State Standards by state and topic State standards organized according to topic (fine arts, language arts, mathematics, physical education and health, science, social science, and technology) and state by Education-World.com..
The Science Hobbyist An eclectic collection of science resources ranging from weird science news to amateur science projects.
Newton's Apple A wonderful general science site with information about a broad range of topics.
Brain Connection Everything you ever wanted to know about the neurological sciences--presented in an accessible and informative way
Engines for Educators This site contains a great deal of discussion regarding learning theories and structure in education from Northwestern University's Institute for the Learning Sciences.
Internet History of Science A tremendous comprehensive site with links discussing the history of science chronologically, geographically, and topically.
BrainPop.com provides animated tutorials covering dozens of pertinent science questions--complete with a quiz after each tutorial to check you progress.
Facets, published by the American Chemical Society, provides standards-based middle school science modules, including Acid Rain, Cleaning Water, What's in our Food?, and many more.
Meta IQ.com has a special education search tool.
Infomine provides a plethora of databases for research and lesson plans.
Scientific American (Ask the Experts)
Lesson resources--All science disciplines
Frank Potter's Science Gems One of the largest collections of science resources in one place on the web.
The Science Hobbyist Extensive
links to web-based resources including lesson plans, home
schooling resources, and free materials from national organizations.
Museums
Exploratorium--Lots of activities and information for students and teachers.
Smithsonian Institution--Website of one of the greatest museums in the world.
Science Learning Network Education Resources Activities and lessons from a collection of museums that comprise the Science Learning Network
Chicago Academy of Sciences Online Education Resources from lesson plans to workshops to collaborative opportunities for teachers and students.
Bryn Mawr Science Education Resources Links to web-based science education sites from a virtual frog dissection to the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence home page.
The Tech Museum in San Jose has a series of interactive lessons for students in grade school an up.
The Kansas City Museum
has several fun experiments for youngsters.
Disciplines
Astronomy
NASA's High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center Education and Outreach Lessons for high school science courses aligned with national standards.
The Nine Planets An amazing multi-media tour of the solar system with enough information to fill any astronomy curriculum.
Mars Pathfinder View images from the Pathfinder expedition.
Jack Horkheimer's Stargazer Lots of information about the cosmos from the always-entertaining Jack Horkheimer.
Amazing Space offers 8 awesome web-based lessons about astronomy--great information and astonishing images from all sorts of telescopes.
Black Holes and Neutron Stars contains sophisticated material for more advanced students with excellent MPEG movies of simulated encounters with some of the more interesting characters in our universe.
Starchild is for the budding young astronomer. Imagine the Universe is the complimentary site for older students including real data collected from various satellites. Also highlights connections with both NCTM and NSES guidelines.
Project Stellar has astronomy lesson plans for first and second graders--only in Mac form.
Look no further for instructional materials about astronomy, because NASA's Spacelink has them all (organized according to grade level and topic--even includes resource centers in each state!).
Chemistry
K-12 chemistry resources from About.com offer everything from teacher resources and test banks to online tutorials (nearly 40 about acid/base chemistry alone) and texts for students.
Materials Science Visit links with teacher resources focused on materials science assembled by the COMO project in conjunction with the National Museum of Science and Industry in London.
Ecology
AmphibiaWeb--A rich database from UC-Berkeley with information about the decline in amphibian populations worldwide.
The Rain Bird site contains elementary and middle school lessons designed to teach kids about rainforests.
Life Science
Genetics Science Learning Center Resources from the University of Utah for teachers, students, and the public about genetics--includes developed thematic units about genetics.
Awesome links to entomology activities from About.com offer everything from beekeeping to a virtual insect library.
Physics
Univsersity of Pennsylvania has an entire interactive online text. Check it out. For a list of other online physics texts, click here.
This Italian site has more online physics lessons (with some excellent graphics and movies) and teacher resources than you can shake a stick at.
ExploreScience.com is one
of the very best interactive science sites on the Internet. Perform
virtual experiments in mechanics, wave motion, optics, and more.
Experiments at Home
Thought to 60 Several simple home experiments for children.
Edible and inedible experiments in astronomy, biology, chemistry, earth science, math, and physics for ages 5-14 from the MAD Scientist Network at Washington University in St. Louis.
Share the results of your experiments about biological clocks with researchers from around the world.
The Science Club has dozens of fantastic experiments from the simple to the advanced.
Reeko's Mad Scientist Lab has several fun experiments for younger scientists.
The U. S. Department of Education has a series of worthwhile activities for elementary students.
Cool Science for Curious Kids does an excellent job of asking good questions and promoting good approaches to problem solving.
Science Made
Simple provides several good home experiments--more if you subscribe.
Science References Online
The University of Washington has extensive online references in science, from constants to conversion factors and everything in between..
Chemical Education Resources This thorough site includes lesson plans, resource and reference materials, software information, and links to many online chemistry journals.