General
- CNN.com TECHNOLOGY
(http://cnn.com/TECH/)
Up-to-the-minute technology news.
- Discover
(http://www.discover.com/)
This monthly magazine reports on discoveries from all fields of science.
The searchable archives on the site go back to 1992.
- Exploratorium
(http://www.exploratorium.edu/)
San Francisco's renowned science museum on the Web. Changing online
exhibits, topical experiences such as "The Science of Baseball," instructions
for over 500 simple experiments, and live Webcasts of speakers and
special events are highlighted.
- The Franklin Institute Online
(http://sln.fi.edu/)
Philadelphia's science museum online. Includes online exhibits on
the heart and Benjamin Franklin, Franklin's Forecast (with lots of
do-at-home weather experiments), and information about current issues
in science.
- NOVA® Online
(http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/)
Home of PBS's popular science television program, this site has program
schedules, background information on past and future topics, and information
for teachers about using NOVA programming in the classroom.
- SciCentral
(http://www.scicentral.com/)
This extensive site is a gateway to thousands of categorized online
resources for the sciences, but that is only the beginning.
- Science Magazine
(http://www.sciencemag.org/)
Find abstracts and full text of every scientific paper and full text
of every news article, posted as the weekly paper edition is mailed.
Archives of abstracts go back to October 1995. ScienceNOW provides
daily updated short news articles of interest to the science community.
- The Why? Files
(http://whyfiles.org/)
The science behind today's headlines.
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Biological Sciences
- BioSpace
(http://www.biospace.com/)
News about the biotechnology and pharmacology industries, career
information, information for investors, and a calendar of industry
events are some of the highlights of this site.
- Endangered!
(http://www.amnh.org/nationalcenter/Endangered/index.html)
Endangered habitats and species exhibit from the American Museum
of Natural History.
- The eSkeletons Project
(http://www.eskeletons.org/)
View the bones of the human anatomy from different angles and
compare them with the bones of non-human primates ranging from
the gorilla to the mouse lemur.
- Flora of North America
(http://www.fna.org/FNA)
This enormous project, involving 30 institutions and over 800
botanists, is producing a comprehensive botanical reference for
all North American species. The results will be published in 30
print volumes from Oxford University Press and at this Web site.
- Human Anatomy
Online
(http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html)
Laypeople and professionals alike can explore the different body
systems using anatomy labels that link to images, descriptions
and animations.
- Marine Biological Laboratory
(http://www.mbl.edu/)
Search their library, read news from the marine biology field,
and find out about courses, institutes, and special events.
- National
Collection of Endangered Plants
(http://www.centerforplantconservation.org/NC_Choice.html)
The Center for Plant Conservation coordinates the national network
of institutions participating in the collection, growth, and maintenance
of more than "600 of America's most imperiled native plants."
- National Human Genome Research
Institute
(http://www.genome.gov/)
Find out about the Institute and the Human Genome Project, explore
the legal and ethical issues of genetic research, visit the Center
for Inherited Disease Research, and explore their collection of
links to other genetic research information on the Web.
- National Zoological
Park
(http://nationalzoo.si.edu/default.cfm)
In addition to information to help in planning your visit to
the National Zoo, this site features online exhibits, Web cams,
a photo library, and information about ongoing research at the
Zoo.
- Neurosciences on the Internet
(http://www.neuroguide.com/)
A searchable and browsable index of neuroscience resources available
on the Internet: neurobiology, neurology, neurosurgery, psychiatry,
psychology, cognitive science sites, and information on human neurological
diseases.
- Seeing, Hearing, and Smelling
the World
(http://www.hhmi.org/senses/)
From the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, this site explains
how the brain sees, hears, and smells. Also available in Spanish.
- The
Visible Human Project
(http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/visible/visible_human.html)
Complete, anatomically detailed representations of the human
body. Sponsored by the National Library of Medicine.
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Earth Sciences
- Earth's
Active Volcanoes
(http://www.geo.mtu.edu/volcanoes/world.html)
A clickable map and guide to active volcanoes around the world.
- EPA's
Global Warming Site
(http://yosemite.epa.gov/oar/globalwarming.nsf/content/index.html)
The Environmental Protection Agency site provides extensive information
on the problem of global warming. It discusses how greenhouse gas
causes global warming, affects the climate, and impacts many other
things such as health, agriculture, and forests.
