The island of PHYSICA presents the game Mecanika, which helps players intuitively learn about concepts in kinematics and dynamics. Visitors will also discover a virtual lab where they can explore the effects of impulses, acceleration and gravity on moving objects. (12/28/13 09:45)

 

Pirates of the Lodestone Okay, Matey! We need the keys to the treasure chest. Use your understanding of magnetic fields and materials to collect all the keys and open the chest in this fun experiment with magnets. (12/21/13 09:45)

 

PBS Learning Media: Basketball Physics In this video two MS students investigate why some basketball shots go in and why others do not. They design an experiment  and use a video camera to help them track and graph the arc of the shots as the ball approaches the hoop. (12/21/13 09:40)

 

Make Your Own Temperature Scale Students learn about the difference between temperature and thermal energy. They build a thermometer using simple materials and develop their own scale for measuring temperature. Then compare their thermometer to a commercial thermometer, and get a sense for why engineers need to understand the properties of thermal energy. (12/14/13 11:16)

 

jsTIfied is an online TI-73, TI-76.fr, TI-81, TI-82, TI-82 Stats.fr, TI-83, TI-83+, TI-83+SE, TI-84+, and TI-84+SE emulator written in JS/HTML5. It is an exact functioning replica of a real graphing calculator, so you can use it for math, graphing, statistics, programming, and more. (12/7/13 11:07)

 

The ChemCollective is a collection of virtual labs, scenario-based learning activities, tutorials, and concept tests. Teachers can use the content for pre-labs, alternatives to textbook homework, and in-class activities for individuals or teams. Students can review and learn chemistry concepts using the virtual labs, simulations, and tutorials. The ChemCollective is organized by a group of faculty and staff at Carnegie Mellon. (12/7/13 11:02)

 

Get Physical covers a wide range of topics in physics and explains them in a way that kids ages 7-11 can readily understand. Study electricity, sound, light, friction, and magnets with experiments for home or school, vocabulary, a quiz, worksheets, and an image bank. (11/30/13 10:06)

 

Explore Recycle City to see how the people of the town reduce waste, use less energy, and even save money by doing simple things at home, at work, and in their neighborhoods. (11/23/13 09:49)

 

Bridges from The Science Museum touches on why bridges have been built over the years, but the bulk of this lesson will address the 'hows' of bridge building. How can a load be supported when crossing a gap; how can basic designs be adapted, using new ideas and new materials to extend the reach of a bridge; how can functionality be retained while the form of a bridge is made more pleasing?, etc. Included are photographs of various kinds of bridges, as well as diagrams showing how the physics of bridges. (9/21/13 10:05)

 

BBC: Brainsmart takes you inside the human brain to see what happens when you learn something new. Get tips on how to keep your brain healthy by eating right, getting enough sleep, and exercising. There are also suggestions on how to activate your memory and make it work efficiently while helping you learn better. After you’ve followed these suggestions, click on the topic, “success,” to see how you can succeed in school and other parts of your life by using the memory techniques. (9/7/13 10:28)

 

Virtual Experiments are multi-dimensional nonlinear movies of real experiments that are web-delivered in your ordinary browser. The user has full control of various experimental parameters so that he or she can carry out the experiment on their PC just as if they were remotely controlling the real experiment. VEs are not simulations, and whatever science may be discovered in the real experiment can also be discovered in the VE. (9/7/13 10:13)

 

Kids for Saving the Earth involves kids in learning about the environment and about ways they can act to show their concern. Find out about global warming and why it is a problem, learn how to use less energy and what constitutes renewable energy, and find activities to that support this information. Take the Garbage Challenge and compete with your friends to see who can reduce, reuse, and recycle the most. (8/30/13 09:30)

 

The ChemCollective is a collection of virtual labs, scenario-based learning activities, tutorials, and concept tests. Teachers can use the content for pre-labs, for alternatives to textbook homework, and for in-class activities for individuals or teams. Students can review and learn chemistry concepts using virtual labs, simulations, and tutorials. (8/24/13 10:32)

 

