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Animals

  • Animals - Discovery Channel
    http://dsc.discovery.com/guides/animals/animals.html

    This site has awesome video about some of the most interesting animals in the world.  Explore the oceans and continents around the world to learn about sharks, tigers, bears, and much more.  Take time to enjoy the Animal Olympics or the Animal Face-Off, which pits a walrus vs. a hippopotamus!  Who do think will win? 
     

  • Animals - World Almanac for Kids
    www.worldalmanacforkids.com/explore/animals.html

    This page provides amazing animal facts!  From Aardvarks to Zebras learn about your favorite animals using the World Almanac for Kids' Animal Directory with over 60 different animals.  With many amazing animal facts to choose from, learn about the animal kingdom, the world's largest animals, the world's fastest animals, how fast do animals run, how long do animals live, what different animal babies are called, where animals live, and what are the most popular pets.  And if you can't find an answer to your questions, you can ask the editor! 
     

  • Backyard Jungle - PBS Kids Go!
    http://pbskids.org/backyardjungle/
    Backyard jungle is a sophisticated, free, kid-friendly website where users around the world can load photos, drawings, and descriptions about the natural surroundings where they live, their "backyard." Users manage and map their own information, share it with other people who visit the website, and visit and comment on the backyards of other users as well. With other people worldwide users can explore and answer the question, "What's out there?" All the content (information, photos, and drawings) on the website is loaded by users themselves. 
     

  • JungleWalk.com
    www.junglewalk.com
    This site takes you on a walk through the Jungle.  With pictures, videos, and sounds of your favorite animals, you can recreate your own environment or one from far off lands.  This site also provides lesson plans, forums and includes a section where you can customize your own animal posters, t-shirts, and more!
     

  • Switch Zoo
    www.switchzoo.com
    In a world with so many animals, Switch Zoo felt there was room for a few more!  Journey to the only zoo in the world where you can create your own animals!  Enjoy this amazing site, where you can switch tails, heads, and bodies among your favorite animals.

 

Art

  • Americans for the Arts
    www.artsusa.org
    The nation’s leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts in America.  We are dedicated to representing and serving local communities and creating opportunities for every American to participate in and appreciate all forms of the arts. 
     

  • Alliance for Arts Education New Jersey (AAE/NJ)
    www.aaenj.org
    Our mission is to strengthen and promote the arts as basic to a complete education for all New Jersey’s students by providing a collective voice for arts education, and by building effective public/private partnerships at the federal, state, and local levels.
     

  • New Jersey State Council on the Arts
    www.njartscouncil.org
    Our mission is to improve the quality of life of this state, its people and communities by helping the arts to flourish.  We are an advocate for arts activities and events in our state’s communities, schools, hospitality centers, and urban entertainment complexes. 
     

  • ArtPRIDE New Jersey
    www.artpridenj.com
    Our goal is to increase awareness of how important the arts are to New Jersey, and to point out the many ways that culture is part of our lives and our communities. 
     

  • Discover Jersey Arts
    www.jerseyarts.com
    This site is your online guide to arts and culture in New Jersey.  It serves as the online component of the Discover Jersey Arts Initiative – a project designed to increase the awareness of and participation in the arts in New Jersey.
     

  • Arts Plan New Jersey
    www.artsplannj.org
    Arts Plan New Jersey is a state-wide initiative to create a better New Jersey through the arts.  It is a call to action for all New Jerseyans to participate in its implementation. 

 

Audio Production

  • Sound Impressions
    www.soundimp.net
    Sound Impressions provides audio and visual productions for all types of events, as well as, audio rental equipment and much more.  Please contact us at 1-866-895-8708 or visit our website for more information. 

 

Bugs

  • The Entomological Foundation
    http://www.entfdn.org/education_links.php
    This page provides links to many entomological topics, such as, what’s new on the web, academic, culture, fun insects facts, educational resources, specific insects (ants, butterflies, crickets, pollinators, honeybees, and mosquitoes), insect locations (camps, fairs, field trips, zoos, museums), clubs and youth organizations, contests and awards, games, and much more! 
     

  • Koday's Kids Amazing Insects
    www.ivyhall.district96.k12.il.us/4TH/KKHP/1insects/bugmenu.html
    This site packed with insects and insect links!  Just click on the insects to get some great information and see lots of excellent photographs!  You'll see some of the best insect photos on the internet and find great facts for your science reports. 
     

  • Pencil Bugs
    www.pencilbugs.com
    Pencil Bugs, the colorful creation of 11-year-old entrepreneur, Jason O’Neill, are catching on with kids of all ages.  Topping a standard #2 pencil, Pencil Bugs are handmade pencil toppers, available in eight colors, and come with a Certificate of Authenticity which includes the date they were born, their given name, and care and training instructions. 
     

  • PestWorld for Kids
    www.pestworldforkids.org/home.asp
    What are pests? Think of them as animals out of place. Out in nature, they're just doing their jobs. But when they move into our homes and yards, then we call them pests. So come explore the world of pests. Then you can use your knowledge to outwit the pests in your world. 
     

  • University of Kentucky Entomology for Kids
    www.ca.uky.edu/entomology/dept/youth.asp
    Attention Junior Entomologists!  Katerpillars is Kentucky's on-line source for insect fun and information, including Mystery Bugs, our on-line insect game.  At the Kentucky Bug Connection, students can find entomology facts in the Critter Case Files, our guide to insects and related critters.  Also, search the Critter Files for hundreds of pictures of the most common insects, spiders, and their relatives along with biological information.

 

Detective Science

  • Cyberbee - Who Dunnit?
    www.cyberbee.com/whodunnit/crime.html
    This page offers an interactive forensic science mystery that needs to be solved.  It involves a broken piggy bank and aquarium, blue paint, chocolate candy, a white powder, and a barefoot burglar.  This mystery is brought to you by Cyberbee, which is busy buzzing around the internet scouting out curriculum treasures. 
     

  • Whodunnit - A Thematic Unit on Mysteries and Forensic Science
    www.geocities.com/sseagraves/whodunnit.htm
    This unit, which intertwines literature and forensic science is designed to complement your science and/or literature curriculum. At the completion of the unit the students will be able to write their own mysteries based on their knowledge of forensic science and critical thinking skills.
     

  • MysteryNet's Kids Mysteries
    http://kids.mysterynet.com
    This is the kids' version of MysteryNet, which features free original online mysteries to solve, scary stories, and magic tricks for kids to enjoy!
     

