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Science Games
Featured this Week:
Plants
  Interactive Growing Plants (Easy) Interactive Growing Plants (Easy)

Use what you know about growing plants to keep your plant alive!
     
  Hectic Harvest! Hectic Harvest!

Mrs. Smalley loves this game! There are eight levels, and every time you complete a level, you unlock some new cool farm equipment that will help you beat levels. In this game, you help Mixie grow the vegetables to earn money. You can go to the farm store to buy some of the cool stuff you have unlocked by beating levels with your money. You have to water, weed, debug, and harvest the veggies when they are ready or they will die. Mrs. Smalley beat all of the levels and got a gold medal on all of the levels. Can you?
     
  Mission: Seed Dispersal Mission: Seed Dispersal

Save the world from this deadly flower! First, label the parts of the flower. Then, you will need to zap any seeds you find with your laser to keep them from spreading!
     
  Grow Plants to Save Sarah! Grow Plants to Save Sarah!

Sarah has been kidnapped, but she can buy her freedom with flowers. Help her grow enough flowers to buy her freedom! HINT: You don’t want the yellow triangles.
     
  Photosynthesis & Colored Light Growing Photosynthesis & Colored Light Growing

When the page first loads, you can move your mouse over the different parts of the picture to get a better understanding of photosynthesis. If you click the lever at the top, you can see what it is like when plants grow under different colored lights. Green plants absorb some colors better than others. In what color light do these plants grow best?

Hit "Click here to start your activity" when the first screen comes up.
     
  Caillou Gardner Caillou Gardner

This gardening game is really neat because you can pick what kind of plants you want to grow from a catalog, and when you've got a great looking garden, you can print out a picture of it. It sounds easy, but it gets a little tricky sometimes because you tend to forget to take care of your plants while you're looking in the seed catalog. :)
     
  Interactive Growing Plants (Harder)  Interactive Growing Plants (Harder)

Use what you know about growing plants to keep your plant alive!
     

Science Games
Animals
Food Chains Learn & Make Food Chains Learn & Make

When the page first loads, you will see a food chain that is already put together for you. If you move your mouse over the different parts, you can learn about the different kinds of living things in a food chain. If you click the lever at the top, you get to make your own food chains in several different habitats! Have fun!


Hit "Click here to start your activity" when the first screen comes up.
     
  Classify Living Things Classify Living Things

Catch the living things as they move by on the screen. Put them in their correct group. Good luck!
     
  Food Chains and Food Webs Food Chains and Food Webs

Find all of the living things in the habitat, and then make a food chain out of them!
     
  Deadly 60 Food Chains and Food Webs Deadly 60 Food Chains and Food Webs

Help Steve and his crew figure out who eats whom!
     
The Food Chain Game

This game lets you make a bunch of different kinds of food chains. You even have to put the decomposers into a couple of them.
     
Producers Consumers Decomposers Game The Producers, Consumers, and Decomposers Game

When a picture pops up, click whether it is a producer, consumer, or decomposer.
     
  Animal Characteristics Game

Drag each animal characteristic to either the mammal, bird, fish, reptile, or amphibian category
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  Deadly 60 Classification Deadly 60 Classification

Help Steve and his crew sort these deadly animals and plants into categories.  
     
  Diorama-o-Rama Diorama-O-Rama

Help Steve and his crew sort these deadly animals and plants into categories.
 
     
  Alien Habitats Alien Habitats

Use the information about different aliens to put them in their correct habitats.  
     
  Animal Link-o-Vision Animal Link-o-Vision

Help Fetch link together all of the animals that go together. In between each round, Ruff shows you an animal and tells you a cool fact that may help you in the next round. Round 6 is kind of hard, but fun! Good luck!
     
  Variation Interactive Activity Variation Interactive Activity

Learn why there are so many variations among living things.
     
  Food Chains and Food Webs Interactive Activity Food Chains and Food Webs Interactive Activity

Learn about food chains and food webs with this interactive activity.
     
  Animal Behavior Interactive Activity Animal Behavior Interactive Activity

Learn about food chains and food webs with this interactive activity.
     
