Math/Science (K-12)
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Biology for Kids
From the site: "The basis of the scientific method is asking questions and then trying to come up with the answers. You could ask, “Why do dogs and cats have hair?” One answer might be that it keeps them warm. BOOM! It’s the scientific method in action."
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Science Made Simple
This interesting site covers high interest topics like what animals do in the winter, migration, or hibernation.
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Brain Pop (Science)
Short Science Movies – two free per day
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Virtual Frog Dissection
Engaging interactive presentation on dissecting a frog. Involves sound and movie clips as well!
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The Yukiest Site Ever
This link is for students, it has fun animations and tell students all about gross science stuff such as worms, farts, roaches.
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Mountain Math
This is a very cool idea. A mountain math board stays up all year long, and the teacher switches the questions. It serves as a daily review for their mathematical skills.
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Cool Math 4 Kids
Cool math 4 kids is a math site specially designed for what kids like and how they learn! Math really CAN be fun and really CAN be easy to learn. One “thank-you” email I received from a parent said, “No more tears at homework time!” That’s what it’s all about! I’ve got lots of lessons and games on the site(s) to make math fun… So, look around… Play together and learn! HAVE FUN!
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Math Playground
Welcome to Math Playground, an action-packed site for elementary and middle school students. Practice your math skills, play a logic game and have some fun!
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Money Instructor
After signing up, you can print money lessons that are realistic. You are able to customize your own pages to cater to the specific lesson you are doing
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AAA Math
AAA Math features a comprehensive set of interactive arithmetic lessons. Unlimited practice is available on each topic which allows thorough mastery of the concepts. A wide range of lessons (Kindergarten through Eighth grade level) enables learning or review to occur at each individual’s current level. FAMTASTIC SITE FOR YOU MATH TEACHERS! Immediate feedback prevents practicing and learning incorrect methods, which is a common result of traditional homework and worksheets. Practice can continue as long as desired in a non-threatening format which helps build self-esteem and confidence.
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Virtual Manipulatives for Mathematics
Virtual manipulatives related to the NCTM Algebra standards for grades 6 through 8
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Create a Graph
Create Bar, Line, Area, Pie and XY graphs online… you can even email your work to someone else! Intuitive, fun, and fast!
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Math Goodies
This award-winning site has over 400 pages of math lessons, puzzles, and worksheets for teachers, students, and parents. Interactive lessons. Build your own worksheets!
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Visual Fractions
An on-line tutorial that offers instruction and practice in identifying, renaming, and operating on fractions. All examples are modeled with number lines or circles.
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Math for Kids
“Tricks” to help understand math concepts. All levels.
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No Matter What Shape Your Fractions Are In
Colorful, exciting site that will keep your students interested! Interactive.
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Geometry Web Page
Great hands-on activities to enhance your geometry lesson
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Webmath.com
This site is interactive. For example, it lets students put in their own problem, then shows how to work it. Very impressive and useable!
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Explore learning
ExploreLearning offers a catalog of modular, interactive simulations in math and science for teachers and students in grades 6-12. We call these simulations Gizmos. Gizmos are fun, easy to use, and flexible enough to support many different teaching styles and contexts. You can sign up for a free one month trial!
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Science Master
ScienceMaster is the place to learn about the universe, or space, find information on volcanos, and global warming, explore plants, animals or microbes, and study physics or chemistry.
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My Pyramid Tracker
This link allows students to assess their own nutrition and physical activity. Registration is optional and does not require personal information. With health becoming an important topic in education, this is an important resource.
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Cool Science
This website offers teachers science activities to include in the classroom such as teaching students where butterflies come from, creating airborne junk detectors to look at air quality, and looking closely at small objects without a microscope. Outstanding!
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Busch Gardens/Sea World Just for Teachers
This website provides classroom activities, teacher’s guides, as well as an opportunity to sign up for a monthly newsletter. The resources on this website, while somewhat limited in scope, are well thought out and thorough
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Science Fair Project Ideas
Over 900 Project Ideas to choose from!
Topic Selection Wizard: Looking for a science fair project? The Topic Selection Wizard will recommend a science fair project idea that is just right for you.Science Fair Project Ideas Directory: Browse through a list of all of our science fair project ideas organized by area of science.