  • Thunk.com
    www.thunk.com
    Secret messages for kids only!  It's easy to turn your words into a secret message.  Simply type the message you would like to make secret and press scramble.  Thunk.com will scramble the message.  The only way to unscramble the message is to go back to Thunk.com, type the secret message in the text box, and press unscramble.  Now you have your own secret code.  Enjoy! 
     

  • Ridges and Furrows
    www.ridgesandfurrows.homestead.com
    This site is a great resource about fingerprints.  Here you will find fingerprint patterns, identification methods, fingerprint history, articles, links, and much more! 

 

Directories

  • FunNJ.com
    www.funnj.com
    The #1 Source For Things To Do in New Jersey.  The mission of FunNJ.com is to provide the most accurate and detailed information concerning things to do in New Jersey. We pride ourselves in being perfectionists who thrive to deliver the most resourceful guide available anywhere, in any medium. With almost 360 pages, 6,000 links and thousands upon thousands of listings, FunNJ.com is by far the largest website of it's kind in New Jersey. 

 

Dry Ice

  • The Ice Factory - Where to Buy Dry Ice in New Jersey!
    www.icefactoryonline.com
    The Ice Factory was established in 1981 in Hopatcong, New Jersey selling only Dry Ice. In 1987 we moved to our new current location in Landing, New Jersey where we began production of our Cubed Ice. We deliver Dry or Cubed Ice Commercially. We also sell to the General Public. Along with the Dry and Cubed Ice we also stock Shot Luges for your parties and offer cold packaging.
     

  • Dryiceinfo.com
    www.dryiceinfo.com
    This is the web’s leading source of information about dry ice.  Dry Ice is solid carbon dioxide gas at -109F.  With a national dry ice directory, this website will help you find the closest supplier of dry ice to you.  And with Halloween just around the corner, dry ice can add an extra scary touch to all your Halloween festivities.  Remember, you should always be safe when handling dry ice!  Please read the “safe handling” link for detailed information. 

 

Experiments

 

Halloween

  • Bat World - Kid's Page
    www.batworld.org/kids_page/kids_page.html
    Bat World is the legacy of a small bat, found injured on a hot Texas sidewalk in the summer of 1989.  Amanda Lollar thought bats were vermin at the time, but not wanting the tiny animal to suffer, she scooted the bat onto a newspaper with the toe of her shoe. The bat was carried back to the family furniture store and placed into a box with a small dish of water. The next day, Amanda found information at the local library about the benefits of bats, so she took the tiny creature home in hopes of healing its wing and setting it free. Unfortunately, the injuries were permanent, so "Sunshine" stayed on. During her short lifetime in captivity, Sunshine sparked Amanda's indelible love for this remarkable species. In 1991, Amanda chronicled Sunshine's poignant story in her book, The Bat In My Pocket, A Memorable Friendship.  In 1993, Amanda founded Bat World Sanctuary, the organization's first sanctuary for non-releasable bats.

     

  • Halloween is Here
    www.halloweenishere.com
    Halloween is here!  Come one, come all!  With fun and games, ghost stories, and rancid receipts, this site contains all you'd ever need for Halloween.  You can get costume ideas, go to Ghoul School, and even get buried alive.  With time before Halloween, you can send a Halloween Card, check out the Haunted Art Gallery, and shop at the Halloween Haunt Shop at your own risk, of course!
     

  • Halloween Online
    http://www.halloween-online.com
    From Halloween Costumes to Pumpkin Carving to Halloween Decorations, we've created every website listed here to act as individual "how-to guides" to help make your Halloween celebration as fun and frightful as possible.
     

  • Name That Candy Bar
    http://www.smm.org/sln/tf/c/crosssection/namethatbar.html
    View candy bar cross-sections and try to guess what they are!  From the Science Museum of Minnesota.
     

  • NASA’s Halloween Activities
    http://kids.msfc.nasa.gov/events/Halloween.asp
    Check out NASA’s version of an awesome Halloween. This site has many interactive activities and experiments to try, including a Mars Landing and a journey into a black hole! 
     

  • PumpkinCam
    http://pumpkincam.net/pumpkin
    PumpkinCam is where garden meets webcam, all in the name of science! The mission for this web site is to record data, photos, and otherwise interesting information about pumpkins and pumpkin growing.  When you are visiting the site check out time-lapse movies of pumpkins growing, as well as, photos, temperature charts, pumpkin experiments, and the fastest moving slugs in the world! 
     

  • Science Friday – Halloween Edition
    www.sciencefriday.com/kids/sfkc20031024-1.html
    Science Friday provides two radio broadcasts of Halloween tales and superstitions and then follows with related activities and experiments.  With a book recommendation, discussion questions, and related links and resources, this page provides hours of fun and Halloween excitement. 
     

  • Science of Candy
    www.exploratorium.edu/cooking/candy/candy-links.html
    For those of you with a sweet tooth, and we know around Halloween that’s quite a few of you, this site explores the “Science of Candy”.  This web page covers the following topics:  Candy Science, Candy & Sugar Art, Candy Making Supplies, Recipes & Tips, Candy History, Candy Factories, and Organizations & Manufactures.  TREAT OF THE DAY:  There is a link that quizzes your ability on identifying cross-sections of candy bars, courtesy of the Science Museum of Minnesota. 

 

Interactive Stories

  • Aesop's Fables - Traditional and Modern
    http://www.umass.edu/aesop/
    Illustrated and retold by art students at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst
     

  • Athropolis
    www.athropolis.com
    When three children land upon an iceberg - they meet the Throps and the Squallhoots. Story, songs, games, learn about the Arctic and MORE!  This website utilizes the power of story to teach the reader about the Artic using interactive tools, such as, a “pop-up” glossary and dictionary, links to related pictures, definitions for unique Athropolis words, and links to play songs in the story.  This site also has a great links page with topics ranging from icebergs to the ice age.
     

  • Chateau Meddybemps
    http://www.meddybemps.com
    Chateau Meddybemps was created for two reasons:
    1. (The serious reason) To enable parents and teachers to help young children strengthen learning skills in unique and playful ways.
    2. (The playful reason) To share the characters and stories of the island of Meddybemps - because they're just too much fun to keep all to ourselves.
     

