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Science
Encyclopedias and Magazine Databases
For general information, use one of our general
encyclopedias; Click here
for health topics.
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here!
EBSCO
General Science Collection
Full-text articles from a large variety of science magazines and journals.
EBSCO
Science Reference Center
Full text for nearly 640 science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals,
etc.
Astronomy
& Space
Astronomy for Kids: The Planets
http://www.dustbunny.com/afk/
Fast facts about the planets at this easy-to-understand site.
The Nine Planets: A Multimedia
Tour of the Solar System
http://www.seds.org/nineplanets/nineplanets/nineplanets.html
Scientific and historical Information on the planets and moons in the
solar system.
Welcome to the Planets
http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/
From NASA comes this picture tour of the planets, with accompanying written
and sound captions. Also includes information on Hubble, Mariner, Mars
Pathfinder and other explorers.
NASA Image of the Day Gallery
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/index.html
Check out some incredible photographs from space from NASA's collections.
The image changes daily.
Biography
Faces
of Science: African-Americans in the Sciences
https://webfiles.uci.edu/mcbrown/display/faces.html
Search by name or scientific subtopic for a biography of African American
scientists of all eras.
A Science Odyssey: People and Discoveries
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/
Twentieth-century scientists and their stories of and behind their discoveries.
A PBS site.
Scientists, Inventors
and Explorers
http://www.juliantrubin.com/sciencebiography.html#Women%20Scientists%20and%20Inventors
Search by discipline, historical era, gender, etc.
Scientists and Thinkers
http://www.time.com/time/time100/scientist/
Biographies and accomplishments of the most important scientists and inventors
of the 20th Century.
Click here for Biology and Living Environment page
Chem Team
http://dbhs.wvusd.k12.ca.us/webdocs/ChemTeamIndex.html
Study resources for high school and Advanced Placement chemistry.
WebElements Periodic Table of the Elements
http://www.webelements.com/webelements/scholar/index.html
All you want to know about the elements.
Regents Prep Chemistry
http://regentsprep.org/Regents/chem/chem.cfm
Exam
overviews, unit reviews, quizzes, practice exams and more. From the Oswego
City School District
Dictionaries and Glossaries
Bio Tech's LIfe Sciences Dictionary
http://life.nthu.edu.tw/~g864204/dict-search.html
Terms related to biochemistry, biotechnology, botany, cell biology and
genetics.
Wiley InterScience Scientific and Technical Acronyms, Symbols, and
Abbreviations
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/stasa/
Look up acronymns, symbols and terms used in scientific works. Also contains
numerous scientific tables in .pdf files.
Discover
Our Earth
http://www.discoverourearth.org/student/introduction.html
Information about earthquakes, volcanoes, plate tectonics, topology, and
sea level change and other earth science topics; includes images, graphs,
maps and movies. From Cornell University.
Earth Science : Astronomy, Ecology, Geology, Meteorology
http://highschoolhub.org/hub/science.cfm
From High School Hub, lots of links to different topics in earth science.
Exploring Earth
http://earthsci.terc.edu/navigation/home.cfm
Using videos, maps and other visual aids, this interactive, online textbook
helps you better understand what you've been learning in your earth science
science. You can even check out news and career information related to
the earth sciences.
Regents Prep Earth
Science
http://www.regentsprep.org/Regents/earthsci/earthsci.cfm
Excellent site containing exam overviews, unit reviews, quizzes, practice
exams and more. From the Oswego City School District
Magazines
and Journals (non-subscription)
The
New York Times : Science
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/science/index.html
Up-to-date science news, plus science articles from the Tuesday Science
section and the general newspaper. Note: Subscription (free) required
to view the New York Times website.
Science
News Online
http://www.sciencenews.org
Weekly newsmagazine for general readers covering research in all aspects
of science.
Scientific
American
http://www.sciam.com
Online version of the oldest and best-known science magazine in the U.S.
Physics
Physics Applets
http://jersey.uoregon.edu/
Applets dealing with mechanics, thermodynamics, energy and environment
and astrophysics to help you understand the principles of physics operating
in our world.
The Physics Classroom
http://www.physicsclassroom.com
Online tutorial for high school students. Learn basic concepts with the
Physics Tutorial; the Multimedia Physics Studio will help you visualize
laws of physics.
The Physics Zone by Science
Joy Wagon
http://www.sciencejoywagon.com/physicszone/
Lessons include lots of movies, simulations and animated slide shows to
explain laws and other concept. Also contains a section to review for
the NYS Physics Regents exam.
Psychology
Encyclopedia of Psychology
http://www.psychology.org/
Links to thousands of psychology sites, including those covering people,
history and theories, as well as links to organizations, publications,
and careers. The Resources page has links to doing research, dictionaries
and glossaries, study tips, teaching resources, and more.
SOSIG: Psychology
http://sosig.esrc.bris.ac.uk/psychology/
The psychology reference pages of the Social Science Information Gateway
(SOSIG). Annotated selections link to high-quality internet sources in
many areas of psychology. For AP and college students.
Tools
Create a Graph -- NCES's Student Classroom
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/graphing/
From the National Center for Educational Statistics comes this site that
lets you make a bar, pie, area, or line graph that you can print out or
download to your computer.
Did You Ever Wonder?
http://www.lbl.gov/wonder/
Scientists answer all sorts of scientific and technical questions while
highlighting their work. Questions change every month. From the Ernest
Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National laboratory.
How Stuff Works
http://www.howstuffworks.com
Find out how thousands of products work.
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