Science
Best Subscription Databases for Science
Free-Web Sites
- Astronomy Picture of the Day (A different image or photograph of the universe is featured each day--includes a brief description by a professional astronomer.)
- The Nine Planets (A multimedia tour of the solar system: one star, eight planets and more.)
- Views of the Solar System (Solar system, space history, space missions, and more.)
- StarDate Online (Daily and monthly details about lunar phases, planet positions, and stars.)
- Earth Observatory (Satellite imagery and scientific information about Earth--by NASA.)
- SpaceWeather.com (Science news and information about the Sun-Earth environment.)
- NASA
- HubbleSite (Gallery of pictures and information about the Hubble Space Telescope.)
- Scientific American--Space and Physics
- The Weather Channel
- National Weather Service
- AccuWeather.com
- Weather Underground
- National Hurricane Center (Historical information, latest forecasts and warnings, aircraft reconnaisance, etc.)
- The Tornado Project (Past tornadoes as well as recent ones.)
- Science.gov ("Gateway to authoritative selected science information provided by U.S. Government agencies, including research and development results.")
- SciCentral (Gateway to scientific research news sources.)
- How Stuff Works (From hurricanes to toilets to MP3 files--clear explanations of how things work.)
- How Products are Made ("Explains and details the manufacturing process of a wide variety of products, from daily household items to complicated electronic equipment and heavy machinery"--by Thomson Gale.)
- MIT Open Courseware
- Chemicool Periodic Table (States, energies, appearance, reactions, conductivity, and more for each element.)
- Cells Alive! (Good graphics of cells.)
- Learn.Genetics (From the Genetic Science Learning Center at the University of Utah--"helping people understand how genetics affects their lives and society.")
- Wildlife Guide (From the National Wildlife Federation--amphibians, reptiles, and fish; bird; invertebrates, mammals; plants; wild places.)
- National Invasive Species Information Center (Gateway to invasive species information.)
- Animal Diversity Web (Searchable encyclopedia of the natural history of animals.)
- FishBase (Database which includes over 34,000 species of fish and more than 61,000 pictures.)
- Butterflies and Moths of America (Distribution maps, photos, species accounts, and species checklists.)
- NatureServe Explorer (Conservation status, taxonomic, and distribution information for over 100,000 plants, animals, and ecosystems in the United States and Canada.)
- Volcano World (Search for a volcano by name or get an update on current volcanic activity.)
- Earthquake Center (General earthquake information, current earthquake update, and links to other earthquake information sources.)
Page last revised on August 10, 2023.