LIST OF URL's for General Interest in Science
Prepared by Porter Johnson and/or Roy Coleman
revised: 4/13/08

This SMILE website is hosted by the Illinois Institute of Technology


World Wide Web Addresses
Table of Contents
I. History
VI. Professional Societies
II. Interactive Science & Math Sites
VII. Research Laboratories
III. Media News Sports Trivia Weather
VIII. Vendors
IV. Museums
IX. General Interest Sites
V. Organizations
X. Other Interesting Sites




I. History

Biographies of Chemists (by subject area): http://www.liv.ac.uk/Chemistry/Links/refbiog.html

Biographies of Composers: http://www.hnh.com/qcomp.htm

Biographies of Mathematicians: http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/BiogIndex.html
Female Mathematicians: http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Indexes/Women.html

Classical Music [discographies]: http://www.classicalmus.com/

Contributions of 20th Century Women to Physics: http://www.physics.ucla.edu/~cwp/

Einstein:

    Einstein: http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Einstein.html
    Einstein Online: http://www.westegg.com/einstein/
    AIP Einstein Exhibit: http://www.aip.org/history/einstein/

The Electron's Discovery: http://www.aip.org/history/electron/

Famous curves http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Curves/Curves.html

History of Radiation Protection: http://www.physics.isu.edu/radinf/hist.htm

Images of Physicists: http://charm.physics.ucsb.edu/people/hnn/physicists.html

Mathematics History Topics: http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/HistoryTopics.html

Newton's Castle: http://www.tqnyc.org/NYC051308/index.htm

Science & Art: http://library.thinkquest.org/13681/data/nyc/time.htm?tqskip=1

The Shroud of Turin: http://www.tqnyc.org/NYC063363/

The World Year of Physics: http://www.physics2005.org/




II. Interactive Science & Math Sites

Anatomy:

     Atlas of Human Anatomy: http://www.anatomyatlases.org/
     Gray's Anatomy Text: http://www.bartleby.com/107/
     Human Anatomy: http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html
Antarctica:
    http://quest.arc.nasa.gov:80/
    http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/antarctica2/

Arazona State University Archeology Site: http://archnet.asu.edu/

Ask-A-Scientist: http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/

Bill Nye the Science Guy: http://www.billnye.com

Biolinks Internet Resources: http://www.mnstate.edu/weibust/internetresbiostu.htm

The Biology Project: http://www.biology.arizona.edu/

Bizarre stuff you can make in the Kitchen: http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=7181

Chemistry Guide web links: http://chemistryguide.org

Chemistry Links: http://www.chemdex.org/
Computing Technology for Math Excellence: http://www.ct4me.net/

Cramster Homework Helper: http://www.cramster.com/homework-help.aspx

Dr. Universe (science question and answer exchange): http://www.wsu.edu/DrUniverse

Education Atlas: http://www.educationatlas.com/

The Elements: http://www.americanelements.com/
Fermilab Science Education Office: http://www-ed.fnal.gov/

Fractals (an index): http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/fractals/

Frog Dissection:

    Virtual Frog: http://www.ofsd.k12.wi.us/science/frogdiss.htm
    Interactive Frog dissection: http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/frog/

FunBasedLearning: http://funbasedlearning.com

Illustrated Fractions: http://www.visualfractions.com/

Imagine the Universe lessons from NASA: http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/homepage.html

Insect Encyclopedia: http://www.insectclopedia.com/

Interactive Physics: http://www.interactivephysics.com/

Math and Reading Help for Kids: http://math-and-reading-help-for-kids.org

Mathematics Enrichment: http://www.nrich.maths.org.uk/

Math Games: http://www3.telus.net/public/m.games/welcome.html

Mathematics Practice Problems:
    http://www.algebrahelp.com/
    http://www.edu4kids.com/index.php?TB=2&page=12
    http://www.webmath.com/

Microscopy: http://www.pbrc.hawaii.edu/~kunkel

The New Scientist (British Science Magazine) [Q&A]: http://www.newscientist.com/lastword/

