Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Science Explorer: An Exploratorium at Home Book
Over 30 simple, interactive, experiments can be found on the Exploratorium site. This museum, based out of San Francisco, presents each experiment with a list of materials, a short procedure, and the scientific reasoning behind the...
Other
Science at Home: The World of Matter
Science at Home offers this site full of simple experiments that can be conducted at home. Don't miss the other sections, "forces and energy" and "electrons in action".
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Exploring Nature
This article gives some excellent ways we can engage our children in exploring and learning about nature.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Discovering Science at Home
Parents are the primary teachers! But how do you teach Science at home? Create your own science center. Here are some great ideas to get started.
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Ciencia Divertida (Fun Science): Pequenos Cientistas
Fun Science is designed to teach scientific experiments to children ages 3 to 16 in an informal and entertaining way. Click on "pequenos cientistas" to watch animated experiments and to access scientific facts and quizzes. The games...
US Department of Education
U.s. Department of Education: Helping Your Child Learn Science
There are many activities available for families to promote science education in the community. This sites lists opportunities to do just that!
US Department of Education
U.s. Department of Education: Science in the Home Activities
You don't need to be a science teacher in order to teach science at home! This site has a great list of activities along with everything you will need to conduct them.
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Hong Kong Observatory: Meteorology
A useful page from the Hong Kong Observatory offering introduction to weather and weather phenomenon. Learn about thunderstorms, tides, monsoon season, weather radar, and weather in space. Not a slick site but informative. Most...
Smithsonian Institution
Lemelson Center: Spark!lab: Invent Your Own Gelatin Dessert
Students learn about the history of Jello and create their own dessert. They analyze the success of their dessert afterwards and make suggestions on how to improve it. They are also invited to take a photo of their creation and email it...
Merriam-Webster
Merriam Webster: Dictionary Illustration: Incandescent Lamp
Labeled illustration of the parts of an incandescent lightbulb.
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Staten Island Children's Museum: Sea of Boats
Use your imagination and this guide to discover about boats and learn some water science.