Other Resources

Access Excellence. Access Excellence provides two online science mysteries, the Blackout Syndrome and the River of Venom, for biology students in grades 9-12. For other mysteries developed by teachers, click here.

Access Excellence-What's News? Access Excellence-What's News?, for grades 9-12, provides weekly news reports on biology from a variety of sources including journals, conferences, and the Internet. For more science news, click on Newsmaker Interviews. Access Excellence also offers its own key word search engine to help you locate specific information you want.

AccuWeather. AccuWeather offers the latest local forecasts, Doppler Radar, 10-Day outlooks, satellite Images, surface Maps, and much more for grades 6-12.

African Primates at Home. African Primates at Home contains photos, sounds, and information about chimpanzees, gorillas, monkeys, and other primates from East African safari. The site is suitable for grades K-12.

Albert Einstein Online. Albert Einstein Online, for grades 6-12, honors one of the world's greatest thinkers. It includes historical information, famous quotes, photos, and related links. For related Einstein sites, click on NOVA's Einstein Revealed and the American Institute of Physics' online exhibit Einstein.

Alexander Graham Bell's Path to the Telephone. Alexander Graham Bell's Path to the Telephone is a content-rich site for grades 7-12 that contains detailed drawings and information about this important invention.

Al Bodzin's Home Page for Science Educators. Al Bodzin's Home Page for Science Educators contains annotations of K-12 oceanography sites which include datasets, lesson plans, and mega-oceanography resources.

Amazing Animal Facts. Amazing Animal Facts is a collection of interesting animal facts and fact on other topics for students in grades 3-7.

American Association of Zoo Keepers (AAZK). AAZK provides a large catalog of Animal Association links.

American Physical Society Online News (APS). APS Online News includes a Physics Limericks page in which high school students can submit a physics limerick they wrote or simply read others' limericks.

Animal Activities. Animal Activities, provided by the Birmingham Zoo for grades K-12, contains information and pictures of amphibians, arthropods, birds, dinosaurs, fish, mammals, mollusks, and reptiles.

Animal Photos. Animal Photos, provided by the National Zoo, features a wonderful collection of pictures and facts about animals that live at the National Zoo. The picture categories include mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians, and invertebrates.

Animals Around the World. Animals Around the World is a comprehensive index of links to animal sites on the Web for students in grades 5-8.

Animals from A to Z. Animals from A to Z, part of the Oakland Zoo Web site, is a collection of facts and photos of animals that live at the Oakland Zoo. The list of animals include birds, mammals, marsupials, and repitles. The site also indicate the animals that come from California, Africa, Asia, and Austrialia.

Anomalist. The Anomalist, a bi-annual science magazine for grades 9-12, offers an online edition exploring the mysteries of science and nature. Stories try to answer questions like, "why aren't ghosts naked?" and "Why aren't there any more animals the size of the large dinosaurs?".

AntBoy's Bugworld. AntBoy's Bugworld, created for a six-year old boy, features facts about bugs classified by type and includes links to insect sites for grades K-6.

Arachnology. Arachnology, the study of spiders and their relatives (arachnids), is a repository and directory of arachnological information and pictures on the Internet for grades 5-12.

Art of Renaissance Science: Galileo and Perspective. Art of Renaissance Science: Galileo and Perspective traces the historical origins of Galileo's approach to nature and science. Click on Professor Joseph W. Dauben's table of contents to learn about the interconnections between art and experimental science in the Renaissance. Another site, The Galileo Project, is a wonderful source of information on the life and work of Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) and the science of his time. These sites are suitable for AP science students.

Ask a Scientist or Engineer. Ask a Scientist or Engineer features a list of kids' science questions answered by experts from the National Science & Technology Week Online site. Students in grades 4-12 can browse the previous years' questions by selecting an area of science such biology or physics, or use the search function.

Ask Shamu. Ask Shamu, provided by Sea World, presents a series of commonly asked questions about animals for students in grades K-6. For a listing of topics, click on index.

Australian Koala Page. Australian Koala Foundation provides information, pictures, and related links about koalas for grades K-12.

Bat Quiz. Bat Quiz, provided by the Lawrence Hall of Science at the University of California, Berkeley, features an interactive quiz about the masters of the night. The site also includes links to bat sites.

BioChemNet. BioChemNet is a repository of biology and chemistry online resources for grades 7-12.

