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Harcourt Science grades 1-6 with audio narration

Brief interative on electrical circuits

From the CDC, a great interactive site for health topics: diseases, food and nutrition, physical activity, your safety, your life, your body. Resources for teachers here as well.

Hi! We're Art and Spleen from PROBE, PROfessional Body Explorers. Do you know how your body works? Let’s find out!

Try some of these interactive games to learn about the human body.

Designed for ages 9-11, these interactive investigations are perfect for differentiation. Investigations include Forces and Motion, Earth and Beyond, Electricity, Light, and Sound.

Get ready to explore the world of Rancho La Brea--one of the world's most famous fossil sites. Located in the heart of Los Angeles, the La Brea Tar Pits is home to over three million fossils from the last Ice Age. It was here that huge mammoths, fierce sabertoothed cats, and giant ground sloths became trapped and entombed in the asphalt that has been seeping out of the ground for the past 40,000 years. Discover and explore how these "tar pits" formed, what types of plants and animals became trapped, and how scientists have used these fossil deposits to open a window into the world of prehistoric Los Angeles.

The Lake Champlain Basin Atlas by the Lake Champlain Basin Program contains more than 40 full-color maps about the Lake Champlain Basin, articles about the maps, photographs, and a glossary. Extra resources, such as website links, manuals, and factsheets are also available. This 2004 version is loaded with lots of new information, many revised maps, and a new Students and Educators page!

Our philosophy is that the more we learn about animals, the more we respect them and take better care of them. Do you want to learn something new every day about animals? On this frequently updated page you will find information and news about animals. You can even add "animal of the day" to your own site (read more)

This is an animated storybook about a newly born elk's first year of life. The story begins with the spring birth of a healthy elk calf and continues through the herd's winter migration.

Put on your thinking cap and try your hand at these fun science games

Memory, labeling, and science vocabulary Where's the earth's crust? What are a flower's anthers? Study the diagram and then fill it out from memory.

Build a Fish by choosing a body, mouth, and color/pattern, then release it into the reef! You can drive your fish around the reef in search of food and to evade predators. Can your fish find enough food without being eaten?

This excellent resource simulates what happens to a rabbit poulation by varying temperature, water and food. Follow up with adding a predator to the environment.

What do you know about the properties of materials. Fun game as a followup to the Illustrated Materials Database.

The Materials Database allows pupils to interrogate an illustrated database of the properties of everyday materials. At the simplest level they can click on a property to view all materials which have that property. Use the Teacher section for loads of lesson print materials.

This exciting and interactive site, consisting of games, activities, information, and quizzes, is all about electric circuits. You'll learn what makes circuits work, and about conductors versus insulators, switches, changing circuits, and circuit diagrams.

Ace on the Case: Secrets @ Sea is an online curriculum-based adventure story for grade 4-7 students covering topics in Ocean Science.

Pack your computer for a virtual tour from a wide selection of nature spots across the country. Investigate wildlife inhabitants in Who Lives Here and view narrated movie clips on your virtual tour of America. Includes Northeast Kingdom in Vermont

Interactive site for elementary school to learn about the body.

Walk in the Woods is designed for third through fifth grade students to gain an appreciation of nature. Accompanied by audio narration.

Interactive resources for elementary science. From PBS, DFTV has units on Body and Brain, Earth and Space, Living Things, and Matter and Motion. Students will enjoy the Riddles section where they can find answers to tricky questions such as "How do you get electricty from a cow?"

Interactive Site for elementary school

Many curriculum related templates created by teachers for grades k-5 available for downloading. Check it out!

Interactive demonstration of wind from a calm breeze to hurricane levels. Try it!