Chem Web
With a free membership, you can search chemistry journals, read articles in ChemWeb's own journal, The Alchemist, explore ChemDex's large collection of rated chemistry sites on the Web, search job banks, and find information about conferences around the world.

Chemical Elements.com
Choose any element to get basic chemical statistics such as density or atomic mass, plus historical information about its discovery.

Earth's Active Volcanoes
A clickable map and guide to active volcanoes around the world.

Eight Planets
A multimedia tour of the solar system, covering the history, mythology, and scientific knowledge about the nine planets, their moons, the sun and the smaller bodies that reside here or visit regularly.

EPA Global Warming Site
The Environmental Protection Agency site provides extensive information on the problem of global warming.

Extreme Weather Sourcebook
Created by the National Center for Atmospheric Research, this site offers easy access to data on the economic damage from hurricanes, floods, and tornadoes in the United States and its territories.

How Stuff Works
Computers, automobiles, electronics, science, home entertainment, health, money travel and more.

NASA
From NASA's Homepage, all aspects of the Agency's projects can be accessed, including current manned missions, unmanned flights, the International Space Station and the history of space exploration.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association
NOAA's efforts are to provide increasingly accurate prediction of severe weather; a deeper understanding of long-term climate and environmental trends; sustaining healthy marine habitats, robust ecosystems and coastal environments; and infrastructure, maintenance, safety and human capital within the agency.

National Hurricane Center/Tropical Prediction Center
National Hurricane Center's Tropical Prediction Center Archive of hurricane reports, some back to 1851.

Physical Sciences
The comprehensive database covers air quality to x-rays and everything in-between.

Renewable Fuels Information at a Glance
From the U.S. Department of Energy's Information Administration, papers and other information about biomass, solar energy, geothermal power, and other topics of interest in the quest for renewable energy.

The Sea
This site, covering the oceans of the world, has interesting facts that are useful for students. Oceans Map is interactive and displays the four oceans on a world map, providing information for each.

Space Science Institute
A nonprofit organization affiliated with the University of Colorado dedicated to education and research in space science.

Weather Hub
Search for international weather - from North America to Antarctica! There is also a section for U.S. Cities.

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