Access Excellence is a national educational program that provides high school biology teacher’s access to their colleagues, scientists, and critical sources of new scientific information via the World Wide Web.
Science Related Websites
An animated short explaining the steps to completing a science fair project.
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.
This organization provides educators with newsletters on current scientific developments and links to interactive activities for the classroom. It also created three prominent curriculum publications as part of Project 2061.
An interactive, on-screen periodic chart letting students learn more about elements and all the pertinent information about the element.
Free online database of the Museum's scientific and cultural materials.
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 are research-based and standards-aligned educational games that offer an innovative approach to teaching basic academic skills.
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.
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.
The Biology Corner is a resource site for biology and other science teachers. It contains a variety of lessons, quizzes, labs, web quests, and information on science topics.
This site aimed at high school-level offers resources on biotechnology as a career, downloadable lab activities and resource guides.
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.
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.
Hands-on experiments and curriculum materials for teaching science and math from grades 6-12.
This site has numerous obervational activities and outright science inquiry experiments that students can do with various types of candy. There are also resource web links and printables of experiments available.
Great website with tons of interactives on various science content. Learn about Cell biology, Microbiology, Immunology and Microscopy with models, cycles, puzzles and quizzes. Includes a photo gallery!
CReSIS contains a compilation of climate change research and works to collect information on the changes in global ice sheets.
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.
The consortium offers new technology to help children learn science and math with FREE software. Easy to use and get your children excited about learning and exploring new science & math ideas.
ITSI-SU, the Concord Consortium's comprehensive, innovative technologies project, funded by the National Science Foundation, offers teachers ways to engage students in exciting, inquiry-based science projects that use computational models and real-time acquisition. All the the STEM activities involve asking questions and/or defining problems, using models or sensors, collecting data, interpreting results, using mathematics, technology and computational thinking, constructing explanations and/or designing solutions based on evidence.
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.
This site details how people learned about the universe, a good resource for the history of science. It has sections on the ideas: The Greek Worldview, Start of Scientific Cosmology, Mechanical Universe, Island Universes, Expanding Universe, Big Bang or Steady State, and the Journey Continues. It also has sections on the tools that have been developed since the beginning of time, such as: Naked Eyes, First Telescopes, Early Reflectors, Golden Era of Refractors, Spectroscopy and the Birth of Astrophysics, Rebirth of the Reflector, and New Tools. There is background information including some animations.
Allows students to solve a CSI case at beginning, intermediate and advanced levels, using knowledge of forensic science. Contains an educator's guide and a family guide, as well as links to online activities (e.g. handwriting analysis, detective abilities). Has a section on cool science careers.
Internet site for Open Source Curriculum. Provides access to free K-12 materials in science, mathematics, language arts and social studies.
Great science experiments for teachers, parents and kids in all categories of science.
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 explains what engineering is, describes various careers, and has informational videos and games on engineering.
Discover Engineering explains what engineering is, describes various careers, and has informational videos and games on engineering.
Lots of science information with just one click to areas of your choice. Enjoy interactive activities, science news, and more.
This site has all types of resources for science, math, English, and social studies. They are divided into K-5, 6-8, and 9-12. Lesson plans include the objective, materials, procedure, evaluation methods, vocabulary and national standards. In addition to lesson plans, the site also has interactive games, puzzles, activities, contests, STEM career information, and virtual labs.
The Lab of Mr. Q provides a wealth of science resources and opportunities for homeschool families, public school students and educators. Be certain to sign up for the free "LabNotes" that are delivered monthly.
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.
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.
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.
From Now On is an on-line education technology journal.
Free photographs and graphics for educators.
A Variety of tools to boost your students math and science skills with engineering projects.
The ENC provides K-12 teachers with a central source for information for mathematics and science curriculum materials and much more.
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.
A guide to engineering for high school girls. Dream jobs and inspiring women. There are sections for parents and counselors.
Engineering.com provides lots of information about engineering with an ask section, a library and games & puzzles.
Engineering, Go for it! Has many interactives, a digital magazine, flash cards, kid's books, tools for teachers, lesson plans by grade level and career path and scholarship information. Engineering and math activities for all grade levels.
A collection of Science projects that involve insects and address entomological questions. Educationg young people about science thorough insects.
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.
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.
The EPA education section is rich with downloadable curricula with grade level lesson plans, activities for schools, kids, students and teens.
This site includes a digital library of images that can be sorted by grade level, curriculum area, etc. From the area, educators can also go to hands-on activities listed by science topics. There are webcasts and an educators' newsletter.
Exploring Weather is a comprehensive website that explores all of the different types of weather from hurricanes to winter storms with complete information tables, vocabulary and extensive explanation and pictures. It also includes forecasting and optical illusions.
A website with interesting elementary lesson plans about the earth/sun relationship and the weather. It includes related books and other websites. Lesson plans include assessments, models, role-play and hands-on activities.