Science Websites

Khan Academy has detailed videos, readings, and drills for students to use to master various science topics.

National Geographic always has great information and articles on interesting science topics, and they even have a magazine!

Nature Serve Explorer allows you to find information on animals native to the United States and Canada as well as their habitats and their global extinction rate.

Crash Course has short video lessons on anatomy, biology, chemistry, ecology, physics, psychology, and sociology.

TedEd is a website with educational videos for students. This link will take students to the compilation of science and technology videos!

Bill Nye is a show for kids with various science experiments and explanations, and Bill Nye even has books and documentaries available now!

It's time to play games to stop climate change!

ACS has a series of chemistry-based games to help you study!

Visual Body has a 3D interactive model of the muscles of the human body for you to look at!

JLab has practice tests, science games, and games to help learn the elemental table.

There are few things more interesting than space science, and what better place to learn from than NASA?

Ducksters has a good collection of readings on various science topics. This link will take you to their page for taxonomy, the science of classification.

Understanding Evolution has two courses you will likely enjoy: Evolution 101 for a basic rundown and Learn Evolution for if you want access to more information!

Have you ever wanted to learn more about psychology, the study of the mind and behavior? Here's your chance!

With this series of fun games, you'll learn about food and agricultural sciences!

It's time to study health science! This website has a series of activities where you can learn about anatomy, nutrition, exercise, and substance abuse.

Paleontology is the study of ancient life, and this site has a great collection of games, activities, articles, and videos to teach you all about it.

Pivot Interactives is an online science lab with videos and pre-made labs to help students better understand topics you cover in the classroom.

I hope you're ready for more biology and anatomy! This is a virtual anatomy study for a variety of animals because I would prefer to not dissect animals in my classroom.

It's time to learn what you can personally do to help our planet. Climate Hero will determine your approximate carbon emissions per year and give you ways that you can improve it!

It's time to learn about genetics! This website has information on genetics, evolution, human health, and more. It will be a good tool for you in the future.

Twig Science Next Gen for Grades 6–8 is an investigation-based science solution developed for the next generation of stem students.

This is an interactive "Tree of Life", giving you insight into how living beings are classified and connected to one another in a comprehensive model.

The American Museum of Natural History has interactive games, virtual field trips, and videos to help you with various natural sciences!

Reading in science is something that you will often not get enough of. Science News for Students has many different science-related journal articles to help you practice.

I think reading in science is very important, and that's why I wanted to be sure you had two good resources for finding scholarly science articles at your level.

While it's not an Arkansas test, this is one of the state standardized tests for 8th grade science used in the US. It's a good practice and review tool before the end of the year!