Homeschool.com publishes a top 100 websites each year. For 2009, they made some wise choices. Or not, it's far from a scientific process. Nevertheless, here's their science choices:
Science
BrainPOP http://www.brainpop.com
BrainPop excellent. Good model. Home page attractive with constant motion. Slick. Host characters have decent amount of personality. K-12 and Spanish. Content is mainly videos, all keyed to state standards by subject & grade. Good tools for teachers. Not sure if it creates reports for parents. Need to check.
Chem4Kids http://www.chem4kids.com This is one of Andrew Rader's 6 sites. In science, there's also physics and biology and cosmos. Plus a geography and math. Supported by Adsense. He's in LA. It's worth a call.
Business model looks to be some basic information on various sciences for free making money on ads. We could co-link to mutual benefit. No current conflict. Wonder if his motivation is primarily money or love.
Exploratorium http://www.exploratorium.edu. A collection of items.
By San Francisco Exploratorium. Enrichment, not curriculum. Presumably mostly from previous exhibits.
InnerBody http://www.InnerBody.com Human biology information.
Science for High School http://www.scienceforhighschool.com/
Bio, Physics & Chem high school courses on paper just for homeschool for sale at $120-$250/course including lab material produced by a single teacher. Her approach is to give kids weekly info to find on web, rather than just feeding it to them. Wonder if she is making any money? Is it for sale? If so, not a bad way to earn a living. One possibility: E-market disused or not yet marketed curricula. But mostly outside our core approach of online animated units with quizzes & reports.
Cosmeo http://cosmeo.com Discovery Science $10 month, math & science materials.
From Discovery Channel. Impressive. Not a curriculum or course. Instead, enrichment & homework help. Help seems very substantial, tied to whatever textbook is used. Kind of a multimedia reference library/librarian in a box. How-to-solve for "every" kind of math problem. Cool videos must make the site sticky for kids. Come back & do free 30 day trial. Textbooks references should reveal which the most popular are.
NASA for Students http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/index.html
Lots of resources esp. research tools by grade range.
Astronomy for Kids http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=ss&id=127
Nine Planets http://www.nineplanets.org
StarChild http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov
The Electronic Zoo http://netvet.wustl.edu/e-zoo.htm
Smith Life Science http://www.smithlifescience.com/
Mr. & Mrs. Smith's 6th grade science class in Moline, IL. Complete years lessons plans for Prenice Hall textbook. Seems free? What's the relationship? Implication for us?
The MAD Scientist Network http://www.madsci.org
Nonprofit. Real scientists answer your questions. Extensive archive.
Try Science http://www.tryscience.org
New York Hall of Science NYHOS main host w/ IBM, etc. Mostly promotes and extends Science & Technology Centers. Some experiments, all submitted by various Centers.
Science & Technology Education http://www.ftexploring.com
60 lessons in style compatable with ours by a single person who will write for pay, David Watson
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