whiteboard_science

http://www.tki.org.nz/r/wick_ed/quizit/feature_quizits_s.php Interactive quizzes on topics of solar system, Earth science, electricity, simple machines, and changes of state.
 * **[|Wicked]**

http://www.secretsatsea.org/ An interactive adventure that helps students learn about marine ecology. Grades 4-7
 * [|Ace on the Case: Secrets@sea]**

http://pbskids.org/zoom/kitchenchemistry/ The virtual kitchen to perform online experiments, solve a puzzle, and get a reward. Grades 4-6
 * [|Zoom:Kitchen Chemistry]**

http://www.getsmarter.org/ Get Smarter is an interactive site where students can compare their math and science achievement against others worldwide. Grades 3-12 [|http://www.biology.arizona.edu/] From the University of Arizona, the Biology Project site is an interactive online resource for learning biology. The site includes tutorials, problem sets, activities, and other resources. Grades 9-12
 * [|Get Smarter]**
 * [|The Biology Project]**

http://www.exploratorium.edu/ The Exploratorium is a collage of 650 interactive exhibits in science, art, and human perception. Students can explore any of these subject: light color, sound, music, motion, animal behavior, electricity, heat and temperature, language, patterns, hearing, touch, vision, waves and weather. Grades 3-12
 * [|Exploratorium]**

http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience Cool Science is a fun site that helps students appreciate science. Covered: Observation skills, plants, animal classifications and metamorphosis. Grades K-3
 * [|Cool Science for Curious Kids]**

[|Table of Elements] This site contains a table of elements drill. Grades 5-8 [|http://www.gamequarium.com] A collection of language arts, math, science, and social studies. Grades PreK-6
 * [|Education 4 Kids]**
 * [|Gameaquarium]**

http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/getskill.cgi?A4=1 This site contains a variety of edu-taining activities covering areas of math, language arts, social studies, and science. Grades K-6 [|http://www.EnchantedLearning.com/Home.html] This is a fun educational site for audiences as young as preschool. Some of the areas covered: science, language arts and geography. (Not all pages are interactive.) Grades Pre-K-3
 * [|Fun Brain]**
 * [|Enchanted Learning]**

