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Science Links to Explore
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General
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Sciencing is a website made by science enthusiasts for science enthusiasts. We are your go-to resource for all things science. Whether you have questions about the universe or what biome you live in, Sciencing is the place for you.
World Science Festival is to cultivate a general public informed by science, inspired by its wonder, convinced of its value, and prepared to engage with its implications for the future.
Periodic table of science, technology, engineering and math occupations is a website that gives information about STEM careers in the form of an interactive periodic table of careers.
Current science news topics:
Videos:
Websites:
Cosmos Magazine - The Science of Everything
EurekAlert! - The Global Source for Science News
Science News - Magazine of the Society for Science & the Public
DOGO News - Kids News - Science Articles
News ELA - Science News for all levels of readers
Metric Measurement:
Videos:
Finding Volume by Displacement
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Groupwork:
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What is Citizen Science?
Research often involves teams of scientists collaborating across continents. Now, using the power of the Internet, non-specialists are participating, too. Citizen Science falls into many categories. A pioneering project was SETI@Home, which has harnessed the idle computing time of millions of participants in the search for extraterrestrial life. Citizen scientists also act as volunteer classifiers of heavenly objects, such as in Galaxy Zoo. They make observations of the natural world, as in The Great Sunflower Project. And they even solve puzzles to design proteins, such as FoldIt. We'll add projects regularly—and please tell us about others you like as well.
Over the past 25 years T. Ross Kelly has accumulated a collection (A Scientist's Curiousity Cabinet) of videos of various gizmos, devices, toys etc. which to me are excellent examples of scientific principles or things that you look at and you say "That's impossible!" except it's staring you in the face.
General:
Videos:
Websites:
Kids Astronomy - Astronomy resource designed to teach children about the exciting world of outer space
Astronomy Society of the Pacific
Astronomy Magazine
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Department of Astronomy, U.C. Berkeley
Astronomy Cafe - Get your questions about astronomy answered
Sky and Telescope Magazine - The Essential Guide to Astronomy
Star Child - A Learning Center for Young Astronomers
The Sun
Videos:
NOVA - Secrets of the Sun (52:43)
Solar Wind (2:11)
Solar Flare - NASA (4:16)
Coronal Mass Ejection from X4.9 Solar Flare (0:12)
Magnetic Field Lines Tangle as Sun Rotates (0:13)
Earth's magnetosphere responds to variations in solar wind pressure (0:10)
Aurora Formation by Magnetospheric Substorm (0:49)
Animation of CME hitting the Earth's magneosphere (0:44)
Space Weather and Earth's Aurora (4:32)
The Aurora (1:55)
Websites:
Stanford Solar Center - How to safely observe the sun
The Earth
Videos:
Animation of Spinning Earth - Day and Night (1:22)
Night Sky Rotation Time Lapse - Rotating Earth (0:34)
EARTH: Making of a Planet (44:08) - National Geographic
The History of Earth - National Geographic Documentary (1:31:00)
Websites:
The Moon
Videos:
National Geographic - Direct from the Moon: (46:11)
Fun Science: The Moon (3:54):
Bill Nye: The Moon (23:00):
Websites:
The Sun-Earth-Moon System
Videos:
The Moon's Role in a Solar Eclipse (2:34)
Rebecca Kaplan TED Talk/Seasons (5:15)
Science Asylum/Seasons(4:36)
Mr. Lee - Phases of the Moon (3:41)
Websites:
The Solar System
Videos:
To Scale: The Solar System (7:06) - A model in the Desert:
Why isn't Pluto a planet anymore? (3:31) - Dr. Robert Hurt
New Horizons: Imaging a Landing on Pluto (1:41) (Made from more than 100 New Horizons images taken over six weeks of approach and close flyby, this video offers a 'trip' to Pluto).
