Science

=SCIENCE=

**PhET website ** This site contains the most incredible collection of research-based, interactive, Physics simulations anywhere on the Internet. Best of all, these simulations are free to use online or download to your computer.They are a must-have for teachers with Interactive Whiteboards in the classroom.

[|BioDigital Human]

offers interactive 3D models of human anatomy. You can turn on and off different views according to which body systems you want to view. The models can be rotated 360 degrees and the labels have an audio play-back option.

[|Sumanas] is a provider of animations of science and statistics concepts. Their public gallery of animations is divided into ten categories dealing with various topics in biology, chemistry, Earth science, and statistics.

[|Celestia] is a free space exploration simulation program. Celestia is a free download that works on Mac, PC, and Linux systems.

[|Chemical Education Digital Library] is a large collection of resources for teaching and learning chemistry. The ChemEd DL contains tutorials for students, 3D models, lesson plans, and more.

[|Hey LHS Kids] is a science activities website for kids developed by the Lawrence Hall of Science at UC Berkeley. Hey LHS Kids features some good activities for elementary school students.

[|The Periodic Table of Comic Books] is a project of the chemistry department at the University of Kentucky. The idea is that for every element in the Periodic Table of Elements there is a comic book reference. The University of Pennsylvania Health System provides nearly 200 video animations and explanations of injuries, diseases, and body systems.

[|Knotebooks] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">is a neat service that allows users to create, customize, and share lessons composed of videos, images, and texts from all over the Internet.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">[|The WorldWide Telescope] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">makes very detailed, high resolution images (scientific quality) from space available to anyone with access to a computer and an internet connection.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">[|Shape It Up] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">is one of many good educational games and activities on Kinetic City. Shape It Up is an activity that would be good for use in an elementary school Earth Science lesson. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">The Molecular & Cell Biology department at North Dakota State University hosts a nice collection of virtual cell animations. The collection of virtual cell animations introduces students to seventeen molecular and cellular processes.

Ptable <span style="color: #4d4d4d; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">Interactive periodic table with dynamic layouts showing names, electrons, trend visualization, orbitals, isotopes and search.

<span style="color: #4d4d4d; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">Websort <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">enables researchers to perform remote card sort studies. Create a study, send a link to participants, and analyze the results.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Encyclopedia of Earth <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">An electronic reference about the Earth, its natural environments, and their interaction with society.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Galaxy Zoo <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The project which harnesses the power of the internet, and your brain, to classify a million galaxies. Join in and explore the universe.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Macaulay Library <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">The world's largest archives of animal sounds and associated video.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">GCalc <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A free graphing calculator. Provides one of the best mathematical graphing utilities available on the internet.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">ChemSink <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A chemical reaction database. A place for anyone to come and discuss their successes and failures with chemical reactions.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Calc Result <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This site has a Calculator, generator or convertor for every formula, with unit conversion and printable calculation history built in.

ITSI-SU This comprehensive innovative technologies (IT) project will assist teachers in preparing diverse students for careers in IT by engaging them in exciting, inquiry-based science projects that use computational models and real-time data acquisition.