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All About Lobsters -
Lobster activities and links, life cycles and boats, and even how to eat lobsters! |
All About Turtles - Learn
about turtle species, parts, defenses, and how to build a pond for turtles |
Animal Bytes
from SeaWorld - pictures and info on all kinds of animals |
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Animal Resources
from SeaWorld - from Clydesdales to gorillas to walruses |
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Animal
Sounds Library from SeaWorld |
Croak - What’s
killing the frogs? Read the interactive mystery and unravel the clues, then e-mail your answer!
[An Access Excellence Science Mystery]
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Endangered & Extinct Animals |
Endangered Means There's Still Time - a slide
show on animals in trouble |
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Frogland
- lots of cool info on frogs! |
The Froggy
Page - frog sounds, pictures, and more |
Toledo Zoo - information about
animals and exhibits, plus learning kits and visits available through
EdZOOcation Outreach
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Tour de Turtles: A Sea Turtle
Migration Marathon |
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - information
about endangered and invasive species; image library |
Whale Net - about whales and marine
research; links to other whale sites |
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Whale Songs
- Learn about whales, their “songs,” and migration patterns,
and enjoy a variety of lessons and activities. |
Whale
Watching Web - virtual whale watching and much
more! |
Wildlife Fact
Sheets from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service |
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Amazing Space - Interactive games
and lessons from the Hubble Space Telescope: Galaxies Galore, Astronaut Challenge, Hubble
Deep Field Academy, and more! |
Earth and Moon Viewer
- View a map of the Earth and see how it looks right now, or choose to view the Earth from
various locations, including a satellite orbiting the Earth. |
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Exploring Planets in the
Classroom: hands-on activities to explore geology, the Earth, and planets |
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Great Images in NASA - a
search engine for space-related photos |
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Exploring Mars! |
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Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station
- Long-duration geology and biology field exploration operations in a Mars-like
environment |
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Haughton-Mars Project - See how
tools, clothing, vehicles, robots, and even people are standing up to the harsh
environment of the only crater known to lie in a in a polar desert environment,
similar to what would be found on Mars. |
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About Haughton Crater -
More about experiments in the far north of Canada at the Haughton Impact Crater. |
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Mars Desert Research
Station in Utah - Spaceward Bound is a two-week training and research
mission to which majors in an engineering or scientific fields are welcome to apply.
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NASA Mars Team Online
- Explore the Red Planet with NASA’s Mars Team |
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Virtual Field Trip - an immersive
multimedia application (software you download) to explore areas on Earth that are
like regions on Mars [from NASA] | |
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Imagine the Universe - High-energy astronomy
for middle and high school students, satellite data, and "Ask an Astrophysicist" |
Life
on Mir - From 1994–98, American astronauts spent nearly 1000 days living in
orbit with Russian cosmonauts. Read stories about Space Station Mir, including the dramatic
and dangerous fire and collision in space! |
NASA Quest Challenges are FREE Web-based,
interactive explorations designed to engage students in authentic scientific and engineering
processes. The solutions relate to issues encountered daily by NASA personnel. |
NASA’s Missions Finder
lets you explore the archives of past, current, and future missions |
Women of NASA - news,
biographies, field journals, photos, and more |
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Satellite sightings! NASA, Heavens Above, and GOES-R all tell you to exactly when and where
to look from your city for the International Space Station, the Space Shuttle, and many
satellites passing overhead. |
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The Nine Planets - A
multimedia tour of the solar system, complete with the history, mythology, and current
scientific knowledge of each of the planets. |
Solar System Live - View the
entire Solar System or just the inner planets. A series of controls allow the student
to pick the time, date, viewpoint, and observing location. |
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Star Child
- NASA Learning Center for young astronomers, activities and info
about the Earth, the solar system, and the universe |
SETI at Home - be part of
hundreds of thousands of Internet-connected computers in the Search for Extraterrestrial
Intelligence (SETI). Get and run this program that downloads and analyzes radio telescope
data when you would normally be running a screen saver. There's a small but captivating
possibility that your computer will detect the faint murmur of a civilization
beyond Earth. |
SETI Institute
- find out all the exciting breakthroughs in the search for extraterrestrial life. |
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Windows to the Universe - Documents,
data sets, movies, and images about space and the Earth |
Your Sky - Use this interactive
planetarium to produce sky maps for any time, date, viewpoint, and observation location.
Students can also track asteroids or comets. |
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Bill Nye the Science Guy - about his PBS TV
shows, science demonstrations and activities you can do at home |
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Biology-4-Kids - Learn lots about biology,
from cells and the scientific method to how scientists classify every living thing on the
planet. |
Cells Alive - info on all kinds of cells,
including interactive models, puzzles, and quizzes |
Chem-4-Kids - Learn lots about
chemistry, from basic terms and the periodic table to elements combining to make compounds.