  • Grimm Fairy Tales
    www.grimmfairytales.com
    Folk and fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm. Read and hear interactive, narrated, animated stories. Children's literature and folklore classics featuring animals, princesses, magic, and fabulous creatures! Grimm Brothers cartoon characters present a biography of Jacob Ludwig Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm. Online books link to e-learning, coloring downloads, arts, flash games, and other kidstuff.
     

  • Inkless Tales
    www.inklesstales.com
    An interactive website where reading, writing and drawing intersects with math and music.  Inkless Tales is about showing kids if you try, you probably can.  This "Imagination Engine" is all about sparking your creativity through playing, learning, reading and writing!

 

Invention

  • Invention Dimension
    http://web.mit.edu/invent/invent-main.html
    Invention Dimension is a fun-filled and at times wacky approach to making learning about invention exciting for the kid in all of us. Have some fun with our invention games and explore the wealth of inventor and invention resources, including inventor profiles and patent guidelines, offered in our highlighted sections below.
     

  • US Patent and Trademark Office's Kids' Pages
    www.uspto.gov/go/kids/
    Welcome to the United States Patent and Trademark Office's web pages for kids. Whether you are an inventor or just want to know more about inventors and intellectual property - patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets - you'll find lots of interesting information here and perhaps some fun too.

 

Language Arts

  • PhoneSpell
    www.phonespell.org
    What does your phone number spell?  With PhoneSpell just enter a 6 to 10 digit phone number and we'll show you what words and phrases your phone number spells. 

 

Math

  • Clever Games for Clever People
    www.cs.uidaho.edu/~casey931/conway/games.html
    Many of us have used logic and numbers to explain how to win a game, but mathematician Conway, in his book On Numbers and Games was not about to do something so ordinary. In this book he takes that idea and turns it inside out by showing how games can be used to describe numbers.  Just play these games and try to win. As you understand the games and become expert at playing them, you will be building tools for understanding numbers and becoming an expert at playing with them.

 

Miscellaneous

  • Funschool
    http://funschool.kaboose.com/
    Funschool is a vibrant online destination that attracts kids from preschool to grade six, as well as parents, caregivers and educators. They are encouraged to explore and enjoy the Internet in a safe, robust environment offering hundreds of games and activities, as well as puzzles and printables ranging from matching numbers and shapes for pre-schoolers, to geography, math and history for third through sixth graders. Segmented by grade level for easy-to-use navigation by young users, Funschool allows parents with young kids to enjoy a family Internet experience together.
     

  • ScribbleMonster
    www.scribblemonster.com
    Welcome to the Web Home of ScribbleMonster & His Pals!  Children’s books, music, and materials inspiring you to draw outside the lines. 

 

Museums

  • Exploratorium
    www.exploratorium.edu
    Online since 1993, the Exploratorium was one of the first science museums to build a site on the World Wide Web. Our site now contains over 15,000 Web pages exploring hundreds of different topics. We currently serve fifteen million visitors a year. That makes us one of the most visited museum Web sites in the world.
     

  • Science Museum of Minnesota
    www.smm.org
    The Science Museum of Minnesota is an actual museum in Minnesota, but its website offers many great activities for young scientists who can't make it out to Minnesota.  Here are some of the activities and websites: Object of the Month, Collectors' Corner, Science Buzz, Tissues of Life, Low Life Labs, Mysteries of Çatalhöyük, Discover Chimpanzees, When Crocodiles Ruled, The Greatest Places, Habits of the Heart, Monarchs and Migration, The Sound Site, Maya Adventures, From Windmills to Whirligigs, and much more! 
     

  • Thinking Foundation
    www.thinkingfoundation.org
    Home of the famous Name That Candy Bar game, you'll find a wellspring of science and art ideas in the Thinking Fountain! Learn about shapes, tropical rain forests, pneumatics, worms, roller coasters, bubbles and much, much more.

 

Profiles

  • Einstein - Image and Impact
    www.aip.org/history/einstein
    This site is created by the American Institute of Physics' Center for History of Physics.  Read about Einstein's astounding theory of relativity and his discovery of the quantum, his thoughtful philosophy, and his rise above a turbulent life including marriages and exile. This Einstein exhibit contains many pictures, cartoons, voice clips, and essays on Einstein's work on special relativity, Brownian motion, and more.
     

  • Einstein - Way To Go, Einstein
    www.ology.amnh.org/einstein/index.html
    The Einstein "Ology" site from the American Museum of Natural History explains how "the world's #1 genius" changed our lives.  This site explains Einstein's theories in a simple, straight-forward approach using colorful graphics and fun demonstrations the whole family can enjoy.
     

  • Einstein - Einstein's Big Idea (PBS)
    www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/einstein
    Einstein spent most of his life trying to simplify the complexities of the universe.  This site goes into great detail about his simple equation of E=mc2 Listen to Einstein himself explain E=mc2
     

  • Einstein - The Why Files
    http://whyfiles.org/052einstein/
    Einstein is still right after all these years!  Let The Why Files take you on a journey of Einstein's theories as they provide proof that Einstein knew what he was talking about before anyone else. 
     

  • Snowflake Bentley
    http://snowflakebentley.com
    This site is all about “The Snowflake Man”, Wilson A. Bently.  Snowflake Bentley was the first person to successfully photograph a single snow crystal in 1885 by attaching a camera to a microscope.  Throughout the course of his life, Bentley photographed over 5000 unique snowflakes, prompting him to coin the phrase, “No two snowflakes are alike”.  This site is published by the Jericho Historical Society of Vermont.
     

  • Tesla - Master of Lightning (PBS)
    www.pbs.org/tesla
    The most unknown and under-appreciated scientist of the 20th century, Nikola Tesla was a genius in and out of the laboratory.  This site takes you on a tour of the life of one of the most influential scientists of the last one hundred years...if not ever!

 

Science

  • Access Excellence - The Mystery Spot
    www.accessexcellence.org/AE/mspot/
    The Mystery Spot is an interactive science mystery page with many mysteries to solve.  This is an excellent page to try because there are several educational links attached to each story making each story a fun and educational experience!
     

  • Adventures in Energy
    www.adventuresinenergy.org/
    Adventures in Energy provides an exciting overview of where oil and gas comes from, the industry's use of cutting-edge technologies and environmental practices to find and develop these resources, and the many innovative products made from oil and natural gas that you use everyday.
     

  • Albemarle Family - Science Experiments
    www.albemarlekids.com/vpage.htm?pageid=194
    This page is from an online family magazine.  With many experiments to choose from in this article, you will be spending hours in the kitchen trying a collection of gooey, explosive and easy experiments the whole family can enjoy!
     

