See where real-time weather advisories and warnings are in the US

NWS/Storm Prediction Center - Watch, Warning, Advisory Display

Science facts and concepts set to music

Singing Science Records Fun songs to learn science!

All the elements of the periodic table in one song

Tom Lehrer’s “The Elements”. If you have reason to learn all the element, this would make it a lot easier!

Interactive simple machines activities

Edheads - Simple Machines Activities Nice site!

An Introduction to Black Holes

An Introduction to Black Holes From the site: “An easy to understand explanation of what black holes are.”  Uh, I should probably say “easy to understand” is relative, but I’ll just trust that for anyone with a keen interest in astronomy and black holes, it’s easy to understand and therefore a good resource. :)

The Why Files | The Science Behind the News

The Why Files | The Science Behind the News “The mission of The Why Files is to explore the science, math and technology behind the news of the day, and to present those topics in a clear, accessible and accurate manner…We hope this information will help explain the relationship between science and daily life.”

A fun online physics puzzle game

Fantastic Contraption: A fun online physics puzzle game.

How old would you be on other worlds?

Your Age On Other Worlds - Enter your birthday, hit calculate and see how old you’d be on other planets.  Find out why the numbers vary so much!  See also Your Weight On Other Worlds.

How to build your own solar system to scale

Build a Solar System - Fill in the size of your sun and then calculate the sizes of the other planets, the distance between them, etc.

We made a scale model of the solar system once on a soccer field.  We used a soccer ball as our sun and were amazed when we ran out of room on the field for all the planets.  It provides a great picture of the vastness of our solar system.

Astronomy picture of the day with brief explanation

Astronomy Picture of the Day

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