From the American Cleaning Institue, learn all about the history, chemistry, and manufacturing of soaps and detergents. You can also read up on how to recycle plastic cleaning product bottles, and about the art and science of bubbles.

How do we use energy and how can we save energy? What is energy and where does it come from? Learn this and more through games and activities from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Make chemistry fun! Discover cool chemistry articles, activities, and games for kids. Many of these items are also available in Spanish. The site also includes resources for parents and teachers.

What is electricity? And how can you be safe around it? Learn all about electricity and find out why birds can sit on power lines without getting shocked at this site created by the Sacramento Municipal Utility District.

Learn how to conserve energy by checking out Roofus’ energy-smart house and by playing games in his backyard.

Learn about different types of energy, such as geothermal, solar, and wind energy on this interactive website! The site can also help you learn about renewable energy, alternative fuels, and gives you tips on how to use less energy.

This site describes the science of ski jumping. Learn about how gravity, drag, aerodynamics, friction, lift, air pressure, and wind tunnels affect a ski jumper???s performance. Although not updated, the information is factual.

Ever wonder about simple machines? This website has activities to show how and why simple machines in the house and in the tool shed work. You can also learn about the meaning of words such as lever, pulley, simple machine, and more by looking at the Simple Machines Glossary on the site.

Did you ever wonder about how electricity works? Here are some science experiments dealing with electricity. Ask adults for help.

This site introduces you to “many of the basic concepts involved with Electricity and Magnetism. We will introduce you to static charge, moving charge, voltage, resistance, and current. Magnetism and how it relates to electricity will also be presented.”

Discover what antimatter and matter are and what happens when they meet. You will learn about three types of particles (electrons, protons, and neutrons) and what physicists call annihilation.

“Why is snow white to start with? Why are glaciers blue? And how does melted snow shake off every scrap of whiteness?” Good questions. Find good answers at this site.

Learn all about color while having fun! You can choose to color on-line with magic crayons (you need a Java Enabled browser), or you can print pictures to color later!

Learn the Periodic Table of Elements from your favorite comic book characters! When you click on an element in the table, this site tells you every comic book that uses that element.

Make unique science and art connections to wind by touring Vollis’s yard of windmills and whirligigs. Learn how to create your own whirligigs. Find other wind resources on the Internet.

Let Dracula, Frankenstein, the Phantom and others introduce you to ideas in chemistry and physics. You can learn about electricity, atoms, energy and more. This site also gives ideas for experiments that you can do at home or online.

Explore the world of chemistry at this site. Learn about the periodic table of the elements, chemical reactions, atoms and more. This searchable site even teaches you how math is used in chemistry.

Learn all about electricity, the Van de Graaff Generator, tesla coils, Benjamin Franklin’s kite experiment, and making your hair stand on end!

At this site, you can learn all about color, take quizzes on color, find ideas for crafts to make, print out pages to color, send colorful electronic cards, and learn about the Crayola Factory at Two Rivers Landing. Most activities require free registration.

How does light travel? How do lenses and lasers work? This site is all about how light works, and how we control and use it. Learn about the professionals who study light and about the kinds of things that these experts are trying to find out.