SCIENCE CENTERS, AQUARIUMS, MUSEUMS AND ZOOS
Science Centers and Museums
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American Museum of Natural History
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The renowned New York museum is where they keep the dinosarus. The biodiversity
material shows how we're all dependent upon one another.
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Canadian Museum of Nature
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Contains many online exhibits and a great deal of information from their
research archieves.
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Hands-on
Science Centers Worldwide
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This site provides links to many science centers and museums.
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Miami Museum of Science
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This site has a wealth of worthwhile student activities to learn about
PH. Excite, explain, explore, expand, extend, exchange and examine are
the button categories. Each category links to different activities for
the classroom. There are dozens of additonal science activities at this
web site.
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Michigan
Science Museums
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This site has a list of Michigan Science Museums that have web sites.
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Museum of Science
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This site offers many interactive online exhibits. It also links you to
many sites in the science realm.
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National Air and Space Museum
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Look! Up in the sky! This one's got everything that flies except Superman.
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Ontario
Science Centre: Home Page
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This site links to the Ontario Science Centre home page. The site contains
many different exhibits and other features related to science.
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San Franciso Exploratorium
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The San Franciso Exploratorium has a home page with links to a Solar Eclipse
Webcast, Science Wire, Hubble Space Telescope, Live Webcasts, Iron Science
Teacher, The Learning Studio, and Observatory and a Sport Science link.
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Science for the Millennium
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An online expo emphasizing outer space, advanced computing, and virtual
environments with multimedia flair.
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The Exploratorium
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This is an online science museum with interactive exhibits. Some
of the exhibits include Global Climate Change and an Observatory on solar
eclipse, auroras, sunspots, and building solar systems.
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The
Franklin Institute Science Museum
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The online edition of the famed Philly museum lets you follow classroom
journeys into the field.
AQUARIUMS
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Aquarium of the Pacific
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Visitors to this site can see live video of sea jellies, fish, diving birds,
and other exhibits found at the aquarium. This website also has informtion
on other animals as well as career information.
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Monterey Bay Aquarium On-line
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If it swims, you'll find it in the e-quarium.
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National Aquarium in Baltimore
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This site has excellent interactive games that promote environmental awareness.
The games are designed around the following topics: seahorses, sea jellies,
the rainforest, oceans, and deadly venoms. This site is appropriate for
upper elementary students.
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Waikiki Aquarium
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Visitors to this site can take a virtual tour of all the exhibits. Several
exhibits allow the visitor to click on images to receive explanations.
There is a live seal camera to view the animals.
Zoos
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Animal Information Database
(Sea World Busch Gardens)
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Animal Bytes includes scientific classification, facts, and biological
information. It features information booklets and specific lesson
plansthat integrate science and math.
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Electronic Zoo
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An awesom tool to help you find lists of animal-related information on
the internet.
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Hannover Zoo (Germany)
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A great place to learn information about animals from all over the world.
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National Zoological Park Home Page
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This site provides a wealth of information on the animals who are available
at the zoo. Provides online information, video, and slideshows.
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The San Diego Zoo
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This website is appropriate for all students. It offers several virtual
tours, many videos, and lots of information on the animals.
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