National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: The Tesla Coil
What's behind the cool purple sparks? Neat science about resonance and transformers. Slideshow: [6:00]
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Carl Sagan and the Quest for Life in the Universe
A brief biography of American astronomer and science advocate Carl Sagan.
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Electric Range 1892
From the Stone Age to today, the search is constantly underway for better, more efficient ways to cook food. Reflecting many of the advances in science and technology, the electric range has become a popular choice for homes and businesses.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Institution: Smithsonian Institution Archives
Online access to the archived collections of the Smithsonian that document the history of the Smithsonian and the history of American science, technology, each of the Smithsonian's member museums. With an online forum where you can ask...
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Stuff to Do: Dna in a Blender
Follow these illustrated instructions to conduct a simple experiment in separating DNA from an onion!
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Solar System O Logy Card
Here's an Ology Card about the Solar System, offering a small image, a definition, and information on how "far out" our Solar System is. Includes questions to quiz your knowledge and quick facts about the Solar System's size, rotation...
PBS
Pbs Nova: A Conversation With Neil De Grasse Tyson
Nova offers an enlightening conversation with astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson. Topics include origins of the universe, multidisciplinary approaches to science, exciting recent discoveries, his position as director of the Hayden...
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Institution
The online home of the Smithsonian Institution. Explore art and design, history and culture, science and technology, and much more!
Other
American Scientist: Author Interview: Neil De Grasse Tyson
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson has made "Popularizing science a personal passion." Tyson's latest book, Origins, is the starting point here for a discussion of dark matter, intelligent life in our solar system, the possibility of...
Read Works
Read Works: Looking for a Bear
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a brother and sister's trip to the museum. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Microscope O Logy Card
Flip this interactive OLogy card to learn simple facts about the microscope and how it is used.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Stuff to Do: Create a Compass
Step-by-step illustrated instructions for building a compass and testing its accuracy.
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Transatlantic Telegraph Cable 1858
The main figure behind the first transatlantic telegraph knew very little about the science or engineering behind it, but was convinced that with it a fortune could be made. Read about these findings here.
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Oersted's Compass 1820
Compasses had been steering people in the right direction for many centuries when, in the year 1820, one particular compass made a very different sort of revelation to an unsuspecting Danish science professor.
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Tesla Coil 1891
By the late 1800s, electricity had long been discovered and was no longer considered a novelty. The science of how to store, enhance, or transmit electrical current was just beginning to evolve, and eccentric scientist Nikola Tesla...
Curated OER
Science Kids: Science Images: Argentinosaurus Skeleton
This picture shows a reconstruction of an Argentinosaurus skeleton in a special exhibition of the Naturmuseum Senckenberg (a natural history museum in Frankfurt, Germany). Argentinosaurus was a massive Sauropod dinosaur from the mid...
Curated OER
Science Kids: Science Images: Pentaceratops Skull
This picture gives a close up view of a Pentaceratops skull on display at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History. Pentacertaops was a horned dinosaur from the late Cretaceous Period (around 75 million years ago). Its name means...
Curated OER
Science Kids: Science Images: Sinornithosaurus Fossil
This picture shows a fossil cast of Sinornithosaurus, a dinosaur from the early Cretaceous Period (around 124 million years ago) that lived in China. The photo was taken at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh,...
Curated OER
Science Kids: Science Images: T Rex Picture
This picture shows a front on view of a scary looking Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton on display at the American Museum of Natural History. For more information on this interesting dinosaur check out our Tyrannosaurus rex facts page.
Curated OER
Science Kids: Science Images: Tyrannosaurus Rex
This photo shows a top down view of a famous Tyrannosaurus rex specimen known as 'Sue' while on display at Chicago's Field Museum of Natural History. Sue is one of the most complete Tyrannosaurus skeletons ever found. For more...
American Institute of Biological Sciences
Action Bioscience: Species, Speciation and the Environment
The American Institute of Biological Sciences offers this article by Niles Eldredge, evolutionary theorist and curator at the American Museum of Natural History. Eldredge begins with Darwin's theories and summarizes subsequent thought,...
Read Works
Read Works: Field Trip
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a boy named Jeremy who got sick on the day he class was going on a field trip. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.