Animal Diversity Web is a virtual textbook offering information on the structure and classification of animals, basic concepts of ecology and evolutionary biology, special reports on dozens of animals, and plenty of photographs.
Monterey Bay Aquarium Visitors can take a 3-D dive in a kelp tank, view "Mysteries of the Deep" exhibits, or conduct research through articles, photos, and current news topics.
Ocean World - Produced by the oceanography staff at Texas A&M, this site helps students investigate fisheries, weather, ice ages, coral reefs, and waves. For each topic, they will find information and gorgeous images. There is an excellent teacher section. If students have ocean-related questions, ‘Ask Dr. Bob’ is a perfect way to get an expert’s answers.
The Pelagic Shark Research Foundation - A superior site on the biology, behavior, and conservation of sharks, with links to scientific laboratories and research stations.
Earthquakes for kids - students may investigate the latest earthquakes around the world as well as find an abundance of information about earthquakes and fun online activities. Includes earthquake history, science fair projects and more
Earth Science World - A MUST for all earth science teachers and students! Search the ImageBanks's photographs of all aspects of Earth Science; explore an interactive geological time scale; and view climate data from weather stations around the world since 1994.
Environmental News Network is a multi-faceted web production that offers timely environmental news, live chats, interactive quizzes, daily feature stories, forums for debate, audio, video and more. These components are aimed at educating users with information from all sides so they can make their own decisions regarding various environmental issues.
EPA Student Center - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency put together this site as a guide to its resources for students - and the results are impressive. The site even contains information about environmental careers, internships, and scholarships.
How Stuff Works: Space Station - This website includes numerous topics relating to the International Space Station, starting with a history of space stations and concluding with a look at the future of this method of occupying space.
NASA - The National Aeronautics and Space Administrations is the ultimate Web site for space exploration! There are three components: life on earth, humans in space, and exploring the universe plus breaking news and resources for educators.
NASA Human Spaceflight: The International Space Station website is a place where you can keep up with the accomplishments associated with the International Space Station. Students may preview the next shuttle service mission, review the latest status report, check out the results of recent experiments, and meet the most recent and past space station crews. You can also track the ISS, take a virtual tour of its assembled modules, and learn about living in space.
National Hurricane Center - Up-to-date forecasts and reconnaissance data, with historical storm data and related educational information.
Tornado Project Online - Links to daily severe-weather reports, tornado myths & safety recommendations, and information about past storms.
US Geological Survey - A federal source for science about the Earth, its natural and living resources, natural hazards, and the environment. Spotlight on the news, an interactive map for Regional Studies and State information. An excellent source of biological and geological information as well as water resources for each state.
Volcano World - Multimedia information on currently-erupting volcanoes, volcano research, and opportunities to get questions answered.
The Weather Underground - Award-winning site developed at the University of Michigan with everything you would want to know about current or historical weather.
Windows to the Universe - Windows to the Universe is a user-friendly learning system covering the Earth and Space sciences for use by the general public. Windows to the Universe has been in development since 1995. Our goal is to build an internet site that includes a rich array of documents, including images, movies, animations, and data sets, that explore the Earth and Space sciences and the historical and cultural ties between science, exploration, and the human experience. Our site is appropriate for use in libraries, museums, schools, homes, and the workplace. Students and teachers may find the site especially helpful in their studying (and teaching!) Earth and Space sciences. Because we have users of all ages, the site is written in three reading levels approximating elementary, middle school and high school reading levels. These levels may be chosen by using the upper button bar of each page of the main site.
Antimatter: Mirror of the Universe - Learn about antimatter from experts at Swiss-based CERN, the largest particle physics lab in the world. Gather basic knowledge at “Kid’s Corner” before exploring “Everyday Antimatter,” “The Antimatter Factory,” “The History of Antimatter,” and “Live Webcasts.”
Energy Information Administration , an independent statistical agency within the U.S. Department of Energy, makes vast amounts of energy-related information available through this site. Statistics and analyses can be found on both energy sources in common use and those with potential for playing a role in the world's energy future, including renewable sources and nascent "alternative fuels".
FermiLab - Run by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science, the researchers at FermiLab strive to answer questions about basic physics in the science of matter, space, and time. Click physics at FermiLab for descriptions of experiments that involve accelerators, collision events, and astrophysics. Particles Matter: Physics at High-Energy is an interactive timeline that explores the physical laws that make our universe more understandable. The Education section has lesson plans and online professional development opportunities. In addition, The FermiLab Library offers extensive research assistance.
Greatest Engineering Achievements of the 20th Century - The Greatest Achievements project was initiated by the National Academy of Engineering to celebrate a remarkable century of technological achievement. At this website, explore their list of the top 20 achievements of the 20th century and learn how engineering shaped this century and changed the world.
