General Science Websites

Scientists - Biography

Biography of Mathematicians and Scientists of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. (Find accounts of the lives and works of seventeenth and eighteenth century mathematicians and scientists, adapted from A Short Account of the History of Mathematics by W. W. Rouse Ball (4th Edition, 1908).)  David Wilkins, Trinity College, 2005.

Biographies: Scientists. Peter Landry, 2004.

Catalog of the Scientific Community in the 16th and 17th Centuries.  The Galileo Project, 1995.

Science and Exploration. Academy of Achievement, 2005.

SACNAS:  Society for Advancements of Chicanos and Native American in Science.


Science odyssey:  People and discoveries. (20th century
scientists) PBS, WGBH, 1998.

4,000 years of women in science. University of Alabama, 2003.

Medical Dictionaries and Resources

Canadian Medical Association Journal.

Kid Info:  Human Body. (Find resources on health, the human body, cells, the circulatory,
digestive, endocrine lymphatic, muscular, nervous, respiratory, and skeletal systems, skin, teeth,
the 5 sense, allergies and disorders.) Linda Guterba, 2009.

InfoTrac databases Health Reference Center Academic, and Health and Wellness Resource Center. Gale Group, 2009.

Medilexicon. Pharma-Lexicon International, 2009.

Medline Plus.  U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2009.

National Institutes of Health. 2009.

On-Line Medical Dictionary.  Department of Oncology, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 2009.
 






 

 

 

 

Science

General , Anatomy, 
Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Earth Science,
Evolution, Genetics,  Nuclear Energy and Physics

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.

Endangered Species.  EE-Link, 1999.

ENC Online.(K-12 math and science teacher center) Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education, 2004.

How Stuff Works. (Cool site that explains how things work) HowStuffWorks, Inc., 2005.

Inventors Museum. (Good site for information on inventors) Inventor Museum.com, 2005.

MarcoPolo. (MarcoPolo is a portal for standards-based, discipline-specific educational Web sites for K-12 teachers.) MCI Foundation, 2005.

Michigan Teacher Network.  (Great place for Michigan standards-based lessons and resources.) Merit Network, Inc., 2005.

National Science Digital Library. (Resource for comprehensive science, technology, engineering and mathematics education.) National Science Foundation, 2005.

Periodic Table.  Chemicool.com, 2005.

SciCentral. (Scientific research news portal.) SciCentral, 2005.

Science News Online. (To access the full contents for this subscription, go to www.sciencenews.org, choose subscriber login. User name and password are both kenowa (lowercase letters and no spaces.)  Science Service, 2005.

Science Teacher's Resource Center. (Great location for resources in each area of Science.) Lapeer County Information Depot, 2003.

Science Timeline. (Evolution of western thinking about nature.) David Lee.

The Last Word.  (Online magazine for science and technology.)  Reed Business Information, Ltd.

Time Line of Space Exploration. Randy Culp, 2009.
 




 

 






 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 


Anatomy
Human Anatomy Online. Intellimed International, 2004.

The Heart: An online exploration.  Franklin Institute Science Museum, 1996.

 



                                   
 


Astronomy

Astronomy Picture of the Day. NASA.

Constellations and their Stars.  Chris Dolan.

Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram. Davison Soper, University of Oregon.

Hertzsprung-Russell (H-R) diagram. Barry Kellett, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory.

How hot is that Star? Interpreting the HR Diagram. University of California, 1997.

Imagine the Universe:  Betelgeuse. NASA.

Imagine the Universe:  The sun compared to other stars.  NASA.

Lucky Catch: Oldest, Most Distant type Ia Supernova confirmed by supercomputer analysis at NERSC. Berkley Lab - Research news, 2001.

Magnitude of an Astronomical Object. NASA, 1995.

NASA Glenn Research Center. NASA, 2005.

Newton's Three Laws of Motion. Brooks, Cole,
 Thompson.

