Science Centers and Museums
- Adler
Planetarium & Astronomy Museum
This site has information about visiting the Planetarium.
Also contains some news, references, websites, and
informaion on Astronomers. Mainly a teacher
resource.
- American
Museum of Natural History
The renowned New York museum is where they keep the
dinosarus. The biodiversity material shows how we're
all dependent upon one another.
- California
Academy of Science New Teachers will
find a comprehensive listing of environmental curriculum
guides, ranging from marine biology to endangered
species. Each entry includes a brief description
of contents and appropriate grade level.
- Canadian
Museum of Nature
Contains many online exhibits and a great deal of
information from their research archieves.
- Chicago
Children's Museum
What a great museum! Lots of hands on learning
activities for the kids. Everythinig from digging
up dinosaurs to constructing fantasy structures.
Also gives information for birthday parties and just
visiting.
- Hands-on
Science Centers Worldwide
This site provides links to many science centers and
museums.
- Miami
Museum of Science
This site has a wealth of worthwhile student activities
to learn about PH. Excite, explain, explore, expand,
extend, exchange and examine are the button categories.
Each category links to different activities for the
classroom. There are dozens of additonal science activities
at this web site.
- Museum
of Science
This site offers many interactive online exhibits.
It also links you to many sites in the science realm.
- Museum
of Science and Industry
This site shows the exhibits at the Museum of Science
and Industry. Gives information on visiting
and hours of operation.
- National
Air and Space Museum
Look! Up in the sky! This one's got everything that
flies except Superman.
- Ontario
Science Centre: Home Page
This site links to the Ontario Science Centre home
page. The site contains many different exhibits and
other features related to science.
- San
Franciso Exploratorium
The San Franciso Exploratorium has a home page with
links to a Solar Eclipse Webcast, Science Wire, Hubble
Space Telescope, Live Webcasts, Iron Science Teacher,
The Learning Studio, and Observatory and a Sport Science
link.
- Science
for the Millennium
An online expo emphasizing outer space, advanced computing,
and virtual environments with multimedia flair.
- Science
Museum of Minnesota
This site gives information on visiting the museum,
educational programs and much more.
- The Exploratorium
This is an online science museum with interactive
exhibits. Some of the exhibits include Global
Climate Change and an Observatory on solar eclipse,
auroras, sunspots, and building solar systems.
- The
Franklin Institute Science Museum
The online edition of the famed Philly museum lets
you follow classroom journeys into the field.
- The
National Museum of Natural History
Information can be found at this Smithsonian Institute
site using a keyword search.
Aquariums
- Aquarium
of the Pacific
Visitors to this site can see live video of sea jellies,
fish, diving birds, and other exhibits found at the
aquarium. This website also has informtion on other
animals as well as career information.
- Monterey
Bay Aquarium On-line
If it swims, you'll find it in the e-quarium.
- National
Aquarium in Baltimore
This site has excellent interactive games that promote
environmental awareness. The games are designed around
the following topics: seahorses, sea jellies, the
rainforest, oceans, and deadly venoms. This site is
appropriate for upper elementary students.
Zoos
- Animal
Information Database (Sea World Busch Gardens)
Animal Bytes includes scientific classification, facts,
and biological information. It features information
booklets and specific lesson plansthat integrate science
and math.
- Electronic
Zoo
An awesom tool to help you find lists of animal-related
information on the internet.
- Hannover
Zoo (Germany)
A great place to learn information about animals from
all over the world.
- National
Zoological Park Home Page
This site provides a wealth of information on the
animals who are available at the zoo. Provides
online information, video, and slideshows.
- The
San Diego Zoo
This website is appropriate for all students. It offers
several virtual tours, many videos, and lots of information
on the animals.
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