Science and Environment
 Closer to Truth: Science, Meaning, and the Future
Brings together leading scientists, scholars and artists to debate the latest discoveries in science, technology, and society and their impact on the human condition.
ECHO
Exploring and Collecting History Online. Virtual Center for the History of Science, Technology & Medicine.
How Stuff Works
A large collection of comprehensive articles written editorial staff, accompanied by images and video, about how many different things in our world work.
National Geographic
Supports critical expeditions and scientific fieldwork, encourages geography education for students, promotes natural and cultural conservation, and inspires audiences through new media, vibrant exhibitions, and live events.
Science.gov
Serves as the portal to all of the US Government's organizations or agencies doing work in the area of science.
Northwest Trek
Oregon Zoo in Portland
Pacific Science Center
Point Defiance Zoo
Seattle Aquarium
Woodland Park Zoo
Eat Well Guide
The Eat Well Guide is a free online directory of thousands of family farms, restaurants, markets and other outlets that offer local, fresh and sustainable food in the United States and Canada. Visitors simply enter a zip or postal code to search for food that is free of antibiotics and added hormones, and produced by healthy and humane methods that include organic, pasture-raised and heritage
Food Routes
The goal of this Web site is to provide timely information, resources and market opportunities for the food and farming community, community-based nonprofits, the food concerned public, policy makers and the media.
Local Harvest
Provides directories and services to find farmers' markets, family farms, and other sources of sustainably grown food in your area, where you can buy produce, grass-fed meats, and many other goodies.
US Department of Agriculture
USDA.gov is an access point to all USDA agencies and offices, and an information source for department news and services.
Becoming Human
Hosts an interactive documentary which explores human evolution through the ages, featuring articles, book reviews, education materials, and other resources.
CIA World Factbook
Countless geographic, political, cultural, economic, and demographic statistics and facts about nations and peoples all over the world compiled by the Central Intelligence Agency.
Country Reports
Over 26,000 pages of statistical data and cultural information for students, parents, teachers, and researchers alike.
HubbleSite
Features images of space exploration harvested by the Hubble Space telescope, regularly updated and including discussion, facts, history, and more.
Neave Planetarium
A web-based planetarium that allows you to seamlessly explore the night sky, allowing for configuration of all time and location data and cataloging stars and constellations.
Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Institute
By: The SETI Institute. The SETI Institute provides information about scientific research in the general field of life in the universe with an emphasis on the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. It is a non-profit research organization and has nothing to do with UFOs.
Traditions of the Sun
Explores the history and anthropology of different civilizations’ traditions, science, and understanding of the sun and skies.
United States Naval Observatory
The ultimate time resource plus information on astronomical phenomena.
Universcale
A scaled animation comparing the relative sizes of objects in the known universe from the largest (the universe itself) to the smallest (a proton).
Plant Information Online
Use Plant Information Online to discover sources in 969 North American nurseries for 103085 plants, find 358805 citations to 136270 plants in science and garden literature, link to selected websites for images and regional information about 12034 plants, and access information on 2279 North American seed and nursery firms
PlantCare
Offers an extensive plant database to find information on thousands of outdoor and indoor house plants, allows you to participate in and discuss your favorite gardening topics in the plant forum, shop for home and garden products, and expand your plant knowledge with hundreds of gardening tips and guides.
PLANTS database
Information on plants in the U.S. and its territories, from the National Plant Data Center.
Virtual Plant Tags
Hosts detailed information about tens of thousands of plants via their searchable database. You will find descriptions of the plants, high quality photos and detailed care information.
Build an Atom
Displays the complete atomic structure of each of the periodic elements via a drop-down menu. Includes a legend and large, clear images.
Chemicool Periodic Table
A clickable periodic table of the elements.
Dynamic Periodic Table
A web-based periodic table containing countless details, descriptions, and values for all the elements.
General Chemistry Online
Provides a wide range of lessons, experiments, explanations, and articles on general chemistry.
Hazardous Chemical Database
Searchable database of information on almost 2,000 chemicals. Entries include any synonyms, the formula, registry numbers, a physical description, and a link for the DOT number. Following this link will take you to that chemical's Safety Guide, which includes potential hazards, public safety guidelines, and emergency responses.
American Red Cross
The hub for information and tools for disaster, biomedical, health and safety, international, community, volunteer, and youth services through the American Red Cross.
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Gives Homeland Security threat level, storm watch, active disasters and preparedness information.
Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System
Provides near real-time alerts about natural disasters around the world and tools to facilitate response coordination, including media monitoring, map catalogues and Virtual On-Site Operations Coordination Centre.
National Hurricane Center
By: National Hurricane Center/Tropical Prediction Center. From Coral Gables, Florida, the National Hurricane Center monitors and distributes warnings and watches for hurricanes over the Atlantic, Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico and Eastern Pacific. Includes both historical and current information.
Ready.gov
Sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security, the Ready Campaign asks individuals to do three key things to prepare for the unexpected: get an emergency supply kit, make a family emergency plan, and be informed about the different types of emergencies that could occur and their appropriate responses.
ReliefWeb
Designed specifically to assist the international humanitarian community in effective delivery of emergency assistance, it provides timely, reliable and relevant information as events unfold, while emphasizing the coverage of "forgotten emergencies" at the same time.
Earth Guide
An animated and interactive analysis of the macroscopic systems that make our planet what it is.
Mineralogy Database
This mineral database contains 4,442 individual mineral species descriptions with links and a comprehensive image library.
Pacific Northwest Seismograph Network
Lists and describes recent earthquakes in the Pacific Northwest and worldwide
The Dynamic Earth
A multimedia exploration of the many processes and systems that make up our planet, developed by the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.
