General Science Sites

All links were verified October 2003

• Discovery.com
• The Exploratorium ExploraNet
• Franklin Institute Educational Hotlists
• NASA
• Nature
• Popular Science
• Science à GoGo
• Science Hobbyist
• Science Magazine
• Science News
• Scientific American
• SciTech Daily Review
• Space.com
• TIME: Scientists & Thinkers

Science Education Sites

• The Academy Curriculum Exchange
• Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC)
• Helping Your Child Learn Science
• NASA Explores
• Project 2061
• Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
• Science Myths in Textbooks and Popular Culture
• Science Netlinks
• Science Teachers' Resource Center

Science Sites for Kids

Scientific Experiments for Kids

• Reeko's Mad Scientist Lab
• Science Experiments
• The Thinking Fountain
• TryScience

• BBC Science In Action
• EnchantedLearning Activities
• Explore Science Multimedia Activities
• Hands-on Science Centers Worldwide
• "Mr. Bones" Human Skeleton Assembly Activity
• Ohm Zone
• PBS Science Odyssey: You Try It
• The Scientific Slugger
• The Space Place

• American Museum of Natural History (MS+)
• BrainPOP Science
• Cool Science for Curious Kids
• Enchanted Learning: Science
• ExploreScience.com
• Extreme Science
• How Stuff Works
• The Jason Project
• Kinetic City Cyber Club
• Questacon
• Science 4 Kids
• Science Made Simple
• ScienceNews for Kids
• Science Toys You Can Make with Your Kids
• ScienceU
• The Why Files
• Yes Magazine
• Yuckiest Site on the Internet

• Brain.com
• Gray's Anatomy
• Grossology
• Human Anatomy Online
• Human Body Adventure (MS)
• The Virtual Body

• Ask a Biologist (MS+)
• Biology4Kids (MS+)
• Bugbios.com: Shameless Promotion of Insect Appreciation
• Butterflies of North America
• DNA: The Instruction Manual for Life
• E-Nature.com
• Evolution Theory and Teaching (MS+)
• Froguts (Frog Dissection) (MS+)
• Genetic Science Learning Center
• Genetics on the Web
• The Great Plant Escape
• Great Scopes: Microscope Activities
• Honeybee Anatomy (MS+)
• Life Science Safari
• Mad Scientist Network
• Neuroscience for Kids
• Pond Life Identification
• Tree of Life (Phylogeny)
• Zoobooks

• 1001 Periodic Table Quiz Questions
• Chem4Kids (MS+)
• ChemicalElements.com
• Chemistry for Middle School
• Periodic Table
• Periodic Table
• Periodic Table (graphic-intense)
• Periodic Table of Comic Books
• Science is Fun

• Almanac.com Weather Center
• Earth Science Enterprise
• Earth Science Week
• Geology4Kids (MS+)
• NASA Kids
• AMNH's Ology site
• Rock Hounds
• Science is Fun

• Amusement Park Physics
• Building Big: Online Labs
• Fear of Physics
• The Mystery of Antimatter
• Physics4Kids (MS+)
• Science is Fun
• Skateboard Science
• Trebuchet.com

High School

Still working on high school links. I'm open to suggestions...

General

• Glenbrook South High School Science
• The School for Champions

Biology

• 101Science.com
• BioInteractive
• Biolinks
• Biozone
• Center for Human Simulation
• Creation, Evolution, and the Human Genome
• DNA Interactive
• Evolving Awareness Activities (Darwin Day Evolution Links)
• Human Body Adventure
• Human Genome Project Online Multimedia
• Life Changing Science
• Molecular Expressions: Exploring the World of Optics and Microscopy
• NIH Office of Science Education
• NutritionData.com
• pDRAW32 DNA Cloning Software
• Research Guide for Biology
• Seeing, Hearing, Smelling
• Timeline Project

