Science Significant Web Sites
from Library Resources
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Archeology
Biology
Botany
Chemistry
Environment
Geology
Natural History
Oceanography
Physics
Space Sciences
Weather
Beakman's Electric Motor
Provides simple illustrated directions for showing kids in grades 4-8 how
to make an electric motor from ordinary household items.
http://fly.hiwaay.net:80/~palmer/motor.html
Beyond Discovery: The Path from Research to Human Benefit
The National Academy of Sciences has created a directory of articles that trace thepath between discovery and the scientific process to the acutal application developed to benefit the people. Learners can find out about Hepatitis B, Global Positioning Systems, Sounding Out the Oceans' Secrets and more.
http://www.beyonddiscovery.org
Big Sky Science Gopher Menu
Provides more that 200 science lesson plans for grades K-12. Among its topics
are color mixing, orbital paths, soil erosion, blood circulation, bird study,
and crystals.
gopher://bvsd.k12.co.us:70/11/Educational_Resources/Lesson_Plans/Big%20Sky/science
Bill Nye the Science Guy
Includes a Demo a Day, highlights from the day's television episode and
a chance to e-mail your own query.
.comhttp://nyelabs.kcts.org/
U.S. City & Town Reference
A collection of information on U.S. cities and towns. The site includes almanac-like reference data, housing statistics, local weather reports, links to the official city government sites and maps for about 3500 cities. The site also includes an original summary article on about 50 major cities.
http://www.citytowninfo.com
The Computer Museum, Boston
http://www.net.org
Discovery Web
Online resources for grades 6-12 science teachers and students.
http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/k12/discovery_web/index.html
EDUCATE: the Next Generation
Provides lesson plans for grades 9-12, developed by teachers in cooperation
with Dow Chemical and the National ScienceTeachers Association.
http://www.thechalkboard.com/NSTA.html
EE-Link (Environmental Education on the Internet)
Resources for environmental education activities, projects and classroom
resources.
http://www.nceet.snre.umich.edu/index.html
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse
http://www.enc.org/http:elem.sci.html
The Exploratorium, San Francisco
http://www.exploratorium.edu/
Explorer
Large collection of science lesson plans and activities for grades K-12.
Includes material on general science, natural science, life science, physical
science, earth science, and other common science themes.
http://unite.ukans.edu/
Farmer's Almanac
Learn about the winter sky the old-fashioned way from the Farmer's Almanac.
http://www.homeworkcentral.com.files.htp?fileid-114692&use=hc
FEMA for Kids
Young students can explore this colorful Website from the Federal Emergency
Management Agency to learn a lot about all sorts of disasters and what is
done by the government to assist when they happen.
http://www.homeworkcentral.com/toplinks/287.html
Franklin Institute Science Museum, Philadelphia
http://sln.fi.edu
Galileo Project
Learn here about Galileo. Rice University offers treatments of his life,
work, and important aspects of the workd in which he lived.
http://es.rice.edu:80/ES/humsoc/Galileo
Mystic Seaport, Mystic, Conn.
http://www.mystic.org
National Science Teachers Association
http://www.nsta.org/pubs/sc/ostblist.asp
Contains the 2001 list of Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children.
National Wildlife Foundation
The Kids Page features aritcles in English and Spanish from Ranger Rick;
a homework help section; briefings on issues such as wetlands, endangered
animals, water quality and more. http://www.nwf.org/kids/
Science Learning Network
http://www.sln.org
Women in Science
http://www.fi.edu/qa98/me3/
The Why Files
Suggested grade level: 3-12
http://whyfiles.news.wisc.edu/
ZooNet
http://www/zoonet.org
Gathers links to zoos and a great image gallery of animals found in zoos across the world. The copyright policy for educational use of images is easy to find and very clear...email ZooNet when an image is used.Grade level:Elementary, Middle School, High School, College.
Archaeology Panoramas
A look at Greek archeological sites.
http://www.homeworkcentral.com/Top8/fileid=60771&use=hc
Catalhoyuk
The Science Museum of Minnesota has created pages devoted to a very ancient
cit in Turkey.
http://www.homeworkcentral.com/toplinks/368.html
Access Excellence Activities Exchange
An archive containing over 120 favorite classroom activities by high
school biology and life sciences teachers participating in the program.
http://outcast.gene.com/ae/AE/AEC/AEF/
Anterior Cross Sections of the Heart
http://www.homeworkcentral.com/files.htp?fileid=31156&use=hc
Cell Biology Problems Sets & Tutorials
Learn the basics of the fundamental unit of life, from the University
of Arizona.