Find tips for learning and remembering concepts like electron orbitals and bonding. Have fun
learning about “matter,” which is everything you can touch, see, feel, or
smell! |
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ExploraNet from San Francisco's Exploratorium
Museum - wide variety of science and human perception ideas, experiments, and information |
Interactive Table of
Elements - find out the characteristics, history, and uses of elements, and where they
get weird names like "ununoctium"! |
Holoworld - visit HoloKids for a simple explanation of how
holography works, see the difference
between holograms and 3D images, follow experiments in making holograms with laser pointers,
and more. |
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Nanoworld Image Gallery
from Australia - photos of very tiny things, including Mystery Images whose identity you
can guess the |
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Newton’s Apple from 3M and KTCA Public TV
- science activities for all ages, including We Answer Your Science Questions |
Optics for Kids - All about light,
lenses, and lasers; also available in Spanish, French, German, Italian, two kinds of Chinese,
Japanese, and Korean. |
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The Particle Adventure - An interactive tour
of the inner workings of the atom and the Tools for Discovery |
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Physics 2000 from the University of
Colorado - an interactive journey through modern physics! Learn how 20th Century science
has helped create some of our high-tech devices. |
Visual Physics - discover
principles and concepts of Physics through a series of simulations. Also includes a
dictionary of terms and links to other sites. |
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Science Fair Projects |
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Science4Kids - ugly fish,
living fossils, stupid plant tricks, etc., from USDA Agricultural Research Service |
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Science Friday Online - audio and video
science news from NPR |
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Explorelearning! - hundreds of
interactive online simulations to teach basic science concepts; there is a charge for use,
but you can try it free for 30 days. |
YAHOO! KIDS Science and
Nature and Around the
World directories of science and social studies news, information, videos, projects,
and activities |
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The Black Hole Gang - Each member of the
gang offers science links to their particular interests: caves, sports, inventions, the
planets, butterflies, and much more! Also suggests books to explore these topics. |
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Earth Science Enterprise Just for Kids
- NASA site exploring tropical twisters, El Niño, and more |
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Earthquakes! |
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EarthForce - What is an
earthforce? Learn about the interactions of the Earth’s core, crust, and water
and how they cause earthquakes, tremors, volcanoes, tsunamis, and floods. |
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Earthquake Information from the U.S.
Geological Survey - Current earthquake activity around the world, information, and
links, and how to prepare for an earthquake. |
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Geologic Hazards - from the U.S.
Geological Survey - earthquakes, landslides, debris flows, etc. |
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Southern California Earthquake Center
- contains seismological data recorded in Southern California and information about major
earthquakes in this region. |
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Ecology Center of Ann
Arbor, MI - 20 things we can do to reduce pollution |
Get Smart about
Soil with The Answer Worm |
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Global Earthquake Response Center - Find
information on earthquakes happening around the world and on past major earthquakes. |
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Grand Canyon Explorer: Virtual Visit, Virtual Raft Trip
down the Colorado River, and Geological Tour |
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Groundwater:
Nature’s Hidden Treasure - Everything you ever wanted to know about
groundwater! |
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Journey through Tikal -
Virtually explore these ancient Mayan ruins, with sound and panoramic views |
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The Living Africa -
Enjoy photos and info about animals, people, and the land of Africa on a virtual safari. |
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Ranger Rick - environmental
lessons, games, virtual tours, apps, and activities from the National Wildlife
Federation |
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Science Web Quest Lessons 97
- Explore different web sites through lessons developed by teachers in areas ranging from marine
life to volcanoes to how to build a robot. |
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Science Web Quest Lessons 98
- More lessons, ranging from viruses to ocean waves to how nutritious fast food really is.
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Science Web Quest Lessons 99
- Emperor Penguins, Properties of Light, Physics of Skateboarding, more. |
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Science Web Quests 2000 -
Cosmic Chemistry, Homing Pigeons, Inherited Traits, more. |
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Science Web Quests 2001 -
Tornadoes, Volcanoes, Composting, California Gold Rush, more. |
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Science Web Quests 2002 -
Bats, Bones, West Nile Virus, more. |
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Science Web Quests 2003 -
Cells, Stars, Light, Gas Laws |
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Terra Quest virtual expeditions
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Virtual Antarctica
- relive the excitement of a polar explorer team’s adventures |
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Virtual
Galapagos - Join an explorer team as they sail the Galapagos and learn
about wildlife, the islands’ delicate environmental balance, and problems
being created by humans. |
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Tree Identification - gives several places to start
in identifying species. Specifically designed for Michigan's Upper Peninsula but useful for
others, too. |
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Views from Space! - Go to TerraServer,
type in your address and zoom in on your house (or on Area 51 to look for UFOs!) with satellite
photos. Also, try Google Maps
satellite view and Bing Maps bird’s eye
view |
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Virtual Field Trips - visit
parks, the rain forest, botanical gardens, and observatories from the comfort of home |
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Volcano Observatory from the U.S.
Geological Survey - News and information on volcanoes in the Cascade Mountain Range; includes
photo archives, reports and maps, plus other links. Also has a great Mount St. Helens
page! |
Volcano World - including
what’s erupting now, Volcano Finder, games, and more |
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Virtual Cave - collects
images from around the world for a ideal virtual cave containing examples of every
major type of speleothem. Let your mouse do the crawling! |