• AccessScience - Topics included are from the fields of earth & environmental sciences, chemistry, physics and more. Includes a study center with questions and answers, study guides, bibliographies and essay topicsas well as many biographies of scientists. Based on the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology.
• AviationNow - A selection of the latest news and analysis from the industry's leading publications.
• Biosciences (Virtual Library) - meta-index of science information.
• Dinosauria - a comprehensive, searchable site of dinosaur information.
• Earthquakes (Yahoo) - lots of links to earthquake related sites.
• Eric Weisstein's World of Science: A Wolfram Web Resource - Includes extensive encyclopedias of mathematics, physics, astronomy, chemistry, and scientific biography. Biography section can be searched by gender/minority status, branch of science, historical periods, nationality, and prize-winners.
• Geology Link Page - Information for all levels of study in seismology, volcanology, paleontology, and hydrology. Also includes Geo societies directories and geological survey information.
• How Stuff Works - Explains and illustrates simply how many common appliances, machines, and technologies work.
• Hubblesite.org - Special event coverage, including the latest pictures from Mars, plus a 13-year archive of pictures, news, and discoveries, and information about the Hubble Space Telescope.
• Invention Dimension - devoted to American inventors and information related to past and current inventors. Includes sites for kids, copyright and patent information for inventors, and hot research and development information.
• Inventors Hall of Fame - searchable index of inventions and inventors.
• Mars Exploration (NASA) - Follow the science, technology, and missions in the exploration of Mars.
• NASA - homepage of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
• National Science Digital Library (NSDL) - "NSDL provides educational resources for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education." Material is searchable or browsable by topic.
• Periodic Table - complete information about all of the elements.
• Plants database - From the United States Department of Agriculture, information about vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of the U.S. and its territories. View a list of plants by state, or lists of particular kinds of plants
• Rainforest Action Network - press releases, action alerts, rain forest reports, rates of destruction, and why they're important.
• Rise and Set - Sun, moon, and visible planets rise and set times.
• SciCentral - a science metadirectory providing a gateway to over 50,000 sites.
• Science.gov - "A gateway to authoritative selected science information provided by U.S. Government agencies, including research and development results."
• Science Reference Center - A comprehensive research database that provides easy access to a multitude of full text science oriented content. Part of ELM/Electronic Library for Minnesota; subscription provided by the State of Minnesota.
• U.S. Naval Observatory - One of the oldest scientific agencies in the country, the U.S. Naval Observatory is the "preeminent authority in the areas of precise time and astrometry, and distributes earth orientation parameters and other astronomical data required for accurate navigation and fundamental astronomy.

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