The official website for Union of Concerned Scientists provides information on environmental issues and suggestions on actions people can take to curb environmental harm.

Learn about German Physiologist, Theodor Schwann, one of the scientists who helped develop the cell theory.

This site contains links to biographies of famous scientists and inventors such as Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, Galileo, and Marie Curie. Learn how these men and women made discoveries that changed the world forever.

Kids learn about Louis Pasteur's biography. He was a scientist who studied microorganisms like bacteria. He discovered pasteurization, vaccines, and proved that germs cause disease.

Inge Lehmann ,(1888-1993) the female scientist, life and accomplishments are described on this site.

A fun word search game with terms about Scientists and Inventors. Play online or print out a version for use in class or at home.

Climate change is impacting the population of reindeer as well as their physical size according to recent studies.

A conversation with Tom Zambrano, a scientist who studies wind and ocean energy.

FInd out about one of the leading figures in the history of thermodynamics, Bnejamin Thompson.

Learn about the life and work of the father of eugenics, and find out how he contributed to the research on human intelligence.

This article reviews the scientific contributions and life of John Locke.

Learn about the life and discoveries of Joseph Banks in this article.

Learn about the "bird man", Salim Ali in this biographical article.

A short biography about Charles Coulomb, known for developing Coulomb's law, the definition of the electrostatic force of attraction and repulsion.

Activity helps students find out why a full moon is so bright.

There are 5 parts to this resource. You can click on the water planet, oceans in motion, life in the sea, scientists at sea and resources. There are also activities for teachers.

This experiment is one of the classics that is still a lot of fun to play with. It has to do with density. Density can be a difficult concept to grasp, but it is much easier once you have played with a density column. Although the video...

This experiment is about bread. If you have used my website for long, you know that I like experiments with food, especially when it is tasty food. We regularly bake bread, and there are few smells that are better than the smell of...

On this site find Benjamin Franklin's biography. Learn about this inventor, scientist, statesman, and Founding Father of the United States.

Do plants need sunlight? What happens to plants if they do not get sunlight? Students will act like scientists in order to answer these questions. A scientist takes questions like this and then conducts an experiment to see what really...

This online textbook selection focuses on how scientists make inferences from evidence. Students are given a reading passage about underwater exploration and are asked to make inferences based on the text. The passage is followed by...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage explains that trees need water everyday and how scientists believe they get that water using their roots. It is followed by a comprehension question set.

There are more than five hundred different species of skates and rays in our oceans. Scientists say that these fish are closely related to sharks, sharing a common ancestor from around 400 million years ago. This article provides an...

See how Stephen Jay Gould's early interest in baseball influenced his thought process as a scientist.