Science Links

Radiation Monitoring near real time data for California

Terra Server (http://www.terraserver-usa.com/)
Aerial photos and topographic maps of just about anyplace...

Simple and Complex Machines- Virtual Lab Activities (http://sunshine.chpc.utah.edu/javalabs/java12/machine/index.htm)

The Physics Classroom http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Default2.html

Impact Craters on Earth (http://www.solarviews.com/eng/tercrate.htm)
Big holes in the Earth explained...

Ask an Earth Scientist (http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/GG/ASK/askanerd.html)
Have a question? Find your answer here

NASA's Blue Marble http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/BlueMarble/

Earth Science Glossary (http://jersey.uoregon.edu/~mstrick/geology/geo_glossary_page.html)
ES terms and definitions

Earth and Moon Viewer (http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/vplanet.html)
Real time images of the Earth and Moon

Earth’s Seasons explained! (http://esminfo.prenhall.com/science/geoanimations/animations/01_EarthSun_E2.html)

Runaway Universe! (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/universe/)
Companion site to the PBS NOVA film on cutting edge astromomy.

Map and Compass (http://www.princeton.edu/~oa/manual/mapcompass.shtml#Maps)
Learn to read and navigate with a map and compass.

Topographic Maps (http://erg.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/booklets/symbols/index.html)

Cell Cycle- Onion Root Tip Mitosis (http://www.biology.arizona.edu/cell_bio/activities/cell_cycle/cell_cycle.html)

Mitosis Crossword Puzzle

Plate Tectonics 1 (http://observe.arc.nasa.gov/nasa/earth/tectonics/Tectonics1.html )

Dynamic Earth-Plate Tectonics (http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/dynamic.html)

Earth's History -Maps (http://www.scotese.com/climate.htm)
A great site with animated maps and an overview of Earth's history.

Pangaea Game (http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/archive/pangaea/Pangaea_game.html)

Plate Tectonics Lab Activity (http://atlas.geo.cornell.edu/education/student/tectonics/index.html)

Current Earthquake Activity (http://quake.usgs.gov)

2004 Asian Tsunami (http://iri.columbia.edu/%7Elareef/tsunami/)

Virtual Earthquake! Be a virtual seismologist.

Volcano Investigation http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/CVisco/volcano.htm

Images of Eruption on Kilauea http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/dds/dds-80/album.html

How Volcanoes Work (http://www.geology.sdsu.edu/how_volcanoes_work/)
***Detailed look at volcanoes** **practice test for each subtopic**

Volcano Live! (http://www.volcanolive.com/contents.html)

USGS Volcano Site (http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/)
**Excellent resource for investigating volcanoes**

Current Eruptions http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/current_volcs/current.html

Volcanoes! http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/volcanoes.html

Live from Mt. St. Helens (http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/volcanocams/msh/images/mshvolcanocam.jpg)

4000 Years of Women in Science (http://www.astr.ua.edu/4000WS/4000WS.html)

Meet the Women of NASA (http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/women/WON.html)
Thinking of a career in science? Find out what it takes to reach that goal.

Historia- 28 Bios of Women in Science (http://www.liquidleaf.com/historia/historia.html)
Short bios with photos and portraits of 28 influential women in science.

Women Scientists (by NCS students 03)

Web Elements (http://www.webelements.com/webelements/scholar/index.html)
Interactive Periodic Table

Chem4kids (http://www.chem4kids.com/)
Great introduction to matter, atoms, elements, periodic table and bonding.

Mineral Gallery (http://mineral.galleries.com/minerals/by_class.htm)

Minerals and Metals in our lives (http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/mms/scho-ecol/tour/intro_e.htm) take the tour and the test

Mineral Identification Virtual Lab –(http://facweb.bhc.edu/academics/science/harwoodr/Geol101/Labs/Minerals/)

Rock Identification Website

Science of Cooking-

Rock Candy!

Energy Quest

Energy Overview

Energy Production (http://www-ed.fnal.gov/ntep/f98/projects/nrel_energy_2/energyproduction.html)

D.O.E. Sponored Energy Site (http://www.eia.doe.gov/)

How GPS Works http://www.nasm.si.edu/galleries/gps/work.html

River Systems Interactive Introduction http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geographyaction/rivers/

Rivers of the World Database http://www.rev.net/~aloe/river/

Rivers and Caves Links http://geologyindy.byu.edu/links/links12.htm

Jeopardy- weathering, erosion, rivers, deposition, glaciers http://www.regentsearthscience.com/jeopardy/erosion/jeopardy.htm

All About Oceans (http://www.oceansatlas.org/html/workabout.jsp)
United Nations site on oceans.

Plankton

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary SIMON- http://www.mbnms-simon.org/index.php

OCEAN WAVES (http://oceanworld.tamu.edu/students/waves/waves1.htm)
All you ever wanted to know about ocean waves.

REAL TIME OCEANWEATHER DATA (http://www.oceanweather.com/data/)

Outstanding real time data on waves, currents, winds, pressure etc.

Plankton Outstanding images of the base of the food web in the ocean

Atmosphere Explained! –All you ever wanted to know about our planet’s atmosphere

Climate Crisis- An Inconvenient Truth-companion webpage for Al Gore’s film

THUNDERSTORMS (http://www.britannica.com/thunderstorms_tornadoes/ocliwea122a4.html)

Thunderstorms NOAA (http://www.srh.weather.gov/jetstream/mesoscale/tstrm_intro.htm)

Tornadoes (http://weathereye.kgan.com/expert/tornadoes/index.html)

Hurricanes NOAA website

Imagine the Universe NASA http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Astronomy Science @ NASA http://science.nasa.gov/Astronomy.htm

Astronomy.com http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx

Astronomy News http://www.sciencedaily.com/news/space_time/astronomy/

The Eight Planets (http://nineplanets.org/)
Our Solar System

NASA Space Shot of the day (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html)