Children's Books and Book Club Ask an Astronomer -- on Video Below you will find a list of questions that have video answers available. To view a segment, simply select your connection speed after the format you wish to view the answer in. (Windows Media is more common for PC users, and QuickTime is more common for Macintosh users. However, players exist for all formats on both platforms.) A video podcast version of these videos is available. iTunes users can subscribe directly. A video podcast version of these videos is available. iTunes users can subscribe directly. Brought to you by the Cool Cosmos Team (the joint Education and Public Outreach group for the Spitzer Space Telescope and the Infrared Processing and Analysis Center) located at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California.
Free interactive educational games, my abc's, alphabet, numbers, tell time Pages — Beyond Weather & The Water Cycle Starfall's Learn to Read with phonics Giant Pandas Sign up to get panda news from the Zoo. Giant pandas are black and white bears that live in temperate-zone bamboo forests in central China. Among the best recognized—but rarest—animals in the world, they have come to symbolize endangered species and conservation efforts. As few as 1,600 giant pandas survive in the mountain forests of central China. Giant pandas Mei Xiang and Tian Tian are at the National Zoo under a Giant Panda Cooperative Research and Breeding Agreement, signed in January 2011, between the Zoo and the China Wildlife Conservation Association. Seeing Pandas at the Zoo Giant panda cub Bao Bao is now on exhibit! The panda house at the David M. Visitors will be allowed into the panda house on a first-come-first-served basis. Due to the expected number of visitors to see Bao Bao, Asia Trail will be open to one-way traffic only. Visitors will enter the panda house from the west entrance, by the red panda exhibit, and exit the east entrance. Smithsonian's National Zoo
Games@NOAA Astronomy: Sites & Projects Astronomy & Space Return to Mars Join us as we follow NASA’s latest rover, Curiosity. Never Lost: Polynesian Navigation Imagine yourself in the middle of the vast Pacific Ocean. Transit of Mercury See the tiny disk of Mercury slowly travel across the face of the sun in this rare event. Saturn: Jewel of the Solar System Explore Saturn, its rings and moons, and see the latest images. Solar Max Explore our 2000 guide to the solar max, the period in the solar cycle during which the number of sunspots is greatest. Auroras Your guide to the Northern and Southern Lights (also in 'Observatory') Solar Eclipse Explore stories, dispatches, photos, and articles, as well as archived webcasts of total and annular solar eclipses and transits. Ancient Observatories Journey into Chaco Canyon, where ancient people built monuments to the cosmos. Spectra From Space An introduction to spectra and to the space-based telescopes. ExploratoriumPier 15, San Francisco, CA 94111 (415) 528-4444 © 2014 Exploratorium Follow Us At
Early Elementary Science Curriculum - K-2 Interactive Science Program Science Websites for Children Science Websites for Elementary School Students by Mandy Donoghue Elementary school students are fascinated with using technology to text friends sitting right beside them, to listen to or even record music, and play games filled with gripping graphics. These activities are all science related. Children are inquiring, observing, gathering, organizing, and concluding. Granted, the youngsters' focus may not be a scientific topic, but the skills they are acquiring can easily be applied to some of the best science websites for elementary school students. Use these websites with students as motivators when introducing new science subjects, research projects, and enrichment opportunities. BBC Science & Nature ( page opens up with amazing photography depicting current events on television and radio programs as well as ongoing specials like tracking species in danger of becoming extinct and the world on the move with sea life. Kinds News ( is all about animals.