  BTB Investigation

BTB is a chemical that indicates the presence of carbon dioxide. In this online activity, you get to put BTB in with fish and plants in different situation to see how carbon dioxide is affected.
     
  Logic Zoo Logic Zoo

Sort imaginary animals by their characteristics. I'm not sure that this one really helps you learn about animals, but the imaginary animals are funny...and you get to sharpen your logic skills.
     
Atmosphere
  Elevator to Space

This is a glass elevator to space. You can click on your elevation on the left. Notice what is flying by the elevator, how the elements in the air have changed, what level of the atmosphere you are in, and any other interesting information as you click each one!
     
  Ozone Trap and Zap

This game makes you trap ozone in the areas where it helps Earth and zap ozone in the areas that hurt Earth! Good luck!
     
Cells
  Plant & Animal Cells (Real Ones Too!)  Plant & Animal Cells (Real Ones Too!)  

When you open the first page, you can look at colorful models of both plant and animal cells. If you move your mouse over them, you can learn about the different parts of each kind of cell. If you click the lever at the top, you get to look at some real cells under a microscope. You even get to look at some human cells and vegetable cells. Can you tell which cells have cell walls and which ones don't?

Hit "Click here to start your activity" when the first screen comes up.
     
  CSI: Hat Snatcher CSI: Hat Snatcher

Ok, ok, so this really doesn't have anything to do with cells, but it DOES show a lot of small items magnified under a microscope to help you solve the crime. :) You get to do a real detective's job on this one. You hunt for clues. You use tools to help you figure out what the clues are, and your cell phone rings constantly! Ruff always has something to say. Make sure you have your sound turned on!
     
  CSI: Squeak Sneak CSI: Squeak Sneak

Again, I know, I know... so this really doesn't have anything to do with cells, but it DOES show a lot of small items magnified under a microscope to help you solve the crime. :) You get to do a real detective's job on this one. You hunt for clues. You use tools to help you figure out what the clues are, and your cell phone rings constantly! Ruff always has something to say. Make sure you have your sound turned on!
     
  CSI: Tugboat Thug CSI: Tugboat Thug

Hooray! Here's another one that, yet again, really doesn't have anything to do with cells, but it DOES show a lot of small items magnified under a microscope to help you solve the crime. :) You get to do a real detective's job on this one. You hunt for clues. You use tools to help you figure out what the clues are, and your cell phone rings constantly! Ruff always has something to say. Make sure you have your sound turned on!
     
  Microorganism Mission Microorganism Mission

Help determine which microorganisms are harmful and which are helpful to save the people from a flu outbreak!
     
  Cells to Systems Interactive Activity Cells to Systems Interactive Activity

Learn about cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems with this interactive activity.
     
Chemistry
  Build a Bad Spaceship Build a Bad Spaceship

Keep the aliens from returning to their planet and destroying Earth by choosing materials for their spaceship that won't work.
     
  Food Chemistry Activity Food Chemistry Activity

Test foods for sugar, starch, fat, and protein!
     
  Find the Ph Activity Find the Ph Activity

Test substances to determine if they are acidic or alkaline!
     
  Mission: Physical and Chemical Changes Mission: Physical and Chemical Changes

Use tools to destroy the evidence of the clues you find as you try to outwit the bad guys. Good Luck!
     
Earthquakes
  Earthquake Testing Zone Earthquake Testing Zone

Have you ever wanted to watch what happens during an earthquake? Have you ever wanted to see what it would be like if the earthquake was worse or not quite as bad? When you start this activity, move the lever to choose how bad of an earthquake you would like to see. Then click go. Click stop when you would like the earthquake to be over. Then click a different seismograph number on the Richter scale lever. If you want to see more information about earthquakes, click the back button in the top right hand corner. Enjoy!


Hit "Click here to start your activity" when the first screen comes up.
     
Electricity
  Using Electricity Lab 1 Using Electricity Lab 1

In Lab 1, try to make the light bulb light and the motor turn! Each website lets you do something a little different. You get to use lots of different materials to try different electricity experiments. These are lots of fun!
     