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/cell_bio/cell_bio.html
Earth in the Balance: The Problem of Species Extinction
http://www.worldbook.com/fun/wbla/earth/html/ed03.htm
World Book put together a series of articles, as well as classroom activities, examining the issues surrounding extinction of species on earth.
Genes and Disease
The growing momentum toward understanding how genetic factors contribute
to human disease can be followed on this authoritative Website from the
National Institute of Health. You can review the general progress, or move
into the details of specific topics. Sections describe genetic roles in
cancer, the immune system, metabolism, and four other areas. This extremely
active subject matter is ideal for the Internet education medium, in which
the Website can be continuously up-to-dated and new developments are immediately
accessible to students. The information about genes and disease changes
constantly, with scores of scientists at work on enormous amounts of material:
46 human chromosomes, which between them house 3000 million base pairs of
DNA and encode about 60,000 to 80,000 proteins. These coding regions make
up only about 2% of the genome being scrutinized in the many labs devoted
to this research.
http://www.homeworkcentral.com/toplinks/281.html
Heart Disease
http://www.homeworkcentral.com/files/htp?fileid=31614&use=hc
Heart Preview Gallery
Created by the Franklin Institute Science Museum with an online interactive
tour showing how the heart works.Activities suitable for grades 4-8.
http://sln2.fi.edu/biosci/preview/heartpreview.html
My Body
Interactive articles for young students to aquaint them with the major parts
of the body: brain, ear, eye, heart, etc.
http://www.homeworkcentral.com/toplinks/48.html
NetFrog
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu./~insttech/frog/
Science, Tobacco, and You
http://scienceu.fsu.edu/
designed for fourth and fifth grade students and teachers, this site contains a multi-disciplinary unit combining media literacy (adsmarts) with sceince and psychology. Available in English and Spanish.
Virtual Frog Dissection Kit
A site where no amphibians are sacrificed for science with instructions
in many languages.
http://www-itg.lbl.gov/ITG.hm.pg.docs/dissect/info.html
Modern roses
Learn about the hybrids common to the 20th century
http://www.homeworkcentral.com/files.htp?fileid-35354&use=hc
Poly-Links
http://www.polymers.com/
Understanding Our Planet Through Chemistry
Dig through this rich environment of information to appreciate the methods,
discoveries, and importance of studying the Earth through chenistry.
http://minerals.cr.usgs.gov/gips/aii-home.htm
Acid Rain Elementary Handbook
http://www.homeworkcentral.com/Top8/files/htp?fileid=60773&use=jr
Drinking Water
From the Environmental Protection Agency. Definitive information on
what cntaminates waters, how water is treated to improve is quality nd advrse
health effects from lead, living organisms, and other threats.
http://www.homeworkcentral.com/Top8/files.htp?fileid=60772&use=hc
Energy Quest
Provides a sizeable collection of activities, organized by difficulty
levels, for teaching about energy in grades K-12. From the California Energy
Commission.
http://www.energy.ca.gov/energy/education/eduhome.html
EnviroHealth Link
http://www.mpt.org/ehl/home.html
Garbage: Global Efforts
Contains an interesting interactive challenge called Shrinking a Landfill.
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/garbage/global.html
John Muir Day Study Guide
Contains K-12 lessons and activities about conservation and John Muir.
http://www.sierraclub.org/john_muir_exhibit/john_muir_day_study_guide/
NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
A Federal agency in the Department of Commerce whose mission is (1) to describe
and predict changes in the Earth's environment and (2) to conserve and manage
wisely the Nation's coastal and marine resources.
http://www.noaa.gov
For access to NOAA's Year of the Ocean Homepage: http://www.yoto98.noaa.gov
For access to the commercial Year of the Ocean homepage: http://www.yoto98.com
Rainforest Action Network (RAN)
Grade level: K-12
http://www.igc.org/ran/
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
http://www.ncg.nrcs.usda.gov/
Earthquakes vs. Volcanoes
Web links help students learn earth science principles as they debate whether
they would rather live near an earthquake fault or a volcano.
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/webearthscie.html
Grand Canyon Geology
Explore the Grand Canyon without ever leaving home.
http://www.homeworkcentral.com/wow/files.htp?fileid=42182&use=jr
Volcano World
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu
Interview with Donald Johanson
Site includes not only an ievie with the anthropologist who discovered Lucy,
the oldest, most complete kkeleton of a species from which humans may be
descended, but also video clips and pictures.
http://www.homeworkcentral.com.wow/files.htp?fileid=39792&use=hc
Museum of Paleontology, University of California at Berkeley
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu
Prehistory
http://history.evansville.net/prehist.html
Features a collection of Web sites about prehistory, provided by Nancy B. Mautz. Includes sites about people, places, events, resources, art and architecture, literature and drama, music and dance, daily life and culture, dinosaurs, human origins, and much more.
