Science "S" Topics

Simple Machines  
EdHeads: Simple Machines * http://www.edheads.org/activities/simple-machines/
Inventor's Toolbox: the Elements of Machines http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/InventorsToolbox.html
Machine Detective * http://oac.schools.sa.edu.au/eshop/machine/index.html
Simple Machines http://sln.fi.edu/qa97/spotlight3/spotlight3.html
Simple Machines Game (Harcourt school.com) http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/machines/simple_machines.htm
Simple Machines Made Simpler http://www.smartown.com/sp2000/machines2000/main.htm
   
Soil  
Just for Kids: Soil Biological Communities http://www.blm.gov/nstc/soil/Kids/facts.html
Soil (42explore.com) http://www.42explore.com/dirt.htm
Soil Science Education (NASA) http://soil.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html
Worms (USDA Agricultural Research) http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/kids/soil/story2/goodworm.htm
   
Sound & Hearing (see also Music for standard musical instruments)
Anatomy of the Ear http://www.hei.org/education/health/ear/anatomy.htm
Ear: Neuroscience for Kids http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/bigear.html
Let's Hear It For The Ear! (KidsHealth for Kids) http://kidshealth.org/kid/body/ear_noSW.html
Sound: Robert Minden Ensemble (unusual instruments!) http://lostsound.com/sounds/mlsounds.html
Sounds Amazing http://www.acoustics.salford.ac.uk/schools/
Sounds Underwater Quiz: Subs, Secrets & Spies (NOVA) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/subsecrets/sounds.html
   
Space/Solar System  
Asteroids http://www.nineplanets.org/asteroids.html
Astro: Astronomy for Kids http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=a&id=1091
Astronomy.com http://www.astronomy.com/
Astronomy for Kids * http://dustbunny.com/afk/index.html
Astronomy Picture of the Day (NASA) http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
Calgary Royal Astronomical Society http://www.syz.com/rasc/index.htm
Earth - View From Space <Newest 2011> http://vimeo.com/michaelkoenig/earth-timelapse-iss
Excelsior Space Mission http://dl1.yukoncollege.yk.ca/excelsior/
Explore the Solar System http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/academy/space/solarsystem/solarsystemjava.html
Goddard Space Flight Center http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/home/index.html
Google Mars http://www.google.com/mars/
Google Moon * http://moon.google.com/
Hubble Telescope Site http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/newsdesk/archive/releases/category/
International Space Station http://www.scipoc.msfc.nasa.gov/index.html
International Space Station Mission Pages http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA) http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/
Jupiter Animation http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA02863
LiveSky.com http://www.livesky.com/
Mars Polar Lander http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msp98/index.html
Mars Rover (JPL - NASA) http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.html
Moon Surface (Google) * http://moon.google.com/
Newark Museum Planetarium http://www.newarkmuseum.org/planetarium/
Nine Planets Solar System Tour http://www.nineplanets.org/
Phases of Moon: View from Earth (Gizmo!) http://www.macromedia.com/newsletters/edge/april2005/dswmedia/gizmo.html
Planetary Photojournal (NASA) http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/index.html
Solar System Live http://www.fourmilab.ch/solar/solar.html
Solar System Simulator (NASA) * http://space.jpl.nasa.gov/
Space Calendar http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/calendar/
Space.com http://www.space.com/
Space Day Calgary http://www.spacecalgary.ca/
Space Elevator http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/space_elevator_020327-1.html
Space for Species: Tracking From Space http://www.spaceforspecies.ca/
Space Flight Now.com http://www.spaceflightnow.com/
Space Image Libraries http://www.okstate.edu/aesp/image.html
Space Place - NASA for Kids http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/kids/
Space Weather (check for sunspots here) http://www.spaceweather.com/
Views of the Solar System http://www.solarviews.com/ss.html
Virtual Journey Into The Universe http://library.thinkquest.org/28327/?tqskip1=1
Your Sky: Interactive Planetarium http://fourmilab.ch/yoursky/
Your Weight on Other Worlds http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/weight/index.html
   


Updated November 21, 2011
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