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Learn about medicine and science at Generation Cures
Generation Cures is a new, safe website created by Children’s Hospital Boston as an innovative way to educate kids about the importance of caring and compassion while raising funds for pediatric medical research.
The really cool and different thing is how they are going about it. They have created a safe online experience that offers educational [...]
Weather Channel Kids!
The Weather Channel kids! website is a fun, educational website with free fun for kids. Check out the Weather Encyclopedia (in the WeatherED section) for information on flooding, thunderstorms, tornadoes and more cool stuff. The Let’s Play! section as some neat ideas for both outdoor and indoor activities. Do you know what advection fog is? [...]
Free Science Activities for Kids
Science experiments are a fantastic way to learn while having fun, and ZOOMsci is full of free ideas for science activities and experiments. Try making butter in the Chemistry section, a homemade flashlight in the Engineering section, or a potato maze in the Life Science section! There are over 150 different ideas available, so go [...]
Free Activity Books from the National Eye Institute
The National Eye Institute is a division of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, and they are offering two free activity books for kids!
See All You Can See: Activity Book for Ages 6 to 8
Wild About Healthy Vision: Activity Book for Ages 9 to 12
They contain pages of word puzzles, family surveys, projects and experiments, [...]
Free site that teaches about insects
Do you have a little one who is interested in bugs? Check out the InsectLore site where they can play and learn at the same time. On the site, there are insect related games and activities that will keep them busy as little bees!
Printable biology coloring pages
Ever had a burning desire to color a plant cell, the human heart, or a skeleton? How about the life cycle of the monarch butterfly, or ants at a picnic? At the Ask a Biologist site, you can print some really interesting coloring pages and learn stuff at the same time!
Astronaut Pudding and Coloring
I found this fun idea on The Idea Box. Make Astronaut Pudding by putting 1 tablespoon of chocolate (or any flavor) instant pudding in a ziploc bag. Add 1/4 cup of milk. Close the bag. Squish up the pudding mix. Poke a hole in the bag and suck it out. Eat just like the [...]
