Indianapolis Zoo Webcams Penguin Cam Check out the rockhoppers, gentoos and king penguins inside the Oceans building! The rockhoppers are the smallest species — the ones with the yellow feathers jutting out from their heads. The gentoos are the middle-sized birds with the plain white stripe across the top of their heads. The king penguins — the second largest of all of the penguin species — are the ones with the distinctive yellow patches on the sides of their heads. Walrus Cam Just 19 walrus live among seven zoos and aquariums in the United States. Tiger Cam Transport yourself to the continent of Asia without ever leaving your computer chair! Cheetah and Elephant Cam Step inside the Plains exhibits that our cheetahs and elephants call home.
Ask an Astronomer -- on Video Below you will find a list of questions that have video answers available. To view a segment, simply select your connection speed after the format you wish to view the answer in. (Windows Media is more common for PC users, and QuickTime is more common for Macintosh users. A video podcast version of these videos is available. iTunes users can subscribe directly. A video podcast version of these videos is available. iTunes users can subscribe directly. Brought to you by the Cool Cosmos Team (the joint Education and Public Outreach group for the Spitzer Space Telescope and the Infrared Processing and Analysis Center) located at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California.
Pages — Beyond Weather & The Water Cycle Giant Pandas Sign up to get panda news from the Zoo. Giant pandas are black and white bears that live in temperate-zone bamboo forests in central China. Among the best recognized—but rarest—animals in the world, they have come to symbolize endangered species and conservation efforts. As few as 1,600 giant pandas survive in the mountain forests of central China. More than 300 pandas live in zoos and breeding centers around the world; most of these pandas are in China. Giant pandas Mei Xiang and Tian Tian are at the National Zoo under a Giant Panda Cooperative Research and Breeding Agreement, signed in January 2011, between the Zoo and the China Wildlife Conservation Association. Seeing Pandas at the Zoo Giant panda cub Bao Bao is now on exhibit! The panda house at the David M. Visitors will be allowed into the panda house on a first-come-first-served basis. Due to the expected number of visitors to see Bao Bao, Asia Trail will be open to one-way traffic only. It was an exciting day at the David M.
Games@NOAA Astronomy: Sites & Projects Astronomy & Space Return to Mars Join us as we follow NASA’s latest rover, Curiosity. Never Lost: Polynesian Navigation Imagine yourself in the middle of the vast Pacific Ocean. You've been sailing for weeks, and there's no land in sight. Transit of Mercury See the tiny disk of Mercury slowly travel across the face of the sun in this rare event. Saturn: Jewel of the Solar System Explore Saturn, its rings and moons, and see the latest images. Solar Max Explore our 2000 guide to the solar max, the period in the solar cycle during which the number of sunspots is greatest. Auroras Your guide to the Northern and Southern Lights (also in 'Observatory') Solar Eclipse Explore stories, dispatches, photos, and articles, as well as archived webcasts of total and annular solar eclipses and transits. Ancient Observatories Journey into Chaco Canyon, where ancient people built monuments to the cosmos. Spectra From Space An introduction to spectra and to the space-based telescopes. © 2014 Exploratorium Follow Us At
Early Elementary Science Curriculum - K-2 Interactive Science Program Science Websites for Children Science Websites for Elementary School Students by Mandy Donoghue Elementary school students are fascinated with using technology to text friends sitting right beside them, to listen to or even record music, and play games filled with gripping graphics. These activities are all science related. Children are inquiring, observing, gathering, organizing, and concluding. Granted, the youngsters' focus may not be a scientific topic, but the skills they are acquiring can easily be applied to some of the best science websites for elementary school students. BBC Science & Nature ( page opens up with amazing photography depicting current events on television and radio programs as well as ongoing specials like tracking species in danger of becoming extinct and the world on the move with sea life. Crime Scene ( is a modern Clue that can be followed either by a small group or whole classroom instruction. Kinds News ( is all about animals.