Science Made Simple

The Science Made Simple website is located at http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/

The purpose of this site seems to be two-fold.  One is to entice and excite students and teachers about science projects and ideas and the second is to sell either the materials or a subscription to the online newsletter which gives complete information on science activities and experiments to reinforce learning on certain topics ($11.99).  There are some activities and ideas given by the site for free and there is a great metric conversion tool that is great to have on hand.  I think this site is mainly intended for parents and students who are looking for ideas for a science fair or open ended science project.  Teachers could benefit from this site to gather ideas on how to show certain concepts and then decide if they wanted to pay for them or come up with ways on their own.  Available topics range from experiments for very young children up through high school age and even some experiments that I would like to do now, but I probably won't pay for them.

This site seems a little dated and with the wealth of information available on the internet now, I can't imagine somebody getting a topic and not doing a search and finding the information on the experiment for free instead of paying for it.  All things considered, this is a great site for science ideas and a great avenue if you need to get something quick and ready to use