Online Calculators of all types: http://www.martindalecenter.com/Calculators.html

Online Math Center: http://math.whatcom.ctc.edu/

PedagoNet - Learning Resources: http://www.pedagonet.com/

Physlet/Applet Sites:

    An introduction to Physlets from Western Illinois University: http://frontpage.wiu.edu/~bmd111/intro_physlets.htm
    The use of Physlets from the University of Michigan-Dearborn: http://curie.umd.umich.edu/Zitzewitz/MiAAPT/
    From Michigan State University: http://www.msu.edu/user/brechtjo/physics/index.html
    From Sir Wilfred Grenfell College: http://www.swgc.mun.ca/physics/physlets.html
    From Boston University: http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/classroom.html
    From Mainland High School: http://online.cctt.org/curriculumguide/content/physlets.asp
    From Cabrillo College: http://www.cabrillo.edu/~jmccullough/physlets/
    From Coastal Carolina University: http://kingfish.coastal.edu/physics/physlets/
    From High Point University: http://kingfish.coastal.edu/physics/physlets/
    From Walter Fendt: http://www.walter-fendt.de/ph11e/index.html
    From Northwestern's Virtual Physics Laboratory: http://wildcat.phys.northwestern.edu/ugrad/vpl/javasrc/
    Minds on Physics Simulations: http://www.hal-pc.org/~clement/Simulations/Physlets/MOP/minds_on_physics_physlets.html
    Astronomy Physlets from Gustavus Adolphus College: http://physics.gac.edu/~chuck/astro/Physlets.htm
    Astronomy Physlets from Green River Community College: http://www.instruction.greenriver.edu/kclay/physlets.htm

Pictures of all kinds: http://www.ncrtec.org/picture.htm

Powers of 10: http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/index.html

Project Galileo (innovative science teaching methods): http://galileo.harvard.edu

Science-Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement [SMILE]: http://www.iit.edu/~smile/

SciTech Interactive Science Center: http://scitech.mus.il.us

Sky Maps: http://skymaps.com/

Physics Thinking Problems (activity based): http://www.physics.umd.edu/rgroups/ripe/perg/abp/think/

Teach Engineering Hands On Resources: http://teachengineering.com/

Teach-nology: http://www.teach-nology.com/

WebCams: http://www.earthcam.com/

Window to the Universe: http://www.windows.ucar.edu/

The following list is compliments of Compaq Computers and Sun Microsystems.

K-12 Math

    Funbrain math baseball: http://www.funbrain.com/math/
    Mega-Math at Los Alamos National Laboratory: http://www.c3.lanl.gov/mega-math/index.html
    The Math Journal Projects: http://www.mathprojects.com/home.asp
    Lessons to meet NCTM Standards: http://www.mathgoodies.com/
    Math archives of software, lessons and teaching materials: http://archives.math.utk.edu/

Higher Level Math

    Animated graphics applicable to Calculus: http://www.ima.umn.edu/~arnold/graphics.html
    Math tutorial and unsolved problems: http://mathworld.wolfram.com/UnsolvedProblems.html
    Finite Mathematics and Calculus: http://people.hofstra.edu/faculty/Stefan_Waner/RealWorld/index.html
    Calculus references: http://www.calculus.net/
    Calculus texts, projects and modules: http://www.math.duke.edu/education/ccp/materials/index.html

Biological and Physical Sciences

    Neuroscience for kids: http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neurok.html
    Open forum, lab and classroom exercises: http://www.accessexcellence.org/RC/
    The Biology Project: http://www.biology.arizona.edu/
    Children's chemistry site: http://www.chem4kids.com/index.html
    Chemical acronyms, dictionary and directories: http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/
    Interactive Physics resource: http://id.mind.net/~zona/index.html
    Modern Physics tour: http://www.Colorado.EDU/physics/2000/index.pl
    Virtual Chemistry Textbook: http://neon.chem.ox.ac.uk/vrchemistry/
    Howard Hughes Medical Kool Kids Science Site: http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/
    Berkeley Lab's Advanced Light Source: http://www.lbl.gov/MicroWorlds/
    Technical Periodic Table: http://www.webelements.com/
    Franklin Institute Science Museum's heart: http://sln2.fi.edu/biosci/heart.html

