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Science Fair |Inventions|Physical Science| Chemistry |Energy |Human Body |Health and Nutrition| Weather | Earthquakes, Tsunamis, and Volcanoes| Environment | Oceans| Animals & Habitats|DinosaursPlants and Trees | Space| Simple Machines/Magnets Electricity| Rocks|Miscellaneous Science|  

SCIENCE FAIR
Cyber Fair Photography in Science Projects Successful Science Fair Projects
Science Projects Science Fair Central Exploratorium: Science Fairs
Science Fair Project Ideas ScienzFair Project Ideas Science Fair Resources
Elementary Project Ideas Experiments and Activities The Ultimate Science Fair Resource
Super Science Fair Projects Elementary School Science Fair Ideas  
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INVENTIONS
How Stuff Works The Sightseer's Guide to Engineering US Patent and Trademark Offices: Kids Pages
Edison Invents    
     
     

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Physical Science
Great Atomic
Scavenger Hunt
( By Miss Barnes)
   
     

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Chemistry
     
     
Chemistry Lesson Plans
Magic Drop Shot    

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ENERGY
KidsZone at US Dept. of Energy Energy Movies at BrainPop Energy and Electricity Games
Energy Quest Ask an Energy Expert Energy Kid's Page
Energy Field Trips Energy Savers Solar Energy International
How a Solar Car Works The Periodic Table of Elements Funergy
Energy Quest Solar Energy Light: A Learning Unit
     
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THE HUMAN BODY
How Stuff Works: The Body Human Body Adventure The Inner Body
Kids' Health: How the Body Works Scholastic: Human Body Tour The Virtual Body
Your Gross and Cool Body Science Movies at BrainPop Artificial Anatomy
Mr. Bones My Body Scavenger Hunt This Way To My Body

BioMEDIA Eye to Eye

My DNA Interactive Create a Human Body Game Board (Tech and Science Lesson)
Boots Learning Store (interactive site)    
Digestive Sys.

Digestive Sys. Scavengar Hunt

Digestive Sys. Treasure Hunt and Movie Digestive Sys. Treasure Hunt

Digestive Sys. Lesson Plans

   
Respiratory System

Yucky Kids: Respiratory Sys.

Indoor Air Pollution Hangman Inside the Human Body: Respiratory Sys. Word Search

Respiratory System: Movie and Quiz from KidsHealth

   
Hands/Fingerprints/Handwriting
Handwriting Analysis Fingerprint Patterns How Fingerprint Scanners Work

 

   
Your Brain/Mind/Memory
Neuroscience for Kids The Brain Explorer How Smart Are You?

Memory Game

Make Up Your Mind Brains Rule: Movies and Games
DNA And Genetics
Kids Genetics DNA Intro. The Gene Scene

Koshland Science Museum: Putting DNA to Work

   
Bones and Skeletal System
Skeletal System Lesson Plans Virtual Knee Surgery by Edheads  

 

   
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 Health and Nutrition
Nutrition Scavenger Hunt Nubod Fitness Dole 5 A Day
Kids Health American Council For Drug Education Nutrition Explorations
KidsHealth for Kids Healthy Choices for Kids Online Food and Nutritional Info. Center
Eat Smart Kids' Food Pyramid Have a Bite Cafe
Let's Make A Meal Check Your Blood IQ Open Wide and Trek Inside
Kids' Health: How the Body Works Air Junk Coolfood Kidz
BBC Health: Kids' Health Mission Z Communicator Kidnetic.com
Dental Health
All About Teeth Treasure Hunt by Ms. Barba Colgate For Kids Kids Stuff: Teeth
Mouth Power Dental Health Month Lesson Plans  
     

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WEATHER
Air/Wind
All About Wind Power

 

 
Clouds and Rainbows
Rainbows Types of Clouds Multimedia Slide Show with Audio What is A Rainbow?
Rainbow Pictures Scholastic Weather Watch: Clouds in the Sky Cloud Matching Game
What is Weather?: Clouds Web Weather: Clouds Weather Instruments
Thunderstorms/Rain/Water Cycle
PBS InFocus: Flood Make Lightning Sky Diary from Kidstorm
Drippy The Water Cycle Web Weather:
Thunderstorms & Torndoes
NOVA online: Flood!
Cincinnati Enquirer: Rivers Unleashed FEMA For Kids: Floods Questions and Answers about Thunderstorms
Lightning Information Center Water Science  
Hurricanes
Hurricane: Storm Science Hurricane Scavengar Hunt Hurricane: Basics
National Geographic: Flying into the Eye of a Hurricane NASA's Observatorium: Hurricanes FEMA For Kids: Hurricanes
Hurricane Names National Geographic Forces of Nature: Hurricanes  
Tornadoes
Twister Web Weather:
Thunderstorms & Torndoes
Sky Diary from Kidstorm
Twister: The Tornado Story FEMA for Kids: tornadoes Tornado Facts
National Geographic Forces of Nature: Tornado    
Predicting Weather
The Old Farmer's Almanac    
     
