Science-Related Websites

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Science and math games and information for kids.

Amazing Space

An astronomy and space science education NASA site offers activities and videos for kids.  There is online space exploration on topics like telescopes, galaxies, comets.  Tonight’s sky is a narrated video of features of the current month’s sky.  Under the educators’ area, there are math and science tools, including online photos and charts with accompanying inquiry based activities.

American Chemical Society Interactive Periodical Table

An interactive, on-screen periodic chart letting students learn more about elements and all the pertinent information about the element.

American Museum of Natural History- Resources for Learning

Free online database of the Museum's scientific and cultural materials.

Animal Planet

The Animal Planet Homepage covers all things animal, where each week you'll find experts on a special "Creature of the Week," profiles of characters like Steve Irwin, otherwise known as The Crocodile Hunter, and the latest Web stories on just about any critter you can discover.

Arcademic Skill Builders
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Arcademic Skill Builders are research-based and standards-aligned educational games that offer an innovative approach to teaching basic academic skills.

Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care (AAALAC)

This organization “promotes the humane treatment of animals in science through voluntary accreditation and assessment.” It offers a student resource section that is designed to help students write research papers or participate in debates on the topic of animal research.

Bayer: Making Science Make Sense

A Bayer initiative supporting hands-on, inquiry-based science education. Offers a science library with definitions and links to sites by “-ology.” Includes an interactive periodic table for students to explore. 

Biology Games

Includes Jeopardy, Millionaire, Hollywood Squares, 20 Questions, Vocabulary Bingo and other templates for learning biology and chemistry through games.

Biotech Institute

This site aimed at high school-level offers resources on biotechnology as a career, downloadable lab activities and resource guides. 

Biotech Institute

This site is aimed at high school and offeres resources on biotechnology as a career, downloadable lab activities and resource guides.

Blue River Watershed Association

The purpose of Blue River Watershed Association -- BRWA is to improve the quality of the Blue River, its tributaries, and nearby streams through education and the development of community partnerships. To achieve this goal, BRWA sponsors several events and programs in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. BRWA encourages students and other citizens to protect their local watershed.

Burroughs Audubon Society of Kansas City

The Burroughs Audubon Society is the Greater Kansas City Chapter of the National Audubon Society.  The site contains events and sponsored hikes for bird observation.  There are links for activities for students under the WingNuts tab.

Butterfly Zone

Site includes resources, articles, animations, fun and puzzles for learning about butterflies, cocoons, insects and more!

Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets (CReSIS)

CReSIS contains a compilation of climate change research and works to collect information on the changes in global ice sheets.

Chlorine Tree, The

This website helps kids understand the ways that chlorine chemistry affects their everyday lives. Visitors to the site can "explore the branches of the chlorine tree" through activities featuring photographs, videos, animations, sound and text.

Concord Consortium Technologies project

A comprehensive innovative technologies (IT) project to assist teachers in preparing diverse students for careers in IT by engaging them in exciting, inquiry-based science projects that use computational models and real-time data acquisition. It has an activities tab for school and home, which are really lesson plans. They are searchable by subjecctc and by grade level.

Conservation International

CI focuses on trying to preserve and promote awareness about the world's most endangered biodiversity through scientific programs, local awareness campaigns, and economic initiatives.

Directory Science
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The Comprehensive Science Directory. This online science directory is designed to help its users find online science sources, companies, products, services, and information.

Discover Engineering

Discover Engineering explains what engineering is, describes various careers, and has informational videos and games on engineering.

Discover Engineering

Discover Engineering explains what engineering is, describes various careers, and has informational videos and games on engineering.

Discovery Channel, The
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Lots of science information with just one click to areas of your choice. Enjoy interactive activities, science news, and more.

Earth Life

Earth Life Web is an encyclopedia which supplies information about life on this planet. It includes images, facts, book reviews and recommended reading on several species, divided into sub-domains. Currently includes insects, birds, mammals, lichens, microbes, invertebrates, chelicerata, fish and sharks.

