Biological Science
Biology explorations and experiments to enlighten your students. Learn about the human body, plants, animals, fish, the rainforest and more.
Learn About Wiggly Worms
Explore the lives of worms and have some fun with the activities and projects.
Explore the lives of worms and have some fun with the activities and projects.
Unusual Gardens for Kids
Grow your own unique and unusual gardens with these fun kits - Your friends will be amazed!
Grow your own unique and unusual gardens with these fun kits - Your friends will be amazed!
Top 10 Gardening Books for Young Gardeners
Gardening is a great way to get outdoors and yet still accomplish learning - and it's great exercise too! Here are some great books to give you ideas and plans to get the kids involved in the garden.
Gardening is a great way to get outdoors and yet still accomplish learning - and it's great exercise too! Here are some great books to give you ideas and plans to get the kids involved in the garden.
Top 10 Kid-sized Gardening Tools
Kids love to dig in the dirt. They love to water their seeds and care for their gardens. It's fun to see their faces light up when they see their first sprout. Here are my top 10 picks for kids-sized gardening tools.
Kids love to dig in the dirt. They love to water their seeds and care for their gardens. It's fun to see their faces light up when they see their first sprout. Here are my top 10 picks for kids-sized gardening tools.
Top 10 Garden Crafts
Add some personality to your garden with these craft kits for personalized stepping stones, bells, wind chimes, sundials and more. Pick flowers and leaves from your garden, press them and make handmade cards and gifts.
Add some personality to your garden with these craft kits for personalized stepping stones, bells, wind chimes, sundials and more. Pick flowers and leaves from your garden, press them and make handmade cards and gifts.
SomeBody
SomeBody is a fun and educational human anatomy game by Aristoplay. It's five fun games for learning human anatomy for all ages. It grows with your child, so it's a good investment!
SomeBody is a fun and educational human anatomy game by Aristoplay. It's five fun games for learning human anatomy for all ages. It grows with your child, so it's a good investment!
Animal Related Mini Units
Animal Related Mini Units to liven up a topic you're studying or add something special to your school day.
Animal Related Mini Units to liven up a topic you're studying or add something special to your school day.
4H-Children's Garden
The 4-H Children's Garden is one of the 5 parts of the Horticultural Demonstration Gardens. It is a special garden where plants and children and imaginations grow. Take a vitual tour and check out all the fun and activities on the website.
The 4-H Children's Garden is one of the 5 parts of the Horticultural Demonstration Gardens. It is a special garden where plants and children and imaginations grow. Take a vitual tour and check out all the fun and activities on the website.
Adventures of Echo the Bat
The Adventure of Echo the Bat is an interactive web site featuring an Interactive Adventure and Teacher's Guide, which combine to introduce students to remote sensing and biodiversity from a constructivist approach.
The Adventure of Echo the Bat is an interactive web site featuring an Interactive Adventure and Teacher's Guide, which combine to introduce students to remote sensing and biodiversity from a constructivist approach.
Amazon Interactive
Explore the geography of the Ecuadorian Amazon through online games and activities. Learn about the rainforest and the Quichua people who call it home. Discover the ways in which the Quichua live off the land. Then try your hand at running a community-based ecotourism project along the Río Napo.
Explore the geography of the Ecuadorian Amazon through online games and activities. Learn about the rainforest and the Quichua people who call it home. Discover the ways in which the Quichua live off the land. Then try your hand at running a community-based ecotourism project along the Río Napo.
AmphibiaWeb
AmphibiaWeb is an online system enabling anyone with a Web browser to quickly search and retrieve information relating to amphibian biology and conservation. Species accounts contain species descriptions, life history information, conservation status, literature references, photos and range maps for many species.
AmphibiaWeb is an online system enabling anyone with a Web browser to quickly search and retrieve information relating to amphibian biology and conservation. Species accounts contain species descriptions, life history information, conservation status, literature references, photos and range maps for many species.
Aquatic Safari
The oceans of the world are filled with so many interesting animals! Here are some fun facts and beautiful images that will help you get to know these unique creatures a little better.
The oceans of the world are filled with so many interesting animals! Here are some fun facts and beautiful images that will help you get to know these unique creatures a little better.
Backyard Nature
Naturalist Jim Conrad has a wealth of information to help teach nature-study techniques. There are many resources to help you understand why nature is so important. Don't miss the 101 "Nature-oriented Things to Do this Summer" and his online children's book, "Walks with Red Dog."
Naturalist Jim Conrad has a wealth of information to help teach nature-study techniques. There are many resources to help you understand why nature is so important. Don't miss the 101 "Nature-oriented Things to Do this Summer" and his online children's book, "Walks with Red Dog."
Basics of Space Flight
Make your way through this course, viewing the animations and taking the quizzes. At the end, you'll be offered a certificate of completion that you can fill out and give your supervisor for inclusion in your training record. (High school)
Make your way through this course, viewing the animations and taking the quizzes. At the end, you'll be offered a certificate of completion that you can fill out and give your supervisor for inclusion in your training record. (High school)
Bats Bats Everywhere
If they fly, why aren't they birds? Come learn all about bats, play some bat games and take a bat quiz.
