• The Ontario Science Centre
  The Educational Programs section at the Ontario Science Centre, "your partner in math, science and technology education", is proud to offer you quality programs and workshops for Canadian students and teachers.
• Exploratorium ExploraNet
• This site was developed as a guide for the museum in San Francisco, but now it includes more materials, for example digital representations of the experiments that are part of the actual museum.
• Virtual Anatomy Image Browser
  Present images of various parts of human body: bones, skin, arteries, lungs, heart, etc.
• Discovery Channel School
  Discovery Channel Online is full of interactive stories about science,  nature,   history people and more.  It allows educators to access materials by subject, grade and type.
• Students for the Exploration and Development of Space
  SEDS is an independent, student-based organisation which promotes the exploration and development of space. SEDS pursues this mission by educating people about the benefits of space, by supporting a network of interested students, by providing an opportunity for members to develop their leadership skills, and inspiring people through our involvement in space-related projects. 
• The Centre for Science Education
  This site is maintained at the U.C.Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory. It offers lesson plans, templates and tools to create Web lesson plans and links to other interesting sites.
• Virtual Frog Dissection Kit
  This site contains a great dissection experience where students can learn about a frog's internal organs and systems.
• National Geographic Society
  The home page of the National Geographic Society contains wealth of information about programs and publications of this organisation. Within the site, under Geography Education you will find great ideas for lessons in geography.
• Patterns in Nature: Light and Optics
  This information-rich site allows to explore the science of light with suggested activities on reflection and refraction; lenses, mirrors ,prisms,  colour and the spectrum, etc.  Includes a glossary of terms and readings.
• Lasers & Optics
  Everything you ever wanted to know about lasers,  plus a brief history of optics.
• Chemistry Teaching Resources
  This page attempts to compile a comprehensive listing of teaching resources in chemistry available on the Internet.
• Contemporary Physics Education Project
  This site presents the current understanding of the fundamental nature of matter and energy, incorporating the major research findings of recent years.
• Eisenhower National Clearinghouse
  The information source for K-12 math and science teachers, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement.
• Fun Science Gallery
  An informative collection of easy to make scientific instruments and experiments, complimented by images and diagrams. Here you will find instructions showing you how to build scientific equipment from relatively cheap materials. This site is a must for the amateur scientist. Projects include instructions for making telescopes, microscopes, batteries, sidereal indicator, and several other instruments.
• Interactive Atlases: Digital Anatomist Program
  Here you can find 2- and 3-dimensional views of various parts of the body. Excellent senior or college science resource.
• Amazing Environmental Organisation: Web Directory
  This is a large, well organised site of  environmental links (more than 1,000). Useful  for research at any level of environmental science.
• Newton's Apple
  NEWTON'S APPLE, the family science program on PBS. It contains a large number of stand-alone units complete with background information, ideas and suggestions.
• Thinking Fountain
  This comprehensive site aims at K-5 students and offers hours of scientific investigation. Topics follow themes. Excellent process approach to science.
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