Nature Canada
Nature Canada: Species Spotlight: Whooping Cranes
Although the whooping crane has survived for 3.5 million years, it has become endangered in the last few hundred due to human activities. At its lowest, there were only 15 on the whole planet. The number now stands at several hundred in...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Beyond the Milky Way
When we look at the night sky, we see stars and the nearby planets of our own solar system. Many of those stars are actually distant galaxies and glowing clouds of dust and gases called nebulae. The universe is an immense space with...
Cool Math
Coolmath: Science Monster: Our Sun
Find out about our closest star, the sun. Read interesting facts and other trivia about our planet's source of energy.
University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas Mc Donald Observatory: Comets
Discover interesting facts about comets, an icy time capsule left over from the birth of planets.
Defenders of Wildlife
Defenders of Wildlife: Orangutan
Defenders of Wildlife provides the status, description, size, population, life span, range, habitat, food, behavior, offspring, threats, and protection of the orangutan.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Physics for Kids: Gravity
Kids learn about the science behind gravity, the mysterious force of planet earth including why it is important, what is weight, and fun facts. What is gravity?
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Math Multiplication Activote
[Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson will help students review multiplication with hands-on activities and Everyday Math tools. An Activote session is at the end of the flipchart for assessment.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Table of Contents
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart explores the basic parts of a table of contents including chapter number, chapter title and page number. It explores the basic parts of a table of contents.
Curated OER
Xena Awarded
This regularly updated site chronicles research, key facts, and the reasons for downgrading Pluto from a planet to dwarf planet. Recent discoveries from the New Horizon spacecraft and months of archived articles are kept here as well.
Curated OER
New Horizons Salutes Voyager
This regularly updated site chronicles research, key facts, and the reasons for downgrading Pluto from a planet to dwarf planet. Recent discoveries from the New Horizon spacecraft and months of archived articles are kept here as well.
Curated OER
New Zealand
A concise site provided for by the Lonely Planet that lists basic facts about New Zealand. Map included.