Science and Math Homework Links
General Science
- How Stuff Works Everything from diets to carburetors to computers.
- Exploratorium Dozens of online exhibits and experiments you can do at home, from the Exploratorium Museum in San Francisco.
- Extreme Science What is the most ferocious creature in the world? The coldest place on the planet? Find your extreme facts here.
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
- Web Elements Physical properties, electronic configuration, and other easy-to-access information about the elements.
- Chemical Elements Another site with information on the elements (atomic number, mass, structure, color, etc.)
- Chemfinder Offers basic properties of different chemicals and links to specialized databases.
- Volcanoes of the World Facts about and maps of major volcanoes, from the USGS/Cascades Volcano Observatory in Vancouver, Washington.
- Global Volcanism Program Detailed information on volcanoes around the world, organized alphabetically and by region; weekly volcanic activity reports; and more. From the Smithsonian Institution.
- Volcano World Fun facts about volcanoes, on earth and on other worlds.
- Windows on the Universe Comprehensive astronomy site from the University of Michigan. Click on “The Universe” for information on the constellations.
- The Physics Classroom Easy-to-understand lectures covering all the major topics in the physics curriculum, created by a teacher at Glenbrook South High School in Illinois.
History of Technology
- Internet History of Science Sourcebook. This site, maintained by Paul Halsall of Fordham University, is searchable, organized by topic and time period, and has links to sites around the world on topics from ancient history to space flight and the Internet.
- World Wide Web Virtual Library-History of Science, Technology, and Medicine This large array of links includes biographies, descriptions of exhibitions, and descriptions of the web sites it lists.
- Virtual Library: History Resources Follow the links for “science, medicine, and technology” for more links to science-related Web sites, posted by the University of Kansas.
- Smithsonian Institution Some of the documents and materials the Smithsonian collects can be viewed on line. Click on “inventors” for short biographies of Ben Franklin, Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, and others with links to other sites.
- History of Space Flight From the Kennedy Space Center.
- Wright Brothers Site devoted to the history of the airplane and the work of the Wright Brothers, with papers they wrote.
- Tech Museum of Invention Online exhibits, including interviews with computer scientists.
- All about the Internet the Internet Society’s history of the Internet.
- US Patent Office.
Science Fair/Experiments
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