Fun Science Links for Students
By
Erica Plappert
Animal Planet’s
Animals A to Zoo – This web page has interactive features, videos, photos,
and fact sheets about many animals. It’s
a must for all animal lovers.
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http://animal.discovery.com/guides/atoz/atoz.html
BrainPOP – BrainPOP is a fun site that features animated movies about
science, technology, health, English, and math.
In addition to the fun films, the web page has activities, interactive
quizzes, experiments, and ask the expert features. This is a really neat site, but if you want
to watch more than two movies a day, you have to ask your parents to pay a
fee.
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CBC 4 Kids: The
Lab – The Lab has a lot of interesting science information, but it is based
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http://www.cbc4kids.cbc.ca/general/the-lab/default.html
Cool Science for Curious Kids –
Presented by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, this website focuses on
biology. It offers some interesting
looks at science.
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http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/
Defenders of Wildlife Kids’ Planet – This
neat website offers fact sheets on many animals in addition to fun games,
stories, ways you can help protect wildlife, and other neat extras.
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eNature.com – This website is provided by
the National Wildlife Federation. It offers
numerous field guides, local information about nature that can be found in your
area, and much much more!
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Energy Information Administration Kids Page
– On the site, you can learn everything you’ve ever wanted to know about
energy. Follow Energy Ant, your host, to
learn all about energy!
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Exploratorium
- The Exploratorium was one of the first science
museums to build a site on the World Wide Web. The site now contains over 12,000
Web pages exploring hundreds of different topics from frogs to space!
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Girl Power!
Science and Technology Section – This website offers fun science
information and games targeted towards girls.
It even describes different jobs you may be interested in!
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http://www.girlpower.gov/girlarea/sciencetech/index.htm
Hot Liquid Magma – This website
offers a beginner’s guide to astronomy.
It has a lot of interesting information and pictures of planets, stars,
and space.
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Howstuffworks
– Did you ever wonder how space shuttles work? What about animal camouflage? On
this web page, find out about how things work!
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http://science.howstuffworks.com/
Kid’s Only Manatees and Dugongs
– I couldn’t resist including this website published by the Center for Marine
Conservation. It is filled with
everything you’ve ever wanted to know about manatees, my favorite animal. Learn
about their diet, threats, and their habitat in these fun pages that can be
printed and colored!
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http://www.cep.unep.org/kids/kids.html
KidsHealth –
This wonderful site offers lots of fun features, articles, games, and
interactive activities to help you learn about your body. It even offers a daily brain teaser, free
email system, and a fun webquest!
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http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/
OLogy – OLogy means "the study of." And here on the
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Planet Science Wired – This site is
really neat! It is full of interesting facts, features, and games. Also, much
of the content is organized for level, so you will want to choose beginner or
easy. The advanced content is more for
high school students.
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http://www.scienceyear.com/wired/
Reeko’s
Mad Scientist Lab – The website offers free science and chemistry
experiments for you to try with an adult.
They are ranked by difficulty level: easy, intermediate, or
advanced. Have fun, but be cautious.
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http://www.spartechsoftware.com/reeko/
San Diego Natural History Museum
Kids’ Habitat – On this fun web page, you can discover information about
sharks, minerals, dinosaurs and more! It has a lot of interactive features and
interesting information.
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http://www.sdnhm.org/kids/index.html
ScienceBob.com – At ScienceBob.com, you
can get help with your science fair project, research scientific questions,
find neat experiments, and learn about topics such as weather and body
systems.
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Sci4Kids – Sci4Kids is a
series of stories about the scientist’s work at the Agricultural Research
Service. This website will help you
discover science all around you from the clothes you wear to the food you eat.
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http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/kids/index.html
TryScience – TryScience offers
interactive science adventures, information about fun experiments you can try at
home, and access to online field trips.
Why don’t you give it a “try?”
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Virtual Cave – Have
you ever wanted to explore caves? Maybe you want to learn about the various
features and vocabulary associated with them. Well, now is your chance! Take a
virtual tour of a cave at this website.
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http://www.goodearthgraphics.com/virtcave.html
Wizzkidz
Science – Begin your fun by selecting your age group. The web page will select different activities
and games for you depending on your age. The graphics are cute and the learning
activities are neat!
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http://www.wizzkidz.com/science.htm
The Yuckiest Site on the Internet –
Learn all you need to know about barfing, belching, blackheads, and more yucky
things on this website! You can even play yucky games!
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http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/