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DISCLAIMER: Although I have made every attempt to ascertain the worth and appropriateness of these sites, neither Pender County Schools, Cape Fear Middle School, nor myself can accept any responsibility for the content of any site listed below, or of any site linked to any site listed below. If you come across a linked site on this page or any page in this site that you consider inappropriate, please inform me ASAP and I will re-evaluate it. Thank you.
Bad Astronomy (site showcasing bad and erroneous science)
www.badastronomy.com/
Bagheera's Endangered Species Page
www.bagheera.com
Becoming Human (broadband documentary on human evolution)
www.becominghuman.org/
Beneficial Insects (in with the good bugs, out with the bad...)
www.ext.vt.edu/departments/entomology/ornamentals/beneficials.html
Bureau of Atomic Tourism (want to visit some nuclear test sites?)
www.atomictourist.com/
Carolina Coastal Science
www.ncsu.edu/coast/index.html
Cool Science for Curious Kids
www.hhmi.org/coolscience/
Dinorama (if you or your kids are into the big beasties, surf here)
www.nationalgeographic.com/dinorama/
Earthamaps (see a map of any city or location via the place, Zip code, area code, or latitude/longitude)
www.earthamaps.com/
Earthpulse (National Geographic interactive site full of multimedia presentations about the wonders of the planet)
www.nationalgeographic.com/earthpulse/
eNature (a National Wildlife Federation-acquired site that maintains a compendium of info on wildlife, habitats, and outdoor activities)
www.enature.com/
Fahrenheit to Celsius Converter (and vice versa)
www.wbuf.noaa.gov/tempfc.htm
Foliage Network (updated info on the changing seasons and Nature's related displays of foliage and color)
www.foliagenetwork.com/
Froguts (virtual frog dissection)
www.froguts.com/
The Heart - An Online Exploration (good site for info about the human heart)
sln.fi.edu/biosci/heart.html
Heavens-Above (excellent site for tracking satellites and other astronomical info)
www.heavens-above.com/main.asp
Herman the Worm (great site for learning about earthworms and the ways they interact with our environment)
www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/worms/index.html
HubbleSite (lots of graphical presentations and info about the Hubble Space Telescope -- some beautiful stuff here)
hubble.stsci.edu/
Infection Detection (kids' site; fun facts about microbes, etc.)
www.amnh.org/nationalcenter/infection/index.html
Inner Body (good educational site for the body's inner workings)
www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html
Insects on the Web (great site for kids and adults who are interested in the wide, wide world of bugs)
www.bugbios.com/
Interactive Star Chart (wonder what constellations are overhead right now? find out here)
www.mystarslive.com/
International Space University (renowned online graduate school granting diplomas in various aerospace and science fields)
www.isunet.edu/
JASON Project (online home of the famous Jason oceanographic exploration)
www.jasonproject.org/
JunkScience (a site devoted to debunking the fraudulent and mythical aspects of popular scientific beliefs; be warned, they seem to have a political agenda also)
www.junkscience.com/
Jurassic Park Institute (all things dino)
www.jpinstitute.com/
Keith's Astronomy and Astrophotography Page
home.HiWAAY.net/~krcool/Astro/Astro2.htm
Microsoft Terraserver (a huge compendium of satellite images of Earth from U.S. and Russian sources -- hey, I can see my house from here!)
terraserver.microsoft.com/
Minax Tarantulas (site devoted to the 843 species of tarantulas)
hem.spray.se/minax/index/welcome_e.html
NASA Human Space Flight (keep up with current missions, spaceflight-sighting opportunities, and more)
www.spaceflight.nasa.gov/
National Geographic Society (plenty of interactive features, maps, and what have you)
www.nationalgeographic.com/
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: OSEI (cool weather satellite images)
www.osei.noaa.gov/
Natural History Museum: Dino Directory (excellent dinosaur resource)
flood.nhm.ac.uk/cgi-bin/dino/
Nature Conservancy (venerable naturalist and environmental organization)
www.nature.org/
Neuroscience for Kids (explore a virtual central nervous system)
faculty.washington.edu/chudler/introb.html
New Scientist (online presence of the respected science magazine)
www.newscientist.com/
Nine Planets (multimedia tour of the Solar System)
seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/nineplanets.html
Nuclear Blast Mapper (choose where you want to bomb and how big you want to make your blast, and watch the fun begin...virtually, of course)
www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/amex/bomb/sfeature/mapablast.html
Ocean Planet (Smithsonian site with lots of info, pictorials, lesson plans, more)
http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/ocean_planet.html
Old Farmer's Almanac (folksy rendition of the old standby -- weather, planting information, and lots of tidbits)
www.almanac.com/
Ology (comprehensive informational site from the American Museum of Natural History)
www.ology.amnh.org/
Popular Science (online presence of the venerable tech mag)
www.popsci.com/
Science Education Gateway (collaborative site using talents of NASA scientists and K-12 educators to produce curricula and resources)
cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/segway/index.html
Smart Planet (good site for computer learning and certification)
www.zdnet.com/smartplanet/
Solar System Lesson Plans
www.lalc.k12.ca.us/laep/smart/Sunrise/sunhome.html
Sport! Science (the science behind the sports)
www.exploratorium.edu/sports/index.html
Station Location (find out where the larger of the gazillion man-made objects in Earth orbit are, their orbital paths, etc.)
liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/temp/StationLoc.html
Sun Protection (all kinds of info about the sun's effect on our health)
www.sunprotection.org/
Terrafly (take a virtual flying tour of any locale on the globe)
terrafly.fiu.edu/
Union of Concerned Scientists (large site with an alarming amount of info about the width and variety of destructive influences on our environment)
www.ucsusa.org/index.html
Vegetable Insects (an exhaustive listing)
entweb.clemson.edu/cuentres/cesheets/veg/
Visual Elements Periodic Table (elegant, interactive site bringing the dry old Periodic Table to life)
www.chemsoc.org/viselements/pages/periodic_table.html
Visual Physics (oddly designed simulation site)
library.thinkquest.org/10170/main.htm
Volcano World (track the world's volcanic activity here)
volcano.und.nodak.edu/vw.html
Weather Underground (not the site for the '60s anarchist organization, but a comprehensive site dealing with weather all over the globe)
www.wunderground.com/
The Why? Files (source of info for the science behind the current headlines)
whyfiles.org/
World Magazine (monthly online 'zine for kids, from National Geographic)
www.nationalgeographic.com/world/index.html
More to come...