Science Resources:
 Audubon
Insectarium --Audubon
Insectarium showcases the largest group of animals on the planet,
insects! Since prehistoric times, insects have played invaluable roles:
pollinating crops, decomposing waste and adding intrigue, color, texture
and majesty to our world. Your visit to the one-of-a-kind, interactive
Audubon Insectarium will illuminate amazing things about these tiny (and
not so tiny!) creatures; you’ll never think about them the same way
again. -
The
Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online --
This website provides Darwin's
complete
publications, many handwritten
manuscripts and the largest Darwin
bibliography and
manuscript catalogue ever published. There are also over
170
ancillary texts, from reference works, reviews, obituaries and more. In all more than 51,000 pages of
searchable text.
-
EarthRISE -- The EarthRISE Image collection contains 116,100
images snapped from NASA vehicle flights. These photos were taken
by astronauts out the windows of the Space Shuttle and other space
vehicles. EarthRISE contains photos from the past 35 years and is a
great resource for students, educators, and the general public
interested in our planet.
- The
Encyclopedia of Life --
Comprehensive, collaborative, ever-growing,
and personalized, The Encyclopedia of Life is an ecosystem of websites
that makes all key information about life on Earth accessible to anyone,
anywhere in the world. Development is underway and
actual, authenticated species pages should be
available by mid 2008. Click the link above to
preview the site and several sample pages, and check out this
CBS News article.
- Global
Warming --
Published and maintained by The Woods Hole Research Center, this site
presents a beginner's guide to gain an understanding of global warming.
Topics include the greenhouse effect, scientific evidence for global
warming, the causes and potential outcome of global warming, and the
Kyoto Protocol.
- Mr.
Hanno's selection of
science resources on the Web
- NASA
Quest Challenges --
Web-based, interactive explorations designed to engage
students in authentic scientific and engineering processes. The
solutions relate to issues encountered daily by NASA personnel.
-
Periodic Table
-- a site maintained by the Los Alamos National
Laboratory. Also, check
out
Comic Book Periodic
Table -- Whoever
said learning had to be dull and boring? School should be fun and
exciting, even stimulating. This award-winning site combines the
entertainment of comic book heros with understanding the table of
periodic elements.
-
Periodic Table of
Elements --
The periodic table of elements is a chart that assists
you in finding information on separate elements, such as titanium.
Each element contains a link to a page that
explains its
chemical properties,
and its health effects and environmental effects.
-
PhysLink
-- Physics & Astronomy -- This searchable source
for information on physics and astronomy includes material created
especially for this site and many links to other online resources. There
are sections on reference, ask the experts, software, astronomy,
history, new theories, graduate school information, images, YS (young
scientists) awards, editorials, and essays. Also included are fun
physics; a virtual scientific calculator; a bookstore; links to
newsletters, scientific societies, employment resources; and more.
- Salem
Health -- Salem Health
covers diseases,
disorders, treatments, procedures, specialties, anatomy, biology, and
issues in an A-Z format, with sidebars addressing recent developments in
medicine and concise information boxes for all diseases and disorders.
-
Science Niche
-- Educational
resources
for science teachers
& students
-
Science Online --
Science Online is a
curriculum-oriented database that offers a comprehensive, authoritative
overview of the sciences. Diagrams, experiments, essays, definitives,
and biographies are arranged by topic and contain thousands of
hyperlinks that create thematic paths through the content.
(For remote
access see Mr. Anderson.)
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The Sciences Explorer
-- This explorer is divided into
four major facets -- Math, Biology, Chemistry, and Physics. A click
through these topics will reveal innovative activities that'll help
introduce and involve you in fun key concepts. In addition, we have
provided an Interact! section so that users from all over the world may
be able to talk and collaborate with each other on the science topic.
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Space.com
-- Space.com
considers itself the definitive site on the
World Wide Web dedicated to space and all space-related subjects,
and it delivers much of what it promises. It focuses on news,
information, education and entertainment. The
primary mission is the popularization of space.
Space.com is also the home of
EarthRISE.
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Today's Science
--
Today's Science
bridges the gap between textbooks and what's happening in
science today. In a language and format designed specifically for
students, it presents the latest scientific discoveries and the
fundamental concepts that underlie them. Drawing on major scientific
journals, magazines and newspapers in the United States and abroad, Today's Science covers all the topics that today's students study:
health, the environment, technology, life science, physical science,
earth and space science, and science and society.
(For remote
access see Mr. Anderson.)
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Understanding Our Planet Through
Chemistry -- This
U.S. Geological Survey site shows how chemists and geologists use
analytical chemistry to:
- determine the age of the
Earth,
- show how an
extraterrestrial body collided with the Earth,
- predict volcanic eruptions,
- observe atmospheric change
over millions of years,
- and document damage by acid
rain and pollution of the Earth's surface.
-
Virtual Solar System
-- Discover the wonders of our solar system in a spectacular 3-D
environment. Take a flyby tour of the sun and each planet in its orbit,
observe planets and extraterrestrial weather patterns up close, and
more.
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This page was revised
January 6, 2009.
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