SCIENCE CURRICULUM, Grades K-5

SCIENCE - WEBSITES
This section lists FREE science websites. See also "Supplemental" online materials. The "Supplemental" online materials are not free and all have a vendor purchase price.
GRADE
WEBSITE

PUBLISHER
(Vendor)
COPYRIGHT
MEETS CA STANDARDS
K - 12 Internet4Classrooms
Web portal for free interactive websites for core subjects and electives.
Science Links for K-12 teachers,
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/science.htm
Grade level links to help students study their grade level science concepts for grades K-8. http://www.internet4classrooms.com/grade_level_help.htm
      
K - 12 McAllen Public Library - Homework Helper (all subjects)
http://www.mcallenlibrary.net/children/homeworkhelpers.aspx		      
K - 6 Houghton Mifflin California Science
FREE online activities to coordinate with this 2007 California edition textbook series. Go to Houghton Mifflin Science for Students. Click on the grade, then the unit, then the activity.
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmsc/ca/		 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
(formerly Houghton Mifflin Company) 		2007  
K - 6 Macmillan McGraw-Hill California Science
Corresponding curriculum web activities can be found by going to
http://activities.macmillanmh.com/science/ca/		 Macmillan McGraw-Hill 2008  
K - 8

Science Castle
Contains some free resources, but most are products for purchase. Linked to the Extreme Science.com website. Provide science kits, classes, curriculum, videos, and stories.
http://www.sciencecastle.com/

      
K - 12

Nestwatch - Cornell Lab of Ornithology
NestWatch is a National Science Foundation funded, continental, citizen based, nest-monitoring project. developed in collaboration with the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center.
http://watch.birds.cornell.edu/nest/home/index
All About Nest Boxes: How to construct, monitor, and register your nest box.
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/nestinginfo/nestboxref/

      
K - 12

Extreme Science
In coordination with ScienceCastle.com, this site provides videos on the science behind the "extremems" in physical and life science. Categories to explore include Astronomy, Entomology, Geology, Oceanography, Seismology, and Zoology, Earth, Ocean, Animal Kingdom, Space, and Weather. The site has links to great resources such as a science dictionary.
http://www.extremescience.com/

      
K - 12 Discovery Education
Classroom Resources
Includes Puzzlemaker, Lesson Plan Library, and Siemans' STEM Academy, a premier online community designed exclusively to foster achievement in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM).
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/
Home Resources/Science
Homework help for the science.
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/homeworkhelp/science/science_homework_help.html		      
K - 12 Discovery Kids
Science games, puzzles, quizzes, and videos.
http://kids.discovery.com/		      
K - 12 MadSci Library
Website for exploring science resources and science careers on the WWW for all science topics.
http://www.madsci.org/libs/libs.html
      
K - 12 NASA Quest
NASA Quest connects K-12 classrooms with people, research, and science through mission-based inteactions and activities. NASA Quest Challenges are FREE Web-based, interactive explorations designed to engage students in authentic scientific and engineering processes.
http://www.quest.arc.nasa.gov/		      
K - 12 Science NetLinks
Resources for K-12 science educators and meaningful science standards-based Internet experiences for students.
http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/		      
K - 12

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory: California Institute of Technology
NASA space missions, solar system photographs, and activities for kids.
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/
NASA photos of the solar system.
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/
NASA's California Science Education Standards "Quilt"
http://quilt.jpl.nasa.gov/california/frame.cfm

      
4 - 9 Science News for Kids
Science News for Kids is a web site devoted to science news for children of ages 9 to 14. They offer timely science items of interest to kids, suggestions for hands-on activities, books, articles, Web resources, and other useful materials.
http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/