Science
Resources for Teachers
- ARKive: Images of Life on Earth A digital library of films, photographs and audio recordings of the world’s species.
- ARKive Education Free multi-media resources for teachers, including prepared powerpoints, lessons, images and movies, on science and environmental topics.
- Bridge - Ocean Sciences Teacher Resource Center Great online resources for marine science
- Discovering Antarctica Videos, photos, and interactive activities that will enhance students' understanding of this last great wilderness.
- EarthLive A visualization tool for understanding the dynamics of global climate change from the Discovery Channel.
- EE-Link, Environmental Education on the Internet contains Internet environmental based school projects, classroom activities including many lesson plans, environmental facts and data from many sources, curriculum directory guides, facts, regional information, and pointers to other environmental sites.
- Flash Earth Uses satellite and aerial photographs to show the earth's surface.
- Froguts Demostrations of dissection of frogs, owl pellets, and squid
- GIS Lessons on the Web Use Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to teach your students concepts from the Earth and environmental sciences.
- Google Planimeter Measures area on Google Maps
- How Stuff Works Tons of information about everything.
- Jeopardy Games Review Jeopardy games for various subjects/grades
- Kinetic City Collection of science experiments, activities, games, and challenges for students in grades 3-5
- NASA Kids' Club offers K-4 users advancing skill levels as they play games and learn science, technology, engineering and math concepts.
- NASA SciFiles Companion website to the PBS series
- NOAA Photo Library Collection of over 10,000 photos
- NSF Multimedia Gallery Nearly 100 videos and webcasts on a wide range of science topics
- Primary Games A variety of activities and games
- Science in Harrisonburg City Schools Resources for teachers, parents, and students
- Science Made Simple Lesson ideas, experiments, science project ideas, and answers
- Science NetLinks A wealth of resources for K-12 science teachers
- Smithsonian Ocean Portal Information and resources from the Smithsonian and over 20 environmental organizations
- SOL Science Portaportal Links by grade level and SOL
- Space Science Curriculum Standards Quilt Lesson plans that meet National Science Education Standards searchable by grade level, science content standards and thematic organizing standards.
- TerraServer Provides a vast data store of maps and aerial photographs of the United States.
- USGS Educational Resources Resources for teachers, students, and explorers about things on, in, around, and about the Earth.
- Virginia's Watersheds A variety of maps of Virginia's watersheds
- WorldWide Telescope A environment that enables your computer to function as a virtual telescope—bringing together imagery from the best ground and space-based telescopes in the world for a seamless exploration of the universe.
- Zoom Hands-on activities for kids to try from PBS Kids