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General Science

The Academy of Natural Sciences: http://www.acnatsci.org/
Black Hole Gang: http://www.blackholegang.com/
Chicago Systemic Initiative... Science Education : http://www.luc.edu/schools/education/csi.htm
Cool Science for Curious Kids: http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/ activities from the best museums
Cornell Theory Center Science Gateway:  http://www.tc.cornell.edu/Edu/MathSciGateway/
CyberFair : http://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/resources/cf/welcome.html
Dragonfly Web Pages for Kids! http://miavx1.muohio.edu/~dragonfly/
Edible / Incredible Experiments Archive: http://www.madsci.org/experiments/
The Explorer (Science Resources): http://explorer.scrtec.org/explorer/ 
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse: http://www.enc.org/index.htm
The Explorer (Science and Math Resources): http://explorer.scrtec.org/explorer/
The Franklin Institute Science Museum: http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/welcome.html
JASON Project interdisciplinary learning - Dr. Ballard: http://www.jasonproject.org/
Knowledge Integration: http://www.kie.berkeley.edu/KIE.html   w/ ready to use projects
Institute for Inquiry: (Exploratorium) http://www.exploratorium.com/IFI/
MAD Scientist Network: http://www.madsci.org/
Maine's curriculum framework for math & science: http://www.mmsa.org/
NASA Classroom of the Future: http://www.cotf.edu/
Regional Alliance for Math & Science Education: http://ra.terc.edu/
Resource Explorer (caves, Bureau of Land Management): http://www.blm.gov/education/expert/3/index.html: Ask scientists questions
Schools are for Fish: http://www.meas.ncsu.edu/01-fish_school.html Scientific thinking & complex systems for kids
Science and Nature for KIDS : http://kidscience.miningco.com/
Science Educator's Home Page : http://www.ncsu.edu/servit/bodzin/ science teacher's favorite sites
Science News Weekly Page : http://www.sciserv.org/
US Geological Survey Learning Web: http://www.usgs.gov/education/index.html
Virtual Courseware for Science Education: http://vcourseware4.calstatela.edu/
Biographical Information on Scientists

4000 Years of Women in Science:  http://crux.astr.ua.edu/4000WS/4000WS.html  
Computer Wonder Women: http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Teachers/cwomen.html 
Contributions of 20th Cent. Women to Physics: http://www.physics.ucla.edu/~cwp/
Faces of Science African-American Scientists; http://www.princeton.edu/~mcbrown/display/faces.html 
Index of Biographies:  http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk:80/~history/BiogIndex.html
Pioneers of Computing: http://vmoc.museophile.com/pioneers/
Science Biography Resources:  http://enlil.lib.uchicago.edu/LibInfo/SourcesBySubject/Science/biography.html
Scientists Links:  http://www.rialto.k12.ca.us/frisbie/mathematicians.html

Biology and Nature (see also Ecology & Environment)

General / Nature
Canadian Nature Federation: http://www.cnf.ca/
Internet Biology Ed: http://www.botany.uwc.ac.za/sci_ed/ teaching aids & more.
National Fish & Wildlife Foundation: http://www.nfwf.org/
Using Science Fiction to understand Biological Concepts: http://www.woodrow.org/teachers/bi/1994/science_fiction.html
Zoos and Aquariums of AZA: http://www.aza.org/

Botany
Great Plant Escape: http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/
Telegarden: http://www.usc.edu/dept/garden/  Care for a garden on-line
Wildflower Research Center: http://www.wildflower.org/
Wild-Flowers: http://www.wild-flowers.com/

Birds
American Birding Association: http://www.americanbirding.org/
Cornell Ornithology: http://birds.cornell.edu/
National Audubon Society: http://www.audubon.org/
Operation Ruby Throat (Hummingbird Project): http://www.rubythroat.org/
Peterson Online: http://www.petersononline.com (Houghton Mifflin Co.)
Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center: http://natzoo.si.edu/smbc/
Wild Birds Unlimited (FeederCam): http://www.wbu.com/feedercam_home.htm

Insects and Spiders
Impact of Insects on Human History: http://www.ento.vt.edu/ihs/distance/lectures/historical/historical_slide02.shtml 
Insects, Disease and History: http://scarab.msu.montana.edu/historybug/
Monarch Watch: http://www.monarchwatch.org/
Myrmecology: The Scientific Study of Ants: http://www.myrmecology.org/
Spiders:  http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/arthropoda/arachnida/araneae.html

Reptiles & Amphibians

Netfrog Title Page : http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/frog
Virtual Fog Dissection Kit: http://www-itg.lbl.gov/ITG.hm.pg.docs/dissect/dissect.html

Mammals
Bat Thematic Unit: http://intergate.cccoe.k12.ca.us/bats/
Human Anatomy On-line: http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html
Human Genome: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genome/guide/ 
The Heart: An Online Exploration:  http://www.fi.edu/biosci2/heart.html 
Chemistry and Physics

Chemical of the Week : http://scifun.chem.wisc.edu/chemweek/chemweek.html
Fermilab Education Home Page : http://www-ed.fnal.gov/
Light and Optics:  http://acept.la.asu.edu/PiN/mod/light/pattLightOptics.html
Physics 2K2: http://wshs.wtvl.k12.me.us/~physics361/
Physics Teachers Resources: http://www.carsoncity.k12.mi.us/~chuck_peirce/index.html
WebElements : http://www.shef.ac.uk/~chem/web-elements  Periodic Table
Ecology, Environment and Geology
Space
Distance Learning Outpost (NASA K-12): http://learningoutpost.jsc.nasa.gov/
Hubble - Space Telescope : http://oposite.stsci.edu/pubinfo/
Inquirer's Guide To The Universe : http://www.fi.edu/planets/planets.html 
Johnson Space Center Home Page : http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/
Glenn Learning Technology Project K-12 : http://www.lerc.nasa.gov/Other_Groups/K-12/K-12_homepage.html- NASA
NASA Homepage : http://www.nasa.gov/
NASA K-12 Quest : http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/
Nine Planets:  http://www.seds.org/billa/tnp/    a multimedia tour of our solar system
Space Day : http://www.spaceday.com/
Weather
Kids as Global Scientists Home Page : http://onesky.engin.umich.edu/
Maine Zone Forecasts - Zone 15 : http://www.state.me.us/mema/weather/zone15.htm
Weather Channel: http://www.weather.com/homepage.html
Weather Unit : http://faldo.atmos.uiuc.edu/WEATHER/weather.html

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