See also Astronomy, Astrogeology, Biology, Chemistry, Climate, ClimateChange, Earth, Earthquakes, Environment, Fossils, Geology, Landslides, Museums, Minerals, Nanotechnology, Physics, PlateTectonics, Rocks, Space, Tsunamis, Volcanoes, Water, and Wildfires

Reference

Periodic Table of the Elements - displays the elements by atomic number and describes the history and sources of each element, as well as its properties and uses. (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

General

• 'Ology' - explore archaeology, astronomy, biodiversity, Earth, Einstein, genetics, marine biology, paleontology, & other "ologies." Topics include the Incas, the ancient city of Petra, gravity, Mars, the Milky Way, tree of life, saving species, tectonic plates, rocks, deep sea vents, matter & energy, space & time, a genetic journey, a nature & nurture walk, quest for the perfect tomato, imagine it's 2020, worlds within the sea, ocean creatures, & fighting dinosaurs.
• 'NSF Special Reports' - on language & linguistics, Einstein & physics, weather patterns, the chemistry of water, the 2004 tsunami, arctic climate research, Admiral Byrd's historic flight to the South Pole (1929), cyberinfrastructure, fossils, earthquake engineering simulation, ecology of infectious diseases, robotics, visualization of research results & scientific phenomena, the world's first electronic nervous system, teacher institutes, & Nobel prize winners.
• 'Science Ambassador' - lesson plans on issues related to birth defects: fetal alcohol syndrome, hearing loss, vitamins, folic acid, cystic fibrosis, chromosome abnormalities, the bioethics of genetic screening, epidemiology, graphing & analyzing health data, graphing gastroschisis, genes & diseases, muscular dystrophy & pedigree charts, spina bifida, surveillance of population trends, pyloric stenosis, & accutane.
• Digital Library for Earth System Education - presents thousands of reviewed resources on atmospheric science, biology, chemistry, climatology, cryology, ecology, environmental science, forestry, geography, geology, mineralogy & petrology, hydrology, mathematics, natural hazards, ocean sciences, physics, soil science, space science, & more.

NSF Multimedia Gallery - 100 videos and webcasts on a range of science topics: a fossil that may represent the first vertebrate to emerge from the sea, turning forest-industry waste into fuel and textiles, "superglue" produced by aquatic bacteria, a house built on a "shake table" (earthquake research), teaching robots to swim, 14 engineering challenges for the 21st century, solving a crime scene mystery, a 60-second history of the universe, earth's deep-time archives, dinosaurs, and more. (NSF)

Center for Innovation in Engineering & Science Education - provides inquiry-based activities & collaborative projects in science & math. Topics include real-time weather & climate data, air pollution, remote sensing data, the Gulf Stream, water use & testing around the world, boiling water, plants & animals in your schoolyard, measuring the circumference of earth, population growth, & tracking a real airplane in flight to see how vectors & trigonometry are used for navigation.

Current Science & Technology Center - looks at science & technology in the news, including leading edge research & exploration. Learn about the fats of life, ritalin, garlic, carbon nanotubes, stem cells, diabetes, experiments in near zero gravity, visualizing influenza, growing heart cells, regenerative medicine, amorphous metals (metallic glasses), & nanotechnology.

Databases and Reports

• E-prints - 1.2 million energy, science and technology reports full text for the research community
• DOE Information Bridge - 1995+ full-text and bibliographic records of Department of Energy research and development reports in physics, chemistry, materials, biology, environmental sciences, energy technologies, engineering, computer and information science, renewable energy, and other topics.
• WorldWide Science - federated searching of 16 databases from 10 countries (Dept of Energy with British Library)

Search Journal Sources - contains two databases:

1. Scirus - covers scientific information through Science-Direct, MEDLINE on Bio-MedNet, Beilstein on Chem-Web, Neuroscion, Bio-Med Central and US Patents, and related online information
2. Energy Citations - contains bibliographic records for energy and energy-related scientific and technical information

• Congressional Research Service Reports - 1208 full-text reports on science topics
• Nasa Technical Reports Server - term or navigation search options; full-text documents and images from NASA
• NTIS, National Technical Information Service - search science, engineering, technology and business, - will be conference papers, journal articles,
• National Geophysical Data Center - environmental data on marine geology and geophysics, paleoclimatology, solar-terrestrial physics, solid earth, geophysics, and glaciology (snow and ice).
• The Elegant Universe: It's String Theory - a 3-hour miniseries exploring one the "theory of everything" - string theory proposes that the fundamental ingredients of nature are tiny strings of energy whose different modes of vibration underlie everything that happens in the universe; it unites the laws of general relativity and quantum mechanics, breaking a logjam that has frustrated scientists for nearly a century.

Teaching

• Teach the Earth - offers hundreds of teaching activities, visualizations, and resources for teaching earth science. Categories include biosphere, climate change, energy/material cycles, geology and human health, geochemistry, hydrosphere and cryosphere, mineralogy, ocean systems, petrology, solar system, and earth history.
• Strange Matter - discover materials science and the secrets of everyday stuff. Find out what happens when you heat silicon, iron, or carbon. Learn how materials science helps fight cancer, make buildings safer, improve equipment and the environment. Activities in the 60-page teachers guide challenge students to examine their material world in a different way.
• Pedagogy in Action - over 25 pedagogic techniques for teaching sciences to undergraduates: case-based learning, game-based learning, making and testing conjectures, peer review, quantitative writing, role playing, using spreadsheets, etc.; over 600 learning activities in biology, environmental science, geography, geoscience, math, and physics. (National Science Foundation)
• Case Method of Teaching Science - features case studies for use in teaching anatomy, chemistry, environment, evolution, medicine and health, microbiology, molecular biology and genetics, physics and engineering, plant science, psychology, and other sciences. Cases focus on dozens of topics, including carbohydrates, cloning, diabetes, drug dosages, energy drinks, global warming, heart attacks, irradiation, the nervous system, nuclear power, pesticides, skin cancer, wetlands, and others. (National Science Foundation)