EHSL - Science for Kids ... and Educators: Helix Helper

This page is a compilation of lots of interesting sites for students and teachers. Some pages pay attention to age groups (mostly K-2, 3-5,6-8, 9-12), some don't. Consulting the health information pages can in no way substitute for a visit to the health care provider.

• Health Information
• Science Nature Technology
• Directories
• Government Pages
• Teachers Corner

Health for Kids

• BrainPOP - Educational animated movies for K-12. BrainPOP movies demystify Science, Biology and Technology topics.
• Healthfinder - From the Dept. of Health and Human Services with e.g.,
  • Cool and Uncool Stuff and
  • Games.
• KidsHealth - From the Nemours Foundation (About KidsHealth) with lots of informtation from Dealing with feelings to the Health problems of Grown-Ups.
  • Includes a Glossary of Medical terms for children.
• Kidshealth For Teens - Teens can use this site to find information on eating disorders, healthy snacks, moods, feelings and a question and answer format dealing with sexuality.
• NIEHS Kid's pages - A wealth of information told in stories, songs, games, humor or as hot topic from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
• Mercy Bear's Big Adventures - A teddy bear goes through several routine medical procedures, explaining them in easy to understand terms. This site is beautifully illustrated and excellent for explaining medical procedures to small children.
• Virtual Children's Hospital for Kids - General medical information and resources for kids and families.

Science Nature Technology

• Bees - Click on Bees4Kids! to meet the CyberBees.
• Cool Science for Curious Kids - The Howard Hughes Medical Institute invites curious kids to explore biology... on screen, off screen, and in between.
• DiscoverySchool.com - From DiscoveryChannel.com, enter the page For Students (probably made for K9 - K12).
• Earth and Sky - From Kathy & Ed with links to
  • Articles, Activities and other interesting Kids links.
• Gameaquarium.com - Interactive simply-made games with
  • A Portal for Preschool - Grade 2 Students!
  • A Portal for Grade 3 to 6+
• GetSmarter - "Free and interactive site to compare math & science achievement against students worldwide. Organized for
  • Elementary, Middle and High School students.
• KidsCastle - From the Smithsonian Institution, orgenized by topic:
  • Science, Animals, Personalities, Sports, The Arts, Worldwide, History, and Air and Space.
• Learn how the world works - From PhysicsCentral for the young Physicist.
• NASA kids - Answers lots of questions regarding Living on Earth and Living in Space.
• National Geographic for Kids and Parents.
• Natural Inquirer Kid's Corner - From the United States Forestry Service and Department of Agriculture
• Odyssey - the science magazine for young adventurers! (Age 10 - 16).
  Visit the
  • Virtual Classroom and try the Live WebCams to watch:
    • Animals, Earth & Space, In The News!, People & Places, Weather
  • Fun Stuff pages
• Ology - From the AMerican Museum of Natural History. "OLogy means "the study of." And here you can study and explore many cool OLogies."
• ScienceMaster - Features
  • Space Science, Earth Science, Life Science, Physical Science and Technology and Learning.
  • Homework Helpers, Jumpstart Science Topics and Learning Galleries.
• TryScience - Contributions from many science and technology centers, organized by
  • FieldTrips, Adventure, Experiments, LifeCams
• 4Kids with
  • Cool spots

Directories

• Yahooligans - The Web Guide for Kids.
  • Science and Nature
• KidsClick! - Websearches for Kid's by librarians covers e.g., Weird & Mysterious, Science & Math, The Arts or Health & Family.
• KidsSpace - From the internet public library.
• Kids online resources - With a Science category and much more.
• CyberSleuth Kids - An Internet Search Guide for the K - 12 student covers how to evaluate web resources as well as good science sites.
• Sciencenetlinks - The resource index can be accessed over scientific categories like The Nature of Science, The Nature of Mathematics, The Human Organism or Habits of Mind, and by different educational levels. ScienceNetLinks is partner of American Association of the Advancement of Science and MarcoPolo Education)

Government Pages

• Kidz Privacy - From the Federal Trade Commission about the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998.
• Ben's Guide to U.S. Government For Kids
• ChildStats - Forum on Child and Family Statistics, which offers easy access to statistics and reports on children and families, including: family and social environment, economic circumstances, health care, physical environment and safety, behavior, education and health.
• NationalAtlas

Teachers Corner

Health Information

• Healthfinder - From the Dept. of Health and Human Services.
• Health.gov - A portal to the Web sites of a number of multi-agency health initiatives and activities of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and other Federal departments and agencies.
• MedlinePlus - From the National Library of Medicine, has medical information written for the general public.

Organizations and Agencies

• National Science Teachers Association (free online newsletter available).
• Utah Science Teacher's Association
• National Science Education Standards
• Utah Education Network
• Utah Society for Environmental Education (free online newsletter available).
• Utah State Office of Education
• Eisenhower National Clearinghouse

Teaching (in general)

• Bigchalk - Homework Central just a wealth of information for all ages and parents.
• Teaching is a Work of Heart
• Teacher Sites (Reviewed)
• Sites for Teachers - Several web pages useful for teachers.
• TEAMS Distance Learning - Electronic Classrooms sites for science, standards and assessment, and the use of technology (for K-12 Educator).
• Homework Help - From the Salt Lake County Library System.
• Ask ERIC - Education information with the personal touch.

Teaching Science

• NationalGeographic for Teachers - Educational Material
• Odyssey - Just for Teachers
• Science.Education - From the National Institutes of Health
• Science Learning Network - Started as a three year project from the National Science Foundation and the Unisys Corporation.
• ScienceMaster - see under Science Nature Technology.
• The Teacher's Corner - Good resources from the Sylvan Learning Center nice anatomy sites under "Life Sciences"
• Information on Genetics - Check out the Educational Resources from our Helix Helper Pages for
  • Molecular Biology Educational Resources, with "Hypertextbooks" as, for example,
    • University of Utah Genetic Science Learning Center
    • DNA from the Beginning