Neon Atom from Common Sense Science http://www.commonsensescience.org/index.htm?ne-mol.htm~main

Animals
5 Tigers - Tigers Information Center
covers all about tigers, 5 tigers and why tigers are endangered and fun and games
http://www.5tigers.org/Directory/kids.htm

Animal Bytes from San Diego Zoo facts about hundreds of animals, sound clips, photos and videos, also includes habitats and where in the world sections
http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/index.html Animal Database from Indianapolis Zoo
http://www.indyzoo.com/education/animal_facts.asp
Animal Database divided into sections according to classification, Mammals, Reptiles, and Birds. You can insert your zipcode to research local wildlife
http://www.nature.ca/notebooks/
Animal Diversity Web from the University of Museum of Zoology
Intensive database with many scientific facts including behavior, food habits, geographical region, negative and positive characterics and conservationThe Audubon's Society Birds and Science
about Bird Conservations, Bird Watch List, West Nile Virus, become part of backyard count and includes links to places they've become involved for bird's sake. The mission of National Audubon Society is to conserve and restore natural ecosystems, focusing on birds and other wildlife for the benefit of humanity and the earth's biological diversity.
http://www.audubon.org/bird/index.html

Awesome Animals choose from over twenty games including Animal Alphabet, Make a Farm Worksheet, Animal World, Creature World, and Nature Gallery
http://www.learning.caliberinc.com/animal1.html

Dolphins Research Center Kids Page
Find Fun Facts about Dolphins, Sealions and Manatees along with games and how to adopt a dolphin
http://www.dolphins.org/Learn/kids/main/kids_page.html

Enchanting Learning- All about Sharks
well written, easy to read facts about sharks
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/sharks/allabout/ The Elephant Santuary has everything you've ever wanted to know about Female Asian Elephants including biographies on each of their elephants and ELE-cams. The Elephant Sanctuary in Hohenwald, Tennessee, is the nation's only natural-habitat refuge developed to meet the needs of endangered Asian elephants
http://elephants.com/ The EMBL Reptile Database
covers lizards, snakes, crocodiles, turtles, Amphisbaenians, and Tuataras
has photos, descriptions, size, age, behavior, food and habitat
http://www.embl-heidelberg.de/~uetz/LivingReptiles.html Kidszone Shark page
Includes shark facts, shark activities along with shark photos
http://www.kidzone.ws/sharks/ Panda Central from the SanDiego Zoo includes Panda facts, a Panda cam, profiles of their Panda and pictures
http://www.sandiegozoo.org/pandas/panda_facts/index.html Saving Wild Places from the Wildlife Conservation Society
Find out about the Global Carnivore Program, Protected Areas and how you can make a difference
http://www.savingwildplaces.com/

SeaWorld Animal Information
Animal Info Books covers Gorillos, Whales, Turtles, Seals, Manatees, Penguins and Polar Bears, Sharks, Tigers and Walrus. Animal Bytes give basic give quick facts on hundreds of animals and Wild World covers ecosystems and zoological facts including a trip to the Antartic and Marion Islandhttp://seaworld.org/animal-info/index.htm

The Wildlife Rehabilitation Information Directory
Includes photos and tips for helping wildlife
http://www.tc.umn.edu/~devo0028/#hk

Wildlife Website Directory links to website covering every major topic about wildlife

The Wildlife Conservation Society lets you know about conservation projects they are doing are the world. You can view conservation by world regions and animals (Bronx Zoo and New York Aquarium are members of)

Whales -dkd.net
Whale facts, information, sounds, awesome pictures, and postcards for whales enthusiasts, Put together for you at Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia, whale watching capital of the world !
http://dkd.net/whales/
Wildlife Safari Info -Lions
About African Habitats and Animals, Links to African National Parks
http://www.wildlifesafari.info/african_lion.html

WWF-World Wildlife Fund for kids
Sections include Endangered Species, WWF virtual house, Biodiversity Performs, The Natural Inquirer, Pennies for the Planet
http://www.worldwildlife.org/fun/kids.cfm

Butterflies

Butterflies Webquest created by Wheeler Avenue teachers Mia Greco, Erin Maywald, Emily Navas, Ellen Keller
Butterfly Cam
http://www.dcboces.org/sufsd/nassau/vitek/
butterfly/index.html

Butterfly Savenger Hunt
http://webtech.kennesaw.edu/dcarmichael/Shunt.htm 

Change Life Cycles- Butterfly
http://www.midcoast.com.au/~ttc/Change.html

Label the Butterfly
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/
insects/label/butterfly.shtml

Life Cycle websites- Butterflies
http://www.oswego.org/staff/cchamber/
resources/lifecycle.cfm