Biology on the Net. Biology on the Net contains a collection of resources useful for teachers and students of high school biology. Among the topics are general biology, tools of biology, virtual laboratory exercises, biotechnology and molecular biology, and ecology and environment.

Biology Project. The Biology Project, developed at the University of Arizona, is an interactive online resource for high school biology students. The subjects cover biochemistry, cell, human, and developmental biologies, Mendelian genetics, and much more.

Bob's Rock Shop. Bob's Rock Shop is online magazine for rockhounds featuring displays of rocks and minerals appropriate for students in grades 3-12. For a slide show of colorful specimens, click on Table of Contents Scenic Route.

Bugs in the News. Bugs in the News, written by microbiologist John C. Brown, is an online newletter offering a variety of articles and sources of information about insects for grades 7-12.

Bugs and Insects. Bugs and Insects, offers wonderful pictures, articles and large-print descriptions of butterflies, bees, spiders, worms, and more. For other collections of insect images, click on Iowa State's image index containing its own entomology gallery, and Colorado State's insect images on slides

Bureau of Land Management Environmental Education Home Page (BLM). BLM features an education page with teacher resources to a variety of environmental topics and includes links to science, cultural, and archaeological resources about natural resources management.

24 "Canoe Plants" of Ancient Hawai`i. The 24 "Canoe Plants" of Ancient Hawai`i, a botany resource for high school classes, features information and color photos of Hawaiian plants.

Carnivorous Plants (CP). Carnivorous Plants (CP), for grades 6-12, includes an electronic gallery of exquisite photos of carnivorous plants taken by Barry Meyers-Rice. For information about these plants, go to carnivorous plant FAQ.

Carnivorous Plants Database. Carnivorous Plants Database, maintained by Rick Walker, contains over 3,000 images and slide shows of carnivorous plants. Another excellent source of information about these plants is Pete's Carnivorous Plant Page. These sites are suitable for grades 8-12.

Cascades Volcano Observatory (CVO). The USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory (CVO) features the latest U.S.A. and worldwide volcano information. The information is updated weekly. In addition, the site offers a list of educational resources for grades 4-12 and a volcano photo archive including a slide set of 50 images with captions of Mount St. Helens.

Cat House. The Cat House also known as the Feline Conservation Center (FCC) contains photos and sounds of their cats living at this desert zoo in Rosamond, California. For more information on cats, visit Big Cats Online.

CEA Light Tour. The CEA Light Tour, created by the University of California's Center for Extreme Ultraviolet Astrophysics (CEA) at Berkeley, provides an interactive online unit on the mysteries of light for advanced middle school and high school students. Teachers can find tips for the classroom for this unit.

Cephalopod Page. The Cephalopod Page contains information and brillant color photos of nautilus, squids, cuttlefish, and octopuses. For interesting questions and answers about cephalopods, click on FAQ.

Chemical Safety. Chemical Safety Facts and quizzes, learn about chemicals and toxic substances around your house, brought to you by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Chemistry Student Helper. Chemistry Student Helper contains online resources for high school chemistry students.

Classroom Products. A good resource for Science Fair Display Boards and other Classroom Supplies.

Colgate Kid's World. Colgate Kid's World contains an online clubhouse where kids can ask the Tooth Wizard a question, join the No Cavities club for activities, read a Story-Coloring Book, and Tour the World around the Internet. The site informs kids in grades preK- 2 about proper dental care habits.

Cyber Zoomobile. Cyber Zoomobile, for kids in grades K-5, contains pictures of popular zoo animals divided into families with brief descriptions of each family.

Current Weather Maps/Movies. Current Weather Maps/Movies, updated frequently and maintained by Michigan State University (MSU), is a collection of satellite and radar weather images for grades 6-12.

Did You Know? Did you know is comprehensive and informative site containing short articles clearly explained for students in grades 6-12.

Dinosaura Online. Dinosaura Online, maintained by Jeff Poling, gives a broader exposure to dinosaur science to students and teachers in grades K-12. Among the online resources are the Dinosaur Omnipedia with dictionary and reference materials and Jeff's Dinosaur Picture Gallery featuring a collection of excellent images.

Dinosaur Illustrations. Dinosaur Illustrations contains a wonderful online collection of over 100 dinosaur pictures that can be used for educational purposes in grades K-12. Select a dinosaur name to preview a thumbnail image and then click on that thumbnail to see a full-sized picture.

Dinosaur Interplanetary Gazette. The Dinosaur Interplanetary Gazette presents online information on dinosaurs in a newspaper format for grades 6-12. It includes news, articles, places to visit, and a collection of links to other dino sites.

