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Science - Student Focused

<visit> National Parks Service. Click the Interpretation and Education link for information and then click WebRangers, GoZone and GalleryZone to become a ranger online, share your art and writing with others online or access games and activities in your national park.

<visit> Excellent images and diagrams at a cellular level.

<visit> A collection of some of the best images of planets in our solar system by NASA.

<visit> The smell of a flower - The memory of a walk in the park - The pain of stepping on a nail. These experiences are made possible by the 3 pounds of tissue in our heads...the BRAIN!! Neuroscience for Kids has been created for all students and teachers who would like to learn about the nervous system.

<visit>Kids learn science the easy, hands-on way with Science Made Simple. Get fun science projects & great experiments using household materials. Clear, detailed answers to children’s science questions. Science News. And more!

<visit> You can perform a virtual dissection of a frog and other animals!

<visit> This kid-centered website by the National Wildlife Federation has activities and topics of interest broken down by age group. Explore animal habitats or learn about interesting geographic areas like the Great Sand Dunes in Colorado.

<visit> The NASA website for kids!

<visit>"Let NASA teach you about this system of lines and its relation to timekeeping including local time, time zones, the date line, right ascension, and declination."

<visit> Take a virtual tour of the animal kingdom. Full of detailed information and pictures of all kinds of animals. From cats and dogs, to dolphins and iguanas, you're bound to find information on your favorite animal. Plus you can enter their monthly drawing to win great animal related prizes.

<visit>Follow the links on this site by the Environmental Protection Agency to find lots of fun ways to learn about agriculture and the environment.

<visit> Did you ever wonder why a camel has a hump? If you can really tell the weather by listening to the chirp of a cricket? Or why our joints make popping sounds? These questions deal with everyday phenomena that we often take for granted, but each can be explained scientifically.

<visit> Journey North engages students in a global study of wildlife migration and seasonal change. K-12 students share their own field observations with classmates across North America. They track the coming of spring through the migration patterns of monarch butterflies, bald eagles, robins, hummingbirds, manatees, whooping cranes -- and other birds and mammals, the budding of plants, changing sunlight and other natural events. Find standards-based lesson plan, activities and information to help students make local observations and fit them into a global context. Widely considered a best-practices model for education, Journey North is the nation's premiere "citizen science" project for children.

<visit> Register and see what’s in the sky.

<visit> Nasa Quest the gateway to Nasa’s educational pages. Sign up to work on projects, ask questions to scientists and browse the archives of past projects.

<visit> Daily updates of the Hawaiian Volcanoes.

<visit>This site is all about snow crystals and snowflakes -- what they are, where they come from, and just how these remarkably complex and beautiful structures are created, quite literally, out of thin air.

<visit> Cool science for curious kids.

<visit>Lists information, names, quizzes, and activities about hurricanes.

<visit>This kids' weather site offers facts, links and pictures on pages about tornadoes, lightning, hurricanes and storm chasing. It's part of Sky Diary.

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