Science Bookmarks

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Also Biology Bookmarks updated rarely since I left the classroom

Anthropology

Archaeology

Astronomy

Biology separate list of Biology sites

Chemistry

Climate

Earth Science

Environment

Geography

Geology/Geophysics

Geomorphology

Hydrology

Math

Media--Science..online books/magazines

Medicine

Nanotechnology

Nuclear

Oceanography

Organizations

Physics

Science Education

Weather

General Science Sites

Anthropology  Back to top

Anthropology Tutorials Menu  physical anthro (evolution/genetics/behavior) AND cultural anthro materials

Archaeology  Back to top

Archaeology Data Service homepage  supports research, learning and teaching with high quality and dependable digital resources
North American Database of Archaeological Geophysics  map with state locations of archaeological sites
The Corinth Computer Project  16 yr project to study the nature of the city planning process during the Roman period at Corinth

Astronomy  Back to top

Comets_Meteors

Leonid Meteor Shower Photography  many images from the 1999 Leonid shower
Comets and Meteor Showers  news & information/professional and amateur observations/historical research...Compiled by Gary W. Kronk
Huge Fireball Dazzles Midwest  fantastic Quicktime animation of Earth passing thru Temple-Tuttle comet debris
Near Earth Object Program  NASA program to study things that pass near Earth
The Arcturus Observatory Link Page  many, many astro links

Astronomy Courses  Back to top

Astro 201 Cornell U  complete basic astronomy...excellent illustrations/graphics
Astro 233 Cornell U  general topics in astronomy (telescopes/definitions/cosmology/latest research)
Astronomy 121 UofOre Schombert  Solar System online course...great resources/lectures/quizzes
Astronomy 122 Stellar Evolution UofOre  Steller Evolution...complete notes/illustrations...easily understood
Astro 161 Solar System  1st semester UTennessee
Astronomy 162 Stars, Galaxies, and Cosmology  2nd semester UTennessee
Violence in the Cosmos  predessor material to Astro 162
History of Astronomy  UCSanDiego illustrated tutorial (great info and illustrations)
http--www.phy6.org-  site is designed to provide non-scientists with clear explanations and explicit answers about physics and astronomy
Views of the Solar System  site goal to make high quality photographs of the planets and satellites available to the public...also excellent information about solar system objects

Imagery  Back to top

Astronomy Picture of the Day  hi-res pics from NASA...great info accompanies photos
Earth and Moon Viewer  You can view either a map of the Earth showing the day and night regions at this moment, or view the Earth from the Sun, the Moon, the night side of the Earth, above any location on the planet specified by latitude, longitude and altitude, from a satellite in Earth orbit, or above various cities around the globe
Espenak's Eclipse Home Page  the ultimate resource for online information about eclipses
HSF - Space Shuttle Gallery  human spaceflight...shuttle/space station/realtime info...this is the site
MAP Cosmology 101 Matter in the Universe  great info as well as imagery
Sky View Cafe  FREE viewer... Sky View Café is a Java applet that lets you use your web browser to see many types of astronomical information, in both graphical and numerical form. You can see which stars and planets will be out tonight in the sky above your home town, see how the next solar or lunar eclipse will look from Los Angeles, or find out when the Moon rose over Sydney on your birthday ten years ago. Sky View Café includes star charts, a 3-D orrery, displays of the moons of Jupiter and Saturn, an astronomical event calendar, an ephemeris generator, and many other features
STScI_HST Pictures  everything Hubble Telescope

magazines  Back to top

Astronomy Magazine  must be subscriber to access most of this site
Sky and Telescope  GREAT sky chart generator as seen from any lat/long location

Solar  Back to top

Animation of Recent Northern Polar Passes  latest aurora status in graphics
AuroraB current GIF image 450x400 pixels  latest single aurora location
NOAA POES Auroral Activity--movies too  SpaceEnvironmentCenter homepage...everything is here
Solar Links Index  links to solar data sites from SEC
Solar Max 2000_ Presented by the Exploratorium  
Space Environment Center  the official source of space weather alerts, forcasts, warnings
Today's Space Weather  great info in graphical format

