Online Presentation:
UW-Platteville Women in Engineering Program
FALL CAREER DAY
Friday, November 3,2000
Interesting Websites for Prospective College of Engineering,
Mathematics, and Science Students*
17 Website listings with graphics follow:
NOTE: On all the following frames the blue http:// addresses are all
"hotlinked"; however, links and graphics in "my example website pages” are
not. Please enjoy and learn!
Please view next screen to begin................................
*Provided for your use by Bryan Schwark, Division Librarian for Engineering,
Mathematics, and Science, with technical assistance from Anthony Valentine, Coordinator
Learning Technology Center, and Theresa Burns-Metcalf, Information Systems
Applications Support Professional, all of Karrmann Library, UW-Platteville, Platteville,
Wisconsin
1.
HowStuffWorks
http://www.howstuffworks.com/
Excellent website on learning how things actually work or operate.
How the Singing Fish Works
http://www.howstuffworks.com/singing-fish.htm
2.
InventorEd Presents: Kids Inventor Resources
http://www.inventored.org/k-12/inv-hist.html
Ronald J. Riley's Inventor Resources.
American Inventors and Inventions
http://www.150.si.edu/150trav/remember/amerinv.htm
3.
Planetscapes
http://www.planetscapes.com/
Brief and detailed information about the solar system and earth science.
The Solar System
http://www.planetscapes.com/solar/eng/solarsys.htm
4.
math.com, The World of Math Online
http://www.math.com/students.html
Mathematics website that includes homework help.
Glossary http://www.math.com/school/glossary/glossindex.html
5.
The Tech Museum: Robotics: Sensing, Thinking, Acting
http://www.thetech.org/robotics/
Covers the history of robotics, robotics in art, robotics and ethics in the 21st
century, and classroom activities and a timeline.”
Classroom Activities http://www.thetech.org/robotics/activities/index.html
6.
The Laws List
http://www.alcyone.com/max/physics/laws/index.htm
“The list is more of a minidictionary of physics and astronomy ... which includes
laws, rules, principles, effects, paradoxes, limits, constants, experiments, &
thought-experiments in physics.”
Newton's laws of motion http://www.alcyone.com/max/physics/laws/n.html
7.
Learn Physics Today
http://library.thinkquest.org/10796/
Online Physics Tutorial
Velocity
http://library.thinkquest.org/10796/ch2/ch2.htm
8.
Biographies of Women Mathematicians
http://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/women.htm
Agnes Scott College provides biographical essays or comments on many of the
women mathematicians, with illustrations and photographs.
Chronological Index of Women Mathematicians
Hypatia http://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/hypatia.htm
9.
Popular Science 50 Best of the Web...
http://www.popsci.com/features/bow00/index.html
Popular Science 50 Best of the Web .....where the best science and
technology sites are on the Web.
Snow Crystals http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/
10.
Try Science
http://tryscience.org/
“Contemporary science and technology... provided with a partnership of
IBM, Corporation, the New York Hall of Science, the Association of ScienceTechnology Centers, and science centers worldwide.”
Build A Treetop Walkway http://tryscience.org/exp18095636_frames.html
11. The American Physical Society. A Century of Physics.
http://timeline.aps.org/APS/index.html
The story of physics in the 20th century unfolds like a splendid tapestry with people,ideas, and
things. In order to find patterns in this tangle, it helps to pick out five color-coded story-lines
that stretch like broad, horizontal ribbons from beginning to end. The five story-lines are:
Cosmic Scale, Human Scale, Atomic Scale, Living World, and Technology.
Timeline [ 1905 Cosmic The Theory of Relativity redefines time and space]
http://timeline.aps.org/APS/index.html
12. The ASEE Precollege Site Engineering : Your Future
http://www.asee.org/precollege/
American Society for Engineering Education site is a guide for high school
students and others interested in engineering and engineering technology
careers.
Why Study Engineering: The Top 10 Benefits
http://www.asee.org/precollege/html/why_engineering_.htm
13. The SCIENCE PAGE, If You are Hooked on Science ...
http://www.sciencepage.org/index.htm#table
"The Science Page is home to the internet's largest collection of science
analogies." Try SCIENCE FAIR PROJECTS and SCIENCE FAIRS, or
SCIENCE and TECRNOLOGY, or BIOLOGY, or ASK A SCIENCE
QUESTION
Science Fairs Home Page http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/sciencefairs/
14A.
The Engines of Our Ingenuity
http://www.uh.edu/engines/
“An Engineer Looks at Technology and Culture, by John Lienhard,
Oxford University Press”
The Engines of Our Ingenuity, Engines-Related Material for use in
Classrooms
http://www.uh.edu/engines/romanticism/index.html
14B. The Engines of Our Ingenuity (continued)
English Romanticism, A web site for discussion of the various influences on the
English Romantic Movement
English Romanticism SCIENTISTS /TECHNOLOGISTS
http://www.uh.edu/engines/romanticism/index.html
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
No. 19: Crystal Palace
15. 4000 Years of Women in Science
http://www.astr.ua.edu/4000WS/4000WS.html
How long have women been active scientists?
http://www.astr.ua.edu/4000WS/newintro.html
16.
MARTINDALE'S * THE REFERENCE DESK
http://www-sci.lib.uci.edu/HSG/Ref.html
If you thought the other sites were good, wait until you examine this one!!!!!
Very universal and very advanced, but has valuable material.
CALCULATORS ON-LINE CENTER
http://www-sci.lib.uci.edu/HSG/RefCalculators.html
17. Contributions of 20' Century Women to Physics
http://www.physics.ucla.edu/~cwp/index.html
Where are the 17th, 18th, and 19th century women?
http://www.physics.ucla.edu/~cwp/hist/WL.html
“A” AND THIS IS AN INDICATION
THAT YOU WILL DO VERY WELL IN COLLEGE! Thank You!!
IF YOU HAVE GOTTEN THIS FAR YOU DESERVE AN