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" Browse Our Free and Open Textbooks We are serious about publishing great textbooks. Each of our books meets the same rigorous standards - written by expert authors, peer-reviewed, and professionally edited and developed - before reaching your desk. Can't find what you are looking for? Let us know, and we'll get back to you with our plans to publish in the areas you teach. "

"Practical Biology provides teachers of biology at all levels with experiments that demonstrate a wide range of biological concepts and processes. Each practical may be used alone or as a starting-point for open-ended investigations or enhancement activities, such as clubs or open-day events. Experiments are placed within real-life contexts, with links to carefully selected further reading, enabling teachers to show relevance and illustrate the key principles of How Science Works"

Gerald Carey 12 Jan 12 02:01:54 The open source version of Google Body. Many thanks to Richard Byrne (@rmbyrne on Twitter) for this great find.

"The Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is a consortium of 12 natural history and botanical libraries that cooperate to digitize and make accessible the legacy literature of biodiversity held in their collections and to make that literature available for open access and responsible use as a part of a global "biodiversity commons." "

the Wolfram Demonstrations Project is an open-code resource that uses dynamic computation to illuminate concepts in science, technology, mathematics, art, finance, and a remarkable range of other fields.

Martin Burrett 08 Aug 11 11:57:09A great site from the Open University. See evolution in action... slowly, with snails from across the world. You can submit your own data. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Science

"Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer. It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope. It is being used in planetarium projectors. Just set your coordinates and go. "