Subject-SCIENCE


 * Science Resources **

The Symphony of Science The Symphony of Science is a musical project headed by John Boswell, designed to deliver scientific knowledge and philosophy in musical form. Here you can watch music videos, download songs, read lyrics and find links relating to the messages conveyed by the music.

Encyclopedia of Life This site is a free online encyclopedia of one million species from around the world. It includes detailed descriptions & classifications, habitats & maps, media & photos, additional resources to learn more, and academic reference links.

Scientific American Slide Shows Each slide show published online by this well-known scientific magazine can be found in one location for ease of use by teachers and students.

Bio-Alive Videos on every possible biology topic for high school and college students.

Cassiopeia Project This is a project designed to make science education videos free to anyone. Biology, Chemistry, Astronomy, General Science, Evolution, Quantum Mechanics are all included.

Fast Food Explorer Find out the nutrition values for each of your favorite meals at fast food restaurants. The results will surprise you!

Smithsonian's Human Origins Program Explore the museum's project on what it means to be human.

The Molecular Workbench <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">This set of simulations introduces the basic quantum mechanics concepts that are essential to understanding modern and future technology—especially nanotechnology that will be vitally important to the industry.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Worldwide Telescope <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">WorldWide Telescope (WWT) enables your computer to function as a virtual telescope, bringing together imagery from the best ground and space-based telescopes in the world. Experience narrated guided tours from astronomers and educators featuring interesting [|places] in the sky.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Chromoscope <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Chromoscope lets you explore our Galaxy (the Milky Way) and the distant Universe in [|a range of wavelengths] from X-rays to the longest radio waves.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">2-Car Collision Simulator <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Crash two cars safely in this simulation. Change parameters such as mass, velocity, and bumper material. Click "Go" to see the result. View the current velocity after the collision.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">eSkeletons <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px;">Use eSkeletons to understand human anatomy. View the bones of human and non-human primates using this interactive tool. Select the human skeleton to start the anatomical study. Mouseover the skeleton to select a specific bone to look closer. View various planes for different frames of reference. Click on morphology, origins, insertions, and articulations for more information. View a QuickTime movie for a 3D view of that specific skeletal part. Click on the Comparative Anatomy tab to view common bones between various organisms and planes of view. Use the Taxonomic Tree tab to determine the relationship between the various primates.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">SETI Institute-Are We Alone? <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Looking to excite your students about space and its possibilities for life? Want to push them to think beyond their own imaginations? Try having them listen to a radio program from SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence). This site is partially sponsored by NASA's Astrobiology division.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Physics Central <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Looking for current physics research and articles? This a great place to view. Physics Central's Explore section provides up to date research articles and podcasts that will help students understand the present day issues in physics.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">National Geographic's Genographic Project <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">The Genographic Project is seeking to chart new knowledge about the migratory history of the human species by using sophisticated laboratory and computer analysis of DNA contributed by hundreds of thousands of people from around the world. In this unprecedented and of real-time research effort, the Genographic Project is closing the gaps of what science knows today about humankind's ancient migration stories.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Interactive Periodic Table of the Elements <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Clicking on the name of an element takes you to its Wikipedia entry with full description.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Serendip <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">This website offers a variety of biology teaching resources and lesson plans. Learn about senses, breathing, heart rate, plants, natural selection, DNA, criminology, genetics, osmosis, and much more! The site is created and maintained by Bryn Mawr College. The lessons all include students handouts and teacher information for preparing the experiments and lessons.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">NOVA Science Now <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">The website that accompanies the award-winning PBS program NOVA.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Layers of Life in the Gulf of Mexico <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Flash-based interactive depicting the layers of life in the Gulf of Mexico and the impact of the oil spill on the habitat and its inhabitants.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">8 Wonders of the Solar System <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Artist Ron Miller takes us on a journey to eight of the most breathtaking views that await explorers of our solar system. The scale of these natural wonders dwarfs anything Earth has to offer. What might we see and feel if we could travel to these distant domains? By interpreting data from probes such as NASA's Cassini, which is now exploring the Saturnian system, and MESSENGER, which goes into orbit around Mercury in March 2011, the artist's eye allows us an early visit to these unforgettable locales.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Brightstorm Science <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Short, free, to-the-point science videos in Biology, Chemistry and Physics - created by teachers to offer help for students at home.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Sixty Symbols <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Videos about the symbols of physics and astronomy

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Physics to Go <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Physics To Go is an online monthly mini-magazine and a collection of more than 900 websites with physics images, activities, and info.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">All the Best Math & Science Activities <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">SMILE (Science and Math Informal Learning Educators) is an online collection of math and science activities available to anyone, free of charge. We are also a community of educators who contribute, use, and comment on activities. It is dedicated to bringing the science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) activities developed by informal science organizations around the country to the wider informal educator community, while encouraging that community to both use and contribute to SMILE's growing collection.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Science Daily <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Current news in the world of science

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Science Animations <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> When a visual representation of a scientific concept is just the thing to complete your students' understanding, this site offers a wide variety of interactive animations in: <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Requires installation of the Flash and Shockwave plug-ins. These are already installed on FUSD laptops.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Microbiology
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Chemisty
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Astronomy
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Plants
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Ecology
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Zoology
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Geology
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Physics
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Anatomy & Physiology

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; padding-right: 10px;">Khan Academy Videos <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Do your students ever need a review of concepts, but there is no time to reteach? Whether it's just for review or a student who was absent needs to learn your material, this website contains HUNDREDS of easy-to-locate videos in the following science areas:
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Biology
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Chemistry
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Organic Chemistry
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Physics
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Plus lots of math videos to review concepts needed in your science classes

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; padding-right: 10px;">How Big Really? <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Help students make connections between the scale of events going on in the world and their own geographical location. This website lets you juxtapose the size of historical events, present and past (i.e. the Gulf oil spill or a World War II battle) over a satellite view of where you live. Test it out to see how this visual representation can bring the size of world events into the realm of student understanding.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Science of NFL Football <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Featuring exclusive footage and contributions from football players and NSF scientists, the series will help teach your students concepts like nutrition, kinematics, and projectile motion.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Science Friday <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Stay up-to-date on scientific news, research, discoveries, and videos.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Climate Challenge <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">The future is in your hands! You are president of the European Nations and must tackle global climate change from 2000 to 2100. You must choose Europe's policies and try to persuade competing regional blocks to reduce their carbon emissions.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Virtual Eye Dissection <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Click to follow the dissection of a cow's eye - anatomy is explained. Requires Flash Player, installed on all FUSD laptops.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Free Rice Vocabulary-Chemistry Symbols <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Students see a chemistry symbol and choose the correct meaning from 4 possible answers. As accuracy increases, so does level of difficulty. For each correct answer, sponsors of the site donate 10 grains of rice to the United Nations World Food Program.