• Science and Technology 
  http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/elementary/scientec.html
  The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 1-8
  
  
  
• Toys from Trash
  http://www.arvindguptatoys.com/toys.html
  Toys made from found material around your home. Topics incude: Amazing Astronomy, Pumps from the Dump. Math Magic. Paper Fun, Tipping Toppling Toys, Motor and Generator, Electricity and Magnetism, Newton Unplugged, Fun with Pressure, Fun with Light, Toys from Trash, Simple Sounds, Strong Structures. Flying Toys, Force Fun, Spinning Toys, Magic Miscellany, Beginners Biology, Air and Water, String Games. Toys Designed by K. V. Potdar
  
  
• The Best Source of Canadian Science
  http://www.science.ca/
  • Scientists
  • Actvities and Games: sorted by science strand for upper level students
  • Online Quiz for secondary students
    
    
• Reach Out
  http://www.reachoutmichigan.org/funexperiments/agesubject/alphalist.html
  Alphabetical listing of science experiments. There are a number of environment experiments. These experiments use household materials.
  
  
• Interactive Activities
  http://science.nhmccd.edu/biol/animatio.htm
  Science Animations, Movies & Interactive Tutorial Links
  
  
• NASA
  http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/activities/index.html
  NASA science activities with instructions and on-line video-clips.
  
  
• GEC Computers in the Classroom - Science Internet Resources
  http://www.gecdsb.on.ca/d&g/science.htm
  Science technology sites sorted by strand and category. Webquests included.
  
   
• Science Network
  http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/matrix.cfm?Order=1&OrderBY=Section&Start=0&End=300
  Science lesson plans with links and printable student worksheets.
  
  
• Athena: Earth and Space Science
  http://vathena.arc.nasa.gov/
  Topics include: space, weather, earth, oceans. links, lesson plans and activities.
  Level: Primary, Junior, Intermediate, Adult
  
  
• Energy Quest
  http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/index.html
  Energy Education from the California Energy Commission
  Includes biographies of scientists  and many sites with games and experiments for various types of energy. Interesting list of Science Fair information. 
  • Text Only Page
    
    
• The Hands-On Technology Program
  http://education.jlab.org/index.html
  Physical science, (sound, simple machines, electricity, magnetism, solids, liquids, gases, matter) Life science (Dinosaurs, human body), earth science (recycling, space, weather, water) experiments and lesson plans listed by grade.
  • Teacher Resources
  • Student Zone
  • Games & Puzzles
    
    
• TryScience
  http://www.tryscience.org/home.html
  On-line and at-home experiments to try in areas of: earth science, math, physical science, space, technology and engineering, chemistry, social science, medicine and health. 
  
  
• Science "Snacks"
  http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/snackintro.html
  Science experiments on a variety of topics are outlined for classroom demonstration.
  
  
• Exploratorium
  http://www.exploratorium.com/explore/online.html
  Online activities on a variety of topics: space, planet earth, human body, living things, mind and perception, food.
  
  
• Science Fun and Games
  http://www.djusd.k12.ca.us/emerson/Staffpgs/AlixPeshette/fun.htm
  
  
• Cyber-Fair
  http://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/resources/cf/welcome.html
  A resource for elementary school science fairs.
  
  
• Extreme Science
  http://www.extremescience.com/index.html
  Links to online activities.
  
  
• American Institute of Physics
  http://www.aip.org/history/
  Click on Exhibit Hall to find biographies of famous physicists such as Marie Curie, Albert Einstein, and others. 
  • Nobel Laureates in Physics 1900-2000
    

• Sport Science
  http://www.exploratorium.edu/sports/index.html
  Explore the science of baseball, cycling, skateboarding, and hockey.
  
  
• The American Physical Society- A Century of Physics
  http://timeline.aps.org/APS/home_HighRes.html
  A brief description of milestones of invention and discovery in physics. Some entries have excellent links included.
  
  
• Science Playwiths
  http://members.ozemail.com.au/~macinnis/scifun/index.htm
  An interesting site to explore. You will find scientific explanations and logic puzzles to share with your class, experiments to demonstrate, and connections of language with science.
  
  
• Fear of Physics
  http://www.fearofphysics.com/
  This site is an interactive, highly visual, and non-technical way for you to see the laws of physics in action. 
  
  
• How many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement
  http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/
  An extensive list of measurement terms.
  
  
• Science Notation
  http://www.towson.edu/~yau/CustomizingMWordKeyboardForChemistsSp2003.htm
  How to coustomize the Microsoft keyboard to fit the chemist.
  

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