Government Sites (these sites are not maintained by kids.gov
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Agricultural Ideas for Science Fair Projects - Here, we've put together a few basic ideas of agricultural science projects you can do. Use these ideas
as a jumping-off place for coming up with your own project. |
Agriculture and Math Fun - Fun agriculture and
math site with quizzes, games, and links to other sites. |
Agriculture in the Classroom Kid's Corner - Learn
about the role and importance of agriculture in the economy and society. |
Air Force Crossroads - Hope you came ready to
have fun because this section has tons to offer both kids and teenagers alike. From sports to arts to video games, you
will find hours worth of information and entertainment that will keep you coming back for more. |
Air Quality Index - Learn how air pollution is
measured, about the Air Quality Index (AQI), and how the index can be a quick way to tell people how good or bad
something is. The AQI uses colors, and numbers, and words to tell you about the air. |
Ask-A-Scientist - Submit Ask A Scientist Question!
This is a great information service for K-12 teachers and their students. You can e-mail a question or find your answer
in their vast archives. |
Did You Ever Wonder? - Visit the Berkley Labs and
learn more about about the structure of cells, how to carve with light, how soil keeps the world in balance and much
more. |
Dr. E's Energy Lab - This site has great information
about wind energy, solar energy, alternative fuels and much more. |
Drinking Water Kids' Stuff - This site has great
games and activities that will help you learn about drinking water. |
Earth Observatory - Accompany NASA scientists as
they explore our world and unravel the mysteries of our climate and environmental change. |
Earthquakes for Kids - Shake it up with this cool
site from the USGS! Learn cool quake facts, earthquake ABC's, and catch up on the science of seismology. You can
also explore being a geophysicist. |
Energy Kid's Page - Learn along with Energy Ant
about different types of energy. This site is from the Energy Information Administration. |
Energy Quest - Megawatts of info and fun await!
Read a story, try a science project, learn about renewable resources, play with puzzles, meet super scientists, and lots
more on this neat site from the California Energy Commission. |
EPA Student Center - This site from the
Environmental Protection Agency is for students in the 5th thru 8th grades. Learn about projects, careers, ecosystems
and much more. |
Exploring Estuaries - Estuaries are places where
freshwater rivers and streams flow into the ocean, mixing with the seawater. A wide variety of birds, fish, and other
wildlife make estuaries their home. Use this Web site to explore these unique environments, including some of the
plants and animals that live there. |
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Students’
Corner - This Corner is intended to explain to students of all ages how the
FERC regulates energy for the United States. There are many different things to learn about FERC, including the history
and the energy industries we regulate and our commitment to the environment. |
Florida - Splash! Water Resources
Education - The Southwest Florida Water Management District offers Splash!
to help students learn how to protect of our precious water resource. |
High School Environmental Center - This portal, from
the Environmental Protection Agency, will inform you about environmental issues and help you protect the
environment. |
Invention Playhouse - Want to Play?
Want to Invent? What’s the Difference? When asked what inspired them to become inventors, many adults tell stories
about playing as children. Read and learn about tinkering, exploring, social play and
collaboration. |
Jefferson Lab's Student Zone - Get
answers to your science questions. Take a visit through the lab and play some fun science
games. |
JetStream - An Online Weather School - This site is designed to help you learn about weather and weather safety. The information contained in
JetStream is arranged by subject; beginning with global and large scale weather patterns followed by lessons on air
masses, wind patterns, cloud formations, thunderstorms, lightning, hail, damaging winds, tornados, tropical storms,
