Science
Please visit the following KP teacher's
websites for additional resources.
Mrs. Lamberts
Home Page http://fac.kingphilip.org/~lamberta/
Mr.
Lazzara's Weather Page
http://www.oceanweather.com/kp/
GENERAL TOPICS
- Eisenhower
National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education
http://www.enc.org/nf_index.htm Excellent site for teachers of
math and science including materials, lessons, links and much
more.
- Measure 4
Measure http://www.wolinskyweb.com/measure.htm
Collection of links to sites that allow you to calculate a variety
of things, from area conversions, astronomical, and body surface
to precious metals, wallboard, etc.
- The Nobel Prizes
http://www.nobel.se/prize
Official web site of the Nobel
Foundation
- **Pub
Science http://pubsci.osti.gov/srchfrm.html
PubSCIENCE is a World Wide Web service developed by the Department
of Energy's (DOE) Office of Scientific and Technical Information
(OSTI) to facilitate searching and accessing peer reviewed journal
literature in the physical sciences and other energy-related
disciplines. NOTE: Look at the "After Hours Escapes"
selections
- Scientific
American Online http://www.sciam.com/index.html
- SciCentral:
Gateway http://www.scicentral.com/
Gateway to numerous science sites, very easy navigation.
SCIENCE BIOGRAPHIES
- Einstein,
Albert http://www.aip.org/history/einstein
Ambitious project on the inventor with searchable database, a
timeline, list of patents, etc.
- Fuller, R.
Buckminster http://www.pbs.org/wnet/bucky.cgi
Comprehensive collection of materials on this American inventor of
the geodesic dome.
MUSEUMS AND ORGANIZATIONS
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
http://www.aaas.org/
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS,
pronounced "Triple-A-S") is a nonprofit professional society
dedicated to the advancement of scientific and technological
excellence across all disciplines, and to the public's
understanding of science and technology. Project 2061 on Science
Literacy is particularly impressive.
- National Science
Foundation http://www.nsf.gov/ The National Science Foundation
is an independent U.S. government agency responsible for promoting
science and engineering through programs that invest over $3.3
billion per year in almost 20,000 research and education projects
in science and engineering.
- National Science Teachers
Association http://www.nsta.org/
- World
Energy Efficiency Association
http://www.weea.org/sampler/non_prof.htm List of, and links to,
energy-related non-profit and professional associations.
BIOLOGY, ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY
- Access
Excellence http://www.accessexcellence.org/ A national
educational program that provides high school biology and life
science teachers access to their colleagues, scientists, and
critical sources of new scientific information via the World Wide
Web. Look for ACTIVITIES EXCHANGE >>
Classic Collection.
- AskERIC
Lesson Plans - Biological and Life Sciences
http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Lessons/Science/Biological/index.html
Alphabetical List.
- Biology
Links http://www.schoolzone.co.uk/resources/biology.htm Long
list of student oriented web sites from the U.K.
Excellent Resources with some dead
links.
- Cell City -
http://www.tela.co.uk/cellcity/ "Cell City" is a BioPic
Production. It is a joint venture of The Institute of Food
Research and The John Innes Centre, from the Norwich Research
Park, with financial support from COPUS and The Biotechnology and
Biological Sciences Research Council.
- Frog
Dissection http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/frog/
The Interactive frog Dissection was designed for use in high
school biology classrooms.
- Inner Learning
Online http://www.innerbody.com/default.htm Welcome to inner
exploration of Human Anatomy. Each topic has animations, 100's of
graphics, and thousands of descriptive links.
- National Center for
Biotechnology Information http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health
Established in 1988 as a national resource for molecular biology
information, NCBI creates public databases, conducts research in
computational biology, develops software tools for analyzing
genome data, and disseminates biomedical information - all for the
better understanding of molecular processes affecting human health
and disease.
- Neuroscience
for kids http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neurok.html
This home page has been created for all students and teachers who
would like to learn more about the nervous system. Includes
information on the brain, spinal cord, and rest of nervous system,
effects of drugs, etc.
- Mindquest.net
- Biology http://mindquest.net/biology/biology.html
Overview: This web page provides local and distant links to
resources for students studying cell structure and function. While
some students using this webpage are students in courses taught by
Dr. Randall Oelerich (creator and webmaster of this site), anybody
is encouraged to make use of the resources here.
- Mr. Biology's
High School Bio Website http://www.hiline.net/~siremba/
Welcome to the premier web site dealing with high school
biology.
- Scimedia:
hypermedia http://www.sciam.com/index.html Numerous articles
on Chemistry, physics, and electronics.
- Search Beat
- Biology http://www.radiohistory.org/links.htm A one-stop web
directory on subjects biological.
CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL SCIENCE, AND
PHYSICS
- American Institute of
Physics http://www.aip.org/ Central organization for many
science related societies. Education and Student Services section
is very helpful.
- CHEMystery:
The Periodic Table of the Elements
http://library.thinkquest.org/3659/pertable/
- Corrosionsource.com
PeriodicTable of the Elements
http://www.corrosionsource.com/handbook/periodic/ Includes
history, sources, isotopes, uses and properties of the
elements.
- General
Chemistry Resources
http://antoine.fsu.umd.edu/chem/senese/101/consumer/resources.shtml
Chemistry in everyday life, links to consumer-related chemistry
sites.
- How Stuff Works
http://howstuffworks.com
Commercial Site. Shows the workings of a variety of
products.
- Los Alamos
National Laboratory's Chemistry Division Presents Periodic Table
of the Elements http://pearl1.lanl.gov/periodic/ A Resource
for Elementary, Middle School, and High School Students.
- University of
Sheffield, Department of Chem
http://www.shef.ac.uk/chemistry/Nice chemistry site, especially
web-elements and chemputer links.
- Radio
History Society http://www.radiohistory.org/links.htm
History of radio and early telecommunications.
- Radioactivity:
Historical Figures
http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/AEC/CC/historical_background.html
This article will focus on the efforts of four scientists: Wilhelm
Conrad Roentgen, Antoine Henri Becquerel, Marie Sklodowska Curie,
and Ernest Rutherford. It emphasizes their contributions to the
elucidation of radioactivity and the "key" experiments they
performed pertaining to their discoveries.
- Leo Szilard
Online http://www.dannen.com/szilard.html
Welcome to the world of physicist, biophysicist, and "scientist of
conscience" Leo Szilard (1898-1964). How do you say it? Say
sil'-ahrd. Szilard's ideas included the linear accelerator,
cyclotron, electron microscope, and nuclear chain reaction.
Equally important was his insistence that scientists accept moral
responsibility for the consequences of their work.
EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE