Educational Websites

Physics Websites

Corpuscle to Electron

  • A great introduction to cathode ray tubes and the discovery of the electron. Even a recording of J.J. Thomson's voice describing the electron and some little animated pictures of cathode ray tubes! Pretty specific, but impressive nonetheless.

    Cocktail Party Physics: Physics with a Twist

  • An amazing blog by the author of 'Physics of the Buffyverse'. Complete with physics cocktails, and hilarious beyond belief.

    Jillian's Guide to Black Holes

  • An incredible (if somewhat limited) page on black holes, explained in everyday english. It won an award from Syracuse University! Great for physics and astronomy classes. "Loosely affiliated with"

    Jillians Guide to Gravitational Waves

  • A slightly more complicated and complex guide for more advanced students.

    Physics Lesson Plans and Worksheets

  • This is a great site with a lot of very detailed lesson plans and some interactive sheets for the students to check and see whether their answers are right or wrong.

    The Teacher's Corner

  • A great website created for teachers- maintained by NASA.

    Astronomy and Cosmology 110: Stars and Galaxies

  • My website! Rather, Dr. Laura Ferrasse's website, but I'm taking the class. :)

    University of Guelph

  • Guelph? No, no idea. But this site is a good springboard to lesson plans and MANY course homepages.

    Bad Physics

  • Bad Physics is a site that dispels common misconceptions about Physics. Great site, fun to browse but not much use if you must look something up.

    Biology Websites

    Intro to Botany

  • A website from California State that includes great links and has wonderful lecture notes. Even some pretty images! The links are VERY specific and include stuff that doesn't quite fit under botany, as well.

    Cell Biology at U of Texas

  • Lots of great pictures and resources, including Power Point presentations. Perhaps a bit advanced for high school students, but the pictures and electron micrographs are worth checking out on their own merit!

    Molecular Expressions Cell Biology

  • Another molecular biology page! This one too has a lot of great diagrams and is very well-organized. Nice! :)

    Genetic Science Learning Center

  • This has some very interesting podcasts listed with interviews on the latest in genetics. Good extra credit fodder!

    Intro to Biochemistry

  • This website strikes me as useful because it contains a great deal of information that is neither out of reach nor too complex. It skims the surface of a large number of different concepts, covering the bulk of what's important in introductory Biochemistry without getting bogged down in the details. Great as a reminder, too, for what I've forgotten...

    Plant Identification Form

  • This thing is really fun. You fill in questions about a particular plant and it tells you what family the plant is in! Great for a project, or for general identification purposes. The general page follows...

    Flowering Plant Taxonomy

  • This page is incredible. Besides listing a wide variety of sources, it also includes plant pics and some experiments. Good stuff!

    Plant Pictures

  • Another fabulous page. This one includes drawn pictures of any plant you could think of as well as seven hundred or so you don't know about yet. I'm a sucker for this kind of stuff, but this place is great!

    Chemistry Websites

    Smile Program Chemistry Index

  • This is a site that is mainly for teachers, with some really good short activities to demonstrate concepts.

    Chem for Kids

  • This one's pretty neat. It really is geared down, more for the student than the teacher. Check out the links here for "Physics for kids" "Biology for Kids" "Chemistry for kids" and "Geography for Kids". A great site!

    the Bakken Library and Museum

  • This particular link will actually take you to their 'Mendeleev Puzzle' curriculum page. Very interesting way of having all of the students involved in different topics, and teaching them to one another - great activities here!

    The Natural Science Pages

  • These pages could possibly encompass both Chemistry and Physics. They're well put-together. The thing that sticks out in my mind is the bit on the periodic table, where there are links for each element. A lot of thought went into this site.

    Science Is Golden

  • I can't even explain the silliness. Just go see it. Or don't.

    Mathematics Websites

    Ask Dr. Math

  • Wow. Although I'm not a math teacher, I checked their archive for information on prime numbers, something I needed for a story of mine. This site is incredibly extensive. If you have a question, it's most likely archived here. Grouped by age-level.

    General Education Websites

    Educational Sites for All Ages

  • A very cool and very extensive list of links, categorized by subject. A lot what I have here, only MORE.

    discover...

  • Incredible; aimed at kids, answers questions, good for projects and research. Has anatomy, energy, and other subject headings which really encompass many subjects.

    Regents Exam Prep Center

  • Preparation for the NY State Regents exams, but good review and multiple-choice questions for any occasion. Lists Math A and B, Global History, Earth Science, Biology, Chemistry, and Physics.

    Microbus

  • This site is very, very interesting and seems to be new as of now. Considerably neat pictures of the microscopic world, with applications in Biology, Chemistry and Physics.

    Gif World

  • Great for building websites. :) There are even pictures of VERY specific animals here, as well as an entire heading for agriculture. I plan on going here if I am going to make a website for when I teach in the Fall.

    Exploratorium: Ten Cool Sites

  • This place is incredible; far more than just ten sites, it groups best sites by subject, from physics to art history. It is arranged clearly and simply, but it is also obvious that those at Exploratorium have done the homework, no pun intended. Each site listed is a gem in its own right.

    How Stuff Works

  • Quite the interesting site here. From tornados to animation to flying cars, this site takes almost anything and explains its inner workings in common parlance. Really fun to look through (and a great place for book-report ideas...)

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