Science and Technology Links

General Reference Links

Bacteria
http://www.howe.k12.ok.us/%7Ejimaskew/
(Click on Biology then Bacteria-Concept.)

Bioimages
http://www.cas.vanderbilt.edu/bioimages/

Biology in Motion
http://www.biologyinmotion.com/

Carl Sagan's Baloney Detection Kit
http://www.uiowa.edu/~anthro/webcourse/lost/sagan.htm

The Chronicle:
The Seven Warning Signs of Bogus Science
http://chronicle.com/free/v49/i21/21b02001.html

On-Line Biology
http://www.biology-online.org/default.htm

Astronomy

2001 Odyssey Mission to Mars
Take a look at the Odyssey Mission, the latest robotic probe
circling Mars that delivered its first pictures back to Earth:
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/missions/mars_odyssey_sr.html

Eclipse Home Page
This site has detailed information on forthcoming solar
and lunar eclipses and charts, maps, and other
information about past eclipses. There is a 5,000 year
catalog of solar eclipses (-1900 to +3000).
http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/

Encyclopedia Astronautica
Reference source endorsed by the Encyclopedia Britannica,
library associations, NASA,...
http://www.astronautix.com/

European Space Agency
http://www.esa.int/esaCP/index.html

Exploring the Solar System
The New York Times on the Web: National Science / Health
Use Login / Password: WEGROVES / student  if needed.
http://www.seds.org/billa/tnp/ 

Heavens Above
Do you want to find out where the international space station is so that you can see it pass over? Do you want to watch satellites move across the sky?
This site will give you all of that information and more: sky charts for anytime, information on constellations, planets, and comets.
http://www.heavens-above.com

International Dark-Sky Association
http://www.darksky.org

Kepler Mission
Scheduled for 2007 or beyond, this will be the first space
mission to find Earth-size planets by using a spaceborne
telescope to discover if there are others like us in the
universe.
http://www.keplermission.com/

Light Pollution
http://www.lightpollution.it/worldatlas/pages/fig1.htm

Map-a-Planet
http://pdsmaps.wr.usgs.gov/ 
Visitors to the site will be able create (and download) customizable maps of planets such as Mars and Venus, along with prominent moons such as Callisto (the second largest moon of Jupiter) and Ganymede, which is Jupiter's largest moon. Visitors can also create various levels of maps, ranging from those that are quite basic all the way to those that incorporate more detailed datasets.

Mars Global Surveyor: Mars Orbiter Camera
(MOC) Image Gallery
Daily global weather monitoring, regional coverage to
monitor variable surface features such as polar frost and
wind streaks.
http://www.msss.com/moc_gallery/

The Nine Planets - A Multimedia Tour
" The Nine Planets is an overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of each of the planets and moons in our solar system."
http://www.seds.org/billa/tnp/

Northern Lights
This intriguing site contains a host of material relating the history, science, and legend behind the Northern Lights, sometimes referred to as "Aurora Borealis."
http://www.northern-lights.no/

Planet Fact Sheets
Planet fact sheets from the National Space Science Data Center.
http://mel.org/viewtopic.jsp?id=1941&pathid=2469

Planetary PhotoJournal: Images of Mars
and all available satellites
Follow the pix coming back from Spirit
Photos take some time to load, but it is worth the wait.
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/targetFamily/Mars

Space.com
Science and Astronomy
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/

USGS Learning Web
This site from the US Geological Survey, "dedicated to k-12 education and lifelong learning," includes project ideas and homework help for students, lesson plans and activities for teachers, and "resources for anyone who is curious about natural science."
http://www.usgs.gov/education/

Welcome to the Planets
NASA planetary exploration program.
http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/

Windows to the Universe
Astronomy and Earth Science Website
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/

Enchanted Learning
Lists animals in biomes by continent
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/biomes

Evergreen Biome project/Missouri Botanical Garden
http://mbgnet.mobot.org/

Introduction to Biomes
Biomes covered in this module: tundra, boreal forest or taiga, tropical broadleaf evergreen forest, desert scrub, temperate grasslands, and Mediterranean scrub.
http://www.runet.edu/~swoodwar/CLASSES/GEOG235/biomes/intro.htm

World Biomes
http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/world_biomes.htm

The World's Biomes
Introduction to major biomes on Earth.
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5/biome/index.html

Phylums

About Sponges
http://www.marine.ab.sarasota.fl.us/SPONGE.HTM

Arthropods
U of M Animal Diversity Web
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/arthropoda.html

E-Nature
Birds, butterflies, native plants, seashells, and more.
http://www.enature.com/main/home.asp

Introduction to Porifera
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/porifera/porifera.html

The Mammal Species of the World
A database of mammalian taxonomy containing the names over 4,000 currently recognized mammal species. Search using scientific and common names, original publication citation, type species or locality, distribution, etc.
http://nmnhgoph.si.edu/msw/

