Ocean Currents
Ocean Currents (Smithsonian)
http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/OCEAN_PLANET/HTML/
oceanography_currents_1.html
Check out the mpeg video Dynamic
Ocean Topography
Ocean Currents - Athena Curriculum (NASA)
http://vathena.arc.nasa.gov/curric/oceans/drifters/ocecur.html
Ocean Currents and Climate (From the Department of Earth
Sciences , University of Southern California)
http://earth.usc.edu/~stott/Catalina/Oceans.html
Good explanation supported by colour visuals.
Ocean Currents Exploration (From Aquatic Network)
http://www.studyofplace.com/Activities/
Activity.cfm?ActivityId=7
A study of the Gulf Stream.
Ocean Surface Currents
http://oceancurrents.rsmas.miami.edu/
An interactive site. "Move the mouse over any ocean to see the ocean surface currents in that ocean. Click on a ocean to explore the ocean surface currents in that ocean in greater detail."
Satellite Oceanography
Exploring Satellite Oceanography: (A Set of Lesson Plans for High School Science Students)
http://dcz.gso.uri.edu/amy/avhrr.html
Ocean Color from Space
http://daac.gsfc.nasa.gov/CAMPAIGN_DOCS/OCDST/
ocean_color_from_space.html
Oceanography from the Space Shuttle
http://daac.gsfc.nasa.gov/CAMPAIGN_DOCS/OCDST/
shuttle_oceanography_web/oss_cover.html
This is a beautiful site with pictures that are literally out of this world!
Studying Ocean Color from Space: Teacher's Guide With Activities
http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEAWIFS/
LIVING_OCEAN/LIVING_OCEAN.html
Topex/Poseidon: Understanding Our Oceans from Space
http://topex-www.jpl.nasa.gov/TOPEX/POSEIDON
Maps ocean surface topography and how oceanographers use ocean topography to monitor ocean currents. Many of the resources at this web site can be incorporated into secondary science curricula.
Tide Pools
Marine Biology: Intertidal Life
http://neptune.spaceports.com/~marine/life.html
Picture and description of each organism.
Virtual Tide Pool
http://bonita.mbnms.nos.noaa.gov/Visitor/TidePool/
The Tide Pool Page: An Interactive Tour
http://hmsc.oregonstate.edu/projects/rocky/intro.html
Publications
Oceanography: The Official Magazine of the Oceanography Society
http://daac.gsfc.nasa.gov/CAMPAIGN_DOCS/OCDST/shuttle_oceanography_web/oss_cover.html
Pdf versions of articles from this journal are available at this site.
Physics Sources on the Web Favorite Physics Sites selected by John Jennings, Physics teacher, Sackville High School, and Chuck Blinn, award-winning physics teacher and vice-principal from Millwood High School, Halifax Regional School Board, N.S. John coordinated the selection of physics sites fot the HRSB website. Projectiles and simulations are recommended by Mr. Blinn.
Best of Hubble - A Movie
http://wires.news.com.au/special/mm/030811-hubble.htm
Enjoy this breathtaking movie. This is sure to be a favorite.
Glenbrook South Physics Home Page
http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/phys.html
An excellent site devoted to topics covered in grade 11 and 12 physics.
GoGraph
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/graphing/
Students can make bar, area or line graphs on-line. Great link for any physics site.
Learn Physics Today
http://library.thinkquest.org/10796/index.html?tqskip1=1&tqtime=1014
This is an excellent site that takes you through many physics principles. The site contains notes and problems.
PhysicsQuest
http://physicsquest.homestead.com/index.html
Interesting physics tasks that require analysis, synthesis, and evaluation.
See the Physics Projects site as well (http://cpphysics.homestead.com/student.html).
An award-winning site maintained by Dolores Gende, designed for the College Prep, Honors and AP Physics B students at Holy Innocents' Episcopal School in Atlanta, GA (see also http://dgende.homestead.com/).
