Introduction to Science
Free online resource for tutors, teachers, parents and educators and where young kids enjoyably learn all about science through our extensive articles, free science worksheets and downloadable science activity sheets, fun FREE and educational interactive science quizzes, coloring in activities, science experiment tips and ideas, our large collection of the best science videos and much more.
Award-winning multimedia resources, including apps, animations, videos, interactives, and virtual labs, to bring the excitement of scientific discovery into the classroom. Rich video resources range from a series of short films on evolution, hosted by an award-winning author-scientist, to lectures on the brain given by a Nobel-prize winner—all supplemented by teacher guides and classroom activities.
Matter and Energy
BBC Science Materials on Changes in Materials
Three minute Video from Scholastic. on What is matter? It's solids, liquids, and gases and it can change states through heating or cooling. Also on page is karaoke, quiz, vocabulary, lesson plan, and teacher's guide.
Study Jams, Physical and Chemical Changes of Matter
Physical or Chemical Change Quiz
Requires Java. This is a quiz only. The quiz gives an example and students must choose between Physical or Chemical. Gives a score at end and could be done with clickers in verbal mode.
Force and Motion
Earth and Space
National Geographic Forces of Nature
Great site with information, 3D animations, labs, and much more on hurricanes, tornados, volcanoes, and earthquakes.
This 3D globe shows the locations and elevations of 1406 volcanoes on planet earth.
A searchable directory of free images, visualizations and animations of Earth. Topics include soils, clouds, storms, hurricanes, droughts, precipitation, vegetation, oceans, sea ice, human population, land use, erosion, fires, rocks, minerals, regions, and countries.
Video from 2005, Teacher's guide, Quiz, and Katrina Information
Weather Watch from Scholastic, Weather Detective or Weather Maker
Click on Select Category and choose Earth
Great short videos on many weather patterns
Preparing Your Home for a Natural Disaster
360° YouTube Video of Close Range Tornado near Wray, CO
Live map of current lightning strikes around the world.
Good pictures with small amounts of information and explanation.
Examples of Erosion from around the USA
Click on the interactive map to see examples of erosion with explanations.
24 Unusual Beaches You Have Never Heard Of
Animation and explanation of weathering, chemical and mechanical
Video from Scholastic on the water cycle. Also included is quiz, vocabulary, lesson plans, and teacher guide.
Cosmic Quest from Children's Museum
Sizing Up the Universe from the Universe
Very cool site that shrinks the universe by using common objects and then mapping it using an address.
The Rise of Rocket Girls: The Untold Story of the Remarkable Women Who Powered Space Exploration
Feminine Face of Space from Google Culture and Arts
NASA's 50th Anniversary Interactive Journey
An interactive tour of NASA's first five decades of exploration, featuring virtual pavilions, clickable models and exhibits, video galleries, astronauts, presidents, and a robot guide named Automa.
The Future of American Human Spaceflight
Pictures of the Year 2013: Space
Organisms of the Environments
Interactive Concepts in Biochemistry, Cell Structure Interactive Animations
What's It Like Where You Live, Biomes of the World
This website by Missouri Botanical Garden has information on the many biomes of the world.
Citizen science project where users are asked to classify animals on the Serengeti from camera traps to help real scientists survey and track populations of important and endangered wildlife.
This website lets students follow sharks around the world in real time. Students may follow one shark or many. Curriculum available also.
Food Chains from BBC Bitesize
Students identify organisms in a woodland habitat. Students then read about each organism and must place the organisms in a food web.
Endangered Ecosystems from Scholastic
Figure out who are the predators and who are their prey and build your own food web. At the end of this activity, you can print a Food Web Certificate of Achievement!
Interactive Ecology Lab from Anneberg
Producers and Food Web over 1oo days
Create a food web and watch the web in action for 100 days. Graph created and completed as time progresses.
The Key to it All from Siemen's Science Day
Cell Exploration from Exploratorium
Systems in the Human Body from AHA Science
Students are introduced in this free preview to the major organ systems in the human body; the circulatory, respiratory, digestive, excretory, nervous, muscular, and skeletal. They learn how blood circulates through the body and how oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged in the lungs and tissues. The process and components of the digestive system are discussed and students learn the role of the kidneys in removing waste from the blood. Finally, students learn that the body is controlled and supported by the nervous, muscular, and skeletal systems.
BluePrint for Life from Siemen's Science Day