Recommended Websites: Science & Math

Access Excellence: The Mystery Spot - http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/mspot
Never judge a site by its name - this is perhaps one of the most exciting sites that incorporates problem solving with science. Choose a mystery, weigh the variables and solve it to the best of your ability.



Actionbioscience.org http://www.actionbioscience.org/
Actionbioscience.org is a non-commercial educational site promoting bioscience education through the articles of scientists, educators and students. The website focuses on seven major topics: Biodiversity, Environment, Genomics, Biotechnology, Evolution, New Frontiers and Education.



Center for History of Physics - http://www.aip.org/history/index.html
This center strives to educate readers on the history of modern physics. Some of the links are forbidden, but the exhibits, located in the Exhibit Hall, are phenomenal. Featured physicists include Marie Curie, Einstein, J.J. Thomson, Rutherford, Bohr, Heisenberg, Lawrence, and Sakharov. The Photos link has a section of mini-exhibits featuring more physicists: Feynman, Newton, Planck, and more. Great resource.



EarthTrends: The Environmental Information Portal - http://earthtrends.wri.org/
The Environmental Information Portal of EarthTrends is a database of tables, maps, and country profiles that includes information on everything from human population density, cattle population density, rainfall, threatened species, forest cover, wood production, anything that one could imagine. The World Resource Institute's mission is to encourage humans to protect the environment and its resources for future generations; the included information reflects their mission.



Epidemic! The World of Infectious Disease - http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/epidemic/
Originating from the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History, Epidemic! explains the three major groups of microbes as well as delving into antibiotics, preventing infections, and the role of environmental changes.



EurekAlert – http://www.eurekalert.org
Either use the subject headings to find a topic-specific story or utilize the search engine to find a particular topic. Each article has a name and contact number for further inquiries if needed. The articles come from scientific society meetings, news releases, as well as other reliable sources.



Froguts - http://educatus.com/main/
If you are looking for help in studying for frog dissection, and you do not want to dissect ten frogs to get it right, try out this site. You will be guided through the major body systems with tutorials and explanations. This is as close to a frog that you can get!!



Medline - www.nlm.nih.gov
A database that indexes literally millions of articles from medical science journals. No text is available, just citations.



Journey through the Galaxy – http://home.cwru.edu/~sjr16/advanced/index.html
Published by Case Western Reserve, this site is a wonderful trip through the galaxy. With facts and figures, pictures and diagrams, each page allows the user to take an up close and personal view of planets, stars, asteroids, comets, nebulas, black holes and more. The Exploration page gives a history of space exploration and the Extras offer outside links, a glossary, and a summary of particle physics.



The National Science Digital Library – http://nsdl.org
Find the science information that you cannot access using Google or another search engine. NSDL has over 250,000 records to search and they are still expanding. Use the search box on the initial page or browse by collection. The Advanced Search allows you to narrow down the results to those with images, video, audio, text, interactive parts, and data files.



Natural Resources Defense Council - http://www.nrdc.org
Do you want to know how our country is doing environmentally? Curious about how environmental policies are affecting our world (recycling, waste management, global warming, etc.)? Check out this site for the national, local, and personal information that can help you to live a little "greener".



Northern Lights - http://www.northern-lights.no/index.shtml
A Norwegian site dedicated to the explanation of the Aurora Borealis seen mysteriously at the North and South poles. See photographs, drawings, charts, diagrams, and paintings celebrating and explaining this atmospheric event.



NOVA – World in the Balance - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/worldbalance/
Wonder what effect the population of the world is going to have on the future? NOVA isn’t scared to tell you…



Origins - http://oritins.jpl.nasa.gov/index.html
The Origins program works under NASA to answer the age of questions of man. Where did we come from? Is there other life in the universe? How did our universe form? Physicists, astronomers, geologists, and scientists have been working with new technologies to study the universe beyond our galaxy. Utilizing Space Infrared Telescope Facility (Spitzer), the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), and Terrestrial Planet Finder, they will be studying the origins of the universe, looking for other planets that could sustain life, and other planets on which we could possibly live one day.


Physics Central - http://www.physicscentral.com
Sponsored by the American Physical Society, Physics Central concentrates on a different area of physics each week. The in-depth analysis is based on current research and includes illustrations, pictures, graphs, mathematical equations, and links to outside sites for more exploration. Physics Central also spotlights a different physicist each week, provides physics news, and has an archive of previous topics.



Planet Quest - http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/science/finding_life.html
Planet Quest, sponsored by NASA, is dedicated to finding other earthlike planets revolving around stars in the galaxy. Planet Quest has news, general information about scientists and engineers, and articles about science and technology.



Science Daily – http://www.sciencedaily.com
Highlights the major stories of the day’s science headlines. Previous days’ headlines and stories are available also. Each article attributes its source at the bottom and the pages can be emailed or formatted to print for the purpose of conserving paper and printer ink.



Science.gov – http://science.gov
Acting as a subject directory of science, you may choose your topic or search by keyword to find the maximum information. Many of the links access specific government sites that have access to scientific documentation and recent developments. The advanced search allows you to search certain specific sites rather than searching the entire Science.gov site.



SIRS - Social Issues Resources Series - www.sirs.com/wrc/students.html#math
A very thorough source with lots of science and math-specific headings and sub-headings to help focus your search. At the homepage click on Knowledge Source to reach the main database.



The Why Files? The Science Behind the News – http://whyfiles.org
The Why Files? answers the questions surrounding news stories and their ties to science. The Archives provides the stories previously headlining and the search option allows you to personalize the search.