Elementary Science Education

More useful resources are on the science pages in Teacher Resources

Elementary Science Fair Projects

• IPL Science Fair Project Resource Guide: a variety of web site resources, leading you through the necessary steps to successfully complete a science experiment.  An Internet Public Library resource.
• Math Ideas for Science Fair Projects
  
• Science Fair Primer by Ted Rowan
  
• Science Fair Project on the Web ; Supplies
  
• Science Fairs from WWW Virtual Library
• Ultimate Science Fair Resource by Dr. John W. Gudenas

Elementary Level Activity Pages and Exhibits

• Bill Nye the Science Guy - Nye Labs Online: If you've seen him on TV you don't need an explanation.
• Exploratorium Science Snacks: miniature versions of some of the most popular exhibits at the Exploratorium.
  
• Frogland
  
• The Great Plant Escape ; also en espanol

• Mars Rover Curiosity    landed on Mars August 2012
• NASA Kids
• The Space Place
• Space Stuff
• Star Child: astronomy information from NASA, with material at two levels and references to high school level.
       
• Tiger Information Center
  
• WhaleNet

Science Resources

• BadScience page: "This page is maintained by Alistair B. Fraser in an attempt to sensitize teachers and students to examples of the bad science often taught in schools, universities, and offered in popular articles and even textbooks."
  
• Buckminster Fuller: "An architect, designer, engineer, poet, philosopher, author and global iconoclast, Fuller was a true visionary, a Renaissance man best remembered as creator of the geodesic dome."
• Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago and online exhibits
  
• Intel International Science and Engineering Fair
• Internet Science and Technology Fair: Allows students to discover for themselves how to use the Internet for research and communication. In the process of solving real-world problems.
• Mad Scientist Network: a collective cranium of scientists providing answers to your questions
• NASA Curriculum Support: materials that will enhance many science related topics
• NASA History Timeline
• National Zoo: Smithsonian Institution's National Zoological Park
• Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago
• Saint Louis Zoo
  
• Oregon Zoo
• Science News: the weekly newsmagazine of science
• Science Reagents and supplies
• Scientific American Magazine Online -- Ask the Experts
• Smithsonian institution ; National Museum of Natural History ; National Air and Space Museum ; Smithsonian Education
• The Why Files : science behind the news.

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August  2012