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National Lesson Planning Website

    In an effort to make finding lesson plans and instructional resources on the Internet easier for educators, the U.S. Department of Education set up this "Gateway to Educational Material".

        http://www.thegateway.org

National Geographic's Virtual Solar System

    Discover the wonders of our solar system in a spectacular 3-D environment.  Take a fly-by tour of the sun and each planet in its orbit, observe close-up views of the planets, extraterrestrial weather patterns and more.

       http://www.nationalgeographic.com/solarsystem/splash.html

Explore Science

    This site offers a multitude of interactive shockwaves on many subjects.         

        http://www.ExploreScience.com/

Brain POP

    This is another site that has a large selection of shockwave files.  Provides a high level of motivation for students and numerous science topics.

       http://www.brainpop.com/

National History Museum's Interactive Online Exhibits

    This site has a variety of interactive exhibits and some VRML with accompanying software.

        http://www.nhm.ac.uk/interactive/

NASA

    Visit this site when you have a question or research topic about space.  Link to pages about Mars, the space shuttle and the MIR space  station.  Search NASA's hot topics.

        http://www.nasa.gov/

Nine Planets: Multimedia Tour of the Solar System

    Images and information about the solar system, planets and their moons, and other celestial systems.

        http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/nineplanets.html

Microbe Zoo

    Microbe Zoo from the Digital Learning Center for Microbial Ecology - Discover worlds of hidden microbes.. selections are information, dirtland, animal pavillion, snack bar, space adventure, waterworld, safarihunt.

        http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/dlc-me/zoo/

Virtual Body

    Includes interesting information about the brain, the digestive system, the heart and the skeleton in a highly interactive format.  At this site, every page provides a new adventure,  Students can learn the names and functions of each part of the brain, build a human skeleton from a friendly pile of bones, organize the digestive organs, or take a narrated tour of the human heart.  You'll have a hard time dragging yourself or your students away from the colorful and imaginative site, but be sure to wait for each page to fully load before choosing an activity.

        http://www.medtropolis.com/VBody.asp

Science Monster.com

    Has a nice selection of activities, including information on the solar system, virtual Mars, stars, virtual globe, virtual world, gravity and inertia.

       http://www.sciencemonster.com/

Sea World/Busch Gardens Animal Resources

    Animal Information Database.  Presents reliable information about marine and land animals and conservation.

        http://www.seaworld.org/infobook.html

Volcano World

    The best resource for volcano information on the Web.  Images, answers to questions and factual data from real volcanologists.  Written for students and teachers.