kapilli.com (general science site) overall ratings The site has loads of information. Look under 'Physics' for the articles on light and sound. Easy to use? Friendly language Lots of info? Good pics? Any goodies? No Brain Pop overall ratings An excellent and highly entertaining site with comic strips, movies and activities. Look under Science and Technology for movies about light and sound. But be careful: if you want to watch more than five movies in one day, they'll make you pay! Easy to use? Friendly language Lots of info? Good pics? Any goodies? Yes How stuff works overall ratings This site looks complicated at first because it is so full of information. It's a great site that explains how just about anything related to light and sound works. Look through the table of contents or use the search engine to find specific articles. Easy to use? Friendly language Lots of info? Good pics? Any goodies? No The Atoms family: Dracula's library overall ratings Help Dracula construct a light-detection system and a set of mirrors to save him from turning to dust. Easy to use? Friendly language Lots of info? Good pics? Any goodies? Yes Light snacks from the San Francisco Exploratorium overall ratings Fun do-it-yourself experiments and demonstrations about light and optical illusions. Easy to use? Friendly language Lots of info? Good pics? Any goodies? Yes Light tour overall ratings Discover the mysteries of light - how it works and how it is made. The site is a bit chaotic, but worth the effort. Easy to use? Friendly language Lots of info? Good pics? Any goodies? Yes NASA's remote sensing for kids overall ratings Read the story of Echo the bat, learn about different kinds of light waves, and then try to 'read' photos of the Earth taken from space. Easy to use? Friendly language Lots of info? Good pics? Any goodies? No Physics 2000: Einstein's legacy overall ratings This is a great site that explains X-rays, CAT scans and the electromagnetic spectrum. Easy to use? Friendly language Lots of info? Good pics? Any goodies? Yes Infrared light and astronomy overall ratings All about infrared light and how it is used in astronomy: history, activities and experiments. There is some very technical information here, but you can just skip it. Easy to use? Friendly language Lots of info? Good pics? Any goodies? Yes Make a splash with colour overall ratings A very basic site explaining what colour is and how eyes work. Easy to use? Friendly language Lots of info? Good pics? Any goodies? Yes A big look at the eye overall ratings A great site about the human body. Here you can look into the deepest, darkest reaches of the eye, and find out why you can see colours but your dog can't. Easy to use? Friendly language Lots of info? Good pics? Any goodies? No Home guide to dissecting a cow's eye overall ratings Not for the squeamish: here's a step-by-step guide to dissecting a cow's eye, along with great information on what all those squishy bits are for. Easy to use? Friendly language Lots of info? Good pics? Any goodies? No YesMag's how optical instruments work overall ratings This online kids' science magazine explains how things like telescopes, microscopes, binoculars and cameras work. Easy to use? Friendly language Lots of info? Good pics? Any goodies? No Scanning electron microscopes overall ratings This online exhibit from the Science Museum in Boston shows how the SEM (an extremely powerful microscope used to look at tiny things) works and includes images of weevils, mosquitoes and squirrel fleas. Easy to use? Friendly language Lots of info? Good pics? Any goodies? No Magic Factory: games about light and colour overall ratings Fun games from the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television. It includes games about mirrors, colour and the speed of light. Easy to use? Friendly language Lots of info? Good pics? Any goodies? Yes Colour snacks from the San Francisco Exploratorium overall ratings Fun do-it-yourself demonstrations and experiments about colour. Easy to use? Friendly language Lots of info? Good pics? Any goodies? Yes Sandlot science: optical illusions overall ratings Don't believe your eyes (or your brain) - this site has lots and lots of very weird optical illusions. Easy to use? Friendly language Lots of info? Good pics? Any goodies? Yes Optical physics: light, colour and telescopes overall ratings This site has loads of links to articles, question-and-answer pages, experiments and activities about light and colour. Learn about rainbows or build your own pocket telescope. Easy to use? Friendly language Lots of info? Good pics? Any goodies? No Acoustics: sound and instruments overall ratings This site has loads of links to articles, question-and-answer pages, experiments and activities about sound, musical instruments, and electronic sound equipment such as microphones and speakers. Some of the articles are more difficult than others. Easy to use? Friendly language Lots of info? Good pics? Any goodies? No Reeko's mad scientist lab overall ratings Don't believe everything you see... This site has online games and puzzles as well as great experiments to do at home. Easy to use? Friendly language Lots of info? Good pics? Any goodies? Yes