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Astronomy/Space
Astronomy
Interactive Network - Learn about radio as well
as optical astronomy, the history of astronomy (with
a timeline), short biographies of important astronomers,
plus a section with interactive games, quizzes, and
a message board.
At
Home Astronomy - Hands-On Science Experiments
for the Whole Family-The Center for Science Education
has posted a collection of illustrated instructions
for science experiments related to astronomy. Not
only are these experiments easy and fun, they would
be great inspiration for science fair projects.
Earth
and Moon Viewer - "You can view either a
map of the Earth showing the day and night regions
at this moment, or view the Earth from the Sun, the
Moon, the night side of the Earth, above any location
on the planet specified by latitude, longitude and
altitude, from a satellite in Earth orbit, or above
various cities around the globe." The images
are impressive.
Hubblesite -
Produced by the Space Telescope Science Institute's
Office of Public Outreach, this site celebrates everything
Hubble, with pictures, maps, scientific explanations,
etc.
NASA
- Space Link has been online since 1988 and was specifically
developed for use by the educational community.
It is a comprehensive electronic library that contains
current information related to NASA’s aeronautics
and space research. It also provides access
to other NASA resources available on the Internet.
Through this site materials can be selected for their
educational value and relevance plus current status
reports on NASA programs and services, Agency projects
and events, news releases and television broadcast
schedules for NASA TV.
SkyPub - This
site has pages on backyard astronomy, maps and charts,
this week’s sky-at-a-glance, and reviews of consumer
products for astronomy. Very user-friendly with an
exceptional link page to star charts, amateur research,
events, education, museums and planetariums, as well
as freeware and shareware programs.
Space
Today Online – Everything you ever wanted
to know about the Space Shuttles.
Spaceflight Now–
Online space news.
U.S. Naval Observatory
- U.S. Naval Observatory (//aa.usno.navy.mil/AA/data)
The web pages of the Astronomical Applications Department
offers products like almanacs, software, and web services—which
provide precise astronomical data for practical applications,
serving the defense, scientific, commercial and civilian
communities. This is the real deal. Know
what you are looking for. Some areas are restricted.
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Biology/Botany/Zoology
All
About Birds - This site is appropriate for grade
school student to adult citizen scientist. The colors,
images, bird songs and information are all you would
expect from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and American
Ornithologists' Union.
BioEd Online
- Biology Teacher Resources from the Baylor College
of Medicine includes presentations and slide sets,
teacher resources, biology news, hot topics in biology,
and discussions.
Biology in Motion
– Dr. Saul, a biology teacher and web game/website
developer, created this site. Requires Flash plug-ins.
Easy learning, sophisticated concepts, lots of fun.
BiologyBrowser
– This interactive portal was designed by BIOSIS
to connect life sciences researchers to useful resources.
Biology news stories and lots of links.
Internet Directory
for Botany - An alphabetical directory and a categorical
directory.
Plants National
Database - Sponsored by the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture,
you can search by scientific or common name and limit
your search to specific states. Find information of
threatened, noxious, wetlands, or economically important
plants.
Tom
Volk’s Fungi – A University of Wisconsin-La
Crosse Professor’s humongous fungus pages. There
is even a fungus of the month.
UCSD
Biomedical & Medical Center Libraries - Access
to the University of California, San Diego, library
of monographs and serials. There is also a page
of links to Internet Websites in the fields of biology
and medicine, databases (including California Digital
Library—MELVYL ), free Medline, and Specialized
Internet Guides, which include patent search,
grants and biomedical jobsearch.
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Chemistry
American Chemical Society
- The principle databases, Chemical Abstracts and
Registry, now include about 14 million document records
and more than 20 million substance records respectively.
CAS also produces databases of chemical reactions,
commercially available chemicals, listed regulated
chemicals and compounds claimed in patents.
Chemistry
Resource Locater
Royal
Society of Chemistry - Communities of experts,
WWW chemistry society sites, analytical chemistry
resources, sources of funding, information services,
careers and chemical hazards communications.
Information on this site is supplied by over 30 world
wide Chemistry societies. Science Park is their
comprehensive resource for teachers and students. This
list includes the SETI program you can download to
your home computer to become part of the search for
extraterrestrial intelligence.
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Environmental Science
Coral
Reefs - From Action Atlas. "The
plight of the planet's coral reefs—and how you
can help."
Conservation
Action Network - Sponsored by the World Wildlife
Fund, this site helps you get involved in saving the
environment. You sign up to receive a monthly email
detailing a need for action and listing email addresses
of legislators, etc. to whom you can write to voice
your concern or support.
Defenders of
Wildlife - This nonprofit group is dedicated to
protecting species and habitat. They took over the
State Environmental Resource Center information when
the funding was cut for that program.
Geology.com
- Features an Earth Science dictionary of over 500
terms, printable geologic time scale, mineral identification
chart and volcano, sinkhole and topographic map pages.
There is also a page for each state, and Rebuilding
New Orleans page. Maintained by the Dept. of Geography
and Geology at Mansfield University.
Global
Change Master Directory - This site features links
to Internet resources with global change, earth science
and environmental data. Subjects covered are
agriculture, atmosphere, cryosphere, environment,
radience/imagery, geophysics, international organizations,
land surfaces, satellite data and images and U.S.
