Harcourt Science Grades K-5
The Harcourt Brace website
offers activities and useful information to support the
Harcourt Science textbooks.
Related to flight, outer space, and the
space program, including careers, quizzes and activities.
The Nine Planets
Photos and information on the nine
planets in the solar system, with historical information.
The mythological origins of planetary names are also
Created by students for the ThinkQuest competition,
this site provides information on astronomy, and a virtual
telescope to use to look at the planets and constellations
Information on monarch butterflies, time,
space exploration, and much more.
Café Information on nutrition, the FDA Food Pyramid,
a glossary, and dietary guidelines.
Information about ocean animals, fun facts,
career resources, conservation, animal sounds, ecosystems,
for information and links to
science fair projects
Tons of great experiments and ideas for science
inside the Human Body
Explanations of the human
body, its parts and systems.
Useful health information for kids, including medical
terms, a hospital stay, and braces.
4 Girls Health
Information on health, nutrition, fitness, drugs,
bullying, and other topics of interest to teenage girls.
Discover Expeditions to the Oceans
as they dive to the mid ocean ridge, thousands of meters
deep, to discover strange animals and plants, underwater
volcanoes, and steaming vents in the ocean floor.
Descriptions and pictures of the kinds of animal and
plant cells, and a virtual microscope where students can
view slides of plant cells.
Resources and links for botany,
cell biology, genetics, medicine, microbiology,
physiology, zoology, and more.
General science information, including
plants, animals, classification, the human body, life
cycles, chemistry, physics, technology, and electronics,
with study guides.
Images of viruses which can be accessed
by name, structure, or disease.
Gondor Design Biology
Links to simplified
descriptions and diagrams of cells, plants, the heart,
blood, the digestive, respiratory and nervous systems,
hormones, muscles, genetics, and more.
Physical Science Hotlist
Links to chemistry sites,
including the science of cooking, the history of
chemistry, atomic structure, and a periodic table.
Additional links take you to experiments, physics,
biographies of scientists, and the science of optics.
Laws of Planetary Motion
A short history,
description and diagrams of Kepler’s Laws of Planetary
Library of Physics
Links and information on
the various physics topics, including plasmas, lasers,
acoustics and biophysics.
Links to online chemistry textbooks, help with
chemistry homework, experiments, virtual labs, atoms,
organic chemistry, the periodic table, heat, gas laws,
and more. Created by students in the ThinkQuest
competitions over the years.
Information on the solar system, deep space, space
exploration, and more.
Links to sites on the solar system, space exploration,
stars, and the universe, created by students in the ThinkQuest competitions over the years.
Home page of the 53rd Weather
Reconnaissance Squadron of the US Air Force. A great
site for information on hurricanes.
Information about tornados, from
folklore to storm chasing and current research.
The Rock Cycle
An illustrated description of the
rock cycle, including weathering, erosion, heat,
cooling, melting and compaction. Includes a link to the
water cycle and plate tectonics..
Information on the age of the earth,
and the various geologic time periods.
Diagrams of geologic ages, lists
of dinosaurs, maps of where dinosaurs lived, and a
dictionary of terms.
The Geology Wing of the UCMP online Exhibit halls
Information and pictures of geologic time periods, plate
tectonics, paleontology, and an online glossary.
and Atmospheric Administration
on many topics, including air quality, climate, coasts,
the ocean and whales, tsumanis,
Information about the animals that live
in the ocean. Colorful pictures and quick information,
some interactive pages.
The Smithsonian’s online collection
of ocean image includes an animated tour under the
Pacific and information about ocean plants and animals.
The History of Science
Links to the history of
astronomy, Nobel Prize winners, turning points in the
history of science, physics, individual biographies, and
The Internet History of Science Sourcebook
The history of science outlined, with links to
primary source documents.
A good place to start looking for
Internet information on science topics. Includes
information and links on anatomy, astronomy, biochemistry,
botany, cell biology, earth science, engineering, the
environment, genetics, and more.
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