• 3-D

• Animal Tracking

• Astronomy

• Attractive Structures

• Biology

• Blocks and Marbles

• Bridge Building
• Chemistry

• Cosmic Rays

• Electricity

• Light

• Maglev

• Magnets

• Magnifiers & Microscopes

• Mars

• Measurement

• Mirrors

• Nanotechnology

• Potential & Kinetic Energy

• RHIC

• Sound

• Spectroscopy

• Static

3-D
 

• 2-D to 3-D
  Follow the directions and make 2-D shapes that rise up to form 3-D shapes.
• Optical Illusions from the Exploratorium
  Check out some fascinating optical illusions and other interactive light activities.
• The 3D Effect
  Provides a great explanation of how 3D works.

• Welcome to the Third Dimension
  This site has 3-D images that flip while your looking at them.
• 3D
  A brief history of 3D, anaglyph images, and directions for making your own anaglyph 3-d glasses.

Animal Tracking
 

• National Geographic Kids
  Fun facts, videos, photos, and audio from interesting and unusual wild animals!
• Animal Classification Hangman
  Can you name the animal before its too late?
• Tracking North American Wildlife
  Animal tracking guide filled with illustrations of various tracks.
• Animal Tracks of Humbolt County (CA)
  Descriptions of animals from California and illustrations of their tracks. Which ones are similar to Long Island?

• Dragonfly TV: Animal Track Game
  Select the animal or the tracks icons, then use the clues to match the animal with its tracks!
• Animal Tracks: Concentration Game
  This is a memory game using animal tracks.
• Environmental Education for Kids
  Follow that footprint, paw print, or hoof print! Tips on tracking animals and a matching game!

Astronomy
 

Biology
 

Blocks & Marbles

• Marble Drop
  Construct a device that uses gravity to move a marble from the top to the bottom.
• How does gravity work?
  Want to know more about gravity and how it works? Check out this site.

• Amusement Park Physics
  Learn the science behind your favorite amusement park rides!
• Building Big
  Fun interactive activities and interesting information about large structures!

Bridge Building
 

Chemistry
 

Cosmic Rays
 

Electricity

• The Blobz Guide to Electricity
  Lots of information and fun games involving electricity, circuits, insulators and conductors, and much more.
• How Light Bulbs Work
  Learn how different light bulbs work.
• How Shocking
  Ben Franklin discovered electricity. Explore the experiments that led to the great discovery.
• Gallery of Electromagnetic Personalities
  Read about the first scientists that worked with electricity and made many important discoveries.

• Tech Topics: Electricity
  Find out more about electric current, circuits, uses of electricity and more. Build your own circuits and test materials for conductivity.
• Circuits and Conductors
  Construct different circuits and use your circuit to test different materials for conductivity.
• Dirtmeister's Science Lab on Circuits
  A simple explanation of circuits, plus an activity to try at home.
• Energy: Kid's Page
  Lots of information about energy, plus a section on electricity.

Engineering Attractive Structures

• Build a Bridge
  Test your skills with this fun bridge building activity. Make sure you use the right design for each challenge.
• Builder Ted
  Use your math skills to construct a ladder that will allow Ted to reach the leaky roof.
• ArchKIDechture
  Learn about architecture through wacky stories and engineering ideas to try at home.
• Trebuchet Design
  A trebuchet is a weapon from the middle ages. Can you use your engineering skills to construct a powerful trebuchet?

• Try Science: Paper Bridge
  Put your engineering skills to work as you construct and test a paper bridge.
• Building Big
  Fun interactive activities and interesting information about large structures!
• Wright Brothers Flyer
  Build a paper model of the Wright Brothers' first airplane.
• Make a Kite
  Follow these directions to make a replica of the kites Ben Franklin used in many of his experiments.

Light

• Mix & Match
  Mix red, green, and blue light until the spotlight matches the background.
• Rainbows
  Discover the science behind rainbows.
• Light!
  Explore light, reflection, refraction, and much more.

• Mixing Colors
  Click and drag the spotlights to blend the colored lights.
• The Science of Light & Color
  Explore the science behind light and color through the many activities on this site.
• Light & Shadows
  Discover how light affects shadows.

Maglev

• A New Approach
  Explore magnetically levitating trains...and rockets!
• Magnet University
  Provides great information about magnetism and magnetic levitation.
• Maglev
  Discover how maglev trains work and explore the pros and cons of this transportation.