General Astronomy sites  Back to top

-Space Weather Alerts Page  all types listed in text format
Chronology of early astronomy,mechanics and spaceflight  from pre-history to 1988
Current Solar Forecast-  text forcast
GalacticDatabase  Database last updated: 11 Jun 2004
* 435 thousand redshifts
* 2.0 million images, maps and external links
* 60 thousand notes
* 33 thousand abstracts
All Data Products SEC  long list
NASA Homepage  everything NASA is here
Science Basics--Astronomy  Imagine the Universe is a service of the High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center (HEASARC) at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Space Environment Center  mainpage for NOAA info/alerts/education
SPACE.com  Imaginova's multimedia brands capture people's fascination with space, science and technological innovation across consumer, education and professional markets.Imaginova was founded in 1999 as Space.com by Lou Dobbs and the website of the same name was launched in July 1999 on the anniversary of Apollo 11’s moon landing
The Galileo Project  hypertext source of information on the life and work of Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) and the science of his time

Chemistry  Back to top

General Chemistry Topic Review  GREAT info from Purdue U
Organic Chem resources for students Organic Chemistry
Organic Chemistry textbook online
A Fullerene Structure Library  great graphics of BuckeyBalls
Adrian Dingle's Chemistry  AP chem stuff as well as regular chem materials
Particle Adventure  fundamentals of matter and force
Chem101 Home Page  from ThinkQuest (as of 29Aug04 some links broken)
Chemistry Interactive   both regular chem & AP chem resources
Printable Periodic Tables  from ScienceGeeks
CHEMTUTOR  Chemtutor can be a course of study for independent students, a resource for chemistry teachers, a review, or a tutoring program for students taking high school or basic college chemistry
CHEMystery  interactive guide for high school chemistry students
Erik's Chemistry Notes  collection of Chemistry, AP Chemistry, and Organic Chemistry notes, available for people to read through, review and use to learn chemistry
Chemistry Online Courses  UMaryland resources
General Chemistry Topic Review  GREAT info from Purdue U
Merlin  "Principles of Alchemy" is a self-paced, self-learning program specifically designed to teach Chemistry on your computer
Nuclear Data Center  lots of chem resources
Physics and Science References  includes many chem links
Sheffield Chemdex  directory of chemistry on the WWW since 1993
The Nanotube Site
USB Buckyball Home Page   fullerene-related research at Stoney Brook
Web-Based Courses for HS Chem Teachers  National Science Foundation project
Chemistry Coach  everything chemistry is here
X-ray spectra Website  compage elements

Climate  Back to top

Climate Change  Canadian glaciologists look at climate change
Hawaii Climate Prediction  UHawaii research project
Climate Timeline Tool  NOAA...examine climatic information at varying scales through time
Climate Variations During ENSO  El Nino impact on climate
Global Climate Change  NASA sponsored Wheeling Jesuit U classroom of future
Global warming  World View examples of global warming
NCAR  dedicated to exploring and understanding our atmosphere and its interactions with the Sun, the oceans, the biosphere, and human society
NOAA Paleoclimatology Program  paleoclimate data from NOAA
NRDC Photographs World View of Global Warming  Natural Resources Defense Council website...much info
Pacific ENSO Update  pilot project established to conduct research and produce information products on climate variability related to the ENSO climate cycle in the U.S.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Visualization NCAR Scientific Computing Division

EarthScience  Back to top

Curriculum  Back to top

Earth Sciences (in progress fall 2004)
ISTAT Earth Science Curriculum and Activities  aligned to SFUSD...lots of activities for each curricular area
ISTAT Earth Science - Resources  by curricular area..activities/websites
Va Earth Science SOLs  State of Virginia curricular areas hotlinked
The EarthComm Home Page  Earth Science curriculum developed by the American Geological Institute (AGI)

