Government Sites
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Agricultural Ideas for Science
Fair Projects
 - Here, we've put
together a few basic ideas of agricultural science projects you can
do. Use these ideas as a jumping-off place for coming up with your
own project. |
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Agriculture and Math Fun
- Fun agriculture and math site with quizzes, games, and links to
other sites. |
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Agriculture in the Classroom
Kid's Corner
- Learn about the
role and importance of agriculture in the economy and society. |
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Air Force Crossroads
- Hope you came ready to have fun because this section has tons to
offer both kids and teenagers alike. From sports to arts to video
games, you will find hours worth of information and entertainment
that will keep you coming back for more. |
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Air Quality Index
- Learn how air pollution is measured, about the Air Quality Index (AQI),
and how the index can be a quick way to tell people how good or bad
something is. The AQI uses colors, and numbers, and words to tell
you about the air. |
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Ask-A-Scientist
- Submit Ask A Scientist Question! This is a great information
service for K-12 teachers and their students. You can e-mail a
question or find your answer in their vast archives. |
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Did You Ever Wonder?
- Visit the Berkley Labs and learn more about about the structure of
cells, how to carve with light, how soil keeps the world in balance
and much more. |
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Dr. E's Energy Lab
- This site has great information about wind energy, solar energy,
alternative fuels and much more. |
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Drinking Water Kids' Stuff
- This site has great games and activities that will help you learn
about drinking water. |
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Earth Observatory
- Accompany NASA scientists as they explore our world and unravel
the mysteries of our climate and environmental change. |
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Earthquakes for Kids
- Shake it up with this cool site from the USGS! Learn cool quake
facts, earthquake ABC's, and catch up on the science of seismology.
You can also explore being a geophysicist. |
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Energy Kid's Page
- Learn along with Energy Ant about different types of energy. This
site is from the Energy Information Administration. |
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Energy Quest
- Megawatts of info and fun await! Read a story, try a science
project, learn about renewable resources, play with puzzles, meet
super scientists, and lots more on this neat site from the
California Energy Commission. |
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EPA Student Center
- This site from the Environmental Protection Agency is for students
in the 5th thru 8th grades. Learn about projects, careers,
ecosystems and much more. |
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Exploring Estuaries
- Estuaries are places where freshwater rivers and streams flow into
the ocean, mixing with the seawater. A wide variety of birds, fish,
and other wildlife make estuaries their home. Use this Web site to
explore these unique environments, including some of the plants and
animals that live there. |
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Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission’s Students’ Corner
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This Corner is intended to explain to students of all ages how the
FERC regulates energy for the United States. There are many
different things to learn about FERC, including the history and the
energy industries we regulate and our commitment to the environment. |
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Florida - Splash! Water
Resources Education
- The
Southwest Florida Water Management District offers Splash! to help
students learn how to protect of our precious water resource. |
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High School Environmental
Center
- This portal, from the
Environmental Protection Agency, will inform you about environmental
issues and help you protect the environment. |
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Invention Playhouse
- Want to Play? Want to Invent? What’s the Difference? When asked
what inspired them to become inventors, many adults tell stories
about playing as children. Read and learn about tinkering,
exploring, social play and collaboration. |
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Jefferson Lab's Student Zone
- Get answers to your science questions. Take a visit through the
lab and play some fun science games. |
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JetStream - An Online Weather
School
- This site is designed to
help you learn about weather and weather safety. The information
contained in JetStream is arranged by subject; beginning with global
and large scale weather patterns followed by lessons on air masses,
wind patterns, cloud formations, thunderstorms, lightning, hail,
damaging winds, tornados, tropical storms, cyclones and flooding. |
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Just For Kids - Office of
Legislative and Public Affairs
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Here's a page that's cool for science, math and engineering. There a
fun sections like "Find Out Why" and "Ask a Scientist or Engineer". |
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Kids' Castle
- This Smithsonian site has information to kids’ questions on
sports, history, the arts, travel, science and air and space, all
with great photos. |
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Kids' Science Page - National
Agricultural Library
- Hey kids!
Do you like to eat? What's your nutrition IQ? Do you really enjoy
animals? Insects too? Do you like veterinary medicine? Is
engineering what you want to do? Interested in plants or ecology?
Does chemistry excite you? Learn more about food and agricultural
sciences. |
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Kidz Zone
- This site is a great a portal for energy and science education.