Physics
http://www.millwood.ednet.ns.ca/physics/files/physics.htm
One of John Jennings's favorite sites is Chuck Blinn's site.
Physics Principles with Applications
http://cwx.prenhall.com/giancoli/
A partner site to the Giancoli textbook containing course objectives, practice problems, and self-tests.
Physlink.com
http://www.physlink.com/
An educational reference site for physics and astronomy which includes questions, events in the news, quotes, etc.
Projectiles
Fire the Cannon
http://jersey.uoregon.edu/vlab/Cannon/
Control the Starting Position
http://www.walter-fendt.de/ph11e/projectile.htm
Introduction to Projectiles
http://www.crocodile-clips.com/
absorb/AP5/sample/010105.html
Transverse Waves
http://surendranath.tripod.com/Twave/Twave01A.html
Longitudinal Wave Simulator
http://surendranath.tripod.com/Lwave/Lwave01.html
From Motion to Satellites
http://www.fearofphysics.com/
The Roller Coaster
http://surendranath.tripod.com/Coaster/Coaster.html
Physics of Pool
http://www.upei.ca/~fac_ed/projects/
Pedro/pool/javapool.html
Centripetal Forces - Conduct an Experiment
http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/java/
circularMotion/circular3D_e.html
Simulations
Significant Figures
http://lectureonline.cl.msu.edu/~mmp/applist/sigfig/sig.htm
Vernier Caliper Tutorial
http://webphysics.ph.msstate.edu/jc/library/1-4/index.html
Waves
http://www.millwood.ednet.ns.ca/physics/files/
waves/wave_simul.htm
An experiment set up from my Chuck Blinn's website with an alternate site for simulations of each concept in the study of waves. Just double-click on each experiment.
Interesting Articles
Lerner, Eric. "Penetrating the fog."The Industrial Physicist. Retrieved November 8, 2003 from
http://www.aip.org/tip/INPHFA/vol-9/iss-5/p20.html
Mike Loewenstein, Mike. (2002)."Energy, Kinetic energy, and Impact Cratering. (Asteroids)." Retrieved November 8, 2003 from http://www.astro.umd.edu/~loewen/ASTR220/
handout_4/handout_4.html.
Science Images and Movies
Breaking the Sound Barrier - Property of US Navy (with Permission)
http://www.millwood.ednet.ns.ca/physics/sound/
sonicboomplane_navy_high.jpg
Beautiful Photographs of Lightning
http://www.lightningphotography.com/
Honda Ad
http://multimedia.honda-eu.com/accord/
Biographies of Scientists on the Web
Selected by the Editor.
Biographies: Notable Scientists (From Infoplease.com)
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/scibio8.html
Arranged by branch of science.
Eric's Treasure Trove of Scientific Biography
http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/
Note the navigation bar on the left hand side of the page which categorizes biographies by historical period, gender and minority status, nationality, prize winners, and branch of science.
Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences
http://www.princeton.edu/~mcbrown/display/faces.html
Great Canadian Scientists
http://www.science.ca/
A great source for Canadian science.
See main page and lists of scientists (http://www.science.ca/scientists/scientists.php).
Women in Science (Presented by The San Diego Supercomputer Center)
http://www.sdsc.edu/ScienceWomen/
A selection of 16 significant contributors.
Chemists
Archive of Famous Organic Chemists
http://orgchem.chem.uconn.edu/colleges/oldchemists.html
Some with hyperlinks.
Biographies of Chemists
http://www.chemlin.de/chemistry/chemists.htm
A large selection of chemists, alphabetically arranged. From The Virtual Chemistry Library.
Chemical Achievers: The Human Face of Chemical Achievement
http://www.chemheritage.org/EducationalServices/
chemach/home.html
Written by Mary Ellen Bowden. Adapted for multimedia by Mark Michalovic.
Chemistry Biography
http://www.bartleby.com/65/cat/bio/chembio1.html
From Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th edition.