Earth Science Resources  Back to top

Earth Science Links  North Carolina learning lab links
Dynamic Planet course  course links by category
NSTA TeacherVision.com  elementary focus
Science Made Simple  for teachers AND students
Destination Earth  NASA site...to understand and protect Earth
Science of the Earth System  from NASA...climate, weather, energy cycles, carbon cycle, geocycle, atmosphere,...
The EarthComm Home Page  Earth Science resources from American Geological Institute (AGI)

Earth Science Textbooks  Back to top

Physical Geography Online Text excellent resource
bigchalk HomeworkCentral MS Science Textbooks
Earth Sci--complete online  from Views of Solar System
Earth Science  from Internet Public Library--Online Texts...Dewey...Browse
Etext--AGI Earth Systems  Investigating Earth Systems is a new, standards-based, Earth Science curriculum for the middle grades developed by the American Geological Institute
Physical Geography  another name for Earth Science
World Records in Earth Science  The entire cost of creating, building, hosting and maintaining the website and publishing of the Extreme Science E-zine are paid for by Elizabeth Keller

General Earth Science SitesBack to top

Earth Science for Schools from Moorland School, Plate tectonics, Earth history.....
Earth Science Links--Space Research Assoc.
Earth System Science Education Alliance
EARTHFORCE in the core
ESEdRev home
GeoExplorer Geography Links
GeoExplorer--volcanoes_eqs
Glossary of EarthScience Terms
World Atlas of Biodiversity

Environment

TOMS  Total Ozone Mapping Project
Climate Change A hypertext history
Biodiversity Text
CETACEA
Climate Change
Ecology Guide to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
Modules & Activies Main Page
Particulate Matter Research
The Skeptical Environmentalist
The State of the Cryosphere
The State of the Cryosphere_ Sea Level
WCMC Reception
Welcome to EnVironmental Education oNline
What's New, US Global Change Research Program

Geography  Back to top

Courses / Maps

Virtual Geography...bookmarks   everything geography is here
All Geography Courses--CU Resources  quite complete links to various geography subjects online
Physical Geography Courses--CU Resources
Physical Geography  complete online materials from Okanagan University College
American Geography--Regional Landscapes of US  all regions of North America are described in this 1998 US Information Agency/John Wiley publication
Columbia Earthscape  requires subscription..1 month free trial available
CU Dept. of Geography - Geography Resource Center  comprehensive list of resources for teaching geography
Geography Dictionary  most common terms used in physical, human and environmental geography, some are further enhanced by a diagram or photograph
Geography Network - Maps  type in place name & then theme you wish to explore about the place
Geography Portal GeoExplorer  UK geoexplorer portal...much to see here
GeoMAC (Geospatial Multi-Agency Coordination) - Wildland Fire Support  GREAT MAPS...mapping tool originally designed for fire managers to access online maps of current fire locations and perimeters in the conterminous 48 States and Alaska--now available to public
Globe Gallery  maps_graphics_animations
Graphic Map's World Atlas Flags of the World  want a flag? You'll find it here.
Graphic Maps and World Atlas - clip art  1,000's of geography images/maps/flags/clipart
Landforms of the Conterminous United States a Digital Shaded-Relief Portrayal  text that accompanies MAP I-2206, by Gail P. Thelin and Richard J. Pike, U.S. Department of the Interior, U. S. Geological Survey, 1991
Map Machine  from Nat'l Geographic...Find nearly any place on Earth, and view it by population, climate, and much more. Plus, browse antique maps, find country facts, or plan your next outdoor adventure with our trail maps
Outline Maps  Free printable outline maps of the countries/continents of the world
TERRA_ Images & Data Gallery  On February 24, 2000, Terra began collecting what will ultimately become a new, 15-year global data set on which to base scientific investigations about our complex home planet
EOS  EarthObservingSystems...long-term global observations of the land surface, biosphere, solid Earth, atmosphere, and oceans
MapTech Map Server  find map by location name/lat_long/zip/misc
USDA..surface distances between locations  by latitude and longitude
TopoZone USGS topo maps  find topo map by loc name/lat_long
City Data  geo-political data by state/by city

