General Science Sites
Extreme Science
Informs students about the largest, smallest, highest, deepest, longest extremes in the world around us. Volcanoes, earthquakes, animals, and more!
Bill Nye the Science Guy
Bill Nye the Science Guy makes learning about science fun, and shows you neat science experiments you can try at home.
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Animals & Nature
Bagheera In the Wild - Vanishing and extinct species
Click here to learn about species that are extinct or endangered.
Biological Profiles
From the Florida Museum of Natural History, this site gives excellent information on a large variety of sea animals and fish. Especially good for information on sharks.
Crittercam Chronicles
Observe animals living in Antarctica, the Arctic and the deep sea with live video of cams attached to the animals themselves.
Electronic Zoo
Information on pets, farm animals, veterinarian careers, and more.
e-Nature
Operated by the National Wildlife Federation, this sight provides "field guides" to all kinds of wildlife.
Endangered Species in Canada
National Government website.
Hinterland Who's Who
Describes the appearance, history, and habits of a Canadian bird or mammal.
Mammal Species of the World
This site from the Smithsonian, gives the taxonomic classification of mammals, along with some information on individual species.
OceanLink
"This website is dedicated to ocean education. Throughout these pages, you will find all kinds of interesting information about things like: the biggest sea animals, marine biology careers, answers to common ocean/animal questions, and much more!!"
Rainforest Action Network
Watch a video or slideshow, learn about animals of the rainforest, and get tips on helping to save it!
The Salmon Cycle
Learn about the life cycle of a salmon. Good diagrams.
Salmon Facts: Pacific Region
Learn about the life cycle of a salmon and find out facts about different species. Information, pictures and diagrams from the federal Fisheries department.
San Diego Zoo
Visit the website of this world-famous zoo to find all kinds of fascinating information on animals. Includes profiles of different animals that are great for those animal projects you have to do.
Australian Animals
This is great list of websites for all the australian animals.
Vancouver Aquarium Aquafacts
This site is designed to answer all kinds of questions about ocean creatures and sea life.
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Astronomy
Astronomy Unbound
An e-book for those who are taking courses or have a general interest in astronomy.
Canadian Space Agency Homepage A Federal Government website with current data on space science, technology, and satellite communications.
Canadian Space Agency - Kid Space
"Greetings Earthlings of all ages and welcome to KidSpace! This section is all for you so get set to blast off on an exciting online adventure brought to you by the Canadian Space Agency." This site offers games, photos, experiments and "cosmis Q&As." among other things.
NASA Space Link
Hot topics and cool picks from the American National Aeronautics and Space Administration with a special focus on education.
Nine Planets Includes history, mythology, and scientific knowledge of each of the planets and moons in our solar system.
SEDS-Students for the Exploration and Development of Space
SEDS is an independent, student-based organization which promotes the exploration and development of space. This site offers an excellent list of web links on space and astronomy.
Vancouver Space Centre / Planetarium
Find show and programs schedules, view a chart of the Vancouver sky, and ask an astronomer questions.
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Chemistry
Chem4kids
A good basic chemistry web site. The activities section includes thirty chemistry activities and over 200 total activities for all of the sciences. You will find mazes, puzzles, flash cards, multiple choice quizzes, virtual tours, expeditions and more.
Webelements
Look here for the Periodic Table of elements.
Chemistry Dictionary Terminology
Short basic definitions of chemistry terms.
Chemistry Index
A comprensive alphabetical index to chemistry topics from About.com. It's a site map that includes the articles, how-to's, elements, structures, glossary, problem sets, and more!
ThinkQuest Chemistry Tutor|
"Web pages to get you through your Chemistry homework.
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Earth Science
Canadian Hurricane Centre - Just For Kids
This website for kids explains hurricanes in an easy and entertaining manner. Links back to the government website for relevant Canadian information.
Energy Quest
A great interactive award-winning energy education website of the California Energy Commission.
Environment of Planet Earth - Information on environmental issues, endangered species, ecology, biomes, etc.
NRCat's Scatching Post
National Energy Board's entertaining kids' page provides games, quizzes, posters, educational materials and more, on geography, science and technology, nature and the environment.
Volcano World
A fascinating website on current and past volcano eruptions. Features include "Ask a Volcanologist", "Kids Door," and "Volcano Adventures."
Weather Web: Weather Resources for Schools
Covers clouds, tornadoes, El Nino, the greenhouse effect and other weather concepts.
Explore Mining An excellent discussion about mines, with tons of links.
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Health
Be Drug Wise - Get the Facts
Get the facts about differenct drugs and addictions. This site from Health Canada gives lots of information on drug use and its effects.
Canada's Food Guide to Healthy Eating
Learn about Health Canada's suggestions for nutrition and health.
Kidshealth
Site is for parents, kids, and teens. Includes preventive health information as well as information on diseases for homework help.
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Human Body
My Body
This site for elementary school children presents information about lungs, muscles, digestive system, teeth, skin, tongue, hair, heart and more.
Your Gross & Cool Body
Part of The Yuckiest Site on the Internet, this site gives straightforward and fun facts about your body and its systems, and how it works.
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Inventions
How Stuff Works
Provides lively explanations about how things work. Divided by "stuff" categories such as electronics, computers, autos, home, science, health and others.
Index of Inventions (from National Inventors Hall of Fame)
Browse by invention, inventor, date or decade.
Windmill World
Everything you ever wanted to know about windmills of all kinds.
Inventors & Inventions
About.com provides a wealth of information on inventors and inventions.
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Physics
The Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom Tutorial is an online physics tutorial written for high school physics students. The Tutorial covers basic physics topics using informative graphics and an easy-to-understand language.
Physics Central
The website of the American Physical Society which will answer your questions on how things work and keep you informed with daily updates on physics in the news. It will describe the latest research and the people who are doing it and, if you want more, where to go on the web.
The Physics Classroom
For high school physics students, this site links to tutorials, a multimedia physics studio and more.
Physlink - Physics & Astronomy
Lots of information on these topics. Includes an "Ask the Experts" feature to answer your questions.
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Science Fairs
Discoveryschool Science Fair Central
Discovery Channels guide to great help for your science fair project.
IPL Science Net
The Internet Public Library will guide you to a variety of web site resources, leading you through the necessary steps to successfully complete a science experiment.
Scifair.org - The Ultimate Science Fair Resource
"Whether you are a student trying to find an idea for a project, a parent or teacher looking for information on building displays, or a science enthusiast who enjoys the delight of experimentation you'll find what you're looking for here." Sponsored by the Society for Amateur Scientists.
Whelmers
Demonstrated experiments for all ages - designed to "whelm" students!
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