Dinosaur Pages. The Dinosaur Pages, created by Mike Keesey, contains in-depth essays on all types of dinosaurs, detailed cladistic classification, many illustrations, a service to answer any questions about dinosaurs for drades 6-12. For an extensive collection of dinosaur links organized by the University of California Museum of Paleontology (UCMP), click on Dinosaurs in Cyberspace.

Discovery Channel. Discovery Channel presents online stories of the leading science events for students and teachers in grades 6-12. Each story includes important information, pictures, ask-an-expert feature, and related links.

Distinguished Women of Past and Present. Distinguished Women of Past and Present, created by Danuta Bois, contains biographies of women who contributed to the sciences, both past and present. Science fields covered are agriculture, anthropology; archaeology; architecture; astronomy, space, and aviation; biology; chemistry; computer science; engineering, environment; health and medicine; meteorology; and physics. You can search by field of activity or by name. The site is suitable for grades 5-12.

Dr. Bob's Interesting Science Stuff. Dr. Bob's Interesting Science Stuff features a collection of interesting tidbits on a variety of topics to spark a student's science interest in grades 5-12. In addition, students are also encouraged to ask Dr. Bob a science question and are provided with fun interactive things to do including optical illusions and science puzzles. The site is updated monthly.

Dr. Don's Termite Pages. Dr. Don's Termite Pages provides information all about termites for grades 5-12.

Earthquake Information. Earthquake Information from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) provides maps and data about the latest earthquakes worldwide and hazards and preparedness information for grades 6-12. In addition, the site contains a link to more on earthquakes including glossaries and other Web sites.

Educational Hotlists. Educational Hotlists, compiled by the Franklin Institute, provide eleven organized lists of online resources for science teachers in grades K-12. Among the topics are insects, weather science, energy, physical science, space science, weekly science news, vertebrate animals, geology, health, online exhibits, and wind energy.

Electronic Zoo. Electronic Zoo, for grades K-12, is a comprehensive catalog of pictures and information about animals. Click on animals to find hundreds of animal resources placed in 22 categories including amphibians, fish, invertebrates, marine animals, reptiles, wildlife, and zoo animals. The site also includes a collection of images for numerous animals.

Electronic Zoo/NetVet Animal Sounds. Electronic Zoo/NetVet Animal Sounds is a collection of sites with sounds for bats, birds, whales, and other animals. For more animal sound sites, click on animal sounds, sights and sounds of birds of prey, whale sounds, and bird sounds of familiar birds.

Encyberpedia. Encyberpedia, provided by Monte Cristo Information Services, features an online encylopedia with thousands of links to sites sorted by categories for grades K-12. The science categories include animals, plants, and marine life, environment, and science.

E Patrol. E Patrol is an international organization created to help teach elementary school kids how to solve and prevent environmental problems. Kids can click on maps to learn about endangered animals, visit a clickable house for energy saving tips, try a quiz, enter an art content, or see other kids' art work.

Event-Based Science (EBS). Event-Based Science (EBS) books, published by Dale Seymour, uses newsworthy events to teach middle school students about earth science. The topics featured are oil spill, earthquake, tornado, asteroid, flood, and others. Links to related Web sites are included for each topic.

Exploration Network (EXN). EXN, Canada's Discovery Channel Web site, presents daily online science news stories and headlines and a library of previous news stories categorized by science topics for grades 6-12.

Eye and the Way it Works. Eye and the Way it Works presents the anatomy and optics of the eye for grades 6-12.

Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences. The Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences, provided by Louisiana State University Libraries, highlights with detailed profiles the contributions of black scientists in the various fields of science and engineering for grades 5-12. The site also includes a listing of black women scientists.

Factoids. Factoids, from Access Excellence's What's News feature, provides a collection of intersesting facts and entertaining tidbits about science for grades 7-12. To find more factoids, click on Factoids Archive.

Father of Light. Father of Light takes an interesting look at Thomas A. Edison's invention of the incandescent light bulb. The site includes images and commentary and is suitable for students in grades 4-8.

Fish Information Service (FINS). Fish Information Service (FINS) is an online archive of information about aquariums including freshwater and marine, tropical and temperate. Topics include information for aquarists, pictures and movies, and related sites.

Flowerbase . Flowerbase contains a searchable database with over 7,000 pictures of flowers, plants, and garden plants. The site is suitable for grades 6-12.

