Bookmark this page, and plan to use it as your primary source of information about various branches of science as well as to learn the basics about charts & graphs & data, biology and physical science terms & classifications, chemical reactions, the periodic table, bacteria & cells, the geologic time scale, and many more resources to help you with your science project.
Also see our regularly changing RSS science news feeds on the right hand side of the page — new articles every few days!
Math, Statistics and Data
Graphing Tutorial – learn about line graphs, pie charts, bar graphs, which type of graph to use, definitions, independent and dependent variable…and more
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/help/user_guide/graph/index.asp
How to choose which type of graph to use
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/help/user_guide/graph/whentouse.asp
Survey and Tally Chart
http://network.blendedschools.net/bsntube/videos/8546/u4-survey-and-tally-charts
A Circle Graph or Piegraph
http://network.blendedschools.net/bsntube/videos/14851/bar-&-pie-graphs
Create Charts and Graphs
http://www.chartgo.com/
Learn about data, surveys, measurements, graphs. Using and handling data
http://www.mathsisfun.com/data/index.html
Measurement
http://www.mathsisfun.com/measure/index.html
Geometry made Simple
http://www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/index.html
Everything from shapes and number types to graphs, grids and units of measure
http://www.numbernut.com/
Analyzing data (observation, polls, tally marks)
http://www.risd.k12.nm.us/assessment_evaluation/ImprovSBAscores/3rdgrade/Day%2027%20Analyze%20Data.pdf
Data and Reasearch Statistics from the U.S. Government
http://www.usa.gov/Topics/Reference-Shelf/Data.shtml
Estimation and Problem Solving
http://network.blendedschools.net/bsntube/videos/14840/estimation
Estimation and Place Value
http://network.blendedschools.net/bsntube/videos/14839/estimation
Interpreting Data
http://network.blendedschools.net/bsntube/videos/14709/interpreting-data
Charts and Graphs – advanced
http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/Charts_and_Diagrams.htm
Learn the parts of a Graph
http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/weblessons/alltheparts/default.htm#page8
Classification – what is classification and how do you group things together
http://utahscience.oremjr.alpine.k12.ut.us/sciber00/7th/classify/sciber/intro.htm
http://utahscience.oremjr.alpine.k12.ut.us/sciber00/7th/classify/sciber/intro.htm
Introduction to Cells and Genetics
http://utahscience.oremjr.alpine.k12.ut.us/sciber00/7th/cells/sciber/intro.htm
http://www.biology4kids.com/files/cell_main.html
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/begin/cells/insideacell/
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/cell_bio/tutorials/cell_cycle/cells2.html
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/cell_bio/problem_sets/membranes/index.html
Studying Cells Tutorial
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/cell_bio/tutorials/cells/cells.html
Microscope Parts, Slide Preparation and Hints for Microscope Observation
http://utahscience.oremjr.alpine.k12.ut.us/sciber00/7th/cells/sciber/micrpart.htm
http://utahscience.oremjr.alpine.k12.ut.us/sciber00/7th/cells/sciber/slidetip.htm
http://utahscience.oremjr.alpine.k12.ut.us/sciber00/7th/cells/sciber/slidepre.htm
The Visible Human Project
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/visible/
Body Quest – an exploration of the anatomy
http://library.thinkquest.org/10348/
A Guided Tour of the Visible Human
http://www.madsci.org/~lynn/VH/
The Human Body – an online tour
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson065.shtml
The Body Zone
http://www.sciencebob.com/research/bodyzone-noflash.php
Digital Anatomist Project
http://www9.biostr.washington.edu/da.html
Virtual Dissections
http://biology.about.com/od/onlinedissections/a/aa112805a.htm
The DNA Basic and the DNA Files
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/cell_bio/tutorials/cell_cycle/cells1.html
http://www.dnafiles.org/
Textbook of Bacteria
http://www.textbookofbacteriology.net/
Virtual Museum of Bacteria
http://www.bacteriamuseum.org/
Mitosis
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/cell_bio/tutorials/cell_cycle/cells3.html
Molecular Expressions: Images from Microscopes
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/
Viruses
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/cell_bio/tutorials/pev/page4.html
