Science Links
Ology (American Museum of National History) - explore facts and experiments in many branches of science, for kids
Museum of Unnatural Mystery - ancient and modern mysteries, for kids
Human Body
Biology in Motion - animated diagrams of processes in the body
Get Body Smart - diagrams of many body parts in the major systems
Gross & Cool Body - the science of "gross" and goopy anatomy
Kids' Health - kids' human body website with articles & activities (note: also "for teens" and "for parents" tabs, use discretion)
KidsBiology - articles with pictures, organized by body system
Name the Bones Game - drag the correct names onto major bones
National Geographic - explore the human body
Neuroscience for Kids - all about the brain
Physical Science
Engineering Interact - interactive simulation lessons for branches of physics
BBC Physics Games - short interactives on electricity, force, etc.
Electro-Bot - review game applying electricity principles
Circuit Practice & Quiz
Circuit World - build circuits online
Learning Circuits - another interactive lesson on circuits
The Way Things Go - science geeks set up a chain reaction in a warehouse
Infrared Light - explore infrared light and how it shows the world of heat
NASA's Infrared Photo Album - space, seen with invisible light frequencies
Cat vs. Human Hearing - interactive about the way each hears sound
Decibel Safety - learn about different volumes and which are safe
Scrambled Songs - try to recognize familiar songs with octave jumps
Audio Ping Pong - play ping pong blind, using only the sounds you hear
SONAR Maze - guide a submarine using simulated SONAR
Bird Calls - try to interpret each bird's actual language
Biology
Latin Dictionary 1 & Latin Dictionary 2
National Geographic Kids - especially good on animals
...also, regular National Geographic Animals is here
Monterey Bay Aquarium - guide to marine animals
Animal Planet - guide to some well known wild animals
BBC Nature - animal guide
eNature - short field guides to many, many species
Zoobooks - Animal Directory - informative elementary articles on animals
Zoobooks - Virtual Zoo - guide to some basic groups and famous animals
Endangered Species - links to fact pages
Kid Answers - "Answers in Genesis" articles on certain animals
Pest World - articles on different insects and other "pests"
BrainPop - videos about the different taxonomic groups
Biology4Kids - information about vertebrates & invertebrates
Ology Zoology - animal information & projects at American Museum of Natural History
Spectrum of Life - a clickable organism family tree with short descriptions
Shape of Life - PBS teacher resources with bullet lists of key features
Wikipedia - may be used to find pictures, example species, scientific names
Kids' Animal Database - information on some specific animals
Vertebrate Classes - information on vertebrates & (randomly) arthropods
Bug Guide - guide to insects
The Owl Pages - all about owls
Jellyfish Facts - all about jellies
Food Chain - BBC Interactive
Food Fight! - BrainPop game for running a food web
Plant WebQuest: Biology-4-Kids, Flower Structure, Plant Minerals, Types of Life Cycles, Carnivorous Plants, Biggest Flower
Astronomy / Earth Science
Build a Solar System - BrainPop Solar System mechanics game
The Nine Eight Planets for Kids - a guide to our solar system (for the original, more challenging site, which contains additional information, click here)
KidsAstronomy.com
SOHO - Solar Telescope site, with amazing images and videos of the sun
Hubble Space Telescope - amazing images of outer space
Planisphere - create a planisphere to identify stars any night of the year
Moon Panoramas (Apollo trips) - you don't have to buy them to look at them !
and Mars Panoramas (Mars Rovers)
Weather Bug - zip code 75225, CKS, Grade 4, then choose the St.Thomas Aquinas camera and submit to enter the site
Weather Wiz Kids
Web Weather for Kids
Cloud Appreciation Society - wonderful weather photography
Guide to Snowflakes - beautiful snowflake photography & explanations
Water Cycle - animation for review
Water Cycle Game, Level 1 - basic review of some terms
Water Cycle Game, Level 2 - advanced review of all terms, plus extras
Chemistry
Chemistry 4 Kids - articles about chemistry & elements 1-36
*Chemistry 4 Kids Glossary - contains brief information on other elements
Periodic Table - interactive links to challenging, informative articles
Wikipedia (Pictures) - use this site to get pictures only; links to elements
Chemistry Hotlist - many chemistry related links
Chemistry Webquest: Discovery of the Atom (sound), Visual Table (try zooming), The Element Song (click "dial-up" if it's slow)
Element Games (Quia)
Element Hangman
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