  • Amusement Parks in New Jersey
    http://www.funnj.com/kids/amuse/
    Amusement parks and New Jersey… a perfect fit!  What better way to experience the science behind amusement parks and roller coasters than to actually go to one and ride a coaster.  This site provides a large list of amusement parks and information about them. 
     

  • Amusement Park Physics
    http://www.learner.org/exhibits/parkphysics
    It’s summer and that means a trip to Great Adventure, Disneyworld or other fun amusement parks.  You can brush up on the physics of amusement park rides at this site.  You will find an explanation of the physics concepts behind roller coasters, carousels, bumper cars, the freefall and the pendulum.
     

  • The Atoms Family
    www.miamisci.org/af/sln/index.html
    The Miami Museum of Science uses a very spooky theme to teach about different forms of energy.  This site is full of great hands-on experiments presented by each of the members of the "Atoms" Family.  Don't worry, science isn't that scary! 
     

  • Bad Astronomy
    www.badastronomy.com
    Most people are very curious about the night (and day!) sky, but unfortunately a lot of misinformation is spread about astronomy. Sometimes this information is just plain silly, but many times it makes just enough sense that people believe it.  This site will right the wrongs of "Bad" Astronomy! 
     

  • Bet the Farm
    www.cosi.org/onlineExhibits/farm/farmFrame.htm
    How hard is it to make money as a farmer? This interactive lets you make decisions about crops, fertilizers, and sales. Like a real farmer, you're at the mercy of influences like weather and world events. If you do manage to make a profit over the course of the year, the game will figure your hourly wage based on the time expected to grow the crops you've chosen. You'll need the free Flash player. 
     

  • Betty Crocker Kitchen Chemistry
    www.bettycrocker.com
    Gather a bunch of curious kids (ages 8 to 10 are best suited for this party), and let them discover science fun with common kitchen ingredients, simple measuring utensils and, best of all, yummy food!  Kids can mix different foods and watch the reaction or results. Guess what? The kids do all the cooking and baking!
     

  • Bizarre Stuff (you make in your kitchen)
    www.bizarrelabs.com

    Enter a lab where strange things happen!  Try hours of cool experiments right in your own kitchen with categories, such as, force, temperature, electricity, astronomy, and much more.  And your thought the kitchen was just for dinner!?! 
     

  • Blizzard & Snow Theme Page – The Community Learning Network
    www.cln.org/themes/blizzards.html
    This site is called the Community Learning Network, it is a site designed to help integrate technology into the classroom with over 5,800 links to educational sites with free resources.  This section has many links about Blizzards and Snow.  It has three main theme pages: Antarctic, Arctic, and Glaciers with other links including:  building an Igloo, creating snow art, viewing life-size snow castles, and much more!
     

  • Bubblesphere
    www.bubbles.org
    Professor Bubbles is the creator and owner of this web site. His incredible act  has involved him in bubble adventures all over the world.  He has created many bubble inventions.  Some are sold in toy stores and some are just part of his private collection.  He is the author of the best-selling "Professor Bubbles Official Bubble Handbook" and has the largest collection of stock bubble photographs in the world...some of which appear on this website.
     

  • Chem4Kids
    www.chem4kids.com
    This website is all about chemistry for kids.  It explains reactions, elements, atoms, matter, biochemistry, and more! 
     

  • ChemShorts for Kids
    http://membership.acs.org/C/Chicago/CS_home.html
    This website provides over a hundred chemistry experiments appropriate for kids.  It is presented by the Chicago section of the American Chemical Society and created by Kathleen A. Carrado. 
     

  • Cloudman
    www.cloudman.com
    The "Cloudman", Dr. John A. Day, is a professor emeritis from Linfield College, in Oregon, USA, who taught meteorology for over forty years and who has a great passion for sharing the wonder of clouds. Now in his nineties, he continues to write, teach, and inspire people of all ages, around the world. His photography and writings are found in international publications and museums, and are used by artists, musicians, teachers, and many other cloud lovers. Through the pages of this website, he shares with you just a small part of his enthusiasm and his life. 
     

  • Color and Light - Optics 4 Kids
    http://homeschooling.gomilpitas.com/explore/optics.htm
    A to Z Home's Cool Homeschooling offers this page of links and experiments focusing on color and light.  It covers Optics, Chemiluminescence, Chromatography, Heat & Light, Language of Color, Lasers & Holograms, Lenses, Optical Illusions, Polarization, Shadows, Sky Lights (Aurora, Lightning, Rainbows, Sunsets, & Blue Skies), Spectrums, and Triboluminescense. 
     

  • Cool Cosmos
    http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/
    Learn about Infrared Light, and open a door into the fantastic world of Infrared and Multiwavelength Astronomy.  Discover light outside the visible spectrum with our classroom activities, experiments and lesson plans.  Learn about different astronomical topics and let our astronomers answer your questions. 
     

  • Cool Science for Curious Kids
    http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/index.html
    The Howard Hughes Medical Institute invites curious kids to explore biology on screen, off screen, and in between.  With microscopes, germs, snakes, butterflies, and much more, see the world around you like never before!
     

  • The Danger Area (FEMA)
    http://www.fema.gov/kids/dizarea.htm
    The Federal Emergency Management Agency presents The Danger Area.  Disasters come in many shapes and sizes. Most are related to the weather. Some are predictable -- like a hurricane. Some, like an earthquake, surprise us. It’s good for you to know about the different kinds of disasters so you can be prepared!  Although disasters themselves are quite serious, learning about them can be educational and interesting!
     

  • Dan's Wild Wild Weather Page
    http://www.wildwildweather.com
    Created by Meteorologist Dan Satterfield, Dan's WILD WILD WEATHER PAGE is for kids between 6 and 16 years old and for their parents and teachers, too!  It features information about radar, tornadoes, clouds, lightning, hurricanes, and much more.  For more resources, check out the "For Teachers" Section. 
     

  • Discover Engineering
    www.discoverengineering.org
    This website explains the important science and art of engineering.  The “Cool Stuff” section features information about CD’s, snowboarding, water rides, a build your own rollercoaster activity and lots more exciting activities.  There are tons of cool downloads and fun games too!
     

  • Discovery Kids - Icky Experiments
    http://www.discoverykids.ca/gross/experiments/experiments.asp
    This section of the Discovery Kids website is exclusively for gross and icky experiments.  From Vampire Soup to Eyeball-O-Rama, these disgusting experiments will gross everyone out.  Warning: Only attempt these experiments if you have a strong stomach!  
     