Gray’s Anatomy
http://www.bartleby.com/107/
National Institute of Environmental Health Science site for Kids
http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/science/index.htm
Society of Toxicology
http://www.toxicology.org/
Environmental Diseases from A – Z
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/topics/atoz/
Digital Learning Center for Microbial Ecology
http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/dlc-me/
Chemicals and Human Health
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/chh/
Agricultural Research Service – Science 4 Kids
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/kids/
All You Can Eat – info on pesticides and chemicals in food
http://www.ewg.org/foodnews/
Chemistry
Chemical Reactions FAQ
http://www.chemtutor.com/react.htm
All About the Periodic Table
http://www.barcodesinc.com/articles/all-about-the-periodic-table.htm
General Chemistry Glossary
http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/glossary.shtml
Organic Compound Terms and Structures
http://www.chem.qmul.ac.uk/iupac/class/
Physical Chemistry Terms
http://www.chem.qmw.ac.uk/iupac/gtpoc/index.html
Chemistry Guide
http://www.chemistryguide.org/
Physical Sciences
What is Matter – how is matter classified
http://www.chem4kids.com/files/matter_intro.html
http://www.kentchemistry.com/links/Matter/ClassifiyingMatter.htm
http://utahscience.oremjr.alpine.k12.ut.us/sciber00/7th/classify/sciber/clmatter.htm
Mineral Classifications and uses of common minerals
http://utahscience.oremjr.alpine.k12.ut.us/sciber00/7th/classify/sciber/minclas1.htm
http://utahscience.oremjr.alpine.k12.ut.us/sciber00/7th/classify/sciber/minclas2.htm
Electric Motors 101
http://www.electricmotors.machinedesign.com/
Gravity Gizmos
http://www.explorelearning.com/index.cfm?method=cResource.dspResourcesForCourse&CourseID=359
Inclined Planes, Levers, Pulleys
http://www.explorelearning.com/index.cfm?method=cResource.dspResourcesForCourse&CourseID=361
U.S. Department of Energy resources for Science Fair Projects
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/education/printable_versions/science_projects.html
Build a simple spectroscope
http://scitoys.com/scitoys/scitoys/light/cd_spectroscope/spectroscope.html
Accelerator Related Terms
http://www-bdnew.fnal.gov/operations/accgloss/gloss.html
All Physics Equation
http://www.gcsescience.com/peq.htm
Fundamentals Physical Contants
http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Constants/index.html
How Light Travels
http://www.geom.uiuc.edu/education/calc-init/rainbow/light.html
Reflection of Light
http://www.geom.uiuc.edu/education/calc-init/rainbow/reflection.htm
Units Dictionary
http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/
Global Climate Maps
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/GlobalMaps/
Earth Science
Astronomy for kids
http://www.kidsastronomy.com/
Geology for Kids
http://oedb.org/articles/online-education-resources-geology-for-kids.html
Earth’s Structure
http://www.geography4kids.com/files/earth_intro.html
Earthquakes for Kids
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/kids/
Earthquake Preparedness
http://usinsurancenet.com/earthquake-preparedness/
Journey to a Black Hole and the Black Hole Encyclopedia
http://hubblesite.org/explore_astronomy/black_holes/
Earth Science World Imagebank
http://www.earthscienceworld.org/imagebank/
Interactive Geological Time Scale
http://www.earthscienceworld.org/timescale/
National Geologic Map Database
http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/
Zoom Dinosaurs
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/index.html
National Science Digital Library Science Literacy Maps – science concepts and standards
http://strandmaps.nsdl.org/
Introduction to Photosynthesis
http://photoscience.la.asu.edu/photosyn/education/photointro.html
Rice Genetic Map
http://rgp.dna.affrc.go.jp/publicdata/geneticmap2000/index.html
Animal/Insect Education
http://www.jr.co.il/hotsites/edu-anim.htm
Sniffy the Virtual Rat
http://www.wadsworth.com/psychology_d/special_features/sniffy.html
Science Research Guides – Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/tracer-bullets/
Plants
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/kids/fair/story.htm
Science and Art Gateway for Educators
http://www.cac.cornell.edu/education/SAGE.aspx
Entomological Terms
http://research.amnh.org/entomology/social_insects/glsocia.html
Glossary of Marine Biology Terms
http://earthednet.org/index.html