Science

Notre Dame Library
Notre Dame Jr./ Sr.High School

Internet Resources | Reference | Resources | Science Fair Materials | Weather | The Stars and Constellations

• Virtual Dissection

• National Library of Medicine - Links to health information, library services, databases, research programs Medline Plus, health information.

• MEDLINEplus - Health Topics, Drug Information, etc.

• The Visible Embryo

• Virtual Hospital

• Field Trip Beavers Bend State Park

• Inner City Outing Hiking Day

Reference

• Volcano World - Everything about the volcano

• Northeast Fisheries Science Center - Questions and Answers all about Fish

• Elements - Links to chemistry and elements

• Fundamental Physical Constants - Everything from Avogadro number to von Klitzing constant. Arranged by category, with links to other useful sites.

• My Virtual Encyclopedia: Technology and Sciences - Links to a variety of science sites.

• Science Daily - Science news updated daily.

• Fun Science Gallery - Fun, simple, low cost science experiments for amateur scientists

• Inventors and Inventions - Subjects: Famous Inventions, Famous Inventors. Black Inventors, Canadian Inventors, Chinese Inventors, Women Inventors, Inventing 101, Getting The Money, Selling Your Ideas, Avoiding Scams, Events/Conventions, Inventor Magazines, Organizations, Service Providers, Copyrights, Patents, Patent Searches, Trademarks Lesson Plans, Young Inventors and much more

• Distnguished Women Of Past and Present - Distinguished Women of Past and Present

• Nobel Prize Winners - Welcome to the Nobel Prize Internet Archive! Since 1901, the Nobel Prize has been awarded annually as per Alfred Nobel's last will and testament. This site maintains information on all winners in all categories. Click on any Nobel category at left (literature, physics, chemistry, peace, economics, or physiology & medicine) to see an annotated, hyperlinked list of all Nobel laureates in that category. And while you are at it, do not forget to check out the Ig Nobel Prizes too!

• Bio.com - Biology on-line. Excellent source.

Resources

• Sea WiFS Project Home Page - The websites listed below are not NASA projects but were developed in support of collaborations with a number of educational activities.

• Whale Net

• Nine Planets - This site is an overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of each of the planets and moons in our solar system. Each page has text and images, some have sounds and movies, most provide references to additional related information.

• Dinosaur Fossils - exhibit of dinosaur fossils available for public viewing. These 'fossils' are replicas from the originals at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, which boasts one of the finest and largest collections of dinosaur fossils in the world.

• Science Gems - Links to resources by sciences and topics.

• Science Museum - One of the top science museums in the U.S.

• How Stuff Works - Show how many familiar objects work.

• Science Dictionaries Online - This resource was developed for students of all grade levels.

• American Museum of Natural History

• A Whale of an Encyclopedia - Everything you ever wanted to know about cetaceans. Photos and whale songs included, courtesy of the friendly whale-watchers of Finland.

Science Fair Materials

• Science Fair Project Resource Guide - This is a great place to start looking for hints and ideas for science fair projects.

• School Science Fairs - Designed to aid students in the most difficult aspect of their science fair experience, getting ideas/ Linked to other sites.

• Cyber Fair-Steps to Prepare a Science Fair Project - Basic outline of the steps to follow in preparing a science fair projedt and writing a report.

• The Ultimate Science Fair Resource - Ideas, information, help, links, and projects.

Weather

• Weather Underground - The weather update anywhere

• Franklin's Forecast - Check out the'Make your Own Weather Station' and 'Activities' sections for ideas for weather-related projects.

• Weather Forecasts - 10 weather forecasts- Maps

The Stars and Constellations

• Alphabetical listing of constellations - Constellations listed in Alphabetical order

• The Constellations - A tour of the stars.

• The Constellations and their stars - Infrared view of the center of our galaxy

• The Mythology of the Constellations - Constellations known simply as theobjects or animals which they represented.

• Stars and Consetllations - Portraits of stars and their constellations

• Hayden Planetarium

• Sky and Telescope - Comet Hyakutake was discovered in the skies. Yous can discover it in cyberspace, too. Along with a universe of other celestial sobjects.