Genetics - Interactive models

Photosynthesis - shows the absorption of Photons and Transfer of Energy

Osmosis

Reproduction - Includes: cell structures and functions, DNA replication, and Metosis.

How Cells Divide: Mitosis vs. Meiosis - How exactly does meiosis mix and halve chromosomes? Find out with a step-by-step, side-by-side comparison of meiosis and mitosis.

Meiosis and Mitosis quiz - Interactive quiz to practice your knowledge of cell division. It will beep when you're wrong.

DNA Replication and Protein Synthesis - Students must match and fit the proteins into the right place. Includes worksheet.

Journey into DNA - take a poetic guided tour of the human body, into a single intestinal cell, the cell's nucleus, its chromosomes, and eventually, its DNA. (Click on VIEW)

Genetics - Cross a heterozygous tall plant with a second heterozygous tall plant. ( T = tall, t = dwarf )

Genetics Tutorial

Kids Genetics - Excellent game-tutorials about genes, DNA and heredity.

**Genetics WebLab- Many interactive lessons: Mendel's Peas, dragons (manipulate alleles), fruit flies, Punnett Squares, inherited traits in aliens, evolution mystery (from which animals did the whale evolve?)

Genetics - Mendels Peas( demonstrates principles of Meiosis and Pedigree)

make a dragon. (This activity explores the relationship between genotype and phenotype,

Teacher's Domain - Need to register (free) lots of videos, lessons, activites.

Evolution Lab - set the parameters and see what happens.

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Waves - Excellent animations of wave types, wave length, frequency.

The Doppler Effect - animated view of sound waves. Variables can be manipulated.

Beat Frequency - click on 1 of 5 speakers and it will produce a sinusoidal frequency. You can only have 2 speakers at once. Can you guess 2 of the unknown frequencies?

Interactive Sound Waves - investigate the speed of sound and sound waves.

Play a piano with the keyboard and see the sound waves produced.

Virtual Wave Lab - wave anatomy, type, and behavior.

Refraction of Light Simulation - You can vary the angle of incidence of the ray of light and examine reflection, refraction, and total internal reflection.

Reflection and Refraction of Waves (Explanation by Huygens' Principle)

Virtual Prism - change the wavelength of the light, and see how that affects the angle that the light bends when going in and out of the prism. The tools let you look at angles with a virtual protractor.

Standing Wave Simulation

-Interference Patterns - light/sound waves

Virtual Physics Lab -Explore light, mechanics, waves, color, bouncing balls and others. 

Oscilloscope - Download this program and convert your computer into a dual-trace oscilloscope. Uses your PC's sound card as an Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) to digitize any input waveform (speech, music, electric signal, etc.) and then presents it on the monitor in real time, allowing the user to control the display in the same way as on a conventional "standalone" scope.

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WebElements

Periodic Table of Isotopes

PEriodic Table- some games about the periodic table too.

Periodic Table with info about groups.

Index of Elements with Prices

Interactive Periodic Table - includes chemical bonds, groups and configurations.

Periodic Table - also has price for each element.

Chemical Elements.com - Periodic table and groups.

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Projectile Motion Simulation - Can change velocity, angle and mass. At the end of the simulation it lists maximum distance. maximum height, end velocity and total time (seconds).

Another Projectile Simulation -

Projectile Simulation III - This one has a cannon shooting the projectile and a target.

Physics Applets - lots of simulations here: waves, mechanics, optics (refraction of light), thermodrynamics (properties of an ideal gas), and electrodynamics.

Ball and Ramp Simulation - Ball can be set to roll down a ramp. Variables in include: height of ramp, initial speed and gravity on Earth, Mars of the Moon. Graph of each is generated in a different color and can be compared.

Physics Flash Animations - How does one exactly illustrate the principle of chaos? This site contains Flash animations that illustrate principles in such categories as optics, sound waves, vectors, and relativity. (87 different animations)

Virtual Physics Lab -Explore light, mechanics, waves, color, bouncing balls and others. 

EdHeads: Simple Machines -Try to find all the simple machines in the room. Animations explain each machine. Activity sheets to print out.

Pendulum - demonstrates the variation of elongation, velocity, tangential acceleration, force and energy during the oscillation of a pendulum (assumed with no friction). The length of the pendulum, its mass and the amplitude of the oscillation can be changed within certain limits.

Physics Applets to demonstrate mechanics (buoyancy, pulleys, levers), waves, optics, and electrodynamics.

Fear of Physics - Many interactive models for how things work: sound, acceleration, heat, gravity, etc.

The Physics Classroom - Multimedia Physics studio, tutorials, and practice your physics skills.

Pendulum -

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Chemistry Comes Alive! - sample movies of chemical reactions.

Molecular Model for an Ideal Gas - Manipulate variables and observe the result. Change N: number of molecules, P: pressure, v: velocity of molecules and the width of the container.

The Atoms Family - Learn about the properties of light, energy conservation, kinetic, and potential energy, principles of atoms and matter, fuel conservation and energy transfer, and different forms of electricity and electrical safety.

