
LIST OF URL's for General Interest in Science
Prepared by Porter Johnson and/or Roy Coleman
revised: 9/26/2017
This SMILE website is hosted
by the Illinois Institute of Technology
World Wide Web Addresses
Table of Contents

I. History
Biographies of Chemists (by subject area):
http://www.liv.ac.uk/Chemistry/Links/refbiog.html
Biographies of Composers:
http://www.hnh.com/qcomp.htm
Biographies of Mathematicians:
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/BiogIndex.html
Female Mathematicians:
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Indexes/Women.html
Contributions of 20th Century Women to Physics:
http://www.physics.ucla.edu/~cwp/
Einstein:
Einstein Online:
http://www.westegg.com/einstein/
AIP Einstein Exhibit:
http://www.aip.org/history/einstein/
The Electron's Discovery:
http://www.aip.org/history/electron/
Famous curves
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Curves/Curves.html
History of Radiation Protection:
http://www.physics.isu.edu/radinf/hist.htm
Images of Physicists:
http://charm.physics.ucsb.edu/people/hnn/physicists.html
Mathematics History Topics:
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/HistoryTopics.html
The Shroud of Turin: http://www.shroud.com/
The World Year of Physics: http://www.physics2005.org/


II. Interactive Science & Math Sites
Anatomy:
Anatomy of the Heart: http://www.aclscertification.com/pages/acls-online-resources-anatomy-of-the-heart.html
Atlas of Human Anatomy: http://www.anatomyatlases.org
Gray's Anatomy Text: http://www.bartleby.com/107/
Human Anatomy: http://www.innerbody.com/
Ask-A-Scientist: http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/
Best of the Web Biology:
http://botw.org/top/Science/Biology/
http://botw.org/top/Science/Biology/Plants_and_Animals/
Bill Nye the Science Guy:
http://www.billnye.com
The Biology Project: http://www.biology.arizona.edu/
Bizarre stuff you can make in the
Kitchen: http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=7181
Calenders of all sorts: http://www.calendar-365.com/2010-calendar.html
Chemistry for Kids: http://chem.answers.com/chemistry-basics/basic-chemistry-for-kids-in-elementary-school
Chemistry Guide web links: http://chemistryguide.org
Chess: http://www.chess.com/
The Circulatory system: http://www.aclscertification.com/pages/anoverviewofthecirculatorysystemforkids.html
Cramster Homework Helper: http://www.cramster.com/homework-help.aspx
Dr. Universe (science question
and answer exchange):
http://www.wsu.edu/DrUniverse
On line calculators of all sorts:
http://www.ecalc.com/
http://www.martindalecenter.com/Calculators.html
http://www.mortgagecalculator.net/math-calculators/
http://www.calculatorplus.com/
Education Atlas: http://www.educationatlas.com/
The Elements: http://www.americanelements.com/
Elements Data Base: http://www.elementsdatabase.com/
The Elements Quiz: http://www.elementsdatabase.com/periodic-table-quiz.php
Fermilab Science Education
Office:
http://www-ed.fnal.gov/
Flower Anatomy for Kids: http://www.kremp.com/flower-anatomy-for-kids-articles.htm
Fractals
(an index):
http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/fractals/
Free Chemical Search: http://www.freepatentsonline.com/surechem/
Free Math Games:
http://www.iplaymathgames.com/math-games-store/free-math-games-c-9.html
Frog Dissection:
Virtual Frog:
http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/genbio/virtual_labs/BL_16/BL_16.html