Online Dissections

• Cow's Eye
• Fetal Pig ("Whitman")
• Fetal Pig ("Abby")
• Frog

• American Chemical Society
• Cavalcade O' Chemistry (free worksheets!)
• Chem Team
• Chemistry Hypermedia Project
• Chemistry Problem Sets
• Chemistry Tutor
• Chemistry with Dr. Ng
• General Chemistry Online
• Quizzes and Tutorials
• Tutorials

Earth & Space Science

• Accuweather
• Atmospheric Optics
• Earth Science Picture of the Day
• Eclipse Homepage
• Jack Horkheimer: Star Gazer
• NASA Picture of the Day
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
• Stephen Hawking's Universe
• Unisys Weather

• Albert Einstein Biography
• A Century of Physics
• Insultingly Stupid Movie Physics
• Learn Physics Today
• Physics 2000
• The Physics Classroom
• Virtual Physics Lab
• Visual Physics
• Zona Land: Education in Physics and Mathematics

• PA High School Computer Fair

Science Fair Web Links

All links were verified October 2003

Note: Some sites listed under General / Comprehensive Sites also contain project idea lists.

ScienzFair Project Ideas
URL: http://members.aol.com/scienzfair/ideas.htm
This is a good site. As well as MANY project ideas in 21 categories, this site contains information on the scientific method and tips for presenting your research.

Science Fairs Homepage
URL: http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/sciencefairs/
Site of the Eastern Newfoundland Science Fairs Council. Contains many project ideas, grouped by approximate age level, then by category. Be advised: all Primary and some Elementary topics are demonstrations, not experiments. A good list nonetheless.

National Student Research Center
URL: http://youth.net/nsrc/sci/sci.index.html
E-Database of Student Research (Science). This site contains many projects – question, hypothesis, materials, procedures, results, conclusions…

Agricultural Ideas for Science Fair Projects
URL: http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/kids/fair/ideas.htm
13 project questions in 5 categories.

Note: the guidelines on these web sites may differ slightly from GPHSF guidelines. Be sure to follow GPHSF guidelines when preparing for the GPHSF.

Science Fair Companion
URL:http://www.ericse.org/scifair.html
Maintained by the Clearinghouse for Science, Mathematics, and Environmental Education, this site includes many web links: project ideas, SF guides, resources, other science fairs...

Internet Public Library’s Science Fair Project Resource Guide
URL: http://www.ipl.org/youth/projectguide/
Includes many links to sites for all parts of the science fair experiment.

The Ultimate Science Fair Resource
URL: http://www.scifair.org
Includes articles on the scientific method, writing a report, designing your display board, etc., as well as project ideas.

Science Fair Primer
URL: http://users.rcn.com/tedrowan/primer.html
All the steps of the science fair experiment laid out in an orderly fashion.

Science Fair Central
URL: http://school.discovery.com/sciencefaircentral/
Discovery Channel site. This site has a handbook and some project ideas. Also a link to Discovery Young Scientist Challenge (described below).

Cyber Fair
URL: http://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/resources/cf/
Created for and by students in grades 3 through 6.

Science Fair Project Guidelines
URL: http://bioscience.ksc.nasa.gov/education/general/scifair1.html
Guidelines written by NASA employees who are also local science fair judges.

Successful Science Fair Projects
URL: http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/fair.html
Basics of doing a science fair project following the scientific method.

Bunsen Bob's Science Hunt
URL: http://www.sciencehunt.com
Graphic heavy. Fun, but not recommended for slow modems.

Homeschool Learning Network Virtual Science Fair
URL: http://www.homeschoollearning.com/vsf/
The first completely virtual Science Fair dedicated to home educated students.

WWW Virtual Library of Science Fairs
URL: http://physics.usc.edu/~gould/ScienceFairs/
A comprehensive list of science fairs accessible through the web.

Discovery Young Scientist Challenge
URL: http://school.discovery.com/sciencefaircentral/dysc/index.html
A national science fair for grades 5-8, sponsored by Discovery Channel and Science Service, which sponsors ISEF. (Note that in our area, 5^th grade students are not eligible, since they do not participate in the Delaware Valley Science Fair.)

London (Ontario) District Science Fair
URL: http://quark.physics.uwo.ca/sfair/scifr.html