The material is age-graded by subject matter, with other resources
for teachers. And we now have oodles of Energy Dictionaries and
Glossaries. |
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Kidzzone - Science Links
- The Department of Energy's Kidzzone offers a variety of links to
science education sites. |
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Math Game
- This website from the Nez Perce (Nee- Me-Poo) National Historic
Trail has a flash card game. See how many problems you can solve in
60 seconds. |
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Minerals Management Service -
Kids' Pages
- The Minerals
Management Service (MMS) is the Federal agency that manages the
nation's natural gas, oil and other mineral resources. This site
links to great pages about energy, the ocean and math. |
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NASA for Kids Only
- This NASA kids site brings the world into your playroom. Listen to
an earthquake's rumble. Look into the eye of a hurricane. Find out
why the wind blows. Visit storms up close. Play games. The kids'
quizzes here feature sound effects. Flashy graphics and well-
written text make complicated science kid-friendly. Guarantee: If a
child spends at hour at this site, she'll learn a few things most
adults don't know. |
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NASA SCIFiles
- The NASA SCIence Files is a website that focuses on solving
real-world problems by using the scientific method and Problem-based
learning. |
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NASA's Kids Science News
Network™ (3rd - 5th Grades)
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NASA's KSNN™ is a standards-based program that uses the Web,
animation, and video to introduce science, technology, engineering,
math, and NASA concepts. This site features children in 60-second
(video) newsbreaks answering such questions as why is the sky blue
and what makes popcorn pop. |
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NASA's Kids Science News
Network™ (K - 2nd Grades)
- NASA's
KSNN™ uses animated characters to introduce science, technology,
engineering, math, and NASA concepts. This site has 60-second
animations, activities, and resource links covering such topics as
"magnetism" and "states of matter." |
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National Marine Sanctuary
Program
- Here you'll find
information about our nation's marine sanctuaries -- their history
and current management, their scientific and educational programs,
and their continuing efforts to conserve our nation's ocean and
coastal treasures. |
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National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration
- This
Arctic Theme Page provides access to widely distributed Arctic data
and information for scientists, students, teachers, academia,
managers, decision makers and the general public. |
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National Oceanic Atmospheric
Administration - Research
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goal of the site is to provide middle school science students and
teachers with research and investigation experiences using on-line
resources. |
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National Science Foundation
- Find out why. Get answers to your questions about inventions,
discoveries, the ocean, science and much more. |
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National Security
Agency/Central Security Service Kids & Youth Page
- NSA/CSS works to keep America safe by using the art and science of
cryptology: making and breaking codes. The codes we make keep our
information protected from our enemies, and by breaking our enemies’
codes we can find out what they are planning and thinking. Read on
to learn more!. |
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National Weather Service Kids
Page
- The National Weather
Service's kids' page serves up age-appropriate fun for all kids.
Download an informative tornado- safety coloring book for your
preschooler. While she's coloring, your older children can click on
the Severe Storms Lab Weather Room where lightning flashes across
the screen while they choose from a mean-weather menu. Tornadoes?
Hurricanes? Lightning? Learn how to read a weather map or read about
the scientists who chase storms. Kids who want more substance can
click into a litany of links. |
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National Zoo
- Visit the online exhibits, or take a tour and learn about the
plants, animals and people of the Smithsonian’s National Zoo. |
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Nature Net
- Learn about wildlife, plants, geologic resources in our parks, and
more. |
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Nature Watch
- This USDA Forest Service site offers a unique view into wildlife,
fish and wildflowers or take a visit through a national forest. |
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NOAA Education - Primarily For
Students Page
- This site is
designed especially for students to provide a way of learning about
the earth in a fun and informative way. These sites can be found on
the pages for Weather, Climate Change and Our Planet, Oceans and
Coasts, and Satellites and Space. |
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Nuclear Regulatory
Commission's Students' Corner
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Nuclear energy is a way to generate heat using the fission process
of atoms. A nuclear power plant converts the heat into electricity.
