The concept behind Ask-an-Expert projects is nothing new to education, i.e. inviting an expert into your classroom to speak with your students.

• It takes time to locate an expert willing to come to your class.

• The Internet provides access to a much broader community than ever before. 

  To begin, let's look at the Ask the Experts site hosted by Scientific American.  This site is organized by categories and staffed by scientists who donate their time. Please note that the next page as well as several that follow use frames and therefore you will not be able to bookmark (Netscape Navigator) or add individual pages to your favorites (Internet Explorer).  However, you can return to this here at any time to return to these sites.  Ready to start?  Let's go . . .