FECS Millennium Project 100 Distinguished European Chemists
http://www.chemsoc.org/networks/enc/FECS/100chemists.htm
Arranged by century.
18th Century:
http://www.chemsoc.org/networks/enc/FECS/
100greatest_18th.htm
19th Century:
http://www.chemsoc.org/networks/enc/FECS/
100greatest_19th.htm
2oth Century:
http://www.chemsoc.org/networks/enc/FECS/
100greatest_20th.html
History of Chemistry
http://www.woodrow.org/teachers/chemistry/institutes/1992/
The history of chemistry is arranged alphabetically by topic, acids and bases; atoms, molecules, and ions, equilibrium; etc., with biographies of the chemists responsible for discoveries beside each topic.
List of Chemists (From Wikipedia)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_chemists
These biographies of three or four paragraphs in length are hyperlinked.
Nobel Prize in Chemistry Winners 2003-1901
http://www.almaz.com/nobel/chemistry.html
From the Nobel Prize Internet Archive
http://almaz.com/nobel/nobel.html
Also available as an alphabetical arrangement
http://almaz.com/nobel/chemistry/alpha.html
Nobel Prize Winners: Chemistry (From McGraw Hill)
http://accessscience.com/Awards/Nobel/CHEM/main.html
Arrangement by decade.
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
http://www.nobel.se/chemistry/
From the Official Web Site of the Nobel Foundation.
Physicists
Famous Physicists
http://cnr2.kent.edu/~manley/physicists.html
A length list which includes reason for their selection as well as links to longer biographies. The list is divided into physicists of The Classical Period, The Nobel Laureates, and Others. Maintained by D. Mark Manley, Department of Physics, Kent State University. Updated frequently.
Famous Physicists (From Physics Web)
http://physicsweb.org/resources/Reference/Famous_physicists/
Includes many mathematicians as well as physicists. A great resource.
Great Physicists
http://physics.hallym.ac.kr/reference/physicist/physicist.html
A large number of physicists. With lengthy biographies. Several with
pictures.
Irrepressible Galileo Galilei
http://www.skyscript.co.uk/galileo.html
Galileo and many others.
Nobel Prize in Physics
http://www.nobel.se/physics/
Includes pictures and often biographies of the Nobel Laureates for Physics as well as articles written by several of the laureates.
Nobel Laureates in Physics 1901-Present
http://www.slac.stanford.edu/library/nobel/
Maintained by the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center Library.
People: Physicists and Astronomers
http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/
physics/databases/people.html
From the Physics Department at Stanford University, this site includes biographies of historical figures as well as other biographical sources.
Pictures of Famous Physicists
http://www.th.physik.unifrankfurt.de/~jr/portraits.html
A large selection of physicists, including black and white drawings and Nobel Prize winners. Some pictures are copyrighted.
Selected Papers of the Great American Physicists
http://www.aip.org/history/gap/
This site contains biographies and papers of seven famous American physicists. The papers are not always easy reading, but the biographies are readable and interesting even to nonphysicists.
Yahoo Directory: Physicists
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Physics/Physicists/
Other Science Sources on the Web
Drug Use and Abuse
Alberta Alcohol and Drug Commission
http://www.aadac.com/
This site has a number of entry points which provide information targeted to particular audiences: Youth Site; Kids Site; and Parents and Teachers. There is a specific section dedicated to tobacco abuse.
Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse
http://www.teens.drugabuse.gov/
See its lists of Resources (http://www.ccsa.ca/resources.htm)
and the lists ofStatistics (http://www.ccsa.ca/stats.htm).
Council on Drug Abuse (Canadian)
http://drugabuse.ca/index.htm
CODA produces a range of pamphlets on drug abuse
(http://drugabuse.ca/pamphlets.htm).
Canada's Drug Strategy (In English and French)
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hecs-sesc/cds/splash.htm
See Statistics and the many links from this site.
Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse
http://www.ccsa.ca/default.htm
Special section on cannabis (http://www.ccsa.ca/cannigen.htm).
