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Astronomy, Planets and Constellations

Learn all about galaxies, stars, solar systems, black holes and the Hubble Telescope, with links to other great sites.
http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/

ASTRONOMY UNBOUND is an electronic book at School and Undergraduate University level for those who may be taking courses and particularly for anyone with a general interest in astronomy. The contents start on this page from which there are hyper-text links to contributions on Servers world-wide. This site is brought to you by the University of Hertfordshire, UK.
http://bubl.ac.uk/link/a/astronomyeducation.htm

A guide book to astronomy as a career will let you look over the shoulders of astronomers as they go about their work, observing and attempting to understand that which was previously considered incomprehensible.
http://image.gsfc.nasa.gov/poetry/
http://www.astronomycafe.net/guide/image.html

Human Physiology in Space is a pioneering mission for the 21st century, brought to you by Texas A&M University.
http://www.nsbri.org/HumanPhysSpace/

Constellations and their stars covers everything from star maps of constellations to listing the stars. Also observatories and nebulae.
http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/
http://www.dibonsmith.com/constel.htm
http://www.coldwater.k12.mi.us/lms/planetarium/myth/index.html
http://hubblesite.org/ gallery/album/nebula/
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/stars/nebulae. shtml
http://www. seasky.org/celestial-objects/nebulae.html

Here is a collection of favorite movies and animations of planets, stars, galaxies and other astronomical things which have been obtained from public-domain government (NASA) web sites.
http://www.aerospaceed.org/animationlinks.htm
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/exoplanet_transit.html
http://hubblesite.org/
http://gimp-savvy.com/PHOTO-ARCHIVE/NASA/page1.html
http://www.pdphoto.org/PictureHome.php?cid=64&mat=pdef&md=cid
http://goes.gsfc.nasa.gov/text/goes10results.html

The Hubble Space Telescope; its history and pictures.
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/
http://www.aerospaceguide.net/spacehistory/hubble-history.html
http://www.skyimagelab.com/hubphot.html
http://quest.nasa.gov/hst/about/history.html

Are you interested in making astronomy your career, check out these sites.
http://www.astro.cornell.edu/~brs/faq.html
http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/careers.php
http://www.phys-astro.sonoma.edu/advisor/Jobs.html
http://www.noao.edu/education/astfaq.html
http://www.cascaeducation.ca/files/careers.html

Explore the Universe with the History Channel.
http://historychanneluniverse.com/

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Biology

These are interactive frog dissection sites. These online tutorials are designed for the high school biology classroom.
http://www.ofsd.k12.wi.us/science/frogdiss.htm
http://frog.edschool.virginia.edu/Frog2/Dissection/Setup/setup1.html

Discover a variety of careers in biology.
http://www.aibs.org/careers/index.html
http://facweb.furman.edu/~jsnyder/careers/careerlist.html
http://nsm1.nsm.iup.edu/rwinstea/jobs.shtm
http://www.sicb.org/careers/index.php3

Biology activities, quizzes, and games.
http://www.syvum.com/squizzes/biology/
http://www.dmoz.org/Kids_and_Teens/School_Time/Science/Living_Things/
http://www.dmoz.org/Kids_and_Teens/School_Time/Science/Living_Things/Cells/

Biology tutorials and web resources.
http://www.biology-online.org/kb/tutorials.html
http://nhscience.lonestar.edu/biol/bio1int.htm

Excellent graphics and easy to understand information on cells and related subjects.
http://www.cellsalive.com

Microbiology with resources and activities.
http://www.google.com/Top/Kids_and_Teens/School_Time/Science/Living_Things/

On-line Biology book.
http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookTOC.html

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Chemistry

Welcome to The Atoms Family, a Science Learning Network resource based on The Atoms Family exhibit currently on display at The Miami Museum of Science. This resource contains educational activities relating to different forms of energy, and are being presented by famous gothic horror characters.
http://www.miamisci.org/af/sln/credits/index.html

This site covers elements, matter, atoms, reactions, and much more.
http://www.chem4kids.com/