  Electricity Lab 2 Electricity Lab 2

This is very similar to Lab 1. This website lets you do something a little different. Between the three labs, you get to use lots of different materials to try different electricity experiments. These are lots of fun!
     
  Electricity Lab 3 Electricity Lab 3

Lab 3 goes right along with Lab 1 & Lab 2.This website lets you do something a little different. Between the three labs, you get to use lots of different materials to try different electricity experiments. These are lots of fun!
     
  Deadly 60 Insulators for Electric Eels Deadly 60 Insulators for Electric Eels

Steve and his crew are filming electric eels in the Amazon. Help them find the best insulators to wear.
     
  Mission: Electric Circuits Mission: Electric Circuits

Someone is Trying to send all of the country's kids away. Use your knowledge of circuits to get the camera to prove the evil plan.
     
  Currents and Voltage Interactive Activity Currents and Voltage Interactive Activity

Learn about currents and voltage with this interactive activity.
     
  Electricity and Magnets Interactive Activity Electricity and Magnets Interactive Activity

Learn about electricity and magnets with this interactive activity.
     
Energy
  Shelter from Heat Shelter from Heat

Steve and his crew are in a really hot desert! They need protection from the heat. Drive the van to pick up parts you can use to make a shelter, and then choose the best shelter material. Good luck!
     
  Energy Transfer and Storage Energy Transfer and Storage

Learn about how different kinds of energy with this interactive activity.
     
  Convection Video

Ok, ok. So, this is not a game or interactive activity. It is just a video, but it is a really neat video that lets you see what convection looks like in water!
     
Eyes & Lenses
  Vision Science Desk

In the first part of this activity, you can roll over the diagram of the eye to look at different parts of the eye. Click the lever at the top to play with 20/20, nearsighted, and farsighted vision, lenses, and more!

Hit "Click here to start your activity" when the first screen comes up.
     
Forces and Motion
  Dish it Out!  Dish it Out!  

You can either take a challange or make a challenge. If you take a challange, there are already ramps and blocks set up, but you have to change the angles to make the ball roll to the take-out container. If you make the challenge, you get blocks and ramps to make your own course for the ball.
     
  Exploding Gymnastics Exploding Gymnastics

Someone planted bombs at the gymnastics meet. Use your knowledge of forces to keep the bombs from exploding!
     
  Friction Race Friction Race

Beryl is trying to steal the Invigatron, so race against her to protect it. Use your knowledge of friction to save the day!
     
  Friction Experiment Friction Experiment

Test different materials to see how far you can make the car go.
     
  Move it or Luge it!  Move it or Luge it!  

Use what you know about friction and wind resistance to help Ruff beat his brother Scruff in a Luge contest. When you get there, click the bottom left button that says "Tips" to refresh your memory and to get some hints on how to do well in this game. Have fun!
     
Fossils and Dinosaurs
  Caillou Paleontologist Caillou Paleontologist

This one is so cool! You get to dig up dinosaur bones, take them to the museum, put them together, and then watch a film of what that dinosaur might have looked like! Hint: When digging up the bones, you have to use the brush more than once on each bone. Another hint: You can't pick up the rocks (It took Miss Schofield forever to figure that out!). Have fun!
     
  Dinosaur Field Guide Dinosaur Field Guide

This website lets you see lots of different kinds of dinosaurs, x-ray them, learn what they ate, and more!
     
  Virtual Dinosaur Dig

This website coaches you through how to excavate a dinosaur fossil.
     
  Museum of Natural History Dino Exhibit Virtual Tour

This website is a virtual tour of the dinosaur exhibits at the Museum of Natural History in New York!
     
Germs
  Poliovirus Animation

Ok, so this one is not a game, but it is an animation of how the poliovirus gets into a person's system and how it begins the disease process once inside. 
     
