Bishop Ireton Library/Media Information Commons

School Subjects   Science

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"We still do not know one-thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us."       Albert Einstein

 

General

• Eureka Alert
• Exploratorium: Sport Science
• Frank Potter's Science Gems
• History of Science and Technology
• How Stuff Works
• Insanely Great Science Web Sites
• Mindquest.net
• National Science Digital Library
• African Americans in Science
• Science Resources on the World Wide Web (from The New York Public Library) This site has been developed and is maintained by a team of librarians in order to provide a selective, organized collection of Science and Technology Resources available in print or electronic formats at the Science, Industry and Business Library.
• Science Education Gateway
• A Science Fair Project Resource Guide A guide from the Internet Public Library
• Science Daily
• Science.Gov
• Science Matters It's been nearly a century since Einstein made his historic observations on Relativity and it's been 70 years since Bohr, Heisenberg and others developed the basis for Quantum Theory. Little progress has been made, however, to educate the masses on the significance of these and other developments. This Q&A forum is designed to take one small step toward making established and cutting edge Science a little more accessible to the rest of us.
• SciNet Science & Technology
• Science and Technology Index  A Collection of some of the Best Science Sites on the Web
• Science and Technology Resources on the Internet
• SCIRUS  A search engine for scientific information only
• Greatest Engineering Achievements of the 20th Century
• Weisstein's World of Scientific Biography
• Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics: On the Air!

 

   Biology

• Access Excellence  hosted by the National Health Museum ; it is a resource for health and bioscience teachers.  You can also access Biology Ed Online, a peer-reviewed e-journal by and for life science teachers.  
•   "Whole Frog" project. You can interactively dissect a (digitized) frog named Fluffy, make movies, and play the Virtual Frog Builder Game. The interactive Web pages are available in a number of languages.
• Anatomy of an Eye
• Animal Search
• Biology Browser
• The Biology Project
• BioZone
• The Cell
• Cells Alive  Animations of how cells work.
• DNA from the Beginning
• Enter Evolution:  Theory & History  Exhibits trace evolutionary thought as it has developed over time, pausing to ponder the contributions of scientists and thinkers including Aristotle, Darwin, Wallace, and many others.
• Genes and Disease
• Genetics of Depressive Illness
• Genetics Education Center
• Genetics Websites
• History of Medicine
• Human Anatomy Online
• Learn Genetics
• TestFlight   practice for AP Biology
• Zero Bio  an online biology reference for high school students.  It is based on the Canadian secondary biology curriculum; it provides games, quizzes, study tips, a virtual dissection lab, java genetics, medical dictionaries, and a molecule identification activity.  
• Virtual Library: Genetics
• The Visible Human Project

 

   Chemistry

• Chemistry Coach
• Chem Team  A Tutorial for high school chemistry
• Common Molecules
• Element Tables
• General Chemistry Online
• Chemistry Drill & Practice
• Molecular Library
• Periodic Table of Elements
• TestFlight      practice for AP Chemistry

   Earth Science/Astronomy

• EarthDay.gov  the portal for U.S. government events and information on Earth Day. 
• NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
• The Nine Planets The Nine Planets is an overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of each of the planets and moons in our solar system.
• Environmental News Network  We  offer timely environmental news,  live chats, interactive quizzes, daily feature stories, forums for debate, audio, video and more. These components are all aimed at educating our users about the major issues, while at the same time giving them the tools to make a difference in their own community. 

 

   Physics

• How Everything Work  Think of this site as a radio call-in program that's being held on the WWW instead of the radio
• Little Shop of Physics
• Particle Adventure  an award winning site that allows students to explore the world of particle physics through interactive tours of quarks, neutrinos, antimatter, dark matter, and other intriguing particles.
• Physics Web
• Physics 2000
• Science, Engineering and Technology
• Simple Machines
• Tech Museum of Inovation
• Eric Weisstein's Treasure Troves of Science  Eric Weisstein is a research scientist in the Department of Astronomy at the University of Virginia.

• 20th Century Women in Physics