Marine Invertebrates
(Porifera, Cnidaria, Ctenophora, Mollusca, Arthropoda, Echinodermata, Marine worms, Sponges, Cniderians, Worms)
http://www.cyhaus.com/marine/inverts.htm

Houseplants

Botany World.Com
Encyclopedia of Plants
http://www.botanyworld.com

Garden Helper
http://www.thegardenhelper.com/houseplants.html

Houseplants: List of Species
http://www.agric.gov.ab.ca/crops/hort/houseplants/species.html#c

Plant Dictionary
http://www.hcs.ohio-state.edu/plants.html

Tropical Plant Care
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/plantanswers/publications/houseplant/houseplant.html#index

Environmental Science

Endagered Species

Audubon Society
http://www.audubon.org/campaign/esa/esa.html

International Union for Conservation
of Nature and Natural Resources
Database of Endangered Species
http://www.redlist.org/

The Mammal Species of the World
A database of mammalian taxonomy containing the names over 4,000 currently recognized mammal species.
http://nmnhgoph.si.edu/msw/

National Environmental Data Index
Provides a full text search of information from twelve governmental agencies including the US Department of Agriculture, Department of Energy, Department of Interior, Environmental Protection Agency, and NASA.
http://www.nedi.gov

Scout Report Links to Endangered Species
http://scout.wisc.edu/nsdl-reports/life-sci/2002/ls-020405-topicindepth.html#

Energy

National Renewable Energy Laboratory
http://www.nrel.gov/clean_energy/

Department of Energy – What is Energy?
http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/whatsenergy.html

Department of Energy –
Wind and Hydropower Technologies Program
http://www.eere.energy.gov/windandhydro/

Department of Energy –
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Program
http://www.eere.energy.gov/

Energy Resources
http://www.ece.umr.edu/links/power/hydropow.htm

Energy Story
http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/story/index.html

Re-Energy
http://www.re-energy.ca/t_biomassenergy.shtml

University of Missouri – Nuclear Society
http://www.nuc.umr.edu/%7Eans/QA.html


Environment

The Cato Institute
Nonpartisan public policy research foundation
 favoring free markets and limited government.
http://www.cato.org

Competitive Enterprise Institute
CEI is a nonprofit public policy organization advocating a free market place and limited government.
http://www.cei.org/

Center for Health, Environment and Justice 
CHEJ is the only national environmental organization started
and led by grassroots organizers.
http://www.chej.org/

Center for International Environmental Law
http://www.ciel.org

Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment
http://www.sage.wisc.edu/

Conservation Databases
The World Conservation Monitoring Center
The WCMC Conservation Database links to information on Species, Protected Resources, Forest, Marine and National Biodiversity Profiles.
http://www.wcmc.org.uk/cis/index.html

DOE Nevada: Photo Library
A collection of photographs from the Nevada Office of the
Department of Energy (DOE) displaying nuclear explosions,
craters, nuclear test preparation, waste management, and
more.
http://www.nv.doe.gov/news&pubs/photos&films/photolib.htm

Earth Trends:The Environmental Information Portal
From the World Resources Institute, excellent source of data on country, issue, ecosystem, population, energy, agriculture.
http://earthtrends.wri.org/

Energy Trends:Energy Research & Development
From the Pacific Northwest Laboratory examines trends in energy research, development, and investment around the world.
http://energytrends.pnl.gov/

EnviroLink
On Environmental Community
Go to Envirolink library to search for environmental resources by topic or type of resource.
http://envirolink.org

Environmental Defense Fund:
Finding the Ways that Work
A practical guide for those trying to conserve and support the environment.
http://www.edf.org/

Environmental Protection Agency
This official ' .gov 'site is a source for the laws, regulations, news, and programs related to federal environmental protection policies.
http://www.edf.org/

Environmental Quality Statistics
From the US Dept. of Energy.
http://ceq.eh.doe.gov/nepa/reports/statistics


Global Warming: Early Warning Signs
Information on various indicators.
http://www.climatehotmap.org/

GNET: Global Network of Environmental Technologies
Browse or search by keyword in the News, Market, Government, or Technology  section of GNET - the 'earth's biggest environment search engine'.
http://www.gnet.org/

Greenpeace
This extremely green site is searchable by keyword or topic: Climate, Toxic, Nuclear, Oceans, Genetic Engineering, and Forests.
http://www.greenpeace.org

Heritage Foundation
http://www.townhall.com/

National Environmental Data Index
Provides a full text search of information from twelve governmental agencies including the US Department of Agriculture, Department of Energy, Department of Interior, Environmental Protection Agency, and NASA.
http://www.nedi.gov/

Natural Resources Information Page
This page is an award winning Internet resource for environmental issues.
http://www4.ncsu.edu/~leung/nrrips.html

Nuclear Information and Resource Service 
The NIRS site links to information on Nuclear Power, Radioactive Waste, Radiation, and Sustainable Energy Issues. 
http://www.nirs.org

