About This Database

Written Especially for Students

Today's Science bridges the gap between the science learned in the classroom and real-world discoveries. Updated weekly, with a 17-year backfile, Today's Science explains important developments in biology, chemistry, the environment, space, physics, and technology. With new information in context, students can see new advances as the results of applying the same scientific method that they use in the classroom.

Highlights:

• Science news, written for students, updated weekly
• National Science Education Standards and a Science Fair Guide
• "Need a Research Topic?"
• Rich Resources: thousands of editorial cartoons, photographs, diagrams, and crossword puzzles
• Conversations with scientists: first-person account of recent breakthroughs
• Curriculum Tools: research tools, activities, and assignments for students and educators.

Features:

• Extensive biographies, focusing on more than 2,000 scientists-from historic figures to modern-day innovators
• Pop-up glossary
• Searchable Science Encyclopedia
• Links to related news coverage and encyclopedia entries
• Save-to-folder capability
• Persistent record links
• Citation display.