• How Maglev trains work
  Discover the science and technology behind Maglev trains.
• Magnetism
  Learn more about magnetic forces.
• Maglev 2000
  Explore interesting maglev information and hopes for a future US maglev train system.

Interested in further exploring possible US projects? Try these sites
Florida Project
Pennsylvania Project

Magnets

• Why do magnets work?
  Here is an answer from NASA's Kids News Network.
• Attracting and Repelling Magnets
  Change the poles of the magnets to view the difference in the magnetic fields.
• Magnets and Springs
  Discover which materials are magnetic and which are not with this fun, online experiment.
• Magnet University
  Provides great information about magnetism.
• Magnetism
  Learn more about magnets and their magnetic force.

• All About Atoms
  What are atoms? Discover this and more at this site.
• Electromagnets
  Explains the important roles of electromagnets.
• Element Hangman
  Guess the name of the element before the atom man disappears. The periodic table of elements can be brought up to assist.
• The Elements (Song)
  A song about the elements on the periodic table.

Magnifiers & Microscopes

• Eye of Science
  Check out the images of these microscopic objects, including bacteria, fungus, and more.
• Nanozone
  Explore the microscopic world of nanotechnology.
• The Virtual Electron Microscope
  Click on the Virtual Electron Microscope link (under materials) to use this fun tool.
• Microscope Imaging Station
  Provides great microscopic images of many different objects.
• Secret Worlds: The Universe Within
  Zoom from the milky way down into the cells of an oak tree.

• Scanning Electron Microscope
  Learn about a very powerful microscope used by scientists and view some images taken with this tool.
• MicroAngela's Electron Microscope Image Gallery
  This site contains fascinating images of human cells, sea life, plants, bugs, and more.
• An Introduction to Microscopy
  Learn the history of microscopes and then take a look at some images from light microscopes.

Mars

• Mars: A Record Breaking Planet
  See how Mars measures up when compared to Earth!
• Mars Exploration
  Meet the scientists and engineers exploring the red planet and learn more about their discoveries.
• Mars
  Take a closer look at missions to Mars, explore the anatomy of a rover, build a parachute to successfully land a rover on Mars, and much more.
• Windows to the Universe: Mars
  Learn some great facts about Mars.
• Windows to the Universe: Planets
  Take a guided tour of the solar system, try your luck at the games, and check out the other cool activities  about our solar system.
• Destination Mars
  Want to take a trip to Mars? Be in command of your own ship and crew as you attempt to complete a mission of your choice.
• Mars Exploration Rovers
  Try some different activities while learning exciting new facts about Mars.
• Welcome to the Planets
  Pictures and facts about the planets in our solar system.
• Explore Mars Now
  Take a look around an interactive Martian habitat.
• NASA Kid's Club
  Full of fun, interactive, and educational games and activities about Mars.

• Water on Mars
  The story behind the discovery of water on Mars.
• What is a Glovebox?
  Find out more about gloveboxes and how they are used for experiments in space.
• Space Suit
  Learn about these protective suits the astronauts wear.
• Mars Quest Online
  This site has many interactive activities providing interesting information about the Red Planet.
• Thermal Emission Spectrometer
  Learn about the planet and how scientists use spectrometers in their studies.
• Journey Into Space
  This site contains articles and games about orbits, collisions, Mars, space telescopes, and more.
• Live From the Hubble Space Telescope
  Follow the employees of NASA as they complete their tasks.
• Mars Project
  View the Martian landscape and learn about a possible future on Mars with this interactive website.
• StarChild
  This site has a lot of information and activities about the solar system.
• Kinetic City
  Click on the lab car to test your skills with the gravity launch.

Measurement

• Measure It!
  Use the ruler to measure the length of different objects.
• Railroad Repair
  Find the right sized piece to fix the track before the train comes. Uses decimals to measure the pieces.
• Wacky Ruler
  Can you use the wacky ruler to correctly measure the length of worms?
• Measures
  Learn the many units of measurement and practice measuring mass, volume and capacity, and length on this interactive website.

