Science Resources

Home page of the famous San Francisco Exploratorium.

This virtual museum brings the exhibits, resources, and fun of a museum visit right to you. It's not quite the real thing, but a visit should satisfy your yearning for learning about science. It includes lots of links to other Web science sites. Wander, wonder, and just have fun!

The Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Illinois, is an educational institution concerned with the diversity and relationships in nature and among cultures. It provides collection-based research and learning for greater public understanding and appreciation of the world in which we live.

Wide variety of information on the natural world, especially for geology and related fields.

Many of these exhibitions here consist of objects and specimens not only from the American Museum of Natural History's own collections, but from museums and private collections from the world over, gathered together to tell a story of discovery and knowledge in the most compelling way possible.

General Exhibitions: Inventions and Inventors

Celebrates the creative and entrepreneurial spirit of great inventors through exhibits and presentations which allow visitors to experience the excitement of discovery, creativity, and imagination.

The Invention Dimension highlights a different American inventor every week with a biographical sketch covering his or her accomplishments and their impact on society. Also an extensive list of related links to invention and innovation sites on the Web.

A virtual, visual museum dedicated to the invention of machines that fly. Includes a substantial section on the attempts prior to the Wright Brothers' successful experiment. Lots of good information here!

Index to important people and events in the English Industrial revolution, with background on important inventors and inventions of that period of history.

This web site gives an account on the contributions of Renaissance mathematicians to the development of science and art is based on a videotape of the same name. This site looks in particular at the work of Galileo and describes with drawings, films, and animations his work with inclined planes and accelerated motion.

Search for the information on information about patents. Find out who has a patent on something, and the details of the patent. This is a complicated database to use, but a bit of patience will yield a lot of interesting information.

Biological and Medical Science Resources

A complete Introduction to Biology class, online with links to related information. From Chris Halloran, Warren County Community College. A valuable resource to anyone studying Biology.

Table of Contents. Click on the underlined items to go to those chapters. The text items are modified lecture outline developed for a freshman-level biology, at Estrella Mountain Community College. Created by the instructor: Michael J. Farabee, Ph.D.

Excellent collection of links to information of use to students of Biology, from a college level class at Estrella Mountain Community College. Created by the instructor: Michael J. Farabee, Ph.D.

Lots of information about disease and health from this government agency. Includes these sections: Diseases , Health Risks , Prevention Guidelines and Strategies, Travelers' Health, and more.

The Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) was established in 1888 as a non-profit institution devoted to research and education in basic biology. Lewis Thomas, author of The Lives of a Cell, has called the MBL "the uniquely national center for biology in this country." Scientists and students throughout the world come to the MBL to conduct research, teach, study, and collaborate with other scientists. They use the diverse and abundant organisms found in surrounding waters as model systems in their research.

Animations of cells show how they act and react. Very nice graphic illustrations, with motion demonstrate cellular concepts with clarity.

If you enjoyed your visit to the Nine Planets (above), you will also like to visit the National Space Science Data Center, with its vast amount of information (including images) related to the U.S. Space Program. Organized according to subjects covered, including space mission projects, planets and satellites, etc.

NASA has produced this website to allow the public to stay up with the development of the International Space Station, which is scheduled to be started in 1998. Includes lots of pictures, plans and other information.

A large collection of links to Internet resources related to Space Science and Astronomy.

A chance to move a space station and view it in 3D. "The Acme Space Station Corp. is pleased to announce the new top-of-the-line models in its fleet of Galactica-class space stations. The Interplanetary Metroplex models provide the ultimate in comfort, security, and convenience for up to 175 million residents."

A great place top start your explorations about volcanoes. Has lots of information freely available.

College course in the geology of national parks, with links to some park Web sites that have interesting rock formations.

Site of the famous "ocean floor" map. The Marine Geology & Geophysics Division of the National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) and the collocated World Data Center A for Marine Geology and Geophysics (WDC A MGG) compiles and maintains extensive databases in both coastal and open ocean areas. Key data types include bathymetry, underway geophysics (gravity, magnetic, seismic reflection), sediment thickness, data derived from ocean drilling and seafloor sediment and rock samples, and data from the Great Lakes. NGDC also operates the International Hydrographic Organization Data Center for Digital Bathymetry (IHO DCDB).

A colorful, exciting source for information about volcano science. Includes lots of pictures of volcanoes! Mt. St. Helens, Mt. Rainier, Yellowstone Park, Devil's Tower-- and even Mt. Lassen. Be sure to check out KIDS DOOR.

Click on the following map, or enter the 3 digit station id to get the current weather conditions for that location. From here you can also go back to the main Weather page.

Lots of weather information from the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Illinois. Includes hypermedia instructional modules on how to understand meteorology.

Huge environmental database and information on the famous explorer and pioneering naturalist, John Muir.

Search the Plant Encyclopedia for information about plants and trees. Includes scientific names and other vital information about the plant.

An interesting commercial site that has a variety of information related to gardening and plants.

View the very latest seismographic data from earthquakes around the world at this site. Very impressive displays!

NASA Loaded with information about our planet.

EnviroLink Library is a comprehensive resource of environmental information on the Internet. Information is grouped under subjects within each main area of the Library. This link allows users to search this library by subjects and key words.

A collection of news stories that deal with the environment, updated daily. Allows searching by topic, which might be the best way to find what you are looking for. For example, a search for "oil spills" retrieved over two dozen excellent articles.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service offers a lot of information about endangered species, including the official list of protected species (both plants and animals) and answers to frequently asked questions.

Physical Science: Physics and Physicists

How are rainbows formed? Why do they only occur when the sun is behind the observer? If the sun is low on the horizon, at what angle in the sky should we expect to see a rainbow? This lab helps to answer these and other questions by examining a mathematical model of light passing through a water droplet.

MathMol (Mathematics and Molecules) is designed to serve as an introductory starting point for those interested in the field of molecular modeling. Includes online hyper media textbooks for both elementary and high school students. Nicely illustrated and easy to use.

Find presentations on people, events and discoveries in Physics and other related areas of science, which are linked from here.

Physics 2000 is a place to have fun learning visually and interactively about physics and familiar high-tech devices. Discover the impacts of Einstein and other early 20th-century physicists on modern technology, and enter the exotic world of quantum physics. Plus lots more....

This page is a service of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center Library. It contains a list in reverse chronological order of the award winners with brief biographical information and a description of the discovery taken from the Nobel Foundation's text describing each Laureate's discovery and other sources.

A documented archive of information about women who have made original and important contributions to physics this century through 1975.

Their mission is to preserve and make known the history of modern physics and allied sciences including astronomy, geophysics, optics, and the like. Note their online exhibits about Einstein and the Discovery of the Electron, and biographical data in the visual archives from physics.

Colorful and informative exhibition on the history of the electron, from the American Institute of Physics.

Award-winning exhibition on Albert Einstein's life and discoveries, from the American Institute of Physics.

This is the fourth year of an outreach program now called the Monarch Watch. The goals are to further science education, particularly in primary and secondary school systems, to promote conservation of monarch butterflies and to involve thousands of students and adults in a cooperative study of the monarch's fall migration.

Technology at a Glance is a quarterly newsletter from the National Institute of Standards and Technology reporting on research results, funding programs, and manufacturing extension and technology services.