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Astronomy

The Galileo Project
http://es.rice.edu/ES/humsoc/Galileo/
Explores the scientist Galileo and his work. Sponsored by Rice University.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration
http://www.nasa.gov/
Answers questions about NASA and explores current works.

Biology

BIODIDAC
http://biodidac.bio.uottawa.ca/
Image library sponsored by the University of Ottawa.

The Biology Project
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/
Topics arranged as a tutorial; includes tests and activities. Sponsored by the University of Arizona.

National Museum of Natural History: Research & Collections
http://www.mnh.si.edu/rc/
Looks at the research work of the National Museum of Natural History; provides external links.

Neurosciences on the Web
http://www.neuroguide.com/
Contains a searchable and browsable index of neuroscience resources (neurobiology, neurology, neurosurgery, psychiatry, psychology, cognitive science sites and information on human neurological diseases).

Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man
http://www3.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/omim/
Database contains textual information, pictures, and reference information regarding genetic disorders; contains links to MEDLINE articles. Sponsored by the National Center for Biotechnology Information.

Chemistry

NIST Chemistry Webbook
http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry/
National Institute of Standards and Technology's site for Chemistry resources. Search the database for information on thermochemical, thermophysical, and ion energetics data and view models and tools.

Earth Science

ATHENA: Mineralogy
http://un2sg4.unige.ch/athena/mineral/mineral.html
Includes an alphabetically indexed list of minerals and their chemical formations and links to other earth science web sites.

Meteorology: the Online Guides
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(gh)/guides/mtr/home.rxml
Site offers a guide to fronts and weather maps, looks at severe storms, light and optics, clouds and precipitation, forecasting, hurricanes and the hydrologic cycle.

Scripps Institution of Oceanography Library
http://scilib.ucsd.edu/sio/
Includes information and links for marine biology, climatology and meteorology, physical and chemical oceanography, marine technology, and marine geology. Sponsored by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, a part of the University of California at San Diego.

U.S. Geological Survey
http://www.usgs.gov/
Used primarily for locating and ordering USGS publications, includes full text fact sheets and a Learning Web for students in grades K-12.

General Sciences

NIST Databases
http://www.nist.gov/srd/online.htm
National Institute of Standards and Technology's site for Online Scientific Databases. Subject areas include Chemistry, Physics, Environmental Science, and Biotechnology.

Physics

PhysLINK: the Ultimate Physics Resource
http://www.physlink.com/
Provides links to physics related sites useful to professors and students.

Physics 2000
http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/index.pl
A resource for learning visually and conceptually about 20th Century science and high-tech devices.

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