http://www.newscientist.com/ns/20000108/lightfanta.html

http://curry.edschool.Virginia.EDU:80/~kpj5e/Whales/

Whales: A Thematic Web Unit

Grades K-12

http://www.lib.lsu.edu/lib/chem/display/faces.html

The Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences

Grades 5-12

http://www.parentsplace.com/readroom/explorer/

Family Explorer

Monthly hands-on science newsletter

Grades K-6

http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/Science/

Helping Your Child Learn Science

Hands-on activities for parents, teacher, students

Ages 6-12

http://www.npr.org/programs/sfkids/

National Public Radio/s Science Friday—Kids Connection

Grades 4-8

http://ericir.syr.edu/Projects/Newton/

Newton’s Apple: Science Try Its

Collection of science experiments

Middle Grades

http://ericir.syr.edu/Projects/Newton/

Newton’s Apple

A collection of science lessons

Grades 4-8

http://intergate.humboldt.k12.ca.ua/score/

SCORE Science

Lesson plans, student projects, and lesson activities

K-12

http://www.galaxy.net/~k12/

The Hands-On Technology Program

Science experiments and other hands-on activities

Grades K-8

http://www.nsta.org/

National Science Teacher’s Association

Improving teaching of science

Grades K-12

http://nyelabs.kcts.org/

Nye Labs Online

Hands-on science activities and experiments

Grades 4-8

http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/OER/

Online Educational Resources

Grades K-12

http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/

Quest: Home of NASA’s K-12 Internet Initiative

Classroom activities

Grades K-12

http://www.exploratorium.edu/

Exploratorium

A collection of online interactive exhibits and resources

Grades K-12

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/!mvm/sci.html

Hands-On Science Centers Worldwide

A collection of interactive, public science museums

Grades K-12

http://www.msichicago.org/

Museum of Science and Industry

Online exhibits and educational resources

Grades 4-8

http://www.aps.edu/HTMLPages/NMMNH.html

New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science

Resources for students

Grades K-12

http://www.sln.org/

Science Learning Network

Hands-on science activities

Grades K-8

http://www.yahoo.com/Science/Museums_and_Exhibits/

Yahoo!: Science Museums and Exhibits

Gopher://bvsd.k12.co.us:70/11/Educational_Resources/Lesson_Plans/Big9620Sky/science

More than 200 science lesson plans

Grades K-12

http://www.mcrel.org/connect/plus/

Connections

Science and Astronomy, Primates, Chemistry, Life on Mars, all about insects, the Third Domain, and Genetics and Disease

Grades K-12

http://www-hpcc.astro.washington.edu/scied/galileo.html

Galileo

Ball bounce, potential and kinetic energy, animals and their habitats, mining a chocolate chip cookie, wind activities

Grades K-12

http://www.solutions.ibm.com/k12/teacher/activity.html

IBM Internet Activities

Lesson plans and activities encouraging the use of internet to do research in various subject areas.

Grades 4-12

http://www.sci.lib.uci.edu/SEP/CTS/

K-12 Science Lesson Plans

Internet-based lesson plans

Grades K-12

http://www.coe.missouri.edu/~kyle/edu.html

The Lesson Plans Page

Science lesson plans

Grades K-6

http://www.nwrel.org/sky/

The Library in the Sky

Astronomy, biology, botany, chemistry, earth sciences, general science, and physics lesson plans

Grades K-12

http://www.mcrel.org/connect/lesson.html

McREL: Lesson Plans and Activities

Collection of K-12 lesson plans

Grades K-12

http://www.miamisci.org/

Miami Museum of Science

To find the guides, click pH Factor, Hurricane, and Pigeons.

Grades 3-6

http://www.minnetonka.k12.mn.us/support/science/index.shtml

Minnetonka Elementary Science Center

Science Enrichment/Lesson Plans

Grades K-5

http://spacelink.msfc.nasa.gov/html/Instructional.Materials.html

SpaceLink Instructional Materials

Space-related lesson plans and activities

Grades K-12

http://chem.ps.uci.edu/~mtaagepe/SciEd/SEPmain.html

University of California at Irvine Science Education Programs

Science Lesson Plans

Grades K-12

http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/k12/

Urbana-Champaign Curriculum Guides and Lesson Plans

Grades K-9

http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/yip/96-97/

The Year-Long Project

Elementary student teaching program

Lessons include insects, dinosaurs, vertebrates, and simple machines.

