ScienceQuest: Phase 4

Online Resources for Research

Biology

Chemistry

Chemistry for Kids

Earth Science/Animals

Environmental Science

Genetics

Health

Physical Science

Space

Science References

Science and health resources from the New York Times (includes reports on science topics, lesson plans, and links to science web sites)
Ology
Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology
Mad Science Network
Discovery.com
Try Science
The Yuckiest Site on the Internet
The Why Files
Cool Science for Curious Kids
Scientific American's Ask a Scientist

Museums

General Reference

Tips for Building a Good Web Site

Homework Help

Search Engines

Ask a Scientist

Use these links to pose a question to the experts! Make sure you read their directions, and tell them a bit about your project so they can help you best. Sometimes it can take a week for the scientists to get back to you. Be patient.

We have only selected a few of the many scientists you can ask questions to. These two sites have a more comprehensive list if you cannot find the expert you need.

New Jersey Networking Infrastructure Project -
http://njnie.dl.stevens- tech.edu/curriculum/aska/science.html
Refdesk.com - http://www.refdesk.com/expert.html

MAD Science Network at Washington University
This site, from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, has a large science-related questions and answers, plus a section where you may pose a question to a team of scientists. (However, you have to demonstrate that you've done some research; the question has to be specific.)

Newton BBS at the Argonne National Laboratory
This site is operated by the Argonne National Laboratory in Argonne, Illinois. They have an archive of science-related questions and answers that date back to 1991. If you can't find an answer, you may pose a question to one of their scientists.

Ask the Experts at Scientific American
This is part of the Scientific American magazine web site. There is an archive of science-related questions and answers, and a section where you may ask a question.

Ask a Scientist at Cornell
This is located at Cornell University, Cornell, New York. It has an archive of science-related questions and answers, and a section where you may ask a question.

Ask a Scientist at Buena Vista University
This site is at Buena Vista University, in Storm Lake, Iowa has an archive of science-related questions and answers (but it is not searchable, you have to browse through it), and a section for your questions.

Ask a Geologist
This site is operated by the U.S. Geological Service. They will answers question on volcanoes, earthquakes, mountains, rocks, maps, water, lakes, and rivers. It also has links to USGS web sites.

Ask Dr. Canopy
This site is run by the International Canopy Network, based at Olympia, Washington. They study forest canopies in tropical and temperate rainforests. There is no archive.

Ask a Scientist at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute
This site is operated by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. It focuses on human biology and medical questions. There is a large archive separated into various biological and medical topics.

Windows to the Universe
This site is a web site on astronomy. Go to the "Search the Site" menu to access an archive of astronomy-related questions and answers, and to pose a question to an astronomer.

Ask a Marine Scientist
This site is operated by OceanLink, of the Vancouver (Canada) Aquarium Marine Science Center. There is an archive of marine science-related questions and answers arranged by topic, and a section to ask questions of marine scientists.

Ask an Invertebrate Zoologist
The staff of the Harvard department of Invertebrate Zoology (worms, spiders, mollusks, and insects, from land, sea and fossils)