Best of the Web: Children's Resources » Science & Technology

NAP is a publisher of reports issued by National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine, and the National Research Council in the areas of science, engineering and health. More than 3,000 books may be read online for free.

Learn about the largest collection of historic air and spacecraft in the world.

The nutrition marketing arm of Dairy Management Inc., this site has a nutrition library of resources on dairy products for health professionals and consumers.

Free online access to databases related to many scientific disciplines including chemistry, biology, and physics.

New York Public Library Card required for home access. A science encyclopedia with over 400 articles geared to student readers. Select New Book of Popular Science then select Projects.

The New York Botanical Garden is a public garden and research institution dedicated to botanical science and the documentation and preservation of the Earth's plant biodiversity. The site has a searchable database of the Garden's virtual herbarium collection with images, and an online index to botanical literature.

Monitored by an independent webmaster and unaffiliated with MTA, this site provides information about the NYC subway and bus systems, the Transit Museum, history, events, facts and figures contributed by volunteers.

The NY chapter of the Society of Cosmetic Chemists, the site features industry notes, news, and events.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's photograph and image collection has over 10,000 downloadable images that are related to weather. To find images browse the index, or search the collection by keyword.

An online exhibition of historical hand-painted astronomical images by artist Etienne Leopold Trouvelot. Based on the holdings of NYPL's Science, Industry & Business Library, all the chromolithographs are reproduced as well as information about the images and their author.

This "general cloud reference", hosted by the Plymouth State College Weather Center, provides cloud classifications and descriptions, as well as photographs.

Discusses how to interpret weather information in order to make predictions. Focuses on reading weather maps to make forecasts, and general methods of preparing a forecast.

From geodesic gumdrops to very tiny lightning: science experiments to do at home.

Learn about the scientific method, browse project ideas, ask an expert, and read some tips and tricks for creating the final display. From the Internet Public Library.

Homepage for Sky and Telescope Magazine. Includes news, viewing tips for the amateur astronomer, product reviews, lists of Websites and directories for locating worldwide astronomy related institutions.

The society's is composed of scientists with no corporate membershp, who are involved in the academic or industrial field of cosmetics. The site has information on their meetings, publications, and educational programs.

Professional society, education directory, local chapters, acoustic standards, conferences

Incredible resource for molecular biology information. Includes publicly accessible databases, some with fulltext access to journals and books, also tools for analysing genome data intended for the researcher. Try searching a living organism by choosing Taxonomy from the drop down menu in the top left-hand corner of the Website.

The World Wildlife Fund offers the latest news and information on endangered species.

An online database of over 40,000 food and beverage companies, products, key executives, corporate, and facility information. Free searches available upon registration.

Take an environmental adventure through the Ituri Forest in central Africa.

MathWorldTM is the web's most extensive mathematical resource, provided as a free service to the world's mathematics and internet communities as part of a commitment to education and educational outreach by Wolfram Research, makers of Mathematica.

Global Science Portal. WorldWideScience.org was developed by the Energy Department and the British Library, along with science and technology organizations in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Japan and the Netherlands. It employs federated search technology a search method that simultaneously executes a query against an array of databases, then aggregates and ranks the results and gives users a single entry point for searching far-flung science portals in parallel with only one query.

Projects from the Canadian science magazine for children: YES Mag.