Birch Aquarium-Museum, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
http://aqua.ucsd.edu/
Marine Species Protection
Study the measures to protect and preserve whales, seals, turtles, fish,
and other marine life. Provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration Office of Protected Resources, this is a good source for
pertinent laws and an overview of background and processes for preservation.
http://www.homeworkcentral.com/toplinks/41.html
Aerodynamics of Bicyles
Princeton University teaches students how the bicycle moves through
the air.
http://www.homeworkcentral.com/Top8/files.htp?fileid=60556&use=hc
Antimatter: Mirror of the Universe
http://livefromcern.web.cern.ch/livefromcern/antimatter/index.html
CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) crated this website to explain matter, anitmatter, and their place in our lives to students of all ages. Learn how antimatter is manufactured, and how it may be used. Webcasts will be provided throughout the year with mini lectures on the physics of matter.
Center of Excellence for Science and Mathematics Education
Located at the University of Tennessee in Martin, this center has developed
a physical science guide that contains 34 experiments and activities for
teachers in grades 4-8.
http://192.239.146.18/
The science of Particle Physics
Tour the science of the fundamental nature of matter, with the Fermilab
as your guide. Glossaries are included to clarify the text and illustrations.
http://www.fnal.gov/pub/hep_descript.html
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Education Office
http://www-ed.fnal.gov/
Forces of Flight
Drag, lift, weight, thrust, and other fundamentals are explained on these
pages, which explain flight on an elementary level.
http://www.homeworkcentral.com/toplinks/366.html
NASA K-12 Internet Initiative
http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/ - a look at Columbia space shuttle mission, design, and the investigation into what went wrong.
Impact of Shoemaker-Levi 9 Lesson Plan
Contains an online unit of space and astronomy activities for middle school
students.
http://www.smplanet.com/science/science.html
Lunar and Planetary Institute
http://www.lpi.usra.edu
A NASA-funded institute in Houston, Texas devoted to studying the solar system and sharing the sxcitement of space exloration with the public.
Lunar Prospector Mission
Keep up with preparations for NASA's first moon mission in 25 years.
http://www.homeworkcentral.com/toplinks/46.html
Adopt the Coast Action Kit
http://www.nos.noaa.gov/ocrm/pcd/outreach.html
Atmospheric Radiation Measurement
Looking at the weather here involves a multilaboratory, interagency
effort to resolve scientific uncertainties about global climate change,
with a specific focus on climate research, publications, and news.
http://www.homeworkcentral.com/toplinks/
Bad Meteorology
The title doesn't refer to erroneous weather forecasts or unpleasant weather.
Rather it refers to all the myths that keep being perpetuated in the science
world about weather.
http://www.homeworkcentral.com/files.htp?fileid=2777&use=hc
Cloud Catalog
From the University of Illinois Department of Atmospheric Sciences, featuring
classroom activities, background information, pictures, and descriptions
of the different cloud formations. Grades 3-8.
http://covis.atmos.uiuc.edu/guide/clouds/html/cloud.home.html
El Nino
Access forecasts, impacts, benefits, drawbacks and data from satellites,
oceanographers, scentists, and more. In English, Spanish, and Portuguese.
http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/toga-tao/el-nino/home.html
El Nino Homepage
http://www.elnino.noaa.gov
Endangered & Threatened Marine Mammals
http://www.nmfs.gov/tmcintyr/prot_res.html
Hurricane Felix
http://www.netcreations.com/hurricane/
Hurricane: Storm Science
From the Miami Museum of Science, this online bilingual (English/Spanish)
exhibit is suitable for grades K-6.
http://www.miamisci.org/hurricane/
NOAA Ship on El Nino Watch
http://rho.pmel.noaa.gov/atlasrt/kaimi.html
National Climatic Data Center
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov
National Geophysical Data Center
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov
National Hurricane Center
http://www.hurricanehunters.com/welcome.htm
National Oceanographic Data Center
http://www.nodc.noaa.gov
Weather Education
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/edures.htm
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/er/btv/html/wxeduc.html
Weather Education Information Through the Regions
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/regions.shtml
Weather Underground
Grade level: K-12
http://groundhog.sprl.umich.edu/
WeatherNet
http://cirrus.sprl.umich.edu/wxnet
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