Fun Math and Science Websites

Heavens Above is a site that has satellite maps, information on current satellites and planetary information.
http://www.heavens-above.com/

 

Space Celendar covers space-related activities and anniversaries for the coming year.
http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/calendar/

 

Space Science Institute has a space weather center, many science games and planetary information.
http://www.spacescience.org/

 

PlanetScapes is the source for 3D planetary modeling containing maps of the solar system and models of various moons and asteroids.
http://planetscapes.com
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The Hubble Heritage Project is a gallery of images taken by the Hubble Telescope in space.
http://heritage.stsci.edu/

 

The National Wildlife Federation is a site that has information about wildlife, global warming and nature.
http://www.nwf.org/wildlifeweek/

 

Earth & Sky is a site that has information on animals, climate, the Earth, the oceans, plants, space, and much more.
http://www.earthsky.com/

 

Electronic Zoo is a site dedicated to information about veterinary medicine and animals
http://netvet.wustl.edu/e-zoo.htm

 

Rainforest Action Network is a site with information about forests, global warming, human rights, energy, and sustainable economies.
http://www.ran.org/ran/

 

4Kids.org has many interactive games, lists of cool web sites.
http://www.4kids.org/

 

Figure This! Math Challenges for Families is a fun site that provides interesting math challenges that middle school students can do at home with their families. Cartoon characters named Polygon, Tessellation, Exponent, Tangent, and Axis illustrate the challenge features. They think math is great! This would be a fun site to include in your out-of-school time as well. (Spanish Translation)
http://www.figurethis.org/index.html

 

Chichén Itzá This is an interesting website that teaches you about the advanced science and mathematics understanding that the Mayan people had more than 1400 years ago in Honduras, Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize.
http://www.exploratorium.edu:80/ancientobs/chichen/HTML/chichen.html

 

The Adventures of Herman the Worm This is a fun website that teaches you about the science of worms. (Spanish Translation)
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/worms/index.html

Last modified 5/6/08