Some Interesting Science Websites

We have compiled below a list of some excellent websites on science of interest to

students, teachers and parents. To get an updated list please check the Outreach
Webpage http://www.tifr.res.in/~outreach.

General Science Websites

Scientific American Website
An excellent source of general science articles.

http://www.sciam.com

PBS Websites
The public broadcasting services of the US have some excellent programs suitable for
high school students and may provide very good teaching aids for science teachers. This
also includes the Nova website which has movies that can be ordered.

1. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/bioindex.html
2. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova

This site links to many other scientific sites and is an extremely useful resource
for information on current scientists and research.

3. http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/

National Geographic Website

http://www.nationalgeographic.com

This site is also a very helpful resource for locating information on current scientific
work; it also contains information on earlier scientists.

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

Nobel Website
1. http://www.nobel.se
 2. http://www.almaz.com/nobel/nobel.html

The Nobel Prize Internet Archive Lists the winners of the Nobel prizes in all fields
with some brief information on each. Also has them subcategorized by women.
The site is linked to the Amazon.com site, so books on any of the prize-winners
will come up.

Biology Websites
1. http://www.hhmi.org/lectures/

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute lectures are outstanding talks given in the
summer vacation each year by leading authorities in a discipline of biology to
inspire high school students to take up a career in science.

2. http://www.medicines-inside.com/

Find out how medicines we take for granted work.

3. http://www.hhmi.org/senses/

We touch, taste and smell our world would not be the same without these senses.
How do they work?

4. http://www.phys.ksu.edu:80/gene/

The Gene homepage says the network is "dedicated to rescuing teachers and
other students from terminal boredom by helping them do real science with
modern research organisms."

5. http://vector.cshl.org/dnaftb/

A multimedia primer on the basics of genetics and heredity.

6. http://www.life.uiuc.edu/plantbio/cell/

This web site contains a virtual interactive cell. Biology teachers and students
will enjoy cutting and zooming in on the different layers and organelles of the
cell.

7. http://www.cs.brown.edu/stc/outrea/greenhouse/nursery/biology/home.html

This site has a great three-dimensional representation of a cell! Students get to

see an inside view of common organelles like mitochondria and the Golgi
apparatus.
 8. http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/ehceduc.html http://www.dana.org/brainwe
ek/education.cfm

Websites that provide a broad approach to basic questions on the brain.

Chemistry Websites
1. http://www.ncl.ox.ac.uk/quicktime/index.html

This web site contains a downloadable collection of quicktime movies of chemical

animations such as catalytic reactions and 3-D molecules.

2. http://www.eyesoftime.com/teacher/chem.htm

This site links many chemistry resources by topic. A unique feature is the ability
to ask a teacher chemistry questions.

3. http://people.morehead-st.edu/fs/h.hedgec/sciteach.html
4. http://library.thinkquest.org/3659

CHEMystery is a virtual text book on chemistry.

5. http://www.webelements.com/

Math Websites
1. http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/topics/Mathematicians.html
2. http://teachers.sduhsd.k12.ca.us/abrown/index2.html
3. http://www.maths.tcd.ie/pub/HistMath/People/RBallHist.html

Mathematicians of the 17th and 18th Centuries

4. http://www.geometry.net/math.html

A Geometry Site

5. http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/history/Indexes/Full_Alph.html

Site of Biographies of Mathematicians

6. http://mathforum.org

This site includes resources in mathematics for school students, teachers, parents.
Also contains some research related material on mathematics teaching and
 learning. The 'Problems of the Week' contains problems at different levels of
mathematics. It includes selected alternative solutions posted by problem solvers
which is really nice. The `Ask Dr. Math' gives useful explanations of math
concepts and the discussion groups are about teaching methods.

7. http://www.cut-the-knot.org

Contains interesting puzzles, problems, theorems, proofs, etc. Also has links to
other good sites (including all those listed below).

8. http://nrich.maths.org

The site is run by the University of Cambridge. It contains problems for different
age groups (5 to 18) that one can post solutions to. Selected solutions are
published at the website. One can also post questions. There is an archive of
questions posted earlier with answers (in blue coloured font). There are also
articles, features, etc.

9. http://archives.math.utk.edu/

A fairly comprehensive archive: contains teaching materials, public domain

software, shareware, books, articles, etc.

10. http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/

The MacTutor history of mathematics archive. The best known website for
historical information about mathematicians and mathematics.

11. http://www.maa.org/

This is the website of the Mathematical Association of America. Contains useful

resources for college mathematics teachers including book reviews.

12. http://e-math.ams.org/

Website of the main professional organization in mathematics: American

Mathematical Society. The journal `Notices of the AMS' is online. Plus interesting
essays.