Interactive Frog dissection:
http://frog.edschool.virginia.edu/Frog1/
FunBasedLearning: http://funbasedlearning.com
Illustrated Fractions: http://www.visualfractions.com/
INKids Education Ipad Apps: http://www.inkidseducation.com/math-champ-challenge/
Insect Encyclopedia: http://www.insectclopedia.com/
Interactive Physics:
http://www.interactivephysics.com/
A Kids Guide to How the Brain Works: http://nursingschool.org/kids-guide-to-how-the-brain-works/
Math and Reading Help for Kids:
http://math-and-reading-help-for-kids.org
Mathematics Dictionary and Glossary: http://www.tuition.com.hk/mathematics/
Mathematics Enrichment:
http://www.nrich.maths.org.uk/
Math Games: http://www3.telus.net/public/m.games/welcome.html
Mathematics Practice Problems:
http://www.algebrahelp.com/
http://www.webmath.com/
Math Resources: http://www.mathteaching.org/math-teacher-resources-lesson-plans-games-more/
Math Worksheets:
http://www.ecalc.com/math-help/
http://www.lessoncorner.com/worksheets
Metric Conversions: http://www.metric-conversions.org/
Name the Elements Quiz: http://www.jetpunk.com/quizzes/name-the-elements.php
The New Scientist (British
Science Magazine - search for 'lastword')
[Q&A]:
http://www.newscientist.com/
Online Math Center: http://math.whatcom.ctc.edu/
PedagoNet - Learning Resources: http://www.pedagonet.com/
Physics
Thinking Problems
(activity based):
http://www.physics.umd.edu/rgroups/ripe/perg/abp/think/
Physlet/Applet Sites:
An introduction to Physlets from Western Illinois
University: http://faculty.wiu.edu/BM-Davies/intro_physlets.htm
From Michigan State University: http://www.msu.edu/user/brechtjo/physics/index.html
From Sir Wilfred Grenfell College: http://www.swgc.mun.ca/physics/physlets.html
From Boston University: http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/classroom.html
From Mainland High School: http://online.cctt.org/curriculumguide/content/physlets.asp
From Cabrillo College: http://www.cabrillo.edu/~jmccullough/physlets/
From Coastal Carolina University: http://kingfish.coastal.edu/physics/physlets/
From High Point University: http://kingfish.coastal.edu/physics/physlets/
From Walter Fendt: http://www.walter-fendt.de/ph14e/
From Northwestern's Virtual Physics Laboratory: http://wildcat.phys.northwestern.edu/ugrad/vpl/javasrc/
Minds on Physics Simulations: http://www.hal-pc.org/~clement/Simulations/Physlets/MOP/minds_on_physics_physlets.html
Astronomy Physlets from Gustavus Adolphus College: http://physics.gac.edu/~chuck/astro/Physlets.htm
Astronomy Physlets from Green River Community
College: http://www.instruction.greenriver.edu/kclay/physlets.htm
Powers of 10:
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/index.html
Printable Periodic Tables: http://www.vertex42.com/ExcelTemplates/periodic-table-of-elements.html
Puzzle maker: http://www.lessoncorner.com/puzzles
Quadratic Equations for all: http://www.barcodesinc.com/articles/become-an-algebra-expert-quadratic-equations.htm
Recreational Math & Physics: http://www.numericana.com/
Science-Mathematics Initiative
for Learning
Enhancement [SMILE]:
http://www.iit.edu/~smile/
SciTech Interactive Science Center: http://scitech.mus.il.us
Sky Maps: http://skymaps.com/
Teaching Resources:
WebCams: http://www.earthcam.com/
Window to the Universe: http://www.windows.ucar.edu/
The following list is compliments of Compaq Computers and Sun
Microsystems.
