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8.4 Online Interactive Activities - Science

Last page update: 10/27/02

AC - DC: What's the Difference? (GREAT STUFF! [A+] )

(http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/edison/sfeature/acdc.html)

Alien Adventure: a Web Journey (VERY INTERESTING [A-] ) 

(http://www.discoverlearning.com/learnonline/webjourney/aliens/)

All About Atoms (SIMPLE, BUT EXCELLENT [A] )

(http://www.jlab.org/services/pced/atomtour/)

Amazing Space - Web-Based Activities (FANTASTIC [A+] )

(http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/)

Animals Of The Rainforest (WONDERFUL EXTENSION [A] )

(http://www.animalsoftherainforest.org/)

Astronomy Course for Middle/high school students (VERY GOOD [A-]

(http://www.cnde.iastate.edu/staff/jtroeger/astronomy.html)

Astronomy for kids - Explore the Solar System (GREAT [A] )

(http://www.kidsastronomy.com/solar_index.htm)

Astronomy for Kids! (MAKES IT INTERESTING! GREAT [A] )

http://www.dustbunny.com/afk/

Astronomy - Starchild - NASA - Learning Center for Young Astronomers (EXCELLENT [A+] )

(http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html)

Astronomy - The Sun - a virtual multimedia tour (RICH AND VALUABLE [A+] )

(http://www.michielb.nl/sun/kaft.htm)

Bats4Kids - Bats Everywhere (PERFECT TIME TO LEARN [A] )

(http://members.aol.com/bats4kids/)

Beakman's World Interactive Demonstrations (WONDERFUL! [A+] )

(http://www.beakman.com/interact/demo.html)

Brainium.com (GREAT; RICH AND ENJOYABLE [A] )

(http://www.brainium.com/)

Cells (FANTASTIC! AN ENJOYABLE WAY TO LEARN THIS SUBJECT [A+] )

(http://www.homeworkcentral.com/knowledge/vsl_files.htp?fileid=155649&tg=ENGLIS&flt=KE)

Chem4Kids.com! (WONDERFUL; FUN FOR KIDS [A+] )

(http://www.chem4kids.com/)

Come To Your Senses

(http://tqjunior.advanced.org/3750/)

Cyber Tiger @ nationalgeographic.com - Tiger Quest

(http://www.nationalgeographic.com/tigers/maina.html)

Defenders of Wildlife - KIds' Planet - Online interactive (GOOD [B+] ) 

(http://www.kidsplanet.org/)

Dino Directory - interesting background/extension (EXCELLENT [A] )

(http://flood.nhm.ac.uk/cgi-bin/dino/)

Disappearing Dinosaurs - An Introduction (WONDERFUL; VALUABLE [A++] )  

(http://www.vilenski.com/science/dinosaur/index.html)

Discover the Solar System - Gr 2-5

(http://www.smplanet.com/planets/planetintro.html)

Discovery.com - Intimate Universe: The Human Body (FANTASTIC; VALUABLE [A+] )

(http://tlc.discovery.com/tlcpages/human/explore.html)

DNA - Create a DNA Fingerprint (EXCEPTIONAL INFO ON DNA; STUDENT FRIENDLY [A+] )

(http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sheppard/analyze.html)

Dragonfly

(http://www.muohio.edu/dragonfly/)

Earth and Moon Viewer

(http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/vplanet.html)

EarthPulse (HURRICANES, VOLCANOS, EARTHQUAKES [A] )

(http://www.logal.com/sim_ed/data_v5/earthpulse/welcome.html)

Earthquake - Gr 6-8 unit; designed to be done online (WONDERFUL [A=] )

(http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/lessons/indiv/davis/hs/QuakesEng3.html)

Electricity & Magnetism Intereactive (VERY GOOD [A] )

(http://ippex.pppl.gov/ippex/module_4/)

Expedition : Endangered! (WONDERFUL SITE; GREAT INFO [A] )

(http://www.amnh.org/Exhibition/Expedition/Endangered/index.html)

Experiment! (85 great online activities)

(http://www.bonus.com/bonus/list/n_science.html)

Exploring Leonardo de Vinci - Great activities

(http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/)

Exploring Planets in the Classroom: hands-on science activities (FANTASTIC STUFF [A+] )

(http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/SPACEGRANT/class_acts/index.html)

Exploring the Rain Forest - Gr 1-3 - online exploration (VERY GOOD [A-] ) 