Canadian Health Network: Substance Abuse and Addictions
http://www.canadian-health-network.ca/servlet/
ContentServer?cid=1048003176982&pagename=CHN-RCS%2FPage%2FGTPageTemplate&c=Page&lang=En
Instead of typing this long URL, There are some useful articles linked on this page: Marijuana, is it safe? and Gambling is growing, so are the problems.
CanTeach: Tobacco, Alcohol, Drug Abuse
http://www.canteach.ca/links/linkdrugs.html
This is a section of CanTeach, a site that contains hundreds of lesson plans, thousands of links, and tons of other resources.
Health Canada Alcohol and Drug Abuse
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/english/lifestyles/alcohol_drug.html
Follow the Statistics and fact sheets linked from this site
(http://www.hcsc.gc.ca/hecs-sesc/cds/stats/index.htm).
Medline Plus: Drug Abuse
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/drugabuse.html
Links to Latest News, Research, Treatment, Dictionaries and Glossaries, Statistics, Children, Teenagers, etc. Brush up on the latest jargon of the drug trade with The Street Terms: Drugs and the Drug Trade
(http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/streetterms/).
Nova Scotia Teen Health Website
http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Health/TeenHealth/index.htm
See links about Alcohol and Drugs and Smoking.
Office of Cannabis Medical Access (Medical Marijuana)
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hecs-sesc/ocma/
This Canadian site includes statistics, quick facts, and links.
Prevention Source B.C.
http://www.preventionsource.bc.ca/
The Fact Sheets linked under Publications are worth a visit to this site. These Fact Sheets are filled with useful information.
Saskatchewan Alcohol and Drug Services
http://www.health.gov.sk.ca/
ps_alcohol_and_drugs_publications.html
This site has links to a number of online publications and fact sheets.
The Science behind Drug Abuse
http://www.teens.drugabuse.gov/
National Institute on Drug Abuse (American).
U.S. Dept. of Health Alcohol and Drug Information
http://www.health.org/
Hurricanes
August and September bring hurricane season to the Atlantic coast, and this year Hurricane Juan hit Halifax, Nova Scotia creating a desire for information about hurricanes. Ellen Phillips from Madeline Symonds Middle School, Halifax Regional School Board put together this bibliography of sources about hurricanes.
The Canadian Hurricane Centre
http://www.ns.ec.gc.ca/weather/hurricane/index_e.html
Relevant Canadian information as well as an easier site for students, Just for Kids, enables all to learn about hurricanes.
Exploring the Environment: Severe Weather - Hurricanes
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/sevweath/sevweath.html
One of the modules from Exploring the
Environment (http://www.cotf.edu/ete/main.html) provides not only background information but a problembased learning activity for students, where a team reviews the action of Hurricane Andrew (1992) in preparation for tracking, analyzing, and predicting the course of a new hurricane that may threaten North America during this school year. This is a NASA sponsored project and well worth the visit.
Florida Atlantic University Libraries
http://www.fau.edu/library/hurric.htm
This site tracks all hurricanes around the world.
Gander Academy Hurricane Theme Page
http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/hurricanes.htm
Here you will find lots of ideas and information for teachers, as well as, handout to print.
Government of Canada Hurricane Watch
http://www.ocipep-bpiepc.gc.ca/info_pro/juan_e.asp
The Canadian Government's Office Of Critical Infrastructure Protection and Emergency Preparedness, provides lots of safety information.
Hurricanes
http://www.fema.gov/kids/hurr.htm
FEMA (United States Federal Emergency Management Agency) for kids is another great site and also interactive. For upper elementary and middleschoolers.
Hurricane Basics
http://hurricanes.noaa.gov/prepare/
This site is a great page of information easily understood by middle-schoolers.
The Hurricane Hunters
http://www.hurricanehunters.com/
The Hurricane Hunters, pilots in the US Reserve, provide the latest reports on hurricanes as they provide photos taken while collecting data as they fly into the hurricane. See pictures of Isabel. Very interesting.