Earth/Space Science

    Explore Science Learning Network: http://www.sln.org/
    Space images: http://whyfiles.org/coolimages/index.html
    Windows to the Universe: http://www.windows.ucar.edu/
    Endangered Species: http://www.bagheera.com/inthewild/
    Botany adventure for grades 4 and 5: http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/
    The Planet Earth: http://www.planetpals.com/index.html
    Amazing Space: http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/
    University of California at Berkeley's Museum of Paleontology: http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/
    Biomes, plate tectonics, geologic time and dinosaurs: http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsys.html
    CNN's Sci-Tech space page: http://www.cnn.com/TECH/space/
    USGS Learning site: http://www.usgs.gov/education/
    National Space Society resource links page: http://www.nss.org/spacelinks/index.html
    Marine Ecology: http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/nceas-web/kids/


III. Media News Sports Trivia Weather

Air Safety: http://www.airsafe.com

Burma Shave Slogans: http://www.nidlink.com/~dgookin/burma_shave/

Cable News Network (CNN): http://www.cnn.com/

Discovery Channel: http://www.discovery.com/

Baseball:

    Major League Baseball: http://www.majorleaguebaseball.com/
    Negro League Baseball Online Archives:     http://www.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/news/mlb_news_story.jsp?article_id=pit_20010712_buckoneill_news&team_id=pit

The Outer Limits: http://www.theouterlimits.com

Public Broadcasting Service [PBS]: http://www.pbs.org/

Vanity License Plates: http://www-chaos.umd.edu/misc/plates.html

Weather:

    321Weather: http://www.321weather.com/
    Chicago Tribune weather page: http://weather.chicagotribune.com/US/IL/Chicago/
    WGN TV Weather search: http://wgntv.trb.com/news/weather/
    The Weather Channel: http://www.weather.com/twc/homepage.twc
    TV Weather: http://www.tvweather.com/
    The Weather Processor (Purdue): http://weather.unisys.com/wxp/Overview.html
    Weathernet: http://cirrus.sprl.umich.edu/wxnet




IV. Museums

Adler Planetarium: http://www.adlerplanetarium.org/

American Zoo and Aquarium Association: http://www.aza.org/

Brookfield Zoo: http://www.brookfieldzoo.org

Busch Gardens: http://www.seaworld.org

Chicago Academy of Sciences Nature Museum: http://www.chias.org

Chicago Botanical Gardens: http://www.chicago-botanic.org

Chicago Museums: http://egov.cityofchicago.org/city/webportal/portalChannelAction.do?topChannelName=Exploring

Deutsches Museum (Muenchen): http://www.deutsches-museum.de/e_index.htm

Exploratorium (San Francisco): http://www.exploratorium.edu/

Field Museum of Natural History: http://www.fmnh.org

Garfield Park Conservatory: http://www.garfield-conservatory.org

Gulf of Maine Aquarium: http://octopus.gma.org

Lincoln Park Zoo: http://www.lpzoo.com

Morton Arboretum: http://www.mortonarb.org

Museum of Science and Industry: http://www.msichicago.org/

Natural History Museum (London): http://www.nhm.ac.uk/

Shedd Aquarium: http://www.sheddnet.org

Smithsonian Institution: http://www.si.edu/

    Air & Space Magazine: http://www.airspacemag.com/
    National Air & Space Museum: http://www.nasm.si.edu/
    Encyclopedia Smithsonian: http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/start.htm
    Smithsonian Magazine: http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/




V. Organizations

Census Bureau of the U. S. Government:
     http://www.census.gov
     http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en

Chicago Area Physics Organizations: http://campus.northpark.edu/physics/org/

Chicago Public Library: http://www.chipublib.org

Chicago Public Schools: http://www.cps.k12.il.us

Environmental Protection Agency: http://www.epa.gov

European Federation of Biophysics: http://www.efbf.org

Greenpeace: http://www.greenpeace.org

Illinois Consortium for Accelerator Research: http://www.capp.iit.edu/~icar/

Illinois Institute of Technology:

    Biological Chemical and Physical Sciences Dept: http://www.iit.edu/~bcps/
    Center for Accelerator and Particle Physics: http://www.capp.iit.edu/
    Center for Synchrotron Radiation Research & Instrumentation (CSRRI): http://www.csrri.iit.edu/
    High Energy Physics: http://www.capp.iit.edu/~capp/hep/iithep.shtml
    Science-Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE): http://www.iit.edu/~smile

Illinois State Physics Project (ISPP): http://condor.depaul.edu/~glietz/ispp/ispp.html

Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov/

National Geographic: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/

National Park Service: http://www.nps.gov

National Science Foundation: http://www.nsf.gov

Nature Conservancy: http://www.tnc.org

New Scientist http://www.newscientist.com/

Physics/Chemistry Van Program at Chicago State University: http://www.csu.edu/ChemistryAndPhysics/csuphysvan/

Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (Nobel Prizes): http://www.kva.se/KVA_Root/eng/awards/nobel/nobelprizes/index.asp

Science Television Company: http://www.scitv.com

Scientific American: http://www.sciam.com/

Sierra Club: http://www.sierraclub.org

Sky Publishing: http://www.skypub.com/

The New Teacher Society: http://www.tntp.org/

UNESCO World Heritage List: http://www.unesco.org/whc/nwhc/pages/sites/main.htm

World Health Organization: http://www.who.ch/




VI. Professional Societies

American Association for the Advancement of Science: http://www.aaas.org

American Association of Physics Teachers: http://www.aapt.org/
AAPT Physical Sciences Resource Center: http://www.psrc-online.org/

American Chemical Society: http://www.acs.org/

American Crystallographic Association: http://www.hwi.buffalo.edu/ACA/

American Institute of Physics: http://www.aip.org/

    Center for History of Physics: http://www.aip.org/history/
    Emilio Segre Visual Archives: http://www.aip.org/history/esva/
    Physics Academic Software: http://www.aip.org/pas/

American Nuclear Society: http://www.ans.org/

American Physical Society:
     http://www.aps.org/
     http://www.physicscentral.com/

Federation of Societies of Experimental Biology: http://www.faseb.org/

National Academy of Sciences: http://www.nas.edu/

National Science Teacher's Association: http://www.nsta.org

    Building a Presence for Science and Point of Contact Program: http://ecommerce.nsta.org/bap/




VII. Research Laboratories

Argonne National Laboratory: http://www.anl.gov/

CERN: http://www.cern.ch/

The Department of Energy; Office of Science: http://www.science.doe.gov/

European Molecular Biology Laboratory: http://www.embl-heidelberg.de/

FERMILAB: http://w ww.fnal.gov/

    Education: http://www.fnal.gov/pub/education
    Lederman Science Education Center http://www-ed.fnal.gov/pub/ed_lsc.html

Goddard Space Flight Center http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Hale-Bopp:
    http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/comet/
    http://www.seds.org/spaceviews/halebopp/

High Energy Physics Laboratories: http://www.cern.ch/Physics/hep.html

Hubble Telescope:
    http://hubblesite.org/
    http://www.stsci.edu/pubinfo/PR.html

Jet Propulsion Laboratory:

    Main Page: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/
    The Earth: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/earth/
    Missions: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/solar_system/missions/missions_index.cfm
    Planetary Photojournal: http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/index.html
    The Solar System: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/solar_system/
    Stars and Galaxies: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/stars_galaxies/
    Technology: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/technology/

Lawrence Hall of Science: http://www.lhs.berkeley.edu/

NASA sites:

    Exploration: http://exploration.nasa.gov/
    For 9-12 Educators: http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/9-12/features/index.html
    Science@NASA: http://science.nasa.gov/
    Solar Physics: http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/solar/
    Space Shuttle Web: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/
    Sun-Earth Day: http://sunearthday.nasa.gov/
National Institute of Standards and Technology Time: http://www.time.gov

Project Galileo [JPL Jupiter Survey]: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/index.html

Quest Center of NASA: http://quest.arc.nasa.gov:80/

Synchrotron Laboratories: http://www-hasylab.desy.de/science/

United States Geological Survey: http://www.usgs.gov/

United Stated Naval Observatory: http://tycho.usno.navy.mil




VIII. Vendors

The SMILE program neither endorses nor evaluates vendors.   The following list was compiled based on suggestions of the participants.