(http://pcboe.net/ses/jordan/wble/)

Geology for Kids - Neill's - online (GREAT [A] ) 

(http://www.oocities.org/Athens/Parthenon/8991/)

Geo Quest - Adaptation

(http://library.advanced.org/10157/infadapt.html)

Geo - Quest - Earth's Layers

(http://library.advanced.org/10157/inflayer.html)

GeoNet - Volcanoes - Gr 4-8 online interactive lesson (VERY GOOD [A-] )

(http://www.bennett.karoo.net/topics/volcanoes.html)

Great Plant Escape

(http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/index.html)

Hewlett Packard Science Experiments

(http://www.discovery-school.org/science.html)

How DO Things Fly?

(http://www.nasm.edu/GALLERIES/GAL109/NEWHTF/HTF050.HTM)

Human Anatomy Online - InnerBody.com (WONDERFUL LEARNING TOOLS [A] )

(http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html)

Human Body "Blending In But Staying Special" - Gr 3-6 - (EXCELLENT [A] )

(http://tqjunior.advanced.org/5777/)

Human Body Adventure - Gr 6-8 (EXTREMELY WELL DONE; VALUABLE & ENJOYABLE [A+] )

(http://vilenski.com/science/humanbody/)

Human Brain: Controlling the Body (RICH, VALUABLE SITE [A] )

(http://www.letsfindout.com/subjects/body/rfibrain.html)

Hurricane: (VALUABLE [A-] )

(http://www.miamisci.org/hurricane/)

HyperChemistry on the Web (GOOD INTRODUCTORY SITE; EXPERIMENTS [A-] )

(http://library.advanced.org/2690/)

Infection, Detection, Protection - Online learning (GREAT [A-] ) 

(http://www.amnh.org/nationalcenter/infection/infectionindex.html)

Interactive digestive tour (GREAT; GROSS FOR KIDS, THEY LOVE IT [A] )

(http://www.mayohealth.org/mayo/9811/htm/digestion.htm)

Jump Into A Healthy Life (EXCELLENT; JUNIOR THINKQUEST [A-] )

(http://tqjunior.advanced.org/5407/)

KidsAstronomy.com (WONDERFUL EXTENSION [A] )

(http://www.bigchalk.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/WOPortal.woa/wa/HWCDA/file?fileid=215455&tg=SCIENC&flt=KE)

Kid's Corner: Rainforest Action Network (VERY INTERESTING; FUN [A] )

(http://www.ran.org/ran/kids_action/index1.html)

Life Science Safari (WONDERFUL; COMPELLING FOR KIDS [A+] )

(http://www.vilenski.com/science/safari/index.html)

Machines - Gr 6-8 online, interactive unit (WONDERFUL [A+] )

(http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/curr/science/sciber00/8th/machines/sciber/intro.htm)

Microbes - Invisible Invaders, Amazing Allies

(http://www.pfizer.com/rd/microbes/pagetop.html)

Neuroscience for Kids - Sleep

(http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/sleep.html)

Nutrition Camp!

(http://www.nutritioncamp.com/learning/index.html)

Optical Illusions

(http://www.ads-online.on.ca/illusion/directory.html)

Orca Whale: a Web Journey (EXCELLENT [A] ) 

(http://www.discoverlearning.com/learnonline/webjourney/whales/begin.html)

Plate Tectonics (ANIMATED GIFS MAKE IT EASY TO SEE INTERACTION OF PLATES [A+] )

(http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/geology/tectonics.html)

SandlotScience (FUN TO USE A-] )

(http://www.sandlotscience.com/index.htm)

ScienceNet - catalog of answers to Science questions (INTERESTING AND USEFUL [A] ) 

(http://www.sciencenet.org.uk/Resources/index.html)

Science in the Home (EXCELLENT SCIENCE EXPLORATION [A] )

(http://www.ehr.nsf.gov/ehr/ehr/science_home/html/rm_kitchen.htm)

Science of Baseball!

