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Animals

EE Link – Endangered Species
http://eelink.net/EndSpp/

The Reptile Database
http://www.reptile-database.org/

North American Mammals
http://www.mnh.si.edu/mna/

Astronomy

The Nine Planets – A Multimedia Tour of the Solar System
http://www.nineplanets.org/

Chemistry

CHEM4Kids!
http://www.chem4kids.com/

Chemicool – Periodic Table
http://www.chemicool.com/

Dinosaurs

Prehistoric World – National Geographic
http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/prehistoric-world.html

Earth

Earth Fact Sheet -- NASA
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/earthfact.html

NOAA – National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
http://www.noaa.gov/

Inventions

Invention Dimension
This site includes biographical information on inventors, trivia games (including Brain Drain) and tells you how to successfully bring your invention to the market place.
http://web.mit.edu/invent/

Physics

Laws of Physics
http://www.alcyone.com/max/physics/laws/

Strange Matter
http://www.strangematterexhibit.com/

Plants

Plants Database
http://plants.usda.gov/

Science

School Discovery / Discovery.com
http://school.discovery.com/students/

The Franklin Institute online
http://www.fi.edu/

Science Fair Projects

The Science Club -- Kids' Science Projects
http://scienceclub.org/kidproj1.html

The Ultimate Science Fair Resource
www.scifair.org

Your Science Fair Project Resource Guide – Internet Public Library
http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/projectguide/

Your body

Human Anatomy Online
http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html

Your Gross and Cool Body
http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/body/

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