K-12 Math
Funbrain math baseball: http://www.funbrain.com/math/
The Math Projects Journal: http://www.mathprojects.com/
Lessons to meet NCTM Standards: http://www.mathgoodies.com/
Math archives of software, lessons and teaching
materials:
http://archives.math.utk.edu/
Higher Level Math
Animated graphics applicable to Calculus: http://www.ima.umn.edu/~arnold/graphics.html
Math tutorial and unsolved problems: http://mathworld.wolfram.com/UnsolvedProblems.html
Finite Mathematics and Calculus: http://people.hofstra.edu/faculty/Stefan_Waner/RealWorld/index.html
Calculus references: http://www.calculus.net/
Calculus texts, projects and modules: http://www.math.duke.edu/education/ccp/materials/index.html
Biological and Physical Sciences
Neuroscience for kids: http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neurok.html
Open forum, lab and classroom exercises: http://www.accessexcellence.org/RC/
The Biology Project: http://www.biology.arizona.edu/
Children's chemistry site: http://www.chem4kids.com/index.html
Kids Guide to the Circulatory System: http://www.aclscertification.com/pages/anoverviewofthecirculatorysystemforkids.html
Howard Hughes Medical Kool Kids Science Site: http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/
Berkeley Lab's Advanced Light Source: http://www.lbl.gov/MicroWorlds/
Technical Periodic Table: http://www.webelements.com/
Franklin Institute Science Museum's heart: http://www.fi.edu/learn/heart/
Earth/Space Science
Explore Science Learning Network: http://www.sln.org/
Space images: http://whyfiles.org/coolimages/index.html
Windows to the Universe: http://www.windows.ucar.edu/
Endangered Species: http://www.bagheera.com/
Botany adventure for grades 4 and 5: http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/
The Planet Earth: http://www.planetpals.com/index.html
Amazing Space: http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/
University of California at Berkeley's Museum of
Paleontology:
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/
Biomes, plate tectonics, geologic time and
dinosaurs: http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsys.html
CNN's Sci-Tech space page: http://www.cnn.com/TECH/space/
USGS Learning site: http://www.usgs.gov/education/
National Space Society resource links page: http://www.nss.org/spacelinks/index.html
Marine Ecology: http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/nceas-web/kids/

III. Media, News, Sports Trivia, Weather
Air Safety: http://www.airsafe.com
Burma Shave Slogans:
http://www.nidlink.com/~dgookin/burma_shave/
Cable News Network (CNN):
http://www.cnn.com/
Discovery Channel:
http://www.discovery.com/
Baseball:
Major League Baseball:
http://www.majorleaguebaseball.com/
Negro League Baseball Online
Archives: http://www.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/news/mlb_news_story.jsp?article_id=pit_20010712_buckoneill_news&team_id=pit
The Outer Limits:
http://www.theouterlimits.com
Public Broadcasting Service [PBS]:
http://www.pbs.org/
Vanity License Plates:
http://www-chaos.umd.edu/misc/plates.html
Weather:
321Weather: http://www.321weather.com/
The Weather Channel:
http://www.weather.com/twc/homepage.twc
The Weather Processor (Purdue):
http://weather.unisys.com/
Weathernet:
http://cirrus.sprl.umich.edu/wxnet
World Science News: http://www.world-science.net

IV. Museums
Adler Planetarium:
http://www.adlerplanetarium.org/
American Zoo and Aquarium Association:
http://www.aza.org/
Brookfield Zoo:
http://www.brookfieldzoo.org
Busch Gardens:
http://www.seaworld.org
Chicago Academy of Sciences Nature Museum:
http://www.chias.org
Chicago Botanical Gardens:
http://www.chicago-botanic.org
Chicago Museums:
http://www.timeoutchicago.com/arts-culture/museums/16267936/10-best-chicago-museums-top-institutions-to-visit-in-chicago
Deutsches Museum (Muenchen): http://www.deutsches-museum.de/e_index.htm
Exploratorium (San Francisco):
http://www.exploratorium.edu/
Field Museum of Natural History: http://fieldmuseum.org/
Garfield Park Conservatory:
http://www.garfield-conservatory.org
Gulf of Maine Aquarium:
http://octopus.gma.org
Lincoln Park Zoo:
http://www.lpzoo.com
Morton Arboretum:
http://www.mortonarb.org
Museum of Science and Industry:
http://www.msichicago.org/
Natural History Museum (London):
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/
Shedd Aquarium: http://www.sheddaquarium.org/
Smithsonian Institution:
http://www.si.edu/
Air & Space Magazine:
http://www.airspacemag.com/
National Air & Space Museum:
http://www.nasm.si.edu/
Encyclopedia Smithsonian: http://www.si.edu/Encyclopedia_SI/default.htm
Smithsonian Magazine:
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/

V. Organizations
Census Bureau of the U. S. Government:
http://www.census.gov
http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml
Chicago Area Physics Organizations:
http://campus.northpark.edu/physics/org/
Chicago Public Library: http://www.chipublib.org
Chicago Public Schools:
http://www.cps.k12.il.us
Environmental Protection Agency:
http://www.epa.gov
European Federation of Biophysics: http://www.efbf.org
Greenpeace: http://www.greenpeace.org
Illinois Consortium for Accelerator Research: http://www.capp.iit.edu/~icar/
Illinois Institute of Technology:
Biological Chemical and Physical Sciences Dept: http://www.iit.edu/csl/bcps/
Center for Accelerator and Particle Physics: http://www.capp.iit.edu/
Center for Synchrotron Radiation Research &
Instrumentation (CSRRI):
http://www.csrri.iit.edu/
High Energy Physics:
http://www.capp.iit.edu/~capp/hep/iithep.shtml
Science-Mathematics Initiative for Learning
Enhancement (SMILE):
http://www.iit.edu/~smile
Illinois State Physics Project (ISPP):
http://condor.depaul.edu/~glietz/ispp/ispp.html
Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov/
National Geographic:
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
National Park Service: http://www.nps.gov
National Science Foundation:
http://www.nsf.gov
Nature Conservancy: http://www.tnc.org
New Scientist
http://www.newscientist.com/
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (Nobel Prizes): http://nobelprize.org/
Science Television Company:
http://www.scitv.com
Scientific American:
http://www.sciam.com/
Sierra Club: http://www.sierraclub.org
Sky Publishing: http://www.skypub.com/
Teacher's Professional
Development Opportunities: http://www.360-edu.com/professional_development.php
The New Teacher Society: http://www.tntp.org/
UNESCO World Heritage List: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list
World Health Organization: http://www.who.int/en/

VI. Professional Societies
American Association for the Advancement of Science:
http://www.aaas.org
American Association of Physics Teachers:
http://www.aapt.org/
AAPT Physical Sciences Resource Center:
http://www.compadre.org/PSRC/
American Chemical Society:
http://www.acs.org/
American Crystallographic Association:
http://www.amercrystalassn.org/
American Institute of Physics:
http://www.aip.org/
Center for History of Physics:
http://www.aip.org/history/
Physics Academic Software:
http://www.aip.org/pas/
American Nuclear Society: http://www.ans.org/
American Physical Society:
http://www.aps.org/
http://www.physicscentral.com/
Federation of Societies of Experimental Biology:
http://www.faseb.org/
National Academy of Sciences:
http://www.nas.edu/
National Science Teacher's Association:
http://www.nsta.org
Building a Presence for Science and Point of Contact
Program: http://ecommerce.nsta.org/bap/

VII. Research Laboratories
Argonne National Laboratory:
http://www.anl.gov/
CERN:
http://www.cern.ch/
The Department of Energy; Office of Science:
http://science.energy.gov/
European Molecular Biology Laboratory:
http://www.embl-heidelberg.de/
FERMILAB:
http://www.fnal.gov/
Education:
http://www.fnal.gov/pub/education
Lederman Science Education Center
http://www-ed.fnal.gov/pub/ed_lsc.html
Goddard Space Flight Center
http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/
Hale-Bopp:
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/comet/
http://www.universetoday.com/guide-to-space/comets/hale-bopp-comet/
High Energy Physics Laboratories:
http://www.cern.ch/Physics/hep.html
Hubble Telescope:
http://hubblesite.org/
http://www.stsci.edu/pubinfo/PR.html
Jet Propulsion Laboratory:
Main Page: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/
The Earth: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/earth/
Planetary Photojournal: http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/index.html
The Solar System: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/solar_system/
Stars and Galaxies: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/stars_galaxies/
Technology: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/technology/
Lawrence Hall of Science:
http://www.lhs.berkeley.edu/
NASA sites:
For 9-12 Educators: http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/9-12/features/index.html
Science@NASA: http://science.nasa.gov/
Solar Physics: http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/solar/
Space Shuttle Web:
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/
Sun-Earth Day: http://sunearthday.nasa.gov/
National Institute of Standards and Technology Time: http://www.time.gov
Project Galileo [JPL Jupiter Survey]:
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/index.html
Quest Center of NASA:
http://quest.arc.nasa.gov:80/
Synchrotron Laboratories:
http://www-hasylab.desy.de/science/
United States Geological Survey:
http://www.usgs.gov/
United Stated Naval Observatory:
http://tycho.usno.navy.mil

VIII. Vendors
The SMILE program neither endorses nor evaluates
vendors. The following list was compiled based on
suggestions of the
participants.