Learn more about nuclear reactors, radiation, terms, and more. |
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Ocean Surface Topography From
Space - Stuff For Kids
- Toppy the
Satellite welcomes you to his "TOPEX/Poseidon Online Coloring &
Activity Book." Through his fun pictures and activities, you can
learn all about him, the TOPEX/Poseidon satellite, and what he does. |
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Park Net
- Take a tour through the National Park System, explore historical
place and learn about natural resources in our parks. |
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Sci4Kids
- Science is everywhere you look. Learn what scientists do at the
Agricultural Research Service. You may be a student today but may
already be on your way to a career in science or farming or
computers. |
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Science in the Home
- All kinds of links to cool science stuff. |
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Smithsonian for Kids
- The Smithsonian Institution is a center for research dedicated to
public education, national service, and scholarship in the arts,
sciences, and history. |
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Space Place
- Amazing facts and fun activities to do to learn more about space
science. |
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Student Guide to the Human
Genome Project
- Explore this site
for answers about the U.S. Human Genome Project. Useful to older
children who have projects in this area. |
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Taking America's Measure
- Today, the modern products we take for granted like computers,
video games, mobile phones, and DVD players depend on having one
very precise, very reliable measuring system that everyone has
agreed to use. But what exactly is a measuring system and what does
it mean to you? Find out while having fun at this site with puzzles,
riddles and games from the National Institute of Standards and
Technology. |
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The Dynamic Earth
- The National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution,
offers this really interactive and engaging site to teach about
science of the earth. The three main sections of the site include:
Rocks at Earth's Surface, Rocks Below Earth's Surface, and Mining. |
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The NOAA Photo Library
- NOAA collection includes thousands of weather and space images,
hundreds of images of our shores and coastal seas, and thousands of
marine species images ranging from the great whales to the most
minute plankton. |
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The Weather Room
- This page provides general information for kids, parents, and
teachers. Elementary school coloring books are available for parents
and teachers to print and use for weather education in the classroom
or at home. |
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US Patent and Trademark Office
Kids Page
- What are patents,
trademarks and copyrights you ask? Here you will find the answers to
the most frequently asked questions about "intellectual property". |
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USDA for Kids
- Learn about resource conservation, gardening and science to
farming and food safety. |
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USFA Kids Page
- The U.S. Fire Administration’s kids page is full of tips that can
help you and your family be safe from fire. Test your knowledge
identify fire hazards and escape planning knowledge. |
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Virtual Frog Dissection Kit
- This award-winning interactive program is part of the "Whole Frog"
project. You can interactively dissect a (digitized) frog named
Fluffy, make movies, and play the Virtual Frog Builder Game. The
interactive Web pages are available in a number of languages. |
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Walk Through Time
- Provides information on ancient calendars, early clocks,
revolution in timekeeping, the "Atomic Age" and more. |
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Water Drops: Science Fun for
Kids in the Water Environment
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This site has a collection of fun facts, games, and projects for
kids to learn about our water environment. Each issue will have a
different theme, although all material will relate to the science of
water pollution and clean water. |
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Water Science for Schools
- This site offers information on many aspects of water, along with
pictures, data, maps, and an interactive center where you can give
opinions and test your water knowledge. |
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What's Up With Our Nation's
Water?
- Learn about our nation's
water supply, how the quality of water is determined, what is
measured, what ground water is, get ideas for science projects and
more. |
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Whole Frog Project
- This award- winning interactive program is part of the "Whole
Frog" project. You can interactively dissect a (digitized) frog
named Fluffy, make movies, and play the Virtual Frog Builder Game.
The interactive Web pages are available in a number of languages. |
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Yellowstone National Park Just
for Kids
- Test your knowledge
about Yellowstone National Park. Learn about different animals, plan
a visit and learn about the history of the park. |
Organization Sites
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Alliance to Save Energy Kids
Page
- It doesn't matter how young
or old you are - you can help your parents reduce home energy use
and therefore reduce their energy bills. Check out stories written
for kids by kids participating in the Alliance to Save Energy's
Green Schools program! |
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BillNye.com
- Fun site that offers science demonstrations that you can do in the
home. |
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Cloud Forest Alive
- If Africa's not your thing, how about checking out the cloud
forests in Central America? Weekly lessons and a variety of webcams
make you feel like you're actually there! |
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Cool Science for Curious Kids
- The Howard Hughes Medical Institute invites curious kids to
explore biology...on screen, off screen, and in between. |
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Girls Go Tech - Girls in
Science, Technology and Math
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During your lifetime you will have to depend more and more on your
understanding of these subjects, but you'll be surprised how much
fun you can have, and are already having, with math, science, and
technology. |
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Is the Past in your Future?