Geysers
  Geyser Supriser Geyser Supriser

This one is SO MUCH FUN! I LOVE this one! Design a geyser first. Then, cook Fetch's lunch by launching his food through the steam that comes out of a geyser. Don't cook his ice cream! In between each round, you get to learn super cool facts about geysers with pictures and video clips. Fun, fun, fun!
     
Health
     
  Super Market Mania Super Market Mania!

This is a cool online, interactive grocery store board game. Instead of dice, you pull grocery store tickets. You have several challenges along the way - most are things you really do at the grocery store. Sometimes a challenge will be identifying ingredients. Sometimes a challenge will be comparing nutrition labels. Sometimes you will earn cool coupons! Watch out though! Freddy's greasy nephew will fill your cart with junk food if he catches up to you!
     
  Freddy's Sneaky Switcheroo Switcheroo

It is raining food in the grocery store! Catch the only the foods that are nutritious to earn points. Before each round, you will read a quick sentence or two about the foods that you will be catching for that round and about how those particular foods are good for your body. After a few rounds, a food that is a superfood in real life will fall. If you catch it, all of the foods that fall will be good for you for a little while. Be careful! If you catch junk food, it will slow you down!
     
  Corporal Cup's Food Camp & Real Recipes Corporal Cup's Food Camp and Real Recipes

In this game, you complete some food challenges to unlock real recipes that you can make at home! If you do not make any mistakes in the challenges, you get to watch a video of the characters preparing the recipes, and if you get a gold medal on all of the challenges, you unlock a secret recipe! Miss Schofield thought the cutting challenges were the hardest!

There are some fraction challenges for some of the recipes. If those are hard for you, borrow a measuring cup to help you figure them out. Miss Schofield learned her fraction skills that way when she was little!
     
  Freestyle Fizz Freestyle Fizz

In this game, you are a skateboarder! Pick up only healthy foods to keep your energy up. If you pick up unhealthy foods, you will slow down! If you don't eat enough healthy food, you will run out of energy which is game over! Miss Schofield didn't beat all the levels on this one. She couldn't get through the last level!

If your screen moves when you play the game, there are a couple of tricks you can use. On most computers, if you click F11 on your keyboard during an Internet game, the game goes into full screen mode! You can also zoom out until the whole website is on one screen. Cool, huh?
 
     
Balance Bots  Fizzy's Balance Bots

These robots won’t dance unless they have nutritiously balanced meals inside of them! Different bots need different amounts of each kind of food, so check the balance meter to make sure each bot has the same amount of each color (food).
 
     
  Diet and Drugs Interactive Activity  Diet and Drugs Interactive Activity

Learn about important foods and nutrients and how they affect you in this interactive activity.
 
     
  Cooking Safety Tips Read to Me Book  Cooking Safety Tips Read To Me Book

Fizzy reads rules you should follow when cooking to you. The illustrations are pretty cool, too. 
     
Human Body Systems
  Sully the Cell's Memory Match Sully the Cell's Memory Match

This game is like a Memory game. In the easy mode you just match pictures of body parts. In hard mode (best for our class), you match words to body parts and organs. What is cool about hard mode is that every once in a while, you get to look for a certain body part or organ on a cartoon character. Pro mode is like hard mode, but harder. After any mode, Sully tells you an interesting fact! Good Luck!.
     
  All Systems Are Go! Organs Review Game

The poor guy in this game has lost all of his organs! Help put his organs back inside one system at a time!
(Hint: This game actually puts all of the sensory organs in with the nervous system.)
     
  Human Body Systems Human Body Systems

This is an interesting way to see each human body system one at a time or a bunch of them at once. If you want to see one by itself, make sure that only one system on that side is checked. If you want to see more than one, make sure that "body" is not checked, but other than that check as many as you want! Click the lever at the top to see how walking and running affect the heart. A hint: when you drag the slider, click and hold the mouse button down. Don't let the lights get to red! Have fun!

Hit "Click here to start your activity" when the first screen comes up.
     
  Moose Reaction Timer (Nervous System)

Your nervous system is the system that connects your brain to the rest of your body so that your body knows how to react during this situation. In this activity, you have to hit the brakes when you see the moose! There is another animal, too, but he doesn't respond well to brakes. The activity will show you how fast you were able to react on a timer scale.
     