Federal Agencies. Hosted and maintained by NASA,
the GCMD database includes descriptions of data sets
(DIFs) covering climate change, the biosphere, hydrosphere
and oceans, geology, geography, and human dimensions
of global change.
National Caucus
of Environmental Legislators - This group was
organized in 1996 for the purpose of providing environmentally
progressive legislators with an opportunity to coordinate
their activities with respect to national legislative
organizations.
National Environmental
Data Index – NEDI provides direct access
to environmental data and information holdings for
scientists, policy makers and concerned citizens.
NASA's
Earth Observatory - Source of information on weather,
oceans, cloud formations, the ecosystem.
Storm
Events - National Climate Data Center provides
a database for all types of storms (tornadoes, hurricanes,
lighting, etc.) from 1950-1992. Information includes
fatalities and monetary damage.
United Nations
Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring
Centre - This program "provides biodiversity
information for policy and action to conserve the
living world…Programmes concentrate on species,
forests, protected areas, marine, mountains and freshwaters;
plus habitats affected by climate change such as polar
regions." This site features reports for habitats,
a species database (with thousands of plant and animal
species), list of protected areas, international agreements,
maps and much more
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General
Exploratorium
– This is the online version of Dr. Frank Oppenheimer’s
Exploratorium. Since 1969, the San Francisco Palace
of Fine Arts has housed this unique science educational
program. Fascinating for all ages.
First Gov for Science
– Science.gov is a gateway to authoritative
science information provided by U.S. Governement agencies,
including research and development results.
How Stuff
Works - Find out how a car engine works, how a
house is built, how your body uses food, etc.
Live Science
- This well named science site from Imaginova, a publisher
of print and online science publications and sponsor
of Science.com, gives the most recent news stories
concerning advances in science. All types of stories
are covered including 'strange news.' Site includes
news feeds, video clips and images.
scitopia.org
- 'Search over 3 million documents, plus patents and
government data. Fifteen societies spanning 150 years
of sci-tech scholarship help you with your queries.'
Union of Concerned
Scientists - Examines issues and monitors current
events relating to agriculture, renewable energy,
transportation, global warming.
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Mathematics
Cool Math - Math
problems and solutions that range from the very easy
to algebra and calculus.
Easy Calculations
- This site features easy calculators for virtually
any math function or conversion-standard deviation,
root mean square, matrix addition, acceleration converter,
etc. Most are accompanied by tutorials explaining
the function.
Illuminations
– National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
gives help to students, teachers and parents on every
level of math education.
Mathsearch
- Type in whatever function you want and the search
will give you Web sources for all levels from all
over the world (in English). Basic math, algebra,
number theory, topology, teaching strategies, professional
development, Net-based resources.
MegaConverter
- "MegaConverters allow users to discover things
like how many seconds old they are, the difference
between a gallon American and a gallon U.K. and what
the heck a nebuchadnezzar is." Wind chill/Heat
Index, payment predictor and more.
Purplemath
- Help with Algebra. Elizabeth Stapel, Western International
University math professor, has designed a site that
banishes all fear of Algebra. From lessons on how
to do it, to links of more math sites, to quizzes,
worksheets and free online tutoring, this site does
it all.
Physics
Physics.org
- This site covers all types of physics for all age
levels. Sponsored by the Institute of Physics.
Science
Fairs
Adventures with
Science Bob - Fun site with lots of options.
Energy
Science Projects - Science projects related to
energy.
Fair
Way: Your Guide to Brevard County Science Research
- Florida Tech librarians have organized this site
to give students doing science fair projects the best
advice on Topic Selection, Guidelines, Research Methods,
Research Assistance, Presentation and Judging.
Hands-On
Activities - The San Francisco Exploratorium offers
dozens of hands-on science activities.
Science
Fair Handbook - This site is designed for teachers
who want to make science fair projects 'pleasant and
enjoyable.' You will find suggestions to help the
student choose a topic, lists of topics for grades
2-8, links, forms and lots more.
Science
Fair Project Resource Guide - This site will coach
the student through the project with an annotated
list of sites on how to do a science fair project,
samples of completed projects, ideas for projects,
and general science resources. From the fine folks
at Kidspace of the Internet Public Library.
Science
Fair Central - The Discovery Channel sponsors
this site which features a list of science fair projects,
an online science fair handbook by Janice VanCleave,
a teacher's resource guide, and more
Ultimate Science Fair
Resource - A comprehensive site that contains
project steps, hints for writing reports, how to make
eye catching display boards, as well as how to choose
the right project.
Robotics
Robot Digest
- There is a whole community of folks interested in
robotics, and this is where to chat with them. Users
can post, read, and comment on the latest robot news,
talk and argue about new inventions and innovations
in the field of robotics, and give each other helpful
hints on how to build or program their own robots.
Registration is required for full access, but it's
free and worth it.
Robots.net –
The latest news on personal and industrial robotics,
robot competitions, and other cool stuff.
Robot Café
- A robotic portal to links, information, instructions
and news.
Sociology
SocioSite
- Aboriginals, criminology, feminism, labor movements,
deviance, transgender, sociolinguistics and migration
are a few of the over 170 subjects offered.
And don't forget--if your search for an answer
didn't prove successful, contact the Reference Desk
at your nearest Brevard
County Public Library.
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