Ecology Global Network Kids' Corner

The kids corner contains ecology activities, stories, and videos for kids. Parents and teacher information is provided. The site is part of a global network featuring television, radio and personal data delivery.

Education.com

The Science Fair section gives students the ability to access over a thousand helpful ideas and articles to aid them in completing their science fair project. The site includes advice and help and a great Science Fair Guide.

Engineer Girl

For middle school girls.  Engineer Girl has profiles of women in engineering, what classes should be taken in high school and discusses engineering careers for women.

Engineer Your Life

A guide to engineering for high school girls.  Dream jobs and inspiring women.  There are sections for parents and counselors.

Engineering

Engineering.com provides lots of information about engineering with an ask section, a library and games & puzzles.

Environmental Literacy

A web site for K-12 teachers and students, designed to help find the best sources of data on the Internet about the environment and the natural world, including international and U.S. databases, research papers, lesson plans and activities.

Environmental Projection Agency-Radtown

RadTown USA is a virtual community for middle school students to learn about sources of radiation in their community.

Environmental Protection Agency

This site is designed with kids and teachers in mind, but there is something here for everyone.  You will find information about EPA, about environmental issues in Region 7 (which covers Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska), fun activities, a contest and more.

Environmental Protection Agency for Kids

This site is kid friendly with interactive web activities and information for pre-K through 4th grade. Grades 5-12 can use the environmental information and activities to learn about being environmentally friendly.

Environmental Protection Agency- Education

The EPA education section is rich with downloadable curricula with grade level lesson plans, activities for schools, kids, students and teens.

Explore Learning
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Excellent resource for students in 6-12 grades to get help with school work with online 'gizmos'. There is a cost of $149 for this great learning tool, however you can sign up for a 30-day free trial to see if it is the tool that helps you. So check it out today!

Fact Monster
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This website has facts about all areas of science in an easy to understand format.

Food and Drug Administration

FDA launches consumer educational programs on the safe use of Over the Counter (OTC) Medicines, "Medicines in My Home." It is an interactive educational program about the safe and effective use of OTC medicines. The website provides classroom materials and resources for teachers and on-line information for students and their families.

Fun Science Project Ideas
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A website that is full of “fun” science project ideas for teachers and students.

Future Flight

This downloadable website is an interactive, problem-based learning environment for students’ grades 5-8. Through different problems, students can work in groups to solve aircraft design problems and air transportation system problems. Under resources section, there are activities, which are grade level lesson plans tied to national standards.

Geocaching with Kids

Geocaching with Kids provides a learning experience for students and teachers about geocaching.  Explore nature and activate learning environments with hands-on experience.

GLOBE Program, The

Global Learning & Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) provides hands-on school based science and education programs for teachers, students, and scientist around the world on the environment and Earth systems.

Google Earth

Provides access to the Earth's images, through digital maps, satellite imagery and other search tools.

How Stuff Works
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Explore how objects and stuff works in science. Find explanations for how "stuff," common and obscure, works. Features a science dictionary.

Howard Hughes Medical Institute - Cool Science

Cool science is designed to encourage young scientists, offer hot topics for High School and College students and interactive resources for educators to use in their classroom. This site is sharing the facts and fun about science.

I Was Wondering: Women's Adventures in Science

Site is about women scientists who are introduced with games and biographies, geared toward kids grades 4-6.

Interactive Physics Simulations

Fun interactive simulations in physics and math with accompanying lesson plans.

Internet Science and Technology Fair

An online investigation in science, engineering, and other technical fields for students to become more interested in science careers and to understand the innovation process.

Jefferson Lab
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This website has numerous resources in science for both teachers and students. Background information, games, puzzles, etc.

Kansas City Power & Light

News about KCP&L-sponsored programs and events, including education programs. There are also interactive for students to explore.

Kansas City Zoo

The zoo’s website contains information for students on overnights and camps. Wild Bunch fun has games, projects, quizzes and puzzles.

Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks

The Education Branch of the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks is responsible for wildlife-related educational programs. Besides citizen education in outdoor skills and environmental education programs, there are special description and curriculum connection for Outdoor Wildlife Learning Sites (OWLS).