The Girls Go Tech Initiative encourages girls to develop an early interest in math, science and technology and, ultimately maintain that interest as they mature to ensure a more diverse, dynamic and productive workforce, this STEM program provides engineering and robotics hands-on learning experiences to girls in grades K-8. (8/17/13 10:18)

 

NASA’s Women in STEM High School Aerospace Scholars (WISH) program gives young women the opportunity to see science and engineering out in the real world, with NASA as the context. The young women collaborate with other females from across the country on a unique design project while stationed at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. (8/17/13 10:14)

 

Minerals Ed: Teacher Resources has a large collection of resources for you to use. There is an interactive from BBC that reviews rocks and the rock cycle, a series of activities for grades K-12 from the Society of Paleontologists and Mineralogists, a link to the US Geological site, lesson plans compiled by the Geological Society of America, and guide books for geology field trips. (8/10/13 10:07)

 

PhysicsCentral engages children with the Spectra series of physics-based comic books that follow the titular middle school superhero with all of the powers of a laser beam. Comics one through four can be read online for free, and the fifth book will be released in 2013. (7/27/13 09:52)

 

Zygote Body presents a fully-explorable 3D body. You can move around and zoom in, like in Google Earth. The slider on the left hand side lets you reveal different body systems, such as the muscular, skeletal, digestive and nervous. You can turn labels on or off. Combine this with desktop annotation and image capture and annotate to label organs and systems, or to just explore different organs in detail. This will be great for teaching about the human body with an interactive whiteboard. (7/12/13 10:34)

 

Water: H₂0=Life explores water, its availability, the threats to clean water, and ways to be better stewards of this precious resource. The educators’ guide and materials support the information in the online exhibition. Nor Any Drop to Drink shows how kids in sub-Saharan Africa, while playing, help to pump water from deep water wells with the PlayPump. The American Museum of Natural History. (7/12/13 10:23)

 

The Macaulay Library is the world's largest and oldest scientific archive of biodiversity audio and video recordings. Their mission is to collect and preserve recordings of each species' behavior and natural history, to facilitate the ability of others to collect and preserve such recordings, and to actively promote the use of these recordings for diverse purposes spanning scientific research, education, conservation, and the arts. (6/15/13 09:41)

 

Who Am I? Welcome to Thingdom Learn about genetics with this interactive game from the Science Museum. Adopt one of many cute little “things” and, after nurturing it to maturity, you can start breeding it, select traits you find desirable, and choose the offspring that will help you win the game. Along the way you will learn about traits, cells, chromosomes, DNA, and genes. As you meet various breeding and genetic challenges, you unlock various zones. Visit all the zones to finally win. (6/8/13 09:55)

 

Engineer a Dam explores the function and engineering of dams and how they have many uses and solve many problems in the world. Students work in teams to engineer their own dam structure in a classroom water trough that has the ability to release water in a controlled manner, as might be used in irrigation. Students present their plans to the class, execute and test their dams, and reflect on the experience. (6/8/13 09:37)

 

Science of Baseball See if you can hit a 90 mph fast ball, read about how the human body reacts to the speed of the pitch and actually hit it, other activities will help you understand the science behind baseball. Pick a famous baseball player and see how his statistics would change over different time periods. (5/24/13 10:19)

 

 Formulasheet.com Search for formulas. Upload your formulas with a single click. Create formulas from scratch using an intuitive equation editor. (5/24/13 10:05)

 

 WriteLaTeX is a free service that lets you create, edit & share your scientific ideas easily online using LaTeX, a comprehensive & powerful tool for scientific writing. (aadttm )

 

Bubble Gum Chemistry Students will learn to calculate the percentage composition of various compounds. As an extension they will then devise a similar method to calculate the percentage of sugar in various types of bubble gum. (4/26/13 10:46)

 

Acid (and Base) Rainbows Students are introduced to the differences between acids and bases and how to use indicators, such as pH paper and red cabbage juice, to distinguish between them. They learn why it is important for engineers to understand acids and bases. (4/6/13 15:12)

 