13. Website on Books in Mathematics

Physics Websites
General Physics
1. http://www.cpepweb.org/
2. http://ippex.pppl.gov/
3. http://particleadventure.org/particleadventure/other/othersites.html
4. http://newton.physics.wwu.edu:8082/jstewart/scied/physics.html
5. http://bubl.ac.uk/link/p/physicseducation.htm
6. http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/~yliu/physics/education.html
7. http://www.lightandmatter.com/
8. http://www.physlink.com/
9. http://www.ba.infn.it/www/didattica.html
10. http://physicsweb.org/
11. http://www.psrc-online.org/
12. http://www.ieee-virtual-museum.org/
13. http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/phys.html
14. http://library.kent.ac.uk/library/info/subjectg/SPS/gateways.shtml
15. http://msowww.anu.edu.au/astronomy/astroweb/astro_misc.html
16. http://www.curtin.edu.au/curtin/dept/phys-sci/gravity/index2.htm

The Gravity Tutorials : This site offers lessons on the history of physics and
quizzes divided by difficulty. All lessons offer animated examples and section-
ending quizzes.

17. http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/Class/BBoard.html

The Physics Classroom contains a number of lessons relating to the topics of 1-D
kinematics; Newton's Laws; vectors; momentum; and work, energy and power.
Contains many example problems and diagrams. Text, graphics

18. http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/Class/BBoard.html

It contains explanations of many physics concepts, related questions and answers.

19. http://amasci.com/feynman.html

The Richard Feynman Site.

20. http://www.nasa.gov

The NASA Website

21. http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hframe.html

HyperPhysics is an exploration environment for concepts in physics which

employs concept maps and other linking strategies to facilitate smooth
navigation. The rationale for such concept maps is to provide a visual survey of
conceptually connected material, and it is hoped that they will provide answers to
the question ``where do I go from here?''.
 22. http://howthingswork.virginia.edu/

A service providing answers to questions about physics, science, and how things
in the world around us work. Companion to the book by the same name.

23. http://www.howstuffworks.com/

Learn how everything works

24. http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/demobook/intro.htm

Physics demonstrations, descriptions, discussions of the physics, and hazards to

avoid. Groupings are light, magnetism, electricity, sound, heat, and motion.

25. http://scifun.chem.wisc.edu/

Chemistry professor Bassam Z. Shakhashiri shares the fun of science through

home science activities, demonstration shows, videos and books.

26. http://www.chem4kids.com/
27. http://www.webelements.com/

Physics and Sports

1. http://www.exploratorium.edu/sports/
2. http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/projects/yep/sports/spinet.html

Physics of Space Travel

1. http://www.physics.uc.edu/~sitko/Spring00/11-Travel/space_travel.html
2. http://science.uniserve.edu.au/school/curric/stage6/phys/space/travel.html

Astronomy Sites
Astronomy resources

1. http://www.eso.org/gen-fac/pubs/nra/rrn.html
2. http://www.astro.helsinki.fi/library/astpub2.shtml
3. http://www.kidsastronomy.com/
4. http://astro.u-strasbg.fr/~fresneau/toptun.html
5. http://facweb.stvincent.edu/Academics/Physics/CAPE/links.htm

Astrochemistry
 1. http://www.snark.org/evo.htm
2. http://www.public.iastate.edu/~cjenks/homepage.html

Astrobiology

1. http://www.astrobiology.com/exobiology.html
2. http://www.kidsolr.com/science/page8.html

Nanotechnology
1. http://www.mrsec.wisc.edu/Edetc/index.html

University of Wisconsin Nano Education site Lots of resources, movies etc. on

Nanotechnology.

2. http://block.chem.rpi.edu/html/E_Outreach/LevelSix/hitchhikersguide.htm

A Hitchhikers Guide to the Nano World

3. http://www.zyvex.com/nano

The Zyvex site

4. http://www.nanoscience.com/

Nanoscience Education site

Teacher's Resources
1. http://www.treasure-troves.com/
2. http://www.lessonplansearch.com/Science/
3. http://peer.tamu.edu/curriculum_modules/storytime/
4. http://school.discovery.com/
5. http://www.teachwithmovies.com

An excellent site that provides abstracts of movies and information about their
usefulness, their ratings, and where to find them. This is an excellent site for
someone who wants a more personal view of many scientists and/or their
discoveries.

6. http://coe.west.asu.edu/students/micheles/websites.htm

Website with links to a variety of sources for teaching aids in biology and
chemistry.
Scientists Biographies
1. http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/scientists/
2. http://www.physics.ucla.edu/~cwp/
3. http://www.sciencecases.org/sci_bios/sci_bios.asp
4. http://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/women.htm

Contributions of 20th Century Women to Physics

5. http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/aasmemoirs/aas_memlist.htm

Biographies of Women Mathematicians

6. http://www.imsa.edu/team/irc/research/pathfinders/biography.html

This is an excellent site with links to other sites.

7. http://www.sacnas.com/biography/listsscientist.asp

Scientific biographies with pictures; many of the entries are actually

autobiographies. The site was created for the high school students but has great
information and many links to other sites and e-mail addresses.

8. http://www.blupete.com/Literature/Biographies/Science/Scients.htm

Includes biographical information for scientists; read by simply clicking on the

letter of their last name.

V. Nandagopal 2003-10-23