  Sheep dash! Sheep Sleep Reaction Timer (Nervous System)

Your nervous system is the system that connects your brain to the rest of your body so that your body knows how to react during this situation. In this activity, you have to hit any escaping sheep with tranquilizers before they get away!
     
  Zap! Zap! Frog and Fly Reaction Timer (Nervous System)

Your nervous system is the system that connects your brain to the rest of your body so that your body knows how to react during this situation. In this activity, you have to hit the red ZAP button when you see or hear a fly! (Hint: Watch the radar screen, not the screen with the frog.) At the end of the game, it will tell you if your reaction time is faster when you see or hear the flies. To learn more about how this game works with your nervous system, click "Learn More."
     
  Interactive Digestion Animation

This website lets you follow different foods through all parts of the digestive system so you can see how your body has to react differently to each kind of food. This website really helped Mrs. Smalley understand the digestive system better...and it's fun to watch! :)
     
  Digestion Tutorial and Games

The tutorial, games, and quiz on this site are all GREAT for helping you study for your digestive quiz and human body systems test! The tutorial will help you study anything you have forgotten. The games help you place the organs in the right spots. The quiz just asks you questions. :)
     
  Mr. Bones Mr. Bones

Mr. Bones fell apart. Put him back together so he can wave to you!
     
  Skeletons and Moving Skeletons and Moving

See if you can figure out the names of human, horse, and fish bones. Notice how each of them move by clicking the "viewer" button. Good Luck!
     
Interactive Life Processes Activity Interactive Life Processes Activity

Learn about the seven life processes in this interactive video.
     
  Cells to Systems Interactive Activity Cells to Systems Interactive Activity

Learn about cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems with this interactive activity.
     
Light
  Escape the Hall of Mirrors Escape the Hall of Mirrors

Rani is trapped in the dark hall of mirrors! Use light to help her escape!
     
  Deadly 60 Cobra Shadows Deadly 60 Cobra Shadows

Help Steve and his crew get a picture of a cobra without getting bitten…
     
Magnets
  *Magnets and Springs Activity *Magnets and Springs Activity

Try the activity (read the directions...it helps you have fun!). Don't forget to hit the "reset" button each time you pull the spring back. Try the quiz, too, to see how smart you are!
     
  Mission: Magnets in the Museum Mission: Magnets in the Museum

Grab the priceless items before the bad guys steal them!
     
  Magnetism Lab Magnetism Lab

Play with magnets! When the lab loads, click the lever at the top to try picking up objects with magnets.

Hit "Click here to start your activity" when the first screen comes up.
     
Plants
  Interactive Growing Plants (Easy) Interactive Growing Plants (Easy)

Use what you know about growing plants to keep your plant alive!
     
  Hectic Harvest! Hectic Harvest!

Mrs. Smalley loves this game! There are eight levels, and every time you complete a level, you unlock some new cool farm equipment that will help you beat levels. In this game, you help Mixie grow the vegetables to earn money. You can go to the farm store to buy some of the cool stuff you have unlocked by beating levels with your money. You have to water, weed, debug, and harvest the veggies when they are ready or they will die. Mrs. Smalley beat all of the levels and got a gold medal on all of the levels. Can you?
     
  Mission: Seed Dispersal Mission: Seed Dispersal

Save the world from this deadly flower! First, label the parts of the flower. Then, you will need to zap any seeds you find with your laser to keep them from spreading!
     
  Grow Plants to Save Sarah! Grow Plants to Save Sarah!

Sarah has been kidnapped, but she can buy her freedom with flowers. Help her grow enough flowers to buy her freedom! HINT: You don’t want the yellow triangles.
     
  Photosynthesis & Colored Light Growing Photosynthesis & Colored Light Growing

When the page first loads, you can move your mouse over the different parts of the picture to get a better understanding of photosynthesis. If you click the lever at the top, you can see what it is like when plants grow under different colored lights. Green plants absorb some colors better than others. In what color light do these plants grow best?

