Exploratorium
http://www.exploratorium.edu
The Exploratorium
web site contains a collection of virtual interactive exhibits, presentations,
activities, and science news from the Exploratorium Museum in San Francisco,
California.
NASA Information
Services
http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov
The National Aeronautics
and Space Administration (NASA) Homepage is the world's most comprehensive web
site dealing with space and space exploration. Beware: This site is extensive
and you can find yourself spending many hours in awe looking at space photos and
learning about the many famous NASA missions. This site has some of the most
impressive graphics and quicktime movies on the web!
Discovery Channel
Online
http://www.discovery.com/
Discovery
Channel Online is a fantastic web magazine for all people interested in science
and technology. New articles are put online daily. A great enrichment
resource for all science classrooms.
Hands-On Science
Centers World Wide
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mwm/sci.html
Hands-On Science
Centers World Wide lets you visit a long list of science museums virtually!
Smithsonian
Institution
http://www.si.edu/
The Smithsonian Institution in
Washington, DC is the Nation's attic online. The Space and Science Museum and the
Natural History Museum may be of particular interest.
National
Geographic Online
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
This
site provides many different types of resources. The main features of the
magazine are online. The site also offers activities geared to younger children
and information about the National Geographic Society. The Resources
section will be useful for both students and teachers. Students can research
topics such as environmental issues, careers, and famous biologists. Teachers can
find lesson plans for environmental issues.
North Carolina
Museum of Life and
Science
http://ils.unc.edu/NCMLS/ncmls.html
This is the home
page of the North Carolina Museum of Life and Science. The site contains information on museum
exhibits and attractions.
Science
Adventures: The Guide to Informal Science
Centers
http://www.scienceadventures.org/
Science
Museum of Minnesota
http://www.sci.mus.mn.us/
You Can With Beakman and Jax
http://www.beakman.com/
This website has engaging at-home science experiments and science links.
Science
Friday
http://www.npr.org/programs/scifri/
Science Friday is
a National Public Radio program for people interested in current science issues. The program menu
allows one to listen to the weekly program, read questions related to the program,
and get suggestions for further study.
Newton's
APPLE
http://ericir.syr.edu/Projects/Newton/
Newton's APPLE
is a long-running PBS science show. The site is not very fancy, but surfing
through the episodes will yield some excellent home science activities.
Bill Nye the Science Guy
http://nyelabs.kcts.org
Bill Nye the Science Guy is a
Disney science TV show. One can read today's episode and research previous
episodes. A current news portion includes science news and science of sports
sections. A daily demo safe for kids to do is related to the news or the current
episode. Film clips and sounds of science involve downloading files. Œ
Scientific American
Frontiers
http://www.pbs.org/saf/
This site offers a forum
where you can post your opinion about one of the shows. Teachers can get teacher
guides to each show and also access online activity based on each show. There is
a "related links" section which offers hyper text links for each show of the
season. Students can post questions to the scientists involved in each show.
PBS
TeacherSource
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/
This site
includes lesson plans and activities for incorporating PBS programming into
classroom curriculum.