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Backyard Jungle

Kids everywhere are observing what’s going on in their own backyards—and reporting on it here! Check out what you can learn just by paying attention to the world where you live.

Engineer Girl

Make a difference in the world. Work with interesting people on cool stuff. Take your pick of exciting jobs. These are just some of the reasons to explore what being an engineer is all about at this site from the National Academy of Engineering.

Expanding Your Horizons (EYH)

How would you like to meet real scientists and do real experiments? Learn about the national network of girls interested in science and find out if there’s an EYH chapter near you.

EIA Energy Kids

Find out everything there is to know about energy with the help of the site’s host, Energy Ant. Learn what energy is, why it’s important to conserve it, and what you can do to be energy smart.

EPA Global Warming Kids

What is climate change anyway? Find out why this is so important. Plus learn about the climate detectives—scientists tracing the clues to what’s happening in the climate.

Girls Go Tech

See how math, science, and technology are a part of our everyday lives at this site from Girl Scouts of the USA. Play a game that tricks the right and left sides of your brain, learn how to make your own digital music, and find out how the Web works.

Girls Inc.

Need a boost of positive energy? This site encourages girls to be strong, smart, and bold. Play games, take quizzes, and learn about other girls who are taking on the world.

NASA Quest

How does math keep planes from crashing? What happens to flies when they go into space? What makes a planet habitable? NASA Quest leads you on investigations into all these things—just like you’re a real scientist!

National Geographic’s My Wonderful World

How high is your global IQ? Test it at this cool site from National Geographic, where you can also play geography games and join the campaign for better geography know-how.

The National Zoo

Pandas and monkeys and seals, oh my! Find them all here. Check out the cheetah cam in the African Savanna section. Learn facts about octopuses in the Ocean Living section. And visit the elephant house in the Asian Elephant section.

NOAA Ocean Explorer

What’s going on under the surface of the ocean? A whole lot! Look at underwater volcanoes, find out what creatures inhabit some of the deepest (and darkest) parts of the ocean, and track narwhals in Greenland.

NOVA ScienceNOW

Discover the hottest topics in science today and meet some of the amazing scientists who are responsible for it, including iwaswondering.org’s very own Cynthia Breazeal.

OLogy

“Ology” means “the study of.” At this site from the American Museum of Natural History you can study all kinds of things from bats to genes to Mars.