cyclones and flooding. |
Just For Kids - Office of Legislative and Public
Affairs - Here's a page that's cool for science, math and engineering. There a
fun sections like "Find Out Why" and "Ask a Scientist or Engineer". |
Kids'
Castle - This Smithsonian site has information to kids’ questions on sports,
history, the arts, travel, science and air and space, all with great photos. |
Kids' Science Page - National Agricultural Library - Hey kids! Do you like to eat? What's your nutrition IQ? Do you really enjoy animals? Insects too? Do
you like veterinary medicine? Is engineering what you want to do? Interested in plants or ecology? Does chemistry
excite you? Learn more about food and agricultural sciences. |
Kidz Zone - This site is a great a portal for energy
and science education. The material is age-graded by subject
matter, with other resources for teachers. And we now have oodles of Energy Dictionaries and
Glossaries. |
Kidzzone - Science Links - The
Department of Energy's Kidzzone offers a variety of links to science education sites. |
Math Game - This website from the Nez Perce (Nee-
Me-Poo) National Historic Trail has a flash card game. See how many problems you can solve in 60
seconds. |
Minerals Management Service - Kids' Pages - The
Minerals Management Service (MMS) is the Federal agency that manages the nation's natural gas, oil and other mineral
resources. This site links to great pages about energy, the ocean and math. |
NASA for Kids Only - This NASA kids site brings
the world into your playroom. Listen to an earthquake's rumble. Look into the eye of a hurricane. Find out why the wind
blows. Visit storms up close. Play games. The kids' quizzes here feature sound effects. Flashy graphics and well-
written text make complicated science kid-friendly. Guarantee: If a child spends at hour at this site, she'll learn a few
things most adults don't know. |
NASA SCIFiles - The NASA SCIence Files is a
website that focuses on solving real-world problems by using the scientific method and Problem-based
learning. |
NASA's Kids Science News Network™ (3rd - 5th
Grades) - NASA's KSNN™ is a standards-based program that uses the
Web, animation, and video to introduce science, technology, engineering, math, and NASA concepts. This site features
children in 60-second (video) newsbreaks answering such questions as why is the sky blue and what makes popcorn
pop. |
NASA's Kids Science News Network™ (K - 2nd
Grades) - NASA's KSNN™ uses animated characters to introduce
science, technology, engineering, math, and NASA concepts. This site has 60-second animations, activities, and
resource links covering such topics as "magnetism" and "states of matter." |
National Marine Sanctuary Program -
Here you'll find information about our nation's marine sanctuaries -- their history and current management, their
scientific and educational programs, and their continuing efforts to conserve our nation's ocean and coastal
treasures. |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - This Arctic Theme Page provides access to widely distributed Arctic data and information for
scientists, students, teachers, academia, managers, decision makers and the general public. |
National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration -
Research - The goal of the site is to provide middle school science students
and teachers with research and investigation experiences using on-line resources. |
National Science Foundation - Find out why. Get
answers to your questions about inventions, discoveries, the ocean, science and much more. |
National Security Agency/Central Security Service Kids
& Youth Page - NSA/CSS works to keep America safe by using the art
and science of cryptology: making and breaking codes. The codes we make keep our information protected from our
enemies, and by breaking our enemies’ codes we can find out what they are planning and thinking. Read on to learn
more!. |
National Weather Service Kids Page
- The National Weather Service's kids' page serves up age-appropriate fun for all kids. Download an informative tornado-
safety coloring book for your preschooler. While she's coloring, your older children can click on the Severe Storms Lab
Weather Room where lightning flashes across the screen while they choose from a mean-weather menu. Tornadoes?
