Summer Research Program for Science Teachers

Science and other Museums on the Web

• American Museum of Natural History Take the Sci-Q quiz in the museum's education department. Read about the museum's various projects, facilities and expeditions. The Amber exhibit is tip notch.
• Astronomical Museum Bologna The history of astronomy in Bologna, Italy. Display of instruments used by early Italian Astronomers.
• Chicago Museum of Science and Industry Easy to navigate site describes many of the current exhibits. Links to teaching materials associated with its extensive holdings.
• E-Quarium See and learn about sea creatures -- from slender snipe eels to horned sharks -- at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.  Teachers and students will enjoy the interactive games, educational resources and stunning glimpses of ocean life.
• Exploratorium A San Francisco treasure. This hands-on center is for both kids and adults. Learn how to dissect a cow's eye, check out the mutant fruit flies or explore the mysteries of the trapezoidal window.
• Franklin Institute Science Museum Browse the inner workings of the human heart or experiment with model rockets. Much more.
• Israel National Museum of Science Details of many of their 200+ scientific and technological exhibits.
• London Natural History Museum Features exhibits about the earth and life sciences.
• London Science Museum Use handy search engine to find science feature stories, a photo gallery and interactive vision experiments.
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art Sample some of the vast collections of New York's MMOA.
• Monterey Bay Aquarium Go for a virtual swim with sea otters, jellyfish and other marine life. Live images from the Kelp Forest exhibit.
• The Museum of Modern Art This sleek site offers information about New York's legendary MOMA, a virtual tour of collection highlights and links to special Web presentations developed in conjunction with recent exhibits.
• National Museum of American Art Designed to provide the public with access to museum research and educational materials. A virtual tour of almost 1,000 works of art.
• The National Zoo Take a virtual tour or see the daily demonstrations by elephants and orangutans.  150 images in the animal library.
• National Zoological Park An electronic menagerie of still photos, movies, live Webcams, lectures and Frames-based slide shows (complete with audio).
• New York Botanical Gardens' Children's Education Program  With 250 acres of plants from around the world, your students can discover the wonder of nature up close. Interactive exploration of plant development and diversity, people and plants.
• New York Hall of Science Calendar of events and history of the Hall along with many exhibits. Shockwave enhanced.
• Northern Lights Planetarium Norway's first virtual planetarium. Find out what causes the Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights).
• Ontario Science Center Sample exhibits on space, earth and food, transportation, technology and communication, matter and energy.
• University of California Museum of Paleontology Their Web time machine calls up info on past eras and extinct species.
• (Electronic) Prehistoric Shark Museum Features photos and descriptions of fossil shark teeth. Beware of Shark Bytes. Surf at your own risk!
• St. Louis Science Center Peruse the ecology and environment past gallery for a geological timeline. Over 300 pages of great photographs.
• The Science Museum of Minnesota Online information and activities based on its exhibit halls.
• The Museum of Television and Radio The Museum preserves television and radio programs, making them available to the public. This site offers a virtual tour of their facilities.
• United States Holocaust Museum America's national institution for the documentation, study, and interpretation of Holocaust history.
• Virtual Computer History Museum There are many ways to navigate through this site; text and graphic versions, chronological presentations and a keyword search.
• (National) Zoological Park The Park not only displays a vast array of animals in state-of-the-art habitats, but also leads numerous education and conservation programs around the world.