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Start Here : Amazing listing of links!  Science Websites - by Gary Richect.

Another Huge Gateway: Science Outlook - up-to-date science news headlines from a vast number of sources.  You can also search for news, web search and look at a number of reference resources including dictionaries and encyclopedias.  The site is current and straight from the headline news.  Also includes a database of images.  And the best part - it is all free!

Latest News Updates

Biographies of Scientists and Inventors

Photogallery for Science

Check what's on this week dealing with Science

Search this site of Resource Collections for Biological, Agricultural and Medical Sciences : InfoMine

Go here to check out what you can do in Science:  Exploratorium Snacks

Bill Nye the Science Guy

ENC - Eisenhower National Clearinghouse - use the search engine to find answers to math topics.

Encyclozine: an encyclopedia and portal for sciences and humanities - This is a graphic intensive site which presents everything from the arts and humanities to science and technology.  Definitions of each category are presented, along with examples, and then you will find links to particularly relevant sites.  You can also search the whole site by EncycloZine's Micropedia engine.

Essays on Science and Society The public-service aspect of an otherwise subscription oriented Web Site (Science)

EurekAlert: Global Gateway to Science, Medicine, and Technology News - Produced by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the site posts news releases from a wide range of prestigious research and medical institutions.

Explore Science- Finding great teaching resources on the Internet is difficult and time consuming. Dynamic multimedia activities are scarce. This is a problem we aim to solve.  Find Many activities at this site!

FirstGov for Science - Explore by topic - Science.gov is a gateway to authoritative selected science information provided by U.S. Government agencies, including research and development results.

FirstScience - Updated each week.  List of facts you probably didn't know relating to science.

Graphics - Many, many diagrams to choose from.  From atoms to molecules and cells to tissues, a study of structure and function.

How Stuff WorksA treasure trove of answers to how all the technology we live with, or can't live without, works.

IN-VSEE - is a consortium of university and industry scientists and engineers, community college and high school science faculty and museum educators with a common vision of creating an interactive World Wide Web (WWW) site to develop a new educational thrust based on remote operation of advanced microscopes and nano-fabrication tools coupled to powerful surface characterization  methods. Interactive modules are provided, excellent links, a gallery of pictures and illustrations, and a news archive of information in the field.

Inventions - Inspiring Invention; Lemelson MIT - Learn how to apply for a patent, read about the inventor of the week, play games, and access additional links.

Mad Science Network - Washington University Medical School in St. Louis

The Math and Science GatewayThis site at Cornell University is aimed at teachers and students in grades 9-12.

Microscopy Education Web Page - Dennis Kunkel - Students and teachers can search for photomicrographs taken by Dennis Kunkel, an award-winning photomicrographer.  All users need to do is send in a form indicating how they'll use the pictures.  Any info is kept confidential.  Categories include viruses, bacteria, plants, fungi, arachnids, and more.  Other useful sections are available at this site to explore.

    Also see:  Scanning Electron Microscope - from the Museum of Science, Boston - If you have ever wondered how a scanning electron microscope (SM) works, you will appreciate this site.  

Molecular Expressions -  A complex site with a wealth of information.  Created by the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, it is frequently updated.  It has a photogallery where one can find thousands of photomicrographs on subjects from computer parts to DNA to meteorites.  A Java-powered microscope simulations allow students to see how samples are affected by changing focus, brightness, or magnification.  The Primer has technical information about the anatomy of a microscope, specialized techniques, and the history of 

National Inventors Hall of Fame

NOVA Online - Video from (and articles related to) the popular PBS science series, making this one TV companion that's more content than promo.

Patent information for inventors at Invention Dimension.

Physical Science Information Gateway - Overall site map covering all aspects of physical science.  The links are excellent and are up-to-date.  This is a UK site.

Rader's Kapili Research Index - Scientists from around the world go here to exchange ideas and conduct ground-breaking research.

SCied : Science and Mathematics Education Resources - Gateway to many links

Science Fair Sites - ideas for projects and organizational ideas for the whole fair.

Science.Gov - Science.gov contains reliable information resources selected by the respective agencies as their best science information. Two major types of information are included—selected authoritative science Web sites and databases of technical reports, journal articles, conference proceedings, and other published materials. (The specific content varies by database.) The selected Web sites can be explored from the science.gov homepage. The Web pages and the databases can be searched individually or simultaneously from the search page.

The Science Museum - London's Science Museum offers a rich assortment of entertaining and educational online exhibits and a virtual 3-D tour of the museum's recently opened contemporary science center. (50 Best web sites from Popular Science)

Science NetLinks - Part of the MarcoPolo site - Science NetLinks strives to be a comprehensive “homepage” for K-12 science educators. Search our library of reviewed websites and lessons by selecting a science Benchmark topic.  All sites are reviewed for content and accuracy.  

Science Web Resources

SFWRG - Science Fiction Writer's Research Guide - an alphabetical listing of very interesting science facts! (Blocked by Bess)

TryScience - More than 400 science learning institutions contributed experiments to this site. (50 Best web sites from Popular Science)

Virtual Science Museums

Web Tool Resources

WWW Virtual Library for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine - An extensive listing of electronic texts, biographies, indexes, journals, images and other resources.

Why Files (Science behind the news) Keeps an archive of its stories of the week. The topics vary greatly, but as a resource for timely and authoritative information on the science behind the news, the Univ. Of Wisconsin Grad School is offering a great service.

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