Grades K-8

http://www.enc.org/

Eisenhower National Clearinghouse

Resources include lessons, online publications, and services

Grades K-12

http://www.mcrel.org/whelmers/

McREL’s Whelmers

Science demonstrations for students and teachers

Grades K-12

http://sunsite.anu.edu.au/Questacon/index.html

Questacon

Hands-on science and technology museum

Grades K-6

http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/activity/act-summ.html

Science Activities Index

Science Activities

Grades K-8

http://www.sci.mus.mn.us/sln/

Thinking Fountain

Interactive mural containing science activities and experiments

Grades K-6

http://www.youcan.com/

You Can

Science activities

Grades K-8

http://www.hood-consulting.com/amazing/qt-amazing/asr.html

Amazing Science at the Roxy

Physical science lesson plans and activities

Grades 5-12

http://www.sln.org/resources

Explore Our Resources

Science lessons and activities on acids and bases, science of balloons, physics of water fountains, hurricanes, wind, light, shadow, and images.

Grades K-6

http://schoolnet2.carleton.ca/english/math_sci/phys/electric-club/

The Electric Club

Experiments and projects on electricity and electronics

Grades 5-12

http://www.energy.ca.gov/education/index.html

Energy Quest

Activities organized by difficulty levels for teaching about energy with other topics available

Grades K-12

http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/snackintro.html

A Collection of experiments designed by science teachers.

Grades 4-12

http://curry.edschool.Virginia.EDU/murray/Light/How_Light_Works.html

How Light Works

Grades 4-5

http://cwis.nyu.edu/pages/mathmol/K_12html]

MathMol K-12: Mathematics and Molecules

Molecular modeling

Grades K-12

http://www.opticalres.com/kidoptx.html#StartKidOptxl

Optics for Kids

For understanding the basics of light and lasers

Grades 5-8

http://www.omsi.edu/sln/ww/waterworks.html

WaterWorks

Activities for teaching about water pumps, siphons, and the operation of fountains.

Grades 5-8

http://www.schoolnet.ca/math_sci/phys/worldinmotion/

World in Motion

Created by Society of Automotive Engineers

Grades 4-8

http://public.sdsu.edu/NaturalSciences/

Biology Lessons for Teachers

Grades K-6

http://www.schoolnet.ca/vp/ladybettle/ludybuge/

Canadian Nature Federation Lady Beetle Survey

Lesson plans and activities on lady beetles

Grades 4-8

http://nceet.snre.umich.edu/

EE Link: Environmental Education on the Internet

Grades K-8

http://www.envirolink.org/

EnviroLink

Lesson plans for environmental education

Grades K-8

http://www2.sptimes.com/aquarium/FA.4.html

Florida Aquarium: Hands On

Hands-on lessons for wannabe marine biologists

Grades K-8

http://www.minnetonka.k12.mn.us/groveland/insect.proj/insects.html

Insects!

Grades K-5

http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/ocean_planet.html

Marine Life

Grades K-8

http://kids.osd.wednet.edu/Marshall/rainjforest_home_page.html

The Rainforest Workshop

Tropical rain forests for middle school students

Middle grades

http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~coalitn/sciedoutreach/funexperiments/agesubject/subject.html

Science Lessons by Subject

Grades K-12

http://educate.si.edu/intro.html

Smithsonian Office of Elementary and Secondary Education

Lesson Plans

Grades K-6

http://stellar.arc.nasa.gov/stellar/

Stellar

Study of space life sciences

Middle Grades

http://www.ex.ac.uk/bugclub/welcome.html

Bug Club

Invertebrates

Grades K-8

http://netvet.wustl.edu/e-zoo.htm

The Electronic Zoo

Comprehensive catalog of pictures and information about animals

Grades K-8

http://www.fmnh.org

The Field Museum

Classroom activities about dinosaurs.

Grades K-6

http://frog.simplenet.com/froggy/

The Froggy Page

Comprehensive collection of resources about frogs.

Grades K-8

http://sln2.fi.edu/biosci/preview/heartpreview.html

The Heart Preview Gallery

How the heart works

Grades 4-8

http://cissus.mobot.org/MBGnet/lesson/index.htm

MBG Learning Packages

Making Rain, Osmosis, and Ink and lesson plans from the garden’s study units

Grades 2-5

http://weber.u.washington.edu/~chudler/neurok.html

Neuroscience for Kids

About the nervous system

Middle Grades

http://www.wh.whoi.edu/noaa.html

Northeast Fisheries Science Center

Resources for conserving our nation’s living oceans

Middle Grades

http://www.ran.org/ran/

Rainforest Action Network

Grades K-8

http://oberon.educ.sfu.ca/splash/tank.htm

Safari Touch Tank

Hands-on aquarium

Middle Grades

http://www.georgetown.edu/cball/animals/animals.html

Sounds of the World’s Animals

Explores the sounds of the world’s languages through the sounds of the world’s animals.

