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4-H Virtual Farm
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| The 4-H Virtual Farm website gives an excellent insight into potential vocational directions in agriculture. It is designed for young students in the agricultural sciences and may be best suited for junior-high students, although high-school students may also benefit. |
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Access Excellence
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| Access Excellence, launched in 1993, is a national educational program that provides high-school biology teachers access to their colleagues, scientists, and critical sources of new scientific information via the World Wide Web. |
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Adventures in Science and Technology
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| The site is laid out nicely. The key areas are physics, chemistry, biology, engineering, computer science, and science and technology. |
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AES Bug Club for Young Entomologists
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| This site is a great introduction to insects and entomology, the study of insects. |
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American Museum of Natural History
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| This splendid site is user friendly, contains current scientific information and interpretations, and is compelling to audiences from children through senior citizens. |
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Animal Info – Information on Rare, Threatened and Endangered Mammals
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| This site is specifically about rare, threatened, and endangered mammals worldwide. |
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Annenberg Media
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| This is the essential website for educators, parents, librarians, and students. |
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ArchaeologyInfo.com
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| For students and teachers who need and welcome a primary source for information related to human evolution, anthropology,and archaeology, ArchaeologyInfo.com should become a well-used resource and should be bookmarked and checked frequently. |
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Ask a Biologist
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| A reference site for students and their K-12 teachers, Ask a Biologist is a friendly, well-organized tool. |
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AskERIC
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| AskERIC is a personalized Internet-based service providing information to teachers, librarians, counselors, administrators, and parents. |
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Baltimore Ecosystem Study
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| The Baltimore Ecosystem Study (BES) website is an ambitious and comprehensive urban ecology model-for research, education, and community engagement. |
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BBC Science & Nature
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| BBC Science& Nature is a website chock-full of science content. |
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Becoming Human
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| Becoming Human is thoroughly engaging, wonderfully complex,accurate, in-depth, and richly informative, making an ideal classroom resource. |
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Bell Museum of Natural History: EcoGames
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| Eco-games consists of two primary areas: one in which a prairie can be built and one in which knowledge of water sheds is tested. |
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BioEd Online
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| The BioEd Online website highlights the foremost current developments in biology. It is written in a news format that is simple to read, even for young adults. |
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BioInteractive
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| Biointeractive is a useful website for school teachers and students. |
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Biology in Motion
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| This website, entitled Biology in Motion, provides a solid introduction to biological science concepts and can be easily used by students, teachers, and the general public. |
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BioTech Adventure
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| This website contains material for junior and senior high-school students and teachers pertaining to genetics and molecular biology. |
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Birds of Prey
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| As a resource for teachers and students interested in birds of prey, there's no 'talon' what treasures will be nested in Birds of Prey. |
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Blue Crab Archives
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| This site is simple to navigate and is a good starting point for gathering difficult-to-find information about crabs and the crab industry. |
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Boston Museum of Science
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| The Boston Museum of Science (MOS) has something for everyone. |
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BrainPOP
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| This site can stimulate independent learning and creativity in students, while it provides teachers with new ideas for their classes. BrainPOP is a first-rate, fun learning experience for visitors. |
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BugBios
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| The site currently contains 150 insect photographs from California, Brazil, Ecuador, Indonesia and Hawaii. |
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Bumble Boosters
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| This site is a wonderful combination of information and actual research that classes can participate in. Highly recommended, both to those in the Midwest who can participate in the project, and to those in other areas who might want to start similar projects. |
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California Academy of Sciences
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| The mission of the California Academy of Sciences is "to shed light on the wonders and value of the natural world" through the sponsorship of expeditions, research, and teaching. |
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California Native Plant Society
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| I strongly recommend this website to students and teachers interested in studying botanical topics as part of their science curriculum. |
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Canadian Museum of Nature Online
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| The Canadian Museum of Nature Online site provides introductions to the many and varied programs available from its Ottowa and Alymer, Quebec facilities. |
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Captain's European Butterfly Guide
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| This webpage is loaded with a wide variety of information that the researcher, student, or science teacher may want to use. The photography is superb. |
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CELLS alive!