Book ordering Websites:
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com
Barnes and Noble:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com
Borders:
http://www.borders.com
Houghton, Mifflin, Harcourt: http://holtmcdougal.hmhco.com/hm/home.htm
Law Textbooks from LexisNexis: http://www.lexisnexis.com/store/catalog/category_lawfirms.jsp?segmentid=seg_law
World Scientific Publishing Company:
http://www.worldscientific.com/
Computer Companies:
Apple: http://www.apple.com
Compaq: http://www.compaq.com
Dell: http://www.dell.com
Hewlett-Packard:http://www.hp.com/
Hitachi:
http://www.hitachi.com/
IBM (Lenovo): http://www.lenovo.com/us/en/
Overstock.com:
http://www.overstock.com/Electronics/Computers/270/cat.html
Equipment and Software:
Educational Clip Art: http://www.wisegorilla.com/
Educational Innovations, Inc.:
http://www.teachersource.com
Electronics-Manufacturers: http://www.electronics-manufacturers.com/
HandyGraph: http://www.handygraph.com/
Mac Software:
http://www.macsoftware.apple.com
Mathematica: http://www.mathematica.com
Microsoft: http://www.microsoft.com
OverStock.com: http://www.overstock.com/Electronics/Software/2859/cat.html
Renaissance Learning: http://www.renlearn.com/
School Center:
http://www.schoolcenter.com
Texas Instruments:
http://www.ti.com/calc
Trader-China: http://www.trader-china.com/
Vernier: http://www.vernier.com
Videopoint:
http://www.lsw.com/videopoint
Wolfram Research:
http://www.wolfram.com
Ztek: http://www.ztek.com
Open Source Software:
Mozilla & FireFox (MS-IE replacements): http://www.mozilla.org
OpenOffice.org (MS Office replacement): http://www.openoffice.org/
Science/Math Supply Houses:
All Electronics Corporation:
http://www.allelectronics.com/
American Science and Surplus:
http://sciplus.com
Arbor Scientific:
http://www.arborsci.com/
Carolina Biological Supply Company:
http://www.carolina.com/
Edmund Scientific:
http://www.edsci.com/
Flinn Scientific, Inc:
http://www.flinnsci.com
Frey Scientific: http://www.freyscientific.com
Global Scientific Supply: http://www.globalscientificsupply.com/
HomeScienceTools: http://www.hometrainingtools.com/
Imagiworks:
http://www.imagiworks.com
Indigo Instruments: http://www.indigo.com
Sargent-Welch: http://sargentwelch.com
School World: http://www.schoolworld.com
Science in a Bag: http://www.scienceinabag.com/Productpage.html
Science Kit & Boreal: http://sciencekit.com
Scientifics: http://scientificsonline.com/
SKS Science Products: http://www.sks-science.com/
Pasco: http://www.pasco.com
Pitsco Innovative Education:
http://www.pitsco.com
VWR LabShop: http://vwrlabshop.com
Wards Scientific: http://wardsci.com
TOPS Learning Systems:
http://www.topscience.org
Weathershack-Weather Instruments:
http://www.weathershack.com

IX. General Interest Sites
The Albatross Project:
http://www.wfu.edu/albatross
Amusement Park Physics (Compliments of Nathan A. Unterman - Glenbrook
North High School): http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/app/nau_links.htm
Astronomy:
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/near.html
Astronomy Cafe:
http://www.astronomycafe.net/
Astronomy Images: http://www.fotosearch.com/photos-images/galaxy.html
Astronomy Photos: http://www.canstockphoto.com/images-photos/astronomy.html
Bicycle Physics: http://www.cyclesport.com/bicycle-parts-wheels-and-motion/
Bubblesphere:
http://bubbles.org/
Butterfly Websites:
http://www.gardenbuildingsdirect.co.uk/Article/painted-lady-butterfly
http://www.ButterflyWebSite.com
http://www.TheButterflySite.com/
Chernobyl:
http://www.infoukes.com/history/chornobyl/
http://www.belarusguide.com/chernobyl1/chfacts.htm
Conversions:
http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/conversions.html
http://www.onlineconversion.com/
http://www.xe.com/ucc/full.shtml
Dinosaurs:
Enchanted Learning: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/
Teaching kids about dinosaurs: http://www.onlineteachingdegree.com/resources/teaching-kids-about-dinosaurs/
Dogs:
http://www.pbs.org/nature/dogs/html