Physics 2000 - The brainchild of Martin Goldman, physics professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder, this interactive site introduces the world of twentieth century science.
Physics Central - Physics Central is a service of the American Physical Society, an association of more than 45,000 physicists. This site spotlights the ways physics affects our world. Physics Articles introduces real physicists and their work, displays fascinating images, and presents current research. Physics Projects provides 12 unique resources including a PhysicsQuest for middle school students, the award-winning move Einstein’s Miracle Year, Physics@Home, which defines scientific terms, and the Century of Physics Timeline.
Robots & us - Aimed at grades two through eight, this site, from the Science Museum of Minnesota, helps students explore the low-life labs to find out how scientists use the study of insects, such as ants and cockroaches, to uncover ideas on how to build robots and make them move. Fascinating video clips of prototypes and directions for creating a mechanical jitterbug are included.
Chemistry Research Center - This site was established in 1988 by three high-school students who are maintaining the site while in college. It contains information and links to chemistry research and assistance.
General Chemistry Online - This award-winning site by a professor at Frostburg State University has just about everything a first-semester general-chemistry student could wish for on the Web. Try it out!
MathMol (Mathematics and Molecules) - Developed by New York University's Academic Computing Facility, this site is designed to serve as an introductory starting point for those interested in the field of molecular modeling. It includes activities for K-12 students and a library of 3-D molecular structures.
Periodic Table of Elements - From the Los Alamos National Laboratory, this resource includes details and history of each element.
Animal Diversity Web is a virtual textbook offering information on the structure and classification of animals, basic concepts of ecology and evolutionary biology, special reports on dozens of animals, and plenty of photographs.
Biology Online - Site offers various methods of tracking down information concerning the diverse field of biology to introduce its concepts in layman's terms via an online directory of websites, a dictionary and a range of tutorials.
BioMEDIA Associates: Learning Programs for Biology is a biological tour that lets students explore the lives of various animals, take detailed tours of certain animals' characteristics, and investigate the natural history of several organisms.
EPA Student Center - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency put together this site as a guide to its resources for students - and the results are impressive. The site even contains information about environmental careers, internships, and scholarships.
Environmental News Network is a multi-faceted web production that offers timely environmental news, live chats, interactive quizzes, daily feature stories, forums for debate, audio, video and more. These components are aimed at educating users with information from all sides so they can make their own decisions regarding various environmental issues.
Genetic Science Learning Center - This website aims to help people understand how genetics affects their lives and society. For students, there is information regarding careers in science, genetic disorders, genetics in the news, science fair & research project experiments, online and hands-on activities, group activities, and links to research articles.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute BioInteractive - this highly interactive medical biology site for advanced science students provides laboratory experiences in bacterial identification, cardiology, neurophysiology, and immunology, plus 25 animations on a variety of topics.
Human Anatomy Online - Study the anatomy of the human body. Each topic has animations, 100’s of graphics, and thousands of descriptive links. The site is fun, interactive, and an ideal reference site for students or those who just want to know more about the medical descriptions used by doctors and nurses.
Life Has A History - An introduction to the history of life and how it results in the biodiversity of today. During this tour students learn about geologic time, fossils, ancestral relationships, cladograms, variation, natural selection, and extinction. Includes lesson plans for teachers.
Reading the Human Map - The North Suburban Library System Human Genome Grant Project was funded by a grant from the U.S. Dept. of Energy and provides links to basic scientific information about the human genome project to social and ethical issues.
BBC Science and Nature - This site includes sections on Animals, Prehistoric Life, Human Body and Mind, Space, and Hot Topics. Included are factsheets, interactive exercises such as “The Organ Game” (put together a 3D puzzle of each organ), “The Skeleton Game, tests and quizzes. The Mind section allows user to explore topics such as memory or the relationship between art and personality. Learn about yourself by taking a personality test and see a brain map. In addition, there are links to basic information about all of the fascinating body systems.
Brooks/Cole - Recommended by Mrs. Cooper for her science classes.
Directory of Open Access - The aim of this directory is to increase the visibility and ease of use of open access scientific and scientific and scholarly journals thereby promoting their increased usage and impact. The Directory aims to be comprehensive and cover all open access scientific and scholarly journals that use a quality control system to guarantee the content.
Eric Weisstein's World of Science contains budding encyclopedias of astronomy, scientific biography, chemistry, and physics. This resource has been assembled over more than a decade by internet encyclopedist Eric W. Weisstein with assistance from the internet community. Eric Weisstein's World of Science is written and maintained by the author as a public service for scientific knowledge and education. Although it is often difficult to find explanations for technical subjects that are both clear and accessible, this web site bridges the gap by placing an interlinked framework of mathematical exposition and illustrative examples at the fingertips of every internet user.
