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As a future educator of elementary science, what are some valuable and engaging websites you have stumbled upon that perform well in your classrooms and link to state standards? These may be websites, online tools, or links that you have found interesting and are currently using for your classes. Thanks in advance!

www.wonderville.org

www.thewalkingclassroom.org

www.howstuffworks.com

-Brielle Davis

I really love brainpop.com they have so many videos about a variety of science topics as well as other subjects. This website also includes worksheets, games and even coding activities!

https://www.exploratorium.edu/

This is a useful webiste because it provides hands-on science expereinces that teach students scientific concepts. 

https://www.exploratorium.edu/

This is a useful webiste because it provides hands-on science expereinces that teach students scientific concepts. 

I am a pre-service teacher in a Science Methods course. One science resource that I have found to be really helpful is https://www.nextgenscience.org/. They have all the Next Generation Science Standards laid out by grade level along with cross-cutting concepts, disciplinary core ideas, and science and engineering practices to go with each one. The website also has some high quality science units and assessment resources that you can use in your classroom. I have used their website to help create science lessons, and I plan to use it in my own classroom someday as well!

thank you for sharing websites that we can use to make science fun.

do you know of websites that are available in spanish for bilingual stutudents? 

I cannot wait to be able to check some of these websites out! I know there are also websites where you can discet animals virutally! I don't know specific names though. 

This website allows classrooms to 'adopt' a cow as a classroom pet. https://www.discoverdairy.com/adopt-a-cow/

Teachers apply to be apart of the program and upon approval, the classroom gets updates, pictures, and information about the cow. I think this would be something that the kids would LOVE, who wouldn't want a cow as a 'classroom pet' students also get the chance to have a video conference with the cow and the farmer that takes care of him/her. 

I found a website that provides hands-on science experiments that teach students basic scientific concepts. https://www.ronyestech.com/

I recently used a game on Legendsoflearning.com for a natural resources lesson and the games are very interactive and educational. 

It is an interesting platform to get scientific knowledge.

Some fun websites I found are:

https://www.generationgenius.com/

https://www.ixl.com/science/

https://www.explorelearning.com/

Hi Taylor, 

The website links that I have provided below carry a variety of different components that will enhance the learning of science in your classroom. Personally, I like the websites that provide me with hands-on activities that I can have my students participate in within the classroom. The National Geographic Kids website provides families with at-home activities they can do together. I saw a previous reply that provided you with the NSTA Daily Dos website as well which I also enjoy referencing back to. 

Thank you, 

Sarah Campbell

https://kids.nationalgeographic.com

https://sciencejournalforkids.org/scientific-field/technology/?gclid=Cj0KCQiA-rj9BRCAARIsANB_4ABn7baQTZUQjSDi0Km3XwL1ztwII54wP5iXlJxeMKIhraGGRJ0YjKoaAi6jEALw_wcB 

https://learn.concord.org/?gclid=Cj0KCQiA-rj9BRCAARIsANB_4ABySlitQMy5nS_7viaQeUwS9gswWsW8RJY7uLR9AMxgQvFNBjLZNW4aArFUEALw_wcB 

Hi Taylor,

In my search for impactful science websites, I was able to find an outlet that identifies 11 different great science education websites.

Each has their own strengths, with some focusing more on inquiry. while others prefer to look more towards creativity. Depending on the needs of you and your students, I'm sure some of these websites would prove to be beneficial! One of my favorite sites found on the outlet would be Teachers TryScience, which provides teachers with great experiments to use in the classroom along with helpful safety tips. Teachers TryScience is also directly linked to the Next Generation Science Standards, making lesson creation much easier.

Here is the link for the outlet: https://interestingengineering.com/11-of-the-best-science-websites-for-interactive-learning 

Best of luck!

Luke Anderson. Pre-service teacher, Wartburg College Class of '22

Here is a complete list of kid's science experiment websites: https://www.ronyestech.com/2020/11/the-best-science-experiments-website-for-kids.html

I found it while searching for science project for kids today. I think I found the treasure, and here is a list for almost all scientific experiments.

There are also the following resources:

Science Activities Pinterest Accounts

Science Experiment TikTok Accounts

I love that I will be able to come back to this post to use these awesome resources. 

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/teach/

https://www.nasa.gov/kidsclub/index.html

https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/finditfast/K-8_Alpha_Index.html

Nasa is a good resource. While finding science lessons websites are pretty easy to come by I like the idea of using NASA because I know they are a reliable source of information. They have alot of different sites depending on exactly what you are looking for. They also list the common core standards on the activity page. 

I love NASA kids, Nat Geo for Kids and the Smithsonian website!

Also, a future educator here! I have been inside several classroom that has used different websites to engage their students in for science. One in particular is using youtube to show students different expereiments or facts about a topic they are learning about. This could be a great useful tool because students love watching youtube and learning new things from it! Also, for younger age students since being distance and not being able to go to a zoo taking a zoo field trip vitrually is another fun lesson idea! They can do more than just science, such as write about what they are seen or comparing different aniamls. Those are some ideas of wesbites that I have seen being used in the classrooms.

I am also a future educator! I think that using videos is something that it very helpful. The students get intrigued whenever a video comes on and they give it their undivided attention. Also, I think virtual expriements and virtual labs are very cool and interesting, they seem real without actually being real! Lastly, I think the NSTA Daily Do's are very helpful as a resource and can make any lesson stronger.

A simple website that I have come to love for studnets is the Old Farmer's Almanac for Kids! I think this is a great resource for when your students are jittery and just need a 5 minute breather from learning. The website is useful and educational. I believe the beauty of the website is that it is full of random but interesting inforamtion that they can share with their peers or families! Some examples are the weather, moon phases, and different activities. 

I am also a future educator and one resource that always gets the students in my field placement excited is PhET Interactive Simulations. I even remember using this resource when I was in school and it is really helpful for learning. The site allows students to simulate experiements they would not be able to do in the classroom, which gives them more opprotunities to be hands on. It is way more interesting to see the students learning from experimenting and being hands on than from learning through a textbook or a lecture. 

For science, my go-to website is mystery science. You can look up almost anything on this site. There are videos and quizzes for the students to do. You can either pick topics to go perfectly with your standards, or you can just pick a fun science topic you'd like your students to learn about. 

I would say use NASA. NSTA Daily Do is a good option as well. I also stumbled across mystery science and really enjoyed it. I like that it offers videos for students to watch and there are even quizzes available too!