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MUSEUMS

Science Museum of Minnesota

Minnesota Children's Museum

Bell Museum of Natural History

Bakken Institute Library and Museum

Minnesota Landscape Arboretum

LIBRARIES

Your neighborhood library can steer you toward books about any topic.

ZOOS

Minnesota Zoo

Como Zoo

Lake Superior Zoo - Duluth

AQUARIUMS

Minnesota Zoo's Discovery Bay

Great Lakes Aquarium - Duluth

Underwater Adventures - Bloomington

PARKS

For a complete list of state and federal parks, go to Explore Minnesota.

CLASSES

Many of the museums, zoos and aquariums listed above ave classes for kids from pre-school through junior high and some offer senior high school learning opportunities.

Discover weekend and summer classes at the Science Museum of Minnesota.

Web Sites

SCIENCE

National Science Teachers Association
Tips for parents to help their kids with science; an excellent list of websites about science for kids at Science Sites.

TryScience
A website of activities, experiments, tips for parents, and how parents can make sure that science is provided in the schools.

Helping Your Child Learn Science
A guide to parents with hands on activities by age group.

National Education Association
Raising scientifically literate children; what to look for in your child's math or science class.

Dragonfly TV

Kid Source Online
Kid Source Online

For Girls:
Sci Girls on Dragonfly TV

BrainCake

Grade-specific Skills:
TeacherVision
This site mostly targets teachers though there are resources for parents. There is a yearly membership fee to access lesson plans.

MATH

Helping Your Child Learn Math

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Includes a family guide to helping your children with math.

BLOGS AND ACTIVITIES

Science Buzz
Dig deeper into the science that's making the headlines every day, hosted by the Science Museum of Minnesota.

Did You Ever Wonder?
Each month a dozen questions are posed and answered by lab scientists from the Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory on various topics on how things work in the natural world.

In cooperation with Kare 11

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