Ask Dr. Physics
Why is the sky blue? What is a sonic boom? Find answers to the questions you have about the physical world and get some help with your homework problems.

Chem-4-Kids
Introduce basic chemistry ideas and experimental procedures in a lively setting to young students ages seven to 12. Everything's geared for kids: from fundamental instruction to tricks and demonstrations. Even the glossary is fun.

Desert Life
Explore the desert in the American Southwest at this educational site, where you can enjoy learning about the plants and animals that thrive in this harsh ecosystem.

Dr. Internet
Kids need help with their science homework and project? Dr. Internet gives kids a fun and easy way to learn and explore science. Kids can also explore the Internet with the ever-helpful doctor.

Dragonfly
This site, sponsored by Dragonfly magazine, uses fun activities to teach about science, music and animals. Games, such as the shipwreck game, are good team learning activities, but can be done alone. Be sure to listen to the drums.

Energy Quest
Learn about energy through children's stories, puzzles, games and factual descriptions. The games, some with audio, are really fun to play and educational at the same time. Many of the activities are designed for younger children.

Exploratorium: ExploraNet
San Francisco's Exploratorium presents a collage of 650 interactive exhibits in science, art and human perception. Tour the online exhibits, explore the Amazon River or probe fundamental scientific principles through interactive online displays.

Explore Science
This is a real interactive science experience. 'sing shockwave, the laws of physics are explained through sights, sounds and actual interaction with scientific theory.

Geo-Globe
Go on a geo-find and discover the world's largest mountains or join the geo-quest and try to guess the mystery animals from around the world. Play other fun games and become a geography whiz.

How Stuff Works
How do televisions, smoke detectors and computers work? The entire family will be entertained and amazed by the inside look at all of the things we use in our daily lives.

How Things Fly
Visit this virtual museum exhibit and learn how things fly. How are balloons like boats? How can you fly? Find the answers to these questions with fun experiments and activities.

Illusion Works
This collection of optical and sensory illusions consists of interactive demonstrations, reliable scientific explanations, school projects, illusion artwork, interactive puzzles, 3-D graphics and more for hours of fun on the Web.

Junior Scientist
Explore the lives of the great scientists of history such as Marie Curie and Albert Einstein. Link to great sites and articles on women scientists and science fun.

Just for Kids
Ask a scientist or engineer about the things that make you curious. Find out how fast butterflies fly and what the first dinosaur looked like. Meet kid scientists who have made a difference.

Last Word
Your questions about animals, your body, inventions and more can be answered at this site. You can ask a question or search the archive which contains over 450 questions on scientific phenomena, with answers provided by other readers.

National Geographic for Kids
Everything a kid could ever want to know about nature is right here. Not to mention the contests and games!

Natural History Museum
The American Museum of Natural History invites young children to observe, draw and write about animals, plants and flowers and compare their drawings with other drawings and photographs.

Neuroscience for Kids
Created for elementary and secondary school students and teachers, these pages provide a great overview of the human nervous system. Interactive tour of the brain, spinal cord and outlying senses will answer virtually any question a student may have.

NPR Science Friday Kids Connection
While the National Public Radio program Science Friday may be a little over the heads of most kids, this companion Web page is designed specifically for young scientists. The heart of the site is a school curricula that mirrors broadcasts of the program.

Nye Labs Online
Filled with facts, news and information, Nye's Web pages are just as amusing and captivating as his television show on PBS. The Demo of the Day is a daily scientific experiment that kids can safely perform at home using everyday appliances.

Odyssey of Life
This is a companion Web site to the mini-series by the same name. You will find information and debates on how we got here and how the human embryo forms. This site will serve as a valuable resource for older students.

Professor Bubbles' Bubblesphere
Combining a little physics with a lot of fun, this site is intended for immature audiences.

Science Club, The
Get some great ideas and step-by-step directions for cool science-fair projects at the Science Club. Try some science experiments just for fun, or find answers to your science questions.

Science Made Simple
Why is the sky blue? What is static electricity? These questions and others are answered here. Subscribe to receive the newsletter and reach online Q&A. Subscribers and nonsubscribers will find monthly news and a unit conversion chart.

Science Web
View comets and stars, learn how to make your own astronomical telescope and ask your astronomy and science questions. Are you interested in fossils? Discover how to become a fossil hunter.

Science Whatzit
Find an answer to any science-related question that you can think of at this useful site. Read through past questions and answers to discover secrets of our universe.

Science Whatzit
Are you trying to find answers to science phenomena? Are you looking for a science fair project or research topic? Ask questions and get answers from the science whatzit.

Scientific American
This vibrant scientific magazine offers most of its features and interviews online. You can access past issues and links to more information on the topics they cover.

The Mad Scientist Network
At this creative site you can have fun with science in the mad labs or get answers to your science questions in Ask-a-Scientist, which includes archives of questions and answers. There are also lots of links to quality sites in the MadSci library.

What Time Is It
Get the time around the world in real-time, Real Audio and animated forms. Learn to convert to local standard time zones.