Newton's Laws of Motion:  Force and Inertia. David Stern, 2004.
 

 










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Our Sun. Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum, 2005.

Project Mercury
History Resource Center:  U.S. (Tip:  Search under "Project Mercury, 1960-1963") Gale Group, 2004.
How Project Mercury Missions Worked. Craig Freudenrich, How Stuff Works, Inc., 2004.
How Project Mercury Worked. Craig Freudenrich, How Stuff Works, Inc., 2004.
Kennedy Space Center:  Mercury. NASA/KSC External Relations and Business Development Directorate, 2003.
Project Mercury. The Ultimate Space Place, 2004.


Science and Nature:  Space. Science & Nature, BBC.

Stars. (Find information on most stars at this site.) Jim Kaler, University of Illinois, 2005.

The color of Stars.  Jane Houston Jones, University of California, Berkeley, 2000.

The Ten Planets:  A Multimedia Tour of the Solar System.  Bill Arnett, 2005.

The Sun and other Stars.  NF observatory.

What color are the stars?  Mitchell Charity, MIT.

Windows to the Universe. (A fun and different Web site about the Earth and Space sciences). Windows to the Universe, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, 2000.


 

 


 

 

Biology

Access Excellence: Health and Bioscience.  The National Health Museum, 2005.

Biology Tutorials and Resources. North Harris College, 2004.

BioSurf.  Pearson Education, Inc., 2002.

Cells alive.  James A. Sullivan, 1994.

Cell Biology and Cancer. NIH, 2007.

 

DNA Workshop  WGBH, 1998

 

Genetics Learning Center  University of Utah, 2010

National Institutes of Health. 2005.

The Virtual Cell Web Page.

University of Arizona Biology Project. University of
Arizona, 2004.

U.S. Geological Survey: Biological Resources.

U.S. Geological Survey: From Microbes to Mammals - Biological Aliens:  Invasive Species.

Photosynthesis:  Light reactions.  College of Natural Resources, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

Viruses
The Blackout Syndrome. Genentech Inc., 1996.

The Big Picture Book of Viruses.  Garry Lab, David M. Sander, Ph.D.

World Book Fact Book.  CIA. (Information about countries.)

 









 



 

 

 

 

Bioethics
About Biotech, Issues and Bioethics.  Source:  Access Excellence @ the National Health Museum, 1999.
http://www.accessexcellence.org/AB/IE/

American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, related sites.  Source: American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS), 2003.
http://www.aalas.org/association/links/animal_related.htm

Animal Welfare Information Center.  Source:  U.S. Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Library, 2003.
http://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/

Johns Hopkins University Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing.  Source: Johns Hopkins University Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing, 2003.
http://caat.jhsph.edu/

Michigan Society for Medical Research.  Source: Michigan Society for Medical Research.
http://www.mismr.org

Scientific American.  Source:  Scientific American, Inc., 2003. http://www.sciam.com/

United States National Library of Medicine.  Source: United States National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of  Health, Department of Health & Human Services, 2003.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/

 



 

 

 

Chemistry

 

Buoyancy: Archimedes Principle.
Buoyancy:  Archimedes Principle.
Buoyancy Basics. Nova, PBS, 2000.
Buoyancy and Gas Laws

ChemBalancer - Interactive balancing tutorial. FunBased Learning.
Chemical Demonstrations. Flinn Scientific, Inc.
Chemistry. About.com.
Chemistry Demonstration Lab.  University of Wisconsin-Madison Chemistry Department.
Chemistry ThinkQuests.
General Chemistry.  Indiana University, 1997.
National Science Digital Library. (Resource for comprehensive science, technology, engineering and mathematics education.) National Science Foundation, 2006.
Periodic Table.  ChemiCool.
Periodic Table.  Department of Chemistry/Biochemistry, University of Texas.
Periodic Table.  WebElements.
Reagent & Solution Recipes.
Smile Program Chemistry Index.
Smile Program Physics Index.
Tutorial for High School Chemistry.  John Park, 2004.
Tutorial on Balancing Chemical Equations.  Wake Forest University.
Welcome to the Delights of Chemistry.  University of Leeds.