(http://www.exploratorium.edu/baseball/)

Sharks: a Web Journey (GREAT [A] ) 

(http://www.discoverlearning.com/learnonline/webjourney/sharks/)

Skull Collection (FASCINATING [A] )

(http://www.d91.k12.id.us/www/skyline/teachers/robertsd/skulls.htm)

Snot, and Other Grossology Body Stuff - a Web Journey (MARVELOUS [A+] ) 

(http://www.discoverlearning.com/webjourneys/snot/)

Space Travel: a Web Journey (WONDERFUL [A+] ) 

(http://www.discoverlearning.com/learnonline/webjourney/space/)

Storm Science

(http://www.miamisci.org/hurricane/)

Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS) (FANTASTIC 

SITE; EVERYTHING ABOUT SPACE [A+] )

(http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/)

SOUND: Energy In The Air (USES MUSIC TO TEACH SOUND ENERGY; VERY GOOD [B] )

(http://tqjunior.advanced.org/5116/)

The Black Hole Gang

(http://www.blackholegang.com/)

The Cell (FANTASTIC THINKQUEST [A+] )

(http://library.thinkquest.org/3564/)

The Heart: An Online Exploration

(http://sln2.fi.edu/biosci/heart.html)

The Human Body: An Online Tour@Education World ®

(http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson065.shtml)

The Human Brain: Controlling the Body (RICH, VALUABLE SITE [A] )

(http://www.letsfindout.com/subjects/body/rfibrain.html)

The Magic of 3-D: a Web Journey (WONDERFUL [A+] ) 

(http://www.discoverlearning.com/learnonline/webjourney/3dmagic/)

The Mineral Gallery - Minerals by Class (EXCELLENT REFERENCE [A] )  

(http://mineral.galleries.com/minerals/by_class.htm)

The Science behind Sports: a Web Journey (VERY GOOD [A-] ) 

(http://www.discoverlearning.com/learnonline/webjourney/sports/)

The Soundry (WONDERFUL UNIT; SOUND AND HOW WE HEAR IT [A]

(http://library.advanced.org/19537/)

The Tide Pool Page - interactive tour (GREAT; GR 2-8 [A] )

(http://web.mit.edu/corrina/tpool/intro.html)

The Why Files (TELLS ABOUT THE SCIENCE BEHIND THE NEWS [A] )

(http://whyfiles.news.wisc.edu/)

This Dynamic Earth: The Story of Plate Tectonics - USGS - online edition 

(WONDERFUL EXTENSION MATERIAL [A+] )

(http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/dynamic.html)

T-Rex: a Web Journey (GREAT [A-] ) 

(http://www.discoverlearning.com/learnonline/webjourney/trex/html/)

Through the Solar System: the Inner Solar System - a Web Journey (MARVELOUS [A+] ) 

(http://www.discoverlearning.com/learnonline/webjourney/solar1/begin.html)

Through the Solar System: the Outer Solar System - a Web Journey (MARVELOUS [A+] ) 

(http://www.discoverlearning.com/learnonline/webjourney/solar2/begin.html)

Virtual Journey into the Universe (FANTASTIC ! [A+] )

(http://library.advanced.org/28327/)

Volcanoes Online ThinkQuest (EXCELLENT [A] ) 

(http://library.thinkquest.org/17457/english.html)

Volcanoes - Anatomy of a Volcano - interactive lesson (VERY GOOD [A-] )

(http://www.cnn.com/interactive/nature/0003/volcano/frameset.exclude.html)

Volcanoes - Savage Earth - interactive lesson (EXCELLENT [A+] )

(http://www.pbs.org/wnet/savageearth/animations/volcanoes/index.html)

Volcanoes - Virtual Field Trip - w/Teacher Resources - interactive lesson (EXCELLENT [A+] )

(http://www.field-guides.com/volcano/volcan.htm)

Volcanoes -What Makes a Volcano Erupt - w/Teacher Resources - Gr 4-8 interactive lesson (EXCELLENT: EXTREMELY
COMPREHENSIVE AND COMPLETE [A++] )

(http://www.space.com/education/teachers/module01.php3)

Volcanoes - Why Volcanoes Erupt - interactive lesson (VERY GOOD [A-] )

(http://www.learner.org/exhibits/volcanoes/)

WildWorld@NationalGeographic.com (TREMENDOUS [A+] )

(http://www.nationalgeographic.com/wildworld/)

Windows to the Universe (EXCELLENT, GRAPHICS-RICH SITE [A] )

(http://windows.engin.umich.edu/)

Work is Simple with Simple Machines (MARVELOUS [A] )

(http://www.ed.uri.edu:80/SMART96/ELEMSC/SMARTmachines/machine.html)

ZOOM ASTRONOMY - (COMPLETE SOLAR SYSTEM UNIT [B] )

(http://www.EnchantedLearning.com/subjects/astronomy/)