- Y—Young (PreK-3rd)
- M—Middle (4th-6th)
- O—Older (7th-12th)
- T—Teacher Resources
Science Fair Central
The Home Depot and Discovery Education have joined forces to help STEAM-power classrooms and homes across the country as students prepare for the careers of tomorrow. With 10 million students from grades K-12 participating in science fairs and STEAM events every year, Science Fair Central aims to give students the tools to take their projects to the next level
Science4Fun
Science4Fun has easy experiments for kids on an ad-free platform. Kids will have fun making a homemade hovercraft, making homemade flubber, creating a simple electromagnet, and more. In addition to the experiments, there are short lessons on how science works by topic. Science4Fun is from Abdul Wahab Malik, an electrical engineering student in Pakistan. Its attractive and uncluttered design makes it ideal for kids to explore on their own (with parental approval before doing any experiments, of course).
Steps of the Scientific Method
Understanding the steps of the scientific method will help you focus your scientific question and work through your observations and data to answer the question as well as possible. This lesson plan with interactive diagram will help you teach your students how to use the Scientific Method.
Miller Kids University - Free Online Science Club
Educational resources for elementary and middle school level students including a free online science club. Science club includes sharing of recommendations for science books, science websites, science museums/centers to visit, science facts, and science experiments. You will find books, free videos, and free information. Great resource for home school students.
National Agriculture in the Classroom
Lesson plans, PDF worksheets and activities, and book suggestions to teach all ages about plants, animals, soil, and all things related to agriculture.
Science Notebooking
Large assortment of ideas for putting extra information using flips and flaps, envelopes, and printables into science notebooks (similar to lapbooking, but in a science notebook)
Science Buddies
Free lesson plans, video lessons, science fair project ideas and more for all ages.
Free Supercharged Science Activity Manual and Video Collection
Ever felt challenged when it comes to teaching science? By special arrangement with Supercharged Science, we have a free collection of experiments and activities from a special science program (including videos and readings) for you to download. Aurora Lipper of Supercharged Science has been kind enough to write several very popular science articles on TheHomeSchoolMom and she has created a remarkable solution to the challenge that homeschoolers face when teaching science. Her K-12 e-Science online science curriculum is a totally fun and exciting curriculum that guides kids step-by-step through science lessons and activities using video instruction combined with lots of hands-on activities and experiments.
Learn Genetics
The University of Utah has an online resource to help make the science of genetics easy for everyone to understand. The two parts, Learn Genetics and Teach Genetics, are for students and teachers respectively. The site uses videos and text.
Hunkin's Experiments
Cool cartoons that will have you experimenting with food, light, sound, clothes, and a whole lot more!! Hundreds of cartoon experiments from cartoonist, broadcaster and engineer Tim Hunkin.
Steve Spangler Science
In addition to supplying just about any science resource you can imagine, this website has a large selection of experiments (with pictures of the processes) on a wide variety of topics. This man makes science fun! See Teacher Training on the website to attend one of his seminars.
Science Friday
Science Friday is a live news/talk show about science that is broadcast every Friday on National Public Radio (NPR) stations nationwide. NPR has made new video-based science lessons available to complement the show free of charge on their Web site. These science lessons for middle school (though they can be useful at all levels) are geared to state science standards for teaching and learning, and are based on broadcasts of Science Friday. Every week, Science Friday produces and adds a short science video, three to five minutes long. You may view the videos online or subscribe to the podcast and download them.
That Quiz
Online quizzes with over 6 million graded exams to date and over 300,000 participating students. That Quiz is free for educational use.
ChemShorts for Kids
With monthly experiments going back to 1992, this site site has topics ranging from Fried Green Eggs (uses pH to change the egg color) to Homemade Floam (made with Borax). Great for integrating practical science into the curriculum.
Ology
American Museum of Natural History in NYC. Science-rich Website for Kids.
Franklin Institute Resources for Science Learning
From colonial money to weather to photography, the Franklin Institute's Resources for Science Learning website offers a variety of information, images, and history about science. The site also offers links to relevant pages on other quality education websites from each resource page. If you find Ben Franklin as fascinating as I do, you will enjoy browsing this site.
