Science Sites

These sites contain up-to-date information from scientists and researchers, great images you can use with students, and activities to add to an Internet component to your science classes. We have included sites for a variety of scientific disciplines and age levels.

Kinetic City from the Association for the Advancement of Science features science games for 3-5th graders. Information for teachers or after-school club leaders is provided on the Educators Page.

Volcano World provides information from volcano experts around the country. Features include great volcano photographs and video clips, up-to-date news on eruptions, lesson plans and activities, and "ask a volcanologist."

The NPAC Visible Human Viewer enables you to select and view high-resolution images of two-dimensional slices of a human body, using image data taken from the National Library of Medicine's Visible Human Project. You need a Java-enabled browser to view this site.

Human Anatomy Online is an anatomy guide with clickable images of the various body systems for students to explore. Includes text descriptions and some animations. You need a Java-enabled browser to view this site.

The Science of Hockey site helps students explore questions like "Why is ice slippery?" and "How much energy is generated by a mid-ice collision?" Includes audio and video clips from hockey players and lots of things to help kids see how science is used in real life.

Exploranet, from the Exploratorium in San Francisco, contains lots of great science ideas, including the Sports Science Series (see The Science of Hockey, above) and an online dissection of a cow's eye.

The Virtual Frog Dissection Kit, from Lawrence Livermore, labs enables you to "dissect" a frog online.

Netfrog is another interactive frog dissection site, from the University of Virginia.

The Animal Bytes Database, from SeaWorld, gives basic facts, a photograph, and a bibliography for many animal species.

The Periodic Table of Elements, from the Los Alamos National Laboratory, lets students click on any element to get more information.

The Nine Planets Tour is great source of information about astronomy for all ages, with extensive information about each planet and lots of photos.

Mars Pathfinder, the Mars Pathfinder home page from NASA, provides up to date news and photographs from Sojourner, the rover currently exploring Mars.

The Science Education Gateway has interactive tools and lesson plans in Earth and Space Science for grades 6-12. Resources include complete lessons, a "grab bag" of Internet learning tools, and templates and references for creating new curriculum modules.

The Why Files, a project of the National Institute for Science Education, is an electronic exploration of the science behind the news. New features twice a month about science and technology in everyday life.

Hewlett Packard Science Experiments includes experiments that can be done right on your computer, as well as links to others that can be done at home or school from Bill Nye, science museums, and other sources.

The Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences is a reference site with biographical information on African-Americans in various scientific fields.

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