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• The Biggest Explosions in the Solar System - NASA's HESSI spacecraft aims to unravel an explosive mystery: the origin of solar flares.
• The Black Hole Gang - Explore the site to learn about the science adventures of Matt, Wei Ling, Rosa, A.J., and Newton.
• The Bubblesphere - Bubble blowing, bubble solutions, bubble history, bubble fun, bubble games, bubble machines and bubble trivia are found on this website...
• The Cave of Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc - On Sunday, December 18, 1994, Jean-Marie Chauvet led his two friends, Éliette Brunel and Christian Hillaire, on the Cirque d'Estre toward the cliffs.
• The Children's Museum - Games and Activities.
• The Curious Tale of Asteroid Hermes - For the next few days backyard astronomers can see for themselves the long lost asteroid Hermes.
  
• The Exploratorium - A hands-on museum of science, art, and human perception in San Francisco.
• The Franklin Institute Science Museum
• The Fruit Fly in You - NASA-supported researchers are going to send fruit flies to the International Space Station to learn what space travel does to the genes of astronauts.
• The G's in the Machine - Zero-g is a myth. Even in orbit, spacecraft experience tiny accelerations called "microgravity" that scientists monitor using a device named SAMS.
• The Goldilocks Zone - Researchers are finding that life can thrive in some unexpected places.
• The Great Dark Spot - The Cassini spacecraft has photographed an extraordinary dark cloud on Jupiter twice as big as Earth itself.
• The Greens - a kid-friendly site about looking after the planet.
• The Hidden Life of Thunderstorms - Scientists are sending unmanned aircraft into electrical storms to learn more about their mysterious inner workings.
• The Hour of the Planets - Dashing out the door to work or school? Pause for a moment and look up. There are two dazzling planets in the morning sky.
• The Inconstant Sun - An experiment onboard shuttle mission STS-107 is monitoring the Sun's variable brightness.
• The Keystone Science Network - Provides web-based support
  for K-8 teachers using inquiry science kits in their classroom.
• The Microbe Zoo - The DLC-ME includes the Microbe Zoo, Microbes in the News, Meet the Scientists, and more!
• The Missing Moon of Sedna - Astronomers examining Hubble Space Telescope images of distant Sedna...
• The Physics of Sandcastles - An upcoming shuttle mission will carry small columns of sand into space...
• The Pull of HyperGravity - A NASA researcher is studying the strange effects of artificial gravity on humans.
• The Roar of Innovation - The space shuttle's main engines are the best performing chemical rockets on Earth. You can listen to one roar during a live webcast of a engine test-firing on Nov. 8th.
  
• To Distill Some Water - This fact-filled science fiction tale, based on Jack London's "To Build a Fire," describes an astronaut's urgent search for something to drink on Mars.
• The Chandra X-ray Observatory Center - Gateway to the universe of x-ray astronomy!
• The Continuing Adventures of Deep Space 1 - NASA's Deep Space 1 probe is about to begin its greatest adventure yet -- a daring plunge into a comet.
• The Cosmos is the Classroom - At an upcoming workshop, teachers will learn to use black holes and other wonders of X-ray astronomy to teach science in their own classrooms.
• The Distant Sun - Earth reaches aphelion during the 4th of July holiday weekend. Curiously, our planet is warmest when we are farthest from the Sun.
• The Edge of Sunshine - Solar energy is an abundant source of power for spacecraft navigating the inner solar system. But how far away from our star can photovoltaics work?
• The Fading Milky Way - Light pollution is a growing environmental problem that threatens to erase the night sky before its time..
• The International Boiling Point Project - In this international project students discover which factor in a boiling point experiment has the greatest influence on boiling point
• The Monterey Bay E-Quarium - A real Virtual Aquarium.
• The Nameless Hurricane - On March 28th, a surprising hurricane crashed into the coast of Brazil.
• The NASA SCIence Files - A distance learning initiative created by the NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia.
• The Oldest Light in the Universe - A NASA satellite has captured the sharpest-ever picture of the afterglow of the big bang.
• The Perfect Dust Storm Strikes Mars - Three months after it began, an awesome global dust storm on Mars is waning.
• The Physics of Sandcastles - An upcoming shuttle mission will carry small columns of sand into space...
• The Real Lord of the Rings - Four hundred years after they were discovered, Saturn's breath-taking rings remain a mystery.
• The Resurgent Sun - Evidence is mounting that some solar cycles are doubled-peaked. The ongoing solar maximum may itself be a double -- and the second peak has arrived.
• The Right Stuff for Super Spaceships - Tomorrow's spacecraft will be built using advanced materials with mind-boggling properties.
• The Science Museum's - Offers information on the history of science, industry and medicine and how their impact on our lives. (London)
• The Science Spot- A selection of science activities, lessons, and worksheets by Mrs. Tracy Trimpe.
• The Strange Spires of Callisto - NASA's Galileo spacecraft has spotted bizarre icy knobs jutting out of Callisto's cratered terrain.
• The USA Returns to Mars - NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft reached Mars last night and was captured into orbit after a successful main engine burn.
• The Why Files - Your source for science behind the news.
• The World in a Grain of Stardust - On January 2, 2004, NASA's Stardust spacecraft will fly through a comet and collect samples of dust for return to Earth.