Book ordering Websites:

    Amazon: http://www.amazon.com
    Barnes and Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com
    Borders: http://www.borders.com
    Holt, Rinehart and Winston: http://www.hrw.com/
    World Scientific Publishing Company: http://www.wspc.com.sg/books/bookshop.html

Computer Companies:

    Apple: http://www.apple.com
    Compaq: http://www.compaq.com
    Dell: http://www.dell.com
    Gateway 2000:http://gateway.com/index.shtml
    Hewlett-Packard:http://www.hp.com/
    Hitachi: http://www.hitachi.com/
    IBM: http://www.pc.ibm.com/us/desktopcomputing/index.html
    Micron: http://www.micronpc.com

Equipment and Software:

    Educational Clip Art: http://www.wisegorilla.com/
    Educational Innovations, Inc.: http://www.teachersource.com
    Electronics-Manufacturers: http://www.electronics-manufacturers.com/
    HandyGraph: http://www.handygraph.com/
    Mac Software: http://www.macsoftware.apple.com
    Mathematica: http://www.mathematica.com
    Microsoft: http://www.microsoft.com
    Renaissance Learning: http://www.renlearn.com/
    School Center: http://www.schoolcenter.com
    Texas Instruments: http://www.ti.com/calc
    Vernier: http://www.vernier.com
    Videopoint: http://www.lsw.com/videopoint
    Wolfram Research: http://www.wolfram.com
    Ztek: http://www.ztek.com

Open Source Software:

    Mozilla (MS-IE replacement): http://www.mozilla.org
    OpenOffice.org (MS Office replacement): http://www.openoffice.org/

Science/Math Supply Houses:

    All Electronics Corporation: http://www.allelectronics.com/
    American Science and Surplus: http://sciplus.com
    Arbor Scientific: http://www.arborsci.com/
    Carolina Biological Supply Company: http://www.carolina.com/
    Edmund Scientific: http://www.edsci.com/
    ETA/Cuisenaire: http://www.etacuisenaire.com
    Flinn Scientific, Inc: http://www.flinnsci.com
    Frey Scientific: http://www.freyscientific.com
    Imagiworks: http://www.imagiworks.com
    Indigo Instruments: http://www.indigo.com
    School World: http://www.schoolworld.com/
    Science in a Bag: http://www.scienceinabag.com/Productpage.html
    The Nature Store: http://www.TheNatureStore.com
    Pasco: http://www.pasco.com
    Pitsco Innovative Education: http://www.pitsco.com/

TOPS Learning Systems: http://www.topscience.org

Weathershack-Weather Instruments: http://www.weathershack.com



IX. General Interest Sites

The Albatross Project: http://www.wfu.edu/albatross

Amusement Park Physics (Compliments of Nathan A. Unterman - Glenbrook North High School): http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/app/nau_links.htm

Astronomy:
    http://www.library.ucsb.edu/subj/astronom.html
    http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/near.html
    Astronomy Cafe: http://www.astronomycafe.net/
    Astronomy Images: http://www.fotosearch.com/photos-images/galaxy.html

Biological Sciences Virtual Library: http://mcb.harvard.edu/BioLinks.html

Bubblesphere: http://bubbles.org/

Butterfly Websites:
    http://www.ButterflyWebSite.com
    http://www.TheButterflySite.com/

Chernobyl:
    http://www.infoukes.com/history/chornobyl/
    http://www.belarusguide.com/chernobyl1/chfacts.htm

Conversions:
    http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/conversions.html
    http://www.onlineconversion.com/
    http://www.xe.com/ucc/full.shtml

