Castle High School Library - Science Lin
Mrs. Ohlsen
The Concise Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia - This outstanding reference work features 17,000 articles with more than 170,000 links to other resources on the Web
Discovery Channel - TV schedule, themes, lesson plans
Invention Dimension - Highlights an American inventor weekly. Links to invention and innovation sites
Knowledge Network Explorer - teacher resources
Virtual Chase: Legal Research Guide for Health Law - Federal agencies and health related organizations
Astronomy Picture of the Day - Archive of daily pictures
International Space Station - Follows the development of the space station with construction set to begin in 1998
Planetary Sciences at NSSDC - National Space Science Data Center with vast amounts of information related to the space program
Portrait of Stars and their Constellations - Descriptions of stars and photos of their constellations
Space Telescope Science Institute -Latest Hubble Telescope observations from NASA
Botanical Society of America - The BSA teaching slide collection with 799 photos
Eaglecrest Estate - Enjoy streaming video from Eaglecrest Wildlife Site, a 200 acre estate and home to an array of wildlife: eagles, hawks, owls, deer, mountain lions and more.13 cameras operate 24/7 to capture wildlife activity.
Endangered Species Home Page - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service provides information about endangered species.
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
Health A to Z - Health and medical resources. Find information on diseases.
Hypermedia Glossary of Genetic Terms - Brief definitions for over 580 genetic terms
Insects on the Web - Interesting and useful insect resources
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.
The Nature Conservancy - Indiana - Working to protect and preserve our natural heritage
The Nature Conservancy - United States of America - The Conservancy works across state borders to preserve natural areas throughout the U. S.
The Nature Conservancy - protecting nature and preserving life around the world
World Biodiversity Database - The World Biodiversity Database, provided by the Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI), seeks to document all presently known 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.
What's It Liike 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
NBC Learn Chemistry Now - 32 learning packages containing videos, documents, images, articles and lesson plans that break down the chemistry behind things such as cheeseburgers, chocolate, soap and plastics.
Webelements Periodic Table of the Elements
BAGHEERA - a website for Endangered Species
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Endangered Specie Program
Genetic Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Government agency site for comprehensive information about disease and health
Genetic Conditions/Rare Conditions
Healthfinder - U. S. Department of Health and Human Resources provides guide to reliable health information.
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.
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
EdHeads - simple machines
Gamequarium- force and motion games
Physics 2000 - 20th century science and high tech devices from University of Colorado at Boulder
