Life Science
 Walking with Cavemen 
See how far you can move up the evolutionary scale with the interactive Caveman Challenge and learn how homo sapiens evolved at this site from the BBC.
DNA from the Beginning
This primer on DNA and genetics features key concepts, animations, video interviews with scientists, biographies, and interactive problems.
Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Middle/High School Teacher Section: No Searchable: No
DNA Interactive
Learn the history of DNA from pre-1920 to today with an interactive multimedia timeline, follow along with scientists as they crack the DNA code, learn about gene manipulation, and find out about mapping genomes.
Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Middle/High School Teacher Section: No Searchable: No
Molecular Expressions
What does chalk look like under the microscope? How about DNA? This site has thousands of color photographs taken through an optical microscope from burgers and fries and ice cream to integrated circuits and ceramic superconductors. After visiting the photogallery, check out the interactive Java-powered virtual microscopes that let you explore specimen focus, illumination intensity, magnification, and translation.
Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School Teacher Section: No Searchable: No
Enature
This incredible database contains profiles of thousands of species of animal and plant species. You can even localize the site and get species in your region.
Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Elementary Teacher Section: No Searchable: Yes
All Species Toolkit
Looking for the scientific name for a species? This site has indexed over 873,979 animal, plant, fungi, protista, and prokaryote species.
Intended Audience: General Reading Level: N/A Teacher Section: No Searchable: Yes
Biodiversity Counts
Biodiversity Counts, an online curriculum from the American Museum of Natural History, takes students into their backyards and schoolyards to inventory the plants and arthropods that live there. Students observe behavior, collect data, make identifications, and interpret and share their findings. Resources at the site include online dichotomous keys for plants and arthropods as well as a look at plant and arthropod morphology.
Intended Audience: Teachers/Students Reading Level: Middle School Teacher Section: Yes Searchable: No
Wild World
Scientists have mapped 867 terrestrial ecoregions in the world from New England-Acadian forests to Central Ranges xeric scrub. This site from National Geographic lets you explore those regions and the plant and animal life and geographic and ecological features that define them.You can search the site by zip code, ecoregion name, habitat type, place name or by clicking on a map. The site also features detailed looks at some of the world's most unique ecoregions and a map of the world's most endangered regions.
Intended Audience: Teachers/Students Reading Level: Middle School Teacher Section: Yes Searchable: Yes
Giant Pandas
Learn about the giant panda at this site from the National Zoo. Take a peek at Mei Xiang and Tian Tian with one of two web cams. A special kids section features panda facts, games, activities, coloring sheets, and puzzles.
Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Elementary/Middle/High School Teacher Section: No Searchable: No
World Wildlife Fund Education Center
Lions, and tigers, and bears, and babirusa, tuatara, and climbing perch! This site features fact sheets, cartoons, quizzes, news, video clips, and photos of wildlife around the world.
Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Elementary Teacher Section: Yes Searchable: Yes
Expeditions in Conservation
Travel to coastal African nation of Mozambique and join conservationists as they battle illegal fishing and come face-to-face with a whale shark while searching for endangered dugongs. Journey to the rain forests of South America and search for rare and elusive species, from the jaguar to the giant river otter. Go to the Caribbean's Mesoamerican Reef, home to more than 500 species of fish. Trek to the heart of Borneo and explore its rain forests. Follow a team of international scientists as they plunge through the rainforests of the Central African Republic to monitor animals from ants to elephants.
Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School Teacher Section: No Searchable: No
Voyages of Discovery
Scientific discoveries don't always happen in the lab! From 1768-1771 Captain Cook's Ship Endeavor traveled around the world, aboard were a group of natural scientists. You can learn about the voyage, the people aboard, and look at art work and specimens from the voyage. This site also features overviews, maps, images of specimens collected, and illustrations from the voyages of Sir Hans Sloane, Charles Darwin, Alfred Russel Wallace, and the Challenger.
Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Elementary/Middle School Teacher Section: No Searchable: No
DNA 50
Follow the history of genetics at this site celebrating the 50th anniversary of the double helix structure of DNA by Watson and Crick. Learn about the history of DNA with an interactive timeline, read Watson and Crick's paper on the Double Helix that ran in the 1953 issue of Nature, or look at some DNA related art!
Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School Teacher Section: No Searchable: No
Discover Nature
Find out about 246 different animal species, dig around and explore dinosaurs, or learn about the beauty and biodiversity of butterflies at this site from the Canadian Museum of Nature.
Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School Teacher Section: No Searchable: No
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