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- NSF Network News highlights some of the articles published in the National Science Foundation Network News for K - 12 educators.
- SciLink is an educational computer conferencing network serving the needs of science, math and other educators. It specializes in projects that encourage hands-on student networking through the Internet.
- Earth Viewer shows the visitor a map of the Earth showing the day and night regions at this moment, or view the Earth from the Sun, the Moon, the night side of the Earth above any location on the planet or from a satellite in earth's orbit and lots more.
- General College Chemistry Tutorial A tutorial for first semester college chemistry including course notes, syllabus, exams, quizzes and useful tables. This project was originally started as an experimental teaching aid for undergraduate chemistry course offered by 1998 Dr. Michael Blaber, Department of Chemistry, Florida State University, in the Fall of 1996 The response to the original project motivated Dr. Michael Blaber to polish it up a bit.
- University of California Museum of Paleontology explores the possibilities of an interactive natural history museum through the Internet. Explore the on-line catalogs and carry out sophisticated information searches.
- Elementary Science This Month is a free online Magazine for elementary aged students and teachers. It features science activities using everyday materials, scientist of the month and an animal of the month.
- The Museum of Unnatural Mysteryis suitable for science students in grades 4-12.Here's a virtual science museum that explores mysteries that still puzzle mankind. Each "hall" in the museum provides asummary of the scientific findings on the topic and has numerous links toweb sites that provide further information.
- El NinoBeen to a party lately? How about the water cooler or the staff room? If so, you've undoubtedly heard talk about the biggest weather pattern since the Willard Scott hair piece debate: El Nino. Aside from revitalising the West Coast's roofing industry, El Nno could cause widespread havoc around the world with its ocean-warming, storm-whipping ways. Find out exactly what the hype is about and how long this irregularly occurring months- to years-long storm been around. You'll also find a bit puddle full of links, and El Nino-related news stories.
- CELLS alive! is a visual site that provides answers to questions such as: How big is a virus? Bacterium? Human cell? How do white blood cells kill microbes? How does penicillin kill bacteria? What does Apoptosis mean?
- Space Shuttle Clickable Map Learn about the different components that make up the space shuttle. This site features a clickable map (Space Shuttle) leading the user to details on: External Tank/Solid Rocket Booster/Crew Compartment/Cargo Bay/Space Shuttle Main Engine and more.
- Electronic Zoo An award winning site that has the goal to categorize and organize veterinary medical and animal-related information on the Internet in a relevant, easy to use format for people interested in these topics.
- AstroNetA commercial Mall with a some links that offer free material and downloads including The Universe in the Classroom a free classroom aid for teachers and Astronomy and Astrophotography For Beginners a newsletter from Internet Telescope Exchange
- Astronomy Cafe "The web site for the astronomically disadvantaged" Have you ever wondered what it might be like to be an astronomer, write a research paper and to go observing? Do you have any questions that you would like an astronomer to answer? Would you like to hear the latest about hyperspace, black holes, time travel and quantum cosmology? Well. You've come to the right place! Sit down...grab a coffee...and have a far-out adventure at the outer frontier of space and time At this award winning site.
- Hubbel's Greatest Hits A Photo Gallery of the Universe Hubble Space Telescope evokes a new sense of awe and wonder about the infinite richness of our universe in dramatic, unprecedented pictures of celestial objects. Like a traveler sharing their best snapshots, we present a selection of Hubble's most spectacular images.
- The Nine Planets: A Multi media Tour of the Solar System The Nine Planets is a multi media overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of each of the planets and moons in our solar system. Each page has text and images, some have sounds and movies, most provide references to additional related information.
- Welcome to the Planets (Images from NASA's Planetary Exploration Program) This is a collection of many of the best images from NASA's planetary exploration program. The collection has been extracted from the interactive program "Welcome to the Planets"
- The Internet Public Library Reference Section The IPL Ready Reference Collection is a collection of Internet resources gathered together with the needs of the Internet community in mind. It is not intended to be a comprehensive hot list to all sites on every subject, but rather an annotated collection, chosen to help answer specific questions quickly and efficiently. Sources are selected according to ease of use, quality and quantity of information, frequency of updating, and authoritativeness.