Hit "Click here to start your activity" when the first screen comes up.
     
  Caillou Gardner Caillou Gardner

This gardening game is really neat because you can pick what kind of plants you want to grow from a catalog, and when you've got a great looking garden, you can print out a picture of it. It sounds easy, but it gets a little tricky sometimes because you tend to forget to take care of your plants while you're looking in the seed catalog. :)
     
  Interactive Growing Plants (Harder)  Interactive Growing Plants (Harder)

Use what you know about growing plants to keep your plant alive!
     
Recycling and Going Green
  Recycle City Recycle City

Explore this website to discover all kinds of things about recycling. Go around town, and ask the people how they help their town stay clean and how they recycle materials. You can even play a "Dumptown Game" to discover how programs implemented by City Hall can help the town. You will be surprised by which ones help the most!
     
  Interactive Changes in the Environment Video Interactive Changes in the Environment Video

This is pretty neat. It's kind of like watching a movie about our environment...but you get to interact with it too....so I guess it isn't really like a movie at all. It's like a game you cannot lose. :) Have Fun!
     
  EcoHaven Emergency EcoHaven Emergency

This one is really cool because it is kind of like Poptropica. You create your own little character, and then travel to different places and interview people and animals to stop Hacker. Hacker is trying to destroy the environment! Help the characters and the animals, and they will help you stop Hacker!
     
  Groovy Garden Groovy Garden

Answer trivia about "going green" (doing things that are good for the environment) while planting a groovy garden. You can even save your garden!
     
  Energy Star Kids Energy Star Kids (Prob. Teach with this One)

Learn about different kinds of energy, explore a typical bedroom for ways to save energy, play with Dr. Seuss’s Lorax, see The Quickest Ever Slideshow on Global Warming, and more!
     
  Touchstone Energy Kids: “Lights Out” Game Touchstone Energy Kids: “Lights Out” Game

Help the house save energy! Replace light bulbs with CFL bulbs, and turn off the lights and electronics as fast as you can!
     
  Touchstone Energy Kids: Renewable Energy Farm Touchstone Energy Kids: Renewable Energy Farm

Learn about different kinds of renewable energy from this farm.
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  Touchstone Energy Kids (Print this!): Josh and Sarah’s Electric Adventure Touchstone Energy Kids (Print this!): Josh and Sarah’s Electric Adventure

Read about how Josh and Sarah’s Grandpa taught them about electricity in this online storybook.
     
Rocks
  Moh's Drill and The Castle of Doom Moh's Drill and The Castle of Doom

You need to use what you know about rock scratch tests to escape! Good Luck!
     
  Interactive Rock Activity Interactive Rock Activity

Find out the characteristics of rocks. Which rocks are permeable (can water soak into), float, split or wear well?
     
  *Interactive How Rocks Are Made Activity *Interactive How Rocks Are Made Activity

This is pretty neat. It's kind of like watching a movie of how rocks are made...but you get to interact with it too....so I guess it isn't really like a movie at all. It's like a game you cannot lose. :) Have Fun!
     
  Rocks and Wind Erosion Rocks and Wind Erosion

When the site loads, you can move your mouse over the different parts of the rock cycle to learn more about it. You can also click on each of the little tabs to see examples of all of the different types of rocks. If you click the lever at the top, it will show you several unique examples of wind erosion that take place in the desert. Happy learning!

Hit "Click here to start your activity" when the first screen comes up.
     
  Geology Lab

This site will let you learn about, look at, and explore different types of rocks, earthquakes, and volcanoes. There are videos, pictures, animations, and more.
     
Simple Machines
  Ed Head's Simple Machines Game Ed Head's Simple Machines Game

Click the link below to help Ed Head the robot identify simple machines in his house! (I had so much fun with this game, that I played it for a long time too!) I think you'll really like this game. As soon as the page loads, just click the START button next to Ed Head.
     