  • Dragonfly - PBS Science Show - Try This Section
    http://pbskids.org/dragonflytv/knowhow.html
    Dragonfly is a kids science program on PBS.  This page offers several hands-on science experiments to try at home, as well as, an opportunity to leave your experiment results, so other up and coming young scientists can analyze them. 
     

  • Dr. Dirt's K-12 Teaching Resources
    www.wtamu.edu/~crobinson/DrDirt.htm
    These resources have been developed primarily for K-8 teachers and students.  Hands-on, exploratory learning activities based on methods of scientific inquiry will encourage interest in science, soil, engineering, agriculture, and natural resources. 
     

  • EdHeads
    www.edheads.org
    Edheads helps students learn through educational games and activities designed to meet state and national standards. We partner with various school systems in the United States, which help us research, design and test our activities every step of the way!
     

  • EDinformatics - Science Links
    www.edinformatics.com/science_projects/sci_experiments.htm
    This page provides numerous links to science experiments on the internet.  Some links include:  Dripstone Experiment, Little Shop of Physics, the Senses, The Mission: A Great Scientific Adventure, Vortex, and Union Station: Science City Experiment Page.  This page also provides links to other science experiment link pages with even more experiments to try! 
     

  • Energy Kid's Page - Energy Information Administration
    www.eia.doe.gov/kids/
    A kids' page off of the main Energy Information Administration website.  Here you will find energy facts, fun and games, energy history, classroom activities, related links, and a glossary.  Enjoy puzzles, coloring books, profiles of famous scientists, experiments, and much more!
     

  • Energy Quest
    www.energyquest.ca.gov/
    Energy Quest is the award-winning energy education website of the California Energy Commission. It debuted on the World Wide Web on October 1, 1995, to celebrate October as National Energy Awareness Month!  We hope Energy Quest will answer many questions and spur creativity and imagination.
     

  • EurekAlert! for Kids
    www.eurekalert.org/kidsnews
    This science news page is made especially for kids.  EurekAlert! is an online, global news service operated by AAAS, the science society. EurekAlert! provides a central place through which universities, medical centers, journals, government agencies, corporations and other organizations engaged in research can bring their news to the media. EurekAlert! also offers its news and resources to the public. EurekAlert! features news and resources focused on all areas of science, medicine and technology.
     

  • Exploratorium - Ten Cool Sites
    www.exploratorium.edu/learning_studio/sciencesites.html
    This page offers you ten cool sites a month and then archives them by category for easy reference!  With this page you will enjoy sites about art, astronomy, chemistry, general science, history, invention, mathematics, physics, weather, and much more! 
     

  • Fact Monster
    www.factmonster.com/
    Fact Monster is a kid-friendly Online Almanac, Dictionary, Encyclopedia, and Homework Helper.  It is part of Information Please, which has been providing authoritative answers to all kinds of factual questions since 1938—first as a popular radio quiz show, then starting in 1947 as an annual almanac, and since 1998 on the Internet. Many things have changed since 1938, but not our dedication to providing reliable information, in a way that engages and entertains. 
     

  • Funderstanding Roller Coaster
    http://www.funderstanding.com/k12/coaster/index.html
    This is a build-your-own coaster site.  It allows puts you in control of gravity, speed, friction and the shape of your track and explains how each of these forces affects or changes the roller coaster.  Try not to fall off the track too many times! 
     

  • Funology
    www.funology.com
    Funology.com is the best place on the Web to find things to do. Not just while you’re sitting at the computer, but anywhere. Things to do by yourself or with your friends, your parents, your pets, anyone. We’ll teach you a million and one ways to make things, explore the world, and discover skills you never knew you had. It’s one place where you’ll never be bored!
     

  • Gallery of Visual Illusions
    http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/flash/nill.html
    This Gallery of Visual Illusions was created by the University of Washington.  It contains over 15 of the most popular visual illusions and allows each visitor to move parts of the illusions around to discover their secrets! 
     

  • Ice and Snow Science
    www.perpetualpreschool.com/preschool_themes/ice/ice_science.htm
    Snow has always been a “hands-on” activity and this site does not let us down.  Not only does it have many links for snow and ice activities, but it has hours of snow and ice experiments.  These experiments are fun, easy to do at home, and require a lot of creativity and imagination.  And the best part, if you have any questions about a specific experiment, there is a contact name and email for each experiment.
     

  • Illiniweather.com Weather Links
    http://illiniweather.com/pages/kids_weather_links.htm
    This page is dedicated to have the best kids' weather links on the web.  With almost 20 categories of links, this page provides hours of fun and learning.  If you need information about any type of weather, this page will probably have the answers you're looking for.
     

  • Kid Science Link
    www.kidsciencelink.com
    Explore the many links found in the following topics: Agriculture, Anthropology, Astronomy, Biology, Botany, Chemistry, Ecology, Entomology, Geology, Herpetology, Meteorology, Nasa, Oceanography, Paleontology, Physics, Reference, Robots, Science, Science Fairs, and Space
     

  • Kids Science Experiments
    http://www.kids-science-experiments.com/
    Kids Science Experiments and Science Projects are full of fun, easy and exciting hands-on experiments that will help you answer a lot of questions asked by your children.  These simple, safe and easy to follow science experiments and science projects can be achieved with everyday materials and recycled items found around your house. Help make learning fun and easy by trying some of these science experiments with your kids!
     

  • Kids Snow Page
    http://britton.disted.camosun.bc.ca/snow/snow.html
    Kids Snow Page provides a variety of snow activities ranging from Snow Science, Art, and Literature to Food and other Links.  This page will keep you busy during your next snow day!
     

  • Kinetic City
    www.kineticcity.com/
    The adventure begins in Kinetic City with the most amazing collection of science experiments, games, activities, challenges, and more!  With 16 science-destroying viruses loose, you must complete the science activities to capture each one.  This is your Mission to Vearth!  Good Luck!
     

  • Kite Index - NASA
    www.lerc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/shortk.html
    Here is a list of all the topics available from the Beginner's Guide to Kites site. Clicking on the title will deliver a page with a slide and a scientific explanation of the contents. Click on the word "Animated" for the animated version of selected pages. If the number and variety of pages seems too intimidating, consider taking one of our Guided Tours through the web site.
     