Earth Quakes: http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/
Education Corner: http://www.educationcorner.com/k12-education.html
Energy Quest (California Energy Commission):
http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/index.html
Find The Forged Coin: http://www.cut-the-knot.org/blue/OddCoinProblems.shtml
Government Resources: http://free.ed.gov/
IBrain: http://www.ibrain.org/
Light and Color (obtained from Thomas Rossing; Northern Illinois
University):
Cliff Pickover's Graphics in Art and Science:
http://www.pickover.com/
Catalog of Holograms:
http://www.holostudios.com/studiofile/intstock.htm
Maps:
http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/states.html
Materials World Modules (Northwestern University):
http://www.materialsworldmodules.org/
Newton BBS: http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/
Oceanography:
Sea World:
http://www.seaworld.com/
El-Nino:
http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/toga-tao/el-nino/nino-home.html
Tsunami:
http://www.geophys.washington.edu/tsunami/intro.html
http://www.geophys.washington.edu/tsunami/intro.html
Old Trees:
http://www.nyu.edu/projects/julian/
Ornithology WebSite:
http://www.birdwebsite.com/
Periodic Tables:
Chemical Elements.com: http://www.chemicalelements.com/
Comic book Periodic Table:
http://www.uky.edu/Projects/Chemcomics/
Other Periodic tables and links to still more
periodic tables: http://wild-turkey.mit.edu/Chemicool/
Periodic Table Quiz Questions: http://www.1001-periodic-table-quiz-questions.com/
Powers of Ten:
http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/research/projects/how-much-info/datapowers.html
Rainforests: http://www.ran.org
Rivers: Chicago River:
http://www.chicagoriver.org/
Science Activities and Games: http://www.education.com/activity/all-grades/all-grades/science/
Snakes of North America:
Tree Resource Guide: http://www.wesspur.com/tree-resource-guide.html
U. S. Department of Education:
K-12 Reforms: http://www.ed.gov/k-12reforms
Teacher Shortage Areas: http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/pol/tsa.html
Volcanoes:
Volcano Hazards Program: http://volcanoes.usgs.gov
Volcanoes of the World:
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/framework.html
Volcano World: http://volcanoworld.wordpress.com/
Volcano Facts for Kids: http://www.fireplacespot.com/kids-volcano-facts
Volcano Explorer: http://kids.discovery.com/games/build-play/volcano-explorer
Web of Culture: http://www.webofculture.com/
Whales:
http://www.whaletimes.org
http://www.seaworld.org/Animal-info/animal-bytes/animalia/eumetazoa/coelomates/deuterostomes/chordata/craniata/mammalia/cetacea/gray-whale.htm
Wolves at Yellowstone National Park:
http://www.yellowstone-natl-park.com/wolf.htm
http://www.forwolves.org/ralph
http://www.nps.gov/yell/naturescience/wolves.htm
http://www.ypf.org/site/PageServer?pagename=WHAT_wildlife_wolf
World Fact Book: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/

X. Other Interesting Sites
Ball Lightning: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/01/070122-ball-lightning.html
Camilla Senior School Ontario Canada:
http://www.camillasenior.homestead.com/mst.html
Chemical Hazard Data: http://hazard.com/msds/
CIA's World Fact Book: http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
College Atlas: http://www.collegeatlas.org/
Education Directory/Education
Portal:
http://education-portal.com
Education Programs Directory: http://www.360-edu.com/programs.php
Encarta Lesson Collection:
https://www.microsoft.com/Education/en-us/teachers/plans/Pages/index.aspx
Erik's Treasure Trove [Eric W. Weisstein]:
Mathematics:
http://mathworld.wolfram.com
Physics:
http://www.astro.virginia.edu/~eww6n/physics/physics.html
Eyes:
Anatomy of the eye: http://lensshopper.com/eye-anatomy.asp
Eye Safety: http://www.buymorecontacts.com/eye-injury-infographic.htm
Feynman Information: http://www.feynman.com/
Frequently Asked Questions
[FAQ--John Baez]:
http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/
Is Glass a Solid or a Liquid?