Food. Food from KidsHealth.org Web site is where kids in grades 3-6 can find information about nutrition, vitamins, calories, diets, and the mysteries of the food pyramid. To find the fast food restaurant(s) that best serve the students' nutritional needs in grades K-12, click on Food Finder.

Forensic Files. Forensic Files is an online interactive activity where students help Newton the Beagle solve a mysterious environmental crime using forensic science. On each page students must decide what to do next in order to solve the crime. While playing, students learn about forensic science through the characters, puzzles, and activities. This activity is suitable for upper elementary school students.

Funky Dinosaur Land. Funky Dinosaur Land contains online resources for the study of dinosaurs in grades K-12. Among the resources are wonderful dinosaur art, articles, references, tours, and museums.

Froggy Page. The Froggy Page provides a wealth of information about frogs including pictures, sounds, tales, and songs for grades K-12. The section Scientific Amphibian includes two online interactive frog dissection kits for high school biology students, and the section Net.Frogs contains a collection of sites about frogs.

Gene Map of the Human Genome. A Gene Map of the Human Genome, sponsored by Science Magazine and the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), takes you chromsome-by-chromosome to learn what genes have been identified by researchers worldwide. At each step, you can learn more about the disease associated with each gene. The site is suitable for high school biology students.

Geology in the Classroom. Geology in the Classroom, for students and teachers in grades 6-12, provides Canadian and U.S. geologists' answers to your perplexing earth science questions.

Great Canadian Scientists. Great Canadian Scientists contains references to over 170 Canadian scientists including 20 in-depth profiles of the well-known Canadian scientists. In addition, the site offers an interactive quiz and an ask a scientist feature that lets you email questions directly to Canadian scientists. The site is suitable for grades 6-12.

Great Explorations in Math and Science (GEMS). GEMS is a list of over 50 science/math teacher handbooks with step-by-step guides and student worksheets in Spanish pubished by the Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS) Center at the University of California, Berkeley. These commerical instructional materials cover a wide range topics from animals to finger printing for grades K-12. For ordering information, call "Eureka" at (510) 642-1016 .

Guide to Weather Maps and Images. Guide to Weather Maps and Images, provided by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, is an interactive tutorial for grades 6-12. Students can learn about online satellite photos, radar images, and simplified weather maps.

Hall of Science The Hall of Science contains a collection of science resources from archaeology to zoology for grades K-12.

Hands On! Hands On! is a semiannual magazine published by TERC containing online issues with sample science/math activities for grades K-12.

Homework Help. Homework Help for students in grades K-12 is a free online service of the Star Tribune newspaper. It provides homework help for various subjects including secondary school science .

How to Generate Electricity. How to Generate Electricity, offered by Texas Utilities (TU) for grades 5-12, provides information and diagrams on the different ways of producing commerical electricity.

Insects Hotlist. Insects Hotlist from the Franklin Institute Science Museum contains a variety of resources for teaching about insects for students and teachers in grades K-12. The site provides classroom activities, images, and background information on insects.

Interactive Patient. The Interactive Patient allows students in grades 5-12 to simulate an actual patient encounter by examining an imaginary patient who complains of back pain. Students can ask him questions, take x-rays, make a diagnosis and prescribe medicine. Though mainly designed for med students by Marshall University School of Medicine in West Virginia, it's an ideal way to introduce younger students to the world of medicine.

Intellicast. Intellicast, sponsored by MSNBC, provides four-day weather forecasts for the major cities in the U.S.A. and around the world. In addition, the site features Dr. Dewpoint where students in grades 5-12 can ask the good Dr. Dr. Joseph D'Aleoor, a meteorologist, a weather question, survey monthly almanacs, read the archives of past questions, react to papers by the doctor, or use a convenient formula to convert temperatures found in the questions section.

Invention Dimension. Invention Dimension, sponsored by the Lemelson/MIT Prize Program, contains an archive of biographical sketches with over 60 famous American inventors and their discoveries. Among the inventors are Alexander Graham Bell, Henry Ford, Grace Murray Hopper, and Granville T. Woods. The site, updated weekly, is suitable for students and teachers in grades 5-12.

Jason's Snakes and Reptiles. Jason's Snakes and Reptiles features a collection of links to herpetological sites of interest to students in grades 3-12.

Jones Biomedicals & Lab, Inc. Jones Biomedicals & Lab, Inc. provides some helpful ways for high school biology classes to maintain their own cultures of paramecium, amoeba, and daphnia.