  Make a Rube Goldberg Machine with Simple Machines Make a Rube Goldberg Machine with Simple Machines

Click the link below to make a Rube Goldberg Machine to help catch a burglar. This website will give you lots of simple machines and a ball. You have to keep changing the simple machines until the pulleys can pull the doggie up enough to jump through the hole to attack the burglar! It took Mrs. Smalley forever. It took her friend 5 minutes! We had so much fun! Have fun and good luck! When the page loads, click Build a Rube Goldberg Machine on the left side to begin.)
     
  Inventor's Workshop Inventor's Workshop

This one is really cool. You will get several pieces to invent a machine to get from a certain starting place to a certain finish spot. Sometimes you will have to catch a ball before getting to a certain place, and sometimes you will have to move to spring a ball from one spot to another. This one is a lot of fun! :)
     
Sound
  Sound Lab Sound Lab

In this sound lab, explore how sound waves move. If you flip the lever at the top, you can hit different size glasses to see how the frequencies of different pitches differ. Happy exploring!
     
  Defeat the Deadly Plants with Sound Defeat the Deadly Plants with Sound

Help Sarah defeat the deadly Rakweed plant with guitar. Cool, huh?  
     
     
Space
  Solar System Scope Solar System Scope

See what the planets really look like from different points in the solar system! Hint: Double-click on a planet to zoom in on it.
     
  Our Solar System and Explore the Milky Way Our Solar System and Explore the Milky Way

When the page opens, you can click on each planet to examine them and to learn a little bit about them. On the right hand side are extra facts. If you click the lever at the top, you can explore the Milky Way. It starts with a little boy, but if you click the down arrow, it will zoom out further and further until you can see our galaxy, the Milky Way. After you get a sense of how far away you would have to be to see the Milky Way, I suggest you click the up arrow, to get a sense of where our solar system is on the Milky Way. Have fun!


Hit "Click here to start your activity" when the first screen comes up.
     
  Alien: Assembly Required Alien: Assembly Required

Since we are learning about space, I thought it would be neat to put this website up too. On this site, you can design and print out your own alien! Have fun!
     
  Gravitational Forces Gravitational Forces

Explore how weight changes at different points in space. You can even flip the lever at the top to see how your weight would be different on different planets. Just type in your weight, and then click on a planet to see how much more or less you would weigh!
     
  Interactive Space Explanations Interactive Space Explanations

This is pretty neat. It's kind of like watching a movie of how rocks are made...but you get to interact with it too....so I guess it isn't really like a movie at all. It's like a game you cannot lose. :) Have Fun!
     
  Pack for Mars Pack for Mars

Choose 10 items to take with you to Mars. The journey will be nine months long! Be careful what you choose; the environment in space is different than it is on Earth.
     
  Save Birthdays! Save Birthdays!

The Earth, Moon, and Sun have been knocked out of place! Tomorrow is supposed to be Clyde’s birthday, but if the Earth, Sun, and Moon aren’t in the right place, it won’t be. Save the birthdays!
     
  Earth, Sun, and Moon Earth, Sun, and Moon

Want to see how much the Earth and moon move in different increments of time? See how much they move in hours, minutes, or days. You get to choose how long!
     
  Interactive Universe

Take a closer look at the planets, the sun, the moon, black holes, and more
!
     
  Sizing Up the Universe

This Smithsonian-powered activity is so cool! First, you get to choose the objects to represent different parts of our solar system and universe. Then, the activity helps you see how far apart each of those objects would be from each other in the actual solar system and universe using Google maps. You get to put in your address, and the activity shows how far each of those objects would be from your each other using your house as a reference. So cool!
     
  Interactive Daylight Map

This website is just neat. You can go to this site, and it will show  you exactly what parts of the world are dark and which ones have daylight right now. You'll even get to see where the sun is brightest, and which cities have a lot of lights at night. You can even look at what the world looked like and will look like at different times. Pretty cool!
     
  Apollo 11 Smithsonian IdeaLab

This IdeaLab is an interactive lab that has pictures, facts, and audio/video from 1969 as well as interviews conducted years later of Michael Collins, Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, and more. 

