Online Science Games

Here are some links to free online science games. As always, please preview all websites before allowing your children to visit them. I have not thoroughly verified every one of these links, and cannot be held responsible for inappropriate content.

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Science: General
http://kids.discovery.com/games/games.html
http://www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/games/home.htm
http://ellenjmchenry.com/id112.html
http://www.sciencewithme.com/category.php?cid=3
http://www.primarygames.com/science.htm
http://www.gamequarium.com/science.htm
http://pbskids.org/fetch/games/index.html
http://pbskids.org/zoom/activities/sci/
http://pbskids.org/zoom/games/index.html
http://www.kidzup.com/kidsco.htm
http://www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/simplescience/home.htm
http://nobelprize.org/educational_games/

Science: Environmental Studies
http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/eco_info/browse_topics/index.cfm
http://www.electrocity.co.nz/
http://www.tryscience.org/
http://www.tryscience.org/experiments/experiments_electrolysis_online.html
http://www.tryscience.org/experiments/experiments_treetopwalk_online.html
http://www.tryscience.org/experiments/experiments_begin.html?robot

Science: Animals
http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/critters/critters.html
http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/beasts/build/jigsaw.html
http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngexplorer/0411/games/game_intro.html
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/kidscorner_games.htm
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/quizzes/archives/AllArchive.htm
http://www.tryscience.org/experiments/experiments_begin.html?botany
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/9_10/life_cycles.shtml

Science: Specific Topics
http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/vegquiz/plantparts.html (Plant parts)
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/windows.html (Windows to the Universe)
http://www.freerice.com/index.php?&t=18232799554&s=Chemical%20Symbols%20(Basic) (Chimical Symbols, Basic) **
http://www.freerice.com/index.php?&t=18232799554&s=Chemical%20Symbols (Chemical Symbols) **
http://www.tryscience.org/experiments/experiments_begin.html?surgery (Fish Dissection)
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/Elementsgames.htm (chemical elements)
http://www.edheads.org/activities/weather/ (Weather)
http://www.tryscience.org/experiments/experiments_begin.html?newtonseggs (Newton’s Law)
http://www.funbrain.com/periodic/index.html (Periodic Table of Elements)
http://www.tryscience.org/experiments/experiments_begin.html?sunscreen (Sun Damage)
http://www.tryscience.org/experiments/experiments_begin.html?japan (Sound Waves) http://www.ndimedia.com/demo/unitedstreaming/Game03/Game03.html (Geology) http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/kids/games.shtml (Astronomy) http://www.tryscience.org/experiments/experiments_begin.html?dna (DNA) http://www.tryscience.org/experiments/experiments_begin.html?usopen (Physics)

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