Science & Technology

Animals & Animal Life

Earth Science

General Science

Health Science

Inventions & Technology

Math

Science Museums

Space & Space Travel

Animals & Animal Life

Animal Planet
http://animal.discovery.com/

ASPCA's Animaland
http://www.animaland.org/
Careers, animal care, and general information.

Dinosaur Eggs
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/96/dinoeggs/museum/intro/museum.html

Dinosaurs!
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/dinosaurs/

Discover Chimpanzees
http://www.discoverchimpanzees.org/

Endangered Species
http://eelink.net/EndSpp/

Going Bug-gy!
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bugs/

Grolier Animals
http://go-passport.grolier.com/
Click "Amazing Animals"

Monarchs and Migration
http://www.smm.org/sln/monarchs/

National Wildlife Federation KidZone
http://www.nwf.org/kids/

Roach World
http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/flash/roaches/index.html

Sounds of the World's Animals
http://www.georgetown.edu/faculty/ballc/animals/animals.html
Learn how to make animal noises in different languages.

Staten Island Zoo
http://www.statenislandzoo.org/

Wendell's Yucky Bug World
http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/

When Crocodiles Ruled (60 Million Years Ago)
http://www.crocsrule.org/

Wildlife Conservation Society
http://wcs.org/
Includes the Bronx Zoo, New York Aquarium, Central Park Zoo, Queens Zoo, and Prospect Park Zoo.

Worm World
http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/flash/worm/index.html

Earth Science

Avalanche!
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngkids/0301/

Can We Predict Volcanic Eruptions?
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/volcanoes/

Chem4Kids
http://www.chem4kids.com

Earthquake!
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngkids/0403/

FEMA for Kids Homepage
http://www.fema.gov/kids/index.htm

Hurricane!
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngkids/0308/hurricane/index.html

Lightning!
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngkids/0406/main.html

Ocean Life
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/explorer/oceanlife/index.htm

Periodic Table of Elements
http://www.chemicool.com/index.html

Tornado!
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngkids/0306/

Volcano World
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/

Volcanoes Online
http://library.thinkquest.org/17457/

Ways of Knowing Trail
http://www.brookfieldzoo.org/pagegen/wok/ways_index.html
Take an environmental adventure through the Ituri Forest in central Africa.

Weather (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/wfront.htm

Weather Watch
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/wwatch/

Web Weather for Kids
http://www.ucar.edu/educ_outreach/webweather/
Weather games, facts and experiments.

Wind: The Science of Wind Energy
http://www.fi.edu/tfi/units/energy/wind.html

General Science

Cool Science for Curious Kids
http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/
Activities for children of all ages.

Cyberchase
http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/
Activities and games from the PBS program.

Exploratorium
http://www.exploratorium.edu/
Exploratorium Science Museum online.

General Science Collection from EBSCO
http://www.nypl.org/databases/index.cfm?act=3&id=847
NYPL Library Card Required for Access. Full text coverage for over 60 of the most popular science publications, providing information on all aspects of the scientific world.

Mad Scientist Network
http://www.madsci.org/

Magic School Bus
http://www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/home.htm
Take a bus tour and learn about space, the human body insects, dinosaurs, marinde life, insects and more,

New Book of Popular Science (for students)
http://www.nypl.org/databases/index.cfm?act=3&id=693
NYPL Library Card Required for Access. A science encyclopedia with over 400 articles geared to student readers.

Ontario Science Center Online
HTTP://www.osc.on.ca/

Quirks and Quarks
http://radio.cbc.ca/programs/quirks/

Science Explorer
http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/index.html
From geodesic gumdrops to very tiny lightning: science experiments to do at home.

Science Fair Project Resource Guide
http://www.ipl.org/youth/projectguide/

Science Online
http://www.nypl.org/databases/index.cfm?act=3&id=835
NYPL Library Card Required for Access. Contains over 600 experiments for all grade levels. This database covers fields of Animal Anatomy, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Earth Science, General Science, Genetics and Cell Biology, Human Anatomy, Human Physiology, Life Science, Marine Science, Physical Science, Physics, Space & Astronomy, and Weather & Climate. Its six categories, Diagrams, Definitions, Biographies, Essays, Experiments and Timeline are cross-referenced through hyperlinks and are cross-searchable by keyword, topic, and year.

Sports Science
http://www.exploratorium.edu/sports/index.html

Thinking Fountain
http://www.sci.mus.mn.us/sln/tf/nav/thinkingfountain.html

Health Science

Guided Tour of the Visible Human
http://www.madsci.org/~lynn/VH/

Healthy Teeth
http://www.healthyteeth.org/

Human Anatomy Online
http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html

Kid's Health
http://kidshealth.org/kid/

Smoking Stinks!
http://kidshealth.org/PageManager.jsp?dn=familydoctor&article_set=22514&lic=44&cat_id=115

The Surgeon General's Report for Kids about Smoking
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/sgr/sgr4kids/sgrmenu.htm

Your Gross and Cool Body
http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/flash/body/pg000027.html

Inventions & Technology

18th Century Inventions: A Timeline
http://inventors.about.com/science/inventors/library/inventors/bl1700s.htm
The spinning jenny, steam engine, submarine, and flush toilet are just a few inventions of the 18th century.