Science Study Guides for Middle School Kids
This site has 2400+ entries on science and history topics. Scroll down the page to "How Things Work" to find the science articles.
Sally Ride Science
From astrobiology to zoology--Sally Ride Science is all science, all the time. Sally Ride Science™ is an innovative science content company dedicated to supporting girls' and boys' interests in science, math and technology. Dr. Sally Ride, best known as America's first woman in space, founded Sally Ride Science in 2001 to create quality programs and products that educate, entertain, engage and inspire. The website includes many science resources including information about regional science festivals, the TOYChallenge, a parent's handbook for parents of girls in grades 4-7, and links to the best science websites for kids.
eCalc Scientific Calculator
eCalc is a free online calculator that supports many advanced features including unit conversion, equation solving, and even complex-number math. The calculator is designed to work directly in your browser and requires no special plug-ins. If you are looking to purchase a scientific calculator, you can visit the site to compare calculator features and see reviews.
The Science Spot
A science resource for middle school teachers and students!
Exploratorium
The museum of science, art and human perception. Online since 1993, the Exploratorium was one of the first science museums to build a site on the World Wide Web. The site contains over 18 thousand award-winning Web pages exploring hundreds of different topics.
Science and Our Food Supply
Investigating Food Safety From Farm to Table Free curriculum kit for your Middle Level or your High School Classroom!
Smithsonian Education (Students)
A place for kids to explore, discover and learn.
Lawrence Hall of Science
Play online games, download activities to do at home, and more cool stuff. Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS) is a renowned resource center for preschool through high school science and mathematics education.
General Science on Fact Monster
Fact Monster combines essential reference materials, fun facts and features, and homework help for kids, all written and edited by experts.
National Geographic for Kids Science Lab
Get science experiments, videos, articles, and more.
Bill Nye The Science Guy
Use this episode guide to find clips of kid-friendly explanations of science topics.
Science With Me
This site offers educational animations, movies, games, coloring pages, worksheets and stories to help young children learn science the fun way.
Reeko's Mad Scientist Lab
Free science projects and experiments for parents, teachers, and children of all ages.
Thinking Fountain
A Science Learning Network Resource from the Science Museum of Minnesota
Illuminations: Growing Patterns
Students use numbers to make growing patterns. They create, analyze, and describe growing patterns and then record them. They also analyze a special growing pattern called Pascal's triangle. Grades 3-5
The Futures Channel
The mission of the Futures Channel is to offer "high quality multimedia content which educators in any setting can use to enliven curriculum, engage students and otherwise enhance the learning experience" and to "connect mathematics, science, technology and engineering to the real world of careers and achievement, so that students can envision a context and purpose for what they are learning allowing them to envision their own successful futures." Includes 200+ lesson plans.
Surfing Scientist
The website of the Surfing Scientist, an Australian Broadcasting Corporation personality, has teacher resources, experiments, and links to cool science-related sites.
The Accidental Scientist's Exploratorium
In the Science of Cooking section of the Exploratorium, learn about the science behind recipes, cooking, and food in general. I was fascinated by the section on eggs. I recently made Pavlova and this site not only contains a recipe for Pavlova, it explains why it's called Pavlova.
Science at How Stuff Works
Comprehensive resource site from the author of the book with the same name. Find the answer to how anything works!
Experiences and Experiments - There is a Difference
Students have had many experiences in science and have participated in and designed simple investigations. This lesson directs students in identifying the steps of experimentation. While microorganisms are the topic and the subject of the experimentation, the emphasis and learning should center on scientific steps and processes of scientific experiments.
Taking the Science Fair Out of the Auditorium and into Cyberspace
eCYBERMISSION is a free, virtual STEM competition for students in grades 6-9.
LiveScience
LiveScience is an original content site that chronicles the daily advances and innovations made in science and technology. LiveScience not only reports the news, it takes on the misconceptions that often pop up around scientific discoveries and delivers short, provocative explanations with a certain wit and style.
Make a Sun Clock
Learn how to tell time with shadows
Science Museum Travel Passport Program
As a member of a science center or museum participating in the ASTC Travel Passport Program, you are eligible for benefits such as free general admission when you travel outside of your local area.