Using equipment safely is important in any laboratory situation. This website introduces the Bunsen Burner and explains how to use it safely. Learn how to light the burner and adjust the flame. One section shows how to heat substances of different sizes. Included is a quiz that covers each procedure. (4/6/13 15:09)

 

Which Way Is North? is an activity that allows students to develop skills in understanding location by exploring a variety of unique geological formations using Quicktime Virtual Reality (QTVR) panoramas and topographic maps. Twelve different locations are provided for your exploration. As you examine the topographic maps and QuickTime Virtual Reality movies, pay attention to differences in the topography to determine which way is north. (3/23/13 10:10)

 

Symbolab is a semantic web search engine for math and science that allows users to search for equations, formulas, and expressions using mathematical symbols and scientific notations as well as full text search. The goal of the site is to provide the most relevant search results that are theoretically and semantically similar, rather than visually. Symbolab indexes the full text and equations of online encyclopedias, dictionaries, academic publications, lectures, books and more currently covering mathematics, physics, and chemistry. (2/23/13 11:12)

 

Discover the nanoscience and the new applications of nanotechnologies at NANOYOU. Learn more about nanoscience and NT's through different resources such as videos, presentations, and posters, as well as visiting picture galleries and art projects related to nanoscience and NT. (1/12/13 10:10)

 

Based at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, The Why Files explores the science, math, and technology behind the news of the day, and presents those topics in a clear, accessible and accurate manner. The Why Files produces a new story each week, alternating longer features with shor

ter shorties. Included is a series of interactive science animations, the ever-popular “Cool Science Images,” a series of Teacher Activity Pages linked to the national science teaching standards, The Weather Guys, and Curiosities. (1/4/13 09:24)

 

ONLINE PERIODIC TABLE takes the pain out of finding elements, looking up their properties, and viewing trends. A fully searchable and powerful online periodic table. (12/29/12)

 

Nowgen is a centre of excellence in public engagement, education, and professional training in biomedicine. Nowgen carries out dedicated education work as part of its wider Public Programmes remit. Their education work focuses on engaging directly with the formal education system – in particular, biology taught in schools. (12/15/12 10:15)

 

Chemcraft:Periodic Table iPad app contains over 30 details about each known element and it's designed with students in mind. Features such as graphical representation of important proprieties, a web browser linked to Wikipedia, a built-in calculator and a "how-to" guide will help in any situation. The elements can be arranged alphabetically, by atomic number or by element category helping the user better remember the details. (11/9/12 10:25)

 

NASA Wavelength is your pathway into a digital collection of Earth and space science resources for educators of all levels. These resources, developed through funding of the NASA Science Mission Directorate, have undergone a peer-review process through which educators and scientists ensure the content is accurate and useful in an educational setting. Use NASA Wavelength to quickly and easily locate resources, connect them to other websites using atom feeds, and even share the resources you discover with others through social media and email. (11/2/12 10:59)

 

Extreme Weather on Our Planet What is weather like on Earth? What conditions lead to extreme weather events? Learning objectives, teaching methods, and connections to national science education standards are all part of this lesson from National Geographics Education. The lesson takes about 30 minutes and everything you need is right on the site. (10/6/12 09:57) 

 

Math/Science Nucleus is a non-profit educational and research organization composed of scientists, educators, and community members. It serves as an online science resource center to assist school districts, teachers, and administrators around the world. The major goal is to develop problem solving capacity through science for the world's children. (9/15/12 10:46)

 

Understanding Science provides a fun, accessible, and free resource that accurately communicates what science is and how it really works. Science affects us all everyday, but people often feel cut off from science. Science is an intensely human endeavor, but many portrayals gloss over the passion, curiosity, and even rivalries and pitfalls that characterize all human ventures. Understanding Science gives users an inside look at the general principles, methods, and motivations that underlie all of science. (9/8/12 11:24)

 

The Biology Project: Chemicals & Human Health demonstrates the effects chemicals have on human health. The activity includes an experiment that asks students to analyze how second-hand smoke affects the development of lungs and human health. The project addresses how metals affect kidneys, how chemicals affect human health, and the basics of lung anatomy and function. (8/24/12 10:33)