Dinosaurs: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/

Dogs: http://www.pbs.org/nature/dogs/html

Earth Quakes: http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/

Energy Quest (California Energy Commission): http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/index.html

Find The Forged Coin: http://www.cut-the-knot.org/blue/OddCoinProblems.shtml

Kudzu: http://www.jjanthony.com/kudzu/

Light and Color (obtained from Thomas Rossing; Northern Illinois University):

    Cliff Pickover's Graphics in Art and Science: http://www.pickover.com/
    Art Science Research Laboratory: http://portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php-URL_ID=10636&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
    Catalog of Holograms: http://www.holostudios.com/studiofile/intstock.htm
    Lake Forest College Holography Site: http://www.lfc.edu/academics/physics/holography

Maps: http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/states.html

Materials World Modules (Northwestern University): http://www.materialsworldmodules.org/

Mike The Headless Chicken: http://www.miketheheadlesschicken.org/

Newton BBS: http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/

The Non-Nerd's Guide to Science: http://nerdscience.com/

Oceanography:

    Sea World: http://www.seaworld.com/
    El-Nino: http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/toga-tao/el-nino/nino-home.html
    Tsunami: http://www.geophys.washington.edu/tsunami/intro.html
        http://www.geophys.washington.edu/tsunami/intro.html

Old Trees: http://www.nyu.edu/projects/julian/

Ornithology WebSite: http://www.birdwebsite.com/

Periodic Tables:

    Chemical Elements.com: http://www.chemicalelements.com/
    Comic book Periodic Table: http://www.uky.edu/Projects/Chemcomics/
    Other Periodic tables and links to still more periodic tables: http://wild-turkey.mit.edu/Chemicool/
    Periodic Table Quiz Questions: http://www.1001-periodic-table-quiz-questions.com/

Data Powers of Ten: http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/research/projects/how-much-info/datapowers.html

Rainforests: http://www.ran.org

Rivers:

    Chicago River: http://www.chicagoriver.org/
    Rivers Project [Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville]: http://www.siue.edu/OSME/river
    River Links: http://www.siue.edu/OSME/river/RiverLinks/Riverlinks.html
    Zebra Mussels: http://www.siue.edu/OSME/river/RiverLinks/Riverlinks.html

Snakes of North America: http://www.pitt.edu/~mcs2/herp/SoNA.html

Volcanoes:

    Volcano Hazards Program: http://volcanoes.usgs.gov
    Volcanoes of the World: http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/framework.html
    Volcano World: http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/

Web of Culture: http://www.webofculture.com/

Whales:
    http://www.whaletimes.org
    http://www.seaworld.org/GrayWhale/current.html
    Sea World Animal Information Database: http://www.seaworld.org/infobook.html

Wolves at Yellowstone National Park:
    http://www.yellowstone-natl-park.com/wolf.htm
    http://www.forwolves.org/ralph
    http://www.ladywolf.com/

World Fact Book: http://www.worldfactbook.com/




X. Other Interesting Sites

Bill Beaty's Home Page: http://www.eskimo.com/~billb/

   Ball Lightning: http://www.eskimo.com/~billb/tesla/ballgtn.html
   Feynman Information: http://www.eskimo.com/~billb/feynman.html

Camilla Senior School Ontario Canada: http://www.camillasenior.homestead.com/mst.html

Chemical Hazard Data:
    http://www.siri.org/
    http://hazard.com/msds/

CIA's World Fact Book: http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/

Education Directory/Education Portal: http://education-portal.com

Encarta Lesson Collection http://encarta.msn.com/schoolhouse

Erik's Treasure Trove [Eric W. Weisstein]:

    Mathematics: http://mathworld.wolfram.com
    Physics: http://www.astro.virginia.edu/~eww6n/physics/physics.html

Frequently Asked Questions [FAQ--John Baez]: http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/

    Is Glass a Solid or a Liquid? http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/General/Glass/glass.html
    Open Questions in Physics: http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/General/open_questions.html
    The Solar Neutrino Problem: http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/ParticleAndNuclear/solarNeutrino.html
    The Twin Paradox: http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/Relativity/SR/TwinParadox/twin_paradox.html
    Which Way Will My Bathtub Drain? http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/General/bathtub.html

