TODAY IN SCIENCE HISTORY - Learn about the people and
events in science each day.
http://www.todayinsci.com/
THE YUCKIEST - Explore topics such as eye gunk, vomit and
poop -- and the science behind these "ever-fascinating" subjects.
http://yucky.kids.discovery.com
HOW STUFF WORKS: Have you ever wondered how your air
conditioner works or what makes your car run? Then How Stuff
Works is the place for you!
http://www.howstuffworks.com/
SPACE WEATHER BUREAU - Science news and information about
the Sun-Earth environment. You can even get today's
interplanetary forecast of solar squalls. Space weather forecasts
that appear on this site are based in part on data from NASA and
NOAA satellites and ground-monitoring stations.
http://www.spaceweather.com/
BEYOND DISCOVERY: THE PATH FROM RESEARCH TO HUMAN BENEFIT -
The National Academy of Sciences has created a directory of
articles that trace the path between discovery and the scientific
process to the actual application developed to benefit the
people. Surfers can find out about Hepatitis B, Global
Positioning Systems, Sounding Out the Oceans' Secrets and more.
http://www.beyonddiscovery.org/
YOUR SKY - is an interactive planetarium of the Web. You
can produce night-sky maps for any time and date, viewpoint, and
observing location. (NYC is at 40 degrees North latitude and 73
degrees West longitude).
http://fourmilab.to/yoursky
SKY & TELESCOPE - Sky & Telescope magazine's "Sky at
a Glance" page gives an overview of what's currently happening in
the sky.
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/ataglance
VOLCANO WORLD - The web's best source of volcano
information of facts, video and pictures for world volcanoes.
Track current eruptions, ask a volcanologist a question or even
take a virtual trip to an existing volcano!
http://volcano.und.edu/
DAN'S WILD WILD WEATHER - This site (put together by
meteorologist Dan Satterfield) has information on radar,
tornadoes and other weather phenomena, satellites, as well as
puzzles and games.
http://www.wildwildweather.com/
OCEAN PLANET - A virtual exhibit from the Smithsonian.
Explore the oceans of the world, marine life, and marine science.
There are lessons, activities and other related resources.
http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/ocean_planet.html
INTERNET PUBLIC LIBRARY - SCIENCE FAIR PROJECTS - a site
that links you to 8 other sites to help you prepare for the
Science Fair project.
http://www.ipl.org/youth/projectguide/
SPACE WANDER - Travel through space to Mars and Jupiter as
well as destinations outside our solar system.
http://www.spacewander.com
THE NINE PLANETS: A MULTIMEDIA TOUR OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM -
This site contains facts and photos, as well as some mythology.
Each page includes either images, sounds or movies.
http://www.seds.org/billa/tnp/
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL LIBRARY KIDS' SCIENCE PAGE - Offers
info about science, with categories including animals,
environment, food and nutrition and plants. It also links to
sites with info about the scientific process and science fairs.
http://www.nal.usda.gov/kids/
CDC: NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH - Questions
about the connection between mold and asthma? This website has
the answer to that question as well as many others.
http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/default.htm
DEBUNK SCIENCE MYTHS - Scientist Philip Plait has decided
to debunk the many scientific misconceptions out there about
astronomy, including the conspiracy theory that the moon landings
were faked.
http://www.badastronomy.com/
BARTLEBY.COM - "The Bartleby.com edition of Grays
Anatomy of the Human Body features 1,247 vibrant engravingsmany
in colorfrom the classic 1918 publication, as well as a subject
index with 13,000 entries."
http://www.bartleby.com/107
THE PHYSICS OF ... ICE CREAM - All you ever wanted to know
about the frozen confection.
http://www.foodsci.uoguelph.ca/dairyedu/icecream.html
DIGITAL FROG - For those of us who object to dissection of
a real animal, this interactive frog dissection features
streaming video, quizzes and great links.
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/frog
A SICKENING SITE - This site combines material on germs,
bacteria and disease with games and mysteries.
http://www.amnh.org/nationalcenter/infection
DISGUSTING DEFENSE - Ever see a lizard shoot blood out of
its eyes? You will on this site...
http://www.kidzworld.com/site/p3234.htm
MAKING MUMMIES - First you pull out the brains, then the
intestines! Check out this site on the ancient science of
embalming.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/tv/mummy
GREAT FOR THE GROSSED-OUT- Yup - this site covers it all
from earwax and boogers to burps. There are also some interactive
games.
http://www.kidshealth.org
A VIRTUAL TOUR OF THE HUMAN BODY: Take a tour inside the
human body, visiting the heart, the human brain, the digestive
system, and the human skeleton.
http://www.medtropolis.com/VBody.asp
EXPLORATORIUM ONLINE EXHIBITS: "The Exploratorium in
San Francisco offers one of the country's finest hands-on,
interactive science exhibits in a massive hall, in the old site
of the Palace of Fine Arts for the 1915 Panama Pacific
International Exposition.If you can't make it to San Francisco
however, you can still explore some of the great Exploratorium
exhibits online, including several of these visual experiments."
Riverdeep January 10, 2007
http://www.exploratorium.org/exhibits/f_exhibits.html
Relive the enthralling launch of Apollo 11 and America's
legendary trip to the moon with this online reproduction of the
actual mission, complete with fascinating audio, videos and
animations. Students can change the view, experience the
countdown, listen to actual astronaut exchanges, and launch the
rocket in celebration of man's first trip to the moon, now 40
years later.
We Choose The Moon