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Science Websites for Kids

And other Science Freaks and Geeks who love to Fizz! Boom! Read!Presented by Professor S. McGinley who has a Masters Degree in Science!(Library Science)Spring Fling 2014Slide2

Critters: Wet and Dry

http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Best site ever! Information on animals, research and conservation. The kids will love the webcams and videos.http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/Webcam of penguins is the best. A lot of information on sea creatures, ocean research.

http://

www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals-and-experiences

Goes straight to the Animals and Experiences page at The Monterey Bay Aquarium.

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www.wvdnr.gov/Wildlife/wdpintro.shtm

Official site WV Virginia Department of Natural Resources Wildlife. Some kids activities on Kids Zone page.Slide3

Critters 2: More Good Sites

http://www.nwf.org/Kids/Ranger-Rick.aspx The Kids’ section of the National Wildlife Federation, this site has a lot on good information on North American wild life and conservation.http://www.nwf.org/Great photographs of wildlife and features on conservation.http

://web4.audubon.org/educate/kids

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Kids page of the National Audubon Society. Games, quizzes, pictures and webcams about North American birds.Slide4

On Shaky Ground: Earthquakes, etc.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/kids/The Kids page of the U.S. Geological Survey. It has news, games, recent earthquake information and more

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www.usgs.gov/state/state.asp?State=WV

The West Virginia page for the USGS, not really for kids, but older students might find it interesting and useful.

http

://volcanoes.usgs.gov

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USGS site in volcano activity in the United States, interesting features and information.Slide5

Volcanos Rock!

http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/My favorite volcano site. Has information about volcanos all over the world, including current eruptions, satellite images, a glossary of volcano terms and more.http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/kidsThe kids page at Volcano world.

http

://geologydegree.org/sites-that-rock

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Lists 105 Geology websites “that rock!”Slide6

That’s Deep!

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/welcome.htmlNational Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration’s Ocean explore site. Contains information on their expeditions and programs. Great images of sea life and ship wrecks.http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education.htmlThe education site with information for teacher and students and a great games portal.

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www.montereybayaquarium.org/education

The education site from the Monterey Bay Aquarium, the Games and Activities pages is good.Slide7

One Small Step:

http://www.nasa.gov/Very cool page! Information on space and the Space Program, a page for educators, a link to NASA TV which has presentations and news conferences, a link to the Space Station’s view of Earth!http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/kidsclub/flash/index.html

The Kids’ page on the NASA site. Information and games for different ages, information for parents and educators.

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://stardate.org

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Website for the radio show, has past broadcasts, features on Astronomy, lesson plans, activities and tips on star gazing. Slide8

Another Small Step

http://howthingsfly.si.edu/From the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, a great site that explains all things airborne.http://earthsky.org/

Site for the radio program, features information on all types of science including astronomy, geology, nanotechnology, dinosaurs and more. Slide9

General Science

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/National Geographic, enough said!http://kids.discovery.com/homeGreat site for all kinds of Science, for pet parasite

mentioned in Chapter 3, click

games, scroll down

to Just

for

Fun and click More

Just

for Fun.

http

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www.acs.org/kids

American Chemical Society’s kids pages has great games and activities about Chemistry and Physics for all your budding Dr. Sheldon Coopers.

http

://www.billnye.com/for-kids-teachers

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We all love Bill Nye the Science Guy, For Simple machines mentioned in Chapter 3, go to Episode guides and click on title under Physics.Slide10

More General Science

http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/Steve Spangler is a popular commercial site. For the Mentos and Diet Coke video, mentioned in Chapter 4 click on the LAB – Experiments and look in most viewed experimentshttp://science.energy.gov/The site for the Us Department of Energy, Not really for Kids, both has good information on all aspects of energy science.

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invention.smithsonian.org/centerpieces/sparklab/spark-experiments.html

Site for the Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation at the Smithsonian Museum of American History. Contains experiments and activities for number of grade level s and information about Inventors and their inventionsSlide11

Even More General Science

http://qrius.si.edu/Exploration site form the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History with activities in biology, astronomy, geology and scientific method among other cool things.http://kids.usa.gov/science/index.shtml“A safe place to learn and play”. Has information and activities on all sorts of Science topics. Part

of

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://kids.usa.gov

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Hostile Environment?

http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/Kids site of the National Institute of Environmental Sciences division of the National Institute of Health. Has lots of information and activities on pollution, recycling, and other environmental concerns. http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/reachout/kidspage.shtml

The National Weather Services’ site for kids all about atmospheric and weather science. The National Weather Service is a part of NOAA.

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www.climate.gov/teaching

More for teachers, this

site contains

“Reviewed

resources for teaching about climate and

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Body of Proof

http://kidshealth.org/kid/All about kid’s bodies. For the Digestives system mentioned in Chapter 3, click “How the Body works “ and click on the stomach.http://headsup.scholastic.com/Website provides the latest lessons and worksheet printables, as well as all previous lessons and printables in the Heads Up series. From The National Institute on Drug Abuse in conjunction with

Scholastic

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nih.gov/science/education.htm

Site kids form the National Institute of Heath containing activities and link on fitness and health especially for youth.