  • The NASA SCIence Files - "Light" Activities
    http://whyfiles.larc.nasa.gov/text/kids/D_Lab/acts_light.html
    This page from NASA's Sci Files explores the world of light.  With experiments and simulations, this page looks at the Coriolis Effect of Wind, the path of light, the scattering of light, and the color of white.  There are also simulations of light and color, scattering light, and the atmosphere. 
     

  • National Geographic - Kids News
    http://news.nationalgeographic.com/kids/
    With science stories and pictures, this news page for kids brings the latest National Geographic's has to offer right to your fingertips.  For even more fun, check out the activities and experiments section and the games section, you'll get lost in a world you've never seen before! 
     

  • National Ice Carving Association
    www.nica.org/
    The National Ice Carving Association (NICA) is the only organization in the United States that is devoted solely to promoting the art of ice sculpture across the country and around the world. With nearly 500 members, NICA sanctions and organizes ice carving competitions around North America. Providing standardized guidelines for judging the quality of ice sculptures in competition, NICA has given the art focus and direction. Through feedback from and interaction with other ice carvers, NICA carvers have become some of the best in the world.
     

  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
    http://www.education.noaa.gov/
    NOAA's many educational activities are distributed across the agency. This site has been designed to help students, teachers, librarians and the general public access the many educational activities, publications, and booklets that have been produced.
     

  • National Snow and Ice Data Center - Glaciers
    http://www-nsidc.colorado.edu/glaciers
    This glacier site has something for everyone. Enjoy the glacier story, which will take you on a quick tour complete with glacier photos from their historic glacier photo collection. 
     

  • NIEHS Kids' Page Links
    www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/links.htm
    The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences provides this page of over 100 links to some of the coolest websites on the internet.  Enjoy!
     

  • Optical Illusion
    http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~moraes/illusion.html
    This page contains an optical illusion that moves when you look at it.  The movement is an illusion though because the picture actually does not move.  It is amazing!
     

  • Optical Illusions and Visual Phenomena
    www.michaelbach.de/ot/
    Here are some of the most amazing optical illusions and visual phenomena you will ever see.  Don’t forget to blink!
     

  • Paper Airplane Links
    http://www.phonydiploma.com/how-to-make-a-paper-airplane.aspx
    This site contains links to many websites on how to make and fly paper airplanes.  You will learn about unique folding designs, the science behind paper airplanes, and much more. 
     

  • PBS Kids - ZOOM - Kitchen Chemistry
    http://pbskids.org/zoom/games/kitchenchemistry/
    Take a tour through a virtual kitchen and explore the wonders of kitchen chemistry.  Be a detective as you search for clues in cabinets, draws, and bottles.  Then explore your own kitchen (with your parents help) and try tons of hands-on experiments that use everyday kitchen items. 
     

  • PBS Kids - ZOOM - Science Experiments
    http://pbskids.org/zoom/activities/sci/
    This collection of science experiments covers a large range of science topics from chemistry to life science to engineering.  The best part of the site is that after you do the experiments you can leave comments so other young scientists can see what you thought!  
     

  • Playing with Time
    www.playingwithtime.org/
    Here at the Playing With Time web site, unseen worlds of change will be revealed. You will see time sped up and slowed down, and behold the beauty of change. Time will be in your hands to witness, replay, and even create. You never know... you might not look at things quite the same way again.
     

  • PM (Fun with Grapes & Strawberry Pop-Tart Blowtorches)
    www.pmichaud.com
    This site is designed by a Professor of Computer Science at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.  He has done two famous experiments that are more humorous than safe.  Click on the links in the menu to the left to read about these ground-breaking experiments.  These experiments should not be done by children.  Always remember safety first when doing experiments...we are not responsible for any damage caused by these experiments! 
     

  • Reeko's Mad Scientist Lab
    http://www.spartechsoftware.com/reeko
    Welcome to Reeko's Mad Scientist Lab. Your source of free science experiments for parents, teachers, and children of all ages. Kick off your shoes. Pull up a chair. Make yourself comfortable. Oh yeah, did we mention that protective goggles are required...
     

  • Sample Movies from Chemistry Comes Alive!
    http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/jcesoft/cca/cca0/sampmovs.htm
    The movies on Chemistry Comes Alive! CD-ROMs have been carefully produced, edited, and compressed into high quality QuickTime movies. Movies are only available on the Chemistry Comes Alive! CD-ROMs, but several samples of exciting movies with explosive, flaming, and colorful chemical reactions are provided here.
     

  • Sandlot Science
    www.sandlotscience.com
    This science website is all about optical illusions and visual oddities.  There is even an online store to purchase the latest mind-boggling optical illusions.  Enjoy hours of optical illusions and more!
     

  • Science Club Monthly - Experiments
    www.scienceclubmonthly.com/Experiments.htm
    Science Club Monthly is a place to go when you are looking for science updates, books, posters, experiments, and science kits for you and your kids.  This experiment page is loaded with activities and experiments to try at home and share with your friends. 

     

  • Science Experiments You Can Do
    www.west.net/~science/expindx.htm

    Here is a great list of science experiments that you can try at home.  They include the following experiment topics: Lumia Box, Volcano, Slime, Sound, Dry Ice, Lasers, Animation, Air Cannon, and Mini Maglite. 
     

  • Science For Kids
    www.wonderwhizkids.com
    Science project for kids at WonderWhizKids.com helps your kids improve on basics, a grasp on fundamental concepts of science in an interactive and collaborative environment.
     

  • Science Hobbyist
    www.amasci.com
    A science hobbyist's dream!  This site contains all the links you will ever need.  Of particular interest, check out the "Good Stuff" link, as well as, the Tesla Coil page.  Have fun searching...you have to look below the surface!
     

  • Science Library Adventures - Education Place
    http://www.eduplace.com/kids/sla/index.html
    Using books from grade levels k to 6, this site explains the science concepts in each story and provides links to a glossary for key science words.  The library is always a great spot to start an adventure!
     

  • Science News for Kids
    www.sciencenewsforkids.org
    Science News for Kids is a new Web site devoted to science news for children.  Our goal is to offer timely items of interest to kids, accompanied by suggestions for hands-on activities, books, articles, web resources, and other useful materials.
     

  • Science Playwiths
    http://members.ozemail.com.au/~macinnis/scifun/index.htm
    You can start with the complete set of small experiments and go from there.  This site's aim is to set down a few of the methods, a few of the questions that might help people to explore science more thoroughly, to do some creative exploring and get their hands dirty.

