Recommended Internet Sites

Science and Technology

• Measure 4 Measure - A collection of links to websites that calculate and convert measurements.

Biology

• Biology Links
• DNA Interactive
• Gene Almanac
• Internet Directory for Botany
• MIT Biology Hypertextbook
• National Center for Biotechnology Information
• The Tree of Life

Chemistry

• American Chemical Society
• American Elements: America's Leading Manufacturer of Engineered and Advanced Material Products
• Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
• ChemFinder
• Chemguide
• Chemical Profile
• ChemIDplus Lite - This site allows you to enter the name of a chemical and then searches multiple National Library of Medicine databases for articles pertaining to that chemical.
• Chemistry Education
• Periodic Table
• Pictorial Periodic Table
• TOXNET Toxicology Data Network - Databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, environmental health, and toxic releases. Includes a link to the NLM's TOXMAP, which uses GIS to map Superfund sites and toxic chemical releases across the nation.
• WebElements

Computer Science

• Computer Science

Geology

• Internet Resources for Metallurgy
• Mineral Information Institute: Common Minerals and their Uses

Guides

• Energy Information Administration - Provides information and statistics on energy sources in the United States and abroad. Includes forecasts, information on energy production, the environment, prices and more.
• EPA's Integrated Risk Information System
• Galaxy Page
• NASA
• National Science Digital Library
• Science
• Virtual Library: Science

Meteorology

• NHC/TPC Archive of Hurricane Seasons - This site includes National Hurricane Center descriptive reports on hurricanes dating back to the mid-1800's.

Nutrition

• Food and Nutrition Information Center

Organizations

• Federation of American Scientists - Begun in 1945 by scientists involved in the Manhattan Project, the FAS promotes the ethical and humane use of science.
• National Science Foundation
• National Science Teachers Association

Physics

• American Institute of Physics
• How Stuff Works
• NOVA: the elegant universe - Extensive website based on physicist Brian Greene's "string theory" of the universe.
• Physics Internet Resources
• Virtual Library: Physics
• Zona Land

Publications

• Nature
• New Scientist
• Science
• Scientific American

Search Engines

• SCIRUS

Zoology

• All About Birds - The Cornell University ornithology department's guide to birds and bird-watching in North America.
• Classification of Living Things
• Fishbase - This site is a database of over 29,000 fish species. You can find common and scientific names, habitats, photos, endangered status and more.
• IUCN Red List of Threatened Species - This database allows you to search extinct,endangered, threatened and vulnerable plant and animal species world-wide.
• Virtual Frog Dissection Kit - Published by the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, this site helps you learn about anatomy by virtually "dissecting" a frog.