All Weather and Experiment Sites
NOAA Weather   USA Today Weather
US Weather Almanac NJ State Climatologist Wild Weather
Weather Station FEMA For Kids: The Disaster Area Weather Experiments
Weather Underground NOAA's Weather Experiments Wonderful World of Weather: Online Classroom Project
Web Weather NASA: Natural Disaster Reference Database Weather
Online Disaster Quiz The Weather Channel Storm Encyclopedia The Weather Game
Weather Whiz Kids Weather from EDHEADS What is weather?: BBC

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The Environment
Enviromysteries Landfill Controversy Webquest (gr. 5) Adventures at Dry Creek
Earth Day Resources from Scholastic The Ecological Footprint Global Warming from EPA
EPA: SunWise School Program Biodiversity Counts Greenscreen
Nature Serve Recycle City Air Junk
NIEHS Kids Pages Biodegradable Play  

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Animals and Habitats Games for Kids
Animals and Habitats
Animals and Habitats Games for Kids
Mystery of the Poison Dart Frog North Carolina Zoo Breakout Frog Thematic Unit
Switcheroo Animal Games Beartracker's Animal Tracks Den
Animals in Winter Puzzles Polar Pairs Animal Tracks Matching Game
Life Science Jeopardy (Grade 3) Habitats (Gr1) National Zoological Park
The Everglades Animal Camouflage The African Savannah
Habitats: A Place You Live (Grade 1) Tornadoes by Scholastic Oakland Zoo: Animals A to Z
The San Diego Zoo (Animal Bytes) The San Diego Zoo (Games) The International  Fund For Animal Welfare
Net Frog: Virtual Frog Dissection Animal Diversity Web Frogs: A Chorus of Colors
Animal Habitat Challenge    
Insects and Arachnids
The World of Insects Going Buggy Journey North
Pest World Bugscope Katerpillars (& Mystery Bugs)
U of Kentucky Dept. of Entomology Honey.com For Kids Iowa State U. Entomology Images
U of Kentucky Dept. of Entomology Insect Quiz Bug Bios
Insect Masks Picture A Tarantula Lesson Plan Bugscope
Orkin Insect Zoo Butterflies 2000 Very Hungry Caterpillar (K)
Insect Book Life Cycle  
Birds
All About Birds KidWings Owl Pellet Dissection
Animals of the Oceans
 Manatee Myths and Facts Manatee Ideas More Manatee Ideas
Save the Manatee Club Shed: The World's Aquarium Manatee Info
Pond Animals
Pond Life and Movies    
     
Farm Animals
Farm Animals By Mrs. King (Gr1) Catch All The Eggs in One Basket Hatch and Match
Watch a Chick Hatch! Another Chick Hatching Movie Chick Powerpoint
4H Virtual Farm Kids Farm Farm Animals
Kindergarten Farm (K) Farm Phonics (K) Barnyard Matchup (K)
Magic Keys: Farm Animals Stories (K) Count Your Chickens (K) The Hen and The Carrot Story (K)
Barnyard Animals Story (K) Build a Farm (K) Farm Animals Webquest (K-1)
Animal and Habitats Webquests

Animals in the Winter Webquest

Conflict: Yellowstone Wolves Webquest (Gr.5) Whose Track is This? An Animal Tracks Webquest

Insect Perspective Webquest

Penguins Webquest Mystery Animal
(Grade 3)
Snakes Alive! Animals in Winter Web Quest (Grade 1)  
Animal and Habitats Treasure Hunts
Animal Scavenger Hunt What Kind of Animal is That? Scavenger Hunt  

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Dinosaurs
Zoom Dinosaur A Dinosaur Dilemma Webquest Build-a-saurus
Smithsonian Museum: Dinosaurs Dinosaur Tour from Scholastic Dinopedia from Yahooligans
Dinosaur Games and Quizzes from BBC Dinosaur Games and Quizzes from National History Museum Dinosaur Crafts from Enchanted Learning
Dinosaurs Alive! Games and fun Download a Dinosaur! I Spy Dinosaur Bones Game (Printable)
Dinosaur Scavenger Hunt (Gr1-2) Dinosaur Trek!: Games Dinosaur Trek!:ThinkQuest
KidDinos Dinosphere Dinosaurs from Scholastic
     

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Plants and Trees
Plants
Adventures of the Argonauts: Grow Plants on the Moon The Great Plant Escape Kids Valley Garden
Growing Plants Experiment (BBC) (K-3) Seeds PowerPoint SF Seeds Worksheet
My First Garden Plant Growth Lesson Plan (3-5) Plants in Motion
Plants from Enchanted Learning Biology of Plants Plant Parts from BBC
Trees
The Ultimate Tree-Ring Web Pages Arbor Day Foundation Leaf ID's What Tree Is It?
Tree of Life    
Plants and Trees Webquests
Plant Webquest Bloomin Legends Parts is Parts: A Plant Parts Webquest for Primary Grades
All About Me The Wonderful World of Plants  
Plants and Trees Treasure Hunts
Investigating Plants Treasure Hunt    