Journey North. Journey North, part of the Annenberg/CPB Math and Science Project, is an online global study of wildlife migration and seasonal change in its third year. Students in grades K-12 can participate tracking the progress of a variety animals across the the Northern Hemisphere.

Kalmbach Publishing Co. Kalmbach Publishing Co. offers online editions of its popular science magazine, Astronomy for students and teachers in grades 6-12. The magazine includes an archive of past issues and a large collection of related sites.

Kids' Lightning Information and Safety. Kids' Lightning Information and Safety is a place where elementary school kids can learn about lightning and its dangers from a girl who was struck by lightning! For more information and activities about lightning, check out NASA's online Lightning Primer, Lightning Detection from Space.

Last Word. The Last Word, a feature of the New Scientist Planet Science, provides answers to questions about puzzling scientific phenomena in everyday life for grades 7-12. The site also includes an archive organized by topics with over 300 explanations of the inexplicable and an area to send a question to request an answer to your specific question.

Los Angeles Times Science. Los Angeles Times publishes daily online the leading news and stories in the world of science, health education, and the environment.

MAD Science Network. MAD Science Network is an "ask science questions" site for students in grades K-12, with over 300 science professionals online to answer their questions. Among the science experts are astronomers, botanists, chemists, microbiologists, physicists, and zoologists. Students can also view its current questions and answers or its gigantic archive of over 2,500 previously-answered questions.

Measurements Converter. Measurements Converter, a useful tool for high school science students, converts simultaneously measurements from one scale to others for weight, volume, speed, length, area, temperature, and more.

Materials by Design. Materials by Design, produced by Cornell University's Department of Materials Science and Engineering, provides information on how materials such as polymers and metals influence our lives in transportation, sports and recreation, telecommunication, music, medicine, and.spacecraft. The site is suitable for grades 9-12.

Michigan Technological University (MTU) Volcanoes Page. MTU Volcanoes Page, sponsored by the Keweenaw Volcano Observatory, provides information about volcanoes for grades 5-12. Among its various resources, you will find information about current global volcanic activity, research in remote sensing of volcanoes and their eruptive products, hazard mitigation, "Decade Volcanoes", links to government agencies and research institutions, and even some volcano humor.

Micscape. Micscape is a monthly online magazine that explores the miniature world around us through the use of microscopy. The site is suitable for grades 9-12.

Molecular Expressions Photo Gallery. Molecular Expressions Photo Gallery contains a collection of more than 200 remarkable photographs taken using an optical microscope. There are a variety of different kinds of pictures available, including beers from around the world, microprocessors fatty acids, and Ben & Jerry's ice cream. Also included is a primer on how to use optical microscopes.

Murray the Bacterium. Murray the Bacterium, provided by Scotcal, is an online story about germs for kids in grades 3-6.

Nanoworld Image Gallery. The Nanoworld Image Gallery, from the Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis at the University of Queensland, provides electron micrograph images of everything from blood cells to yeasts and molds for grades 6-12.

National Audubon Society (NAS). National Audubon Society (NAS) contains online resources for bird conservation in grades K-12.

National Gardening Association. National Gardening Association (NGA) provides online activities and resources for kids in K-8 classrooms, links to other sites for growing minds, and a large collection of gardening sites.

National Inventors Hall of Fame. The National Inventors Hall of Fame contains an extensive list of inventors linked to biographical information. By clicking on an invention channels students in grades 5-12 can find out who did what, when.

Nobel Prize Internet Archive. The Nobel Prize Internet Archive contains lists of Nobel prize laureates in chemistry, physics, and physiology and medicine from 1901-1996. The site is suitable for grades 6-12.

North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries. North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries presents information about North Carolina fish, crustaceans and shellfish for kids in grades 2-6.

OceanLink. OceanLink, a partnership between several Canadian marine science organizations, contains information about many marine science topics for grades K-12. Students can ask a marine scientist a question, read over 230 answers to "Ask a Marine Scientist" questions, find the world records for the Biggest, Smallest, Fastest, Deepest marine animals, and discover fascinating AquaFacts about marine animals from the Vancouver Aquarium.

Old Farmer's Almanac. The Old Farmer's Almanac, based on the oldest continuously published periodical in North America, provides long range weather forecasts for over 800 cities worldwide, and regional five day forecasts for the United States and Canada. In addition, the site offers online diversions useful to science teaching in grades 5-12. Three of them are: a monthly calendar where you click on a red number to learn about science-related tidbits for that day, a question-of-day feature for which you can submit a science-related question and where you can search or browse the question-of-day archives to find past answers to astronomy, gardening, nature, or weather questions, and the editor's picks section with seasonal favorites, puzzles, Web links, and fun activities.

