STUDENT WEB SITES

MATHEMATICS
http://cml.rice.edu:80/~lanius/frac/
Fractals (interesting geometric figures): lessons for elementary/ middle school


PHYSICAL SCIENCES
http://whyfiles.news.wisc.edu/welcome/
National Institute for Science Education: electronic exploration of science in the news

http://www.exploratorium.edu/
Exploratorium: San Francisco interactive science museum homepage/ many topics


ENGINEERING
http://www.maxwell.com/caltrans
Southern California Real-Time Traffic Reports: relates to civil engineering


COMPUTER SCIENCES
http://csli-www.stanford.edu/hp/Turing1.html
Turing's World: computer reads symbols on a tape-relates to software engineering


LIFE SCIENCES
http://nyelabs.kcts.org/
Bill Nye the Science Guy Homepage: many topics explored

http://medlib.jsc.nasa.gov/intro/humans.html
Intro to basic problems and theories of space biomedical research

http://www1.biostr.washington.edu/DigitalAnatomist.html
Digital Anatomist Program: interactive 3-D images of the brain

http://www.exploratorium.edu/exhibits/mutant_flies/mutant_flies.html
Mutant Fruit Flies: changes in fly's genetic code colorfully presented

http://ampere.scale.uiuc.edu/~m-lexa/cell/cell.html
Virtual Cell: interactive site covering the structure and functioning of a plant cell

http://www.calpoly.edu/delta.html
Biological Sciences Database: data on a large selection of birds, fish, reptiles, etc.

http://www.cs.brown.edu/people/oa/Bin/skeleton.html
Clickable Human Skeleton: click on the bone and hear its name

http://www.ex.ac.uk/~gjlramel/welcome.html
Gordon's Entomological Homepage: The Bug Club-interactive anatomy, classification


ASTROPHYSICS
http://ceps.nasm.edu:2020/RPIF/SSPR.html
Space Shuttle Photographs: views from the Space Shuttle of various Earth sites

http://ceps.nasm.edu:2020/NASMpage.html
National Air & Space Museum Homepage

http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/countdown/
Shuttle Launch Countdown Homepage: access a variety of info on Space Shuttle


EARTH SCIENCES
http://www.beakman.com
You Can With Beakman & Jax: interactive science demos

http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/
Volcano World Homepage: near real-time volcano information

http://www.ran.org/ran/
Rainforest Action Network Homepage: see Kids Corner

http://solstice.crest.org/renewables/wlord/index.html
Maine Solar House: graphics, information on how to use solar heat

http://tantalum.mit.edu/struc_mater/material_structures.html
MIT Material Science: structures and properties of various materials

http://www.civeng.carleton.ca/cgi-bin/quakes
Earthquake Information: near real-time earthquake bulletin


OTHER SITES
http://www.solutions.ibm.com/k12/teacher/careert.html
What Path Will You Follow?: career activities-see student activities