SCIENCE-RELATED WEB SITES
The Web sites listed below have been contributed by teachers from across the
country, with the intention that they be shared with their colleagues.
In providing the venue for sharing the information, the Council of Ministers of
Education, Canada in no way endorses the content or the sponsors of the Web sites nor
does it assume responsibility for the accuracy of the information provided.
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http://www.rescol.ca/home/e/
Canada’s SchoolNet, one of the best educational web sites with over 7,000
Learning Resources, including “@SchoolNet Today,” a daily information news
service on the world of e-learning, interactive features such as our polls of the
month, and much more! On Industry Canada’s Web site.
LIFE SCIENCES AND GENERAL
http://www.pbs.org/
The Public Broadcsasting Service (PBS) Web site links to NOVA, which offers
science programming on-line and on air.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/brain/
PBS: The Brain in 3-D
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/thin/
PBS: The program “Dying to be thin” about anorexia was produced by NOVA.
http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/units/cloning
Genetic Science Learning Center, University of Utah: Cloning
http://www.bio.com
A distributed, on-line community of scientists, professionals, businesses and
organizations supporting the life sciences; biotech companies provide
information on new trends and discoveries
http://www.virology.net/
Offers a collection of all the virology-related Web sites on the Internet
http://www.epa.gov/nerlcwww/images.htm
An image gallery of microorganisms
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http://www.ffdp.ca/index_e.asp
“Hinterland Who’s Who” offers in-depth descriptions of wildlife, discussions on
issues, actions to help wildlife; with video and sound clips.
French: http://www.ffdp.ca/index_f.asp
http://www.merck.com/mrkshared/mmanual_home2/contents.jsp
Merck & Co., Inc. is a leading research-driven pharmaceutical products and
services company. It provides all of The Merck Manuals on a not-for-profit basis
as a service to the community.
http://www.biorap.org/
Published by Connecticut United for Research Excellence, Inc., a not-for-profit
coalition. “Biological Research for Animals and People” is a middle school
science Web site.
CHEMISTRY
http://pearl1.lanl.gov/periodic/default.htm
Los Alamos National Laboratory's Chemistry Division “Periodic Table of the
Elements” — A Resource for Elementary, Middle School, and High School
Students
http://www.periodictable.com
Offers a variety of tables and information about the periodic table and the
elements for students, teachers, chemists, biologists, and products.
http://www.chem.arizona.edu/~salzmanr/orbitals.html
Atomic and Molecular Orbitals page from the Department of Chemistry at the
University of Arizona; have to download viewer to see atomic orbitals in 3-D.
http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/Chemistry/MOTM/motm.htm
The Molecule of the Month page from the Chemistry Department, Bristol
University lets you see a 3-D view of the molecule and information about the
compound.
http://www.shef.ac.uk/%7Echem/vsepr/
The Department of Chemistry at the University of Sheffield offers the Valence
Shell Electron Pair Repulsion (VSEPR) Diagrams and information in 3-D.
http://www.chem.purdue.edu/gchelp/vsepr/ From Purdue University
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PHYSICS
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Default2.html
The “Physics Tutorial” for learning basic physics concepts through tutorials
written especially for high school students.
EARTH SCIENCE
http://www.seismo.nrcan.gc.ca/index_e.php
Natural Resources Canada Web site — Earthquakes Canada
http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/gsc/pacific/vancouver/volcanoes/13_map_f_e.php
Natural Resources Canada Web site — Map of Canadian Volcanoes
http://www.iris.edu/seismon/
Seismic Monitor — developed by the IRIS Consortium; Earthquake data courtesy
of the USGS NEIC.
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vw.html
The Web's premier source of volcano info — University of North Dakota.
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/geology/tectonics.html
Geology : Plate Tectonics Web site offers good animations.
http://www.edgeo.org
The Canadian Geoscience Education Network of the Canadian Geoscience
Council offers Earth Science workshops for Canadian Teachers.
GENERAL SCIENCE
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: wide range of topics
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/index.html
Science, Optics and You: offers interactive Java Tutorials.
http://www.pa.msu.edu/~sciencet/ask_st/date_index.html
An archive of many of the articles published in the Lansing State Journal, “Ask
Science Theatre” articles in which volunteers answered questions from students,
teachers and the newspaper's readership on any science-related topic.
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http://www.visualsunlimited.com/
Visuals Unlimited (VU) is a commercial resource of over 1.5 million photos and
other visuals on science-related topics for use in commercial publications —
may be viewed but used only for a fee and with permission.
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, managed for NASA by the California Institute of
Technology — provides updates and visuals on JPL missions in space and on
earth over more than 40 years.
http://scienceworld.wolfram.com
World of Science, a Wolfram Web resource for math and science on the Internet.
http://www.enc.org/
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse (ENC) for Mathematics and Science
Education (a K-12 math and science teacher center) at The Ohio State University
is funded by the U.S. Department of Education.
http://www.enc.org/features/lessonplans/science/
ENC links to on-line lesson plans and activities
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/science/english/index.html
Adventures in Science and Technology is a Canadian Web site offering some
http://www.enaturalist.org/index.htm
The Electronic Naturalist, sponsored by the Cayuga Nature Center and the Roger
Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History, is an on-line education program
providing a weekly environmental education unit for grades K-3 (Quick Read)
and 4-8 (Full Read).
www.exploratorium.edu
Exploratorium — The museum of science, art and human perception.
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