Science

            General                

                Discovering Science

                Internet Public Library

 

                        

             Web Quests

                 Berkeley Paleontology Explorations Through Time

                 Animal Adaptations  

                 Whalekiosk

                  Pair the Plants

                  Chem4Kids  

                  Macrogalleria (Paul Lemur)     

                  Polymers at National Geographic

 

 

             Star Evolution:

                   Star Formation 

                   Star Temperature

                    Hubble Hits 

                    NASA Game Site

 

            Timeline:

                Berkeley Paleontology

                Smithsonian Institution Paleobiology

                Palaeos Time-Scale

                Dinosaur Timeline Gallery

                Virtual Fossil Museum

                Enchanged Learning- Age of Dinosaurs       

 

           Astronomy:

                Views of the Solar System (Solarviews)

                Welcome to the Planets (JPL)

                Exploring the Planets (National Air and Space Museum)

                Nine Planets (SEDS)

                Planetary Fact Sheets (Nat'l Space Science Data Center)

                Hubble Space Telescope Images

                Daily Image of the Day

                Messier Database (SEDS)

                Messier Catalog

                Messier Objects List

                Constellations              

         

          

            Cells

               Genetic Science Learning Center--Orgenella descriptions

                Cells Alive

                The Cell Website

 

       

            Diseases, Communicable:

          General information about various diseases:

            Centers for Disease Control (CDC)     

               World Health Organization (WHO)

                National Institutes of Health (NIH)

                National Institute of Allergy and Infections Disease

                Health Canada- Bureau of Infectious Diseases

                National Library of Medicine  -MedlinePlus

               

               

               

             Diseases, Genetic:

            General  information about various diseases:

                    National Library of Medicine and National Institute of Health

                    Mayo Clinic

                   www.yourgenesyourhealth.org
                    www.bdid.com/index.htm 

                   www.geneclinics.org/

                    dir.yahoo.com/Health/Diseases_and_Conditions/Genetic_Disorders/
                    www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/disease/
                    www.kumc.edu/gec/support/#m

 

            

              Amyotropic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)

                www.alsa.org 

 

            

             Cancer (melanoma, colon, retinoblastoma, etc.)

                www.cancer.org

 

     Cri Du Chat Syndrome

        www.cridchat.u-net.com 

        gslc.genitics.utah.edu/students.html

 

    Cystic Fibrosis

               http://www.cff.org/

             Diabetes

                   www.ex.ac.uk/diabetesgenes/
                   www.jdrf.org/

                   www.diabetes.org (basic information link)

            
            Down's Syndrome
                   http://www.ndss.org/http://www.ndss.org/

            

             Duchenne's Disease:
                http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/musculardystrophy.html
                http://www.wellesley.edu/Education/Resources/SpecEd/Disorders/musculardystrophy.html


            Edward's Syndrome
                    http://www.cafamily.org.uk/Direct/e18.html

             Fragile X

                www.nfxf.org

 

   Gauchers Disease        

        www.gaucher.org.uk/ 


Jacob's Syndrome
        http://www.aaa.dk/TURNER/ENGELSK/XYY.HTM

 

Klinefelter's syndrome

                www.aaksis.org

                www.aaa.dk/TURNER/ENGELSK/KLINE.HTM

 

Patau Syndrome
        http://www.trisomy.org/index.php

        http://www.soft.org.uk/
        http://medgen.genetics.utah.edu/photographs/pages/trisomy_13.htm

 

 Phenylketonuria PKU

                www.pkunetwork.org

 

      Sickle Cell Anemia

                www.emory.edu/PEDS/SICKEL 

 

 

Tay-Sach's Disease:
        http://www.ntsad.org/
        http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/9339/11032.html
        http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/biology/bio4fv/page/tay_sac.htm

              Turner's Syndrome

                www.turnersyndrome.ca/got_quest.html

               www.aaa.dk/TURNER/ENGELSK/TURN_ORI.HTM
                turners.nichd.nih.gov/

 

