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Really Cool Science

Find something awesome? Link it here. Googling should yield more hard science info for building lesson plans around any of these.

Really Cool Science

Periodic Table Science

This page has a clickable Periodic Table of the Elements that links to videos about each element. There are a bunch of them that kids would find pretty exciting: try hydrogen or sodium :)

Kitchen Microwave Science

Here's a guy who measured the speed of light in his microwave oven.
Excitement! How about creating the 4th state of matter (plasma) inside your microwave? Google "grape plasma" for explanations of the phenomenon (& more child-friendly videos, hopefully).
Ever wonder what would happen if you put a __ in the microwave? This site will help you find out without even pissing off your domestic companions or lighting the kitchen on fire.

Mentos & Diet Coke

Not just Mentos & Coke fountains...Rube Goldberg Mentos & Coke fountains!

Optical Illusions

Some great ones.

Science Toys & Gadgets

Everybody needs cool science gadgets! Be sure to check out the user action shots of each product--pretty hilarious. Are you desperate to find a stainless steel ice cube or an Einstein action figure? How about a scrolling L.E.D. belt buckle or silly putty for grown ups. Of course you already have a periodic table refrigerator magnet set & a levitating globe, but can you live without "meat-sucking flora" on your desktop? And in case you're wondering, "All ThinkGeek products may be used to help you achieve World Domination".
Artifacts from the fourth dimension! Klein Bottles & Chinese Spouting Bowls. The website is incredibly amusing. Amazingly, the author claims that "not many people need zero volume, boundary free, nonorientable manifolds." Let's prove him wrong!
Need a really specific magnet? This is your site.

Science Projects

Instructables is a great website where people upload directions for building things. There are lots of science projects, including a kitchen protein laboratory & making bacon soap. Or, you can learn how to build amusing classroom-disrupting devices like marshmallow blow guns.
Fun Science Gallery

Blogs & Wikis

Mind-blowing Science!
Mr. Hood's Worldwide Wiki: "This is a study and revision resource for students of Physics and Mathematics in Scotland."

Citizen Science

The annals of scientific history are packed with the achievements of amateur scientists...like Newton, for example. This tradition is expanded to larger groups of people in today's "citizen science". According to Wikipedia:

"Citizen science is a term used for a project or ongoing program of scientific work in which a network of volunteers, many of whom may have no specific scientific training, perform or manage research-related tasks such as observation, measurement or computation.

The use of such networks often allows scientists to accomplish research objectives more feasibly than would otherwise be possible. In addition, these projects aim to promote public engagement with the research, as well as with science in general. Some programs provide materials specifically for use by primary or secondary school students. As such, citizen science is one approach to informal science education."

Great Citizen Science programs: