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Crime Scene Investigator Network
Clearinghouse for information related to crime scene investigation, including guidelines for
crime scene response & evidence collection, tutorials on crime scene photography, & links to
articles related to forensics & forensics training.

Exploratorium
Museum of science, art, & human perception

Institute & Museum of the History of Science
The mind of Leonardo DaVinci -- the universal genious at work.

Smithsonian -- Science & Technology
Features inventors & scientists, animals, astronomy, aviation & transportation, computers &
communications, ecology & environment, evolution & paleontology, geology, health & human
sciences, industry, machines & electricity, marine, plants, & the history of science & technology

Mad Scientist Network
The "laboratory that never sleeps" represents a collective cranium of scientists providing
answers to your questions. Includes an archive of over 35,000 questions that have been
answered. For good measure, they provide a variety of oddities as well.

Science Daily
News & articles in science, health & medicine, mind & brain, plants & animals, earth & climate,
space & time, matter & energy, computers & math, fossils & ruins.

The Why Files
The science behind the news. Includes cool science images & interactives

Science & Nature: Space
Features on the solar system, including games & quizzes, Life?, Exploration, Deep Space,
Origins, Stars & the Sky at Night -- sponsored by the
BBC

Science Education
The "student zone" has homework helpers: all about atoms, table of elements, questions &
answers, glossary of science terms, Jefferson lab virtual tour, & online games & puzzles.

Homework Spot -- Science
Covers astronomy, biology, botany, chemistry, earth science, physics, space, weather, &
zoology. Includes quick reference links: NASA, "How Stuff Works," a unit converter, scientific
calculator, Smithsonian encyclopedia, chemical elements, inventions & discoveries

High School Hub -- Science
Science guide to earth science, biology, chemistry, & physics

Virtual Planisphere
See the location of the stars & planets on any date.

Science.gov
Gateway to over 50 million pages of authoritative selected science information provided by US
government agencies, including research  & development results

Live Science
Delves into complex questions & ideas posed by scientific inquiry. Committed to covering
offbeat stories to challenge & entertain readers. Includes stories, videos, special reports,
images, quizzes, "Top Ten's," & trivia

Scientific Notation
A lesson on why & how to use scientific notation