Science Websites

 

For exciting information to enhance or support your science lessons, go to these NSTA recommended websites:

 

KSNN: Kids Science News Network, a NASA sponsored news for kids in English or Spanish (Noticiencias NASA) great information and teacher material

http://ksnn.larc.nasa.gov/home.html

 

Center for Disease Control and Prevention/Public Health

www.cdc.gov/excite

 

Central Intelligence Agency

https://www.cia.gov/kids-page, K-9 Corps and Picture taking pigeons K-5

History, career advice and job descriptions, Hall of Fame, games for code-breaking and aerial photo analysis 6-12 + Lesson plans

 

Oil and Gas posters US Dept of Energy

www.fe.doe.gov/programs/reserves/oilgas_educational_posters.html

How oil and gas formed, history of oil business, processing, supplies, unconventional potential sources of oil

 

NASA Spinoffs 2008, over 1600 new materials and products, including a new racing swimsuit, spacesuit technologies to protect divers from toxic chemical spills

www.sti.nasa.goc/tto

 

Spacesuits and Spacewalks

www.nasa.gov/education/spacecuits includes a clickable spacesuit scientists etc who work on the suits, materials for teachers related to engineering a spacesuit, downloadable poster and contest to name next Mars rover (deadline Jan 25)

 

International Space Station Calendar www.nasa.gov.station

 

Newsbreaks for K-2 Students in English and Spanish

http://ksnn.larc.nasa.gov/k2/k2_science.html including states of matter, day and night, activities, worksheets, video segments related to water cycle; Scripts available for students to perform in class at school.

 

Metric conversion: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) www.nist.gov/public_affairs/kids/kidsmain.htm  metric conversion aids, word search, riddles, crossword puzzles, quiz; evaluations on CD players, trees, shoes, air, mobile phones, etc.

 

Clean School Bus USA, Environmental Protection Agency

www.epa.gov/cleanschoolbus

Schools and libraries may request a free copy of The Magic School Bus Gets Cleaned Up.

 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) NeMO the New Millennium Observatory

Underwater active volcano www.pmel.noaa.gov/vents/nemo

 

US Department of Agriculture

www.ars.usda.gov/is/kids Science with No Boundaries, Spanish version available. Classroom ready lessons, activities, Science Fair ideas related to agriculture