Science Links
- Science and Ethics
- Council for Biotechnology Policy -
A non-partisan, non-profit group that addresses scientific and cultural issues related to bioethics and human dignity.
- General Science Sites
- National Geographic News - A daily news
service produced by National Geographic that focusis on the geographic aspects of world news.
- Everyday Mysteries -
Answers to science questions from the Library of Congress
- Did you ever wonder? -
From the Lawrence Berkely National Labs, this site answers a dozen
questions each month, with information from the scientists themselves.
- Robotics Education Project
- Another site from NASA, this one is all about robotics. Games, webcasts,
news articles, and 'Ask Mr. Robot' are included.
- Robot World
- from BBC, this site features history of robots and roboteers, a 'build
your own robot' lab, and more
- Netsurfer Robotics - a
new e-zine with lots of articles and links about robotics.
- Hazardous
Weather - from USA Today, this site includes links toofficial hazardous
weather text alerts and graphics produced by the National Weather Service,
plus information on all forms of dangerous weather.
- Unisys Weather - Thousands
of weather-related images. Check the "First Time User" pages.
- New Wind Chill
Chart - This site explains the new wind chill index from the National
Weather Service and lets you calculate wind chill.
- How Stuff Works - A
fascinating site by Marshall Brain, with answers to your questions about
the mechanics of everything from diesel engines to CGI scripts. Searchable,
or you can suggest your own topic.
- How Everyday Things are Made - Videos show the manufacturing
processes of everyday items.
- Exploravision
- The site for 9th physical science project. Check out previous winners.
- Greatest Engineering Achievements
of the 20th Century - History and timelines of 20 current technologies
from the National Academy of Engineering
- Discover Magazine - Discover's
website
- Popular Science - Popular
Science Magazine's website
- Science Daily
- Online Science magazine that made Popular Science's 50 best science sites
3 years in a row.
- Science Magazine - Science
Magazine online
- Science News - Science
News Magazine's website
- How Things Work
- Not to be confused with HowStuffWorks, this site maintained by Louis Bloomfield,
a physics professor at the University of Virginia, answers questions about
the physics of everyday life.
- The Farmhouse - Bio-based
environmental and energy efficient architecture
- DNA Learning Center - From
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory - a good source of information and news on
genetics and DNA, it includes a fascinating image archive of the American
Eugenics movement.
- Transgenic
Crops - From Colorado State University - an excellent introduction
to genetically altered plants, including statistics, animations, and news.
- Chemical Elements
- A great site, with lots of good information, but really annoying banner
ads.
- Web Elements - Everything
you ever wanted to know about the elements, and probably more. Includes,
among many other things, a printable, up to the minute periodic table.
- Los Alamos Periodic Table
- Click on an element and get a brief profile of its history, sources, properties,
uses, cost, and handling. Government site.
- David's
Whizzy Periodic Table - This one doesn't have all the elements but it's really fun!
- Oceanography
- From the Office of Naval Research, this site has lots of information,
activities, and links about waves, tides, habitats, ocean life, and much
more. Requires Flash.
- The Last Word
- A collection of over a thousand science questions and answers from New
Scientist, a leading weekly science and technology magazine. You can submit
an answer or post your own questions.
- Science Snacks
- Mini versions of the Exploratorium's exhibits you can do yourself. Try
one!
- Genomics Gateway
- From Nature. This excellent site features articles, streaming videos,
animations, downloadable booklets, an illustrated glossary and more.
- Functional Genomics
- From Science Magazine. Includes links to recent news, new and classic
scholarly papers organized by topic, annotated links, biotech business resources,
and Science's genome special issues.
- Cells Alive - A fascinating
site that explores cellular biology with live cams that show the growth
of bacteria or cancer cells in real time, and colorful, animated exhibits
like "The Anatomy of a Splinter" and "Apoptosis - When a Cell Commits Suicide."
- Cornell University
Math and Science Gateway - Great list of links, especially for high
school students. Includes links to science magazines, newsletters and research
articles.
- Museum of Science, Boston
- Almost as much fun as being there.
- The Great Buildings Collection
- You can search for a particular building, say the Taj Mahal or the Chartres
Cathedral, and get photos and historical and architectural information about
it, then, with free downloadable software, walk around and through a 3D
model of it.
- Top
100 Skyscrapers - A listing of the top 100 buildings based solely
on structural height.
- Fish Base - A global information
system with all you ever wanted to know about fishes.
- Biodiversity
- An interactive site for younger students from the Natural History Museum
in London.
- Intelligent Design - from access
research network, this site features research, student-authored papers,
news, and links on the issues of evolution/intelligent design. They offer
$5/page for accepted articles.
- Meta-Efficient - "A guide to the most
efficient things in the world."
- Competitive Enterprise Institute A non-profit
public policy organization that is concerned with environmental and other
issues.
- 6th Grade Animal Sites
- Animal
Diversity - Probably the most comprehensive and well-organized
of any of the animal sites. This site, from the University
of Michigan Museum of Zoology, is searchable by common or scientific
name, and often includes multiple pictures or videos. The information
is written by college students. Please read and follow copyright
restrictions.
- Online
Field Guides - A good place to start. This site, owned
by the National Wildlife Federation, includes facts, pictures,
and often links to articles about a large number of animals.
It's searchable or you can browse by type of animal.
- Especies
Fact Sheet - Facts on many endangered animals througout
the world
- Seaworld
Animal Information Database - This site includes lots of
well-organized facts and pictures, but only on a few animals.
- Web
of Life - Looking for an unusual animal? Check out this
site from the London Zoo. Brief but interesting information
on many species.
- Yahooligans
Animals - links to information pictures, and soundfiles
of many animals. Searchable or browse by type of animal.
- World Wildlife Fund - Lots
of information, especially on endangered species. Searchable
and includes photo gallery.
- Lucid Images Wildlife
Photography - good source for pictures, the site is divided
into four sections: Birds of North America, Mammals of North
America, Scenic Places of North America, and Alaska
- National Image Library -
Public domain (that means you can copy them without asking permission)
images of wildlife photographs
- Endangered TV -
An image gallery of endangered animals. These are free downloads.
- Wildlife
Conservation Society Sights and Sounds - This photo gallery
showcases animals on display at the Bronx Zoo and WCS' four
other wildlife parks in New York City.
- Insects on the Web Beautiful photographs of insects