General Science

Ask Jeeves

www.ajkids.com

This is a great site for questions of all types for students.   It is essentially a web search-engine designed for kids.

 

  Kinetic City

www.kineticcity.com

GREAT site. An interactive simulation site regarding scientific investigations. Is designed for students but has teacher and parent information.

 

Knowble

www.knowble.com

Knowble is an extraordinary land where people of all ages can play and learn.

The citizens of Knowble share the same hope and desire to make the world a better place for all of us, starting with children. Loaded with activities and info.

 

4kids

www.4kids.org

A website to accompany the cartoon found in the Sunday papers. Welcome to www.4Kids.org, the Quickest Shot to the Coolest Spots on the Internet --
in the Newspaper and on the web!

 

Interweb Schoolhouse

home1.gte.net/sfn1/kids.htm

Web sites for kids.

 

Museum of Science, Miami

www.miamisci.org

Wonderful interactive online exhibits.   Don’t miss “Fruity” electricity and the “Atoms Family” exhibit.

 

Education World

www.educationworld.com

Website for teacher reference.

 

Brain Pop

www.brainpop.com

Contains animated movie on health, science and technology. Also, there are activity pages and science cartoons.

 

Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education

www.enc.org

Supported by the U.S. Department of Education, this site offers curriculum resources in support of reform efforts in math and science.

 

ERIC Clearinghouse for Science, Mathematics, and Environmental Education

www.ericse.org

This site offers documents, links to other sites in the ERIC system, and access to the largest database of education-related materials.

 

Institute for Mathematics and Science Education

babe.math.uic.edu/IMSE/

Devoted to the Teaching Integrated Math and Science (TIMS) project for elementary school teaching and related programs.

 

Multicultural Evaluation of Websites

http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/multicultural/net/comps/eval.html

Article by Paul Gorski about determining the multicultural value of websites.

 

Scientific links from NMED

http://www.nmenv.state.nm.us/gwb/Technical%20resources/TSS.html

This site has various great scientific links from the NMED.

 

Eighth Grade Sci-ber Text

http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/curr/science/sciber00/8th/8thintro.htm

This website is for you to have fun on-line as you explore science this year. Pages may be viewed at home or during your school science class. Sci-ber text includes reading, pictures, fun activities, interesting labs, and quicktime movies.

Evolution, Science and Society

http://www.evolutionandsociety.org

This is an exciting new website giving the world an overview of the Evolutionary Biology discipline.With topics ranging from the relevance of evolutionary biology research, to the goals of evolutionary biology and how it's studied, from explanations of current applications to the future of research in the field, Evolution, Science and Society is a rich resource.

 
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