 

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http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:-FSkQNfz7Bxk-M:http://www.hitl.washington.edu/projects/education/chemistry/chemistry.gif

Earth Science

General Resources
Beach Standards, Monitoring, & Notification. (Information on beach pollution & water safety) U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, 2005.

Environmental News Network. The Environmental News
Network, Inc., 2005.

Garbage: How can my community reduce waste?
Annenberg/CPB Learner.org, 2005.

Glaciers. Rice University.

Guide to Climate Change.  BBC, 2008.

Monarch Butterfly migration. Journey North, 2005.
(As the weather gets cooler the Monarch Butterfly's migrate.
This site has lesson plans, activities, and information. Students
learn how to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carnivorous Plants

Botanical Society of America.
The Carnivorous Plant FAQ.
SIRS Discoverer. (Subject search "Carnivorous Plants".

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earthquakes and Volcanoes

General Resources
Current Eruptions in Japan. University of Tokyo, 2004.

The Dec. 18 - Dec. 28, 1998 Grímsvötn eruption.
Science Institute, University of  Iceland, 1996.

Earth's Interior. J. Louie, University of Nevada, 1996.

Earthquakes. Infoplease, Pearson Education, 2005.

Earthquakes and Volcanoes.  Indiana University.

Earthquakes and Volcanic Eruptions. Infoplease,
Pearson Education, 2005.

FEMA. (Weather and natural disaster information.)
U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

Geologic Time. (Learn how geologists and archeologists
determine the ages of rocks and ancient artifacts.)
Geology Labs On-line, 2004.

Indian Peaks, Colorado Front Range, U.S.A.
Virtual Field Trip.  Michael Ritter, 1997.

Michigan Technological University Volcanoes Page.
Keweenaw Volcano Observatory, Michigan Tech.

Nevada Seismological Laboratory. (Earthquake laboratory)
University of Nevada, 2005.

Plate Tectonics. Volcano World, University of North Dakota.

Plate Tectonics, the Cause of Earthquakes. Nevada
Seismological Laboratory, University of Nevada, 2005.

VirtualRiver.  (Find two interactive exercises designed to help you learn about river processes like discharge, flooding, and flood frequency.) Geology Labs Online, 2000.

Volcanoes: Can we predict volcanic eruptions?
Annenberg/CPB Learner.org.

Volcano World. Volcano World, University of North Dakota.

 

National Council for Science and the Environment.

Pop Planet. National Library for the Environment, National
Council for Science and the Environment.

Rainforest - Africa.  PBS, 2005.

The Internet Consumer Recycling Guide. Evergreen
Industries, 2002.

ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 2005.

Virtual Dating. Geology Labs On-Line, 1999.
 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Great Lakes Studies

Endangered Species
http://eelink.net/EndSpp/

Endangered Species Bulletin
http://endangered.fws.gov/bulletin.html

Endangered Species In Michigan
http://www.endangeredspecie.com/states/mi.htm

Endangered Species UPDATE - an online journal
published by the School of Natural Resources and
Environment at the University of Michigan
http://www.umich.edu/~esupdate/

Great Lakes Information Network
http://www.great-lakes.net/

University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute (Wonderful Great Lakes site)
http://www.seagrant.wisc.edu

Water Sources of Ohio (Great Lakes site)
http://www-oh.er.usgs.gov

WOOD TV-8 (Storm team 8 for the weather link)
http://www.woodtv.com/

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Wildflowers
Educational Materials and Programs on Wildflowers
sponsored by the National Parks Service
http://www.nps.gov/plants/color/teach.htm

The HortiPlex database contains plant images and data
http://hortiplex.gardenweb.com/plants/

