Free Science Educational Websites

Visible Body – 3D Human Anatomy

On the free Visiblebody.com website, you can examine the human body in detail. Study the skeleton, muscles, the heart, the lungs, the skin and much more. Registration is required. In Visible Body, you can pan, zoom and rotate a body at the click of a mouse.

Visible body is currently a beta version (as of January 2009), but seems to be working very well. In order to run it, you need to download and install an ActiveX control (Anark Client). Registration is required för the full version, but there is a demo you can run without registering.

The Visible Body is produced by Argosy Publishing. It runs on Windows or Mac on Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari.

The Great Plant Escape – Plant Science for Kids

The Great Plant Escape is an interactive website that teaches plant science using mystery cases that students must solve. It was created by the University of Illinois Extension for fourth and fifth grade students.

Subjects covered include:
Seeds and seed growth, growing plants indoors, how we all depend on plants in our daily lives, learning about soil, etc.

How Stuff Works - Learn How Everything Works

On the website howstuffworks.com, you will learn how computers, cars and cell phones actually work. Or learn something new about the human body, such as why you have two lungs but only one heart.

The website stuffed with articles that explain almost everything you ever wanted to know about how stuff works! The website is divided into different channels for Auto, Communications, Computer, Electronics, Entertainment, Food & Recipies, Health, Home & Garden, Money, People, Science and Travel.

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