19th Century Inventions: A Timeline
http://inventors.about.com/science/inventors/library/weekly/aa111100a.htm
The saftey pin, typewriter, and sewing machine were invented this century!

20th Century Inventions: A Timeline
http://inventors.about.com/science/inventors/library/weekly/aa121599a.htm
Crayons, airplanes and tea bags were invented in this century!

Biography Resource Center
http://www.nypl.org/databases/index.cfm?act=3&id=67
NYPL Library Card Required for Access The Biography Resource Center is a comprehensive database of biographical information on more than 150,000 people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas (including inventors).

Building Big
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/
Explore construction with David Macaulay.

Celebrating 100 Years of Flight
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/flight/index.htm
On December 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright flew a man powered aircraft for the first time. It wasn’t the first time man flew, and it certainly was not the last. Take off on a discovery of man’s attempts to fly. Presented by Scholastic.

Famous Hispanic Inventors
http://inventors.about.com/od/hispanicinventors/
Biographies of famous latin or hispanic inventors from the latin world: Narciso Monturiol, Ellen Ochoa, Baruj Benacerraf, Carlos Finlay, Bernardo Houssay, Luis Federico Leloir, César Milstein, Severo Ochoa de Albornoz, Santiago Ramón y Cajal and Miguel Servet.

Invention Dimension
http://web.mit.edu/invent/
Read about the "inventor of the week" at this MIT site.

Inventors Museum
http://www.inventorsmuseum.com/
The "google" of invention sites - read more about women inventors, African-American inventors, colonial inventors and more.

National Inventors Hall of Fame
http://www.invent.org/
The National Inventors Hall of Fame celebrates the creative and entrepreneurial spirit of great inventors.

Robotics - sensing-thinking-acting
http://www.thetech.org/robotics/
Learn everything that goes on behind the design and operation of robots, in this wonderful online exhibit.

SodaConstructor
http://www.sodaplay.com/constructor/index.htm
Create a model out of digital soda straws and animate it.

The Top Ten African American Inventors
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/inventors/index.htm
Throughout history, African Americans have invented some important and fun devices. Read about ten examples of men and women and see what they invented. Presented by Scholastic.

Women Inventors
http://inventors.about.com/od/womeninventors/
Read biographies of famous female inventors, like Mary Anderson who invented the windshield wiper!

Math

Abacus: The Art of Calculating with Beads
http://www.ee.ryerson.ca:8080/~elf/abacus/

Ask Dr. Math
http://forum.swarthmore.edu/dr.math/

Brain Teasers
http://www.eduplace.com/math/brain/

Coolmath
http://www.coolmath.com/
Sharpen skills, play games, and explore new concepts.

Cyberchase
http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/
Activities and games from the popular PBS television show.

Math Baseball
http://www.funbrain.com/math/

math.com
http://www.math.com

Webmath.com
http://www.webmath.com/

Science Museums

American Museum of Natural History
http://www.amnh.org/

Children's Museum of Indianapolis Fun On-line Page
http://www.childrensmuseum.org/funonline/funonline.html
Design your own space station.

Exploratorium Science Snacks
http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/index.html

Franklin Institute Science Museum
http://sln.fi.edu/

IEEE Spectrum evaluates Science and Technology Museums
http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/publicaccess/0995muse.html

Liberty Science Center
http://www.lsc.org/

National Air and Space Museum
http://www.nasm.si.edu/

New York Hall of Science
http://www.nyhallsci.org/

Space & Space Travel

Aviation through the Ages
http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/3785/

Below the Belt: Asteroid Close Calls
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/science/interactives.htm

Challenging the Space Frontier
http://teacher.scholastic.com/space/

Discovery Channel: Space Guide
http://dsc.discovery.com/guides/space/space.html

Life on Mars: Explore Planet Mars
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/science/mars_interactives.htm

Mars Pathfinder
http://mpfwww.jpl.nasa.gov/default.html

Moon Shadow: Solar Eclipse
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/science/moon_interactives.htm

NASA Image eXchange
http://nix2.larc.nasa.gov/

NASA Kids
http://kids.msfc.nasa.gov/

NASA Space Place
http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/kids/

National Geographic: Exploring Space
http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/space/index.html

Nine Planets: A Multimedia Tour of the Solar System
http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/nineplanets.html

Other Worlds: The Search for Extrasolar Planets
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/science/planets_interactives.htm

Project Galileo: Bringing Jupiter to Earth
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/

Space Weather: What's Happening in Space Today
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/spaceweather/

Star Child:A Learning Center for Young Astronomers
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html

View of the Earth from a Satellite
http://fourmilab.ch/earthview/satellite.html

Views of the Solar System
http://www.solarviews.com/