Mad Scientist Network connects you to the experts. Questions submitted must be science related and are usually answered within seven days. There is a searchable archive that dates back to 1995.
Science Friday Kids' Connection is one of the coolest science sites. Hosted by National Public Radio, here you can perform online experiments to learn about everything from gravity to plastic, read about emerging diseases, insects, and just about anything else you can think of.
The Science Learning Network "explores how telecomputing can support inquiry-based science education." Sounds boring, right? It isn't, though. I wonder who's eye they're about to cut open there?
*Scientific American: Ask the Experts will answer your questions by email. The site also contains archives of information about astronomy, biology, chemistry, computer science, environmental science, geology, math, medicine, and physics.
New Scientist provides answers to questions about everyday phenomena, and information on science and technological news from around the world.
You may search the Scientific American site for current issues and back issues (to January 1996) and has an "ask an expert" section.
Index I'm adding new categories.. that's why the index looks sloppy. :)
Human Anatomy Online (requires a Java compatible browser)
Sheep Brain Dissection, the Anatomy of Memory. Yum!
Nasa's Office of Space Science offers you information on the evolution and structure of the universe.
The Nine Planets focuses strictly on our solar system.
Return to Mars (we didn't know we'd ever left.)
Small Comets: the snowballs from space.
Star Journey, from the National Geographic Society, includes star charts and shots from the Hubble Telescope.
4,000 years of women in science! gives very brief biographies. Searchable by alphabet and by time period.
Einstein Revealed (eek!) contains feature articles, games, timelines, and related links about Smarty Pants himself. Brought to you by PBS/NOVA television.
Short biographies of African-American Men and Women in the Sciences
The Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences profiles men and women who have contributed to the advancement of science and engineering.
Muslim Scientists, Mathematicians and Astronomers before the European Renaissance, 700 - 1500 C.E.
NASA Astronaut biographies
The Biology Project covers everything from biochem to molecular biology. Good for upper grades.
BioTech includes a great dictionary and annotated links to all the best resources
on the Internet for studying science and biotechnology. Research level from high school through graduate school.CellsAlive uses animation, 3-D, and video clips to show you the world of cellular biology and microorganisms including truly icky viruses and mountains of bacteria.
Dictionary of Cell Biology provides fast access to over 6500 hyper-linked definitions of terms. Searchable
Do some Mad Scientist (TM) genetic experiments at the Virtual Fly Lab.
Virtual Frog Dissection ...need we say more?
Berkeley's Chemistry Department has a periodic table that is fairly easy to use.
Chemtutor provides basic reviews of concepts in chemistry, including the ever-fun balancing of equations.
For fun, try out the Comic Book Periodic Table of Elements. Will Tin win the heart of the beautiful Ms. Platinum? (There's a link there to WebElements, too :)
Encyclopedia of Chemistry and Science
Environmental Chemistry provides chemistry, environmental and hazardous materials educational resources including a detailed periodic table of elements; articles on chemistry, environmental and hazardous materials issues; a geologic timeline; and much more. With over three hundred pages packed with content, this site is a behemoth featuring more stuff than you can digest in a week of evenings.
Wilton High School Chemistry Matter Files -- this link takes you to the index. From there, scroll down to Matter Files. There is information on everything from acids to oxidation to kinetics.
Visit the Dinosaur Mall.
The Dinosauria has the Dol Dinosaur Omnipedia with paleontological terms, lists of general, cladograms (I don't know what they are either), geologic time periods, etc. Very high quality images.
The American Museum of Natural History has neat information about dinosaurs, fossils, amber, etc.
The best I've found is Frank Potter's Science Gems -- Earth Science I. A lot of good links.
The South Pole: I wasn't too sure where to put this one, since it has weather, geological, and biological information all in one go.
Internet Connections for Engineering from aerospace to TQE (whatever that is).
