Science Resources


Anatomy

Human Anatomy Online
http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html
Interactive overview of all human body systems.

BML Walker

http://www.biomotionlab.ca/Demos/BMLwalker.html
Graphical depiction of variations in posture and body movement according to mental state, sex, and weight.

The Virtual Body
http://www.medtropolis.com/VBody.asp
An audio-visual tour of the human body.

Visible Human Project
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/visible/visible_human.html
Creating complete, anatomically detailed, three-dimensional representations of the male and female human body. A project of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

Astronomy

Chabot Space and Science Center
http://www.chabotspace.org/
Sky calendar and information about celestial events.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

http://www.nasa.gov/
The NASA website offers information about space exploration and celestial bodies.

Jet Propulsion Laboratory
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/
Space science galore!

Biotech

About Biotech
http://accessexcellence.org/RC/AB/
Information about applied biotechnology, the history of biotechnology, and ethical issues of biotech research.

Action Bioscience
http://www.actionbioscience.org/
Peer-reviewed articles and commentary on biotech issues.

Agricultural Biotechnology
http://agnic.umd.edu/
Agricultural biotechnology information from the University of Maryland that is searchable and browsable by topic. Topics include animals, crops, foods, economics, and ethics.

Biology

Biology Web Site References
http://www.kensbiorefs.com/index.html
Over 5500 web links organized by topic.

Net Frog Online Dissection
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/frog/Frog2
Virtual frog dissection website.

 

Chemistry

Chemistry-Based QuickTime Movies, Animations, and Streaming Audio
http://www.shsu.edu/~chm_tgc/sounds/sound.html
This site offers explanations and animated depictions of a variety of chemical processes.


ChemSoc Timeline
http://www.chemsoc.org/timeline/
An entertaining and informative
historical timeline with a focus on chemistry.

General Chemistry Online

http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/index.shtml
Chemistry terms, tutorials, and trivia.

Visual Interpretation of the Table of Elements
http://www.chemsoc.org/viselements/
General information about each of the elements, presented in an interactive format.

Physics

Amusement Park Physics
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/parkphysics
What Are the Forces Behind the Fun? - interactive exhibit exploring how the laws of physics play a role in the design of amusement park rides.

Center for History of Physics
http://www.aip.org/history/
Historic discoveries and primary source documents in the field of physics.

A Century of Physics
http://timeline.aps.org/APS/home_HighRes.html
The American Physical Society presents a historical timeline of physics discoveries from 1896 - 1996.

Multimedia Physics Studio
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/mmedia/index.html
Animated GIFs illustrate physics principles and concepts.

Physics 2000
http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/index.pl
Interactive website from the University of Colorado that describes physics concepts and discoveries.

Robotics

How Stuff Works: How Gears Work
http://science.howstuffworks.com/gear.htm
Basic overview of different types of gears.

Robotgames.net: Gears
http://www.robotgames.net/Resources/Gears/gears.htm
Photographs, diagrams and explanationof gears, from a robotics site.

Robotics: Design Basics: Components
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Robotics:_Design_Basics:_Mechanical_Components
Wikipedia entry that defines different kinds of gears.