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The Invention Dimension -- 100's of inventors, inventions and links. Search by inventor's name or invention or just browse.

The Science Spot - Science sites for kids on weather, physics, chemistry, health, biology and astronomy. Don't miss this one! Great experiments to try in the classroom. Special sections for Middle Schools.

Teachers Domain - Multimedia resources for the classroom. Videos, interactive activities, lesson plans for physical science, life science,and earth/space science. Choose grade level. If registered (free) you can save specific lessons for easier use.

Raw Data - a website with links to many other sites with real raw data that can be downloaded into a spreadsheet and analyzed. 

Inquiry Almanac - The Franklin Institute spotlights different topics. Each Spotlight story incorporates outside Web resources into a conceptual package that may be useful in a science classroom or just fun to explore at home. Topics include: soccer (sports), robotics, electricity, spiders, chemistry, light and color, moutains, oceans, etc.

How Stuff Works - Detailed  explanations of how things work. Lots of diagrams and pictures.

Silicon Zoo - Explore the world of tiny things. See what things look like through a microscope.

Newton's Apple - Activity Guides

Whelmers- So named because they will overwhelm students.

Live Science - This site features daily updates on the latest innovations, the coolest discoveries, and hottest events in the world of Earth, space, and weather, technology, myths, amazing earth facts,

Fuel Cells & Energy - All about Hy-wire, the automobile for the hydrogen ag, and AUTOnomy fuel cell concepts. Play an interactive game (blocked at school) and learn about hydrogen power or take the Interactive Tour that shows how a fuel cell works.

Who Dunnit - Learn to be a sleuth by exploring the world of the forensic scientist.Learn to take fingerprints, analyze unidentified powders, and other techniques to solve “The Case of  the Barefoot Burglar.

Newton's Apple Science TryIts -quick science experiments that require simple materials to complete.

Interactive Games from the BBC (England) - try to survive in prehistoric oceans, solar system jigsaw, evolution game (you have to survive the changes to win) and many more.

Voyage to Epsilon Eridani 3 - Observe the effects of special relativity as you travel near the speed of light!

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The Visible Human - see longitudinal and transverse views of the human body.

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Intellicast - the BEST weather reports... includes radar, satellite, maps, etc.

Rain or Shine - weather maps in color, satellite and radar animated maps.

Tornado Project Online

Project SkyMath - NSF project teaching middle school math through real-time weather data.

The Weather Dude- weather basics, forecasts, meteorology A-Z

Weather Links

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NASA Solar System Exploration - information on the planets and bodies in our solar system and the robotic missions sent out to explore these worlds.

Drive a Rover -! Mars Stations are earth-bound replicas designed to give everyone the experience of exploring an unknown world through the eyes of a robotic rover.

Explore Zone - This site features daily updates on the latest innovations, the coolest discoveries, and hottest events in the world of Earth, space, and weather

Astronomy Picture of the Day

the Great Globe Gallery - 100s of pictures of earth from space.

the NINE planets

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the Science of Hockey

Amusement Park Physics

Skateboard Science - Gravity, centripetal force, momentum, etc.

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Kids Ssite: Global Warming - Find out how scientist gather weather information from ice cores, satellites, ocean buyos, and tree rings. How are green house gases sent into the atmosphere? View an animation of how the greenhouse effect could contribute to global swarmng. Click on games to test climate knowledge.

Rabbits & Wolves - A simulation in a closed environment with grass, wolves and rabbits. Variables can be changed.

Planet Pals - Earth Day information

Wilderness Society - climate change, oceans, forests, animals, toxic chemicals

Environmental Education for Kids - Alien Invaders, Endangered Species, The Air Around Us, Recycling & Beyond, Water Wonders

EarthForce - Youth for a change.

National Wildlife Federation

Earth Pulse- National Geographics' Home for Conservation

The Nature Conservancy

Audubon Society

Friends of the Earth

Enviroaction - Student Resources

Kids F.A.C.E. - Kids for a Clean Environment

American Forest and Paper Association- 

Future Solutions, Inc. - Earth friendly recycled products.

Earth Day Energy Fast - Go without using energy for 1 day.

Earth Day Everyday - links

NIEHS - National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

NIEHS - alphabetical index of health topics.

Green for New England

Envirolink

Earthsite - the official International Earth Day Site

Endangered Animals

Alliance to Save Energy Energy production and use are the prime creators of both pollution and green- house gas emissions that could lead to global climate change.

Endangered Animal Information - from the U.S. Fish And Wildlife Service

Exploring the Environment

Environmental Education Center- environmental resources and a dictionary

Environmental Education Links - EElink

Environmental Timeline

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Biomes of the World

World Biomes

The World's Biomes

Enchanged Learning's Biomes - charts, and lots of information

WorldBiomes.com

Clickable Biomes Map of the World - interactive map lets you roll over the biome and see where they are in the world and information about them.

Earth Floor Spheres

Earth's Spheres

Spheres

Earth System Science

Exploratorium - climate change

Atmosphere

Hydrosphere -

Biosphere

 

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