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| This site is a feast for the young cytologist's eyes! Detailed cell diagrams, 3-D models, and animated cell cams allow the navigator to learn about cell structure and function in a colorful environment. |
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Center for Coastal Studies
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| For anyone interested in whales, their rescue, the coastal environment, and habitat studies, this is an excellent site to visit. |
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Cheetah Conservation Fund
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| ...it is a wealth of information on the cheetah's life history, associations with man, difficulties (both genetically and environmentally) in surviving, and links to other sites with additional excellent background information. |
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Chesapeake & Coastal Bay Life
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| The Chesapeake and Coastal Bay Life website is an instructional resource on SAV and other coastal aquatic organisms provided by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. |
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Cornell Composting
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| Whether a hobbyist composter, industrial researcher, or curious enthusiast, the Cornell Composting site is one-stop shopping for how, why, where, and what is in fact, composting. |
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Cyber Zoomobile
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| This interesting site contains original photographs of various zoo animals taken by Jim Rang, the site owner. |
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Earth & Sky
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| Teachers should definitely add this site to their resource list. Students should add it to their list of places to look for answers to questions they have about the world. |
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Ecological Cities Project
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| The Ecological Cities Project is described as a "national study of new approaches to urban watershed and estuary management" and a "quasi-independent program for research and outreach." |
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Education for Sustainability
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| This is a large site that hosts educational and factual materials about the sustainable use of resources, including water, general waste management, and textiles. |
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EMuseum
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| EMuseum's mission is to foster graduate and undergraduate education "through participation in research and scholarly activities." |
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eNature
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| The main body of information consists of a well-designed, easily searched database on the contents of the Audubon guides. |
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Energy Information Administration
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| Using this site to access information on energy by subject area or by geography is easy. |
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Environmental Education Center
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| The EPA site for teachers and students is good at giving information to a wider audience and the EPA is to be commended for this outreach. |
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Environmental Inquiry
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| Environmental Inquiry, developed by Cornell University, strives to provide educators and students with helpful links for researching environmental issues. |
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Environmental Protection Agency
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| The EPA website contains a multitude of environmental parts, including air, water, ecosystem, waste, and prevention subject areas. |
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Euro Turtle
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| EuroTurtle is a website out of the Department of Biology of King’s College, UK, dedicated to sea turtles. |
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Everglades National Park
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| This is an incredible site with regard to information pertaining directly and indirectly to Everglades National Park. |
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Exploring the Environment
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| Exploring the Environment is a web-based series of modules and activities for studying a diverse collection of topics from Korean nightscapes to Yellowstone fires to Everglades health. |
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Fabio's Sealife Picture Gallery
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| Hosted by Fabio Ehrengruber, dive master and photographer, this underwater photography website is extremely educational and well designed. |
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GEARS (Global Entonmology Agriculture Research Server)
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| The Global Entomology Agriculture Research Server, GEARS, run by the USDA, provides a busy site, that includes a CCD camera view into an active bee colony. |
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Genetic Science Learning Center
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| Designed especially for teachers in Utah schools, this site features articles about genetic research at the University of Utah, announcements of workshops for teachers, and ways of integrating the material with the approved Utah curriculum. |
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Illinois Birds
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| Illinois Birds is a valuable resource for hobbyists and ornithologists alike, with a wealth of information about the birds that visit or inhabit the state of Illinois. |
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International Biodiversity Observatory Year
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| The Biodiversity Information section was by far the strongest and most useful section of the site. This section alone makes a visit worthwhile. |
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Journey North
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| At Journey North, students, teachers, and adults will find a huge, skill-oriented reservoir of information and lessons on global wildlife migration and seasonal change. |
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Kidsgardening.com
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| As part of the National Gardening Association (NGA) web site, this page is the association’s forum for teachers, teacher educators, and community partners interested in using plants and gardens to enrich learning. |
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Kinder Garden
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| This is a great site for teachers, parents, and kids. It is sponsored by the Texas A&M University, which is performing research about human issues in horticulture. |
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Lawrence Hall of Science
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| There is something for everyone in this site—teachers, students, and the general public. |
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Life Science Connections
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| Life Science Connections provides a very good illustrated overview of human anatomy and physiology by body part...and system...through its Human Body Adventure. |
