BACKGROUND SCIENCE CONCEPTS:

Atoms, neutrons, protons, electrons, elements, ions
http://www.howstuffworks.com/atom.htm
http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/atoms/resources.shtml
Bacteria
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/bacteria/bacteria.html
http://www.eurekascience.com/ICanDoThat/bacteria_cells.htm
Binding Media (paints)
http://aic.stanford.edu/jaic/articles/jaic31-03-002_indx.html
Blood
http://simscience.org/membranes/advanced/essay/blood_comp_and_func1.html

Crystal

http://www.sewanee.edu/chem/chem&art/ms/omb/cs/cs1.htm
http://www.chem.ox.ac.uk/icl/heyes/structure_of_solids/Lecture1/Lec1.html#anchor2

DNA

http://www.howstuffworks.com/dna-evidence.htm
http://www.eurekascience.com/ICanDoThat/dna_intro.htm

Electromagnetic spectrum

http://gepasi.dbs.aber.ac.uk/roy/ftir/emspec.htm
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/lightandcolor/electromagnetic.html

Electromagnetic spectrum

http://gepasi.dbs.aber.ac.uk/roy/ftir/emspec.htm
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/lightandcolor/electromagnetic.html

Fiber (linen), identification, weaves

http://www.fabrics.net/linen.asp
Light and color
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/lightandcolor/index.html
Pigments, paints
http://webexhibits.org/pigments/
Pollen
http://www.geog.plym.ac.uk/labskills/pollenID.htm

Basic concepts of experimental design

John R Platt - Strong Inference
PDF
TC Chamberlin - The Method of Multiple Working Hypotheses
PDF