20000615 National Teachers Enhancement Network NTEN offers graduate science and mathematics courses to teachers nationally. Sponsored by the NSF, NTEN allows educators to participate in the telecomputing courses via the Internet. 19990630 Nova Hot Science Library Series of features on popular scientific topics scheduled on the Web in conjunction with US television. 19990412 NSF Metacenter Science Highlights Multimedia collection containing descriptions of some of the 10,000 scientific research projects that have used the resources of National Science Foundation supercomputing centres. The reports range from astronomy to zoology, and include scientific breakthroughs on black holes, how the heart works, pollution control, and modelling the oceans.
All reports have images, and many are accompanied by animations and sound.
20001209 Science and Engineering Indicators 1998 version of a report on trends uncovered in scientific and engineering research. While concerned specifically with the USA, the report also covers international trends and issues. Science and Technology Metrics Describes the rationale for, and implementation of, the expanded use of metrics in the evaluation of science and technology. Includes different types of science and technology metrics, an overview of quantitative approaches to research assessment, a description of a metrics-based expert systems approach for supporting research assessment and a bibliography containing over 5,000 references. The aim of the review is to communicate, to a broad audience, the scientific and technological accomplishments of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.