Performance Zone 12
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/
BBC -KS2 Bitesize: This site includes interactive simulations for students on Living Things, Materials, and Physical Processes. Teacher resources include lesson plans, worksheets, and online quizzes.
BioWorksU: Students learn about the knowledge and skills used in biotechnology and healthcare careers through interactive activities. Lesson plans for teachers as well as other resources are included.
http://www.curriki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/AboutFindingCollecting
Curriki: A non-profit organization, Curriki is a K-12 global community for teachers, students and parents to create, share, and find open learning resources that improve teacher effectiveness and student outcomes.
Edheads: Edheads provides educational games, activities, and virtual surgeries. This site also includes lesson plans for teachers and articles for teachers and/or students.
http://www.education.com/activity/all-grades/science/
Education.com: This site includes science activities to help show children the fun side of learning. Easy science activities to more advanced science experiments are shared. This site is perfect for parents who want to extend their child’s learning at home.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/science.shtml
Education World: Education World includes lesson plans for all subjects, technology integration, professional development activities, and additional education articles. The online science center has links to images, think-quest, web-quests and learning games.
Exploratorium: This site includes more than 18 thousand web pages and many sound and video files, exploring hundreds of different topics. The Exploratorium contains instructions for over 500 simple experiments.
http://www.lawrencehallofscience.org/science_out_of_school
The Lawrence Hall of Science, University of California, Berkeley: The Lawrence Hall of
Science investigates, creates, and evaluates educational materials and methods, professional development programs, and hands-on learning experiences for their science center, schools, communities, and homes. It provides parents, kids, and educators with opportunities to engage with science. Go to Science Out-of-School and click on 24/7 Science for fun activities for students.
http://learningscience.org/index.htm
learningscience.org: Developed for teachers and students with links to science interactives and resources around the world. This is a research and review site framed by the National Science Education Standards.
http://www.iiseagrant.org/nabinvader/
Nab the Aquatic Invader: This interactive website teaches students in grades 4-10 about aquatic invaders and the problems they create in the Atlantic, Pacific, Gulf, and Great Lakes regions.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html
NASA: This site provides many interactive features, including resources for educators and fun, educational resources for students of all ages.
http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/nasacity/index2.htm
NASA @ Home and City: A terrific interactive site where NASA shows the practical implications of how space travel has affected our lives. The site is very well done, and audio support is provided for the text. It is quite accessible to English Language Learners.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/crittercam
National Geographic Crittercam: Students participate in interactive missions to choose the best crittercam for various species in three virtual worlds; students may view video recorded by crittercam. Lesson plans and activity guides are available for teachers.
NSDL (The National Science Digital Library): NSDL is the nation’s online portal for education and research on learning in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. This site contains numerous resources for teachers, including Science Refreshers where teachers can brush up on content knowledge, and Science Literacy Maps where teachers can browse for resources by concept.
OLOGY Presented by the American Museum of Natural History: Topics on this site include: Anthropology, Archaeology, Astronomy, Biodiversity, Marine Biology, Paleontology, Zoology, Water, Earth, Einstein, and Genetics. Activities include creating projects and mini notebooks, exploring evidence, and reading actual field journals.
http://www.rockingham.k12.va.us/k5/science.htm
RCPS Elementary Sites: This site provides links to interactive and informational sites on topics such as: Simple Machines, Botany, Aquatic Animals, Oceans, Animals of All Sorts, General Science, Checking the Weather, Meteorology, Solar System, Geology, Insects, Ecosystems, and Chemistry.
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/kids/
SCI4KIDS – Science, Agriculture, and You: This site offers news about plants, animals, and other life science issues. It also includes activities for students and resources for teachers.
http://www.sciencebuddies.org/
Science Buddies: This site provides information for science fair project ideas, answers, and tools. It has hundreds of science and engineering resources, including a step-by-step science fair project guide.
Science Kids: This site brings science and technology together. Fun science experiments, cool facts, online games, free activities and ideas, lesson plans, photos, quizzes, videos, and science fair projects are included.
http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/index.php
Science NetLinks: This site provides a wealth of resources for K-12 science educators, and is a guide to standards based internet experiences for students. Interactive links to dozens of topics for students, and detailed lesson plans for teachers are included.
http://www.sciencenotebooks.org/resources/
Science Notebooks: The teacher resources section provides references to relevant research and teaching literature, information on where to purchase notebooks, and other information to further develop teachers' understanding of science notebooks
http://www.teachersdomain.org/
Teachers’ Domain - Digital Media for the Classroom and Professional Development: This is a digital media service for educational use from public broadcasting and its partners. There are thousands of media resources, support materials, and tools for classroom lessons, individualized learning programs, and teacher professional learning communities.
http://www.thinkfinity.org/home.aspx
Thinkfinity: Teacher resources, professional development opportunities, and content material are included on this site. Additional online resources include: web-quests, interactive games, homework help, lesson plans, activities, and book reports.
Virtual Microscopes: These various sites show students how to use a microscope and/or show magnified specimens.
http://www.udel.edu/biology/ketcham/microscope/scope.html
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/interact/vemwindow.html