EurekAlert - Comprehensive news server for up-to-date research in science, medicine, and engineering.
The Exploratorium - the museum of science, art and human perception - Online since 1993, this science museum contains over 15,000 Web pages exploring hundreds of different topics with many sound and video files. A wide assortment of hands-on activities includes everything from building a spectroscope to exploring the brain and creating a mummy.
Franklin Institute - You can visit the ocean, forecast the weather, study the heart, and learn the physics of flight at this Philadelphia science museum. There are numerous online exhibits, and online units for teachers support science investigations and classroom activities.
The Galileo Project - Learn about Galileo's family, his scientific inquiries, the Inquisition which punished him, and instruments the scientist used to perform his experiments. Biographies of other astronomers are here, as are maps of Galileo's world, a timeline of his life, and a catalog of the scientific community of the 16th and 17th centuries.
MAD Scientist Network - A collective crania of scientists answering questions in many areas. Also has good science links in MadSci Library.
The Public Library of Science - This non-profit organization of scientists and physicians committed to making the world's scientific and medical literature a freely available public resource.
Science A Go Go - Interesting science news, research tidbits, and science discussion.
Science Daily - Breaking science news is updated every 15 minutes with daily news stories and a detailed directory of science and health news items which is also searchable, or browse by topic.
Scientific American- The best of each month's current issue with links that let you connect directly to the researchers and their work; also includes features updated weekly and available only to on-line readers, breaking news stories with links to related sites, and a section called "Ask the Experts."
The Why Files is a science current-events service that brings the latest science news to students. It includes archives conveniently sorted by field: biology, environmental science, health, physical science, and social studies.
Discovery Earth Live - Discovery Earth Live is an interactive globe designed to provide news and scientific field reports on the current ecological state of the planet. The reports are supported with scientific date, explaining concepts and phenomena that illuminate the complex relationships between human activity and the environment.
Earthweek: a diary of the planet - Online version of the syndicated column gives real-time reporting of natural and environmental events. Reproducible articles and maps covering all continents provides teachers and students with current and archival weekly materials back to February 2002. Links to related sites are also provided.
Encyclopedia of the Atmospheric Environment - Clear, easy to use explanations and definitions created by the Atmosphere, Climate & Environment Information Programme (UK). The encyclopedia is a one-stop source of information on a range of atmospheric issues including air quality, acid rain, global warming and ozone depletion.
Environmental Literacy Council - Materials for teachers and students concerned with the relationship of society to air & climate, land, water, ecosystems, energy, and food. Data, maps, discussion topics and different points of view are presented with links to related sites.
Environmental News Network - News, commentary, and information about how we live on earth. The mission is to provide a global perspective on environmental issues, and to promote thought, discussion, and awareness among readers.
Global Climate Change Research Explorer - The climate is growing warmer currently; indication of that change are all around us. Though climate change isn’t new, the study of how human activity affects the earth’s climate is. Explore scientific data relating to the atmosphere, the oceans, the areas covered by ice and snow, and the living organisms in all these domains. Courtesy of the Exploratorium in San Francisco and a grant provided by the National Science Foundation.
Living on earth - This weekly environmental news and information program distributed by National Public Radio is now available via pod casts and features news, interviews and commentary on a broad range of ecological issues. Students can work with the mentors from nearby radio stations to develop the skills to become environmental journalists.
NASA earth observatory - This user-friendly site features sections on atmosphere, land, oceans, life on earth, heat and energy and remote sensing. Interesting phenomena are explored deeply, such as “Defying Dry”: satellites reveal that the Amazon rainforest is greener during the dry season than during the wet season.
National Environmental Trust - The National Environmental Trust is a non-profit, non partisan organization established in 1994 to inform citizens about environmental problems and how they affect health and quality of life. Find information and fact sheets on clean air, global warming, energy, forests, ocean and marine life, and health and other issues.
Planet Ark - This is the home of daily Reuters World Environment News. You’ll find daily news updates, activity ideas, Quick-Time videos, and free downloadable educational software. The aim of this Australian organization is to show people and business the many ways in which they can reduce their day-to-day impact on the environment.
The Responsible Shopper - Reports on global research and campaign information in order to alert the public about the social and environmental impact of major corporations.
US Environmental Protection Agency: Search your community - Students can search the national Envirofacts database for US EPA environmental data pertaining to their ZIP codes. Results include the local companies and agencies that impact air, water, and land quality.