Geology_Geophysics  Back to top

Geologic Maps  Back to top

National Atlas  began in 1997...Atlas updates a large bound collection of paper maps that was published in 1970
IGS - File Management Web  many Idaho digital maps from Idaho Geological Survey
PaleoMaps   illustrated plate tectonic development of the ocean basins and continents, as well as the changing distribution of land and sea during the past 1100 million years
USGS NATIONAL GEOLOGIC MAP DATABASE - HOMEPAGE  over 2,000 maps and related data about:geology, hazards, earth resources, geophysics, geochemistry,geochronology, paleontology, and marine geolog
Geologic Map of US  USGS full color geologic map of US
North American Geologic Map  USGS partnership w/Canada and Mexico full color geologic map

Geologic Time  Back to top

A Tapestry of Time and Terrain  Quicktime movie merges US topographic map with US geologic map
Earth Floor Geologic Time  ..."Most of the [geologic] names have to do with places where certain types of fossils were found."
Geologic Time page  LOTS of detail..."The history of Earth is recorded in the igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks of the outer crust called the outer lithosphere"
Web Time Machine  great organization...from UC Berkeley Museum of Paleontology
Geologic Time  USGS...many levels of information about GeoTime
Geological Time Scale  text version from USGS...hotlinked terms to descriptions (definitions)
Geological Time Scale  from UCalgary...one page
Geologic Time Chart  text...simple and elegant

Geology Ed_ Courses Online  Back to top

College Geology Courses Online  START HERE...list of sites with extensive lecture notes and illustrated
Geology Education  Google (current) list for Geology Ed sites
Geology Education  ATT WorldNet (current) list for Geology Ed sites
Geology-Geochemistry Program at New Mexico Tech
GeologyLink® - Virtual Classroom  list of University Geology online courses...various degrees of material available without logins
GeologyLink®  list of online resources for geology
Geophysics--UHouston  from Society of Exploration Geophysicists
GEOSOURCE   UUtrecht web resources for human geography,physical geography, planning,geoscience and environmental science
The Biota of Early Terrestrial Ecosystems The Rhynie Chert  Scotland...superbly preserved 400 million year old terrestrial and freshwater flora and fauna

Geology Field Trips  Back to top

Cal State Humbolt FIELD TRIPS  Josephine Ophiolite
CSUNorthridge Field Trips  some well-documented trips Sierra Nevada and desert regions of California
Geology Virtual Field Trips--UHouston  eclectic list of trips
Virtual Field Trips  from all continents (a compendium)
Virtual Field Trip  both Cascade and Sierra Nevada geology simultaneously
New Mexico Geology Virtual field trips  from NM Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources

GeologyImages  Back to top

Class Notes  great teaching resource...images also 2nd image of same location with geology drawn on image
Antartic Images  from Australian Antarctic program
Satellite Image Atlas--Glaciers  USGS pub

Glaciology  Back to top

Glaciology  UK Leeds U online glacial course (complete)
Australian Antarctic Program  Australian Dept of Environment website on current Antarctic activity
Ice Age Floods Institute - Home
Satellite Image Atlas--Glaciers  USGS pub
Glaciers  all about glaciers from National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)
The State of the Cryosphere_ Mountain Glaciers  National Snow and Ice Data Center info
The State of the Cryosphere_ Northern Hemisphere Snow  National Snow and Ice Data Center info

GSAmeetings  Back to top

Cordilleran Section - 98th Annual Meeting (2002)
Geological Society of America - Meetings