Life Cycles
http://www.fkcs.net/kingsolver/Life%20Cycles
/life_cycles.htm

Monarch Watch- Biology- Anatomy
  http://www.monarchwatch.org/biology/index.htm

Butterflies and Bugs - The Life of a Monarch Butterfly
http://www.billybear4kids.com/butterfly/flutter-fun.html

Butterfly and Moth Internet Savenger Hunt
http://homepage.mac.com/cohora/envirothon/butterflyhunt.html

Earthquakes

ABAG- Earthquake Maps and Information (ABAG, the Association of Bay Area Governments, is the regional planning and services agency for the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area.) Sections include: Kid Zone, On Shaky Ground, Liquefaction, Housing, Fix It!, Transportation, Preparing for Traffic, Hazmat Releases, Dam Failure, Tsunami, Other Natural Hazards, Links and Earthquake Publications http://www.abag.ca.gov/bayarea/eqmaps/eqmaps.html

Earthquakes for Kids- from FEMA sections include:Shake With The Quake Story, Rumble Tumble Story, The Northridge Earthquake, Fact or Fiction?, Home Hazards Hunt, Historic Earthquakes, Tasty Quake, Map of Earthquake Risk States, Earthquake Disaster Math, Disaster Intensity Scales, Water, Wind and Earth Game, Earthquake Legends, Jess & Sam's Earthquake http://www.fema.gov/kids/quake.htm

Earthquake Information: Reducing Hazards Find images, recent information, probability, preparedness tips, FAQ and details on resources from the United States Geological Survey.
quake.usgs.gov

Global Earthquake Response Center Presents a section of earthquake-related news stories, supplies links to related resources, and includes a site search function.
www.earthquake.org

Surfing the Internet for Earthquake Data Directory links to Web pages with original seismic data or seismic research information. Take a global approach, or browse by region.
www.geophys.washington.edu/seismosurfing.html

Web Earthquakes: Global This site's clickable global map leads users to information about recent earthquake activity around the world.
cires.colorado.edu/people/jones.craig/EQimagemap/global.html

National Earthquake Information Center Earthquake Lists The U.S. Geological Survey offers information about earthquakes around the world, including statistical details on the location and magnitude of each quake. The site is updated regularly.
www.neic.cr.usgs.gov/neis/eqlists/eqlists.html

Earthquake Information From frequently asked questions about earthquakes to the most recent seismological data, the Earthquake Information Web site offers information and links to related sites.
www.seismo.unr.edu/htdocs/info.html

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Earthquake Information - UC Davis Dept. of GeologyOffers links to earthquake research centers, data organizations and general resources. Includes a list of newsgroups.
www-geology.ucdavis.edu/eqmandr.html

USGS: Earthquake FAQ Find answers to frequently asked questions, dictionary of earthquake terms and much more from the USGS.
earthquake.usgs.gov/faq/

USGS Geology Division Offers earthquake bulletins, research and educational information, software and publications. An "Ask a geologist" feature is also provided.
geology.usgs.gov

Seismology on the Internet A directory of sites with seismic information.
www.oma.be/KSB-ORB/SEISMO/seismo_link.html

Weather Watch- exchange weather information across climate zones. Predict track and research global weather http://www.cyberbee.com/weatherwatch/

The Galieo Project biography of Galielo Gallile from Rice University articles on telescope and pendulum and his inquisition. http://www.4littlescientists.com/id118.htm

Galileo Galilei brief summary of his life's work and discovery of Jupiter's four moons. http://www.ocdsb.edu.on.ca/LFDHweb/galileo_galilei_.htm

Galileo Galilei from the Museum of History and Science in Florence, Italy http://galileo.imss.firenze.it/museo/b/egalilg.html

The Life of Galileo Galilei from a Thinkquest by Craigmont High School Team in TN The Life of Galileo Galilei

Passport to the Rainforest from NASA divided into Geosystem, Ecosystem, Researchers and New and Now. It has detailed information on many plants and animals along with maps of all the rainforest in the world.
http://www.passporttoknowledge.com/rainforest/main.html

Rainforest Action Network for kids has video, slideshow, fact sheets, animals, adopt an acre, action to take save the rainforest, and rainforest people
http://www.ran.org/kids_action/

Rainforest Scavenger Hunt your students will view many great rainforest websites during this hunt

Chicken Hatchery watch pictures and a quicktime movie of a chicken hatching from the Museum of Science and Industry
http://www.msichicago.org/exhibit/chick/chick.html

Choose the best egg for incubation game learn how to choose the best egg to feritlize
http://www.ext.vt.edu/resources/4h/virtualfarm
/coursebuilder/select_embryo.html

Scrambled Egg-quest webquest on a chickens life cycle, view movie on chicks hatching, learn everything you every wanted to know about a chickens life cycle
http://www.gecdsb.on.ca/sub/schools/elem/vps/
Sue/Eggquest/scrambled_eggquest_process.htm

Grade 3 Science:  Table of Contents Animals, Earth, Properties of Matter, Solar System, Fire & Fuels, Heating & Cooling, Plant Structures & Adaptations, Simple Machines, Sound

Science Rock  from School House Rock The Body Machine, Do the Circulation, The Energy Blues.....and more!

