Wonka’s World of Science (2-5)
Join Willy Wonka as he takes children on a scientific journey in his online laboratory. Several of the online experiments can be reinforced in offline experiments (such as the color mixing in the Nerds experiment).
http://www.wonka.com/InventionRoom/game_world.html
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Cool Science for Curious Kids (3+)
This site contains activities for plants, animals, our environment and more. Offline activities are included and can be printed out for use.
http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/
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Make Flubber (3+)
Have students discover how to make flubber with the professor online. A color and temperature guide helps students figure out what is needed. Afterwards, discuss the steps that students took to discover how to make flubber.
http://disney.go.com/DisneyVideos/Flubber/time_to_make/index.html
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Dirtmeister’s Science Lab (4+)
Online experiments, teacher guides, and student activities about physical, earth and life science are presented here. Chose one to do that correlates with your class curriculum.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/dirt/index.htm
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Brainpop: Science (4+)
Here, students can watch animated movies about scientific events, such as electricity, seasons and the sun. Assign 2 movies to each student to summarize into key points, or have each student write questions about the 2 movies they watched for their peers to answer.
http://www.brainpop.com/science/seeall.html
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National Geographic Inventions (5+)
Older students will enjoy playing these interactive science activities about inventions. Discuss with students how inventions relate to science experiments.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/96/inventions/
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Your Science Fair Project Resource Guide (5+)
Older students can learn more about science fairs, the scientific method, and experiments at this resourceful site. This is a good starting point for teaching about science fairs.
http://www.ipl.org/youth/projectguide/
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Ways to Find a Science Fair Project Idea (5+)
This online worksheet helps students generate ideas for creating science fair projects.
http://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/resources/cf/ideas.html
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How Stuff Works (6+)
How does a jet airplane work? What about a credit card? Lots of everyday happenings such as these are explained at this web site. This site is resourceful for many types of science experiments and science fair projects.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/index.htm
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