Animaland.org (Grades K-8)

Site, operated by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, offers a pet care guide for a wide variety of pets. The Animal Encyclopedia provides facts on various animals. The Games & Cartoons section offers a pet of the week, trivia and Fetch.

NatureWorks

Lots of animal websites

Frogs: A Chorus of Colors (Grades 4-8)

American Museum of Natural History site

Just for Kids (Grades K-8)

Site, created by the University of Illinois Extension, offers 10 interactive learning adventures. Includes Teacher's Guide.

Kids Go Wild (Grades 2-8)

 

Kids' Planet ESPECIES Fact Sheets (Grades 2-8)

 

Woodland Park Zoo (Grades K-8)

Seattle site provides opportunity to study exotic animals

World Almanac for Kids: Animals (Grades 2-8)

 

Dinobase (Grades 2-12)

Site appropriate for academics as well as younger children

Insects

This site has lots of websites on insects

Mystery Bug

This is a third grade webquest that can be modified

Orkin bug games

Name that bug is a cute game for the students to play

Dr. Weather

This is a weather webquest

EEK! Environmental Education for Kids (Grades 4-8)

Site developed by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to let kids explore the great outdoors.

Educating Children About the Earth (Grades K-6)

Site offers free educational materials about conserving Earth's resources

Encyclopedia of the Atmospheric Environment

On-line encyclopedia for weather information

Explore the Fantastic Forest

This is a great site for Outdoor School

Exploring the Secret Lives of Trees (Grades 3-5)

Site designed by the University of Illinois to help students observe and appreciate trees

Keep America Beautiful: Clean Sweep USA (Grades 3-8)

Site helps students understand recycling and conservation. Flash is required to view site

Let There Be Light

This is a webquest about light

Storms

NOAA website for children

The Kids Ecology Corps (Grades K-12)

10-part curriculum guide that helps students answer questions about their environment

Tops and Bottoms

A gardening webquest where students use math skills to plant a productive garden

Twister Times for Kids

This is a tornado webquest

Virtual Rain Forest Tour (Grades K-4)

Choose between a virtual tour or a directed tour. Let your cursor hover over the picture to learn more about the different elements

Weather Webquest

Another webquest for weather

Weather or Not

This is a great site for teachers to gather information

Weather Play Time for Kids

Another NOAA website for children

Weather Resources for Students

Weather Proverbs, Musical Meteorology, etc

Weather Wiz Kids

This is a website made by a meteorologist especially for kids

Web Weather for kids

Another great weather website for students

Volcanoes

Teacher pages for teaching volcanoes

ZES Weather

This is a weather web site made by an elementary school

CAGIS: Experiments and Engineering Activities (Grades K-8)

Five fun experimetns provided by The Canadian Association for Girls in Science

Discover Engineering (Grades 3-8)

Site helps students understand exactly what engineers do and discover how mechanical, chemical, civil, industrial, electrical, aerospace, enviromental, and manufacturing engineers enrich their lives.

Science Fun with Airplanes (Grades 4-8)

Educational exploration offered by Ohio State University

Rock Hounds

Lots of information on rocks and minerals

Mineral Information Institute

Pictures and information on minerals

Windows into Wonderland (Grades 5-8)

Site allows virtual visitor to explore the unique geological featurs and wildlife of Yellowstone National Park.

Inventors and Inventions (Grades 4-8)
Museum of Ancient Inventions (Grades 4-8)
Inventor of the Week Archive (Grades 4-8)
National Inventors Hall of Fame Database (Grades 4-8)
SciTecLibrary: Latest Inventions (Grades 4-8)
Edison Birthplace Museum (Grades 4-8)
Thomas A. Edison (Grades 4-8)
The Lemelson Center: Edison Invents! (Grades 4-8)
America's Story: Thomas A. Edison (Grades 4-8)
U. S. Patent and Trademark Office: Full-Text Database (Grades 4-8)
Lemelson Center: Video & Audio (Grades 4-8)
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office: Kids' Pages (Grades 4-8)
Totally Absurd Inventions and Patents (Grades 4-8)

Lab Lesson Plans

Site, developed through Columbia University's Summer Research Program for Science Teachers, has more than 250 lesson plans in its database.