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Space
Amazing Space: Online Expeditions NASA Kids (Games) Virtual Solar System
Earth Science Jeopardy (Space-Grade 3) Solar System Simulator Aeronauts 2000
Solar System Exploration NASA Photo and Movie Gallery Star Child
Magic Schoolbus Space Tour Solar System Tutor Solar System Fun
NASA's KSNN (Kid Science News Network) Mars Fun Zone Cyber Center
Kids Astronomy Secret World: Universe Within Adventures of the Argonauts
Enchanted Learning: All About Space Eight Planets For Kids Yahooligan's Space
Interactive Planet Facts Earth and Moon Viewer I know That: Space
Class Zone (Earth Revolution around sun Animation) BBC Space Pictures of the Solar System
Solar System Facts Solar System Trading Cards Great Space Printables and Activities
Planetary Mysteries    
Moon
Current Moon Phase Moon Phases Movie Moon Scavenger Hunt
Moon Phases Animation Moon Phases (Harcourt) More Moon Phases
Moon Phases Flip Book    
Space Webquests
We Need More Space Webquest (Gr.2-3) Planet Webquest (Gr. 3) Spaced Out Webquest(Gr.2-3)
Our Sun-Sational Star Webquest(gr. 3-5) Planet Webquest 2008 (Gr. 3)  
Space Treasure Hunts
Interactive Solar System Scavenger Hunt    

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 Simple Machines and Magnets
Pushes and Pulls Experiment from BBC Simple Machines from EdHeads Simple Machines Activities
The Odd Machine by EDheads Magnets and Springs from BBC  
     
 
     
     
     

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Electricity
The Atoms Family Magnetism & Electricity Quiz Magnetism & Electricity
Electricity Activities Energy and Electricity Games Electricity in Education
Electricity Online Electricity Activity ProTeacher: Lessons on Electricity
Electricity Treasure Hunts
Extreme Electricity Hunt Magnetism and Electricity Scavenger Hunt Electricity Worksheet Using the Brainpop Movie
Magnetism Worksheet Using the Brainpop Movie Static Electricity Worksheet Using the Brainpop Movie  
     

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EARTHQUAKES, TSUNAMIS, and VOLCANOES
EARTHQUAKES
Plate Tectonics USGS: Earthquakes for kids Interactive Plate Tectonics Activity

Understanding Earthquakes

USGS: Earthquake Hazards Program FEMA for Kids: Earthquakes
National Geographic: Earthquakes National Geographic Forces of Nature: Earthquake Recent Earthquake Activity Around The World
TSUNAMIS
Dangerous Waves: Printable What is a Tsunami? FEMA For Kids: Tsunami
Tsunami Trivia PBS: Waves of Destruction Tsunami Word Search
Tsunami National Geographic: Tsunami  
 VOLCANOES
Volcanoes Online Enchanted Learning Volcanoes ABC Teach Volcanoes
Scholastic Internet Field Trip: The Mighty Volcano More to Explore: Volcano ProTeacher: Volcano
Volcano World Can We Predict Volcanic Eruptions? Mt. St. Helen's Teacher Corner
Mt. St. Helen's Live Video Cam Earthquake and Volcano Scavenger Hunt Images of Volcanoes
Volcano Live Make your own Virtual Volcano Volcano Eruptions on Video
National Geographic Forces of Nature: Volcano What is a Volcano? I know that: Volcanoes
Volcano Lab from Scholastic    

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OCEANS
Ology: Marine Biology AMNH Hall of Ocean Life Blue Planet Challenge: Journey to the Deep
Blue Planet Challenge Birch Aquarium Interactives Monterey Bay Aquarium
Live Video Cams from Monterey Bay Aquarium Oceans Fun Pages Animals of the Oceans Field Guide
Into The Deep Virtual Tide Pool Amazing Reef Movie Maker
     

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The Earth and Rocks
Rocks and Soil Experiment Rock Cycle Animation Wicked: Rock Cycle
Interactive: Rock Cycle Earth Ology  
     
     
     

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Miscellaneous Science
Cool Science for Curious Kids Color Matters Cow's Eye Dissection
Try Science The Black Hole Gang Pfizer Fun Zone
Museum of Unnatural Mysteries Site Discover Beakman and Jax
The Why Files San Francisco's Exploratorium Site American Museum of Natural History: Resources
First Flight Smithsonian Education The Science of Baseball
4000 Years of Women in Science Amusement Park Physics Building Big
Science Education Gateway Science Netlinks Science Spot
The Particle Adventure Online Science-Athon Virtual Frog Dissection
All About Glaciers Air Travelers: Principles of Hot Air Ballooning Playing with Time
Science NetLinks Lesson Plans The Field Museum Science Museum of Minnesota
Ontario Science Centre SciZone Cool Cosmos Middle School Science
Low Life Labs Science News For Kids Yuckiest Site on the Internet
Mystery Spot: Science Mysteries Treasure Troves of Science Century of Flight
Show Biz Science From Education World Edheads  

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