American Society for Information Science & Technology(ASIS&T)
Includes information about annual meetings, publications, special interest groups, employment, and local chapters.

Center for Science Education
The Space Science Laboratory at UC Berkeley offers a connection to SEGway (Science Education Gateway), hands-on science activities through Eye on the Sky, and outreach with Sun-Earth Connection Education Forum. Families can find information on space, the solar system, and related subjects such as mathematics and technology.

Connecticut Science Fair
Through science fair participation, students are encouraged to pursue independent work using proper research methods. It is open to students in grades 7 through 12 and held at Quinnipiac University.

Frank Potter's Science Gems
Excellent annotated directory of more than 14,000 science resources sorted by category, sub-category, and grade-level - kindergarten through college. Also includes an annotated collection of links to lesson plans and great science discoveries of the 90's.

Genetic Science Learning Center
The Core section of this site covers the background and role of genetics in disease, DNA and proteins, as a tool in forensics, and in conservation. Also has science activites and projects. Excellent resource from the University of Utah.

Government Science-Washington
Science.gov is a gateway to authoritative selected science information provided by U.S. Government agencies, including research and development results. Fourteen scientific and technical information organizations from 10 major science agencies have collaborated to create science.gov.

MadSci Network
This Web site unites "hundreds of scientists in a forum where people can ask questions and learn more about the world around them." Questions submitted must be science-related and are usually answered within seven days. Questions and answers are archived and can be searched by subject, keyword, and grade level.

The National Academies
Congress mandated that the Academy will, upon request by government departments, "investigate, examine, experiment, and report upon any subject of science or art." Subsections at this site include online books, periodicals, news, and project descriptions in the social sciences, education, earth and life sciences, engineering, physical science, transportation, medicine, policy, and global studies. Browse via site map.

National Science Foundation (NSF)
The National Science Foundation Act of 1950 established the NSF "to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense; and for other purposes." A comprehensive Site Map provides all the information you've ever wanted to know about the NSF: their funding guidelines, research, legislation, budget, awards, organization, jobs, publications, and more. The searchable site provides related news back to 1997.

Intute Science
An annotated directory of Internet resources for the physical sciences, including chemistry, physics, astronomy, earth sciences, materials, science policy, and science history. From the Consortium of Academic Libraries in Manchester, England.

Reference Desk - EurekAlert
Index of links to glossaries, dictionaries, and databases from various scientific disciplines, provided and maintained by government, academic, research-oriented, and professional organizations. Includes agriculture, archaeology, atmospheric science, biology, business/economics, chemistry/physics, earth sciences, education, mathematics, medicine & policy & ethics, social behavior, space/planetary, and technology engineering. From the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Virtual Science Center
The online presence of Chabot Space & Science Center, a joint powers agency that is also affiliated with the Smithsonian Institution; includes the Virtual Science Center, featuring multiple and changing exhibits at Chabot; curriculum support materials for K-12 science teachers; a virtual planetarium offering quick information and links to data tables for various celestial topics; a collection of links to authoritative space science and technology Web sites around the world; and an online glossary for space science learners.

Your Science Fair Project Resource Guide
Includes an annotated list of sites on how to do a science fair project, samples of completed projects, ideas for projects, general science resources, and a good explanation of the scientific method.

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