Science
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
Study Jams, Elements and Compounds from Scholastic
There is a video and Test Yourself
Compound Activity from BBC
Interactive animation followed by a 6 question multiple choice quiz.
Strange Matter from Ontario Science Centre
Zoom inside stuff, transform stuff, crush stuff, and improve stuff
On the scrolling window, clicking on Matter will bring up nine interactive topics.
BBC Science Changes in Materials from BBC
New Activity
Melting and Boiling from Harcourt
Students are given three materials. Students place material on hotplate. A chart records the melting and boiling of material. Students must record the melting point and boiling point by reading chart.
States of Matter Interactive from Nova Beta
In this interactive, adjust temperature and pressure, and watch gases become liquids, liquids become solids, and more.
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.
Physical or Chemical Change Quiz
Students are given 20 situations to determine physical or chemical change. Chance to review answers and score at the end. Clickers could be used in verbal mode.
Periodic Table
Virtual Lab from McGraw-Hill Glencoe
Scroll down page for the periodic table and a section with links that will sort chemical elements by various properties.
It's Elemental Interactive from Nova Beta
Click on Launch Interactive
In this interactive periodic table, explore the elements and their properties and abundances. The filters on the left side of screen highlight specific elements.
The Elements Song video from YouTube
The New Elements Updated Song from You Tube
Each element has a YouTube video attached from the University of Nottingham. (The professor has quite a hairdo.)
This site also includes games and teacher resources
Periodic Table Game from Active Science
Periodic Table, from Model Science
Spanish and French versions, quiz available also. Thanks Brad Morgan for finding this.
Includes info on history, classifies elements, and quizzes
Energy, Force, and Motion
Every year that the world continues to rely on non-renewable fossil fuels for our energy needs brings us closer to needing alternatives. This video segment produced for Teachers' Domain identifies some current and future alternatives and describes some of the benefits and limitations inherent in each.
Energy Light and Sound from Study Jams
Click on Energy Light and Sound on the scrolling menu to see ten interactive topics. Activities include slide shows, videos, and test
PowerUp from sciencenetlinks
A game looking at energy choices and the impact they have on quality of life and government funds.
The Energy Story from eschooltoday.com
3D Game. Must install the Unity Web Player. Students create accounts or can play as guest.
Science of Everyday Life, 3M Wind Energy Virtual Lab
Video and Test Yourself
Distance Time Graph Activity from Math Warehouse
The Moving Man Simulation from PhET
You do not have to download. Click Run Now. It will download a file to your pc and start in new window.
Energy Skate Park from PhET
Forces in Action by BBC
Forces and Movement by BBC
The Mighty Mathematics of the Lever Video from TED
Heat Transfer: Conduction, Convection, and Radiation
Earth and Space
Rock Cycle Animation from University of Kentucky
24 Unusual Beaches You Have Never Heard Of
Interactive Dynamic Earth from the Annenberg Project
Tour the Solar System from Nova Beta
Click on Launch Interactive. Explore the planets, visit the moon, and gaze at the stars in this 3-D interactive model of the solar system. Play with the menu on the left side of screen. The settings let you change the time zone and view points.
A Fictive Flight Above Real Mars
Vimeo, The anaglyph images of Mars taken by the HiRISE camera holds information about the topography of Mars surface. There are hundreds of high-resolution images of this type. This gives the opportunity to create different studies in 3D. In this film I have chosen some locations and processed the images into panning video clips. There is a feeling that you are flying above Mars looking down watching interesting locations on the planet.
50 Years of Space Exploration Infographic
This is a huge infographic that shows space exploration routes, dates, and space vehicles. This will appear too small to read on your screen. Click it and you will be able to zoom in and move around the screen. Great graphics.
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.
Watch the International Space Station pass overhead from several thousand worldwide locations. It is the third brightest object in the sky and easy to spot if you know when to look up. Visible to the naked eye, it looks like a fast-moving plane only much higher and traveling thousands of miles an hour faster!
Clicking on Solar System on the scrolling menu will bring up six interactive topics. Topics include videos, slide shows, and test yourself.
Pictures of the Year 2013: Space
The Gravity Song by Untamed Science
SpaceRip, YouTube Channel
A superb YouTube channel with a huge collection of stunning space videos. Explore planets, galaxies and the universe.
Use this app to see outer space as if you are looking through the most powerful telescope. With this app you will also have a chance to literally walk across the Milky Way Galaxy and learn about the latest studies.
360° video of Close Range Tornado near Wray, CO
National Geographic Forces of Nature
Click on the top menu bar, Earthquakes or Volcanoes
Shakes it All song by Mr. Parr
Move the oceanic and continental plates around and watch mountain building and a volcanic eruption. A map of the continents shows where various plate boundaries are.
Plate Tectonics Animations from University of Kentucky
Journey to the Centre of the Earth from BBC
How far would you have to travel to reach the Earth's core? And what would you see along the way? Discover what lies beneath...
Plate Tectonics Song from Untamed Science
Cracked Up, Plate Tectonics song by Mr. Parr
Crust is Moving song by Mr. Parr
Volcano Explorer, Virtual Volcano from Discovery
Hotspots Yellowstone from Windows of the World
This 3D globe shows the locations and elevations of 1406 volcanoes on planet earth.
Earth Alerts is a site that tracks natural disasters around the world in real-time. This includes earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, and tropical storms. You can view the site as a map of the world or zoom in on geographic areas such as the Pacific Rim of Fire (a popular location for volcanic activity). It also includes webcams, a natural disaster catalog, and more.
Organisms and Environments
Interactive Concepts in Biochemistry, Cell Structure Interactive Animations
Habitats and Food Chains from BBC Bitesize Learning
Students or a whole class work through an interactive activity followed by a quiz. There are revision pages and teacher resources available. Can use clickers in verbal mode
My Biome Song by Mr. Parr
Humans and Animals Habitats from Active Science
Questions about animals and habitats. Information available on different animals and habitats. Can use clickers in verbal mode
This website lets students follow sharks around the world in real time. Students may follow one shark or many. Curriculum available also.
Click on Ecosystems in the scrolling menu to see eleven interactive topics
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.
Plant Hunters from the Enid Haupt Conservatory
Interactive virtual tour of the Conservatory. Contains images, videos, games, biomes, and much more.
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.
Classification by Science at a Distance
This site explains classification and has lots of information about Carl Linne. Scroll down the page to see examples of Hierarchical Ordering.
Classification Song Video by Untamed Science
The Cell Song by Untamed Science (5:44)
Click on: Plants, ten interactive topics
Animals, eight interactive topics