FUN & EDUCATIONAL SCIENCE LINKS
Ology
The American Museum of Natural History created this website for kids to learn about archaeology, paleontology, zoology, marine biology, and many more "ologies" and other science topics. Kids can play games, take quizzes, read interviews with scientists, explore photo essays, and take part in other scientific activities.
Kid's Planet
On Kids' Planet, one of the American Library Association's "Great Websites for Kids," you can learn all about the animal kingdom by playing games like Memory, putting together virtual puzzles, doing an animal word search, and matching the animal to the sound it makes.
Dawn
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute for Technology runs this website which includes games and activities to help kids learn about NASA's Dawn Mission to investigate the protoplanets Ceres and Vesta.
Kids Astronomy
Kids Astronomy.com, part of the Kids Know It Network of free educational websites for kids, has a myriad of games all about astronomy, from astronomy hangman, ad libs, and crossword puzzles, to video games like Space Invader, Moon Defender, and Asteroids.
Kids Biology
Explore our interactive Biology for Kids website and learn about the cell, the most basic unit of life. Or discover the different organs and systems found in your body. Learn how your body utilizes food to make energy and to help you grow. Discover hundreds of animal species in our animal section. From the exotic to the everyday lifeforms that surround us.
Kids Dinos
Learn about dinosaurs with KidsDinos.com. Find out which dinosaur was the largest, which was the smallest, which had the most horns, the longest neck, or which ate the most food.
Bob the Builder
Young kids can learn about how machines and tools work by playing games and solving puzzles with their favorite friends from Bob the Builder.
Make a Mobile
National Geographic is a leader in science journalism and educational materials. On this website, children learn about physics and balance by building their own virtual mobile and manipulating the size and shape of the pieces as well as the number and position of branches.
Earth Rangers
Earth Rangers, part of the Royal Ontario Museum (Canada) website, allows kids to learn about the earth, animals, and their habitats by playing various animated games such as Habitat Stat!, Leapin' Lemur, Compost Crunch, and The Oil Daze.
Science Kids
Science Kids, a website out of New Zealand, sells itself as"the home of science & technology on the Internet for children around the world." This website has all kinds of fun games about science and technology, divided into three categories: Living Things, Physical Processes, and Solids, Liquids, and Gases.
Food Detectives
Help the Food Detectives fight the common enemy, Bacteria, by solving cases that deal with food borne illnesses. Play matching games, decide when you do and do not need to wash your hands, and kill animated bacteria by either cooking it or shooting it with a soap pump. This website was created by the Partnership for Food Safety Education.
GEOLOGY:
Rock Identifier
This game introduces kids to the different types of rocks. Can you identify all of the different types of rocks?
School Time Science
Reference
Zula International. (2014). Matter, matter everywhere [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xDNJSMikBo#action=share.
Zula International. (2014). Matter, matter everywhere [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xDNJSMikBo#action=share.