Science Websites for Kids

Computers are the perfect tool for science experiments. You can simulate things that may be too dangerous or expensive to do in real life. These sites include a lot of fun science information and experiments you can do both on and offline.

The National Geographic Wildlife Filmmaker turns kids into directors and producers.

If optical illusions fascinate you, this is the site for you. Are the dots pink or green? Are the lines straight or curved? Don't rely only on your eyes for the truth here.

Learn how some of the most famous optical illusions work. Even when you know the tricks, they're still amazing.

Weird Science Kids contains more than 100 messy, loud and exciting science experiments for kids.

Fetch with Ruff Ruffman Teaches Science for Kids - A review of a site that promotes science for kids, will inform readers of a high quality e-learning website. The Fetch with Ruff Ruffman website provides fun science games and science videos for elementary school kids from ages 6 to 10.

Einstein for Kids is about Albert Einstein and his famous relativity equation E=MC2. The article lists educational web pages about Einstein for kids in elementary school, middle school, and high school.

Weather for Kids is a review of Weather Wiz Kids, a Website About Weather for Kids from 8 to 12. The site teaches about weather for kids on the Internet and offers weather experiments for kids and weather activities for kids.

Biology for High School Students provides information about life sciences for kids aged 15 to 18. Reinforce biology concepts by visiting the website Biology in Motion.

Learning about turtles online is a great summer activity to share with your family. Use the internet to identify turtles that you observe outdoors.

There are many websites that allow you to download free documentaries about animals. Watching online videos about animals is an excellent way to expose children to documentary style programming.

Learn about butterflies with your kids using the Children’s Butterfly Website.

The Alien Field Trip to Planet Earth is a fun educational webquest for 3rd grade kids. Learn about animals and natural science in this science fiction themed funny webquest.

Cool Cosmos (for High School Students) provides information about space science for kids aged 15 to 18. Expand upon basic astronomy concepts by visiting this website about space telescopes and infrared data.