Science Research Guide

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Selected Internet Sites

For high school students

General Science Sites

Science.gov is a gateway to authoritative science information provided by U.S. Government agencies.
SciSeek: science online
Scirus is the "most comprehensive science-specific search engine on the Internet".
General Science Gateway (also includes links for astronomy, chemistry, earth sciences, materials science, and physics)
Guide to the History of Science (History of Science Society)
New Scientist: Special Reports on Key Topics in Science and Technology
Learning Science is "a free and open learning community for sharing newer and emerging tools to teach science (real-time data collection, simulations, inquiry based lessons, interactive web lessons, micro-worlds, and imaging)."
Office of Science Education (National Institute of Health)
Science & Nature (BBC)
WorldWideScience: the global science gateway

Biology Sites

Biology Browser is a free web site offering information resources on the life sciences. It includes BIOSIS resources plus links to current science news, relevant web sites, and more.
National Biological Information Infrastructure
The Biology Project: an online interactive resource for learning biology (U. of Arizona)
Biology and Ecology (from geodata.gov)
Encyclopedia of Life (evolving online encyclopedia including information about all species living on the earth)

Chemistry Sites

Chem 1 Virtual Textbook is a resource for teaching basic chemistry concepts and includes tutorials, online demonstrations, and more

Miscellaneous Science Sites

Encyclopedia of Earth is an electronic reference about the Earth, its natural environments, and their interaction with society-articles are written by scholars, professionals, educators, and experts
The Complete Works of Charles Darwin Online (U. of Cambridge)(publications, manuscripts, and supplementary texts)
Global Change Master Directory (earth science data and services)
Plant Facts (Ohio State)
Taxonomy Browser
Windows to the Universe (U. of Michigan)
NASA Earth Observatory provides Earth satellite images--focus is on Earth's climate and environmental change

Science Museums

Databases