Owlie Skywarn Home Page. Owlie, the official mascot of the National Weather Service (NOAA) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), teaches elementary school kids about the hazards of severe weather which include tornadoes, lightning, hurricanes, flash floods, and winter storms.

Penguin Page. The Penguin Page contains beautiful pictures and information about penguins. Students in grades 6-12 can learn many new things about penguins that roam the bottom of the planet.

Petrology Basics. Petrology Basics, from the University of British Columbia, serves as an online tutorial for the study of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks and their origins for students in grades 6-12.

Philadelphia Inquirer's Health & Science. The online weekly The Philadelphia Inquirer's Health & Science magazine, courtesy of the Franklin Institute Science Museum, helps you to keep up with the changing trends in science. It offers feature stories to students and teachers in grades 8-12 interested in current science.

Physics Humor Page. The Physics Humor Page contains a list of witty articles and other physics links for high school physics students and teachers.

Plants, People, and the Environment. Plants, People, and the Environment, for high school biology students, is the Web version of a course entitled "Plant Biology 102" taught at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. It covers topics in evolution, biodiversity, and applied plant biology.

Plants Photo Gallery. Plants Photo Gallery, provided the USDA, contains hundreds of photos of plants from the National Plant Data Center for grades 7-12.

Popular Science Magazine. Popular Science Magazine offers an online edition covering a variety of news topics including automotive, computer, electronics, home tech,and science and research.

Produce Oasis. Produce Oasis presents nutritional information for hundreds of varieties of fruits and vegetables. For an index where you can select individual items, click here. The site is suitable for grades 6-12.

Rainforest Action Network. Rainforest Action Network is the place where teachers and students in grades K-12 can learn about the animals and people of the rainforests. Students in grades K-8 can visit the kids' corner to find out what they can do to help save the world's rainforests.

Safe Eyes Quiz for Kids and Parents. Safe Eyes Quiz for Kids and Parents from Prevent Blindness America is an interactive site where students in grades 3-6 can learn interesting eye facts, test their eyes afety knowledge in a quiz, and print and color pictures related to each quiz question.

SciEd: Science and Mathematics Education Resources. SciEd: Science and Mathematics Education Resources, maintained by Alan Cairns, contains a huge catalog of sites for a variety of science topics in grades K-12.

Science Club. Science Club, for grades 5-12, provides a list of sites where students can get their science questions answered from astronomy to volcanoes.

Science Daily. Science Daily is a free online magazine that brings you breaking news about the latest discoveries and research projects in everything from astrophysics to zoology. The articles are actually news releases submitted by leading universities and other research organizations around the world. The site is suitable for grades 7-12.

Science of Hockey. Science of Hockey, developed by the Exploratorium for grades 5-12, takes you inside the game. You'll hear from NHL players and coaches from the San Jose Sharks, as well as leading physicists and chemists.

Science Made Stupid. Science Made Stupid, is the online version of a humorous science book written and illustrated by Tom Weller for grades 9-12. It contains chapters on the universe, matter and energy, the earth, evolution, and the descent of man.

Science New Online. Science News Online presents a weekly digest of science news for students in grades 9-12. For previous issues dating back to 1994, click here.

Science Quiz. Science Quiz, requiring a JavaScript browser, is a series of 22 interactive multiple-choice science questions with answers from Netherlands and Belgium's "National Science Quiz " for high school students. For other science-trivia quizzes, each with six questions and answers, click on science and nature, space missions, earth, and communications.

ScienceWeb. ScienceWeb contains interactive science features with a Canadian flavor for students in grades 5-12.

Science Whatzit. Science Whatzit contains a list of elementary school students' science questions from June 1996 to the present answered by experts at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI). Students can send their own questions to be answewd by OMSI.

Scientific American: Ask the Experts. Scientific American provides weekly different experts to answer science questions for students in grades 9-12. Students can also read the previous answers from a variety of experts including astronomers and geologists. Scientific American invites you to submit your queries.

Search for Giant Squid. Search for Giant Squid is an online exhibit presenting pictures and information on the mysterious giant squid for grades 6-12. This fascinating creature lives in most of the world's oceans and is among the biggest animals in the sea but they are rarely seen.