 

Global Climate Change You can explore scientific data relating to the atmosphere, the oceans, the areas covered by ice and snow, and the living organisms in all these domains. You’ll also get a sense of how scientists study natural phenomena—how researchers gather evidence, test theories, and come to conclusions. (8/24/12 09:47)

 

Science Museum: Your Brain covers a variety of brain-related topics including how the brain works, what the brain does, how the brain grows, language, memory, and more. Find out what part of your brain controls your emotions and read about problems with extreme emotions. Learn about dreaming, sleep cycles, the amount of sleep you need, and how you know it’s time to sleep. (7/21/12)

 

Cylinders and Scale Students need to see the patterns of scaled growth in different shapes before they can understand the universality of scaling patterns. Using a film canister and common products, explore the relationship of increasing length, area and volume of cylinders in two lessons. (7/7/12 10:35)

 

The Species Of Human Evolution The evolution from ape to man can be divided into several species of ape-men. Here you can read about those different species of our possible ancestors in thumbnail sketches of many of the precursors of man. A short quiz reviews the information. From Thinkquest. (6/23/12 09:46)

 

Physion is a 2D Physics simulation software. It can be used to easily create a wide range of interactive physics simulations and educational experiments. Teachers may find it particularly useful since it can be used as a virtual physics laboratory through which they can demonstrate some basic physics concepts in the classroom. (6/16/12 10:27)

 

The Gene School is the place to study the science of genetics. Learn about the foundation of genetics starting with Robert Hooks' discovery of cells in 1655. Read about Gregor Mendel, the father of genetics. Learn the basics of genetics including DNA replication, cell division, and protein synthesis. Discover why creating dinosaurs--like in the movie Jurassic Park--is not possible. There's an impressive glossary, experiments, quizzes, games, polls, and links for teachers. (6/9/12 08:14)

 

Ask a Scientist connects you to some of the top scientists in the country, and each of them is connected to the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Get answers to questions about medicine, human biology, animals, biochemistry, microbiology, genetics, or evolution. (6/9/12 08:07)

 

Map of Life is a knowledge-base and platform for species distribution map development, along with a set of tools for querying, accessing, downloading and summarizing them. The current release allows you to explore globally the geographic distributions for any terrestrial vertebrate species (as well as North American freshwater fish). (6/1/12 08:43)

 

Yup'ik Tundra Navigation The Yup'ik native Alaskans have navigated the tundra for centuries using a combination of mathematics and environmental information. This website provides the opportunity to explore some of the indigenous navigation techniques of the Yup'ik. (5/26/12 09:32)

 

The Science of Cycling is a large website with over 20 pages in six main sections, 20 audio and video clips, interactive javascripts, and lots of images focusing on the science behind the sport of cycling. You'll also find information on the history and unique culture of cycling. (5/19/12 10:16)

 

Neuroscience for Kids has been created for all students and teachers who would like to learn about the nervous system. 

Discover the exciting world of the brain, spinal cord, neurons and the senses. Use the experiments, activities and games to help you learn about the nervous system. There are plenty of links to other web sites for you to explore. (4/21/12 12:54)

 

Stuff of Life focuses on cells as the essence of life itself. You can explore the inner working of a cell with "The Cell Explorer," a set of interactive exhibits. You can download a poster showing how your muscles work. An interview with scientist/artist David Goodsell points out connections between art and science. An article discusses the common origins of specialized cells. (4/21/12 12:31)

 

Smithsonian WILD! is designed to showcase some of the exciting research conducted by the Smithsonian Institution and its collaborators around the world, and to highlight the incredible diversity of wildlife that exists in a range of habitats across the globe. (4/7/12 13:32)

 

Interactive Biology is all about breaking down the concepts in biology so that if a freshman in high school wants to understand graduate-level neurobiology, with enough discipline, she could do so. (3/31/12 13:53)

 

