Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
General Science 1
Science Connection - Lesson Plans
Great Web site to find science activities for high school students, like using candy to learn about probability. The topics covered are Biology, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Physics and Math. Includes labs on earth science topics like erosion, projects involving electricity, buoyancy and light and explanations to basic chemistry concepts like freezing point, metals and non-metals and moles as a type of measurement.
Quick and Easy Activities
Great place to find a collection of fun and educational science activities for pre-school to high school students like noodle structures, slinky science, elevator physics, lemon battery, how plastics are made, DNA extraction lab and a number of others. The activities are listed in alphabetical order making this Web site really easy to navigate.
Science is Fun
Do you want to show your student's how fun science is? Well, check out this Web site to find cool do-it-at home science experiments like the collapsing can, bending water, rubber bands and heat, and a number of others.
Activities and Quizzes on Science
Explore this Web site to find activities, games and quizzes on a variety of science topics. Great study aid for children aged 9-13.
Whelmers
Great place to find hands-on science activities like liquid rainbow, balloon vacuum, dancing penny, and others.
A Science Odyssey
Based on the PBS program, Science Odyssey is an educator's guide to science. Find cool activities, including Atom Builder, Probe the Brain, and Technology at Home. This Web site also provides a data bank of biographies of scientists and descriptions of key events and discoveries.
Science Whatzit!
I'm sure you have told your student's a million times that "no question is stupid". Well, this Web site proves it! Find answers to some neat questions submitted by student's such as, "How do beaver's sleep?" or "How do radio-controlled cars work?" or "Can you explain the scientific principles that make a yo-yo work? And many other interesting questions.
Teacher's Lab
Teacher's Lab is a great place for teachers and students to explore new ideas in learning. Find interactive activities, lesson plans and interesting science information on this Web site. Such as, learn about light and how it relates to colour, shadows and perspectives or discover how geometry is the mathematics of real things or explore patterns in mathematics. Take a few moments to browse this Web site, you might find something very interesting.
Yes Mag (Canada's Science Magazine for Kids)
Great Web site for teachers and students to find all sorts of cool science stuff. Find a bunch of Brain Bumpers and Do it at Home Science Projects, like, "lightning in a pan", "volcano in a bottle" and a number of others. On this Web site, you can also find out how submarines, binoculars, telescopes, the camera and photographic film work and why they were invented. Each description includes a cool graphic. You can also subscribe to the magazine with just the click of your mouse. Great magazine to have in your classroom!
Discovery School's A to Z Science
A science encyclopedia with the click of a button. This Web site is a great to save as a bookmark in your Web browser. In an A - Z format, this Web site is easy to navigate and very informative. Great place for your students to find definitions/explanations to a number of science terms.
Science Master
A science education Web site for students and teachers. This Web site provides science news, links and homework help. Great place to find concise information in all major areas of science.
The Science Club
A great place for kids, teachers and parents to stop by. Find answers to general science questions and suggestions for simple science projects. Projects are categorized by level of difficulty.
The Teacher Channel and Discovery
Find hundreds of lesson plans for K-12 students written for teachers by teachers. Time is very precious for teachers. With the click of a button you can create customized worksheets in less than five minutes on this Web site. Choose from several math worksheet templates. All lesson plans include adaptations for older or younger audiences
Explore Science
This Web site is one of the best for explaining scientific concepts. Simple Shockwave demos help explain mechanics, life sciences, waves and more. Up-to-date science news can also be found on this Web site. Have fun!
Cool School Science Tools
Kidscience.com provides unlimited resources to students who are experiencing difficulties in math and science as well as a vast array of other subjects. There are also numerous lesson plan ideas for teachers. One of the most unique aspects of this Web site is that it links the user to an online teacher resource centre.
Fun Links
For fun links and information about various scientific topics, check out this Web site. Among other things, it contains information about the carbon cycle (biochemistry), a layman's guide to fusion and particles and waves (physics), Jamaican coffee and an acid and base pH tutorial (chemistry). Though some of it might be advanced (and some links might be down), there is still a bunch of useful information.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium gives teachers step-by-step instructions on how to create fun in-class science experiments on everything from recycling a Pringles potato chip can into a simple camera, to making very tiny lightning in the confines of a home or classroom.
Culinary Breakthrough
Guess what US military scientists just developed? A sandwich that stays fresh for up to 3 years. That's right! Read the full article from CNN.