Mineralogy_Fossils  Back to top

Geology Rocks and Minerals Education  Google search will yield latest rocks/minerals links
ATHENA MINERALOGY; Pierre Perroud  mineral pics (medium resolution) / mineral formulas
ATLAS OF OPAQUE AND ORE MINERALS  mostly mineral thin-sections / lots of detailed info
Biggest mineralogy resource  good pics (hi-resolution)
Cyberwell Rocks & Minerals  list of locations by state where to collect minerals/fossils
Fluorescent Minerals  great pics (med-res) of fluorescent minerals assemblages
Gems Found in the United States  info & pics
Guide to Mineral Identification by Hand Specimen  amateur geologists and 'rockhounders' start here
Guide to mineral identification  excellent guide for mineral id
RockDoctor Homepage  how to classify rock types--great basic info
Manual--Properties of Minerals  StFrancisXavierU Geology 201
Mineral Cabinet  wonderful pics (med-res)
Mineral Gallery  great info and (med-res) pics
Mineral Identification Project  site is designed to help determine the type of mineral or minerals in a rock sample
MINERAL, FOSSIL AND LAPIDARY NETWORK  Russian fossils...10 yr webproject
Mineralogical Museum NM Minerals  lots of info and pics
Mineralogy Database  4,339 individual mineral species descriptions and pics
Mineral links  very long comprehensive list of sites
MINERALS OF IDAHO  Idaho type samples from website below
MINERALS OF THE UNITED STATES  click on state map...(med-res) and location of pics
MinMax - Mineral Information System  mostly European locales
(in English) French Mineralogical Society  lots of detailed info and hi-res pics
Rocks and Minerals - Rockhounding  list of links (detailed) from Maxazine
USGS Minerals Statistics and Information  much info
Mineral Photos  hi-res photos from CA Museum of Minerals
Utah Minerals
Geos 306, Mineralogy

Sedimentology  Back to top

Sediment Geochemical Mapping of the US  USGS open file report 2004--the NGS includes data covering ~71% of the land area of the US, including samples in all 50 states

Seismology  Back to top

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO)  latest info about Hawaiian volcanoes
Hawai`i EQs-Map  map of Big Island EQs for last 2 weeks
IRIS Seismic Monitor  real-time World Map epicenter plots last 14 days
NEIC Last 7 Days  real-time World Map epicenter plots and location info
NEIC Near Real Time Earthquake List
NEIC_ Current Seismicity_ United States
NEIC_ World List & Map
NEIC: World--Current EQ Maps  current EQ maps from every region on Earth
New Madrid Compendium  New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-1812
The IRIS Consortium
IRIS eq Maps  maps for last 24 hrs/7 days/30 days/365 days
USGS Earthquake Hazards Program-EQ Info  maps and info
USGS Regional Sites  latest EQ info from USGS regional sites
USGS--US most recent (CNSS replacement)
Virtual Times Recent Earthquakes and Volcanoes  almost everyones' real-time EQ maps are collected here
Visual Resources_ Earthquake Engineering and Earthquake Damage  UC Berkeley Engineering center...lots of info
Tsunami  ultimate site to learn about these EQ generated waves of destruction

Tectonics  Back to top

USGS Plate Tectonics  This Dynamic Earth
A Global Plate Thickness model  latest model
UCSanDiego collection of tectonic research  ...lots of info
Earth's Continental Plates  plate tectonics shown with graphics and excellent teaching info

Vulcanology  Back to top

Photoglossary of Volcanic Terms  USGS...every volcanic term shown by photo example
Granular Volcano Group  ultimate site for understanding granular flows, granular processes, fluid dynamic, supercomputer modeling, and grain-size analysis in Volcanology, Geophysics, and Physics
Haleakala Crater Live Camera  watch the sunrise from top of this Maui volcano
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park  Natl Park Service site...http://www.nps.gov/havo/index/site_index.htm site map
How Volcanoes Work  cool site from SanDiegoState
Stromboli On-Line (English)  primary goal of our project is to spread volcanological data and research results...intended to be helpful to non-specialists
Educators page for volcanoes  USGS volcano resources for educators
Photo Gallery of the Long Valley Caldera and Mono-Inyo Craters volcanic chain, California  great info and med-res pics
Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO)  USGS maintained...lots of info and current activity monitoring
USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory (CVO)  USGS maintained...lots of info and current activity monitoring
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO)  USGS maintained...lots of info and current activity monitoring
USGS Long Valley CA (LHVO)  USGS maintained...lots of info and current activity monitoring
Yellowstone Volcano Observatory (YVO)  USGS maintained...lots of info and current activity monitoring