Rough Science from PBS Five scientists are challenged to put their collective scientific knowledge to practical use. Transported to isolated locations, they are presented with a series of tasks, with two notable restrictions: they must complete their work within three days and, with the exception of a rudimentary tool kit, must use only indigenous materials. (3/24/12 09:37)

 

The Microscope Imaging Station produces high-resolution images and movies using research-grade microscopes. The gallery contains a range of images and movies that illustrate the diversity of what can be seen with light microscopes. (3/24/12 09:31)

 

Science Museum: Launchball offers middle and high school students a chance to use their knowledge of everyday physics and their problem-solving skills. The aim is to get the ball in the goal, but there are lots of choices to make in getting the ball to move. Students can even create their own levels that they can play, or send them to a friend as a challenge. (3/17/12 10:14)

 

The Frogs is a website associated with an exhibition that ran at the Exploratorium several years ago. However, here online, you can still enjoy the frog articles, interactive exhibits,and hands-on activities. (3/3/12 09:31)

 

This site from the PBS program Savage Earth shows what movements of the earth look like. Watch animations of a volcano erupting, a tsunami’s destructive abilities, an earthquake’s ripple effect, and the geological processes caused by the hot inner core of the earth. Each animation is accompanied by clear explanations of what is happening. (2/11/12 09:26)

 

Riddles & Brainteasers from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences includes hundreds of brainteasers and riddles. You are provided with the answers for every one so you can check to see how well you did. (2/11/12 09:10)

 

Science Books Online lists free science e-books, textbooks, lecture notes, monographs, and other science related documents. All texts are available for free reading online, or for downloading in various formats. (2/4/12 08:44)

 

The DNA Learning Center is the world's first science center devoted entirely to genetics education. Their mission is to prepare students and families to thrive in the gene age, envisioning a day when all elementary students are exposed to principles of genetics and disease risk; when all high school students have the opportunity to do hands-on experiments with DNA; and when all families have access to genetic information they need to make informed health care choices. (11/5/11 09:42)

 

The Kids' Science Challenge is a free nationwide competition for 3rd to 6th graders to submit experiments and problems for scientists and engineers to solve. Play science games, watch videos, and enter to win awesome prizes and trips! (10/8/11 09:05)

 

A Moment of Science is a daily audio podcast, public radio program and video series providing the scientific story behind some of life's most perplexing mysteries. A Moment of Science is produced at Indiana University, Bloomington. (10/01/11 09:12)

 

ExploreLearning.com offers the world's largest library of interactive online simulations for math and science education in grades 3-12. (9/3/11 10:00)

 

Microscopy Pre-lab Activities is ideal for learning how to properly use a microscope. Users can turn knobs and dials, throw switches, move levers, change lenses, select a specimen, and adjust oculars. Watch the seven minute video for an introduction. There are also some activities to try. From the University of Delaware (8/6/11 10:38)

 

Edufy  provides all teachers with the tools that make it possible to build an individualized learning experience for students to promote STEM education. We will make great teaching in STEM easier by providing specialized activities that are easy to find and are maintained by a community of experts and peers. (7/22/11 1:46 PM)

 

Ohio Resource Center for Mathematics, Science, and Reading (ORC) provides links to peer-reviewed instructional resources that have been identified by a panel of Ohio educators as exemplifying best or promising practice. Available resources include content and professional resources and assessment and general education resources that will support preK–12 classroom teachers and higher education faculty members. (7/22/11 12:38 PM)

 

Science Monster Science games and lessons in astronomy, earth science, life science, physical science, and technology. From CoolMath.com (7/16/11)

 

Hurricane Season: 2008 Experience the effects of a hurricane at each of the five intensity levels on the Saffir-Simpson scale. An animation simulating flooding and damage to homes and vegetation is accompanied by facts about hurricanes over the last 150 years. You can examine hurricane statistics in terms of their paths and strength, deadliness, and costliness. (7/8/11)

 

Coral Reef Interactive  This role-playing activity allows students to see how choices that are made by the human community impact the health and stability of a coral reef community. It offers a look at how making informed decisions can reduce the threat to the environment while supporting the local economy. (6/25/11)

