Free Experiment of the Week mailing list. Info. on subscribing and other science stuff is available at their website ~Engela
For my $.02, this is a great thing to have your dh doing with the kids.  He just waits for the email then heads to the kitchen or garage to do the experiment with the kids. Great break for Moms. ~Jube


Welcome to Dole's 5 A Day Homepage!  Hey dudes! I'm Bobby Banana. Take a tour of the site, lots of great activities and lesson plans.

Weather here and there, great starter lesson plan to introduce weather to your kids.

National Science Foundation site with lesson plans and free stuff.

This site tells you what's in the sky that night, and what direction to look for it  etc. ~ Laura 

Teacher section of The Weather Channel with lesson plans

Volcano site with the latest volcano information from around the world.  We saw pomic islands being formed in Togo, kewl site!

Astronomy for Kids
This terrific site explores the planets, constellations, and other astronomical wonders, using photos and prose that kids will love. Visit the Sky Maps section for an overview of this month's natural sky show and then head outdoors for some stargazing. You'll also find some links to other astronomy sites, free postcards your class can send, and word search puzzles to help your students learn the solar system's moons, famous astronauts, and historical space missions. ~psam

Explore the Estuary
Register your class now to participate in a virtual field trip to an estuary during the week of May 8th.  Participants will visit the Rachel Carson Site of the North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve with a naturalist guide. Streaming video, downloadable photos, and live chats will help your students feel as though they are really there. The site also offers a field guide, lesson plans, and Internet recommendations to make the experience complete. ~psam

Glacier is an inquiry-based project that can be integratated into a typical middle school earth, ocean, and space science curriculum. Educators and researchers from Rice University and the West Antarctic Ice Sheet Initiative describe their expeditions to Antarctica and provide breathtaking photos of this chilly continent.  Terrific content can help you teach your students how Antarctica affects the world's weather, geology, and oceanography. ~psam

Medical Ethics: Where Do You Draw the Line?
Here's another exhibiton from the Annenberg/CPB Exhibits Collection that could be a great supplement to a health or life science class. This site, for your more mature middle schoolers, investigates medical ethics from three real-life scenarios: choosing treatment for a disease, cloning, and considering alternative treatments and medicines. Students look into each scenario and make decisions in an online ethics journal. ~psam

STAR CHILD:
Specifically designed for the younger set, many resources are offered here to teach your students about astronomy. A NASA
project. ~psam

Educators' Desk Reference with lots of science lesson plans including Newton's Apple explores Bread Chemistry ~psam

A Gingerman Unit Study

Bill Nye, the Science Guy Grade Level: All
Science activities, daily demos of science concepts, ask Bill Nye a question, video clips. ~Kath

Butterflies of North America Grade Level: All
Photos and detailed information on all stages of butterflies. ~Kath

Cells Alive Grade Level: All
An animated resource of "cellology" - photos, definitions, descriptions, simulations.  Students and teachers are encouraged to use the numerous photos for educational purposes. ~Kath


Cool Science Experiments with Alka-Seltzer
Grade Level: All 
These experiments range from easy to hard, but all are interesting! ~Kath

Science Court - Hands On Activities Grade Level: Elementary, Middle
These activities come from the popular PBS television show. ~Kath

Reeko's Mad Scientist Lab Some very cool experiments await your students: Principles of Floatation , Capillary Action in Action, Chemical Reaction in Action - to name a few. There are also brain teasers and games. ~Kath

Pitsco's Ask an Expert
Every expert from astronaut to volcano experts can be found here - ~Kath

How Stuff Works Have you ever wondered how the engine in your car works or what makes the inside of your refrigerator cold? ~Kath

The Exploratorium 650 science, art, and human perception exhibits in this museum and the online version incorporates and expands on all of them!  ~Kath

EXPERIMENTAL SCIENCE GUIDE: 
This site provides an excellent lesson on scientific methods, and the scientific steps involved with experimentation. It also goes over errors, and the failure of a hypothesis. ~psam

SCIENCE PROJECT IDEAS:
Scroll down to "Medium Difficulty Projects" --you're sure to find several fascinating projects here for your middle school students to tackle. The projects listed are not merely suggestions; they come with instructions and illustrations as well. ~psam

YESMAG'S ULTRACOOL SCIENCE PROJECTS:
Just in case nothing caught the attention of your students from the above site, then try this one-- it has "fun" built right in! Make a geodesic dome from newspapers--one that you can actually fit into; or how about building a telegraph, a toothpick bridge, or a leaning tower of pasta! ~psam


SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE!
Want to see the world in EXTREME close-up? Here's your chance! Middle school students will surely think this site is cool, and get a chance to guess what  they are looking at. View the fantastic images, see how the SEM works on a tour, and check out the teacher resources for complimentary activities, as well as instructions on how to build your own microscope. Under links, find more sites to visit nanoworlds. ~psam

Hi, just a quick note that Jane's website is up and running. Great info there and you can purchase her books directly from the site. ~Jube

Watt's That, Jr. The Energy Game (several choices all interactive)

THE SCIENCE CLUB--KIDS' SCIENCE PROJECTS:
Though addressed to different levels of ability, there is much here that even kindergarten children could enjoy, under Simple Projects. Also check the links for other great Science Project resources. ~psam

WELCOME TO THE THINKING FOUNTAIN:
The Thinking Fountain will provide younger students with several ideas to work with for science projects.  It will also give suggestions for showing your work, and point you to good resources to research your work. For instance, build a model of spiders based on the book, Anansi the Spider. Or how about building square bubbles?? You can also make a spaghetti sculpture, or grow mold-- sure to be a favorite! ~psam

Why is it that kids just love worms? Whether they're squealing or glee-ing over worms, they'll love this site. Learn all about earthworms, worms as composters, or even take a slimy quiz! ~psam

http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/elemsci/gr3uhesc.html
Reading for Stacy & Tom, and pick the parts you want to do with Taylor: Unit on Simple Machines for Grade 3 Science: ~Anne

Simple Machines sites and lessons
http://www.chariho.k12.ri.us/hv/machines.htm

http://www.davis.k12.ut.us/etc/simple.htm

http://www.discoverengineering.org/eweek/toc.htm
This is a "Discover Engineering" site but it would tie in great with simple machines.

http://www.fi.edu/qa97/spotlight3/spotlight3.html
Franklin Institute lesson plans on simple machines

http://www.ed.uri.edu:80/SMART96/ELEMSC/SMARTmachines/machine.html#OVERVIEW
It contains a whole unit including a connection to Language Arts.

http://www.galaxy.net:80/~k12/machines/index.shtml

http://library.advanced.org/3447/simpmach.htm

http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/InventorsToolbox.html

http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/elemsci/gr3uhesc.html
Simple Machines -Designed for third graders with standards set up by Saskatchewan, Canada schools.

http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~hixson/index/machines.html

http://teachers.net/lessons/posts/215.html

http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/sullivan/sullms/machines.htm