At Home Science

learning science through football~

Go into different rooms and find the simple machines

"The Tree of Life Web Project (ToL) is a collaborative effort of biologists and nature enthusiasts from around the world. On more than 10,000 World Wide Web pages, the project provides information about biodiversity, the characteristics of different groups of organisms, and their evolutionary history (phylogeny)." Each page contains information about a particular group, e.g., salamanders, segmented worms, phlox flowers, tyrannosaurs, euglenids, Heliconius butterflies, club fungi, or the vampire squid. ToL pages are linked one to another hierarchically, in the form of the evolutionary tree of life. Starting with the root of all Life on Earth and moving out along diverging branches to individual species, the structure of the ToL project thus illustrates the genetic connections between all living things." This looks like an outstanding natural science collaborative resource!

science news for kids ~

Interactive star map and virtual sky

8 interactive tutorials related to microscopy. No audio but some really great visuals!

videos for learning different areas of science

Great for visual learning, all sorted by subject.

From National Geographic. You must register to access content. Some kids areas have "web communities"

From MIT, videos for high school science, math, and engineering. Most videos are in English but some are only available in Arabic right now.

A variety of interactive games, reading required.

A collection of interactive games and educational activities in a fun and engaging format. This website has a lot of stuff!

Great beginning astronomy site. It is just being constructed so hopefully it will blossom into something more comprehensive.

Downloadable science animations, gaming

The is a free 400+ page book for teaching chemistry to elementary and middle school students with additional resources on the website.

Great spine for middle school chemistry!