Miscellaneous  Back to top

Geologic Guidebooks of North America - Search Geoscience Information Society facilitates the exchange of information in the geosciences through cooperation among scientists, librarians, editors, cartographers, educators, and information professionals
USGS Western Region Geologic Information Server  west coast and Rocky Mtn states

Geomorphology  Back to top

Image Bank LOTS of images
GepImages free images from UCBerkeley
Free Photos for Geography  Europe, Africa, Asia, and Antarctica collections
Geography Pics  Geography Clip Art, Illustrations and Photographs
Pics4Learning - Tech4Learning  19 categories of pics
Earth Impact Database  click on crater name to see photo
Earth Science World ImageBank  39 categories of images...detailed info for each photo
Geo-Images Project Home Page  images (mostly photographs) that are useful in teaching geography
Soil Orders  UIdaho...photo examples of all 12 soil orders

Hydrology

Welcome to Water Research Network  fresh water issues all over the world
NWS Hydrologic Information Center: California River Stages  current streamflow in California rivers
NWS Hydrologic Information Center: Idaho River Stages  current streamflow in Idaho rivers
Sediment Geochemical Mapping of the US  USGS open file report 2004--the NGS includes data covering ~71% of the land area of the US, including samples in all 50 states
USGS National Water-Quality Assessment Program (NAWQA)  news and info
SAHRA - Sustainability of semi-Arid Hydrology and Riparian Areas  Global Water Newswatch
Idaho NRCS  Idaho Natural Resources Conservation Dept

Math  Back to top

A Math Refresher  refresh your memory about some basic ideas in algebra and trigonometry
Chronology of early astronomy,mechanics and spaceflight  mathematicians and math concepts throughout this excellent timeline
Numbers, Constants, and Computations  dedicated to mathematical, historical and algorithmic aspects of some classical mathematical constants like (like p, e, the Euler constantg, z(3), ¼).
Online Conversion  Convert just about anything to anything else.Over 5,000 units, and 50,000 conversions
The Berkeley Mortality Database  created to provide detailed mortality and population data to researchers, students, journalists, policy analysts, and others interested in the history of human longevity

Media-OnlineBooks-Mags  Back to top

BioMedBooks  biomedical books that can be searched directly by concept
Chemical Dictionary Index  online version of the IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology mostly corresponds to the second edition (1997)
Magazines Links  links to online version of scientific journals/magazines

Medicine  Back to top

BioMed CENTRAL  over 100 Open Access journals covering all areas of Biology and Medicine
Entrez-PubMed  a service of the National Library of Medicine, includes over 15 million citations for biomedical articles back to the 1950's. These citations are from MEDLINE and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources
HLA-DQ molecules  the chromosome 6 HLA gene region contains over 100 genes and most of these genes code for proteins involved in the immune system
Inflammatory Myopathy  JDMS
Neuromuscular Disease Center  Washington U, St.Louis
National Health Study of Nutrition  free, on-the-spot analysis of your diet, physical activities, and lifestyle choices

Nanotechnology  Back to top

UW-Madison MRSEC  tools that let us "see" atoms, manipulate them, and create nano-architectural wonders

Nuclear  Back to top

Alsos Digital Library for Nuclear Issues  broad, balanced range of annotated references for the study of nuclear issues

Oceanography  Back to top

NOAA National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC)
Tsunami  ultimate site to learn about these EQ generated waves of destruction

Organizations  Back to top

Idaho Geological Survey  lots of education material on this website
Idaho NRCS  Idaho Natural Resources Conservation Dept
National Earth Science Teachers Association