If they fly, why aren't they birds? Come learn all about bats, play some bat games and take a bat quiz.
Build-A-Prairie
The prairie is one of North America's great ecosystems and a vital habitat for many plants and animals. Can you turn a bare dirt field into a thriving prairie? Take the restoration challenge in this interactive game!
The prairie is one of North America's great ecosystems and a vital habitat for many plants and animals. Can you turn a bare dirt field into a thriving prairie? Take the restoration challenge in this interactive game!
Citybugs - Virtual Bugs Collection
Learn all about bugs at this site! See a virtual bug collection, learn how to classify bugs, learn about bug anatomy, play games and more!
Learn all about bugs at this site! See a virtual bug collection, learn how to classify bugs, learn about bug anatomy, play games and more!
Fun Farm
Learn all about organic farming at this interactive and educational farm.
Learn all about organic farming at this interactive and educational farm.
Genetic Science Learning Center
Learn how genetics affects our lives and society. Handsome, middle- and high-school-level treatment of genetics, genetic disorders, and social issues, with resources for students and teachers, from the University of Utah.
Learn how genetics affects our lives and society. Handsome, middle- and high-school-level treatment of genetics, genetic disorders, and social issues, with resources for students and teachers, from the University of Utah.
Great Plant Escape
Help Detective Le Plant and his partners, Bud and Sprout, unlock the amazing mysteries of plant life!
Help Detective Le Plant and his partners, Bud and Sprout, unlock the amazing mysteries of plant life!
I Went to the Zoo
A slide show of a trip to the zoo by Kathy Gursky, a first grade teacher.
A slide show of a trip to the zoo by Kathy Gursky, a first grade teacher.
In Search of the Ways of Knowing Trail
A world of exploration with Brookfield Zoo. An adventure in Africa's Ituri Forest, and an encounter with the cultures of the people who live there. Learn about the plants and animals of the Ituri Forest.
A world of exploration with Brookfield Zoo. An adventure in Africa's Ituri Forest, and an encounter with the cultures of the people who live there. Learn about the plants and animals of the Ituri Forest.
Jewels of the Sea
See the Jelly Cam and learn about jellyfish in Those That Sting.
See the Jelly Cam and learn about jellyfish in Those That Sting.
Kids Gardening
Imagine creating a habitat that allures fluttering beauties, inspires art and writing, and provides a centerpiece for studying life cycles, habitats, plant/animal interactions, and more.
Imagine creating a habitat that allures fluttering beauties, inspires art and writing, and provides a centerpiece for studying life cycles, habitats, plant/animal interactions, and more.
KinderGARDEN
An introduction to the many ways children can interact with plants and the outdoors. This site contains ideas for gardening with kids.
An introduction to the many ways children can interact with plants and the outdoors. This site contains ideas for gardening with kids.
LifeScience
ScienceMaster is the place to learn about the universe, or space, find information on volcanos, and global warming, explore plants, animals or DNA, and study physics or chemistry.
ScienceMaster is the place to learn about the universe, or space, find information on volcanos, and global warming, explore plants, animals or DNA, and study physics or chemistry.
Mirror Molecules
Some molecules come in mirror image pairs - a right-handed one and a left-handed one.
Some molecules come in mirror image pairs - a right-handed one and a left-handed one.
My Body
A collection of Shockwave animations that take you through different parts of your body. Check out all the sights and sounds!
A collection of Shockwave animations that take you through different parts of your body. Check out all the sights and sounds!
Neuroscience for Kids
Worksheets and lessons that are ready for you to print out and work on off-line.
Worksheets and lessons that are ready for you to print out and work on off-line.
Operation Ruby Throat: The Hummingbird Project
Everybody loves hummingbirds, and these tiny feathered dynamos can be used to help students learn about science, math, geography, culture, and virtually any academic discipline.
Everybody loves hummingbirds, and these tiny feathered dynamos can be used to help students learn about science, math, geography, culture, and virtually any academic discipline.
Planet Ocean
Can you imagine a planet where ninety-nine percent of the living space is ocean? You don't have to. You're living on it!
Can you imagine a planet where ninety-nine percent of the living space is ocean? You don't have to. You're living on it!
Puffy the Puffer's Fun Facts
An online activity book of fun fish facts including trivia, games, mazes, quiz, and more!
An online activity book of fun fish facts including trivia, games, mazes, quiz, and more!
Tiger Adventures and Activities
Five fun adventures to help you learn about tigers. Don't miss the teacher's resources for more on tigers.
Five fun adventures to help you learn about tigers. Don't miss the teacher's resources for more on tigers.
Virtual Microscope
Anatomy slides to view on the virtual microscope and quizzes to test what you learned.
Anatomy slides to view on the virtual microscope and quizzes to test what you learned.
Where am I Hiding?
Click on the animals to learn more about them. After completing the game, print out and complete the worksheet.
Click on the animals to learn more about them. After completing the game, print out and complete the worksheet.