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USA.gov for Science
USA.gov for Science searches across 30 databases and more than 1,700 science web sites
for government science information. It accesses 47 million science web pages.
National Weather Service
The National Weather Service provides weather, climate forecasts, and warnings for the
United States. A local forecast can be found by city and state on the site.
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Information about wildlife, science, hunting, and conservation.
Threatened
and Endangered Wildlife and Plants Locate information about threatened
or endangered wildlife and plants in your state.
U.S. Geologic Survey From
the home page of the USGS, it’s possible to locate USGS information by state.
The Why Files
This current, informative, and funny website presents the “science behind the news.”
Includes graphics. For grades 5-8 and 9+.
EPA: United
States Environmental Protection Agency Locate information about human health
and the natural environment.
Climate Change Information from the EPA on the issue of climate
change.
EPA - Office
of Pesticide Programs provides valuable information for consumers in the form
of Consumer Alerts, fact sheets, and information information about pesticide registration,
antimicrobial pesticides, and biopesticides.
NASA Homepage
Want to explore space, find out about the stars, the moon, and space science? This is
the place to start.
NASA’s History Office
Need biographical information about NASA personnel or astronauts, then look here.
Scientific Classification
Integrated
Taxonomic Information System You can retrieve information from the ITIS Database
by performing a query using either the scientific name, vernacular name, or the TSN
(Taxonomic Serial Number).
Plants Database A single
source of standardized information about plants. Includes names, checklists, automated
tools, identification information, species abstracts, crop information, and plant growth
data as well as other plant information.
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