Physics  Back to top

Animations of Physical Processes  animated GIF images...wonderful info accompanies these cool animations
Association of College & Research Libraries  annotated physics websites from Assoc College Research Libraries
Standard Atomic Model  Lawrence Berkeley National Labs tour of matter
Timeline of Particle Physics  ancient times to Standard Model
Particle Physics Education Sites  from Particleadventure
From Stargazers to Starships  also in Spanish and French
HyperPhysics Concepts  exploration environment for concepts in physics which employs concept maps and other linking strategies to facilitate smooth navigation
IEEE Virtual Museum  explore the history of physics of technology devices...how they work and people behind the technology
NIST Physical Reference Data  links to everything Physics reference
Nobel Laureates in Physics  from Roentgen (1901) to Abrikosov/Leggett/Ginzberg (2003)
OpticsNotes.Com  Optics, Photonics, Resources, References and Tutorials
Semiconductor Concepts  hyperconcept map with excellent info
Superconductors  SUPERCONDUCTORS.ORG is a non-profit, non-affiliated website intended to introduce beginners and non-technical people to the world of superconductor
Teaching Electromagnetism  uses Advanced Technologies...from MIT
Hypertextbook  math, physics, reference facts...need to explore this site for eclectic collection of information

ScienceEducation  Back to top

AAAS Project 2061  a longterm initiative to advance literacy in Science, Mathematics, and Technology
2061 Benchmarks On-Line  The terms and circumstances of human existence can be expected to change radically during the next human life span. Science, mathematics, and technology will be at the center of that change--causing it, shaping it, responding to it. Therefore, they will be essential to the education of today’s children for tomorrow’s world...What should be the substance and character of such education?
2061 Blueprints Online  action steps to achieve literacy in Science, Mathematics, and Technology by the next generation
Classroom of the Future  from NASA...engages students in "real science" by presenting them with actual problems currently under investigation in various science disciplines
The Online Ethics Center for Engineering & Science  resources for understanding and addressing ethically significant problems

Weather  Back to top

Local  Back to top

BanBury golf course weather station
10 day Boise
10 day Lakeshore
AccuWeather--Boise
Boise ID Weather Forecast--Yahoo
Boise--Monthly Climatatology
Lakeshore--Monthly Climatatology
NWS--Boise ID

National  Back to top

Last 6 Hours National Radar Loop
Last 4 hours US radar loop
Index Page of NCAR-RAP Real-Time Weather Data website
Lightning Explorer
Climatic Extremes and Weather Events
NOAA - National Weather Service
NOAA Home--drought_archives_current
Satellite data Real-Time Weather Data website
Storm Prediction Center Forecast Products
The Virtual Times Current Huntsville Weather
USWS Current Satellite images & loops
Weather and Climate Resources
Weather Images Sat.
Weather Underground_ Welcome to The Weather Underground
US Satellite...zoom..way cool
Jet Stream USA/Northern Hemisphere

Regional  Back to top

Last 6 hr ID/OR/WA/MT loop
Loop radar NCal/OR/ID/NV/UT last hr...
AccuWeather--Animated IR Satellite
UO Current Weather & Climate
USWS Animation 4 KM Infrared GOES-9
USWS Animation 4 KM Visible GOES-9
Visualization NCAR Scientific Computing Division
Weather and Climate Instruction
Hawaiian Weather  UHawaii served latest info

General Science Sites  Back to top

Internet Public Library  all science disciplines...The Internet Public Library is a public service organization and a learning/teaching environment at the University of Michigan School of Information.
Chronology of early astronomy,mechanics and spaceflight  cool site
Project 2061 (AAAS) Science for All Americans consists of a set of recommendations on what understandings and ways of thinking are essential for all citizens in a world shaped by science and technology
QUIZ 9-12 ALL Science Subject Areas...activities/review...COOL site
Palomar College Index of Academic Resources  many online courses all departments...cool resources
Resources  annotated research topics...websites from Assoc College Research Libraries
Discover Online Store - Home
Education Links--Space Research Assoc
Favorite Mathematical Constants
Online Conversion - Convert anything to anything else
Science -- Table of Contents Current issue
STIX Fonts
The OTA Legacy
Virtual Library_ Science