Wild Flowers and Plants of North Carolina
(choose Spring features to get to the wildflowers site)
http://ncnatural.com/wildflwr/index.html

Wildflowers in bloom photo album
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/wildseed/wildflowers.html

Great Lakes Studies on Non-Native Species

U. S. Department of the Interior National Biological Service: Non-native Species
http://biology.usgs.gov/s+t/noframe/idx-x.htm

Harmful Non-Native Species
http://www.cnie.org/NLE/CRSreports/Biodiversity/biodv-26f.cfm

Invasive Species in the Great Lakes Region
http://www.great-lakes.net/envt/flora-fauna/invasive/invasive.html

Non-Native Species
http://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/greatlakesfish/textonly/
exotics.html

Web Links to Non-Indigenous Species Related Sites
http://www.gsmfc.org/nis/nis_links_subject.html
 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

Institute for Creation Research - A Christ-Focused Creation Ministry.

National Center for Science Education.

Science Against Evolution Official Home Page.

Scientific Evidence Against Evolution.

University of California, Berkeley Museum of Paleontology: Evolution wing. Fabulous site for research on Evolution. Site includes: history, philosophers, and a timeline of Evolutionary thought.

Musuem of Paleontology. (Incredible site for dinosaurs, vertebrates, invertebrates, geology plus more. Choose The UC Museum of  Paleontology Interactive Collections database under "Explore our collections".) University of California, Berkeley.

 





 

Forensic Science
(last update, 11/04)
American Society of Questioned Document examiners.
ADQDE, American Society of Questioned Document Examiners, 2004.
American Toxicology Institute. American Toxicology Institute, Inc.
Bloodstain patter analysis tutorial. J. Slemko Forensic Consulting, 2004.
Blood Typing Tutorial. The Biology Project, University of Arizona, 1997.
Careers in Forensic Science. Norah Rudin and Keith Inman,
Forensic DNA Consulting.
Carpenter’s Forensic Science Resources. R. Scott Carpenter,
Tennessee Criminal Law Defense Resources.
Case histories involving forensic entomology.
(This site has an abundant amount of information pertaining to
forensic science and the field of entomology (bugs). Many great links are included to other forensic science sites as well.)
Webmaster, Morten Stoerkeby, Forensic Entomology Pages, International , 2000.
Central Customs Laboratory 
(This is an informational site about fibers and textiles.)
Central Customs Laboratory, 2002.
Court TV. (Provides news and features, extensive coverage of major trials, special reports, programming and scheduling information, video archives, chats, the Court TV store and bookstore and a special section on educational resources and public affairs.) Courtroom Television network, 2004.
Crime library. Courtroom Television Network, 2004.
Crime Magazine:  An encyclopedia of crime. Crime Magazine, 2004.
Crime News2000.  (All the latest news in crime.) CrimeNews2000.com, 2004.
Crimes and Clues:  The Art and Science of Criminal Investigation.
Site covers the history of fingerprints, as well as subjects pertaining to the development of latent fingerprints. Also many links to other Web sites covering a variety of subjects pertaining to crime-scene investigation, documentation of the crime scene, and expert testimony.) 
Webmaster, Daryl W. Clemens, Crime & Clues, 2004.
Crime-Scene Investigations. (This website explains the importance of inspecting the crime scene and the impact forensic evidence has on the investigation.) Crime-scene-investigator.net, 2003.
Digital Fingerprints.  (This is a very informational site about fingerprinting.) Webmaster, Esther Neate, 2003.
Dumb Crooks. (This site contains stories about crooks that got caught. Many are submitted by police officers and most are very humorous.) David Van Slyke, Dumb Crooks, 2003.
Evidence: The True Witness library. ThinkQuest, 2004.





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Genetics

Howard Hughes Medical Institute. (Biomedial research and science education.) Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 2005.

Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man. (Database of
human genes and genetic disorders.)  National Center for Biotechnology Information, Johns Hopkins University.