Bugs, things that have too many legs, and other squishy stuff can be found at Colorado State University's Entomology site. There are plenty of photographs, general information, and folklore.
Insecta courtesy of the Spencer Entomology Museum, U. of British Columbia
Well, we know spiders are technically not bugs, but thought we would throw the Arachnology site in this category anyway. Here you can learn more than you ever wanted to know about spiders, spider phobias, myths about spiders, and lifestyles of rich and famous spiders.
Global Warming
- Index to Climate Change Fact Sheets: including greenhouse gasses. *Sniff sniff* What was that? :P
- State of the Climate looks at global warming and shifts in weather patterns.
- The US Environmental Protection Agency's site on Global Warming is even better.
The Oxygenated Fuels Association provides a little bit of information about alternate fuels such as biodiesel and compressed natural gas.
PlanetDiary has weekly updates on the environmental state of planet Earth, including events and disasters like floods, fire, earthquakes, drought, volcanoes, oil spills, radioactivity, tornadoes, and tropical storms.
Recycle City from the Environmental Protection Agency.
Environmental Chemistry provides chemistry, environmental and hazardous materials educational resources including a detailed periodic table of elements; articles on chemistry, environmental and hazardous materials issues; a geologic timeline; and much more. With over three hundred pages packed with content, this site is a behemoth featuring more stuff than you can digest in a week of evenings.
Information about scientific experimentation (methodology, what to do if the experiment fails, etc.) can be found for the introductory and intermediate levels.
Ideas for Science Fair projects on all levels are available at the Science Fairs Home Page (where else?). It would have been great if there were more information, but it's a good starting place.
Genetics The Human Genome Project includes a Brief Key to Basic Genetics in this extensive site.
Geology & Minerology Ask-A-Geologist will answer questions about volcanoes, earthquakes, mountains, rocks, maps, ground water, lakes and rivers.
Frequently Asked Questions about Crystals for Students
Mineral and Gemstone Kingdom: An interactive guide to Rocks, Minerals, and Gemstones
Mineral gallery -- searchable by name and class and includes metals. The
site is commercial, but if you look at menu bar on left you'll find good information.Mineralogical Record has searchable archives.
Smithsonian museum Gem & Mineral Collection is especially good for photographs.
U.S. Geological Survey has 4 main areas: Hazards, Natural Resources, Environment, and Information Management.
Geography (see also Maps) The Mining Company always has good stuff. Check out their Geography Guide.
The Geographic Learning Site has just been completely updated and revamped. Have a look.
Global Warming (see Environment, above.)
General Resources
American Inventors and Inventions
Blacks in Technology: Past and Present
Dead Inventors' Corner is not very easy to use, unfortunately, because there is some good stuff here.
Discovery Online: Search by Inventor's name
History of Science Museum, Florence, Italy
* How Stuff Works
Inventure Place
The National Inventors Hall of Fame has biographical sketches and pictures of America's great inventors.
The United States Patent and Trademark Museum
Wacky Patent of the Month
The World of Ben Franklin
Specific ThingiesElectric Cars
Everything you ever wanted to know about pencils.
A brief article on invention of radar.
The history of the transistor, courtesy of Lucent Technologies.
You can do the ask-an-expert (Lou Bloomfield) at How Things Work.
PhysLINK: The Ultimate Physics Resource for physicists and students alike.
Take a look at TipTop: the Internet Pilot to Physics
The Global Volcanism Program is a Smithsonian Institute program that is striving to understand volcanoes by documenting 10,000 years worth of eruptions. Now, why are you saying "eww!?" :-)
PlanetDiary includes information about current volcano eruptions.
There are many very nicely done weather sites available, so we're going to limit ourselves to a few.
Zoology Animal Diversity Web includes pictures, sound files, distribution of animal populations, some taxonomic information, and more.
BIOSIS has the most current taxonomy and nomenclature. Includes the Zoological Record.
Elephant Information Repository
All about Sharks
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