www.eweek.org
"I thought engineers drove trains." "How does a CD player work?" "What puts the muscle in muscle cars?" "What keeps roller coasters on track?" What, in effect, is the essence of so many of the things that play a role in the lives of young people?
 The National Engineers Week web site has tons of information you can use to answer these questions and many more in your classroom. Posted by the National Society of Professional Engineers who sponsors annual “National Engineers Week,” this site will enhance your classroom discussions about inventions, science and math careers, and problem solving.
Hit the tab "Just for Fun" and find engineering related activities. Solve a mystery, enter a contest, or download hands-on activities about recycling, catalysts, and wetlands. Activities are suitable for students in kindergarten through high school. You can email the society for a huge packet of information about the National Engineers Week web site and annual “National Engineers Week.” Celebrate the week with your school class.
www.discoverengineering.org
Designed specifically for students in grades six through nine, this site has almost endless links to games, downloadables, and powerful graphics, as well as to web sites of corporations, engineering societies, and other resources—all tailored to keep your mind highly tuned.
Earth's Climate & Global Change
UCAR Teacher Resources on Climate and Global Warming
Earth and Sky: New Radio Shows
Includes 90 second long, informative podcasts.
Illusions
These pages demonstrate visual phenomena, and optical or visual illusions.
Archimedes' Laboratory
Love doing puzzle and brain teasers? Then this is the site for you.
National Audubon Society
Protecting birds and their habitat through conservation and monitoring.
Edheads
Edheads brings you high quality, free educational activities for the classroom.
 Virginia Association of Museums
Serving museums in Virginia and DC.
Science Museum of Virginia
Understanding man and his environment.
Association Of Science -Technology Centers
Representing the science center and museum field worldwide.
Virginia Museum of Natural History
A place where scientific research and public understanding merge.
Peabody Museum of Natural History
Advancing understanding of earth’s history through geological, biological and anthropological research.
USGS-Cascades Volcano Observatory
Science for a changing world.
Library of Congress
More than a library.
Scientific American
Bringing readers’ unique insights about developments in science and technology.
UC Museum of Paleontology
Discover the history of life.
NASA
NASA explores. NASA discovers. NASA seeks to understand.
JPL Project Galileo
Journey to Jupiter.
NASA - Jet Propulsion Laboratory
A new generation of space missions to explore the solar system and the universe beyond is unfolding at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
National Air and Space Museum
Celebrating milestones of air and space.
Neanderthal Museum
The story of human evolution.
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