Middle Grades

http://sin.fi.edu/tfi/hotlists/animals.html

Vertebrate Animals Hotlist

Facts and pictures about animals

Grades K-8

http://whale.wheelock.edu

WhaleNet

About whales and other marine animals

Grades K-8

http://www.rice.edu/armadillo/Schools/Hisdzoo/

Wildlife Discovery Program

Activities for teacher about endangered animals

Grades 3-6

http://www.nj.com/yucky/

Features the worlds of worms and cockroaches

Grades K-8

http://mars.poly.edu/zooary/

Zooary

Interactive zoo

Grades K-6

http://athena.wednet.edu/

Athena

Oceans, earth, weather, atmosphere, apace and astronomy

Grades K-8

http://library.advanced/org/10568/

The Hitchhikers Guide to Model Rocketry

Designing first rockets

Middle Grades

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Lessons plans for earth and space science

Grades K-8

http://groundhog.sprl.umich.edu/curriculum/

K-12 Weather Curriculum

Grades K-8

http://onesky.engin.umich.edu/

Kids as Global Scientists Weather Curriculum

Middle Grades

http://www.lerc.nasa.gov/Other_Groups/K-12/windtunnel.html

LeRC K-12 Wind Tunnel Home Page

Aeronautics/Rocket Activities

Middle Grades

http://pao.gsfc.nasa.gov/gsfc.html

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Space-related lesson plans

Grades K-8

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/

Project Galileo: Bringing Jupiter to Earth

Lessons and activities on the spacecraft probe, scroll and select Online from Jupiter

Middle Grades

http://www.seti-inst.edu/Welcome-page.html

Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute

Life in the Universe Curriculum Project

Middle Grades

http://w3.cea.berkeley.edu/Education/lessons/lessons_teacherdeveloped.html

Teacher-Developed Earth and Space Science Lessons and Classroom Activities

Weather, satellites, auroras, and earthquakes

Grades 4-12

http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/

Volcano World

Volcano-related lessons

Middle Grades

Http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/edu/RSE/RSEred/WeatherHome.html

Weather Here and There

Grades 4-6

http://faldo.atmos/uiuc.edu/w_unit/weather.html

The Weather Unit

Integrates the study of weather into all curricular areas.

Grades 2-4

http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/units/energy/wind.html

Wind: Our Fierce Friend

The science of wind energy

Grades 4-6

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

Astronomy Picture of the Day

Features a different image or photo of the universe each day.

Grades K-8

http://fly.hiwaay.net:80/~palmer/motor.html

Beakman’s Electric Motor

How to make an electric motor from ordinary household items

Middle Grades

http://covis.atmos.uiuc.edu/guide/clouds/html/cloud.home.html

Cloud Catalog

Cloud formations

Middle Grades

http://medicine.wustl.edu/~kronkg/

Comets and Meteor Showers

Information and pictures of comets and meteors

Middle Grades

http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/SPACEGRANT/class_acts/

Exploring Planets in the Classroom

Middle Grades

http://www.stsci.edu/EPA/Pictures.html

Hubble Space Telescope Public Pictures

Grades K-8

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/fosrec/fosrec.html

Learning from the Fossil Record

Paleontology activities

Grades K-8

http://www.lerc.nasa.gov/Other_Groups/K-12/TRC/TRCactivities.html

NASA Lewis Teacher Resource Center

Aeronautics

Middle Grades

http://www.nasa.gov/

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Includes links to 12 NASA centers

Middle Grades

http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/photo_gallery/

NSSDC Photo Gallery

Photos of planetary, astronomical, and related objects

Middle Grades

http://www.ou.edu/tornado/CAPS.WWW/teacher.html

Rain or Shine: Explorations in Meteorology

Grades K-8

http://www.cea.berkeley.edu/Education/sol/sol_toolkits.html

Science Online: Science Resource Toolkit

Middle Grades

http://water.dnr.state.sc.us/climate/sercc/education/saer/southern_aer.html

Southern AER

Southeast Regional Climate Center interactive weather activities

Middle Grades

http://spacelink.nasa.gov/.index.html

SpaceLink

Grades K-8

http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html

StarChild

Astronomy resource

Grades K-8

http://www.seds.org/

Students for the Exploration and Development of Space

Middle Grades

http://www.usgs.gov/education/

U.S. Geological Survey’s Learning Web

Grades K-8

http://bang.lanl.gov/solarsys/

Views of the Solar System

Middle Grades

http://www.nasm.edu/

National Air and Space Museum

Aviation and Space Science

Grades K-8

http://www.lam.mus.ca.us/lacmnh

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Grades K-8

Soil science, elementary grades