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Dissection

Owl Pellet Dissection
Frog Dissection
Frog Dissection PowerPoint
Frog Dissection home page
Dissecting a Cow's Eye The material presented here is meant not to replace the act of dissecting a cow's eye, but rather to enhance the experience.
FlyLab Virtual FlyLab, a part of Biology Labs online.
Dissecting the Earthworm Step-by-step instructions!! Learn about the organs.
Sheep Brain Dissection Guide Tutorial on the sheep brain both with many sectional images. Univ of Scranton.
Exlpore the Human Body Adventure Life Science Connection Medical Research - using their state of the art BioSimulator 3000.

Museums
The Franklin Institute Science Museum
The Louvre Art Museum
Hands-on Science Centers Worldwide
NATIONAL AIR & SPACE MUSEUM HOMEPAGE
The Smithsonian Institution Home Page
Exploratorium Home Page
The Franklin Institute Science Museum

Science Fairs
Steps to preparing a science fair project
STEM~Net Science Web Page
London Science Fair
The Environmental News Network
Science on the Web

Space
Quest-NASA
NASA
NASA Information Services via World Wide Web
NASA Spaceflight Web
Shuttle Launch Countdown Home Page

Chemistry
Chemistry Resources
American Chemical Society
Periodic Table of Elements Los Alamos National Laboratory's Chemistry Division
Periodic Table WebElements

 

Weather

EARTHWATCH.html
Space Weather
The Weather Channel - Home Page
AccuWeather(r) - The World's Weather Authority(tm)
CNN.com - Weather Main Page
Weather Instruments


Microscopes

mic.gif (4793 bytes)Anatomy of the Microscope

  50 Most Frequently Asked Questions About Optical Microscopy

  How to Collect and See the Microbial Community Collecting the bacteria and viewing them through a microscope is one way to tell important differences in the water chemistry from one site to the next.  Techniques for collecting and studying the iron bacteria are simple and are presented here. U.S.  Geological Survey.

 


Volume and Measures

Common Equivalent Weights and Measures 

Metric Prefixes Conversions from a multiple or submultiple to the basic units of meters, liters, or grams can be done using the table. For example, to convert from kilometers to meters, multiply by 1,000 (9.26 kilometers equals 9,260 meters) or to convert from meters to kilometers, multiply by 0.001 (9,260 meters equals 9.26 kilometers).

Mathematical Notation for Orders of Magnitude one-quintillionth to one quintillion -- how do you write it?

The Franklin Institute Online Puzzles Class Idea: Play one of the puzzles and give a brief write-up of what you did online. 

 


Forensics

Forensics

The Forensics Society Home Page


Online Science Games

Nature of Science - Scientific Method three online games; requires java on your computer; flash card, matching game & concentration.

Water, Water Everywhere Facts about water and the water cycle; three online games; requires java on your computer; flash card, matching game & concentration.

Plant Parts In this game you will try and match up the plant parts with the correct definition; requires java on your computer; flash card, matching game, word search, & concentration.


Study Guides and Strategies a link to resources on studying and preparing for tests!


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