Science

General	Animals
Plants	Earth Science
Space and Solar System	Simple Machines
Electricity	Inventors and Inventions
Biomes, Habitats and the Environment	Pond Research

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General

HSP Science

Cell Inspector - Harcourt School
Cell Games - Animal, Plant and Bacterial (Sheppard Software)

Scholastic's Science Explorations

NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• National Weather Service - forecasts, warnings, climate

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Animals

Sheppard Software resources:
• All About Animals
• Animal Classification - facts, and several games
• The Food Chain - facts, and a game

Enchanted Learning Animal Printouts

National Geographic - Animals

BBC Science & Nature: Animals - Wildfacts

Zoobooks Animals A-Z

PBS Nature & Wildlife

Shedd Aquarium

Sea World Animal Info. Database

Shark School -- San Diego NHM

Whale sites:
• All About Whales - facts from Enchanted Learning
• Whale Songs
• WhaleNet
• Whales: A Thematic Web Unit
• WhaleTimes
• American Cetacean Society Online

Bird sites:
• Great Backyard Bird Count
-- printable tally sheet
• All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology
• Bird Songs of some NYS birds
• Sheppard Sofware - Birds
• USGS Bird Identification (N. America)
• Peregrine Falcons Nesting in Albany NY
• Peregrine Biology - information and photos
• Audubon.org
- game

Butterflies and Moths:
• AllAboutButterflies.com - Enchanted Learning
• The Butterfly Conservatory - National Museum of Natural History
• Butterfly and Moth Learning Center (printerinks.com)
• Monarch Watch Project
• eNature.com Nature Guides
• Butterflies and Moths of North America (USGS)
• The Incredible Journey of the Butterflies - NOVA
• Journey North for Kids - migration

Groundhogs:
Groundhogs at Hoghaven - pictures, audio, more
Groundhog - printout at Enchanted Learning
Groundhog.org - official Punxsutawney Phil site

Bat Facts -- Kidzone
Bats - info and online games -- Sheppard Software|
Little Brown Bat - NH Public Television Nature Works
Little Brown Bat - ESF

BOCES ESP
Crayfish
• photos of respiration

Switcheroozoo - Switch the animals' heads, legs and tails to make new creatures at this surrealistic virtual zoo.

Endangered Animals:
• Save Our Species (EPA)
• Endangered Animals WebQuest
• Endangered Species Program -- US F&WS
• Bagheera.com Vanishing Species
• Endangered Animal Printouts
• Kids Planet - Endangered Animal Fact Sheets

Wildlife Rehabilitation Info. Directory

Pets:
• PetStation
• PetEducation.com
• Sheppard Software - Dogs

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Plants

Burpee Seeds

eNature.com Nature Guides

How Do Seeds Travel - song

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Earth Science

Windows to the Universe -- incl. Our Planet (and volcanoes)

Rocks and Minerals at QuestGarden.com

USGS
• USGS Research Geology
• USGS Earthquake Hazards Program
• USGS Volcano Observatories:
   - Alaska Volcano Observatory
   - Mount Redoubt - current activity
   - Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
   - Cascades Volcano Observatory
   - Yellowstone Volcano Obervatory

Volcano World
• Vesuvius, Italy

Herculaneum Uncovered -- PBS (54 minute video, broken into 6 chapters)

Mineral Matters -- San Diego Natural History Museum

NASA's Visible Earth -- images

The GLOBE Program -- mission: To promote the teaching and learning of science, enhance environmental literacy and stewardship, and promote scientific discovery.