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The following resources are divided into General Science, which covers a wide array of topic areas, and then into specific areas of science. Each is then separated into Interactive Sites which rely on technology to fuel the lesson and resources, which may or may not be interactive, but are usually a great find either way.
General Science Science WebQuests Inventions and Inventing Interactive Games Life Science Earth Science Physical Science Health and Physical Education General Science
Interactive Sites
BrainPop
BrainPOP features Science, Math, English, Health and Technology subjects that correspond to National Science, English and Math Standards for 3-8 grades. Each subject contains a 2-4 minute Animated Movie, an Interactive Quiz, an Experiment, a Comic Strip, a How-to hands on application, a Timeline and a print-able Activity Page. Students can view up to two videos a day for free or your school can choose to purchase a year School Pass for unlimited access.Jefferson Lab
A great resource! Teacher Resources, Student Zone, Games and Puzzles, and more. Jefferson Lab's "Who Wants to Win $1,000,000" has been popular. Check out in the Jefferson Lab Virtual Tour of "How do scientists explore inside atoms?" in the Student Zone.scirus.com
The search engines only touch 10% of what sites you can go to.
scirus.com just searches science documents.Weekly Reader.com
Go here to find a great science trivia section. The questions are similar to the content on the MEA. Great brain teaser. One use would be to have the teacher take the quiz, get a score, and see if students can beat the teacher's score.Great Resources- Some interactive, some just great lessons.
Frank Potter's Science Gems-An excellent site on a variety of science topics.Check out the WebQuest section!
The Science Center - This site is dedicated to providing teachers with the materials and resources they need to effectively discuss scientific and envirionmental topics in the classroom.The Science Center features great lessons plans and classroom activities, provides educators with a Teacher Lounge where they can share information and discuss the latest issues and features an electronic mailing list which keeps teachers up-to-date on the latest news and events.
The Yuckiest Site-Offers K-8 educators high-quality resources and activities suitable for their classrooms.Yucky's subjects, such as the human body, environment,recycling and insects, are designed to encourage scientific inquiry and critical thinking skills and are organized according to topic and appropriate grade level.
The Education Place Activity Search-Here you will find a searchable database of 400+ original K-8 classroom activities and lesson plans for teachers and parents.Visitors can search for activities by both curriculum area (math, language arts, social studies, science, art) and grade level.
K-12 Science Lesson Plans-K-12 teachers of science in the school districts near UC Irvine have been designing lesson plans that utilize Internet/WWW resources. Some of these lesson plans are traditional in approach and some are quite innovative in the methods adopted for incorporating the resources into their classrooms. Each lesson plan has the same general format with one or more links to WWW resources that are to be incorporated into the activities as suggested.
MCCPTA - On-Line Resources for Science (K-5) The following WWW sites are a compilation of sites that directly relate to science subjects, lesson plans, and curriculum topics, with the majority selected primarily for the K-5 grade subjects. There are lesson plans or curriculum units on science topics that were intended for the 6-12 grades at these same sites, and a number of higher grade sites under the Environmental sciences area. There is an amazing amount of information to be found here. It is well worth taking a look!
Sullivan Middle School Science Webquest Site
UCI Summer Science Institute WebQuests-1998
Science Webquests at MiddleSchool.net
Science Middle School Webquests
Science Webquests from ed.helper.com
Email suggestions and comments to Kelly at karsenault@middlemaine.org