Homework Help

 

www.nasa.gov

 This site has a live feed that can be watched.  It is actually the Nasa Channel. You will find live feeds of communication with the Int.

Space Station and live coverage of shuttle missions.

 

www.edheads.com

This site has a virtual knee and hip surgery that the kids just love.  It also has a simple machines and weather game.

 

http://www.jdenuno.com/VirtualTours.htm

Has several links to virtual tours for science.

 

http://www.field-trips.org/trips.htm

Has several links to virtual field trips for science.

 

http://www.mos.org/oceans/

The oceans are alive! Our planet, mostly covered by water, is filled with movement and life. Learn all about our global seas in Oceans ALIVE!

 

http://www.mos.org/sln/SEM/

Explore the world in extreme close up in our Scanning Electron Microscope resource! Find out how the machine works and see what a

deer tick looks like "up close".

 

http://www.mos.org/sln/toe/

Find out the history, amazing facts, and construction details of the world's largest air-insulated Van de Graaff generator, located in the

Theater of Electricity within the Museum of Science. Additionally, there are several dazzling photos of the huge generator in action. Enjoy!

 

http://www.mos.org/bigdigarch/

Check out the history and the artifacts Boston's Big Dig has unearthed! There's more under the Boston cityscape than just dirt.

 

http://www.wildsanctuary.com/safari.html

Travel the world by sound safari and listen as the most exotic creatures sing!

 

http://www.bearcountryusa.com/tour.asp

Virtual tour through wildlife park.

 

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/koko/

NATURE's A CONVERSATION WITH KOKO explores inter-species communication by focusing on the groundbreaking

work of The Gorilla Foundation, where one animal resident has been speaking in sign language for more than 25 years.

 

http://library.thinkquest.org/11922/

This web site was designed to bring a virtual zoo to anyone with access to the internet, regardless of their location in the world.

 

http://www.sealioncaves.com/

Take a virtual tour of nature’s home of sea lions and other sea birds.

 

http://www.ccpollen.com/pgtour.shtml

Official beehive tour.

 

http://thaifocus.com/elephant/

Elephant nature park

 

http://www.msichicago.org/exhibit/farm/index.html

Short videos and tour of farm and the many jobs of the farmer.

 

http://www.elephantsanctuary.org/

Learn all about elephants.

 

http://www.msichicago.org/exhibit/genetics/t_chicks.html

Chick hatchery

 

 

http://www.childrensmuseum.org/dinosphere/virtual_tour/overview/index.html

Virtual tour of dinosphere

 

http://library.thinkquest.org/15401/

Virtual cat dissection

 

http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/dlc-me/zoo/

Microbe Zoo

 

http://www.cellsalive.com/

Study of different types of cells.

 

http://www.windowsintowonderland.org/hotcolors/index.shtml

All viewers!!! We must stress that this field trip uses science fiction as a tool to teach

middle school students about microorganisms, life forms that are unfamiliar to many people. In reality, Yellowstone's hot springs are extremely

dangerous and easily damaged. In no way does this field trip wish to suggest that it is permissible to touch or enter these fragile natural resources.

 

http://vilenski.org/science/humanbody/

Human body adventure

 

http://www.medtropolis.com/VBody.asp

The Virtual Body

 

http://www.field-trips.org/tours/sci/bake-s/_tourlaunch4.htm

Bread Making Tour

 

http://www.seasky.org/index.html

Discover the sea or sky.

 

http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/virtualspacetour/

Virtual tour of space.  Very good uses animation and provides good pictures and detail.

 

http://www.christmastrees.on.ca/vtfsite/vtfmain.html

Virtual tour of Christmas tree farm.

 

http://www.fieldmuseum.org/Chocolate/

Virtual field trip on how chocolate is made.

 

http://www.msichicago.org/exhibit/coal_mine/index.html

Virtual tour of coal mine.

 

 

ZOO SITES

http://www.sandiegozoo.org/

http://nationalzoo.si.edu/

http://www.brookfieldzoo.org/pagegen/wok/index_f4.html

neat virtual tour.