• Math Matching
  Match the standard measurement with the equivalent metric measurement in this concentration game.
• Sleuths on the Loose!
  Find the heights of sleuth creatures that escaped.
• Poddle Weigh In
  Use the balance scale to find the correct weight of each poddle.
• Measure the Teddy Bears
  Use the ruler to discover how tall each Teddy Bear is.
• The Ruler Game
  Get some practice reading the ruler with this fast paced game.

Mirrors

• How We See Things
  Use the mirrors to change the direction of the light and illuminate the different items in the park.
• Kaleidoscope
  Use three small mirrors and the directions found here to make your very own kaleidoscope.

• Science Rocks: Periscope
  Use two small mirrors and the directions found here to build a periscope.

Nanotechnology
 

Potential & Kinetic Energy

• Potential Energy on Shelves
  Move three objects to different heights and compare their potential energy numerically or on a bar graph.
• Potential & Kinetic Energy
  Learn more about these two forms of energy with this highly informational site..
• Energy Experiment
  Discover the relationship between Potential and Kinetic Energy with three marbles of different sizes in this experiment.

• Kinetic and Potential Energy
  Learn how kinetic and potential energy relate to roller coasters.
• Potential & Kinetic Energy Mini-Quiz
  Try this short quiz to see if you’re an energy expert.
• Energy
  Read about the different types of energy and then try the energy game.

Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC)

• All About Atoms
  Provides a simple explanation of the atom and its parts.
• Element Hangman
  Guess the name of the element before the atom man disappears. The periodic table of elements can be brought up to assist.

• Fundamental Forces
  Discusses the four forces found in nature.
• The Elements (Song)
  A song about the elements on the periodic table.

Sound

• Wonderville: How We Hear
  Click on the blue circle under the Wonderville. Select “interactive activities", then Select “How We Hear.” This is an interactive experiment for discovering vibrations, sound waves, how ears and vocal cords work, and how human ears differ from an animal's ear.
• What's In a Wave?
  Learn how sound helps submarines see underwater and helps doctors study the heart. Then try controlling a submarine using sonar to see.
• Musical Coathanger
  Discover how sound travels through solids and liquids with these two experiments.
• Listen!
  Great sound activities that can be done online and at home!

• Whale Sounds
  Try to identify which whale makes which sound, then match the oscilloscope pattern to the sounds.
• Interactive Sound Ruler
  Use the sound ruler to discover which sounds are too loud and can damage your hearing.
• What is Sound?
  NASA's Kid Science News Network answers the question.
• Changing Sounds
  Experiment with the different instruments, pitch, and volume.
• Pattern Player
  See and hear patterns in sounds!
• Mysterious Melodies
  What happens when the notes of a song are played differently? Can you still identify these songs?
• Dangerous Decibels
  Have fun exploring sound!

Spectroscopy

• Element Hangman
  Guess the name of the element before the atom man disappears. The periodic table of elements can be brought up to assist.
• The Electromagnetic Spectrum
  Learn more about the electromagnetic spectrum and light waves.
• Amazing Space: Electromagnetic Spectrum
  Try these interactive activities to learn more about light and the electromagnetic spectrum.
• ExploraTour: Looking at the World in a Different Light
  A tour of how the world would look if you could see different wavelengths of light.
• The Elements (Song)
  A song about the elements on the periodic table.

• All About Atoms
  Provides a simple explanation of the atom and its parts.
• Infrared Camera
  Infrared light is light humans cannot see. Learn more about this light and play a matching game using pictures taken with an infrared camera and a regular camera.
• Light!
  Explore the wavelength and speed of light, as well as other aspects of light.
• The Science of Light
  Learn how scientists use spectrums to study stars, and see if you can identify the mystery star!
• Pyrotechnics: It's Elemental
  Learn about the elements used in fireworks.

Static

• Theater of Electricity
  Learn about the world’s largest Van de Graaff generator, sparks, lightning, and more.
• Element Hangman
  Guess the name of the element before the atom man disappears. The periodic table of elements can be brought up to assist.
• What is Static Electricity?
  Learn about how static electricity works.
• Static Electricity
  Provides a simple explanation about the science behind static electricity.

• All About Atoms
  Provides a simple explanation of the atom and its parts.
• The Elements (Song)
  A song about the elements on the periodic table.
• Energy: Kid's Page
  Lots of information about energy, plus a section on electricity.
• Basics of Static Electricity
  This site is filled with facts about static electricity.