     

  • The Science Toy Maker
    www.sciencetoymaker.org/
    This non-commercial site features projects that use easily-available, inexpensive materials, and don't require special skills, tools materials or facilities. Activities are thoroughly tested to work, yet also have the potential to be improved by creative inventors and tinkerers. 
     

  • Science With Me!
    http://www.sciencewithme.com/
    Science With Me! is a free educational science website for elementary age children that start reactions that last a lifetime. Our website offers science animations, movies, games, science coloring book pages, worksheets, fun science projects for kids and stories to help young children learn scientific principles and science the fun way. Feel free to explore our creative web site and if you like what you see join us. It's free!
     

  • S.C.O.R.E Science Kids' Corner
    http://scorescience.humboldt.k12.ca.us/fast/kids.htm

    Schools of California On-line Resources for Education (SCORE) provides a Kids' Corner filled with amazing links to science activities.  Enjoy!
     

  • Society for Amateur Scientists
    www.sas.org
    Founded ten years ago, we help ordinary people with a passion for science to take part in scientific adventures of all kinds. We educate, stimulate, and facilitate everyday people, often folks without any formal education in science as well as youngsters, to follow their interests in science as far as their time, talents and interest will take them.
     

  • Summer Fun in the Kitchen
    www.stretcher.com/stories/02/02jun03g.cfm
    These kitchen experiments are good not only in the summer, but all year round!  With experiments likes "Nutty Putty" and "Marker Tie-Dye", these experiments are sure to keep everyone thinking whether it is summer or winter outside! 
     

  • Volcano World
    http://volcano.und.edu/
    A Collaborative Higher Education, K-12, and Public Outreach project of the North Dakota and Oregon Space Grant Consortia administered by the Department of Geosciences at Oregon State University.  Volcano World is full of volcano information, pictures, and facts.  Come enter a world ready to explode with fun at anytime! 

     

  • Wacky Rainbow Fun
    www.rainbowlight.net/kids.htm
    "Rainbow colors and make-believe are fuel for the churning engine of the young imagination."  This page contains fun kids activities & experiments with colors and light: Catch a Rainbow, Rainbow Science, Rainbow Demo, Make a Rainbow, and more. 
     

  • Weather Dude
    http://www.wxdude.com
    Weather Dude: Meteorology made simple for kids, parents and teachers from national TV meteorologist Nick Walker.  Enjoy the Musical Meteorology pages, as well as, the many links of weather resources. 
     

  • Weather Resources from Laceyville, PA
    http://www.laceyville.com/KIDS-CORNER/science.htm
    This page provides resources and experiments about weather.  With snow activities to lightning trivia, this page offers an endless supply of fun and exciting activities and experiments.  Start by seeing what it's like to be a "drop of water" through various interactive links and pages.  Then move on to the Dangerous Weather section and finally seek shelter in the Greenhouse section! 
     

  • Weather Wiz Kids
    http://www.weatherwizkids.com
    Designed by Meteorologist Crystal Wicker, this website allows kids to learn more about the fascinating world of weather. It’s also a wonderful educational website for teachers and parents that gives them the right tools they need to explain the different types of weather to children.
     

  • Web Weather for Kids
    http://www.ucar.edu/educ_outreach/webweather
    Learn what makes weather wet and wild, do cool activities, and become hot at forecasting the weather on Web Weather for Kids!  Enjoy several games, stories and activities found on this page!
     

  • Wild Weather Adventure! - NASA Space Place
    http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/kids/goes/wwa/

    Play the Wild Weather Adventure game. Your weather research blimp will explore Earth and its weather. With luck, skill, and strategy, you will race other weather research blimps to be first to travel all the way around the world and win the game. You can play with your friends or by yourself with a computer opponent.
     

  • Winter Sites
    http://www.fvsd.ab.ca/stm/winter_sites.htm
    This page is a collection of winter sites.  Learn about Polar Bears and Penguins, as well as Snow Olympics and Arts and Crafts.  When you’re done with that you can check out the Poetry and Stories section and warm you stomach up on a cold winter day with “everything you’d ever want to know about” Gingerbread!
     

  • Winter Storms - Scholastic
    http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/wwatch/winter/index.htm
    For those of you who like snow, this is the site for you.  This Scholastic page has four great features.  First, you learn all about winter storms.  Then, if you still have any questions, you can ask their Weather Expert!  After all your questions are answered, learn about some of the greatest winter storms of the last three hundred years with the Scholastic Winter Storms Timeline.  Finally, you are ready to control the weather yourself with the Scholastic Interactive Weather Maker (located in the left menu under investigate). 
     

  • The Why Files
    www.whyfiles.org
    The Why Files, a magazine focusing on the science behind today's news stories.

 

Science/Art

  • Draw Your Environment - NIEHS Kids' Pages
    www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/draweasy/home.htm
    This page blends together science and art in a way that teaches kids about the environment.  Experiments in art help students develop key thinking skills for science, such as trial and error, hypothesizing and testing, predicting and communication.  In Science and Art, experimentation is the act or process of trying out a new procedure, idea, or activity.  So enjoy drawing your environment, a whole new world awaits! 

 

Science Fair

  • All Science Fair Projects
    www.all-science-fair-projects.com
    This site has three main sections.  A search section to find over 500 science fair project ideas based on keywords.  A browse section to find topic based on categories.  A links section to discover project resources, general information, the scientific method, and large fairs.
     

  • Math Ideas for Science Fair Projects
    http://mathforum.org/teachers/mathproject.html
    Without Math, Science would be almost impossible.  This resource pages explores the many math projects available for science fairs. 
     

  • Science Buddies
    www.sciencebuddies.org

    Science Buddies is a non-profit organization empowering students from all walks of life to help themselves and each other develop a love of science and an understanding of the scientific method. With the help of our Mentors and Advisors, we help students improve their science skills and literacy, and we inspire them to consider additional study or careers in science.
     

  • Science Fair Central
    http://school.discovery.com/sciencefaircentral/
    This site is an all-inclusive science fair help center.  You can even check out questions answered by nationally-recognized science fair expert Janice VanCleave.  Also, you should visit the Links & Books section, which has many great websites and experiments that can help you. 
     

  • Science Fair Resource Center - Hallbar
    http://www.hallbar.com/sciencecenter.html
    From science fair ideas and topics to picture galleries and tips, this page offers resources for all your science fair questions and needs.
     

