Exploratorium:
the Museum of Science, Art, and Human Perception
The Exploratorium is located in San Francisco's Palace of Fine Arts and hosts this huge virtual museum, which has many online activities and exhibits for children ages 4-18.
This kids' page from PBS features biographies of jazz greats and an interactive timeline dating back to the 1700s that explains the roots of jazz and continues through to the 1960s.
This site provides information about astronauts, rockets and airplanes, and features of earth and outer space for young children. There is also a section for projects and games, as well as stories by NASA kids.
The San Francisco Symphony created this site to educate children about music and the orchestra in an entertaining way. Children are introduced to the instruments of the orchestra, the basics of music theory and how to compose a tune.
Wendell the Worm takes students on a human body adventure by exploring bodily functions and the corresponding body systems from which they emanate. Clear explanations as to what each system does and how it works are provided.
This comprehensive database includes just about everything anyone would want to know about dinosaurs.
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