Animals
A site containing links to information and photos on various animals.
An extensive listing of animals cross-checked with numerous other references and displayed online. A wonderful link for any student researching a topic on animals.
This site will teach you what animals are endangered, the causes of extinction, and what you can do to help! There are also cool videos, pictures, and sounds.
Endangered Species Gallery
A comprehensive site with information on a variety of endangered species.
Owls have fascinated man from time immemorial - to some cultures they are symbols of wisdom, while to others they are harbingers of doom and death. This site shed some light on these mysterious creatures.
Astronomy
A superb site when teaching students the concept of night and day. Students can view a map of the earth showing the day and night regions at this exact moment. They can also view the Earth from the Sun, the Moon, the night side of the Earth, above any location on the planet specified by latitude, longitude and altitude, or from a satellite in Earth orbit.
Nine Planets
Take a multimedia tour of our solar system. Follow your fingers to see where it will lead.
A project by SEDS (Students for the Exploration and Development of Space). Link up to this site to find information and images on Shoemaker-Levy 9, the solar system and the galaxy.
The Solar System
An online project about the solar system designed for middle school students. Includes info on all nine planets as well as asteroids and comets.
Dinosaurs
Age of Reptiles Mural
Check out this clickable mural which gives information on dinosaurs from the Cretaceous to the Devonian periods. It's a bit technical in parts, but has great info.
A National Geographic site with information about dinosaurs and current methods of learning about them. Includes timelines, animations, and fun facts
This site contains just about everything you might want to know about dinosaurs. It also includes jokes, pictures, a dino quiz, and a geologic time chart.
Insects
Alien Empire
Enter the bizarre and fascinating world of insects like wasps, caterpillars, mayflies, moths, and more. Video and interactive Flash presentations give a closer look! From Nature on PBS TV.
Cool photographs and information on many different insects taken from the Spencer Entomology Museum.
Cultural Entomology
Information and links about bugs and more bugs.
Information Sheets
Fact sheets on all sort of bugs, from the University of Arizona's Center for Insect Science.
Dennis Kunkel's electron microscopic image gallery of bad bugs - insects that make trouble for humans. With mug shots and descriptive rap sheets.
Zoom: Insects
Get facts and a picture to color for different insects like a house fly, grasshopper, pond skater, ladybug, yellow jacket, and more!
Oceonography
An Exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History. Ocean Planet employs cutting-edge technology, compelling objects and photos, enticing text and walk-through environments to promote celebration, understanding and conservation of the world's oceans. An fantastic resource if you are studying oceans.
Oceans
Find answers to frequently asked questions, such as why are oceans blue? You can also learn about ocean forests and read about the difference between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
Oceans Alive
Profiles top marine biodiversity areas in Australia, facts about whales and seals, articles, answers to your questions about the sea, and much more.
A virtual library of an extensive listing of
oceanography sites indexed according to country and continent.
A wonderful site developed by Sea World Education Department. It includes databases, video clips, images as well as teacher guides for a variety of unit studies.
Read, see, and watch how scientists deep in the Sea of Cortes uncover mysteries of hydrothermal vents, their microbes, and their surrounding marine life.