Math & Science
Web Resources
Algebasics
www.algebasics.com/home.html
Animal Diversity Web
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/
The Animal Diversity Web is a collection of pictures and information about animals. Accounts of individual species include information on distributions, natural history, conservation, and economic importance, along with pictures and sounds if available. From the University of Michigan.
Biodiversity and Conservation
darwin.bio.uci.edu/~sustain/bio65/Titlpage.htm
A Hypertext Book by Peter J. Bryant, School of Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine.
MIT Biology Hypertextbook
web.mit.edu/esgbio/www/7001main.html
A hypertextbook designed to supplement the course materials of the MIT Introductory Biology course and give you additional tools to learn introductory molecular biology.
The Biology Project
www.biology.arizona.edu/
The Biology Project is an interactive online resource for learning biology, developed at The University of Arizona.
Encyclopedia of Earth
www.eoearth.org/
T he Encyclopedia of Earth is an electronic reference about the Earth, its natural environments, and their interaction with society.
General Chemistry Online!
antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/index.shtml
Integrated Taxonomic Information System
www.itis.usda.gov/itis/
The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) is a partnership of U.S., Canadian, and Mexican agencies, other organizations, and taxonomic specialists cooperating on the development of an on-line, scientifically credible, list of biological names focusing on the biota of North America.
Interactive Frog Dissection
curry.edschool.Virginia.EDU/go/frog/home.html
An online tutorial detailing the step-by-step dissection of a frog.
Mathcasts
www.mathcasts.org
Mathcasts are screencasts (screen movies of writing with voice) that focus on mathematics. Mathcasts can help students learn, help teachers & students & others collaborate asynchronously, and do many more good things for all sorts of people.
National Biological Information Infrastructure
www.nbii.gov/index.html
The NBII is an electronic gateway to biological data and information maintained by federal, state, and local government agencies; private sector organizations; and other partners around the nation and the world.
U.S. Geological Survey
www.usgs.gov/
The U.S. Geological Survey provides the Nation with reliable, impartial information to describe and understand the Earth. This information is used to: minimize loss of life and property from natural disasters; manage water, biological, energy, and mineral resources; enhance and protect the quality of life; and contribute to wise economic and physical development.
Web Directories
BioTech
biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/
Produced by the Indiana Institute for Molecular and Cellular Biology at Indiana University. The site includes a dictionary of biology and chemistry terms and a directory of internet resources.
BiologyBrowser
www.biologybrowser.org/
BiologyBrowser is a free web site offering resources for the life sciences information community.
SciTechResources.gov
www.scitechresources.gov/
Provides the scientist, engineer, and science aware citizen with easy access to key government web sites.
Web Journals
Cell Press
www.cellpress.com
Gateway to Cell, Immunity, Molecular Cell, and Neuron. Back issues can be searched but text is only available to subscribers.
National Academies Press
www.nap.edu/
The National Academies Press (NAP) was created by the National Academies to publish the reports issued by the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine, and the National Research Council, all operating under a charter granted by the Congress of the United States. The NAP publishes more than 200 books a year on a wide range of topics in science, engineering, and health. Hundreds of these books can be downloaded for free by the chapter or the entire book.
Nature
www.nature.com
The table of contents and summaries for the last four issues, a news section, and a downloadable index are available to registered users. Registration is free. Special web-only articles and features are open to all.
Science Online
www.scienceonline.org/
Selected articles from the current issue of Science are available for free as well as news articles and professional resources. Past issues can be searched but are only available to subscribers.
The Scientist
www.the-scientist.com
An international news magazine published in print and on the Web. It reports on the issues and events that impact the world of life scientists.
The World Wide Web Journal of Biology
www.epress.com/w3jbio/
A free peer-reviewed online publication.