Hurricane Storm Science
http://www.miamisci.org/hurricane/hurricane0.html
At the Miami Museum students can learn about hurricanes, as well as, share their personal disaster stories on the Healing Quilt. This is a very interactive site.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
http://hurricanes.noaa.gov/index.html
Basic hurricane information and other useful links may be found here.
National Geographic Kids - Flying into The Eye of a Hurricane
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngkids/0308/hurricane/
National Geographic Kids lets students learn about hurricanes as they follow Hurricane Mitch in 1998. There are great video clips and pictures for students to get a first hand account of the ravages of a hurricane.
The National Weather Service Tropical Prediction Center
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
The National Hurricane Centre (NOAA) provides current and past hurricane information. A wonderful site, tracking sheets are also provided.
NBC4.TV Weather
http://www.nbc4.tv/weather/2510614/detail.html
This site provides a detailed report of Hurricane Juan, as well as, interactive learning tools great for kids. Check out the sidebar for the student information.
USA Today Hurricanes
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/hurricane/whur0.htm
USA Today's site provides some great graphics for kids to understand hurricanes, great safety information and tracking charts you can download and use.
WashingtonPost.com WeatherPost Introduction to Hurricanes
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/weather/
hurricane/info/intro.htm
The Washington Post offers its introduction to hurricanes. Again, a very concise page, covering all aspects of hurricanes.
Wunderground.com - Tropical Storms
http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/
Here you track all tropical storms, past, present and advisories and view still satellite images.
Science Journals on the Web
Discover
http://www.discover.com/
Current issue, Web exclusives, and an Archive.
Journal of Cell Biology
http://www.jcb.org/
A professional resource. Scholarly but readable by capable high school biology students.
Natural History Magazine (From the American Museum of
Natural History)
http://www.naturalhistory.com/
Nature
http://www.nature.com/nature/
Britain's weekly science journal.
New Scientist
http://www.newscientist.com/
Articles from the current issue as well as their pick of over 1600 top science sites on the Web!
Physics World
http://physicsweb.org/toc/world
Current issue and an archive of back issues.
Popular Science
http://www.popsci.com/popsci/
Science News Online
http://www.sciencenews.org/
The week's featured articles are aviable on this site.
Science Magazine
http://www.sciencemag.org/
Science Magazine is published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. This site features both the current issue as well as an archives of back issues.
Archives (http://www.sciencemag.org/contents-by-date.0.shtml.)
Science Actualities
http://www.cite-sciences.fr/english/
ala_cite/science_actualites/
A French publication available in English or French.
French edition available
(http://www.cite-sciences.fr/francais/ala_cite/science_actualites/
sitesactu/accueil.phplangue=fr)
Scientific American
http://www.sciam.com/
See their Featured Articles
(http://www.sciam.com/feature_directory.cfm).
Smithsonian Magazine
http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/smithsonian/index.shtml
Contains a search engine for back issuesPage
(http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/smithsonian/
search/.atomzsearch.html)
Washinton and Lee Journal of Science
http://journalofscience.wlu.edu/
This is a scholarly journal which exists to "encourage the exploration of current scientific topics by undergraduate students and to provide a medium through which their ideas can reach the general public.""The Washington and Lee Journal of Science is a student-run organization dedicated to the discussion and advancement of science." High school students writing research papers may find some of the studies here quite useful.
The Why Files
http://whyfiles.org/
The science behind the news.
Science News Alert Services
Astronomy Picture of the Day
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe. From the British science journal Nature.
SciTech Daily
http://www.scitechdaily.com/
A large science news portal featuring Breaking News, Sci/Tech publications, and Analysis and Opinions.
Science News E-Mail Alert
http://www.sciencenews.org/
subscribe_form.asp?refurl=/index.asp?
"Receive an e-mail newsletter eachSaturday from Science News listing theheadline, summary, and URL of everyScience News article being publishedthat week"
Space.com
http://www.space.com
Something new every day
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