Hurricanes? Lightning? Learn how to read a weather map or read about the scientists who chase storms. Kids who want
more substance can click into a litany of links. |
National
Zoo - Visit the online exhibits, or take a tour and learn about the plants,
animals and people of the Smithsonian’s National Zoo. |
Nature
Net - Learn about wildlife, plants, geologic resources in our parks, and
more. |
Nature Watch - This USDA Forest Service site offers
a unique view into wildlife, fish and wildflowers or take a visit through a national forest. |
NOAA Education - Primarily For Students
Page - This site is designed especially for students to provide a way of
learning about the earth in a fun and informative way. These sites can be found on the pages for Weather, Climate
Change and Our Planet, Oceans and Coasts, and Satellites and Space. |
Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Students'
Corner - Nuclear energy is a way to generate heat using the fission process
of atoms. A nuclear power plant converts the heat into electricity. Learn more about nuclear reactors, radiation, terms,
and more. |
Ocean Surface Topography From Space - Stuff For
Kids - Toppy the Satellite welcomes you to his "TOPEX/Poseidon Online
Coloring & Activity Book." Through his fun pictures and activities, you can learn all about him, the TOPEX/Poseidon
satellite, and what he does. |
Park
Net - Take a tour through the National Park System, explore historical place
and learn about natural resources in our parks. |
Sci4Kids - Science is everywhere you look. Learn
what scientists do at the Agricultural Research Service. You may be a student today but may already be on your way to
a career in science or farming or computers. |
Science in the Home - All kinds of
links to cool science stuff. |
Smithsonian for Kids - The Smithsonian Institution is
a center for research dedicated to public education, national service, and scholarship in the arts, sciences, and
history. |
Space Place - Amazing facts and fun activities to do
to learn more about space science. |
Student Guide to the Human Genome
Project - Explore this site for answers about the U.S. Human Genome
Project. Useful to older children who have projects in this area. |
Taking America's Measure - Today,
the modern products we take for granted like computers, video games, mobile phones, and DVD players depend on
having one very precise, very reliable measuring system that everyone has agreed to use. But what exactly is a
measuring system and what does it mean to you? Find out while having fun at this site with puzzles, riddles and games
from the National Institute of Standards and Technology. |
The Dynamic Earth - The National Museum of
Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, offers this really interactive and engaging site to teach about science of the
earth. The three main sections of the site include: Rocks at Earth's Surface, Rocks Below Earth's Surface, and
Mining. |
The NOAA Photo Library - NOAA collection includes
thousands of weather and space images, hundreds of images of our shores and coastal seas, and thousands of marine
species images ranging from the great whales to the most minute plankton. |
The Weather Room - This page provides general
information for kids, parents, and teachers. Elementary school coloring books are available for parents and teachers to
print and use for weather education in the classroom or at home. |
US Patent and Trademark Office Kids Page - What
are patents, trademarks and copyrights you ask? Here you will find the answers to the most frequently asked questions
about "intellectual property". |
USDA for Kids - Learn about resource conservation,
gardening and science to farming and food safety. |
USFA Kids Page - The U.S. Fire Administration’s
kids page is full of tips that can help you and your family be safe from fire. Test your knowledge identify fire hazards and
escape planning knowledge. |
Virtual Frog Dissection Kit - This
award-winning interactive program is part of the "Whole Frog" project. You can interactively dissect a (digitized) frog
named Fluffy, make movies, and play the Virtual Frog Builder Game. The interactive Web pages are available in a
number of languages. |
Walk Through Time - Provides information on
ancient calendars, early clocks, revolution in timekeeping, the "Atomic Age" and more. |
Water Drops: Science Fun for Kids in the Water
Environment - This site has a collection of fun facts, games, and projects for
kids to learn about our water environment. Each issue will have a different theme, although all material will relate to the
science of water pollution and clean water. |
Water Science for Schools - This site offers
information on many aspects of water, along with pictures, data, maps, and an interactive center where you can give
opinions and test your water knowledge. |
What's Up With Our Nation's Water?
- Learn about our nation's water supply, how the quality of water is determined, what is measured, what ground water is,
get ideas for science projects and more. |
Whole Frog Project - This award-
winning interactive program is part of the "Whole Frog" project. You can interactively dissect a (digitized) frog named
Fluffy, make movies, and play the Virtual Frog Builder Game. The interactive Web pages are available in a number of
languages. |
Yellowstone National Park Just for Kids - Test your knowledge about Yellowstone National Park. Learn about different animals, plan a visit and
learn about the history of the park. |
Organization Sites (these sites are not maintained by kids.gov
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Alliance to Save Energy Kids Page -
It doesn't matter how young or old you are - you can help your parents reduce home energy use and therefore reduce
their energy bills. Check out stories written for kids by kids participating in the Alliance to Save Energy's Green Schools
program! |
BillNye.com - Fun site that offers
