Take a cyber journey through the world of science! Presenting more than 150 websites with primary source documents and authoritative data, this versatile book helps educators guide students on virtual scientific fieldtrips in all areas of science, from astronomy, biology, and chemistry to genetics, physics, and space science. Students can meet past and present scientists, follow along on scientific explorations, and learn about scientific conclusions and deductions. Each website listing includes a summary with historical background. Lively activities and questions are designed to motivate students to interact with the site, read and analyze the material, and draw their own conclusions. The questions and activities meet the standards set forth by the National Science Teachers Association and are designed to help students build critical thinking skills. Source material includes letters, journals, speeches, and papers. Related Web site suggestions, as well as appendices with additional science sites, periodicals, and organizations are also provided. This latest addition to the highly acclaimed Libraries Unlimited Professional Guides in School Librarianship Series helps teachers and librarians enrich the science curriculum and foster critical thinking skills. Instead of relying on paraphrased information, students will learn firsthand about such topics as the Hippocratic oath and the Human Genome Project, making this an essential resource and lesson guide. A navigation tool for steering students to excellent scientific resources available on the Internet. The sites included are principally primary documents and other sites that provide reliable data. The purpose of the approach is to give a guided search, aimed at avoiding haphazard surfing. The chapters are arranged chronologically, beginning with Hippocrates and Roger Bacon and continue to writings and speeches from the 21st century. Each lesson begins with a URL and a site summary. A series of tasks follows that would serve as a starting point for science teachers to expand upon, and are designed to trigger discussion and analytical thinking and writing. In addition, a list of related sites to be used in some of the tasks or to broaden an understanding of the topic is included. The 10 appendixes offer such helpful topics as subject guides to Web sites, career data, information available in journals and other periodicals, and Web guides to standards. They alone are very useful, but paired with the lessons, this book becomes a valuable teaching tool. Elizabeth Stumpf, Clearfield Middle School, PA Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. CAROLYN JOHNSON is an independent librarian, online educational researcher, and author of educational works in print and online. She has worked for studyweb.com, and the New York Botanical Garden Library.