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K-12 Resources
Birth of a Tornado Brief and easy to understand. Nice graphics.

Explore the Human Microbiome (Interactive) Learn about the bacteria, fungi and other micro-organisms that maintain human health.

This is a video for life science.

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Dynamic Curriculum An impressive collection of K-12 online science sites and activities from Jefferson County, Tennessee, delineated by standard and objective. You'll love this!

Changing the Balance An awesome Thinkport site featuring an interactive story with built-in digital assets to enhance learning about climate change. Scratch Allows students to reason out and execute programming using a graphical interface created at MIT’s renowned Media Lab.

Teachers' Domain Digital Media for Science. Has 496 pieces on Earth and Space Science, 360 pieces on Engineering, 664 pieces on Life Science, and 452 pieces for Physical Science.

The Planetarium HTML5 "Astronomical Adventure." Very cool. Will need to download Firefox 4 or Google Chrome 5 to use the features.

Special Collection: National Engineers Week 2011 from Thinkfinity From the tallest skyscrapers to the longest bridges, engineers put their skills to work to design the infrastructure that keeps our lives moving along smoothly. As you develop your STEM-related classroom activities, make sure to check out the special engineering this collection and show your students how fun engineering can really be!

Game for Science A virtual world for kids dedicated to exciting them about science and technology. Explore virtual islands to learn about health, aeronautics, genomics, environment, engineering, and more. Learn about science careers, have fun and explore science photos and videos.

InnerBody: Your Guide to Human Anatomy Online Interactive presentations of all the systems of the body.

Free Science Videos and Lectures Videos about animals, astronomy, biology, chemistry, genetics, physics, technology, water life and weather.

Tau Zero The Tau Zero Foundation is a volunteer group of scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs, and writers who have agreed to work together toward practical interstellar flight and to use this quest to teach you about science, technology, and our place in the universe. By posting the latest developments and unfinished advancements here, we give students the starting materials to begin their own discoveries. By showing both how daunting and incredible this challenge is, we hope to increase attention on protecting the habitability of Earth while planning journeys into the galaxy. By reaching for the stars we will create benefits every step of the way.

Mosaic Earth Students will love looking at this picture of earth populated with 1000s of faces. A great place for project ideas, stories.

The National Science Digital Library Online library for education and research in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics.

Science Homework Help Many videos and interactive resources around elementary and middle school science topics including the water cycle, acids and bases, rain forest ecosystems, virtual labs, and more.

Maryland Public Television Access an eye-opening collection of programs about science and nature, right from your computer. Widespread topics cover everything from the ocean, cancer, and hummingbirds, to the killer whale and Japanese robots.Access an eye-opening collection of programs about science and nature, right from your computer. Widespread topics cover everything from the ocean, cancer, and hummingbirds, to the killer whale and Japanese robots.

Learn21 Sponsored by the West Virginia Department of Education, this site has great games and other resources for PreK- 12 grade science.

Elementary School Science
Lahar's Volcano Book - A free, short eBook for introducing students to volcanoes and associated vocabulary

Tales of the WeatherGens - A free, short eBook about clouds.

Middle School Science
The Jason Project Looking for a way to connect your students with great explorers and great events in Science? Try The Jason Project! Free online curriculum designed primarily for the middle grades but can be adapted to fit any grade level.

Bayville - Bayville BayQuest was developed for middle school students studying life sciences, ecology, and the environment, their teachers, and their families.

Faces from Earth //E.T are you out there?// is a campaign of "Faces from Earth" project to introduce the concept of possible extraterrestrial life and interstellar messages to school students. The campaign introduced the questions to students: "what if there is extraterrestrial life out there?, what would we say to a hypothetical E.T.?". Thinking about these questions leads naturally to consider topics like sensitive communication, self-reflection, responsible preparation and handling of encounters by adults and students. It was participated by school student groups in five countries; Hungary, Germany, South Africa, Sri Lanka and Ukraine during May 2010. Each of the groups started with an introduction to past space probe messages – the Pioneer Plaque and the Voyager Golden Record -, radio transmissions (Arecibo Message, Cosmic Calls, Teen Age Message, ...). At the end of the activity, each student/group created a “constructed message” for E.T. Some of the groups released completed messages with helium balloons as a message in a bottle. See the video and other pics at the above link.

High School Science
Cell Size and Scale A very cool interactive from the University of Utah's Genetic Science Learning Center

Scitable "A collaborative learning space for science." Let's students network with others around science topics. Scitable is a free science library and personal learning tool brought to you by Nature Publishing Group. Scitable currently concentrates on [|genetics] and [|cell biology], which include the topics of evolution, gene expression, and the rich complexity of cellular processes shared by living organisms. Scitable also offers resources for the budding scientist, with advice about [|effective science communication] and [|career paths].

[|PhET Free Science Simulations] More than 90 science and math simulations aligned with middle and high school science content in the following curriculum areas: Motion, Forces, Work, and Energy Circuits, Electricity, and Magnetism Waves: Sounds, Light Water Chemistry Earth Science Biology

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