(Sample link) NASA for middle-school students http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/5-8/features/index.html
National Geographic--click on news for current research. http://www.nationalgeographic.com
Track hurricanes with the National Weather Service, a division of the National Oceanographic Atmospheric Administration. http://www.nws.noaa.gov
Take a look at the satellite pictures of hurricanes from the NOAA. http://www.ssd.noaa.gov
Need graph paper. Go to this site. All types http://www.mathematicshelpcentral.com
Science articles from the New York Times covering all science in the news http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/science.html
The Center for Disease Control in Atlanta, Georgia, is a federal government agency that researches and tracks infectious diseases throughout the world. To learn more about antibiotic resistance, type this topic in the search box. http://www.cdc.gov
The journal Nature is a very prestigious British scientific publication. Its news website has weekly updates of science in the news. Don't feel intimidated by the unfamiliar vocabulary. You'll be surprised how much you can understand. http://www.nature.com/news/index.html
I like this site for my "daily dose of eureka!" http://esciencenews.com
The Journal Science is the American version of Nature, the top notch publication that covers all scientific research. This covers weekly science news from the journal for non-experts. http://www.sciencenews.org
Scientific American is a great source for science in the news. http://www.sciam.com