- This site looks at the importance of and careers in historical
archaeology. |
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Jason Project: A Living
Laboratory
- JASON XIV: From Shore
to Sea will engage students and teachers in an exciting journey to
explore the unique Channel Islands region of California. The waters
of the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary and the densely
populated California coastline, and will serve as our "laboratory"
for studying nature's dynamic systems during the 2002-2003 school
year. |
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Little MAB
- Learn about Biosphere Reserves with Loustic the Lynx. |
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Math-and-Reading-Help-for-
Kids.org
- Math and Reading Help
for Kids is a directory of original articles, tips, and resources
written just for you. There's also plenty of fun games and lots of
homework help. |
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National Engineers Week Future
City Completion ™
- The
competition employs a team-based approach for 7th and 8th grade
students to design their city of the future. A computer software
system is used to make decisions about existing and new technologies
and city operations, and watch their city grow. |
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Science Fair Project Resource
Guide
- The Internet Public
Library will guide you to a variety of web site resources, leading
you through the necessary steps to successfully complete a science
experiment. If you have never done a science fair project before, be
sure and look at the following websites for tips on what makes a
good project before doing anything else. |
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The WHY Files
- The Why Files cover issues of science, health, environment and
technology from a unique perspective. Using news and current events
as a springboard to explore science and the larger issues it raises,
we hope to show science as a human enterprise and a way of looking
at the world. |
Education Sites
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Cyber-Fair
- Get some ideas and tips for your next science project, what makes
a good project and important points that should be covered in your
report. |
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Exploratorium: Traits of Life
- What are the essential elements of life? How can you distinguish
between the living and nonliving world? You can explore these
questions and more at the Exploratorium’s new collection of Life
Science exhibits. |
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Gravity Recovery and Climate
Experiment (GRACE)
- Learn about
GRACE, twin satellites launched in March 2002, are making detailed
measurements of Earth's gravity field which will lead to discoveries
about gravity and Earth's natural systems. |
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Interactive Frog Dissection
- The purpose of this lab activity is to help you learn the anatomy
of a frog and give you a better understanding of the anatomy of
vertebrate animals in general, including humans. |
Commercial Sites
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BBC's Tomorrow's World
- Interesting science topics in Great Britain. |
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Brainpop.com
- BrainPOP's unique, award-winning Health, Science and Technology
(HS&T) content is based on original, animated movies created to
explain the human body and the world around us in an engaging,
interactive journey for kids. |
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Bunsen Bob's Science Hunt
- Includes tons of science fair project ideas, tips for creating
successful projects, information on how judges think and what they
want to know, advice for your parents, and so much more! |
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Discovery School
- Information on a variety of topics presented in a fun manner. |
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DiscoveryKids.com
- has put together a whole site about adventure and the adventures
we think you should try. Ever wanted to climb a climbing wall? Ride
a camel? Learn to take your own pictures? Well, here is the place to
learn how. |
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EcoKids Online
- EcoKids Program has empowered youth with environmental knowledge
and hands-on activities, and presented this information in fun,
exciting ways that increase awareness and encourage active community
involvement. |
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Science Fair Central
- Get great ideas and tips for your next science fair or homework
project. |
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Smog City
- Smog City is an interactive air pollution simulator that shows how
your choices, environmental factors, and land use contribute to air
pollution. In Smog City you're in control so your visit can be a
healthy or unhealthy experience depending on the decisions you make. |
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Space Day
- Space Day 2001 blasts off on May 3, 2001. Now in its fifth year,
it is a global celebration dedicated to the extraordinary
achievements, benefits and opportunities in the exploration and use
of space. The goal of Space Day is to advance science, math, and
technology education and to inspire young people to realize the
vision of our space pioneers. |
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Weather Eye
- Site that has information of weather and some cool experiments for
kids to try. |
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Whale Camp
- The Whale Camp's mission is to provide fun and adventuresome
learning experiences in the Bay of Fundy that enhance your
appreciation and knowledge of our natural world. They use the tools
of scientific inquiry to learn about the geology of the region, the
marine life in the bay, the land based life of Grand Manan and to
explore the human issues involved in the sustainable use of these
resources. |
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Zooish
- Watch the world's animal kingdom come to life in animation and
sound. Learn more about land and sea animals, view space images and
listen to the sounds of nature. |
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