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MBGnet
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| This webpage is part of the Missouri Botanical Garden's website. |
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Miami Science Museum
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| The Miami Science Museum website is a very polished, eye-catching representation of activities, outreach programs, and exhibits of the museum. |
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Microbe World
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| This is a fantastic site for all individuals interested in microbiology and/or biological sciences in general. |
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Microbe Zoo
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| Microbe Zoo is a colorful and informative tour of microbial ecology put into common concepts. It is simple to navigate and is written in an understandable mixture of plain language and scientific terminology. |
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Micscape
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| Micscape is a free, monthly British Web magazine dedicated to exploring the "miniature world" both on a microscopic and macroscopic scale. |
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Missouri Department of Conservation
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| This website, designed by the Missouri Department of Conservation, is an exceptional resource with broad depth of material in the biological sciences. |
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Mono Lake Website
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| If I had a student interested in doing a paper or project on saline lakes, this would be one of the first sites I would suggest visiting. |
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Mysteries of Çatalhöyük
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| The most useful activities and 'mysteries' are for grades 3-7 and revolve around the use of art by the people of Çatalhöyük. |
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National Aquarium in Baltimore
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| If you have ever wanted to visit an aquarium but couldn’t, this site is for you. |
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National Geographic
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| The website is easily accessed, readily navigable, provides an extraordinary variety of up-to-date information, and is recommended to students at all levels and the general public. |
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National Marine Sanctuaries
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This federal government website loads quickly, navigates easily, and provides links to associated federal and other websites. The up-to-date information provided is basic and non-technical, and very useful to grade-school students, educators, and the general public. |
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National Wildlife Federation
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| This website contains a variety of interesting sections. Two sections are of particular appeal to teachers and their students. |
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NOVA Online
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| There is something here for everyone with topics ranging from the bugs in your bed to the dinosaur fossils in the bedrock. |
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Nye Labs Online
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| The Bill Nye site has many attractive features; it is well conceived in its design and has a decent amount of buttons to click and things to look at. |
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PBS Science & Nature
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| The science and nature portion of the Public Broadcasting System (PBS) website provides an extraordinary educational experience. |
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Periodical Cicada Page
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| The Periodical Cicada Page is packed with information on the 17 and 13 year cicadas. |
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Planet Earth
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| Planet Earth is a well-conceived website that captures the potential for using the Internet as the powerful learning tool that it can be. |
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Planet Pals
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| A person accessing this site will be met with a brightly colored and well-organized home page. Its focus is to help viewers learn about and take care of the earth. |
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Plant Physiology Information Website
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| The site would be very useful to students and teachers learning or teaching general botany or plant physiology. |
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Quest of the Ring Leaders
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| This website is very interesting and has the goal of getting the audience interested in the recycling of waste. |
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Rotten Truth About Garbage
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| Rotten Truth About Garbage is a one-stop shop for information, activities, resources, and role models in the realm of solid waste. |
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Science Activities Manual: K-8
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The activities suggested are keyed to the state curriculum framework and to the National Science Education Standards of the National Academy of Sciences. |
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Science Alberta
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| This site contains science facts and activities for kids. It is a very well-done, Flash-intensive site that should be quite appealing to kids. |
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Science Museum of Virginia
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| The Science Museum of Virginia website has much to offer those curious about science. |
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Science News for Kids
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| Science News for Kids is a multifaceted site. Virtually every aspect of science is covered in educational, kid-friendly articles. |
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Science@NASA
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| Science@NASA is one of NASA’s many first-rate websites for the general public. Its mission is to inform and excite the public about science begin done at or through NASA. |
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ScienceMaster
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| Overall, this is one of the most worthwhile sites for science educators I have encountered. |
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Scientists in the City
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| Scientists in the City is an Internet-based project in which students, teachers, families, and science enthusiasts around the world investigate the interaction of the natural and manmade worlds. |
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SeaWorld
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| This site is packed with definitions, fun games, classroom Lessons, songs and poems, simple black and white and colorful graphics, animal facts and descriptions of habitat, conservation suggestions, lists of books and other resources. |
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Smithsonian Institution
