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Science General Links National Parks Astronomy Biology Biomes/Ecosystems Chemistry Physics Webquest -- Mrs. Will Mrs. Ohlsen/Mr. Tucker Genetic Diseases Healthfinder - U. S. Department of Health and Human Resources provides guide to reliable health information. Genetic Conditions/Rare Conditions Genetic Disorders Medem - Leading medical societies provide peer-reviewed health care information for physicians and patients. Use search box in upper left corner. Diseases - Site maintained by McKinley Health Center at the University of Illiniois MedicineNet - A network of U.S. board certified physicians and health professionals provides health-related news and articles, articles and information about diseases and treatments as well as various medical procedures and tests plus detailed information about drugs.
The Concise Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia
- This outstanding reference work features 17,000 articles with Invention Dimension - Highlights an American inventor weekly. Links to invention and innovation sites Virtual Chase: Legal Research Guide for Health Law - Federal agencies and health related organizations Discovery Channel - TV schedule, themes, lesson plans Blue Web'n Applications: Science - Lesson plans
American Park Network - Guides for some of America's national parks, including Yosemite, Yellowstone, and Grand Canyon DesertUSA - Deserts of the Southwest including national parks and state parks National Park Service - U.S. national parks by name National Park Service Nature Net - Information on air quality in protected areas, wildlife and plants, geologic resources, people and parks, and water resources in the parks National Park Service Wildlife and Plants National Park Service's Threatened and Endangered Species National Snow and Ice Data Center - Information on how glaciers form, how they move, where they are located, types of glaciers, and how glaciers affect the land and people Park Geology: Tour of National Parks - Visit parks with similar geological features such as glaciers, sand dunes, river systems, and more. ParkSearch - Information on 1400 state and national parks provided by L.L. Bean
The Nine Planets - Multimedia tour of the solar system with text, pictures, sound, and some movies. Many links Planetary Sciences at NSSDC - National Space Science Data Center with vast amounts of information related to the space program International Space Station - Follows the development of the space station with construction set to begin in 1998 Space Telescope Science Institute -Latest Hubble Telescope observations from NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day - Archive of daily pictures Portrait of Stars and their Constellations - Descriptions of stars and photos of their constellations Astronomy - Space Exploration, references for classroom, lesson plans, observation, historical information from the Georgia Institute of Technology
World Biodiversity Database - The World Biodiversity Database, provided by the Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI), seeks to "document all presently known species. Walkthrough of a Heart Dissection Health A to Z - Health and medical resources. Find information on diseases. Kaikoura-Deep Sea Virtual Exploration - From National Geographic explore the deep-sea world of New Zealand’s Kaikoura Canyon. This rich ecosystem is home to one of the sea’s last great mysteries—the giant squid, a creature never yet observed in its habitat. Insects on the Web - Interesting and useful insect resources Hypermedia Glossary of Genetic Terms - Brief definitions for over 580 genetic terms Botanical Society of America - The BSA teaching slide collection with 799 photos Flora of North America - North American botanists provide authoritative, up-to-date information on the names, relationships, characteristics, and distributions of the approximately 21,000 species of plants that grow outside of cultivation in North America north of Mexico National Biological Information Infrastructure - Links to Flora of America web sites New York Botanical Garden Bryophyte Catalog - Search the bryophyte type collections and approximately 200,000 non-type specimens of mosses, liverworts and hornworts from North America north of Mexico. New York Botanical Garden Gymnosperm Catalog - Search approximately 10,000 gymnosperms records arranged according to family. New York Botanical Garden Costa Rican Fungi Catalog - Contains 284 records of Costa Rican fungi. New York Botanical Garden Ecuadorean Ericaeae - Search over 7500 records (i.e., herbarium collections) including all types, from all of the major world's herbaria. Endangered Species Home Page - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service provides information about endangered species.
Biomes - Introduction to the major biomes on earth Ecosystem Approach-U.S. Fish and Wildlife - Presents effective conservation of natural biological diversity through perpetuation of dynamic, healthy ecosystems. Ecosystems of Our World - Explains difference between a biome and an ecosystem and gives examples. Introduction to Biomes - Maps and facts for every biome in the world Tree of Life - Information about the diversity of organisms on Earth, their history, and characteristics. The information is linked together in the form of the evolutionary tree that connects all organisms to each other. Virtual Zoo - Information on animal habitats and biomes around the world What's It Like Where You Live? - From the Missouri Botanical Gardens, this site provides information about all ecosystems and details within each ecosystem page. World Biomes - Detailed information on the specific plants and animals in various biomes Webelements Periodic Table of the Elements Castle Chemistry Web Page - Link to information related to CHS Chemistry classes.
Physics 2000 - 20th century science and high tech devices from University of Colorado at Boulder
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Endangered Specie Program BAGHEERA - a website for Endangered Species
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