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Cornerstones of Science

An excellent list of science related reading books.

Learning Science  A comprehensive collection of tools for teaching science. A free and open community for sharing new and emerging tools to teach science Don’t miss the tools of science section. L.ots of interesting information and science activities

Lesson and project ideas, trivia, puzzles, reference desk, technology incorporation, nature center, careers. A very good site.

Creative and well explained lesson plans and project ideas. A very good site.

This site is designed to provide high school and middle school science teachers access to science materials and resources.

Breaker-Breaker and Who Can Resist. Science Fun

A variety of puzzles and games. Choose from Who Wants to Win $1,000,000 or Nim Numbers - as well as many others. Fun for all.

Offers a problem of the day in the science area. Perhaps a great “starter”.

Through a series of hands-on activities and themed lessons, students will investigate visual imagery, historical documents, and the process of invention as they study their world, their neighborhood and the skies above us. Choose Parents/Students or Educators. As  an Educator, to begin, click “Click here to Register”. After your initial visit, log-in with your e-mail address.

OLogy is a totally free science Web site for kids. Zoom through time, meeting the enormous extinct dinosaurs from millions of years ago and the smaller dinosaurs that still exist today. Zip through space, getting tours of our solar system and the Milky Way galaxy. You'll feel like you're microscopic, exploring DNA that the human eye can't see. Meet Museum scientists and hear how they turned from kids like you into the people they are today. Meet kid scientists and begin to understand that you are one yourself. OLogy is produced by the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.

In this program, you will become a NASA researcher and design the air transportation system of the future! When cars were invented, scientists and engineers had to design a ground transportation system with roads and traffic rules. A similar system was designed for air transportation. With more people traveling by air than ever before, your challenge is to find ways to improve this air transportation system.

Interesting site with a variety of information.

Information on many species and life on earth. Great pictures.

EXCELLENT simulations in a variety of science subjects. From the University of Colorado at Boulder, Physics Education Technology. GREAT Site.

Chem Think

Adler Planetarium in Chicago

Periodic Table site. A visual Interpretation of the Elements.

Dynamic Map of the World.

Our Environment and Oceans for Life.

ChemThink site.... The how and why of chemistry with interactive animation. Log in: smspanther  PW: 0031

Space and space science. Interactive downloadable resources.

ActionBioscience.org provides original peer-edited lessons, written by science educators, to specifically accompany peer-reviewed articles on our site. Each lesson contains questions related to the article, as well as a variety of student activities that promote active learning and inquiry into current issues in the biosciences.

Variety of activities from Access Excellence at the National Health Museum.

Virtual Labs and Interactive Websites

A variety of Interactive Science websites from many sources.

This brief world history project is from the historical perspective, but the ties to earth science are very apparent. This site allows you to tell a story linking soil, water and locations to the progress of civilization. An interesting read.