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Science
•	About.com: Image Gallery Geologic processes and landforms
•	All about Nature: Animal Printouts Basic information about many animals.
•	All About Birds: From Cornell’s’ Lab of Ornithology; great bird guide that is very comprehensive.
•	All About Birds Migration, feathers and bird extremes: biggest, fastest, strongest and oldest.
•	Amphibian Families Find about amphibian families, including frogs, toads, salamanders, and newts.
•	Animal Bytes A collection of facts and information about various animals.
•	Animal Photos This website provides printable and clickable pictures of animals.
•	Astronomy for Kids Explore the planets, sky facts, stars and more
•	Biology in Motion: Find animations, activities and cartoons dealing with biology that was developed by a former biology teacher.
•	Cells Alive! All the facts on cells.
•	Chem4Kids Explore matter, elements, reactions, and atoms here.
•	Chemicool Periodic Table
•	Chemistry Tutor Introduction to chemistry, grams and moles, reactions and equations, gas, temperature conversion, periodic table and more.
•	CHEMystery: Explains many chemistry topics from atoms and molecules to states of matter, energy, chemical reactions and more.
•	Dennis Kunkel's Microscopy The image gallery of animals and microorganisms viewed through a microscope.
•	Earth’s Sphere
•	Earth Systems
•	Energy Quest
•	Environmental History Timeline
•	Exploring the Planets
•	Fish
•	Fossils, Rocks, and Time
•	Habitats and Biomes
•	Magnification Module Choose a sample and see how it looks magnified.
•	MBGnet “What’s it like Where you Live?” Biomes and Ecosystems
•	Mineral Gallery
•	NASA KIDS Learn about space, rockets, astronauts, and more.
•	Periodic Table: This interactive Periodic Table of Elements.
•	Smithsonian Gem and Mineral Collection
•	Surf Your Watershed
•	The Elements of Machines This site presents definitions and photos of many simple machines.
•	The Genetics Source Mitosis and meiosis, genes, Mendel's Principles and more.
•	The Great Monarch Migration: Learn all about the great migration of Monarch butterflies to California and Mexico.
•	The Ground Beneath
•	The Virtual Cave
•	The Visual Elements Periodic Table Includes information on all the elements, a brief history of the modern periodic table and more.
•	Understanding Genetics: Find current news articles and information on genetics.
	U.S. Department of Energy
•	Views of the Solar System Explores celestial bodies; Sun, planets, moons, comets, asteroids, and more.
•	WeatherEye: Find all kinds of weather information at this site
•	Web Weather for Kids: Find a great deal of information on weather and activities at this site.

Teacher Units

Ms. Wallace
Space Colony Project
•	The Nine 8 Planets A Multimedia Tour of the Solar System. Contains information on the planets, moons, and stars.
•	Views of the Solar System Solar System is a huge, fascinating site packed with all sorts of information about every corner of the solar system. For each planet, the site provides movies, diagrams, statistics, photos, information on discoveries and explorations, links, educator resources, and more.
•	Star Date Online Examines the solar system in great detail
•	NASA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has a ton of great papers
•	Windows to the Universe User-friendly learning system about the Earth and the Space sciences