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videos about labs, research, and science concepts

experiment to see how many pennies a bridge made of cards will hold.

The Engineering Design Challenges Program connects students in their classrooms with the challenges faced by NASA engineers as they design the next generation of space vehicles, habitats and technology. Middle and High School students work on design challenges with their teachers. These design challenges help students achieve national goals in science, mathematics, and thinking skills.

lesson plans for a section on the scientific method and designing experiments

An investigation in which students conduct three mini-experiments to discover how water passes through a plant's roots, stems, and exits through a plant's leaves.

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"Create an imaginary landscape with NGAkids JUNGLE. Mix and match the animals, control the weather and lighting conditions, or construct flowers, trees, and plants. An "AUTO" button generates random compositions, so you can sample program options and experiment with special effects as a starting point for your own designs. This Shockwave interactive is intended for children of all ages. To begin, just click one of the menu pictures above. JUNGLE is inspired by the paintings of French artist Henri Rousseau. Learn more about the artist's work, or plan to see Henri Rousseau: Jungles in Paris, a special exhibition that will be on view at the National Gallery of Art from July 16-October 15, 2006. "

NSTA Web Seminars are free, 90-minute, live professional development experiences that use online learning technologies to allow participants to interact with nationally acclaimed experts, NSTA Press authors, and scientists, engineers, and education specialists from NSTA partner organizations

The Virtual Laboratory allows students to select from hundreds of standard reagents and manipulate them in a manner that resembles that of a real lab. It allows students to design and perform diverse experiments in acid-base chemistry, thermochemistry, solubility, and redox chemistry.

Stellarium is billed as a "planetarium for your computer." And it delivers. It's free (and open source) and delivers a catalog of over 210 million stars, as well as realistic views of space, providing one of the most awe-inspiring experiences in this roundup. You can see where the planets are from your view atop a rover on Mars or check out shooting stars light years away.

"ARTSEDGE - the National Arts and Education Network - supports the placement of the arts at the center of the curriculum and advocates creative use of technology to enhance the K-12 educational experience. ARTSEDGE empowers educators to teach in, through, and about the arts by providing the tools to develop interdisciplinary curricula that fully integrate the arts with other academic subjects."

School library media Kids, an innovative new site packed with games and book trailers, is designed to provide a fun, interactve learning experience to get students motivated to learn on their own! Students can choose from exceptional literacy-related resources such as author and book review websites as well as superb educational tools including reference works and search engines.

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Although it is not obvious to the casual observer, rocks absorb water. You can ask your students to observe rocks all day long and they will not be able to tell if the rocks they are observing are absorbing water. However, there is an investigation which allows students to discover that rocks absorb water and how much water specific rocks absorb.

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