Tips:
(1) In the bottom right, there is a bar that looks like one long picture, but it is actually six pictures next to each other. Each picture opens a section of the activity.
(2) For each activity, click the colored box with the title in it for audio/video (I almost missed this!), and THEN click "Learn More."
(3) Pay attention to the pictures in the "Explore Here" section of each activity. If there is a play button underneath, it will have audio/video - and a lot of it is from 1969.
(4) DO go to the "Try This" section because there are pictures, fun facts, and/or video in that section. One of them is a video of Buzz Aldrin making a sandwich in space.
     
States of Matter
  Water We Doing?  Water We Doing?  

Use the three states of matter to help Ruff do his chores. This game is SO much fun! No, really, this is one of my favorites!
     
  Compounds and Mixtures Interactive Activity Compounds and Mixtures Interactive Activity

Learn about compounds and mixtures with this interactive activity!
     
  Matter Behavior Interactive Activity Matter Behavior Interactive Activity

Learn how different states of matter behave with this interactive activity!
     
  Need Water in the Arctic! Need Water in the Arctic!

Steve and his crew need a drink of water, but they are in the Arctic so everything is frozen! Drive the van to find parts to make a stove, then change the ice into clean drinking water.  
     
  Destroy the Listening Devices! Destroy the Listening Devices!

The bad guys have installed listening devices in the kitchen so they can steal bank codes! Use your knowledge of solids, liquids, and gases to destroy them. Good Luck!  
     
  Water Changes State Water Changes State

This one is full of fun facts and a picture to explore (as usual), however, if you click the lever at the top, you get to explore a little further. In science we talk about how differently the molecules are arranged in solids, liquids, and gases, but you get to see it in this science lab. Happy exploring!
     
Volcanoes
  Interactive Volcano Learning Desk Interactive Volcano Learning Desk

When you get to the Volcanic Eruption part, keep hitting the "Next" button to see what happens during an eruption. If you move your mouse over the picture of the volcano, it will tell you what each part is called. If you look to the right, there are lots of neat facts about volcanoes. If you click the lever at the top next to the words "Story of Vesuvius", it will take you to a place where you can watch a cartoon about one of the most famous volcanoes in history.

Hit "Click here to start your activity" when the first screen comes up.
     
Volume
  Pour to Score Pour to Score

Use your problem solving skills to get 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 quarts of water.
     
  Can You Fill It?  Can You Fill It?

Use different-sized containers of water to fill big containers. If you don't fill it correctly, it will bring you back to start. If you do fill it correctly, it will ask you if you would like a harder one. :) 
     
Weather
  Water Cycle & Weather Maker Water Cycle & Weather Maker

When the site first opens, move your mouse over the different parts of the water cycle to learn more about each part. Then click the lever at the top to make weather! I encourage you to try to get it to rain and snow at the same time, make clouds without rain (really hard!), and make snow. Also notice what makes the wind blow harder! Have fun!


Hit "Click here to start your activity" when the first screen comes up.
     
  Make a Snowflake! Make a Snowflake!  

This is so cool! You can make your own snowflakes using the different parts of the clouds!
     
  Play with Lightning! Play with Lightning!  

See and Hear the relationship between thunder and lightning.
     
  Control a Tornado! Control a Tornado!

This one is also really cool, because you get to see exactly what makes a tornado make the most and least amounts of damage….and it isn’t what you think!
     
  Make a Rainbow! Make a Rainbow!

Move the sun and the little person to discover how rainbows work!
     
  Stop the Stormerator!  Stop the Stormerator!  

This one is really cool because it is kind of like poptropica. You create your own little character, and then travel to different places and interview people to stop the stormerator! You have to visit three places, and disable the weather bots to get the key pieces to stop the stormerator. You will need to use your knowledge about weather to help you. Have lots of fun! 
     
  Edhead Weather Edhead Weather

Be a meteorologist! Ever wonder what all of those weather symbols mean when you watch the weather on the news? You'll learn more about them here, AND you'll get to report and to predict the weather.
     
  What is Weather?  What is Weather?  

There are interactive simulations for all different kinds of weather! :) Have fun!