All About Rainforest

Magic School Bus Page
Check out what Ms. Frizzle and her class are doing now! Find games and pop quizzes online.

Simple Machines (Science)

Simple Machines Song "Handout"

Ocean Exploration Internet Scavenger Hunt
http://webtech.kennesaw.edu/fmelda/shunt.htm

National Parks

Celebrate Earth Day in Our National Parks includes activities and a contest created by Time for Kids and Ford

Nature Resources
http://www.enature.com/

National Wildlife Federation website for kids, includes sections on Nature Quest, Ranger Rick, Wacky Wildlife, Nature Journal, Make and Do and Fun and Games
http://www.nwf.org/kids/kzPage.cfm?siteId=3

RangerZone online activities at many National Parks after completing activities students recieve Junior Ranger certificates and/or badges
http://www.nps.gov/learn/grrangerzone/ranger.htm

WebRangers discover National Parks through games on your computer
http://www.nps.gov/webrangers/6to9/6to9home.htm

Animal Database from Indianapolis Zoo
http://www.indyzoo.com/education/animal_facts.asp

Animal Database divided into sections according to classification, Mammals, Reptiles, and Birds. You can insert your zipcode to research local wildlife
http://www.nature.ca/notebooks/

ZooKratt's Creatures- Includes creature of week, creature world and creature crazy http://www.pbs.org/kratts/

Atlanta- has live cams of many of their exhibit, including the Panda cam http://www.zooatlanta.org/homepage.html

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Cells

Cells Alive has pictorals on Animal and Plant cells, how big is??, mitosis, the cell cycle, cytoskelton,etc.. The have video clips for sale at reasonable prices. http://www.cellsalive.com/

The Virtual Cell Tour - Cell Biology Page has interactive flash movies on cells parts, a virtual textbook and accompanying worksheets from Brown University.

How Cells Work from How Stuff Works website written in fairly easy to read covers cell parts, enzymes, DNA,and viruses. http://www.howstuffworks.com/cell.htm

Animal Cells part of a Biology online textbook by John Kimball from Harvard http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/
BiologyPages/A/AnimalCells.html

Chemistry

Rader's Chem4kids covers reactions,elements, atoms, matter and biochemistryhttp://www.chem4kids.com

Gravity
Mr. Fizzix Physic Project- has interactive gravity and roller coaster science projects http://www.mrfizzix.com/utilitypage/index2.html

Light
Color Science http://www.physics.sfasu.edu/astro/color.html

Light Tour from The Center for Science Education
http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/light/light_tour.html

Mr. Fizzix Color Mixing Physic Project- can move primary and secondary colors to see thr colors of light http://www.mrfizzix.com/utilitypage/index2.html

Seeing Relatively http://www.anu.edu.au/Physics/Searle/

Physics and Astronomy link

Matter

Matter Games http://www.gamequarium.com/matter.html

Theory of Matter from Common Sense Science - written in easy to understand language http://www.commonsensescience.org/index.htm?ne-mol.htm~main

Volcanoes

NPS - Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
Official government site for the park is full of helpful details, including maps and links.
http://www.hawaii.volcanoes.national-park.com/info.htm#vol

Teacher's Guide to the Geology of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Study notes on the volcanic geology of the Hawaiian islands in the North Pacific. Find details of plate tectonics and volcanic landforms in the region. Plate Tectonics, Hot Spots and Mantle Plumes, Evolution of the Hawaiian Volcanoes, The Volcanoes of the Island of Hawaii, Volcanic Landforms, Volcanic Landforms of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Lava, Tephra http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs
/vwlessons/atg.html

USGS Volcano Hazards Program US Geological Survey presents safety advice and historical data related to volcanic activity around the world. Includes photos and links. http://volcanoes.usgs.gov

Public Broadcasting Service - Savage Earth PBS presents the factors and forces behind volcanoes, tsunamis, and earthquakes. Based on the TV series of the same name. http://www.wnet.org/savageearth

Volcano World-Surf this molten source of mountains on the verge of blowing. Learn all about the types of lava and take a virtual field trip to the top.
http://www.volcanoworld.org/

Video Clips on Volcano World Watch videos of volcanic activity and volcanic eruptions across the globe.
http://volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/movies/movie.html