General Science
Frank Potter's Science Gems
MasSci Network
Nova, PBS
Science Fair Project Guide (Internet Public Library)
Science Learning Network
Encyclopedia Smithsonian 
National Science Digital Library 
Thursdays Classroom
Why Files: The Science behind the News

Science Museums
Exploratorium
Field Museum of Natural History
Franklin Institute Online
Museum of Science, Boston

Animals
Note: Sites marked with E are good for 5th Grade Endangered Species Project.
E  EBSCO: Searchasaurus (needs password)  (tip: select Animals button)
E  Endangered Species 2000 ("see Profiles")
E   ENature.com
E  National Wildlife Federation 
E  Seaworld/Busch Gardens, Animal Infobooks 
E   EELink: Endangered Species Factsheets
Animal Info: Endangered Animals
Animals, Etc., Smithsonian National Zoological Park
Electronic Zoo (Has lists of outside web sites)
Natural History Notebooks  
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Endangered Species 
Vertebrate Animals Hotlist, Franklin Institute
World Wildlife Fund (see Species Finder)        

• Invertebrates
  BIOKIDS Critter Catalog    
  Biology4kids.com
  The Shape of Life, PBS  

Earth Science

• General Earth Science
  The Gemstones
  For Kids Only, from NASA
  Ice Ages, from the Illinois State Museum
  U.S. Geological Survey
  U.S. Geological Survey General Interest Publications Online   
  
  
• Earthquakes    
  
       
  Earthforce    
  Earthquake Hazards Program, Northern California, U.S.G.S.        
  Earthquakes for Kids, U.S.G.S. (search by region)
  Earthquakes, FEMA    
  Faultline (California earthquakes), from the Exploratorium   
  The Great 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, U.S.G.S.   
  * Historic World Earthquakes, U.S.G.S.  
  Long Beach Earthquake, 70th Anniversary     
  The Restless Planet: Earthquakes (from PBS)   
  The San Francisco Earthquake, 1906, from EyeWitness to History     
  Tangshan, China Earthquake, On This Day, BBC  
  USGS Historic Earthquakes, Top 10 Lists  
  * USGS: Earthquakes by Country
  * USGS: Earthquakes in U.S.A., by State
  * The Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco, 1989 Earthquake
  * The Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco, 1906 Earthquake and Fire   
  
  
• Volcanoes 
    
  * Global Volcanism Program, National Museum of Natural History
  Hawaiian Center for Vulcanology
  How Hawaiian Volcanoes Work, from U.S.G.S.
  Mount St. Helens, FEMA for Kids
  Mount St. Helens, Go Northwest
  Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument     
  Out of the Inferno: Volcanoes (from PBS)  
  Pinatubo: The Sleeping Giant Awakens, ABS-CBN
  Pompeii: Stories from an Eruption, Field Museum, Chicago
  Ring of Fire and Plate Tectonics, from U.S. Geological Survey
  The Savage Earth, PBS Online 
  * Significant Volcanic Eruption Database 
  * Volcano World (use "Find Volcanoes," then "Region")
  Volcanoes, Annenberg/CPB Project  
  *  Volcanoes, USGS

Energy
 =>    Alliant Energy Kids   
Arizona Solar Center: Renewable Energy   
Dr. E's Energy Lab, U.S. Department of Energy   
  =>   EcoKids: Renwable Energy 
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S. Dept. of Energy
 =>   Energy Kid's Page, U.S. Energy Information Administration  
Energy Story, California Energy Commission 
Environmental Literacy Council,
Hydropower Information, U.S. Department of the Interior   
Renewable Energy, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation   

Chemistry
Chemical Elements
Chemicool Periodic Table
WebElements: The Periodic Table on the WWW

Astronomy & Physics
Astronomy Picture of the Day, NASA
Nine Planets: Multimedia Tour of the Solar System
Windows to the Universe

The Environment
The World's Biomes
Environmental Literacy Council
Major Biomes of the World
Nature and Science, National Park Service

Human Body
American Lung Association
Body Systems, from KidInfo
The Heart, from the Franklin lnstitute
The Human Body and Mind, BBC Online

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