 

In this BrainPOP UK movie, Tim and Moby walk you through the steps of the scientific method - a process which can be used to design any kind of experiment. (6/11/11)

 

Periodic Table MahJong Eliminate tiles by matching compund/ion tiles with the correct oxidation number tile. Brought to you by the Chemistry Department at Stetson University. Also available for your iOS device. (6/11/11)

 

Middle School Chemistry Investigate the world of atoms and molecules through hands-on, inquiry-based activities and molecular model animations. (6/11/11)

 

The Weather, Natural Hazards, and More Pack from MimioConnect contains over 170 images of weather, natural hazards, environmental and climate concerns, weather related tools, and more! These images can be used in lessons and activities from Kindergarten to Grade 12. (5/21/11)

 

 eSkeletons is an interactive website to examine and learn about skeletal anatomy. The users of eSkeletons can view the bones of both humans and non-human primates and access information about them from the eSkeletons osteology database. (4/22/11)

 

Plants for Kids Here you will find experiments and lessons designed to help students understand plants and theirphysiology. (4/16/11)

 

DNA Discovery Center experience the Field Museum’s Pritzker Laboratory, a working, state-of-the-art DNA research facility where dozens of scientists are currently analyzing the DNA of thousands of different species. (4/16/11)

 

In N-Squad, students work with forensic scientists to solve an alcohol related crime. Along the way, they will learn about alcohol's interaction in different body systems: digestive, circulatory, and nervous. (4/16/11)

 

The Girls, Math & Science Partnership A program of Carnegie Science Center, it's mission is to engage, educate, and embrace girls as architects of change.  Working with girls age 11 - 17 and their parents, teachers, and mentors, we draw organizations, stakeholders, and communities together in an effort to ensure that girls succeed in math and science. (4/16/11)

 

nano tecKnowledgy Five nanotechnology lessons are available for your classroom use. Each of the lessons illustrates a nanotechnology phenomenon through a macroscopic analog. Several of them use materials that are not commonly available but materials can be provided on a limited basis until you are able to obtain them yourself. (3/12/11)

 

  StudyJams from Scholastic You can find over 200 Jams on topics like The Universe, listen to songs about Landforms, and test yourself on concepts like Range. (2/26/11)

 

Global Climate Change: Research Explorer Explore scientific data relating to the atmosphere, the oceans, the areas covered by ice and snow, and the living organisms in all these domains. You’ll also get a sense of how scientists study natural phenomena—how researchers gather evidence, test theories, and come to conclusions. (2/26/11)

 

We Choose the Moon puts students right into history where they get to witness and take part in the Apollo 11 launch and mission. Students actually hear all of the chatter from Mission Control, control the launch, view all 11 stages of the mission, read mission transmission, and follow the mission  in “real-time”. (2/19/11)

 

DnaTube is a self-growing community to share scientific experiences and videos, flash animations, and powerpoints. This scientific site provides video based studies, lecturers and seminars. (2/19/11)

 

Science Animation Gallery  from Sumanas offers animated tutorials in a variety of formats for many scientific disciplines. In Science in Focus, animations are used to bring to life important science topics in the news.  (2/12/11)

 

NASA Education has lesson plans, videos and classroom activities for science subjects ranging from Kindergarten to university levels. The best part is that it’s easy to search by keyword or to browse by grade level, type of material or subject. (1/21/11)

 

Explore a virtual cell and the processes contained within it by taking The Virtual Cell Animation Collection guided virtual tour. You will be introduced to many of the basic functions going on within the cell and the intracellular locations where these events occur. (1/17/11)

 

  Dino Directory A database of over three hundred dinosaurs from around the world. They are organized by country, continent, time period, and by alphabetical order, and each dinosaur has pictures and facts about it. (1/17/11)

 

The Plant List is a working list of all known plant species. Version 1 aims to be comprehensive for species of Vascular plants and of Bryophytes. Collaboration between the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden enabled the creation of The Plant List. (1/15/11)

 

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