A portal to resources on the sun, the Earth's neighboring planets, and the weather in space. Find out why Saturn is the "jewel of the Solar System" and explore what happens when Venus and Mercury make their rare transits across the sun.
Make a scale model of the Solar System and learn the REAL definition of "space." You tell it how large to make the sun (in inches or millimeters) and the page will do all of the calculations for your scale model solar system and provide other scaled data. Requires JavaScript capable browser. Links to a more detailed page that calculates sizes and distances for moons also.
How is time read on the stone of the Chaco Canyon? Find out systems geologists have for dating rocks and fossils.
This lesson scratches at the surface of early forms of written communication and teaches readers how to make their own petroglyph.
This outstanding website provides an excellent variety of hands-on earthquake activities to help you understand what causes earthquakes.
This website provides an explanation of earthquakes in words and pictures, beginning with this lesson on plate tectonics.
This interesting site provides videos and photos of cells going through the process of cell division. Observe Zebrafish development and Sea urchin embryo cell division in video format.
Exploratorium helps you to grow your own mold terrarium. Includes directions and an explanation for what you see growing on your food!
A site based on remembering Nagasaki before, during, and after the bombing. Many pictures and accounts can be accessed by clicking on the picture the page.
This outstanding multimedia website follows the San Andreas fault system up the California coast from San Diego to just north of San Francisco on the coast.
A resource rich is scientific research investigating the origins of matter. Find strategic locations of observatories, the scientists conducting the research, tools used to study the world, and how the ideas of one scientist might impact the studies of another. Experience virtually live opportunities to see the studies conducted first hand.
Over 30 simple, interactive, experiments can be found on the Exploratorium site. This museum, based out of San Francisco, presents each experiment with a list of materials, a short procedure, and the scientific reasoning behind the experiment.
Here is a monumental list of ideas for science fair projects and experiments, organized alphabetically. Every one of them is a link to a full page, with pictures, of information about the idea. This site is a goldmine.
This site from The Exploratorium Museum is a full description of a short activity. An electrophorus plate and a Leyden jar are made. The electrophorus is charged by induction. Its charge is transferred to the Leyden jar by conduction several times until a large charge is stored in the jar. The charge is then discharged, creating a (very bearable) shock.
Exploratorium Science Snacks are miniature science exhibits and experiments that can be made with common, inexpensive, easily available materials. These electricity snacks represent a set of devices that you can build and experiment with charges, electromagnets, electric currents, and more.
Here is a large collection of simple science class activities for understanding the physics of light.
A collection of mechanics activities. Many pertain to Newton's laws of motion. Step-by-step directions provided with illustrations. Great for teacher demos or student projects.
In this colorful and interactive resource, students can learn about the science behind baseball, hockey, cycling, skateboarding, and surfing.
How does that bridge stay up? What are the forces acting on that column? This site helps students understand how structures can be built by having them build their own. Also provides images of real structures for kids to compare with their own.
This is an activity using common household materials that will demonstrate a static electricity discharge.