                      

 

     Genetics

 

        General

              Genetic Science Learning Center

 

            DNA Fingerprinting

                csdb.nidr.nighgov/chanchai_site/educ180/nih/overview.html

                www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sheppard/analyze.html

                www.accessexcellence.org/AB/WYW/lander/lander_1.html

 

             

 

            Genetic Engineering 

                www.accessexcellence.org/AB/BA/#Anchor-14210

                   Farms...it's in your food

                library.thinkquest.org/19697/index.htm

                

            Gene Therapy

                www.accessexcellence.org/AB/BA/aapost/genetherapy.html

                www.ajkids.com  search for gene therapy

 

            Cloning

                whyfiles.org/034clone/index.html

                www.msnbc.com/modules/cloningTimeline

                library.thinkquest.org/19697/index.htm

                www.accessexcellence.org/AB/index.html  --about biotech

 

            Mutations

                www.ajkids.com           choose genetic disorders

                gslc.genetics.utah.edu    choose genetic disorders

                www.unscear.org   United Nations Report on Atomic Radiation

            

           

            Invertebrates:

                http://www.calacademy.org/research/izg/echinoderm/izlink.htm

                http://courses.washington.edu/zoo432/indexframes.htm

 

            Elements:  

                Los Alamos Periodic Table   

                Chemicool    

                Web Elements                   

                Chem4Kids 

                Chemical Elements

                Comic Book Periodic Table

 

            Minerals:

                 The Mineral Gallery

                  Mineral Network

                 Webmineral

                 UCSB Geology Department

                The Image

 

             Endangered Species:

                Endangered Animals of California

                Endangered Species in California

                National Geographic
                Fish and Wildlife Service

                Animal Diversity UMichigan

                Defenders of Wildlife

                California Endangered Species Act

                Seaworld

                California's Endangered Insects

 

  Science Fair Resources:

                Santa Barbara Science Fair (rules, etc.)

                California State Science Fair Resources                

                Science Fair Idea Exchange

                Science Fair Central

                Science Buddies

                Virtual Avenue

                Successful Science Fair Projects

                All Science Fair Projects

                Science Fairs and Projects

                          

Energy Debate:

Energy Information Administration

BBC Science
British Petroleum

Science Online UK
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
U.S. Department of Energy

U.S. Department of Energy Dr. E
U.S. Department of the Interior
U.S. Energy and World Energy Statistics
U.S. Geological Survey
U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

U.S.Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Environmental Literacy Council

CIA World Factbook

 

            Volcanoes:
                Cascades Volcanoes Observatory

                Volcano World

                Michigan Tech Univ   www.geo.mtu.edu/volcano

                Virtual times; Recent Earthquakes and Volcanoes

                 Plate Tectonics

 

         Scientists/Inventions:

                Eric Weisstein's World of Scientific Bio http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/

                African American scientists https://webfiles.uci.edu/mcbrown/display/faces.html

                Scientist Biographies http://www.blupete.com/Literature/Biographies/Science/Inventors.htm

                Scientists of the 16th and 17th Century  http://galileo.rice.edu/search.html

                Black scientists/inventors www.infoplease.com/spot/bhmscientists1/html

                Hispanic and Native American Scientists http://64.171.10.183/biography/default.asp

                Hispanic inventors http://inventors.about.com/cs/hispanicinventors/

                Inventors in General http://web.mit.edu/invent/i-archive.html

                Smithsonian inventors http://educate.si.edu/spotlight/inventors1.html

                InfoPlease Almanac  http://www.infoplease.com/spot/scibio8.html

                National Inventors Hall of Fame

 

  Fish Resources:

                Fishbase

                Monterey Bay Aquarium Online field guide

                Monterey Bay Aquarium Conservation issues

                NPS Channel Islands

                Oceans Alive

                A Quick Course in Ichthyology

                Index of Vertebrates

                Florida Natural History Museum