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Effective Detective
Discover the secret rule governing a natural phenomenon. The Franklin Institute

Geo-Mysteries @ The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
Discover geology concepts playing with Rex the Dino Detective.

Smithsonian for Students - Science & Nature
A very deep resource with lots of fun science learning games and activities for kids.

Edheads - Activities
I learned something here! Shockwave learning games on the subjects of Weather, Simple Machines, and Virtual Knee Surgery. Highly recommended.

Brain Games
Online and printable learning games from Neuroscience for Kids.

Creature Adventure
Hunt for new creatures from PBS' Kratt's Creatures.

Cyber Tiger
Build a virtual tiger habitat from National Geographic.

Discovery Channel Games
Cool games and interactives based on Discovery Channel programming.

Element Hangman from Jefferson Labs
I get blurry-eyed looking at a periodic table of elements, but I even had fun with this one. When your child needs to learn the periodic table, go to the variety of element learning games at Jefferson Labs.

Explore the Fantastic Forest
Shockwave fun and learning from National Geographic.

FOSSWeb.com
Choose a grade range, then a science concept. When you get to the concept page, click the shockwave game title at the top left. Good games for basic elementary science concepts.

Funology - The Science of Having Fun!
Game and activity categories are How Odd, Brain Drain, In the Kitchen, In the Laboratory, Boredom Busters. Very fun!

Gadget Anatomy
From the Leonardo Da Vinci Home Page.

Gizmos at ExploreScience.com
Multimedia Shockwave activities to learn science concepts. Free for now, but subscription service coming.

Go Underground
Virtually travel below the surface of Yellowstone, from National Geographic.

Great Plant Escape
Older elementary kids learn about plant science at this colorful site. Solving mystery "cases" adds to the fun.

Hands-On Zone: Questacon
Lots of online shockwave and java science games.

How Puzzling.... Archives
Online and printable puzzles from The Franklin Institute.

HubbleSite Fun & Games
Challenging astronomy fun from this page about the Hubble Space Telescope. Very well done.

Human Anatomy On-line
Explore the human body with Java from Information Graphics.

iKnowthat.com Science Games
Great graphics and full-screen shockwave games engage children to learn about cells, the human body, volcanoes, gravity, atoms, vision, sound, matter, earthquakes, and the solar system.

Invention Playhouse
The importance of play to invention is explored at this Smithsonian Institute web site. Kids will enjoy exploring the Shockwave Invention Playhouse.

Interactive Body
Drag and drop the human body bones, organs, muscles, and nervous system into the body. From BBC Science.

Jefferson Labs - Science Vocabulary Hangman
Great game; we really got into it. Start by choosing from the wide range of science topics and grade levels to customize it to your child's curriculum. Find more good science games from Jefferson Labs.

Leonardo's Mystery Machines
From the Leonardo Da Vinci Home Page.

Mission Fun at Space Day
Shockwave games from 101 Things to Do for Space Day.

Mr. Bones
Shockwave game where kids rebuild the skeleton. From Lawrence Hall of Science at Berkeley.

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Online Science games for kids.

Nova Interactive Archives
Not really games, but interactive science learning demonstrations that are very cool using Shockwave and PBS' Nova program content.

PCS Edventures
At this link you can see the different types of projects your child can do at the unique Edventures site. A subscription service, Edventures offers interactive web-home learning in Art-Construction, Physics-Mechanics, Architecture and Mechanical Engineering with LEGO, and LOGO programming.

Pfizer Fun Zone
Shockwave games and experiments.

Really Wild Animals
Online adventure from National Geographic.

Shark Surfari
Online quiz from National Geographic.

spaceKids.com
Start with the Shockwave games, and then explore the cool spaceKids site.

The Backyard Jungle
Kids share their backyard and discoveries at this uniquely creative web site for science learning. Corporation for Public Broadcasting

The Holodek
Shockwave science games from Australia's ABC Science Lab Online.

Tiger Adventures
Interactive activities from the Tiger Information Center.

Try Science
DNA Detective and Extreme Challenge are two excellent examples of the new wave of science games that actually teach science concepts and are fun.

Universe Games at FunBrain.com
Weather Dog, Space Hopper, Proton Don, and Where Is That? are the science games at FunBrain. Try Proton Don for memorizing the periodic table.

Who Lives Here?!?
Shockwave Flash game from PBS' Kratt's Creatures.  

Zeeks Science Games
Click Science to see the list of online games that explore science concepts at Zeeks fun game site.