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Ask A Biologist
Ask A Biologist, from Arizona State University, mixes biology stories with games, activities, videos and conversations with scientists.
A teacher toolbox lists starting points such as a peppered-moth game, a cell-parts game, a bone investigation and stories about biomes. One question about an organism can be approached through a game, then a story, then an activity. Some stories and experiments have been translated.
- Ages
- Confident primary readers and older children
- Works on
- Web browser
- Topics
- Science, Nature
- Languages
- English, Selected translated stories
- Listed
- 2026-10-11
What kids do
- Play the peppered-moth game
- Explore cell parts
- Investigate bones
- Read illustrated biome stories
Who it suits
The reading level sits with confident primary readers and older children.
Notes for parents
Some articles cover reproduction and health. Translations exist for part of the collection, so the languages on offer depend on the topic.
In these guides
- For kids who can’t stop talking about animals: places to look things up: Animal websites and apps for curious kids, from zoo and aquarium sites to apps about mammals and coral reefs, grouped by the kind of animal a child is into.
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- Solar Walk: Space Simulator 3D: A 3D model of the solar system to move around in, with scale comparisons and animations about Moon phases and tides.
- Science for Kids by Tappity: Interactive science videos, questions and a science journal, covering topics such as magnets and volcanoes.
- MarcoPolo Weather: Children adjust wind, temperature and precipitation and watch a landscape and its characters react.
- MarcoPolo Ocean: Reef building, a submersible to assemble and marine animals to find, with narration that introduces ocean words.
- Coral Reef by Tinybop: Children explore a reef food web, hide an octopus and follow food through a jellyfish to see how ocean life connects.
- Star Walk Kids: Astronomy Game: Cartoons, narrated facts and quick quizzes guide children around a moving solar system and a mobile observatory.
- The Earth by Tinybop: Volcanoes, earthquakes, fossils and shifting sediment, all on screen, showing how the Earth’s surface changes.
- Space by Tinybop: An interactive solar system model where children compare planets, tilt the Earth and follow the phases of the Moon.