Here are a variety of websites and blogs that will help you
engage students in science. These website and blogs provide interactive
activities and lessons for children to do that will certainly spark their
interests and hold their attention spans!
This link leads to a website that provides up to 17 different science activities/centers that can be done during a 'Family Science Night' either in the classroom or at home. The activities/centers are included in a packet that can be downloaded for free. It is extremely important to have families included in lessons and activities-so this is the perfect opportunity!
This website provides a variety of reasonable, kid-friendly science experiments. Throughout the website, all of the lessons and ideas for science are interesting and hands-on. The experiments are reasonable because they consist of materials that can be just laying around your house-they are inexpensive! Teachers find this a beneficial resource and parents can implement science activities into the home-great idea for the summer!
This blog includes several science experiments that have been used throughout classrooms. This page is updated weekly and focuses in on engaging children through their curiosity. There are parents that share their personal science experiments and activities that they have done with their children at home, which provides even more ideas for you to use! The science experiments on this blog are never ending!
This blog is extremely effective for elementary school teachers. Parents are encouraged to use this blog because there are so many creative science ideas, crafts, and activities listed. This blog is managed by an elementary school science teacher and she includes her student's daily science experiences on the blog. There is a variety of 'blog science topics' that viewers can explore. Also, there are worksheets, books, games, and activities for children to do online relating to science.
Students can explore right along with the characters of The Magic School Bus. The Magic School Bus goes on several explorations, and students can follow right along! Also, students are getting using this game on a computer/iPad so their technology skills will be used.
This blog is from a fifth grade science class. Although the lessons and activities are from a fifth grade level, they can be differenciated for any grade level K-4. This blog focuses in on the states of matter and provides interesting and engaging lessons for students. This blog is a great resource to refer to if you are about to introduce the states of matter into your classroom.
This link leads to an informational page for parents. On this page, there are several tips for parents and science project ideas, which could be helpful if you and your child can't decide on a topic for the Science Fair! Science Buddies has an "Ask An Expert" tab. Students or parents can refer to "Ask An Expert" if they have any uncertainties relating to science.
This website has a variety of science games listed by topic. BrainPOP is more for primary grades (possibly 4th grade)-depending on how the website is used. This game can be used at school or at home for additional practice and support in science! The games involve critical thinking skills.
Bill Nye the Science Guy
This website is one I remember from when I was an elementary student! Bill Nye posts science topics daily/weekly and provides activities and lessons that correlate. There are a wide vareity of science videos that are on this website that can be used to introduce a science topic to your students-that would catch their full attention. Bill Nye has activities and lessons for all ages.
This website is one I remember from when I was an elementary student! Bill Nye posts science topics daily/weekly and provides activities and lessons that correlate. There are a wide vareity of science videos that are on this website that can be used to introduce a science topic to your students-that would catch their full attention. Bill Nye has activities and lessons for all ages.
Tinker Lab is a website that provides science experiments for children and their families to try at home. This website is effective because it encourages family involvment. All of the experiments on the website have pictures with them, so that parents/family members can have a visual to the experiment before attempting it with their child. There is such a wide variety of experiences on this website.
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