• The Yuckiest Site on the Internet! - Contains a ton of information, cool science experiments, yucky body facts, and also information about worms and bugs..
• Tick-Tock Atomic Clock - Scientists are building atomic clocks that keep time with mind-boggling precision.
• 'tis the Season for Auroras - Autumn is a good time to spot Northern Lights, and scientists would like to know why.
• Tractors, Satellites, and Pickup Trucks - The tools of agriculture are changing as growers experiment with new space-age techniques called "precision farming."
• Trouble with Lifshitz, Slyozov and Wagner - A physics theory used to create cutting-edge "designer materials" doesn't work as scientists expect.
• Two Magical Mornings - Before dawn on Tuesday, Oct. 21st, and Wednesday, Oct. 22nd, sky watchers can see two bright planets, the crescent moon and a meteor shower.
• UFO Planet - The planet Venus, so bright it is often mistaken for an alien spaceship, reaches maximum brilliancy this week.
• Unveiling Planet Ocean - NASA's GRACE mission will reveal some of what lies hidden beneath the surface of Earth's oceans by measuring tiny changes in gravity.
• Urban Sprawl: the Big Picture - Earth-orbiting satellites are collecting valuable data that reveal the environmental impact of fast-growing cities.
• U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) Water Science for Schools web site!
• Vanishing Saturn - The breathtaking ringed planet will vanish behind Earth's moon on Wednesday, Feb. 20th. Some astronomers will be watching carefully for Saturn's "lost ring."
• Venus and the Pleiades - This weekend, the planet Venus will have a rare close encounter with the Pleiades star cluster.
• Venus Pillars and Dogs - If you look at Venus this month and something doesn't seem quite right, you may have spotted a rare Venus pillar ... or better yet, a Venusdog!
• Wandering Mystery Planets - NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has spotted what seem to be strange planet-sized objects wandering loose in globular cluster M22.
• Was Galileo Wrong? NASA-supported researchers are testing a fundamental assumption of modern physics.
• Was Einstein a Space Alien? - One hundred years ago, Albert Einstein revolutionized physics.
• Watch Out for Spaceships - This week is a good time to spot two spaceships flying over your backyard: the International Space Station and the space shuttle Endeavour.
• Web Weather for Kids - Atmospheric science experiments for kids. Create a thunderstorm, lightning, tornadoes right in your classroom or at home.
• WebElementsTM Periodic Table - Information about elements such as hydrogen, copper, gold, and uranium here.
• Weekend Fireballs - Pieces of a Proton rocket disintegrated in Earth's atmosphere this weekend, startling sky watchers in western Europe and at least seven US states.
• Weird Sunset - On Monday, June 10th, the Moon will glide in front of the Sun as it sets over parts of North America.
• What Lies Beneath a Sunspot - Awesome plasma hurricanes were one of the surprises revealed when scientists recently peered beneath the stormy surface of our star.
• Where Lightning Strikes - New maps from orbiting sensors that can detect flashes of lightning even during the daytime reveal where on Earth the powerful bolts will most likely strike.
• What Lurks in the Outer Solar System? - It's just a matter of time, say researchers, before astronomers find something as big as Pluto in the chilly outer reaches of the solar system.
• Where no Telescope Has Gone Before - Scientists at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center have captured the first focused hard x-ray images of the cosmos.
• Why is the sky blue? - A clear cloudless day-time sky is blue because molecules in the air scatter blue light from the sun more than they scatter red light.
• Wide Awake in Outer Space - Space travel can be exciting -- and restless! NASA researchers are exploring ways to help astronauts enjoy a better night's sleep on the space station ... and beyond.
• WildlifeCampus - Glossary of scientific terms, wildlife industry jargon and ecological concepts.
• X-Ray for Kids - Children's Corner and Medical Imaging.

Lesson Plans

• Access Excellence Science Lesson Plans (9-12) - A national educational program that provides high school biology and life science teachers access to their colleagues, scientists, and critical sources of new scientific information via the World Wide Web.
• Aeronautics Related Activities, Experiments, and Lesson Plans - A wide variety of aerospace activities and lesson plans have been generated by active teachers, educators, and NASA engineers and scientists under the sponsorship of the NASA Glenn LTP.
• Encarta® Schoolhouse and Microsoft® Education - Lesson plans and student activities for K-12 educators.
• Lesson Plans for Middle School Science - Goose Holler Middle School Activities by Craig Hunter.
• Math, Science and Technology Education - Java Activities. From University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
• Paso Partners - A Bilingual Instructional Program.
  
• Science Lesson Plans Page. Com - This section of The Lesson Plans Page contains science lesson plans, science ideas, science lessons, science thematic units, lesson plans for teachers.
• SeaWorld/Busch Gardens Teachers Guides - Animal Resources, Shamu TV®, Teacher Guides, Educational Programs, Adventure Camps,
  and more.
  
• Space and Astronomy - Find lesson plans, things to make, ideas, activities, resources for teaching a theme on outer space, solar system and the planets.
• Teachnet.Com Lesson Plans - Math, Science, Music, Language Arts, art, Social Studies, Internet, computer, and parents.
• Weather - The Lesson Plan Library offers weather lesson plans for teachers.
• Whales - This web document provides a thematic unit for cooperative learning across an integrated curriculum which is an interactive resource for teachers, students and parents.