Visible Earth
A catalog of NASA images and animations of our home planet browseable by satellite, sensor, collection, country, or state.
Exploratorium
Online since 1993, they were one of the first museums to bring their collections to the web, which includes more than 18 thousand pages of content over more than 100 topics.
Frank Potter's Science Gems
For students, parents, teachers, scientists, engineers and mathematicians. More than 14,000 Science Resources sorted by Category, Subcategory, and Grade Level.
Kapili.com
Offers an assortment of educational sites on science and mathematics gauged towards children and young adults.
Science Netlinks
Provides a wealth of resources for k-12 science educators for meaningful standards-based student experiences.
Science Toys
Make toys at home with common household materials, often in only a few minutes, that demonstrate fascinating scientific principles.
Breathing Earth
A flash-based visualization that displays approximate cardon dioxide emission levels for every country in the world, as well as birth and death rates, in simulated real-time.
Climate Change: US EPA
EPA's Climate Change Site offers comprehensive information on the issue of climate change in a way that is accessible and meaningful to all parts of society – communities, individuals, business, states and localities, and governments.
Treehugger
News, feature, and article web-portal connecting users to information and services on the environment and “green” living.
Yahoo! Green
A wide variety of collected tools, features, articles, statistics, and forums centered around green living, environmentalism, sustainability, and global warming.
Flash Earth
Accesses aerial and satellite imagery from popular mapping services to provide a multi-source comprehensive cartographic tool.
Google Earth
Satellite imagery, maps, terrain, and 3d buildings compiled and visualized by Google, integrated with their advanced search functionality.
My Wonderful World
A campaign led by National Geographic to expand geographic learning at home, at school, and in communities around the world.
National Atlas
Collects a wide variety of historical, cultural, and contemporary maps covering all manner of US demographics and cartographics.
Arkive
ARKive is the Noah's Ark for the Internet era - a unique global initiative, gathering together into one centralised digital library, films, photographs and audio recordings of the world’s species.
Human Anatomy Online
Each topic has animations, 100’s of graphics, and thousands of descriptive links covering the whole range of the body’s many systems.
Life Science Reference
Free resource for biology related information run by enthusiasts from all around the world. Home to articles, essays, reports, tutorials and other biology-related projects.
Tree of Life
The Tree of Life Web Project is a collection of information about biodiversity compiled collaboratively by hundres of expert and amateur contributors. Its goal is to contain a page with pictures, text, and other information for every species and for each group of organisms, living or extinct.
EquationSheet
Allows you to create complex equations drawing from a large library of symbols, functions, formulas, and more.
Math2
A variety of math theories, principles, and examples collected together by subject.
MathWorld
Offers capsule summaries for more than 300 mathematical terms, articles, interactive geometry demonstrations, education-oriented resources, and more.
Online Conversion
Convert just about anything to anything else. Over 5,000 units, and 30,000 conversions.
The Math Worksheet Site
Helps you create an endless supply of math worksheets. The interface gives you the ability to customize each worksheet to target a student's specific needs. Every worksheet is created when you request it, so they are different every time.
Motion Mountain: The Free Physics Textbook
Based on the premise that most physics textbooks are somewhat incomplete, uninteresting, and inaccessible, this site offers a comprehensive, hypertextual, free physics textbook available in a wide variety of common languages.
My Physics Lab
Home to dozens of physics simulations operating in real-time with interactive features and variables, allowing users to see fundamental and complex principles and theories in action under different parameters.
Physics.org
Produced by the Institute of Physics, this website contains a feature-rich search engine which draws from over 7,000 scientist-screened websites for answer to all your physics-related questions. Also include interactive demonstrations, featured articles, frequently asked questions, information for scholars and those interested in a career in physics, and a calendar of events and activities all over the world.
Ars Technica
Specializes in original news and reviews, analysis of technology trends, and expert advice on topics ranging from the most fundamental aspects of technology to the many ways technology is helping us enjoy our world.
CNET
Provides users with information, tools, and advice that help you decide what to buy and how to get the most out of your technology. On their site you can: read the lastest technology news, watch videos and demonstrations, listen to podcasts, download software, post and read consumer reviews, and learn from an objective source about the products and technologies that best meet your needs.
Slashdot
Community and editorially submitted news from around the web on technology. Self-sloganed: “News for nerds. Stuff that matters.”
Techcrunch
A weblog dedicated to profiling and reviewing new Internet products and companies. In addition to covering new companies, they profile existing companies that are making an impact (commercial and/or cultural) on the present and future world wide web.
Animal Diversity Web
By: University of Michigan. This site includes a collection of pictures and information that can be searched by Latin name or common name. Accounts of individual species include information on distribution, natural history, conservation and economic importance.
Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online
Contains Darwin’s complete publications, thousands of handwritten manuscripts, and the largest Darwin bibliography and manuscript catalog ever published.
Endangered Species Home Page
By: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Information on endangered plants and animals, including photos, statistics, state listings, and the complete text of the Endangered Species Act.
Red List of Threatened Animals
By: World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Search for information on a particular animal by entering a species or common name. Allows searching by country and threat category.
SeaWorld / Busch Gardens ANIMALS
Features a large multimedia-enriched encyclopedia of animals, career guides, teacher resources, an entertainment area, and information about their parks and services. All types of animals, not just those at SeaWorld.
Smithsonian National Zoological Park
A resource center for animals, protection of endangered species, programs and activities, and zoological education.
Zoos Worldwide
Maintains a listing of zoos and various facilities that care for animals all around the world, including zoo web-cams, links, and other resources.
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