Helpful Science Websites

Helpful Science Websites: 

 The U.S. Department of Education provides age-appropriate activities for students to complete at home with adult supervision. Viewers will discover that you can find activities for students from Pre-Kindergarten to fifth grade. In addition, the site is very easy to follow and lists the materials needed for the activities and lists the step by step procedures. One aspect that I especially enjoyed about this website is that all activities are available in English and Spanish for bilingual households. 

Animal Planet provides viewers with live critter cams. Viewers can watch various animals such as Sloths, Sharks, Bunnies, Birds, Elephants, Penguins, and Sea Otters. The site is very easy to navigate. First, click here to be directed to the Animal Planet Website. From there, you will find a list of various live cams to choose from. Click on a live critter cam and enjoy! 

 The National Geographic Society provides viewers with a fun and informative GeoBee Challenge. The GeoBee Challenge posts ten questions every day from the National Geographic Bee. Each day there is a brand new quiz for viewers to take. The site also allows viewers to take the current days quiz, yesterday’s quiz, and the quiz from two days ago. The quizzes ask interesting geographic questions and are a challenge for all! 

Science Kids is a site for students to use to discover new science experiments to do at home. Within the site, there are at least forty six experiments from the students to choose from. Almost all of the science experiments can be done with common household materials.  In addition, this site also provides viewers with Science games and tutorials to choose from. 

During the summer, students and parents can use the site CyberCamp for a virtual reality summer camp. When first visiting the site, students need to be registered as a camper. After being registered, this site allows students to learn more about ecosystems, the environment, and health and safety. 

The Science Made Simple site allows viewers to learn about common questions that children ask. For example, this site provides scientific information regarding why the sky is blue, and why rainbows are different colors. Science Made Simple also gives students science fair, and science project ideas. 

The PBS Kids site can be used for students to discover experiments and activities to complete relating to Chemistry, Engineering, The Five Senses, Forces, Life Science, Patterns, Sound, Structures, and Water. This site is laid out by listing the materials needed for the activity, and then listing explicit instructions to complete the activity. In addition, at the bottom of the page lists student’s results to the activity. 

The Kids Activities Blog provides students with  fifteen engaging science activities for students to try at home. When viewing this site, scroll through the list of activities to choose from. Once an activity is chosen, you will be directed to another site which shows explicit instructions for the activity, as well as provides pictures directions for many of the steps. 

The Education  website allows viewers to choose science experiments which vary from a variety of topics such as Weather and Seasons, Physical Science, Earth and Space Science, Chemistry and Environmental Science. The website also allows viewers to choose the age appropriate activities based on the students grade level.  

Kidspot is a website that students can come to explore scientific experiment ideas. This site also breaks down the categories for age appropriate activities based on the student’s age. For example, activities can be selected for students ranging from one to eight years old.