“Hubble’s Next Discovery — You Decide” is part of the International Year of Astronomy (IYA), the celebration of the 400th anniversary of Galileo’s observations.
People around the world can vote to select the next object the Hubble Space Telescope will view. Choose from a list of objects Hubble has never observed before and enter a drawing [...]
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Growing and observing the growth of crystals is an upper-elementary or middle school student inquiry-based science project, in-which they use critical thinking skills to make observations and share findings. In this investigation, students make observations of symmetry in crystals and compare the effects of temperature on the growth of crystals.
Most minerals occur naturally as crystals, which [...]
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The University of Alabama offers an excellent physical science interactive game website. The website, by the Center for Materials for Information Technology (MINT), has several games.
Their physical science interactive games include:
Chemical Connection
Chemical Mixup
Periodic Table Game
School of Elements
Simple Machines
They have also recently added:
Frank’s Anatomy (Biology)
Rocks Rock (Geology)
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