Science Sites

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Grade Level: Everyone K 1 2 3 4 5

Everyone

FOSSWeb
Exploring Nature
CritterCam from National Geographic
Switch Zoo Design your own imaginary animal
Name that Candybar!
Learn all about the history of roller coasters at Roller Coasters: Inventing the Scream Machine then design your own at Build a Roller Coaster
Science News for Kids
See amazing sights from outer space at Earth Views from Space
Checkout everyone's favorite science guy, Bill Nye


Kindergarten

Bees and Honey Work on your mouse skills

1st Grade
Properties of Materials
Plants and Animals

Teeth
Open Wide and Trek Inside
Nothing But the Tooth
Smiling Bright
Colgate's Kids World

Pond Life
The Pond~Nature Explorer

Trees/Tree Homes
Bats
Trees are Terrific...Travels with Pierre
Who Lives Here?
Woodland Explorer
What Tree is it?

Plants
Parts of Plants

Butterflies
Butterfly coloring page (online)
Butterfly Interactive Coloring Page
Butterflies at the Field Musem
Life Cycle of a Butterfly
Caterpillar Concentration
Scrambled Wings
Zoom Butterflies
Maggie Monarch's Life Cycle
Butterfly Games

2nd Grade
Weather and Animals

Weather
Scholastic Weather Watch ~ Become a weather reporter, control the weather and learn about hurricanes
Web Weather for Kids Learn what makes weather wet and wild, do cool activities, and become hot at forecasting

Bees
B EYE View images through a bee's eyes
Learn the Honey Bee Dance from the Beekeeper's Home Pages

3rd Grade
Energy
Earth Structures

Rocky Seashore

Salmon: Spirit of the Land and Sea a photo documentary focusing on the journey of the Pacific wild salmon
Make a tide pool at the Monterey Bay Aquarium

4th Grade
Earth Changes
Chemical Changes

Rocks and Minerals

Rock Hounds with Rocky Discover how rocks are formed
Mineralology 4 Kids from the Mineralogical Society of America
The Virtual Cave identifies the rocks and minerals found in four different types of caves

5th Grade
Interdependence
Energy

Water Cycle

The Water Cycle from the U.S. Geological Survey
EPA's Water Cycle with animated movies

Earth, Moon and Stars

NASA Solar System
View images from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory
Space Day Challenge and activities