- NASA Home Page Now or in the near future, you will be able to download the latest imagery from the Hubble Space Telescope, read about recent uses of NASA-developed technology by private industry, watch a short video of the first human landing on the Moon or view the latest Microgravity science experiment underway aboard the planned international Space Station. All of this and more is waiting for you on this page
- BeekeepingA link page to sites of interest to those who want to find out about bees, including Africanized Honey Bee: The scoop on "Killer Bees", Bee Alert!: Bees as Environmental Monitor
- Butterfly Web Site This site has many areas of interest including a Discussion Area and Chat Room, a Calendar of Events, World Watch, Butterflies in Education--a place where kids and teachers can find out what types of butterfly-oriented projects are going on at schools--plus Gardening, and Articles and Other Information - Ecology, Conservation
- Wonderful World of Insects Everything you wanted to find out about insects you will find here. If you don't find it you can use the links page or you can "Ask the Expert."
- Whaletimes Welcome to the WhaleTimes SeaBed! This is an award winning site. WhaleTimes will take you on an adventure to the ocean. Do you like seals, sharks, penguins and whales? Then you're going to love WhaleTimes. Find out how your favorite animals survive in the sea. What they eat, where they live and much more.
- The Digital Frog The Digital Frog has won: the 1995 Canadian Education Association Achievement Award (Canada's top educational technology award), 1995 AMTEC Award of Excellence, 1995 Society for Technical Communication Award of Merit. The Digital Field Trip to The Wet lands has won: 1996 AMTEC Award of Excellence, 1997 Society for Technical Communications Award of Excellence, 1997 International Society for Technical Communications Best of Show Award. Images are meticulously researched and elegantly brought to life using virtual reality software, full color photographs, videos, narration, text and animations.This site has already won many prestigious awards. You can also order customizable student/teacher workbooks which provide a structured way to explore and learn (school/college versions only).
- Grolier InteractiveGrolier Interactive's online publishing and web site activities take advantage of the latest in delivery technology. The Grolier Internet Index exemplifies the synergy achieved by hybrid CD-ROM and online publishing. The 1997 Grolier Multi media Encyclopedia is linked in this manner to editorially appropriate sites on the Internet for extended searches and explorations.
- Mount St. Helens, Before, During and After the 1980 Eruption This site is part of the Volcano World on-line education pageVolcano World Online goal is to give you an educational experience, about volcanos, using online resources. The provide volcano lessons via the WWW, expert feedback to students via the WWW and encourage research to be done on the internet plus much more
- The Smithsonian Institute Home PageAmong other things at this site you can: Explore information on the Smithsonian's many museums, galleries, research centers, and offices both in and outside the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. See a map of the National Mall indicating the location of many of the museums. Watch a brief video clip of the Secretary welcoming you to the site. Audio only is also available. Link to an Overview of Smithsonian Museums. The overview is available in English, French, German, and Spanish. Get information about the Smithsonian exhibitions across the country from the Smithsonian Traveling Exhibitions section.
- Science for the Millennium Welcome to this "alpha release" of our online Science Expo, Science for the Millennium, a product of the Education and Outreach Group at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA). Our prototype online Expo focuses chiefly on astronomy and astrophysics, advanced computation, and virtual environments.
- Ministry of Education, Skills and Training Examination, Key and Report to Schools Search Page These examinations and key response materials are provided exclusively for the non-profit use of teachers, administrators and students in the B.C. educational system of schools, universities and colleges for study, practice and teaching purposes only. No other use or reproduction in any form or by any means including electronic storage, reproduction, execution or transmission is permitted without the prior written permission of the Ministry of Education, Skills and Training, Province of British Columbia.
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