[|http://biointeractive.org] HHMI (Howard Hughes Medical Institute) provides activities and tools for students. There is also a section for teachers Grades 9-12 http://zoocam.ent.iastate.edu/ This site contains a live, interactive camera that allows students to view the insects at the Insect Zoo. It also provides information about the insects. Teachers can use this site to set up a tour by an entomologist. This site is geared for elementary students, Grades 1-5 http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/ Students can help Detective Leplant and his partners investigate plant mysteries including cases about soil, plant growth, seeds, and reproduction. Grades 4-5 http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/creature_feature/ Audio and video clips help students learn about featured animals. Grades 3-8 http://www.ent.iastate.edu/imagegallery/ Students can view images and movies of beetles, ticks, lice, and lots of other creepy crawling insects! Grades 3 and up [|**Dinosaur Movie Clips**] http://www.sci.kun.nl/thalia/funpage/television/dinosaurs/download/download.html Download sound files and video clips from the Dinosaurs television show. Grades 2-5 http://www.endangeredtv.com/ Students explore videos of endangered animals from the Bagheera site. Grades 2-6 http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/moviegallery/pondscum/protozoa/amoeba/index.html Explore videos of an amoeba eating and moving through different environments. Real Player needed. Grades 5+ [|http://www.waycoolsurgery.com] View video clips of an actual doctor performing cardiac bypass surgery. Learn about heart health, and careers in the health care field. Grades 3+ [|http://www.popsci.com] There are plenty of interesting things to read at Popular Science Magazine's web site. Articles on science, space, the Internet, computers, and more. Grades 3+ http://janus.astro.umd.edu/index.html Students can view a multitude of Java programs that creates a solar system, view the moons and their orbits around their planets, and learn about astronomical distances. Grades 3+ http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/ceps/etp/etp.htmExploring the Planets is a simulated research center at the National Air and Space Museum that illustrates how scientist explore planets that are millions of miles away. Students can choose to log in, enabling them a chance to save their work. There are three levels for grades 5-8, grades 6-8, and grades 7-9. http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/impact/ Discover the fierce force of gravity and pelt poor Jupiter with a comet! Teacher Tips included. Grades 5-8 http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/mastermind/ NASA needs your help in planning a Hubble Servicing Mission. Join the team! Teacher Tips included. Grades 6-8 http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/ghunter/ Statistically speaking, this cosmic photo shoot is out of this world! Students construct and interpret frequency tables, demonstrate knowledge of simple random samples, define range, mean and median as they apply to statistics, and demonstrate knowledge of min/max plots. Teacher Tips included. Grades 10-12 http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/galaxies-galore/ Galaxy construction timeline: billions of years. For you: ten minutes. Teacher Tips included. Grades 6-8 [|**No Escape: The Truth About Black Holes**] http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/blackholes An opportunity for students to research the fascinating topic of black holes and to examine the concepts of escape velocity, gravity, mass, and the speed of light as they apply to black holes. Grades 8-12 http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/trading/ students will collect solar system trading cards by playing an interactive card game. They will identify the sun, planets, comets, and asteroids by answering questions about them. Students will learn facts about the solar system presented with amazing pictures taken by the Hubble Space Telescope and various NASA missions. Grades 3-6 http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/light/ Explore the nature of the electromagnetic spectrum. In this lesson, students will identify the different properties of waves and the relationship that exists between energy, wavelength, and frequency. Students will correlate images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope and other astronomical instruments to the wavelength, color, and temperature information that can be found in the spectrum. Grades 6-9 http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/hdf/ Join Professor WifPic in examining the Hubble Deep Field image and simulate the process astronomers have gone through to count, classify, and identify objects in the image as well as estimate their distances from Earth. The lesson is modular so that all or part of it may be completed using computers and the Internet. Grades 6-8 [|http://www.funology.com] At Funology find fun facts, experiments, crafts, recipes, magic tricks, jokes, and a whole lot more. Grades 2-5 [|http://www.innerbody.com] Students can study the anatomy of the human body or learn about the inner workings of an automobile. Each of the detailed graphic images has 'hot spots' that interact to provide more information. Grades 5+ [|http://www.sciencemonster.com] Created by the makers of CoolMath, this site entertains with information about our solar system. Students can take a star tour, see how gravity and inertia work, and play a fun lunar landing game.Grades 2-5 [|http://amazing-space.stsci.edu] Amazing Space is a collection of interactive activities designed to teach students about black holes, collect solar system trading cards, and more. Each activity includes high quality graphics and animation. Grades 3+ http://fourmilab.ch/earthview/vplanet.html View a map of the Earth showing the actual day and night regions at this moment. You can also view it as currently seen from the Sun, Moon, orbiting satellite, or from above a variety of cities. Grades 3+ [|http://www.spacekids.com] Start the countdown and blast-off for fun and learning at this stellar site! Take a virtual tour of the solar system, play games, view space pictures and movies, get up-to-date space news, and more. Grades 2-5 http://www.nationalgeographic.com/solarsystem/splash.html A fantastic site from National Geographic with a vast amount of information about our solar system. With the Viscape SVR plug-in students can take a fly-by tour of the sun and each planet, but even without the plug-in the site is a must-see for space buffs. Grades 3-8 http://www.virtualphysics.com/vp2/
 * [|HHMI’s BioInteractive]**
 * [|Iowa State Insect Zoo]**
 * [|The Great Plant Escape]**
 * [|Creature Feature]**
 * [|Entomology Image Gallery]**
 * [|Endangered Animal Channel]**
 * [|Amoeba Movies]**
 * [|Way Cool Surgery]**
 * [|Popular Science]**
 * [|The Astronomy Workshop]**
 * [|Exploring the Planets]**
 * [|Planet Impact!]**
 * [|Mission Mastermind]**
 * [|Galaxy Hunter]**
 * [|Galaxies Galore]**
 * [|Solar System Trading Cards]**
 * [|Star Light, Star Bright]**
 * [|Hubble Deep Field Academy]**
 * [|Funology]**
 * [|Inner Learning Online]**
 * [|Interactive Weather Maker]** - Students can make whatever kind of day they like just by moving the humidity slider and either of the two temperature sliders.
 * [|ScienceMonster]**
 * [|Amazing Space]**
 * [|Kid Port]**
 * **[|Kindergarten Games]** http://www.kidport.com/GradeK/Science/ScienceIndex.htm
 * **[|Grade 1 Games]** http://www.kidport.com/Grade1/Science/ScienceIndex.htm
 * **[|Grade 2 Games]** http://www.kidport.com/Grade2/Science/ScienceIndex.htm
 * **[|Grade 3 Games]** http://www.kidport.com/Grade3/Science/ScienceIndex.htm
 * **[|Grade 4 Games]** http://www.kidport.com/Grade4/Science/ScienceIndex.htm
 * **[|Grade 5 Games]** h[|ttp://www.kidport.com/Grade5/Science/ScienceIndex.htm]
 * **[|Grade 6 Games]** http://www.kidport.com/Grade6/Science/ScienceIndex.htm
 * **[|Grade 7 Games]** http://www.kidport.com/Grade7/Science/ScienceIndex.htm
 * **[|Grade 8 Games]** http://www.kidport.com/Grade8/Science/ScienceIndex.htm
 * [|Earth and Moon Viewer]**
 * [|spaceKids]**
 * [|Virtual Solar System]**
 * [|3-D Virtual Physics]**
 * The Eggs of Time** game features an exciting science fiction story and includes over 20 fully interactive 3-D exercises, animated tutorials, and 200 review problems! Grades 6-8

