. A kind professor has created a website to teach children about the workings of the nervous system. Very cool.   Newton BBS This is the site of the Newton BBS Ask A Scientist Service, a service of the Argonne National Laboratory. If you have a question you can check the Newton archives and if it's not been answered before, ask a scientist!  At this site you'll also find links to pages created by teachers for teachers designed to further scientific education.  There are lots of great resources here for your science lessons.   Nordlys Northern Lights This Norhtern Lights "fan" site offers both scientific and historical information about the phenomenon in the sky.   Public Library of Science   This website is operated by the Public Library of Science. PLOS is a nonprofit organization with the mission of making scientific and medical literature available free to the public. From the PLOS website you can access a variety of free scientific journals.   Purdue University Extension Operated by Purdue University of Indiana. This site offers educational resources on family, agribusiness and the environment. The booklets are sold online, but many may be downloaded free of charge.   River of Words This website is sponsored by a non-profit organization dedicated to assisting educators to incorporate observation-based nature study and the arts into their classroom.  The organization sponsors annual youth art and poetry contests to further its goals.  In addition several links to interesting science and art related sites can be found on the educator’s resource page of the website.  A curriculum guide is available for purchase through the website.        Science With Me From the site: “Science With Me is a free educational website for kids to learn science. Join now for fun science experiments and kids science projects for curious elementary school kids.”  This website offers an increasing supply of science related animations, games, e-coloring books and worksheets.  Visitors can subscribe to the site’s newsletter to receive updates when new content is added. Registration (free) is required to access the site's resources, but previews are available to visitors.  There are some unobtrusive third-party advertisements on the website.      Snow Crystals This site sponsored by Cal Tech offers pictures of real snow crystals as well as information about snowflakes and ice.        Structured Science Curriculum Sponsored by the Chicago Public School system, this site offers lesson plans in science for grades K through 8 as well as lessons in each of several science topics ranging from Biology to Physics.  This link is part of the CPS Instructional Intranet.     The Bakken Library and Museum The center featured on this website is dedicated to the education of individuals about the history and impact of electricity and magnetism on society.  Online visitors can view a number of unique artifacts related to the study of electricity and magnetism and access several educational resources.          The Gorilla Foundation At this website about Koko the gorilla you can find a variety of web-based educational resources, including “Learn to Sign With Koko.”  In addition, other resources may be ordered from the website.        Today in Technology History Archives Sponsored by The Center for the Study of Technology and Society, this page offers up some famous dates in the history of technology alone with information regarding the development being highlighted. The archive has not been updated since 2003 and the e-mail update is no longer available, but the old files are still accessable. To see new technology news, you can visit the website's new home page.   U.S. Department of Energy-Energy Education and Training From this website you can access information for teachers and students sponsored by the DofE.  Resources include energy-related science projects, information on careers in energy and for elementary students, Dr. E’s Energy Lab.    U.S. Geological Survey Learning Web This portion of the USGS website is dedicated facilitating learning about things on, in and around the Earth including land, water, plants, animals and geography.  At the site you can find lesson plans, games, learning projects, career information, coloring pages, a map wizard and many other resources.  Slow Internet connection?  Try the text only version of the website.        U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Teachers’ Lesson Plans This website offers 5 instructional units covering radiation to transportation of radioactive materials and includes a list of suggested classroom activities.   Also on the site you’ll find a Periodic Table of Elements, a glossary of nuclear terms, and review games.   At the Students’ Corner, your student can read about nuclear energy.       Weather Works Learn how to create a sky and cloud watcher window using paint sample chips at this website.    Weekly Science Experiment By joining the Krampf Yahoo Group, you can sign up to receive a new science lesson each week. These are hands-on lesson that teach basic concepts in an interesting way.   What’s That Bug? Need to identify a creepy crawly?  Visit this website and do a search of previous entries or ask the web hosts about your specific bug.  This site hosts Google Ads and some banner advertisements as well.  There are some amazing photographs of insects on this site.        What’s This Caterpillar? This site can assist you in identifying over 800 species of caterpillars by region.  The site also offers a forum to discuss your finds, a glossary of terms and instructions for caring for your caterpillar.    Get it Together- Weather & Meteorology Get it Together- Space & Space Travel Get it Together- Studying Nature Back to Links for Schooling Home