SCIENCE SCAVENGER HUNT FOR KIDS

1. Go to A Look Inside the Human Body.

Click on the Skeletal System.
How many bones does a baby have? ___________________
How many bones does an adult have? __________________

Click on the Respiratory System.
Arrow key down to the bottom and click to see some amazing facts.
Is the right or left lung larger? __________________

Click on the Circulatory System.
Arrow key down to the bottom and click to see some amazing facts.
How long does it take a red blood cell to circle the body? ______________

Click on the Digestive System.
Arrow key down to the bottom and click to see some amazing facts.
How much saliva does the body produce everyday? ________________

2. Go to Neuroscience for Kids.

Click on Experiments and Activities.
Click on
Brain Games.
Click on
Colors, Colors. Read the directions and complete the activity.

3. Go Click on Zoom Dinosaurs.

In the red, click on All About Dinosaurs.
Find three facts that you learned about dinosaurs.
A._______________________________________________________________
B.______________________________________________________________
C.________________________________________________________________

4. Go to Astronomy for Kids.

Click on Mars. Mars is the ________________ planet from the sun.
Click on
Saturn. Is Saturn the first or second largest planet in our solar system.?

5. Go to Harcourt Science Glossary.

Click on a grade level and then choose several words to see the definition of them.

6. Go to The Great Tree's Story.

Click on each page number and read the story about the Great Tree.

7. Go to Amusement Park Physics.

Click on Design a Roller Coaster. Read the directions and design one.
Was your
Safety Rating and Fun Rating thumbs up or thumbs down ? __________________

8. Go to Zoom Astronomy.

Click on Comets and list the four parts of a comet.
____________________,___________________,___________________,________________
Explore other sites at Zoom Astronomy.

9. Go to Classroom Recipes.

Click on Goop and print out the recipe.

10. Go to SchoolHouse Rock.

Click on Science Rock.
Click on a song.
Click on
Real Audio to listen to the song.
Click on
Quicktime to see the movie.

11. Go to BrainPOP.

Click on Science Movies and choose three movies to view. What movies did you choose?

_______________________ & ______________________ & ______________________

12. Go to Toucan Sam Rainforest.

Click on Animals of the Rainforest and name two animals that live in the rainforest.
___________________________________ and ___________________________
Go back to
Toucan Sam Rainforest and click on What kind of plants are there?
Name two plants that grow in the rainforest. _______________ & _________________

13. Go to Kids World - Nutrition.

Click on Food Pyramid and review the information.
Go back to
Kids World and click on Quiz. Take the quiz. How many did you get right? _____

14. Go to How Stuff Works.

Arrow key down to topics and choose two to see how they work.
What did you choose? _________________________ & __________________________

Created 6/16/00 by AEP
Comments to Arlys Peterson email at
arlys.peterson@usiouxfalls.edu