http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/General/Glass/glass.html
Open Questions in Physics:
http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/General/open_questions.html
The Solar Neutrino Problem: http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/ParticleAndNuclear/solar_neutrino.html
The Twin Paradox:
http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/Relativity/SR/TwinParadox/twin_paradox.html
Which Way Will My Bathtub Drain?
http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/General/bathtub.html
Geography for Kids: http://www.kidsgeo.com/
The Great Buildings Collection
http://www.greatbuildings.com
A Guide to Gold: http://www.larsonjewelers.com/ring-resources-the-guide-to-gold.aspx
Hot Hot List (Roy Williams):
http://www.cacr.caltech.edu/~roy/
The Houghton Mifflin Link Library
http://www.eduplace.com/links/index.html
How Stuff Works: http://www.howstuffworks.com/
The Interactive Public Library
Youth Division
http://www.ipl.org/youth
Internet Pilot to Physics:
http://physicsweb.org/TIPTOP/
Keep America Beautiful:
http://www.kab.org
LandMark Project: http://landmark-project.com/index.php
Microsoft (Encarta) Lesson
Collection: https://www.microsoft.com/Education/en-us/teachers/plans/Pages/index.aspx
Microwave Oven information:
How Does a Microwave Oven Work? http://www.sciencenet.org.uk/database/Physics/EMandLight/p00571b.html
How Do Microwaves Work? http://www.gallawa.com/microtech/mwave.html
Can Microwave Ovens Leak? http://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/phys_agents/microwave_ovens.html
Superheating in Microwave Ovens: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superheating
How Do Microwave Ovens Work, and Are They Harmful in
ANY Way?
http://www.physlink.com/Education/AskExperts/ae379.cfm
Why do grapes spark in a microwave oven? http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/dec97/882909591.Ph.r.html
Water in a microwave oven [applet]: http://www.physicslessons.com/exp30b.htm
Microwave Oven Experiments: http://ifaq.wap.org/science/particlephysics.html
Unwise Microwave Oven Experiments: http://amasci.com/weird/microexp.html
Microwave Ovens: http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/microwaves/
How Things Work: Microwave Ovens: http://www.explainthatstuff.com/microwaveovens.html
Can You Sterilize the Mail in a Microwave Oven? http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/548836/posts
CDs and Other Things in a Microwave Oven:
http://microwavecam.com/
Microwave Ovens and Percy Spencer: http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blmicrowave.htm
Funny things to do with your microwave oven: http://margo.student.utwente.nl/el/microwave/
Patent Information:
http://www.freepatentsg.com/
Pro Teacher:
http://www.proteacher.com
Renew The Earth: http://www.renewtheearth.org/
Satellite Images:
Clouds: http://www.goes.noaa.gov/ECIR4.html
Visible and Infrared:
http://www.goes.noaa.gov/
Satellite Tracking: http://www.heavens-above.com/
Science Fair Central at NEIU: http://www.neiu.edu/~sfc/
Student Activities (Jefferson Laboratories BEAMS Program):
http://education.jlab.org/beams/beamshome.html
Surfing the Net With Kids
http://www.surfnetkids.com/
Teacher Network and Resource Lists:
Resource Lists:
http://www.csun.edu/lrc
Sites for Teachers: http://www.sitesforteachers.com/
Teacher Network: http://www.teachers.net/
The Virtual Schoolhouse
http://metalab.unc.edu/cisco/schoolhouse/
The Wonders of Physics:
http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/wop.htm
Virtual Tourist World Map:
http://www.vtourist.com/webmap/
World Wide Learning: http://www.worldwidelearn.com/
Yahoo Physics Links:
http://www.yahoo.com/Science/Physics/
Youth Net
http://youth.net/

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Dr. Porter Johnson. If you encounter any links that are not working
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