
There is so much out there on the web to help kids learn. But it’s so hard to find! At EdAlive Top Sites you’ll find over 500 educational web sites designed expressly for, or useful to you in your quest for great resources.
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ABC Science
Environmental fun and activitiesPlay Catchment Detox to see if you can successfully manage a river catchment and create a sustainable and thriving economy. It’s an online game where you’re in charge of the whole catchment. You get to decide what activities you undertake – whether to plant crops, log forests, build factories or set up national parks. The aim is to avoid environmental problems and provide food and wealth for the population.
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ARKive
Wildlife films and photos from around the worldWildlife films and photos from some of the world’s best filmmakers and photographers. ARKive is leading the ‘virtual’ conservation effort – gathering together films, photographs and audio recordings of the world’s species, prioritising those most at risk of extinction, and building them into comprehensive multimedia digital profiles. ARKive is a unique record of the world’s increasingly threatened biodiversity.
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Ask Dr. Universe
All your science questions answeredAnswers many common questions related to science. Questions cover topics such as biology, chemistry, animals, the Earth, the human body, and more.
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BioInteractive
Search hundreds of free science eduation resourcesMultimedia resources, including apps, animations, videos, interactives, and virtual labs, to bring the excitement of scientific discovery into your classroom. Our rich video resources range from a series of short films on evolution, hosted by an award-winning author-scientist, to lectures on the brain given by a Nobel-prize winner—all supplemented by teacher guides and classroom activities.
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Biology 4 Kids
Controlled search engine for BiologyWhere kids learn about cells, microbes, plants, invertebrates, animal systems.
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Coursera
University courses for allOffers courses from top universities for free. Coursera offers massive open online courses (MOOCs). Coursera works with top universities and organizations to make some of their courses available online, and offers courses in physics, engineering, humanities, medicine, biology, social sciences, mathematics, business, computer science, digital marketing, data science and other subjects.
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CSIRO
Shaping the future through scienceLinks to material regarding many issues confronting the Australian environment. At CSIRO we shape the future. We do this by using science to solve real issues. Our research makes a difference to industry, people, and the planet. We ask, we seek, we solve.
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Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries
Queensland Government resource for Primary IndustriesThe site is divided into sections on business and trade, plants, animals, fisheries, environment, biosecurity and research. The Environment section covers issues such as drought and the Research tab leads to case studies on issues such as food technology. The home page features an ‘alerts’ link about current biosecurity threats, and ‘From the Minister’ highlights other current issues.
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Dinosaur World
Information about some of Australia's dinosaursGet up close and personal with the only T-Rex in Australia! Marvel at Protoceratops, the horned dinosaur… plus many more. See some of the tallest & smallest meat-eating dinosaurs. Dinosaurs from the Jurassic & Cretaceous periods of time. Meet Velociraptor made infamous in the movie “Jurassic Park”
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Encyclopedia of Life
Global access to knowledge about life on EarthDatabase of scientific information on and photographs of known species. Global access to knowledge about life on Earth. Our Mission: To increase awareness and understanding of living nature through an Encyclopedia of Life that gathers, generates, and shares knowledge in an open, freely accessible and trusted digital resource.
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Fascinating Education
Learning science has never been easierThis site uses an audio-visual technique to teach science (Biology, Chemistry and Physics) in a step-by-step manner. The “right-hemispheric” learning approach takes advantage of the brain’s ability to process images more efficiently and more effectively than just reading text.
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FT Exploring
Science and technology exploredProvides teachers with lesson plans and other resources related to energy, including activities related to photosynthesis.
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Funology
Beat boredom with fun activitiesHelps get kids interested them in science by providing them with games, recipes, experiments, and arts and crafts projects. Funology is the ultimate parenting toolbox! It offers ideas you can use to inspire and entertain your kids off line. Simply put, we offer the cure to boredom!
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Hippo Campus
Free educational resources from middle school to collegeFree, high-quality, multimedia content on general education subjects such Math, Arithmetic, Algebra & Geometry, Calculus & Advanced Math, Statistics & Probability, Natural Science, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Earth Science, Social Science, Economics, History & Government, Sociology, Humanities, English, Religion
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Museum of Tropical Queensland
Museum located in North QueenslandHouses the Maritime Archaeology section of the Queensland Museum and has links to the field excavation site of the Royal Navy warship, ‘Pandora’, which was sent to the South Pacific to capture the men who had ‘pirated’ the Bounty. Our focus is on researching and interpreting the cultural and natural heritage of tropical Queensland.
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National Geographic Kids’
Inspiring kids to explore and care about our PlanetPlay games, watch videos, learn about animals, and places, and get fun facts on the National Geographic Kids website. National Geographic Kids publishes ten issues annually. It has an advisory board of 500 subscribers and solicits reader feedback after each issue.
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Natural History Museum
A collection of over 80 million itemsHome to life and earth science specimens comprising some 80 million items within five main collections: botany, entomology, mineralogy, palaeontology and zoology. The museum is a world-renowned centre of research specialising in taxonomy, identification and conservation. The museum is particularly famous for its exhibition of dinosaur skeletons and ornate architecture—sometimes dubbed a cathedral of nature.
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Science Buddies
Hands-on Science Resources for Home and SchoolEmpowers K-12 students, parents, and teachers to quickly and easily find free project ideas and help in all areas of science from physics to food science and music to microbiology. Whether your goal is to find a fun science activity for your kids or win the international science fair. Puts comprehensive, scientist-authored tools, tips, and techniques at your fingertips.
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Science for High School
The teaching of Science demystified for homeschoolingDoes the thought of teaching the high school sciences scare the daylights out of you? I know plenty of parents that feel that way. That’s the reason I wrote these curricula designed for the homeschooling family. They are designed to be academically challenging for the student and parent-friendly for YOU! Each week has a lab and a quiz, with detailed answers available in the teacher’s book!
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Science Kids
Fun science and technology for kidsScience Kids is full of fun science facts, experiments and lesson plans designed to help get kids interested in science. Topics include: Amazing, Animals, Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Dinosaurs, Earth, Electricity, Engineering, Food, Geography, Geology, Health, Humour, Human Body, Light, Math, Metals, Nature, Physics, Plants, Recycling, Robots, Sound, Space, Sport, Technology, Water, Weather, Weird.
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