Whether you are a parent or child, a home-school, public elementary or private school student, the Internet can open many doors to learning. Science websites can enhance learning for children who are excited or challenged by science.
NASA Kids' Club
The NASA Kids' Club site is educational and exciting. Children can learn about employees and crews of NASA, play games related to science and view pictures of space with educational captions. Parents can feel secure knowing that their child is not only exploring a safe site on the web but also learning from one of the best science sources available. Find NASA Kids' Club at kids.msfc.nasa.gov.
Bill Nye
Parents who are nostalgic about watching "Bill Nye the Science Guy" can share this show with their kids at Nye's website. BillNye.com provides information about "Bill Nye the Science Guy," "Solving for X" and "Stuff Happens." From this site you can also follow Nye's Twitter, blog and Facebook postings. The site provides at-home experiments for kids to do with their parents. Click on "For kids and teachers," then "Home Demos." This site also has an online store where you can purchase Bill Nye products.
Amusement Park Physics
The world of amusement park physics can be explored on a teachers resource site at www.learner.org/interactives/parkphysics/index.html. Kidsites.com says this site "explores how the laws of physics play a role in the design of amusement park rides. Design a roller coaster, determine the outcome of bumper car collisions, and more."
Brainpop.com
Brainpop.com is an educational, yet fun site for kids to learn about science and health. Children can learn about famous scientists, weather, space, the environment, chemistry, energy, biology, ecology, anatomy, health and medicine, and watch animated science movies.
The Science Explorer: An Exploratorium at home book
The Science Explorer site, operated by the Exploratorium in San Francisco, is great for students and parents who want to be involved with their kids' learning. It offers several at home-science experiments for families to do together. Find the site at www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer.
National Geographic Kids
Many adults can remember reading their parents' collection of "National Geographic" magazines. These magazines are full of bright, vivid images, along with interesting facts. The magazine also offers a website exclusively for kids, with stories, videos, pictures, activities, games and articles. A cool thing about this site is that a child can set up a profile called "Mypage," where she can bookmark her favorite findings from the site, found at kids.nationalgeographic.com.
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