Seismology Resources for Teachers. Seismology Resources for Teachers, prepared by the Seismological Society of America (SSA), contains a list of earthquake reference materials for teachers in grades K-12. In addition, the site provides a database with online earthquake resources.

Selected Microscopy Resources. Selected Microscopy Resources features information for using microscopes in grades K-12.

Smithsonian Gem & Mineral Collection. Smithsonian Gem & Mineral Collection contains spectacular pictures of gems and minerals for grades K-12.

Smithsonian Photographs Online. Smithsonian Photographs Online contain collections of photos covering topics ranging from air and space, to science, nature, technology, history, and people/places. Among the collections useful for science teachers in grades K-12 are the underwater pictures and the Dinosaur Hall photos. Teachers can also search and retrieve other photos from the Smithsonian database.

Sounds of the World's Animals. Sounds of the World's Animals provides a collection of animal sounds for grades 2-8. Animals make the same sounds, but humans express animal sounds differently around the world.

Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC). Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) provides educational materials for grades 3-12. Among the materials are Putting Down Roots in Earthquake Country, Historical Earthquakes in Southern California, Faults in Southern California, Recent Earthquakes, and A searchable Earthquake Catalog.

Steve's Ant Farm. Steve's Ant Farm shows an ant movie where students in grades K-6 can see live ants dig tunnels and displays an ant farm scrapbook . The "farm" also includes links to other ant sites.

Storm Watch. Storm Watch, provided by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), features online for tracking storms for grades 6-12.

Student Biology. Student Biology is a collection of online, experimental biology projects created by students at the University of Arizona. The projects feature real-life situations with the current research findings and include Smoking and the Brain , Genetic Immunization, the Blackett Family DNA Activity , and Male Specific Neurons In Flies. The site is suitable for grades 9-12.

Susan Rosenberg's Quaking Home Page. Susan Rosenberg's Quaking Home Page contains an earthquake page with maps and lists of current earthquakes in California, the United States, and the World. The site also includes a decade of notable California earthquakes and an online guide to Earthquake Home Preparedness published by EQE.

Texas Education Network (TENET). Texas Education Network (TENET) provides a variety of online curriculum resources for grades K-12. To find the science resources, click on the Hall of Science which contains links to hundreds of science sites organized by topic.

ThinkQuest: Teachers Corner. ThinkQuest: Teachers Corner offers a collection of student-designed sites categorized by subject area for grades 6-12.

Three Dimensional Medical Reconstruction. Three Dimensional Medical Reconstruction, a digital atlas of the human body, is a collection of movie clips, showing various medical reconstructions.

Tiger Information Center. The Tiger Information Center provides information to help preserve the remaining five subspecies of tigers. The site also includes a collection of interactive games and activities for students in grades 5-12.

Turtle Trax. Turtle Trax provides pictures and information about sea turtles for grades K-12. The site also contains activities for kids including coloring pages.

United States Interactive Climate Pages. United States Interactive Climate Pages, created by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), provides a clickable map with easy access to climatologies for cities throughout the U.S. and its possessions for grades 6-12. Select the state you are interested in and then click on the city name (or the bullet that indicates the city's location). You will get a plot of the daily average climate for that city including maximum and minimum temperature, precipitation, and snowfall.

Unit Conversion Form Selector. Unit Conversion Form Selector contains a collection of online conversion calculators useful for high school science students.

University of Florida Book of Insect Records. University of Florida Book of Insect Records, produced by graduate students in insect ecology, lists the 28 insect champions and documents their achievements from 1994 to 1997. Students in grades 4-12 can learn, for example, that grasshoppers are loudest at 95 degrees F, that grasshoppers are unable to chirp when the temperature drops below 62 degrees, and that grasshoppers can't jump when the temperature drops to 36 degrees.

USA TODAY Weather: Web Earth Science for Teachers. USA TODAY Weather contains a variety of earth science sites for teachers in grades K-12.

VIMS. Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) from the College of William and Mary contains a collection of marine science sites organized by topic for grades 6-12.

Visual Illusions. Visual Illusions is a primer on the principles of artistic illusions prepared by Donald E. Simanek for students in grades 6-12.

Visual Illusions Gallery. Dave Landrigan's Visual Illusions Gallery contains a collection of over 20 famous optical illusions along with brief descriptions. Other related sites for teaching concepts of color and vision to students in grades 4-12 are: Sandlot Science, Fantastic Optical Illusions, Line Drawings Illusions, and Eye Tricks.

