Want to know more about animals? The Oregon Zoo? Or the environment? This fun site features photo galleries, videos, animal facts, news updates, links, a calendar of events, and information about conservation and the environment.

. It includes news updates, a photo gallery of animals (including several taken during a visit by Portland Trailbla …

View other students’ artwork and poetry representing the environment, health , medical or science fields. You can submit something of your own to add to the gallery, too. Don’t miss the links to other collections of environmental artwork.

Learn to identify the rocks you find outside. This website has information about the properties of rocks and minerals.

See photos of whales here.

“Here is information about many common animals found in Michigan, and a few that live in other places.”

Find out how the Grand Canyon came to be! This great site provides photos, super diagrams explaining concepts like continental drift, a timeline explaining what happened when, and lots more.

Learn all about how trees help make your world a better place. This site tells you what trees eat, why the leaves fall off in the fall, and more!

Learn about famous American cars, such as the Model T, the Tucker, and the Mustang. Includes photographs, specifications, and some online activities and games.

Provides links to “Hands on Plastics” educational resources developed by the National Middle Level Science Teachers Association (NMLSTA). Lesson plans and learning activities related to the science of plastics and polymers for grades K-4 and 5-8.

Get the who, what, when, where, and how about the International Space Station.

“If you’re a student ready to venture beyond the Styrofoam ball solar system into the world of real scientific investigation, you’ve come to the right place. We’ve also got plenty of help for teachers in need of coordinating advice and parents who want to help their children.”

Learn about what it would be like to be a veterinarian, a doctor who treats animals: Horses, sheep, goats, dogs, even llamas!

???OLogy means “the study of.” And here on the American Museum of Natural History’s OLogy Web site, you can study and explore many cool OLogies.??? You can learn about Volcanology (volcanoes), Arachnology (spiders), Astrology (planets and stars), and much more.

Are you interested in knowing more about tigers? Would you like to help save these endangered species? This site gives lots of information about tigers, their cubs, and ways to preserve this animal. There’s resource material for teachers,too.

Join Detective “Le Plant” and help him unlock the mysteries of plant life. Learn all about plants including their structure, life cycle, and parts. You can also find out how to grow different plants and do experiments with them.

“The MegaMath project is intended to bring unusual and important mathematical ideas to elementary school classrooms so that young people and their teachers can think about them together.” Since it is packed with suggestions for using the stories and games to engage students with math, the site is geared more towards teachers than kids. Terms in …

Read the E-Journal of Student Research, where students K-12 can submit a write-up to an experiment that they have done. There is a list of recommended web sites for student experiments. Also, read information on NSRC’s vision, teaching philosophy, mission, and instructional approach.

If you’re nutty about numbers, this is the site for you! Fun, easy-to-understand math information, games, and activities. Covers basic and advanced math including shapes, colors, numbers, counting, addition, subtraction, decimals, fractions, percentages, and ratios.

“See how the National Zoo’s veterinarians and other staff examine animals to figure out what’s wrong with them and decide how to treat them.”

What’s climate change? What’s the big deal with carbon? What is global warming? Find answers to these questions on this site and find out how you can help the planet.