Science@Home RESOURCES

New York Hall of Science

• Science Behind the News: Virus

  • Want to learn what a virus is? How the virus infects a cell? What is a pandemic? and more? Check out this page from the New York Hall of Science.

• Transmissions: Gone Viral

  • Check out this interactive comic online to learn more about viruses!

Exploratorium

• COVID-19 Science

  • Go to this site for a lot of hands-on activities to help you learn more about viruses as well as articles connected to this topic.

Museum of Natural History

• Ask a Scientist about Microbes
  • Microbiologist Susan Perkins answers kids’ questions.
• Volcanoes: Magma Rising
  • Find out what causes volcanoes to erupt and how scientists study them.
• What do you Know about Water?
  • Test your knowledge about the water you didn’t know you were using.
• Meet your Microbiome
  • Explore how changes in the human microbiome may be contributing to an increase in obesity and other chronic conditions.
• Bio-Inspired
  • Read about how biotechnologist Jeff Karp takes his inspiration from nature.
• Find a Deep Sea Vent
  • Join a virtual expedition to experience how scientists locate deep-sea vents in the world’s vast oceans.

SCIENCE NEWS

• Science News– coronavirus

  • Interested on learning more about the coronavirus? Check out all the articles on this site.

• Science News for Students

  • Same site as above, but meant for students. A lot of articles on the coronavirus and other topics.
    • Chemistry News
    • Environment News

• New York Times- Science

• Popular Science 

• DOGO Science News

  • Short news articles meant for students on a variety of science topics.

• Biointeractive

  • “At BioInteractive, you can find award-winning multimedia resources, including apps, animations, videos, interactives, and virtual labs, to bring the excitement of scientific discovery into your classroom.”
  • Focused on biology and ecology content sponsored by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

• There’s Science Hidden in Our National Monuments

CHEMISTRY EXPERIMENTS

• Kitchen Chemistry Experiments
  • Collection of chemistry experiments using common kitchen materials
• Alka Seltzer Experiments
  • Alka-Rockets
    • Make a film canister small rocket
    • (Need: film canister, alka-seltzer)
  • Chemistry of Color
    • Change the color of different liquids
    • (Need: cabbage, lemon juice, baking soda, straw)