GENERAL SCIENCE    Links on this page to general science sites, to puzzle and competition sites, and to fun science sites.    For sites on particular science subjects, click the link to pages below.

Earth Science & Environmental Science                    Astronomy
Biology            Anatomy and Health                     Marine Biology      
Chemistry 
                    Physics

General Resources

Bill Nye the Science Guy
http://nyelabs.kcts.org/

Community of Science Web Server
http://cos.gdb.org/

National Science Technology Week  
http://www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/nstw/start.htm

New York Times Learning Network - terrific site with lesson (and paper) ideas for middle and high school students dealing with key issues in science (and current world events), including links with each problem to relevant online resources
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/science.html

Science-Ed-Sites - science search engine - locates internet sites on your specific science or math topic
http://www.fisheredu.com/query2.html

Science Fair Central - Discovery Channel site devoted to getting high school students interested in science fair competitions, attractive, easy to use site
http://school.discovery.com/sciencefaircentral/

Science for the Millenium - Science topics explored in depth, using sound and movie clips. Very slow site, takes as much as half an hour to download.  
http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Cyberia/Expo/

The Science House - NCSU   
http://www2.ncsu.edu/ncsu/pams/science_house/

Tutoring, Ask an Expert, and Bulletin Boards

Ask a Science Expert - pick your field, find an expert
http://njnie.dl.stevens-tech.edu/curriculum/aska/science.html

Ask an engineer - send in questions on electronics engineering, satellite technology, or bio-related technology, and receive answers from experts.  
http://www.omgsic.com/ask.htm

Mad Scientist Network - Online expert answers to your science questions in over twenty-five areas of science, and you get to state the level at which you are studying so the response is appropriate to your level of information. Also has archives so you can check previously asked and answered questions
http://www.madsci.org/current.html

Mrs. Fliegler’s Homework Helper - e-mail answers to science questions
http://www.trabuco.org

Biographies of Scientists

4000 Years of Women in Science  
http://crux.astr.ua.edu/4000WS/4000WS.html

Albert Einstein Online   
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~smfriedm/einstein.html

Eric’s Treasure Trove of Scientific Biography   
http://www.astro.virginia.edu/~eww6n/bios/bios.html

The Faces of Science: African-Americans in the Sciences- biographical information on black scientists with PhDs. 
http://www.lib.lsu.edu/lib/chem/display/faces.html

Journals and Media Sites

American Scientist    
http://www.amsci.org/amsci/amsci.html

The Armchair Scientist - attractive e-magazine that current events in science and technology, all are written in an accessible style.   
http://www.areacom.it/html/ita/loris/armchair.html

Discover Magazine  
http://www.enews.com/magazines/discover/

Discovery Channel Online
http://www.discovery.com/

Earth and Sky Radio Series - daily science radio scripts on various topics with archives 
http://www.earthsky.com

Ion Science - journal  
http://www.injersey.com/Media/IonSci/

Popular Science magazine   
http://www.popsci.com/

Science - selections from the journal Science   
http://science-mag.aaas.org/science/

ScienceDaily  
http://www.sciencedaily.com/

Scientific American
http://www.sciam.com/

Museums

Miami Museum of Science  
http://www.miamisci.org/

San Francisco Exploratorium Home Page - amazing interactive science museum with on-line exhibits
http://www.exploratorium.edu/

The Tech Museum of Innovation - online interactive virtual exhibits in various fields of science
http://www.thetech.org/

Cool Sites

Bad Science  
http://www.ems.psu.edu/~fraser/BadScience.html

Junk Science Home Page CHECK                                                                                    http://www.junkscience.com/

Nanoworld World Home Page - images from electron microscope, click on image gallery
http://www.uq.oz.au/nanoworld/nanohome.html

New Scientist’s Keysites - hot internet issues and cool sites  
http://www.keysites.com/

Science Hobbyist - cool science, weird science, science demos  
http://www.eskimo.com/~billb/index.html

Science Made Stupid   
http://www.neosoft.com/~kmac/sms/sms.htm

Links

Cornell Math and Science Educational and Curriculum Resources - great links by field
http://www.tc.cornell.edu/Edu/MathSciGateway/