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Agriculture in the Classroom |
| This website is a wonderful resource for teachers of general science courses, as well as agricultural teachers. The strongest area of the website is the inclusion of curriculum development from kindergarten through 12th grade for teachers of agriculture. |
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Artificial Life Online 2 |
| It takes about 15 to 20 hours to mine all of the information in this site, because of the volume of information. |
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AT&T Labs Technology Showcase Demos |
| The AT&T Labs Technology Showcase Demos website presents information about and demonstrations of "innovative" technology from AT&T labs. |
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BBC Science & Nature |
| BBC Science& Nature is a website chock-full of science content. |
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Canada Science & Technology Museum |
| This is an easily accessible site with short, illustrated text pages, available (via a choice at the beginning) in either English or French. |
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Earth's 911 |
| This website is the result of a public-private partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, all 50 states, and several committed organizations and companies. |
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Education for Sustainability |
| This is a large site that hosts educational and factual materials about the sustainable use of resources, including water, general waste management, and textiles. |
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Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network |
| This U.S. Department of Energy site is the federal government's primary Web destination for public information on energy use. |
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Energy Quest |
| Energy Quest is a comprehensive energy education resource produced by the The California Energy Commission. |
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Girl Tech |
| Not only does this site motivate girls to enter the field of computer science, it highlights issues that are important to girls. |
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Greatest Engineering Achievements of the 20th Century |
| This site provides, in one place, a great deal of information about the technology, history and culture of the 20th century. The quality and quantity of information is a hallmark of this site. |
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How Stuff Works |
| How Stuff Works (HSW), created by Marshall Brain, a computer scientist and award-winning educator formerly at North Carolina State University, is designed to provide science information and electronic links to science and technology sites, museums, magazines, and other question and answer sites. |
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Inventure Place: National Inventors Hall of Fame |
| This site is mainly an online companion to the National Inventors Hall of Fame (Akron, OH, USA), which was founded by the U.S. Patent and Trademark office. |
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Learn About Energy |
| I recommend this site to teachers and students from middle school to the freshman year of college. I would urge parents and libraries to access this valuable site with many links. |
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MESSENGER |
| The Mars rover Spirit is enthralling people on Earth as it just begins its mission, but the next planetary mission will be to Mercury and the MESSENGER website provides all the information about the mission and the planet. |
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Molecular Expressions |
| Molecular Expressions introduces visitors to the field of microscopy by providing textbook-type fact, supplemented by ingeniously designed interactions with simulated microscopy processes. |
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NASA Connect |
| NASA Connect is an annual series of free integrated mathematics, science, and technology instructional distance-learning programs for students in grades 6-8. |
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National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases |
| This site is a clearly indexed summary of current medical knowledge and leading federally-funded research in immunity and infectious disease. |
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National Marine Sanctuaries |
| This federal government website loads quickly, navigates easily, and provides links to associated federal and other websites. The up-to-date information provided is basic and non-technical, and very useful to grade-school students, educators, and the general public. |
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Oregon Museum of Science and Industry |
| I highly recommend this site as a launching point for future online science activities. The links are very good and the site is well maintained. |
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Plant Physiology Information Website |
| The site would be very useful to students and teachers learning or teaching general botany or plant physiology. |
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Science Museum of Virginia |
| The Science Museum of Virginia website has much to offer those curious about science. |
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Science@NASA |
| Science@NASA is one of NASA’s many first-rate websites for the general public. Its mission is to inform and excite the public about science begin done at or through NASA. |
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ScienceMaster |
| Overall, this is one of the most worthwhile sites for science educators I have encountered. |
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Scientific American |
| This website is a useful area for high-school and properly prepared middle-school students, as well as college students, to find items for discussion and exploration that are well presented, and accurate, to boot. Recommended. |
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SEED (Schlumberger Excellence in Educational Development) |
| This site is sponsored by the Schlumberger Corporation, an international firm with a strong interest in science and its applications. |
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Solar System Exploration |
| This website is an extensive doorway to information about our solar system. It has goals, schedules, and plans for future exploration as well as well documented chronologies and histories of past missions and discoveries. |
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Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS) |
| Of a number of similar sites that I have reviewed, this is one of the most comprehensive. |
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The National Air and Space Museum |
| The National Air and Space Museum's internet site is organized primarily to highlight the exhibits in the museum. |
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The SolarNow Project |
| The SolarNow Project, funded by the United States Department of Energy, is dedicated to education and research of alternative energy sources, with emphasis on photovoltaics. |
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The Tech Museum of Innovation |
| The Tech Museum of Innovation's website is a unique resource for young and old. |
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The Virtual Museum of Computing |
| Would you like to see an excellent photo of the Manchester Mark 1, arguably the world's first programmable digital computer? |
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Utah Science Home Page |
| This resource consists of links and specially designed lessons that correlate with the Utah State science curriculum. |
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Virtual Recycling |
| Virtualrecycling.com is a simple to navigate website specifically designed for teachers wishing to conduct school recycling programs. |
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Zoom Inventors and Inventions |
| Zoom Inventors and Inventions seeks to “capture the imagination while maximizing creativity, learning and enjoyment” of children. |
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