http://www.miamisci.org/af/sln/
 * [|The Atoms Family]**

http://www.miamisci.org/ph/index.html Is it acid or base? Use the ph factor resource to find out. Grades 6-8
 * [|phFactor]**

http://www.miamisci.org/hurricane/ Interactive activities related to weather instruments and storms. Grades 4-5
 * [|Hurricane Storm Science]**

http://www.jsf.or.jp/sln/laboe.html Visit the Laboratory and make an aurora, a cloud chamber, and acid rain.
 * [|SLN.Laboratory]**


 * [|Jefferson Lab's Science Education]** (http://education.jlab.org/indexpages/index.php) is a an interactive resource for students allowing them to select and submit their answer. The site also provides games and puzzles. Grades 5 and Up

http://tcm.childrensmuseum.org/bones/otherSites_gamesActivities.htm An interactive skeleton that assist the learner in identifying specific bones. Grades 3-6
 * [|Bones Inside You]**

http://www.omsi.edu/visit/physics/air/ Air Travelers is an introduction to the basic principles of buoyancy, properties of gases, temperature, and the technology involved in hot air ballooning. Grades 5-8
 * [|Air Travelers]**

http://www.omsi.edu/visit/life/aging/ Explore the mysteries of why and how humans and animals age, and discover the secrets of healthy aging. Grades 3+ http://www.omsi.edu/visit/physics/engineerit/ The online guide devoted to basic engineering principles with cool activities and online games. Grades 3+ http://www.omsi.edu/visit/chemistry/unit.cfm?UnitCurrentKey=1 Online chemistry resource and experiments for students. Grades 4+ http://www.omsi.edu/visit/earth/eyesonearth/ Check out satellite images from NASA's Earth Observing System. Includes an Educator's Guide with lots of great classroom activities on satellite technology and imagery (requires QuickTime plug-in). Grades 6-8 http://www.omsi.edu/explore/online.cfm#radiationcalculator Estimate your annual radiation dose with an online version of the Radiation Calculator from OMSI's Hanford at the Half Life exhibit. (Note: This activity requires the free, Macromedia Flash Player.) Grades 6+ http://www.apples4theteacher.com/science.html http://www.omsi.edu/visit/physics/ww/ Explore the science and engineering behind water fountains at home or in the classroom with Water Works. The website has loads of fun and fascinating online activities, as well as helpful curriculum resources. Grades 4+ http://www.omsi.edu/teachers/psd/2002/eq/ Did you ever wonder how much energy your house uses each year? Now you can calculate your EQ (or energy quotient) online and determine how many kilowatt-hours you use! Grades 3+ http://www.wolinskyweb.net/measure.htm#science A complete list of online calculators and converters. Grades 3-12 http://www.physicsclassroom.com/ An online physics tutorial written for high school physics students. Grades 9-12 http://www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?Area=L2_Science **Science Basic Skills and Games** http://classroom.jc-schools.net/basic/science.html [|More Science Resources] **[|PowerPoint Resources]** **[|Grade 6-12 Science Interactive Resources]** || .
 * [|Amazing Feats of Aging]**
 * [|Engineer It!]**
 * [|Experiencing Chemistry]**
 * [|Eyes on Earth]**
 * [|Hanford at the Half Life Radiation Calculator]**
 * [|Apples for the Teacher Science Games]**
 * [|Animal Classification]
 * [|Human Body]
 * [|Plants]
 * [|Solar System and the Nine Planets]
 * [|Water Works]**
 * [|What's Your EQ?]**
 * [|Measure 4 Measure]**
 * [|The Physics Classroom]**
 * [|I Know That Science Games]**