Animals & Insects
National Geographic Creature Features
Click on an animal to learn more about it. Look for links on the left hand side of your screen for mammals, birds, reptiles, and other classifications.
National Geographic Animals Directory
Painted Lady Butterfly
View photos and read interesting details about the Painted Lady
Butterfly.
Exploring Nature, Wildlife Index
Natural science resource for students and teachers. Easy-to-access information on hundreds of different animals. Illustrations and diagrams.
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Zoobooks Online
Learn about animals with information and games from the creators of Zoobooks Magazines.
Amazing Insects
Excellent photographs and clear, simple text.
The perfect site for learning about insects!
Insects . . .
. . . are flying, crawling, and digging everywhere! Can you find them?
Butterflies
Read all about butterflies in this online book. Look up your favorite butterfly in the butterfly dictionary.
Marine Life & Marine Mammals
Whale Times Kid's Page
Read about whales, sharks, and other ocean animals in this Fishin' for Facts library
Seashore Resources
Link to resources about seashore life in the different tidal zones.
The Tidepool Project
An online exhibit . . .
Tide Pools
Part of a larger website, Welcome to Life in the Ocean. Describes what a tidepool is and includes information on tidepool life
Safari Touch Tank
Take a close up look at touch-tank life. Click on an image to learn more about the animal
Rainforests
Rainforest Slideshow!
Good introduction to tropical rainforests. Detailed text and excellent photos.
Rainforest
Explore many aspects of rainforests at this site including temperate
and tropical rainforests, plants, animals and more.
Rainforest Education
Enter this excellent, large, colorful website full of information and photos.
For younger visitors, check out the Early Reader's section.
Rainforest Games & Puzzles
Use your good memory to solve the puzzle and see a picture of a rainforest animal!
Earth, Rocks & Minerals
Rocks & Minerals
Clear photographs and good basic information about all kinds of rocks and minerals, as well as volcanos.
Volcano World
Everything you wanted to know about volcanoes and more! Photos, current erruptions, ask a volcanologist.
Mineral Matters
Learn how to identify minerals, grow your own crystals, or test your mineral knowledge with a brain teaser or puzzle! Created by the San Diego Natural History Museum
Rock Hounds!
Fun, facts, annimations, activities and more fill this site with quality, detailed information about all kinds of rocks.
Solar System
Kids Astronomy
Solar system, outer space, space exploration and more.
Our Solar System
Visit links to the sun, the planets, and other small bodies in our solar system.
A Space Library
Space-related images and programs which will help you visualize the Solar System and NASA space missions
Astro Kids
Click on your favorite solar system object to learn about it! Information from Astronomy Magazine.
Welcome to the Planets
A collection of many of the best images from NASA's planetary exploration program.
Weather
Web Weather for Kids
Learn what makes weather wet and wild, do cool activities, and become hot at forecasting the weather.
Miscellaneous Science Sites
Discovery Channels Science Fair Central
Down to Earth Guide to Global Warming
Have you seen the Down-To-Earth Guide to Global Warming book in our library? Here is the website that goes along with it.
Natural Resources Defense Council - Green Squad
Learn about how kids in schools can help solve the problem of global warming.
Magic School Bus
Games, guided tours, simple science experiments (take an ant to lunch!) and more at this favorite site.
Technology Skills
Learn how to use the mouse for technology activities.
Woodland Park Zoo
Learn about animals at Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo in their Species Spotlight. View selected zoo residents through cage cams!
Nutrition Cafe
A joint endeavor of the Pacific Science Center and the Washington State Dairy Council. Check the nutrition content of your meals in the Have-A-Bite Cafe, be a nutrition sleuth, or Grab-A-Grape!
Science Explorer
"Get messy, get airborne, get loud, get shocked!"
Try these activities from the online Exploratorium.
Bellingham School District Science Links
Internet links and district video resources to support science kits and curriculum, organized by grade level.