Periodic Table.
http://www.chemicool.com/

Basic chemistry help is available here for high school or college students.
http://www.chemtutor.com/
http://www.kidsolr.com/science/page11.html
http://chemistry.about.com/od/generalchemistry/General_Introductory_Chemistry.htm

Chemistry tests, quizzes, and worksheets.
http://chemistry.about.com/od/testsquizzes/Chemistry_Tests_Quizzes.htm

Chemistry demonstrations and experiments.
http://chemistry.about.com/od/demonstrationsexperiments/Demonstrations_Experiments.htm

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Earth Science

Ecosystems.
http://library.thinkquest.org/11353/ecosystems.htm
http://www.fi.edu/tfi/units/life/habitat/habitat.html
http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/nwepecosystems.htm

Plate tectonics, geologic time and dinosaurs.
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsys.html

The principles of plate tectonics, and much more.
http://www.google.com/Top/Kids_and_Teens/School_Time/Science/The_Earth/Geology/Plate_Movements/

From the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration comes this site that includes weather, climate, oceans, fisheries and coasts.
http://www.noaa.gov/

Environmental information plus you can enter a zip code to get a community pollution scorecard that gives tells you what pollutants are in the area and who is releasing them.
http://scorecard.org/

U.S. Geological Survey is a federal source for science about the earth.
http://www.usgs.gov/

Environmental history timeline.
http://www.runet.edu/~wkovarik/envhist/

Earth systems explained for middle schoolers.
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsys.html

Scholastic brings this site on erosion.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/dirtrep/erosion/invest.htm

USGS Geology efforts address major societal issues that involve geologic hazards and disasters, climate variability and change, energy and mineral resources, ecosystem and human health, and ground-water availability.
http://geology.usgs.gov/index.htm

More sites on geology.
http://www.dmoz.org/Kids_and_Teens/School_Time/Science/The_Earth/Geology/

ThinkQuest brings this site on interactive geography.
http://library.thinkquest.org/10157/

Frequently asked questions about Paleontology from the University of California at Berkeley.
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/FAQ/faq.html

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Physics

Physics for beginners: and introduction to physics for the absolute beginner.
http://physics.webplasma.com/physicstoc.html

Physics tutor.
http://tutor4physics.com/
http://www.physics.uoguelph.ca/tutorials/tutorials.html
http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~jw/FAQ.html

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Science Fair Projects

An amazing variety of science fair projects and instructions you can download right now! Step by step guidelines to help you complete a winning science fair project.
http://www.terimore.com/

Super Science Fair Projects is your complete step-by-step guide to experiments and ideas for kids K-college.
http://www.super-science-fair-projects.com/

Science fair projects from the Discoveryschool.com from the Discovery Channel.
http://school.discovery.com/sciencefaircentral/

Free science fair projects.
http://www.freesciencefairproject.com/
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/fair.html
http://www.ipl.org/youth/projectguide/gettingstarted.html
http://www.sciencebuddies.org/mentoring/project_ideas.shtml
http://parentingteens.about.com/cs/homeworkhelp/a/blscproindex.htm

Science fairs homepage is designed to aid students in the most difficult aspect of their science fair experience; getting an idea.
http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/sciencefairs/

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Inventions

The history of inventions by the Canadian Broadcasting Company.
http://www.cbc.ca/kids/general/the-lab/history-of-invention/default.html

From the Massachusetts Institute of Technology comes the Invention Dimensions. Tells you about inventors and their inventions.
http://web.mit.edu/invent/

The National Inventors Hall of Fame™ honors the women and men responsible for the great technological advances that make human, social and economic progress possible. Biographies and much more.
http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/1_0_0_hall_of_fame.asp

Famous inventions, past and present.
http://inventors.about.com/od/astartinventions/a/FamousInvention.htm

Greatest inventions: the evolution of man through history, from ThinkQuest.
http://library.thinkquest.org/C002942/home.shtml

History of invention and discovery.
http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?ParagraphID=dqa

Inventors, A to Z.
http://inventors.about.com/od/inventorsalphabet/Alphabetical_List_Famous_Inventor.htm
http://inventors.about.com/library/blblackinventors.htm

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January 2009