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Public General Science

*****ScienceDaily (latest research news)

http://www.sciencedaily.com/  

*****Science Now (NOVA, PBS)

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/

 
***BBC News Science/Nature

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/default.stm

 
**** Exploratorium (includes webcasts, very interactive)

http://www.exploratorium.edu/


***EurekAlert (American Association for the Advancement of Science, AAAS)

http://www.eurekalert.org/

 
****Links to Online Biology Sites (Geometry)

http://www4.geometry.net/biology/


New Scientist News

http://www.newscientist.com/news.ns


The Engineer Online

http://www.theengineer.co.uk

 
SciCentral (Science News)****

http://www.scicentral.com/

 
**How Stuff Works

http://www.howstuffworks.com/


World Scientist (News from WN Network)

http://www.worldscientist.com/


***SciTech Daily

http://www.scitechdaily.com/


Popular Science Magazine

http://www.popsci.com/popsci/

Scientific American Magazine

http://www.sciam.com


**Smithsonian Museum

http://www.smithsonian.org/

***The Virtual Smithsonian

http://2k.si.edu/

***Smithsonian Magazine

http://www.smithsonianmagazine.com

National Geographic Magazine News

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/


The Chronicle of Higher Education

http://chronicle.com/


Discovery Magazine

http://www.discovery.com/


****The Inventor Archive (Invention Dimension, MIT)

http://web.mit.edu/invent/i-archive.html


U.S. National Inventors Hall of Fame

http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/searchindalpha.asp


Inventors and Inventions (Enchanted Learning)

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/


Nobel Prize Foundation

http://nobelprize.org/


Personalizing Nobel Laureates (videos, interviews)

http://www.nofestibel.com/

U.S. Academy of Achievement (individuals who have shaped the 20th century)

http://www.achievement.org/galleryachieve.html

*****Online Advanced Biology Including Powerpoint and Movies (BioCourse.com)

http://www.biocourse.com/mhhe/bcc/domains/quad/topic.xsp?id=000106

*****U.S. National Science Foundation Short Videos from Science Experts (AAAS)

http://www.aaas.org/ScienceTalk/video.shtml

*****Science Magazine Educational Resources

http://www.sciencemag.org/feature/plus/sfg/education/index.dtl

American Assoc for Advancement of Science Education Programs

http://www.aaas.org/programs/education/

U.S. National Biological Information Infrastructure (diverse biological discussions)

http://www.nbii.gov/

***Population and Environment (AAAS, Flash Animation Version)

http://atlas.aaas.org/flash/index.html


*****Population and Environment (AAAS, static version)

http://atlas.aaas.org/index.php?part=2

*****NASA Interactive

http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/interactive.cfm 

**Coolest Science Sites (Exploratorium)

http://www.exploratorium.org/learning_studio/sciencesites.html

Links to World’s Hands-on Science Centers

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mwm/sci.html

**Online Science Exhibits Hotlist (Franklin Institute Online)

http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/jump.html

Links to “Insanely Great Science Websites” (Private)

http://www.eskimo.com/~billb/amateur/coolsci.html

***Massachusetts Institute of Technology Open Courseware

http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/index.htm


**The Paleontology Portal

http://www.paleoportal.org/

***Common Molecules (Chemistry Images and Descriptions of Everyday Chemicals)

http://www.reciprocalnet.org/edumodules/commonmolecules/list.html

*****IEEE Virtual Museum (Electricity and Electronics)

http://www.ieee-virtual-museum.org/

****The Elegant Universe (origins of the universe) (PBS)

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/

****Cosmic Evolution (From the Big Bang to Humankind) (Tufts University)

http://www.tufts.edu/as/wright_center/cosmic_evolution/

BBC The Open University

http://www.open2.net/