The Great Buildings Collection http://www.greatbuildings.com

The High School Hub (Resources for high school students): http://www.highschoolhub.org/hub/hub.htm

Hot Hot List (Roy Williams): http://www.cacr.caltech.edu/~roy/

The Houghton Mifflin Link Library http://www.eduplace.com/links/index.html

How Stuff Works: http://www.howstuffworks.com/

The Interactive Public Library Youth Division http://www.ipl.org/youth

Internet Pilot to Physics: http://physicsweb.org/TIPTOP/

Keep America Beautiful: http://www.kab.org

LandMark Project: http://landmark-project.com/index.php

The Library in the Sky: http://www.nwrel.org/sky/

Math Websites List: http://www.members.optusnet.com.au/~borishandal/MathsInternetGuide/

Microwave Oven information:

    Microwave Oven Problems: http://rabi.phys.virginia.edu/106/2000/ps7a.html
    How Does a Microwave Oven Work? http://www.sciencenet.org.uk/database/Physics/EMandLight/p00571b.html
    How Do Microwaves Work? http://www.gallawa.com/microtech/mwave.html
    Can Microwave Ovens Leak? http://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/phys_agents/microwave_ovens.html
    Superheating in Microwave Ovens: http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~jw/superheating.html
    How Do Microwave Ovens Work, and Are They Harmful in ANY Way? http://www.physlink.com/Education/AskExperts/ae379.cfm
    Why do grapes spark in a microwave oven? http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/dec97/882909591.Ph.r.html
    Water in a microwave oven [applet]: http://www.physicslessons.com/exp30b.htm
    Microwave Oven Experiments: http://ifaq.wap.org/science/particlephysics.html
    Unwise Microwave Oven Experiments: http://www.eskimo.com/~billb/weird/microexp.html
    Microwave Ovens: http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/microwaves/
    How Things Work: Microwave Ovens: http://HowThingsWork.virginia.edu/microwave_ovens.html
    Can You Sterilize the Mail in a Microwave Oven? http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/548836/posts
    CDs in a Microwave Oven: http://hamjudo.com/notes/cdrom.html
    Microwave Ovens and Percy Spencer: http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blmicrowave.htm
    Funny things to do with your microwave oven: http://margo.student.utwente.nl/el/microwave/

Patent Information: http://www.freepatentsonline.com/

Pro Teacher: http://www.proteacher.com

Purdue University Physics Outreach Program: http://www.physics.purdue.edu/OUTREACH/

Renew The Earth: http://www.renewtheearth.org/

Satellite Images:

    Clouds: http://www.goes.noaa.gov/ECIR4.html
    Visible and Infrared: http://www.goes.noaa.gov/

Satellite Tracking: http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/RealTime/JTrack/

Science Fair Central at NEIU: http://www.neiu.edu/~sfc/

Student Activities (Jefferson Laboratories BEAMS Program): http://education.jlab.org/beams/beamshome.html

Surfing the Net With Kids http://www.surfnetkids.com/

Teacher Network and Resource Lists:

    Resource Lists: http://www.csun.edu/lrc
    Sites for Teachers: http://www.sitesforteachers.com/
    Teacher Network: http://www.teachers.net/

The Virtual Schoolhouse http://metalab.unc.edu/cisco/schoolhouse/

Webcams:

    General: http://www.webcams.com/
    Weather: http://cirrus.sprl.umich.edu/wxnet/wxcam.html

The Wonders of Physics: http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/wop.htm

Virtual Tourist World Map: http://www.vtourist.com/webmap/

Yahoo Physics Links: http://www.yahoo.com/Science/Physics/

Youth Net http://youth.net/


If you encounter other interesting Web addresses that you think should be included, e-mail the address to Dr. Porter Johnson. If you encounter any links that are not working or are outdated, e-mail the link's address to either Dr. Porter Johnson or Roy Coleman

Last revised April 13, 2008 by Roy Coleman and/or Porter Johnson

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