science demonstrations that you can do in the home. |
Cloud Forest Alive - If Africa's not your thing, how
about checking out the cloud forests in Central America? Weekly lessons and a variety of webcams make you feel like
you're actually there! |
Cool Science for Curious Kids - The Howard Hughes
Medical Institute invites curious kids to explore biology...on screen, off screen, and in between. |
Girls Go Tech - Girls in Science, Technology and
Math - During your lifetime you will have to depend more and more on your
understanding of these subjects, but you'll be surprised how much fun you can have, and are already having, with math,
science, and technology. |
Is the Past in your Future? - This site looks at the
importance of and careers in historical archaeology. |
Jason Project: A Living Laboratory -
JASON XIV: From Shore to Sea will engage students and teachers in an exciting journey to explore the unique Channel
Islands region of California. The waters of the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary and the densely populated
California coastline, and will serve as our "laboratory" for studying nature's dynamic systems during the 2002-2003
school year. |
Little MAB - Learn about Biosphere Reserves with
Loustic the Lynx. |
Math-and-Reading-Help-for-
Kids.org - Math and Reading Help for Kids is a directory of original articles,
tips, and resources written just for you. There's also plenty of fun games and lots of homework
help. |
National Engineers Week Future City Completion
- The competition employs a team-based approach for 7th and 8th
grade students to design their city of the future. A computer software system is used to make decisions about existing
and new
technologies and city operations, and watch their city grow. |
Science Fair Project Resource Guide
- The Internet Public Library will guide you to a variety of web site resources, leading you through the necessary steps
to successfully complete a science experiment. If you have never done a science fair project before, be sure and look at
the following websites for tips on what makes a good project before doing anything else. |
The WHY
Files - The Why Files cover issues of science, health, environment and
technology from a unique perspective. Using news and current events as a springboard to explore science and the larger
issues it raises, we hope to show science as a human enterprise and a way of looking at the
world. |
Education Sites (these sites are not maintained by kids.gov *) |
Cyber-Fair - Get some ideas and tips for your next
science project, what makes a good project and important points that should be covered in your
report. |
Exploratorium: Traits of Life - What are the essential
elements of life? How can you distinguish between the living and nonliving world? You can explore these questions and
more at the Exploratorium’s new collection of Life Science exhibits. |
Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) - Learn about GRACE, twin satellites launched in March 2002, are making detailed measurements of
Earth's gravity field which will lead to discoveries about gravity and Earth's natural systems. |
Interactive Frog Dissection - The purpose of this lab
activity is to help you learn the anatomy of a frog and give you a better understanding of the anatomy of vertebrate
animals in general, including humans. |
Commercial Sites (these sites are not maintained by kids.gov
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BBC's Tomorrow's World - Interesting science topics
in Great Britain. |
Brainpop.com - BrainPOP's unique, award-winning
Health, Science and Technology (HS&T;) content is based on original, animated movies created to explain the human
body and the world around us in an engaging, interactive journey for kids. |
Bunsen Bob's Science Hunt - Includes tons of science fair project ideas, tips for creating successful projects, information on how
judges think and what they want to know, advice for your parents, and so much more! |
Discovery School - Information on a variety of topics
presented in a fun manner. |
DiscoveryKids.com - has put together a whole site
about adventure and the adventures we think you should try. Ever wanted to climb a climbing wall? Ride a camel? Learn
to take your own pictures? Well, here is the place to learn how. |
EcoKids Online - EcoKids Program has empowered
youth with environmental knowledge and hands-on activities, and presented this information in fun, exciting ways that
increase awareness and encourage active community involvement. |
Science Fair Central - Get great ideas and tips for
your next science fair or homework project. |
Smog City - Smog City is an interactive air pollution
simulator that shows how your choices, environmental factors, and land use contribute to air pollution. In Smog City
you're in control so your visit can be a healthy or unhealthy experience depending on the decisions you
make. |
Space
Day - Space Day 2001 blasts off on May 3, 2001. Now in its fifth year, it is a
global celebration dedicated to the extraordinary achievements, benefits and opportunities in the exploration and use of
space. The goal of Space Day is to advance science, math, and technology education and to inspire young people to
realize the vision of our space pioneers. |
Weather Eye - Site that has information of weather
and some cool experiments for kids to try. |
Whale
Camp - The Whale Camp's mission is to provide fun and adventuresome
learning experiences in the Bay of Fundy that enhance your appreciation and knowledge of our natural world. They use
the tools of scientific inquiry to learn about the geology of the region, the marine life in the bay, the land based life of
Grand Manan and to explore the human issues involved in the sustainable use of these resources. |
Zooish - Watch the world's animal kingdom come to
life in animation and sound. Learn more about land and sea animals, view space images and listen to the sounds of
nature. |