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Science Links

General Science Online Magazines Space Atmosphere
Ocean Earth Museums Measurements
General Science
Eric Weisstein's World of Science
"Visionlearning is an innovative educational resource designed for students, teachers, parents or anyone interested in learning science."
Mnemonics for science topics and others.

Online Magazines

List of magazines, from Yahoo

Science Magazine  National Geographic's website National Geographic Online
Discovery Channel BBC Online Science/Tech Nature.com
 JAMA Online CNN Online: Science and Space Science Friday from NPR
Skeptic Magazine Online Scientific American

 Space

NASA-- National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Stellar news at Space.com

European Space Agency

NOAA--National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Earth And Sky : Radio series.

Society for Popular Astronomy 
Sky and Telescope  Astronomy Magazine
Keck Observatory website

Hubble Space Telescope, and another Hubble Site.

The Chandra X-ray Observatory Center
Windows to the Universe: "user-friendly learning system on the earth and space sciences for use by the general public." 
ABCentral's Astronomy Links
Shadow and Substance: animated astronomy.
Structure and Evolution of the Universe: NASA's quest to understand the Universe: its evolution, structure and ultimate fate. 
International Dark-Sky Association  is dedicated to reducing light pollution.  
Spaceweather.com: Science news and information about the Sun-Earth environment.
"Ask the Astronomer" : Big ol' Astro-FAQ
Extra-solar Planets Encyclopedia
A fine site looking at the stars of the Centauri System.
   Supernovae
List of Supernova Web Pages
International Supernovae Network
Local Bubble formed from supernova?
Article blaming supernova for mass extinction.
Will a supernova endanger life on Earth?
Supernovae, Supernova Remnants and Young Earth Creationism FAQ
   Nebulae
The Web Nebulae includes information about and images of selected nebulae.
  Meteors and Comets
Kuiper Belt website.
Gary W. Kronk's Comets and Meteor Showers 
Leonid Meteors and Leonid shower estimator
A page on Star Classification (and for fun, Star Trek's Planet Classification)
Phil Plait's Bad Astronomy Website
Flowchart for determining if a planet is capable of supporting life as we know it.
Jim's Favorite Astronomy Links
"Warp Drive, When?"  A NASA insider on interstellar travel.
Atmosphere
   Tornadoes
Tornado entry from Wikipedia.
Tornado History Project.

Ocean

UN Atlas of the Ocean

Earth
NASA's Earth Observatory: Satellite imagery and scientific info about the Earth.
NC Geology FAQ 
British Isles Natural History
   Volcanoes
Volcano World
USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory
  Caves

Appalachian Caverns Foundation 

Western Kentucky University Karst Studies Group  

American Cave Conservation Museum & Hidden River Cave

Museums

ABCentral's Museum link page.

History

Smithsonian Institution

British Museum 

Museum of London

Imperial War Museum

Newseum: Interactive museum of news.

Natural History/Science

National Museum of Natural History, part of the Smithsonian

American Museum of Natural History in New York City

Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago
Natural History Museum in London
Natural History Museum of Ireland in Dublin; this isn't the museum's site, just a listing (which isn't surprising; the place museum is itself lost in the past, which is part of it's charm).

Georgia Museum of Natural History in Athens

Florida Museum of Natural History in Gainesville

Fernbank Museums of Atlanta

The National Science Center, headquartered at Fort Discovery in Augusta, Georgia.
The Frank H. McClung museum at UTK.
Measurements
How to use a slide rule, and another Introduction to the slide rule.
Surveying Basics
Magnetic Declination Calculator
English Weights and Measures
Length and Area
Common math formulas.
Math Review Handout
Specialist Calculators
Links to Maps