The Great Idea Finder
This site provides a showcase for new ideas and inventions, profiles of inventors, invention facts and trivia, and resources for the inventor. (Grades: 6-12)
Girlstart
Girlstart is a nonprofit organization that promotes science-, math-, and technology-related skills for girls. The Web site is a gathering place for middle school-age girls. (Grades: 6-8)
Butterflies 2000: On the Wings of Freedom
This is a comprehensive site about butterflies created by an international team of three students for the ThinkQuest competition. (Grades: K-12)
eNature.com
This site has a comprehensive collection of field guides to plant and animal species, habitat guides, an ask-the-expert section, and more. (Grades: K-12)
Genetic Science Learning Center
The University of Utah Eccles Institute of Human Genetics and School of Medicine and the Utah Museum of Natural History developed this site. It offers information on beginning genetics, Web-based lessons, thematic units, and interactive student pages. (Grades: 5-12+)
Arty the Part Time Astronaut
This interactive site offers plenty of interesting information about our solar system in a fun and easy-to-use format. There is a companion book and CD-ROM, but the site provides enough engaging activities to easily stand on its own. (Grades: K-6)
Endangered Earth
Endangered Earth is a source of information, pictures, and videos about many endangered species. (Grades: K-12)
Butterflies On-Line
Third graders at Jack Hulland Elementary School, in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada, have put together an impressive site on butterfly metamorphosis. It includes video, interactive activities, and educational resources for teachers. (Grades: K-5)
Ace on the Case: Secrets @ Sea
This interactive online game explores an ocean theme. It is hosted by the Vancouver Aquarium and is free for classroom or individual use. (Grades: 3-8)
The Tide Pool Page
The Tide Pool Page is an extensive resource for studying tide pools and the organisms that inhabit them. (Grades: 3-12)
SpaceKids
SpaceKids is a comprehensive space site that includes movies, photos, interactive games, space facts, and space mission news. (Grades: 5-8)
VolcanoWorld
This site is the ULTIMATE information source about volcanoes. (Grades: K-12)
WebMolecules
This Web site, maintained by the Molecular Arts Corporation, is an excellent research tool for chemistry students. It contains a searchable database of more than 210,000 three-dimensional molecular models. (Grades: 9-12+)
A Guided Tour of the Visible Human
This site, based on the digitized images of the Visible Human Project, tours the human body using animation and images "to demonstrate planes of section and other introductory concepts in anatomy." (Grades: 9-12+)
Greatest Engineering Achievements of the 20th Century
The Greatest Engineering Achievements of the 20th Century chronicles the technological accomplishments of the century that helped shape our world today. (Grades: 3-12)
Turtle Trax
This site is devoted to the promotion and preservation of the marine turtle. It includes videos, essays, general information, and photographs. (Grades: K-12)
Explore Zone
The site features daily updates on the latest innovations, the coolest discoveries, and hottest events in the world of Earth, space, and weather science. (Grades: 3-12)
How Stuff Works
Have you ever wondered how a car engine works, what gears do, or what makes the inside of a refrigerator cold? Then How Stuff Works is the place for you! (Grades: 7-12)
Cool Science for Curious Kids
Check out this fun and interactive site that was created to help kids appreciate science. (Grades: K-3)
NOVA
The Nova Web site comes from the Australian Academy of Science and provides units of information to help explain science issues in the news. (Grades: 9-12)
How Things Work
This Web site explains physics concepts and laws using everyday life examples. Users can submit questions to be answered or read those already asked. (Grades: 3-12)
Chem 4 Kids!
This Web site simplifies chemistry for younger students and others wishing to learn more about the subject matter. (Grades: 3-8)
Nye Labs Online
This is Bill Nye, The Science Guy's website. The site basically follows the concept of the television show, that "science is cool", and uses the latest technology on the internet. (Grades: K-4)
Exploratorium
This site will give teachers and students alike ideas, lessons, and information galore. (Grades: K-12)
Discovery Channel School
A great resource for teachers and students to integrate Discovery Channel programming into their curriculum. (Grades: K-12)
The Nine Planets
Herein lies a mini-encyclopedia our Solar System, as well as information about other solar systems too. (Grades: 3-12)
NASA Home Page
There is an amazing amount of information on these pages, you will find answers to all your questions relating from earth science to space science to space technology. (Grades: 3-12)
Social Studies
CNNfyi.com
CNNfyi is a free news and information Web site geared toward students and teachers in grades six through 12. (Grades: 6-12)
Straight Scoop News Bureau (SSNB)
The goal of the Straight Scoop News Bureau is "to provide student journalists with information about the realities of drugs and drug abuse." (Grades: 6-12)
WWW.4Kids.org
WWW4 Kids.org is the companion site to the newspaper article of the same name that is published weekly in 130 newspapers in the U.S. Canada and Japan. (Grades: K-5)
Great Kids
A Web site for kids that highlights other kids doing great things. (Grades: 3-8)
Children's Express
Children's Express is a place for children to speak out on issues and topics that affect their lives and future. (Grades: 4-12)
Software
TuKids
Here, you can download freeware, shareware, and demo versions of childrens software, and its all screened and rated! (Grades: K-12)
European Distant Suns
European Distant Suns is the Web site for an excellent planetarium software program, available with a downloadable demo version. (Grades: 11-12+)
American Sign Language
Ever want to learn American Sign Language? Here's an ASL Fingerspelling Dictionary with cool animated hands! Not only that, there's also an ASL Fingerspelling Converter where you can type a word that is then converted into sign language. (Grades: K-12)
Gazillionaire
This is a wacky way to learn about the world of finance. In this free shareware game, Gazillionaire, you become "an intergalactic wheeler-dealer rocketing among the 7 planets of Kukubia as the head of your own trading company." (Grades: 5-12)
Intelligent Child (TM)
The Intelligent Child (TM) Web site was created by the Intelligent Child (TM) educational software company to promote science education. Users can play games, pose questions, or try experiments. (Grades: 1-6)
Peregrine Publishers, Inc.
The main find at this site is reviews of educational software. (Grades: 9-12+)
Super Kids
SuperKids is an online magazine which provides reviews and ratings of educational software, articles about educational issues, and interviews with "visionaries and policy makers." (Grades: K-12)