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 2014
Critters: Wet and Dry
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http://nationalzoo.si.edu/
Best site ever! Information on animals, research and conservation. The kids will love
the webcams and videos.
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http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/
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Webcam of penguins is the best. A lot of information on sea creatures, ocean research.
 http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/
animals-and-experiences
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Goes straight to the Animals and Experiences page at The Monterey Bay Aquarium.
http://www.wvdnr.gov/Wildlife/wdpintro.s
htm
Official site WV Virginia Department of Natural Resources Wildlife. Some kids activities on Kids
Zone page.
Critters 2: More Good Sites
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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.
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http://www.nwf.org/
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Great photographs of wildlife and features on conservation.
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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.
On Shaky Ground: Earthquakes, etc.
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http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/kids/
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The Kids page of the U.S. Geological Survey. It has news, games, recent earthquake
information and more
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http://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.
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http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/
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USGS site in volcano activity in the United States, interesting features and information.
Volcanos Rock!
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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.
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http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/kids
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The kids page at Volcano world.
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http://geologydegree.org/sites-that-rock/
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Lists 105 Geology websites “that rock!”
That’s Deep!
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http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/welcome.ht
ml
National 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.ht
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The education site with information for teacher and students and a great games portal.
http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/edu
cation
The education site from the Monterey Bay Aquarium, the Games and Activities pages is good.
One Small Step:
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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/kids
club/flash/index.html
The Kids’ page on the NASA site. Information and games for different ages, information for
parents and educators.
http://stardate.org/
Website for the radio show, has past broadcasts, features on Astronomy, lesson plans, activities
and tips on star gazing.
Another Small Step
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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.
General Science
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http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/
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National Geographic, enough said!
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http://kids.discovery.com/home
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Great 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://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/
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.
More General Science
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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 experiments
http://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.
http://invention.smithsonian.org/centerpie
ces/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 inventions
Even More General Science
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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 the http://kids.usa.gov/ site
Hostile Environment?
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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/kid
spage.shtml
The National Weather Services’ site for kids all about atmospheric and weather science. The
National Weather Service is a part of NOAA.
http://www.climate.gov/teaching
More for teachers, this site contains “Reviewed resources for teaching about climate and
energy”
Body of Proof
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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
http://nih.gov/science/education.htm
Site kids form the National Institute of Heath containing activities and link on fitness and health
especially for youth.