My Favorite Math and Science Internet
Sites
Base
Ten Count
http://www.edbydesign.com/btcount.html
Primary students will have fun at this site learning the concepts of place
value. Students are taught how to group and carry numbers over to the next
place.
Math Baseball
http://www.funbrain.com/math/index.html
Elementary students who love baseball will love this site. Students can choose
from addition, subtraction, multiplication, and/or division problems and choose
an ability level. Based on correct answers students can score a single, double,
triple, or homerun. A wrong answer results in an out, three outs and the game
is over.
Children's Butterfly Site
http://www.mesc.nbs.gov/butterfly/Butterfly.html
This site contains photos of butterflies, a coloring page that shows the life
cycle of the Monarch, and references to moth books and videos. Elementary
students and teachers will enjoy this site. It also contains additional links
to the Web.
What is a Whale?
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/whales/allabout/
An informative site that tells students how to identify different species of
whales, what the different behaviors mean, and answers to commonly asked
questions. The reading level for this site is 0-2.
Scholastic's the Magic School Bus-Take a trip on the magic School Bus. http://place.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/home.htm
Name of Site: The Learning Planet
Audience: Preschool through 6thgrade
Description of Site: This site offers educational games for grades Preschool through sixth grade. It has games to test your alphabet and number knowledge, word searches, fractions, geography, etc. http://www.learningplanet.com/stu/kids0.asp
Name of Site: Whiz Kids
Audience: Students ages 6-11
Description of Site: This site offers fun educational activities for children. Subjects included are Math, Science, and English.
Name of Site: I Know That
Audience: Students 2yrs-12yrs.
Description of Site: Provides lots of activities for children. Geography, Math, Reading, Art, and games.
Name of Site: The CyberZoo
Audience: All Ages
Description of Site: Take a virtual tour of the Cyber Zoo. Meet many species of animals complete with their scientific names.
Name of Site: The Animal Planet
Audience: All Ages
Description of Site: The Animal Planet offers information about all the upcoming Animal Planet shows, has live animal cams, games, and educational information. Learn all about pets, insects, spiders, lizards, reptiles, underwater creatures, etc.
Name of Site: Ant Boy’s Bug World
Audience: Educators, Parents, Children, Insect Lovers, etc.
Description of Site: This site was created for a young bug lover. Within this site one can find information on ants, bees, butterflies, roaches, spiders and other bugs. Lots of interesting links. A Fun Site!!
Name of Site: Sea World/ Busch Gardens
Audience: All Ages
Description of
Site: Offers educational resources, teacherguides, etc. Learn all about whales,
dolphins, and sea otters… and more
!!!
Name of Site: Worm World
Audience: Kindergarten through 6
Description of Site: Learn all about worms from Wendall the Worm. Discusses different types of worms, worms as recyclers, etc. When you know all about worms, click on their link to "Roach World".
Name of Site: The Toledo Zoo
Audience: All Audiences
Description of Site: Tour the Toledo Zoo using zoo cams. View the Polar Bears, Seals, ans Hippos, just to name a few. Offers a feature they call, "Zoo Today TV. Uses cameras to teac one subject a month. For example "Animal Defenses". Learn how many types of animals protect themselves from predators. Requires a real player plug in.
Name of Site: The Oregon Zoo
Audience: All Audiences
Description of Site: Visit the Oregon Zoo on this web site. Offers student resources, Teacher resources, Live cams for viewing the animals. A fun way to visit the zoo.
Name of Site: Otters and Butterflies
Audience: People of all ages
Description of Site: This site offers information on Otters and Butterflies. (An interesting combination). This is a Kid Safe site that offers educational value to everyone.
Name of Site: Wildlife Conservation Society
Audience: All Ages
Description of Site: This site is dedicated to saving wildlife and wild lands. See Animals in the Wild, visit the Bronx Zoo, or the NY Aquarium. Offers a Video galley, a photo gallery, science activities, educational resources, and a way to get involved in the WCS.
Name of Site: The CyberZoo
Audience: All Ages
Description of Site: Take a virtual tour of the Cyber Zoo. Meet many species of animals complete with their scientific names.
Name of Site: The Oakland Zoo
Audience: All Ages
Description of Site: Tour the Oakland Zoo. This sites offers many educational opportunities. Learn about "Animals from A-Z", Read about the "news and events" at the zoo, or visit the "animal of the month" link to learn all about their featured animal or insect.
Little
Animals Activity Center
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/laac/numbers/chi.html
Excellent math site for primary students. Easy to read and fun graphics
accompany addition and subtraction problems and games. This site also contains
a section called "Tips for Parents".
A+ Math
http://www.aplusmath.com/
An interactive site to help improve an elementary student's math skills.
Students can practice math facts using flash cards, play games such as, hidden
pictures in the game room, and print worksheets to practice offline.
Another
interactive math site that is great for primary and elementary students. You are able to select work by grade
level or you can choose a particular area of math such as money, place value or
addition / subtraction.
This address
takes you to several sites that are good for the study of weather, electricity,
space, rocksand minerals.
This site is a
great for the study of the human body from the child’s point of view… blood and guts!
While we are on
the subject of the human body, here is another great “body” of work!
This site has
interactive movies on all sorts of science topics.