Pew Center on Global Climate Change
http://pewclimate.org/

Planet Ark
From Australia, daily and archived news and
photographs from Reuters World Environment News.
http://www.planetark.org/

Reason Foundation
This libertarian foundation supports a think tank called 'Reason Public Policy Institute' and provides Reason Magazine.
http://reason.org/

Sierra Club
Look here for environmental issues updates.
Select search to search by keyword.
http://www.sierraclub.org

World Resources Institute
Links to reports.
http://www.wri.org/facts/index.html

World Watch Institute
Provides "cross-disciplinary, global environmental information."
http://worldwatch.org/

World Wildlife Federation International
World's largest conservation organization active in 100 countries.
http://www.wwf.org/

Yearbook of International Cooperation
on Environment and Development-
formerly the Green Globe Yearbook.
Browse links or search by keyword for Information on International Agreements on Environment, Intergovernmental Organizations, Non-Governmental Organizations and Country Profiles
http://www.ngo.grida.no/ggynet/

Weather

Extreme Weather

Extreme Weather Sourcebook
http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/sourcebook/

Government Extreme Weather Statistics
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/hazstats.shtml#

Tornadoes, El Nino, Rain/Floods, Hurricanes
http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/severeweather/extremes.html

Woods on Fire - Fire Alarm
General information with good links from the Why Files by NSF
http://whyfiles.org/018forest_fire/

Earthquakes

National Geo Data Center
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/seg/hazard/earthqk.shtml

Seismic monitoring
http://www.iris.edu/

U.S. Geological Service
http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/

El Nino

El Niño / El Niña Home
Climate Prediction Center - National Weather Service
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/lanina/

FEMA/Preparing for El Niño
http://www.fema.gov/nwz97/eln_cws01.shtm

National Weather Service
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/lanina/

Tracking El Niño
PBS Online - Nova
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elnino/

US Dept of Commerce
http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tao/elnino/el-nino-story.html

What is an El Niño?
US Dept of Commerce
http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tao/elnino/el-nino-story.htm

Floods

Flood of Evidence
General information with good links to other sites
http://whyfiles.org/107flood/index.htm

Stormchasers
Nova blows viewers away.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/imax/stormchasers.html

Why Flood Waters are so Dangerous
USA Today website
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/tg/wfldangr/wfldangr.htm


Hurricanes

Hurricane Research Division
Atlantic Oceanic and Meteorological Laboratory
http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/

Hurricane Season
CNN.com Special Report
This interactive Web site offers an animated feature that illustrates how hurricanes form; safety tips; information, photos, and videos about the top 10 deadliest, costliest, and most intense hurricanes; a quiz; a glossary; and links to other resources.
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/hurricanes/

Hurricane - When the Big One Hits
CNN Presents
This Web site offers an animated feature that illustrates how hurricanes form, video clips, a gallery of hurricane photos, archival articles, a quiz, and more.
http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/presents/index.hurricane.html

Hurricanes
Basic information with helpful links
http://whyfiles.org/073hurricane/biblio.html

Tropical Prediction Center
National Weather Service
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/index.shtml

Tornadoes
A/Preparing for the tornado
http://www.fema.gov/hazards/tornadoes

Stormchasers
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/imax/weather.html

Tornado Facts
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/faq/tornado/

Weather 101
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/svr/torn/home.rxml

Volcanoes

How to cook with Lava
http://www.dolphinbayhilo.com/cook.html

Volcanic Eruption preparedness & Hazards USGS
http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/About/What/Reduce/Prepare.html

Yellowstone Volcano Observatory
"Monitoring the Largest Volcanic System in North America."
Volcanic history of the region, current monitoring data, an
FAQ file, and a photo gallery.
http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/yvo/


Wild Fires

Fire Wars
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/fire/

How Wildfires Work
http://www.howstuffworks.com/wildfire.html

National Interagency Fire Center
http://www.nifc.gov/

Woods on Fire
General information with good links
http://whyfiles.org/018forest_fire/

Geology 

Virtual Fossil Museum
http://www.fossilmuseum.net/
Fossils across geological time presented in multiple contexts of geological history, the tree of life, paleobiology and evolution.

Geology: Plate Tectonics
This site has a description of the mechanisms driving plate
tectonics and animated files demonstrating the positions of
the continents during various geologic time periods.
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/geology/tectonics.html

Image Gallery for Geology
Photographs of volcanic and sedimentary rocks, folds
and faults, weathering, and coastlines are included.
http://www.geosci.unc.edu/faculty/glazner/Images/gallery.html

NASA Visible Earth
"a searchable directory of images, visualizations, and animations of the earth."
http://www.visibleearth.nasa.gov/

Toxics Release Inventory Program
TRI Program gives United States residents access to information on the types of chemicals held and released near their communities.
http://www.epa.gov/tri