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| The Smithsonian Institution site is extremely valuable, easy to use, compelling, and an excellent starting point for anyone seeking to know about science, its processes, outcomes, and history. |
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Smithsonian National Zoological Park
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| The Smithsonian National Zoological Park website, besides being a comprehensive introduction to the institution, is a valuable tool for anyone interested in zoology. |
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Society of Toxicology: Toxicology for Educators
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| The educator’s section of the Society for Toxicology website is a comprehensive resource for teachers wishing to incorporate toxicology principles into their teaching. |
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Southeastern Michigan Math-Science Learning
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| The Math-Science Learning Coalition has developed a massive site that is of value to kids, parents, and teachers. |
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The Bear Den
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| The Bear Den and its junior model, The Cub Den, provide very comprehensive information on bears. While the Cub Den has information appropriate for elementary students, the rest of the site goes into great detail about 10 bears, then provides a well—developed resource of bear information. |
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The Butterfly Website
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| The youthful fascination with nature is fostered in this child-friendly website. |
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The Cave of Chauvet-Pont-d’Arc
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| The website is easily accessed and is readily navigable, provides compelling sample color images of the cave’s extraordinary Paleolithic art, and documents current and ongoing modern scientific research. |
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The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
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| This website for the Children's Museum of Indianapolis is designed to supplement the exhibits and activities at the museum, however it stands on its own as an excellent resource for children, parents, and teachers. |
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The Exploratorium
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| The Exploratorium collects and reviews scientific websites. |
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The Franklin Institute Online
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| The Franklin Institute Science Museum website strives for currency and accuracy while preserving the 'entertaining' side of learning for the child in all of us. |
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The JASON Project
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| The JASON Project has tremendous educational value. It is easily navigated by students and has a high interest level for all ages. |
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The Owl Pages
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| The Owl Pages is a commercially supported compendium that serves best as an in-depth resource for educators and their advanced students on any topic having to do with owls—their lifestyle, habitat, physiology, identification, rehabilitation, and more. |
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The Quicksilver Web Module
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The Quicksilver Web Module provides middle-school teachers with a valuable environmental toxicology teaching resource. The student module is composed of an interactive city in which the students collect information from different resources to solve an environmental health problem. |
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The Shape of Life
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| The Shape of Life is typical of PBS collaboratives online: beautifully illustrated, content rich, scientifically accurate and alluring, and accessible to a broad audience range. |
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The USGS and Science Education
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| The USGS and Science Education site, designed for K-12 education and lifelong learning, is a component of the United States Geological Survey website and is maintained by USGS. |
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The Why Files
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| I believe it to be an excellent site for both general audiences and classroom use for science topics of general interest. I have added the URL to my list of favorites. |
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The Yellowstone Net Geyser Information
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| As part of Yellowstone Online, this page provides teachers, students, and parents with photographs and information about geysers. |
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The Yuckiest Site on the Internet
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| With its kid-friendly design, colorful graphics, and 'yuck-factor,' the Yuckiest Site on the Internet will be a hit with kids of all ages. |
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Endangered Species Page
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| This site doesn’t have a lot of bells and whistles. It does, however, contain useful information on what species are currently endangered, which is updated monthly. |
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Understanding Evolution
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| Teachers looking for an up-to-date synthesis of what evolutionary theory does and doesn't say should check out Understanding Evolution, a new primer from the University of California Museum of Paleontology. |
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Utah Science Home Page
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| This resource consists of links and specially designed lessons that correlate with the Utah State science curriculum. |
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Water Resources of Utah
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| The website serves best as an introduction to brine shrimp and is a wonderful starting point for further investigation. |
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Willo: The Dinosaur With a Heart
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| The information is fascinating and fifteen minutes on this easy to navigate site will be very rewarding for anyone with an interest in these creatures. |
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World Resources Institute
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| It would be hard to find another site so full of useful information on environmental issues and actions for students, teachers, parents, and the general public. |
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World Wildlife Fund
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| This site is great for anyone who wants to find out more about environmental issues. |
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Yellowstone Net
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| This site is a mixture of many different kinds of information about Yellowstone Park. |
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Zoom Dinosaurs
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| This is the best site I have seen. "Breathtaking" may be stretching it a bit for an adult, but not for the students eager to learn about this ever popular topic. This site is going to be on a lot of "favorites" lists. |
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