- Extreme
Weather Sourcebook
(http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/sourcebook/)
Created by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR),
this site offers easy access to data on the economic damage from
hurricanes, floods, and tornadoes in the United States and its
territories.
- Reading
Weather Maps
(http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/maps/home.rxml)
Temperature maps, surface maps, and observational maps demystified.
- Renewables
(Renewable Energy Sources)
(http://www.eia.doe.gov/fuelrenewable.html)
From the U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration,
papers and other information about biomass, solar energy, geothermal
energy, hydroelectric power, and other topics of interest in the
quest for renewable energy.
- UN Atlas of the
Oceans
(http://www.oceansatlas.org/index.jsp)
In recognition of World Environment Day, the United Nations has
launched an online global marine atlas. The atlas, comprised of
14 maps and thousands of supporting documents, will track the state
of the world's oceans.
- The Weather Channel
(http://www.weather.com/)
Get your local weather report, travel forecasts, and updates
on major weather events around the world.
- What Forces
Affect Our Weather?
(http://www.learner.org/exhibits/weather/)
Starting with the atmosphere, this site then takes users through
the following topics: the water cycle, powerful storms, ice and
snow, forecasting, our changing climate, and finally, related resources.
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Mathematics
- CuriousMath.com
(http://www.curiousmath.com/)
Tricks and rules for quickly calculating certain types of problems,
entertaining trivia, and math facts.
- Glossary
of Statistical Terms
(http://www.animatedsoftware.com/elearning/Statistics%20Explained/glossary/se_glossary.html)
A glossary of terms you will encounter in statistics classes,
the financial pages, and scientific writings. Presented in both
alphabetical and "suggested learning" order.
- The MacTutor
History of Mathematics Archive
(http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/)
Biographies, chronologies, and more.
- Math in
Daily Life
(http://www.learner.org/exhibits/dailymath/)
The exhibit is divided into several topical sections exploring
probability and gambling, compound interest and credit cards, population
growth, geometry and the home, and ratios and recipes.
- MathPages
(http://www.mathpages.com/home/index.htm)
Hundreds of papers on a variety of mathematical topics.
- Mathematical
Mistakes Website
(http://www.members.cox.net/mathmistakes/)
"A site dedicated to the listing of mathematical mistakes made
over and over by advertisers, the media, reporters, politicians,
activists, and in general, many non-math people."
- PBS
TeacherSource: Math
(http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/math.htm?default)
A wonderful resource for teachers, parents, and students that
includes monthly activities relating mathematical concepts to real-world
situations.
- Zentralblatt MATH
(http://www.emis.de/ZMATH/)
Search math journals from 1931 to the present.
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Physical Sciences
- Chemical Elements.com
(http://www.chemicalelements.com/)
Choose any element to get basic chemical statistics such as density
or atomic mass, plus historical information about its discovery.
For more extensive information see WebElements.
- ChemWeb.com
(http://www.chemweb.com/)
With a free membership, you can search chemistry journals, read
articles in ChemWeb's own journal, The Alchemist, explore
ChemDex's large collection of rated chemistry sites on the Web,
search job banks, and find information about conferences around
the world.
- lanl.arXiv.org e-Print archive
(http://xxx.lanl.gov/)
From the Los Alamos National Labs, this site provides access
to the newest results from experiments in physics, mathematics,
nonlinear sciences, computer science, and quantitative biology
often before (or as) the print versions appear.
- NASA
(http://www.nasa.gov/)
From NASA's homepage you can access information about all aspects
of the agency's work, including current manned missions, unmanned
flights, the International Space Station, and the history of space
exploration. Check out Our Solar System for news,
pictures and articles on the nine planets, many moons and one sun
that make up our solar system.
- The Nine Planets
(http://www.nineplanets.org)
A multimedia tour of the solar system, covering the history,
mythology, and scientific knowledge about the nine planets, their
moons, the sun, and the smaller bodies which reside here or visit
regularly.
- A Visual Interpretation
of the Table of Elements
(http://www.chemsoc.org/viselements/)
Blending the work of artists and chemists, the site features
computer-generated interpretive images, descriptions and histories,
and a link to a data sheet in .pdf format for each element.
- WebElements
(http://www.webelements.com/)
At this Web-based periodic table key data such as atomic weight
and number are just the beginning. In addition to complete descriptions
(which include spellings in seven languages), WebElements includes
chemical, isotope, spectroscopy, electronic, biological, and geological
data.