  • Science Project
    www.scienceproject.com
    Welcome to the world's largest web site for science project ideas, information and support.  If you become a member, you will get support and gain access to the members section for additional project details.  Otherwise, you can just try the free science experiments found throughout the site! 
     

  • Science Toymaker
    www.sciencetoymaker.org
    This hands-on site is for people who like to roll up their sleeves
    and make fun, mysterious toys that entice scientific investigation. It is a resource for inspired parents, teachers, teenagers, home schoolers and science fair participants.  Enjoy building and experimenting! 
     

  • Scifair.org
    www.scifair.org
    The ultimate science fair resource.  Learn about project steps, hints, how to write the report, and how to make the display.  Also, discover great project ideas through their idea bank, idea exchange, and research links. 
     

  • Super Science Fair Projects
    www.super-science-fair-projects.com
    This is your complete guide to science fair projects, topics, and experiments.  With sections for students, parents, and teachers, this valuable resource will take you step by step in create a great science fair project.
     

  • The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Science Fairs
    http://physics.usc.edu/~gould/ScienceFairs/
    This Library page is an attempt to provide a single comprehensive list of every science fair accessible through the World Wide Web, whether of global or local scope.

 

Stories

  • American Folklore
    www.americanfolklore.net/
    This folklore site contains retellings of American folktales, Native American myths and legends, tall tales, weather folklore and ghost stories (great for Halloween!) from each and every one of the 50 United States. You can read about all sorts of famous characters like Paul Bunyan, Pecos Bill, Daniel Boone, and many more. So grab a cup of coffee, pull up a comfy chair, and stay awhile.
     

  • Weather in Children's Literature
    www.carolhurst.com/subjects/weather.html
    This page provides numerous children's books that use weather as a theme.  When we think about a weather theme, we automatically assume we're talking science: meteorology, climatology, and geology but, of course, weather affects sociology and has certainly had an effect on history.  Start making a list of all the weather connected words and phrases and you've already stepped into the language arts and you haven't even opened a book!  A great list of books!
     

  • Welovestories Directory
    www.welovestories.com/dir/Storytelling/
    We are glad to offer you our human-edited links directory. WeLoveStories directory contains a great choice of web sites and pages that offer stories sorted by genre and theme. Read and enjoy our collection of links to web sites with love, college, travel, Christmas and kids stories. If you wish to write stories by yourself, visit the Sites for Writers and Become Famous categories, where you will find a variety of useful information for both beginners and advanced writers. We offer Publications and Reviews, Festivals and Events categories for readers, which were created to inform our visitors about new and old articles, books, magazines, and bestsellers; find out about writing awards and prizes. Visit Chats and Forums category to find people, who share your interests.

 

Storytelling

  • Storyteller.net
    www.storyteller.net
    This site contains useful articles and stories for storytelling.  You can find a teller or an event or tap into our multitude of resources. 
     

  • National Storytelling Network
    www.storynet.org
    Our mission:  “Bringing together and nurturing individuals and organizations that use the power of storytelling in all its forms.
     

  • New Jersey Storytelling Network
    www.njstorynet.org
    Connecting Storytellers and Storylisteners!  For story events, resources, and a directory of storytellers in New Jersey.  The New Jersey Storytelling Network is dedicated to connecting the public with opportunities to appreciate the art of storytelling. 
     

  • Storytelling Arts
    www.storytellingarts.net
    Storytelling Arts offers professional development for teachers at all levels, including pre-service and in-service training and intensive summer institutes.  We also provide long-term projects in New Jersey for low-income children in urban schools and daycare centers, teenage mothers, and young people in detention.  In these programs professional storytellers provide exemplary models as they introduce students to the art of storytelling, cultivating a deep appreciation for learning and literature. 

 

Thanksgiving

  • The Carrot Museum
    www.carrotmuseum.com
    This is the world’s center for everything carrot!  In the Carrot Museum, you will learn about carrot history, nutrition, and cultivation.  You will also have fun with carrot experiments and trivia.  Check out the oddities section, where you just might see someone playing carrot instruments.  This entire site is filled with hours of carrot fun and information.  Enjoy the search! 

     

  • Cooking Turkey with Physics - ScienceDaily
    www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1999/11/991124071530.htm
    This is an article from Sciencedaily.com that discusses the physics behind cooking the perfect turkey.  The science is centered on the starting temperature of the turkey! 

     

  • Food Science @ Penn State
    http://www.foodscience.psu.edu/Outreach/Fun_Food_Science.html

    This is a resource website for the Department of Food Science in the College of Agricultural Sciences at Penn State University.  Here you will find Food Science experiments and learning opportunities for students of all ages, which include resources for teachers, learning sets, simple experiments and activities for young scientist and science fair projects, classroom demonstrations, advanced experiments, and food science links. 
     

  • Iowa Corn – Fun for Kids
    www.iowacorn.org/cornuse/cornuse_8.html
    When it comes to corn…this site is “Fun for Kids”.  In anticipation of Thanksgiving feasts everywhere, this site takes us to the world of corn!  Learn how to grow corn right in your kitchen.  Enjoy a series of corn coloring activities.  Discover what a world would be like without corn.  Search for more exciting corn activities, experiments, and information with the educational links. 

     

  • Kitchen Chemistry: Fun Food Activities and Experiments
    http://www.chatham.edu/pti/Kitchen_Chem/BCleveland_01.htm

    This page provides many activities and experiments involving the science of food, water, and acidity.  Beyond the experiments, you will also find many websites, resources, and book listings for additional fun with Kitchen Chemistry! 
     

  • Scientific Dessert - No Apple Apple Pie
    www.backofthebox.com/recipes/pies.html
    There’s nothing more important for a Thanksgiving feast that to end with dessert…a lot of dessert!  This page provides hours of dessert specials, each better than the next.  But as we’ve learned, cooking requires science!  And nothing hammers home that point better than the Apple-RITZ Crisp.  This amazing apple pie is scientifically significant to the study of dessert because it uses NO APPLES!  Learn how it’s done and use science to surprise all your guests this Thanksgiving. 

     

  • Turkey Tales – Kaboose Kids Domain
    www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/thanks/tales.html
    Part of the Kaboose Network, Kids Domain is a family resource guide on the internet.  On this particular page, we find a whole assortment of Turkey Tales, from fill-in-the-blank stories to interesting stories, poems, and legends.  There is also a brief section on the bottom of the page for resource information focusing on Thanksgiving Proclamations. 

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