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Astronomy

Adler Planetarium
The official web site of America's first planetarium.

Amazing Space
Part of the Hubble Telescope educational projects sponsored by the Space Telescope Institute. here you will find some of the most interesting as well as useful space information on the Web.

Astronomy Cafe
For astronomer's or those interested in a career in astronomy.

Astronomy Picture of the Day
Each day a different image or photograph is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.

AstroWeb
From the Astroweb Consortium; contains pointers to relevant astronomy resources available via the Internet.

Black Holes and Neutron Stars
Geared towards a non-technical audience, discusses black holes and neutron stars.

Comets and Meteor Showers
Information and links; sponsored by the American Meteor Society.

Constellations and Their Stars
Search for star and constellation information by either name or month.

Earth and Sky
Official web site of the award winning daily science radio series.

Earth from Space
This web site provides a library of the best images of the earth taken by the astronauts from space, specially selected by NASA.

Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth
The complete database of NASA's Earth imagery. This online collection is made up of astronaut photographs of the Earth from 1961 through the present.

Hands-On Universe
From the Lawrence Hall of Science at the University of California. Features a variety of activities that can be done in and out of the classroom.

History of Astronomy
Find detailed information on astronomy's history that is well documented.

HubbleSite
From the Space Telescope Science Institute. News and information about the the Hubble Space Telescope.

Lunar and Planetary Institute
NASA-funded institute in Houston, Texas, devoted to studying the solar system and sharing the excitement of space exploration with the public.

The Nine Planets
A look at the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of each of the planets and moons in our solar system. 

North American Skies
Provides information on stars, planets, eclipses, meteor showers and other events visible in the sky.

SETI Institute
Official site for the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence.

Biology

BiologyBrowser
Produced by BIOSIS, this free web site offers a variety of resources for the life sciences information community, including the Nomenclature Glossary for Zoology and the Zoological Record Thesaurus.

Biology in Motion
Here you will find animations, interactive activities, and cartoons designed to make learning biology a richer, more engaging experience.

Biology Online: Information in the Life Sciences
Collection of tutorials on various subjects of biology from cell biology to genetics and evolution.

Biology Project
An interactive online resource for learning biology developed at The University of Arizona and designed for biology students at the college and high school level.

BioTech
A hybrid biology/chemistry resource that's goal is to be "as useful a tool to a high school student as it is to a postdoctoral fellow."

Biozone: Bio Links
Large listing of links organized into twenty different areas. Includes links to student projects.

Gray's Anatomy
Full text online edition of the 1918 edition features over 1,200 illustrations.

Kimball's Biology Pages
Online biology textbook based on the sixth edition of author (and web site owner) Dr. John W. Kimball's textbook Biology published in 1994.

Life Science Dictionary
Search for definitions of words that deal with biochemistry, biotechnology, botany, cell biology, etc.

The Tree of Life
A collaborative resource created with the help of biologists from around the world.Here you will find information about the diversity of organisms on Earth, their evolutionary history (phylogeny), and characteristics.

UCMP Glossary
A glossary of biological terms that is browsable by topic as well as alphabetically.

Virtual Frog Dissection Kit
Interactively dissect a digitized frog named Fluffy.

Visible Human Project
Complete, anatomically detailed, three-dimensional representations of the normal male and female human bodies can be found here.

Chemistry

Center for Molecular Modeling
Project to help educate NIH researchers and others in the theory and practice of molecular modeling.

ChemFinder
Searchable chemical database; great list of sources sited.

Chemistry Glossary
Browse a glossary of common terms found in chemistry.

Chemical Scorecard
Provides detailed information on more than 6,800 chemicals; search by chemical's name or CAS registry number.

Periodic Table of Elements
An interactive periodic table; click on an elements symbol for more information.

Periodic Table Toolbox
Allows you to add different elements together to make a custom compound, which will be displayed with accompanying information such as Atomic Mass and Charge. Click on the various elements to form a compound.

Physics

Albert Einstein Online
All Albert, all the time; includes biographies and overviews of his career highlights.

Chaos and Fractals
Offers an overview of fractals and how chaos relates to fractals.

Chaos Hypertextbook
Online textbook discussing chaos.

Laws of Physics
A listing of the various laws, rules, principles and other related topics in physics and astronomy.

Lazy Layman's Guide to Quantum Physics
Online text by James Higgo.

Nobel Laureates in Physics 1901-1999
List of the award winners with brief biographical information and a description of the discovery taken from the Nobel Foundation's text describing each Laureate's discovery and other sources.

Physics 2000
An interactive journey through modern physics; includes online demos.

PhysLINK
Comprehensive research and education tools for physicists, engineers, educators, etc.

PhysicsWeb
Online companion to the magazine Physics World.

Soundry
Covers everything from the most basic concepts of what sound actually is to the specifics of how humans perceive it.

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