Science of Genetics WebQuest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Fingerprints & Palmar Dermatoglyphics".  Edward D. Campbell, 1998.
FBI.  (Website includes information about the Bertillon System—
a system which recorded the dimensions of certain skeletal body parts—the "West Case".)  Federal Bureau of Investigation, 2003.
FirearmsID.com: An Introduction to Forensic Firearms Identification. Webmaster, Jeffery Scott Doyle, Firearms ID.com, 2003.
Frontline: The Case For Innocence:  Why do inmates remain in prison despite DNA evidence which exonerates them with near certainty? PBS Online and WGBH/FRONTLINE, 2000.
Hair and fibres Forensic Fact File. National Institute of Forensic Science, 2001.
Metropolitan Police. (New Scotland Yard site includes methods of fingerprint classification and more.) Metropolitan Police Service, 2003.
National Fish & Wildlife Forensics Laboratory. U.S. National Fish & Wildlife Forensics Laboratory, 2003.
Questioned Document Examination Page of Emily J. Will Certified Document Examiner.
(This is a basic, informative web page that answers frequently asked questions concerning document examination, explains the application of typical document examinations, and details the basic facts and theory of handwriting and signatures.) Webmaster, Emily J. Will, Questioned Document Examination Page, 2004.
Reddy’s Forensic Home Page.  (A valuable starting point and a must for those having any interest in forensic science on the Internet.) Webmaster, Reddy P. Chamakura, 2003.
Ridges and Furrows.  (Extensive information about fingerprinting.) Ridges and Furrows, 2001.
The Smoking Gun. Courtroom Television Network, 2004.
3D CrimeScene.com.  (This site provides information about crime scenes.) 3D CrimeScene.com.
Vernier scale.  Fu-Kwun Hwang, National Taiwan Normal University, 2001.
Virtual Exhibit on Forensic Science.  (Online investigation from the virtual museum in Canada.) Canadian Heritage Information Network.
We're going to talk about Forensic Science and mention the O.J. Simpson Trial just this once!  (This site offers definitions of forensic terms and descriptions of forensic analysis.) The Why files, University of Wisconsin, 2004.
Zeno’s Forensic Web Page. (Find links to forensic education and expert consultation, as well as a wealth of information concerning the specific fields of forensic science at this site.) Zeno Geradts, Netherlands Forensic Institute of the Ministry of Justic

 

 



 

 

 

 

 


 

Physics
Behavior of Sound Waves.  The Physics Classroom, 2004

Communication and Echolocation. Sea World/Busch Gardens
Animal Information Database, SeaWorld, Inc., 2002.

The Ear.  Tim Jacob, School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, 2002.

Frequency x Wavelength = Velocity. Concordia University.

Radio Fundamentals. Jack Wagoner.

Physlets. Wolfgang Christian, Davidson College, 2005.

Plyslet Physics. Wolfgang Christian, Davidson College, 2005.

Sound. Peter Elsea, University of California at Santa Cruz, 1995.

Why is the sky blue? Science made simple, Inc., 1997.


 

Simple and Complex Machines Web Sites (4/03)

ASPIRE: University of Utah - Simple and Complex Machines – Excellent and fun interactive web site covering many physical science topics.
http://aspire.cosmic-ray.org/javalabs/java12/machine/stdntovrvw.htm

ASPIRE: University of Utah – Simple and Complex Machines - Interactive Labs
http://aspire.cosmic-ray.org/javalabs/java12/machine/index.htm

Inventors Toolbox: Museum of Science - This site contains historical information about simple machines and inventions.
http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/InventorsWorkshop.html

Rube Goldberg.  Modern Marvels:  Gadgets, The History Channel, A&E, 2007.

Simple Machines: COSI - This is an outstanding site that provides a detailed
background and interactive lessons on levers, pulleys, inclined planes and more.
http://www.cosi.org/onlineExhibits/simpMach/sm1.html