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Science

Animals

Endangered Animals

Animals A to Z

Animal Adventure's Kids Safari

Animal Bytes - Sea World / Bush Gardens

Animal Diversity Web - Type the name of your animal into the search field.

A Touch of Class - Animal Identification game (interactive)

CBBC Wild - Information on pet care, videos, and an animal A-Z directory.

Creature World - Chose a continent to learn about the animals that live there

Critter Guide - Learn fun & interesting facts about your favorite animals from PBS.

Crocodilian Biology - Can you tell the difference between an alligator and a crocodile? (interactive)

Eco Birds

Eco Mammals

Enchanted Learning Animal Research

Find The Body Changers - Use your magnifying glass to search for animals undergoing remarkable changes! (interactive)

Eco Frogs - Learn frog talk, how to build and frog home, and more!

Hippo Quest - From PBS, use your binoculars to uncover the secrets of the Hippopotamus! (interactive)

KidsDinos.com - It's all about dinosaurs, monsters, and terrible lizards! (interactive)

National Geographic Animal Archive - Includes fun facts, maps, and audio clips

National Geographic's CritterCam - See the world from the p.o.v. of the animal!

Owl Pellet Dissection

Project Puffin

Ranger Rick's Go Wild - Part of the National Wildlife Federation

Serengeti Photo Safari - Hop in your jeep and try to photograph all of the animals living on the Serengeti plain before dark. Watch a movie of your adventure at the end! (interactive)

Squeak, Rattle, and Roar! - Learn how animals communicate. (interactive)

Wild Animals Facts

Bagheera - A Website for Endangered Animals

Biodiversity Jr. - Info. on habitats and endangered species

Enchanted Learning Endangered Animals

Endangered Animals from Kids' Planet - Great listing of endangered animals

Endangered Animals Expedition - Look & click on "Endangered Animals" in the left column to see the list.

Endangered Animals @ the Oakland Zoo - Brief summaries on 9 endangered animals at the zoo

Endangered/Extinct - Contains brief, easy to read summaries

E-Patrol.org - Endangered Animals by Continent

Biomes

Earth Day

BBC Newsroom presents Antarctica!

Biomes & Habitats - from Enchanted Learning.com

Introduction to Biomes - Includes food web for each biome

Biomes of the World (Radford) - Includes maps showing extent of each Biome

Mission: BIOMES - Includes temperature, precipitation, & vegetation info.

Biomes of the World (mbgnet) - Study climate, animals, plants, and more!

Biomes of the World (TeachersFirst) - Includes instructions for doing an online project.

Biomes of the World (Berkley) - Info. on soil, temperature, flora & fauna

Biomes World (Blue Planet) - Colorful maps and specific places within each biome

Biomes in 3D - A 3D simulation of Earth's biomes!

Earth Floor: Biomes BrainPOP.com - Land Biomes

Earth Day/Week Tips - Activities, crafts, recipes, awareness, & more

Earth Day Ideas - Four activities to celebrate Earth Day; includes several book recommendations

Earth Day Green-o-Meter - Answers questions to see how eco-smart you are.

Earth Day with the Lorax

Eco Environmental Issues

Eco Habitat & Habitat Loss

Eco - Storybook - Choose from 4 different stories and help the characters decide how to help save the environment.

EPA.gov: Global Warming Kids Site

Helpful Hints for Planet Earth - A book, a quiz, & other fun things to do. Includes 5 lesson plans for elementary classrooms.

I Don't Want to Clean My Room! - Can you help Anita clean her room and learn how to recycle!

Kids Domain - Includes games, songs, stories, & the history of Earth Day.

The Water Cycle - From EPA kids (interactive)

Water Cycle Diagram - Interactive quiz included

What's Wrong With This Picture? - (interactive)

Earth Structure

Food Chains

BrainPOP.com - The Earth System (interactive)

Earth's Layers - Internet slideshow

Earth Animations - Quick flash movies demonstrating different waves & movements from quakes.

Earth's Structure - site by CNN (interactive)

Earth: Our World in Motion

Earthquake ABC - K-1 students talk about earthquake facts

USGS Earthquake Hazard Program

Volcano World - Movies, photographs, and satellite snapshops!

Volcano World Kids' Door

BrainPOP.com - Food Chain (Who Eats Who?)

Chain Reaction

Kidport: The Food Chain - Under the Sea & on Land

Kidport: Who Eats What?

PBS.org - Feed Me!

Feeding Relationships

Food Chain Webquest

Fun With Food Webs

Build Your Own Food Web

General

Inventors / Inventions

ArborDay.com - Teaching Youth

Bill Nye - The Science Guy!

CanTeach: Science

Discovery School

Enchanted Learning

E-Patrol.org - Learn about endangered animals, energy savers, & other eco-info.

Explore Science

How Stuff Works

How Stuff Works - Game Works

Hunkin's Experiments - Experiments taught using cartoons

The Lab Car - Simple projects for young learners i.e. make your own paper!

Light & Shadow - (interactive)

Little Explorers - Picture Dictionary

Memory Experiments - For parents & kids.

National Geographic.com - Kids section includes news, games, & experiments

NOVA - Teacher's Guide

Sea World Teacher Guides

The Science of Hockey -This site explores vocabulary, differences in ice, and more.

Schoolhouse Rock - Science

Sherston Interactives - Circuits, force, friction and more (interactive)

Tips for Choosing a Good Science Project

WackyScientist.com

Albert Einstein Ancient Inventions Beyond 2000 - Inventions of the future?

Edison Invents! - Learn about Thomas Edison and his inventions. (interactive)

Famous Inventions from A to Z

Great Achievements Inventions - 20th century

History of the Computer - PBS

The History of Invention - browse the invention timeline

Inventive Geniuses Directory ~ Biographies

Invention Playhouse - Where play & invention combine!

Invention Timeline - PBS Kids

Inventors of the Industrial Revolution

Kid Inventors Biographies

Wright Again! - Go through the timeline and learn how the Wright Brothers built the first successful airplane.

Zoom School - Inventors & Inventions

Insects

Matter

Children's Butterfly Site

Enter the Hive - From PBS, go on a virtual tour of a honey bee hive and learn how they live! (interactive)

Eco Intvertebrates - Checkout the Eco-Field guide for interesting facts and other information on insects and other invertebrates.

Chem4Kids.com - Matter is the Stuff Around You

Harcourt Matter Lab

Robot Lab Presents: The Matter Lab

States of Matter

Strange Matter

What is Matter?

What You Should Know

News

Plant Growth

Scholastic News

Science News for Kids - Get the scoop on a variety of topics. Includes a "Teacher Zone" containing materials & resources.

Yes Mag Experiments - Simple experiments that can be done with everyday household items.

Eco Plants - After reading the Eco-Field Guide, try your skill at tree ring analysis and other activities.

Eco Plant Protectors - Only you can combat the effects of CO2 on the environment.

Exploring the Secret Life of Trees - learn more about the parts of a tree and their functions, as well as why trees are important to us and how we can provide care for them.

Growing Plants: sun & water - (BBC interactive)

Growing Plants: Helping them grow well - (BBC interactive)

Growth of a Bean

Kid's Valley Garden

Life Cycles - (BBC interactive)

My First Garden - a site that shows how to plan and care for a flower and vegetable garden.

The Great Plant Escape

Trees are Terrific! Travels with Pierre - learn more about the basic structure of trees, seasonal changes, and different shapes of trees.

Simple Machines

Space

BrainPOP.com - Simple Machines

Ed-Heads Explore Simple Machines (interactive)