Jane Smith's List: Science

Windows to the Universe is a user-friendly learning system covering the Earth and Space sciences for use by the general public. An internet site that includes an array of documents, including images, movies, animations, and data sets, that explore the Earth and Space sciences and the historical and cultural ties between science, exploration, and the human experience. Students and teachers may find the site especially helpful in their studying (and teaching!) Earth and Space sciences. The site is written in three reading levels approximating elementary, middle school and high school reading levels. These levels may be chosen by using the upper button bar of each page of the main site.

At Cool Science, we entertain questions of all kinds (Ask a Scientist). We encourage young scientists to get their hands dirty-virtually (Curious Kids). We offer high school and college students new approaches to cutting-edge science topics (BioInteractive). We provide educators with a host of innovative resources they can use in their classrooms (For Educators). We reveal what it takes to become a scientist (Becoming a Scientist). And we showcase an undergraduate science discovery project that may one day change the way science is taught (SEA).

Teachers can access a variety of classroom resources regarding various scientific education projects, events and services operated by CSIRO.

Engineering Interact is free, interactive, science courseware for 9-11 year olds, developed by the Univeristy of Cambridge Department of Engineering. The aim is to excite children about engineering. Topics include electricity, earth and space, forces and motion, light and sound. Suitable for use on an interactive whiteboard.

Simple and practical science experiments for kids.

Computer games to show the principles behind simple machines.