Science Topics

Use science topic words to find web sites with lesson plans and activities.

Museums

1. The accidental scientist: the science of cooking
   ENC Digital Dozen Site  
   Date: 2002 Grade(s): 04 - 12 Cost: Free ENC#: 026083
   This web site explores the chemistry and biology behind the art of cooking. The resource is the first of a series of on-line exhibits maintained by the Exploratorium Museum, focusing on the science behind everyday life.
   (For more details, see ENC Record.)
   
   
2. Science Museum of Minnesota
   Featured in ENC Focus  
   Date: 2003 Grade(s): K - 12 Cost: Free ENC#: 011381
   This World Wide Web (WWW) site, maintained by the Science Museum of Minnesota, provides information about the museum and its educational programs. In addition to general visitors' information, a schedule of OmniMax movies, and links to science related Web sites, the site also offers information about a variety of educational resources.
   (For more details, see ENC Record.)
   
   
3. TryScience
   ENC Digital Dozen Site  
   Date: 1999 Grade(s): K - 12 Cost: Free ENC#: 018200
   This World Wide Web (WWW) site, maintained for grades K to 12, contains interactive, multimedia activities and experiments, and provides links to hands-on science centers and museums worldwide. The mission of TryScience.org is to have students experience the excitement of contemporary science and technology through on and offline interactivity with science and technology centers worldwide.
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4. Nature Science and the Web (NSW)
   Featured in ENC Focus  
   Date: 1997 Grade(s): K - 12 Cost: Free ENC#: 011584
   This World Wide Web (WWW) site, developed for grades K to 9, is the online home of the Education Department of the Chicago Academy of Sciences (CAoS). CAoS provides a variety of science learning experiences for teachers, students, adults, and the general public.
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5. Franklin Institute online
   ENC Digital Dozen Site  
   Date: 2002 Grade(s): K - 12 Cost: Free ENC#: 002495
   This World Wide Web (WWW) site, a virtual science museum established to honor Benjamin Franklin and advance the usefulness of his inventions, offers a hands-on approach to science and technology and provides a sampling of the physical museum as well as the online experience of visiting virtual exhibits. The mission of this Internet site is to stimulate interest in science, to promote public understanding of science, and to strengthen science education.
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6. Miami Museum of Science
   ENC Digital Dozen Site  
   Date: 1997 Grade(s): K - 12 Cost: Free ENC#: 004041
   This World Wide Web (WWW) site, maintained by the Miami Museum of Science, provides information about the museum and its educational programs. The homepage features information about temporary exhibits and museum events.
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7. Exploratorium: ExploraNet
   Featured in ENC Focus   ENC Digital Dozen Site  
   Date: 1996 Grade(s): K - 12 Cost: Free ENC#: 008389
   This World Wide Web (WWW) site, maintained for grades K to 12 by the Exploratorium, offers online resources to support science education, virtual field trips to the museum, and introduces visitors to on line technologies through special exhibitions. The Exploratorium is a museum of science, art, and human perception with over 500 interactive hands-on exhibits.
   (For more details, see ENC Record.)
   
   
8. Science Learning Network
   Featured in ENC Focus   ENC Digital Dozen Site  
   Date: 1996 Grade(s): K - 12 Cost: Free ENC#: 004106
   This World Wide Web (WWW) site, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and Unisys Corporation, is an alliance of six science museums with the goal of supporting teacher development in science pedagogy and to provide resources not available within the walls of a traditional school. Each museum in the project is partnered with a testbed school, and each school is given appropriate hardware, software, materials, and Internet access.
   (For more details, see ENC Record.)
   
   
9. New York Hall of Science
   Date: 1999 Grade(s): 06 - 12 Cost: Free ENC#: 015217
   This World Wide Web (WWW) site highlights features the the largest collection of hands-on science exhibits in New York City including an Online Playground with three interactive exhibits. Using a circuit board graphic as a site map, there is access to information about the over 185 exhibits, to programs for students and teachers, and to general information including amazing facts about the New York Hall of Science.
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10. COSI, science, learning and fun!
    Date: 1997 Grade(s): K - 12 Cost: Free ENC#: 011500
    This World Wide Web (WWW) site, designed for students in all grades, presents exhibits, shows, and experiments from the Center of Science and Industry (COSI). The site allows you to access information and activities from COSI's two centers in Ohio, Columbus and Toledo.
    (For more details, see ENC Record.)