http://weber.u.washington.edu/~chudler/neurok.html

The smell of a flower - The memory of a walk in the park - The pain of stepping on a nail. These experience are made possible by the 3 pounds of tissue in our heads...the BRAIN! This home page has been created for all students and teachers who would like to learn more about the nervous system. Enjoy the activities and experiments on your way to learning more about the brain and spinal cord.

http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/photo/launchanim.html

Launch of the STARDUST spacecraft aboard a Delta II rocket, February 7, 1999. This animation runs 6 minutes. An awsome video showing launch sequence from countdown through fairings separation.

http://place.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/tv/

A great resource with weekly themes that support and extend the Magic Schoolbus television series

http://nyelabs.kcts.org/flash_go.html

Another terrific resource. This one supports the Bill Nye television series. It is graphic intensive so it takes some time to download, but it is full of sights and sounds that will fascinate students.

http://www.exploratorium.edu/

A site filled activities from The Exploratorium: The Museum of Science, Art and Human Perception. Includes access to Exploratorium publications for students and for teachers.

Science Lessons

This is a graded collection of science lessons in astronomy, biology, chemistry, earth science, physical science and technology. It is appropriate for use with students from early primary through high school.

http://www.gene.com/ae/21st/TL/

Explores current issues in curriculum, instruction and assessment by connecting research-based science educators with the practitioners of classroom science education. Includes such topics as Portfolios in Science, Teacher Research, In Search of Real Science, Critical Thinking, and Teaching Bioethics.

http://www.si.edu/

This site gives access to the Smithsonian Institution with links to many activities and electronic exhibits. Areas of science interest include aeronautics and space history, astronomy, botony, ecology, engineering, geology, inventions and inventors, physical science, and zoology.

http://whyfiles.news.wisc.edu/

Each week, this site provides a new story about the science behind the news, including such articles as "What's Wrong with our Oceans?", "How Can Science Help Solve Art Crimes", and "Macho Men."

http://marple.as.utexas.edu/~rocks

This website explains a program designed to enhance elementary science education using real meteorites in the classroom. Making rocks from space accessible to elementary school classes brings outer space closer. Classroom kits include real meteorite fragments of substantial size from the Odessa, Texas, crater and curriculum units with activities that support space and earth science elements. Ten identical kits are planned, and these will be made available to Austin ISD schools through the AISD Science and Health Resource Center.

http://nwf.org

This is the site for the National Wildlife Federation. Check out "Animal Tracks" on the Environmental Education and Just for Kids! pages of this site. It contains interactive activities and materials for students and teachers. Download free Action Pack materials for the classroom.

http://observe.ivv.nasa.gov

NASA Observatorium presents a site filled with the latest earth and space science information. Pictures abound as well as activities for all ages.

http://www.gene.com/ae

Want to find out about giant bacteria, attack snails, or microbes? Need biology and genetic lessons? Try this Access Excellence website.

http://www-sci.lib.uci.edu/SEP/SEP.html

This incredible website contains science resources sorted by category, subcategory and grade level making it easy to find materials appropriate to any classroom. Physics, earth and life science topics include chemistry, electromagnetism, oceans, solar system, molecular genetics and human anatomy, and that only begins the list! It does take some time to load, but it is well worth the wait.

http://www.usgs.gov/education

Explore things on, in, around, and about the Earth, such as plants and animals, land, water, and maps. Learn how Biology, Geology, Hydrology and Geography can help us understand our changing world.