SCIENCE FAIR - Helpful Websites
General
• www.sciencebuddies.org
• www.showboard.com
• http://school.discovery.com/sciencefaircentral
• www.discoveryschool.com
• http://www.nationalacademies.org/education/index.html
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Science Supplies
www.sciencestuff.com
Texas-Specific Sources
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Texas Education Agency – Science http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index2.aspx?id=5483
The US Geological Society, Science in your backyard, Texas http://www.usgs.gov/state/state.asp?State=TX
Cibolo Nature Center, Boerne, TX - http://www.cibolo.org/
The Witte Museum, San Antonino, TX - http://www.wittemuseum.org/
University of Texas, Austin - http://www.utexas.edu/tmm/
Alamo Regional Academy of Science and Engineering - http://www.arase.org/
Science Information
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The Energy Story - http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/story/index.html
Model Rocketry - www.lunar.org http://www.apogeerockets.com/index.asp Low cost
Rocket launcher instructions- http://nar.org/NARTS/mahler/ultra.html
For Kids only - People, Land, Air, Water, Natural Disasters
http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/
Interesting presentation of the mechanics of the heart and lungs:
http://www.smm.org/heart/heart/top.html
Lawrence Hall of Science’s interactive science site
http://scienceview.berkeley.edu/showcase/
Physics and Astronomy Online - http://www.physlink.com/Index.cfm
Starchild - a good introduction to the universe.
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html
California’s Earth-related agencies and organizations:
http://teachearth.com/states/California.html
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An international science education program http://www.globe.gov/fsl/welcome.html
Monterey Bay Aquarium - http://www.mbayaq.org
Image database of Earth from NASA http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/
Guidelines for building birdhouses:
http://birds.cornell.edu/birdhouse/bhbasics/bhbasics_index.html
Natural History Notebooks - http://www.nature.ca/notebooks/english/mon2.htm
Crafts for kids - http://www.zoomwhales.com/crafts/
Virtual tour of Earth Sciences, from Bigelow labs - http://www.bigelow.org/virtual/
Developmental Studies Center - http://www.devstu.org/afterschoolkidzscience?gclid=CIGGsO6N1a0CFSJjTAod4R7mkg
General science fair project ideas - http://www.jimloy.com/science/sfair.htm
Space Exploration Information
Winner of the X-Prize - Burt Rutan’s SpaceshipOne http://www.scaled.com/
Saturn Fun Facts -Cassini - Huygens mission to Saturn - see the strange yet familiar
looking world of Titan - http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/kids/
Get the latest on the Mars rovers:
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/index.html General info.
http://origin.mars5.jpl.nasa.gov/home/ Spirit and Opportunity info.
http://athena.cornell.edu/ Science instruments on the rovers.
http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/m2k4/frameset.html Mars multimedia.
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Stardust spacecraft captures part of a comet: http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/
Voyager spacecraft now in their 27th Year! http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/
Other spacecraft Missions: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/
NASA TV on the web:
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/MM_NTV_Web.html
NASA TV Schedule :
http://spacelink.nasa.gov/NASA.News/NASA.Television.Schedules/.index.html
3D spacecraft imaging: http://www.fourth-millennium.net/stereo-spacecraft/3dindex.html
Astronaut photo database of Earth: http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/sseop/clickmap/
International Space Station and Shuttle information:
http://www.spaceflight.nasa.gov/home/index.html
A new private company with big space plans. Will you be the next person to go into
space?
Online space news: http://spaceflightnow.com/index.html
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A great website for current information - http://planetary.org/
Windows on the Universe - http://www.windows.ucar.edu/
Make your own Planisphere or SkyClock http://www.lhs.berkeley.edu/starclock/skywheel.html
Free SkyMaps for each month with current Planet info - http://www.skymaps.com/
Check out telescope and optic gear - the (free) Ebay for Astronomy
http://www.astromart.com/classifieds/
Telescope Reviews http://www.cloudynights.com