Vose Kidopedia. Vose Kidopedia is an online science encyclopedia written and illustrated by a fifth grade students for grades K-6. Students can find topics by category.

Wangaratta Primary School. Wangaratta Primary School offers fun activities created by Aussie students in grades1 and 2. The activities include coloring a rainbow lorikeet, completing a dot-to-dot mystery animal, making a climbing koala and a hopping kangaroo, listening to the sound and laugh of a kookaburra.

Weather Calculator. Weather Calculator, provided by the El Paso National Weather Service for grades 6-12, let's you perform online calculations for a variety of weather factors. You can convert temperatures from one scale to another and convert millibars of pressure to inches of mercury. You can also calculate heat index, wind chill, and humidity. Another temperature conversion calculator uses the centigrade, Fahrenheit, and Kelvin scales.

Weather Dude. Weather Dude, created by Seattle's KSTW-TV meteorologist Nick Walker, provides weather resources and online interactive science activities for students and teachers in grades K-8.

Weather Main Page. Weather Main Page, a feature of CNN Interactive, provides weather forecasts for more than 300 U.S. cities and 100 cities worldwide. In addition, the site includes a storm center and an assortment of weather maps.

WeatherMan. The WeatherMan provides a variety of online weather resources for grades 5-12 including maps, forecasts, calculators, hurricane information, and satellite pictures.

Weather Page. Weather Page, provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), contains links to a variety of weather resources for grades 6-12.

WeatherPost. WeatherPost, provided by the Washington Post Company, features a forecast finder for 3,600 cities worldwide, a long-term historical weather database for 1,000 U.S. cities, and a library of worldwide weather images . In addition, you"ll find a reference desk containing weather calculators for doing basic unit conversions, detailed explainers of basic weather terms, and a 600 term searchable weather glossary. The site is suitable for students in grades 5-12.

WhaleNet. WhaleNet, available in English and Spanish, is a comprehensive site about marine mammals containing links, facts, pictures, and educational resources for grades K-12. Students are also invited to to ask marine scientists questions.

Whales, Leviathans Of The Deep. Whales, Leviathans Of The Deep provides illustrated information, related sites, and interesting facts about whales for grades 4-8. For other pictures and more links and information about whales, visit Discovering Whales and also the Majestic Presence of the Whale.

What's New in C³P? What's New in Comprehensive Conceptual Curriculum for Physics (C³P) features humorous science mis-statements that high school students have made, a list of alternate student conceptions covering a variety of physics topics, and physics cartoons by John Lara.

Wildlife Matching Game. Wildlife Matching Game.

Wild Ones. The Wild Ones is an education project of the Wildlife Trust with the goal of providing students in grades 2-8 a place to share information about endangered species, different habitats and environments, and each other. The site is updated weekly.

Whole Brain Atlas. The Whole Brain Atlas is made up of medical images of the brain under different conditions. Students and teachers in grades 6-12 can look at the images and learn about human brain anatomy.

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI). Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) provides a collection of online educational resources about oceanography for grades K-12. Among the topics are animals, aquariums, whales, dolphins, and marine mammals. WHOI also includes a section with frequently asked questions about oceanography and oceans.

World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). WWF, published in English, French, and Spanish, champions environmental causes around the globe. The site provides ecological news worldwide and presents a monthly interactive quiz. In addition, WWF offers a kids and teachers feature for grades 4-12.

World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Junior Environmentalists. World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Junior Environmentalists Web site, for grades K-6, provides many factsheets on endangered species in Canada and around the world, information on WWF efforts,and what students can do to help.

Yahoo! Weather. Yahoo! Weather by WeatherNews Inc. (WNI) provides weather forecasts for thousands of cities worldwide. Enter a city name, for example London, click on the search button, and select London UK to get a five-day forecast. You can also view a satellite weather photos or movies, get the latest weather news for the surrounding cities, and read forecasts in Fahrenheit or Celsius. The site is suitable for grades 4-12.

4000 Years of Women in Science. 4000 Years of Women in Science, for grades 5-12, contains a few photos and more than 100 biographies of women scientists from ancient Greece to the 20th century. The site also includes an interactive quiz, a crossword puzzle, and related links.

ZooNet for kids. ZooNet for kids, contains a wealth of animal information and games for children.

Zoos in the Wild. Zoos in the Wild, for K-12, feature a large collections of animal photos with brief information about each animal. There are collections for both earth and sky animals.

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