Storybots - Outer Space: We are the Planets of the Solar System (1:59)
Bill Nye - Comets, Asteroids, Meteors, Meteoroids, Meteorites (4:57)
An Asteroid is Heading for Earth! (1:35)
The Formation of the Solar System (6:16)
How to get to Mars - very cool! HD (6:32)
Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover Animation (11:19)
Seven Minutes of Terror: The Challenges of Getting to Mars (5:08)
Websites:
NASA Science - Solar System Exploration
Planet Facts - The Home for Interesting Planet Facts
Nine Planets - Solar System Tour
The Greatest Mysteries of the Kuiper Belt
The Greatest Mysteries of the Oort Cloud
Asteroids - Fun Facts and Information about Asteroids
Exploratorium - Your Age on Other Worlds
Exploratorium - Your Weight on Other Worlds
Cosmos Magazine: Imagining the Trip to Pluto aboard New Horizons
Voyager 2 Bids Adieu To The Heliosphere, Entering Interstellar Space - December 10, 2018
Beyond the Solar System
Videos:
How the Universe Works - Extreme Stars (43:00)
NOVA: Black Holes (51:17)
LIGO Hears Gravitational Waves that Einstein Predicted (4:36)
How to Use a Star Wheel (4:19)
Websites:
Star Formation - The Methuselah Star, the oldest star in our galaxy
Star Formation - Steven Hawking
Photographs and Press Releases from the Hubble Space Telescope
Simulating Extreme Spacetimes - Black Holes, Neutron Stars and Beyond.
How many exoplanets have we found so far? The Extrasolar Planets Encyclopedia
NASA's Voyager 2 Probe Enters Interstellar Space - December 10, 2018
Scale
Videos:
The Scale of the Universe - Wow! This is just about the coolest website ever! Take a look at the relative scale of...everything!!
209 Seconds that will make you question your entire existence (3:11)
A Classic...Powers of Ten (9:01)
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Waves, General:
Videos:
Physics-Waves-Introduction (2:51)
Traveling Waves: Crash Course Physics (7:44)
Websites:
The E-M Spectrum:
Videos:
Physics-Waves-The Electromagnetic Spectrum (4:18)
Physics Girl Describes E-M waves (3:54)
How does a laser work? Minute Physics (1:41)
Websites:
NASA: The Electromagnetic Spectrum
The Physics Classroom: The Electromagnetic and Visible Spectra
EarthSky: What is the Electromagnetic Spectrum?
Specific Information about U-V radiation:
Videos:
How the Sun Sees You (3:06)
Websites:
The World Health Organization - All about UV Radiation
The United States Environmental Protection Agency - Sun Safety
Digital vs Analog:
Videos:
Garry Lavin Naked Science: The difference between analog and digital gadgets simply explained (2:18)
Is Analog better than Digital when recording music? (1993) (3:13)
Mr. Audio explains the differences between digital and audio recordings (1:22)
Physics-Waves-A review of the difference between Analogue and Digital Signals (2:53)
Physics Girl: How do touchscreens work? An application of binary digital code engineering (6:03)
Websites:
Resources for Analog vs. Digital RESEARCH:
Video #1: Analog vs. Digital, As Fast as Possible (5:30)
Video #2: Differences between analog and digital (4:01)
Text Set (Articles #1-4)
Quick Links for LAB: Wave if you Get It!
General
Videos:
Websites:
Chem4Kids - for all kinds of topics in Chemistry...
Properties of Matter: Physical and Chemical Properties
Videos:
Review Video: Mass-Volume Graphs...
Review Video: The Density Triangle...and how to use it!...
Float or Sink? Steve Spangler Cool Science - Soda Challenge
Websites:
States of Matter and Phase Changes: Matter and How it Behaves
Videos:
Review Video: Phase Change Diagrams/Heating and Cooling Curves...
Mrs. Evans' Review Video: Phase Changes Diagrams (a.k.a. Heating and Cooling Curves)...
Mr Parr’s 4 States of Matter Song (3:34)
How to Survive a Grenade Blast
Change of State - FuseSchool (4:35)
States of Matter - Veritasium (4:52)
Water - A Molecular Substance - Let’s Look Into It (9:54)
Part(icles) of Your World: Crash Course Kids #3.2 (3:48)
The Particle Model - High School Science 101 (5:18)
Websites:
Live Science: The Definition of Matter and the Five States of Matter
Atomic Structure and the Periodic Table: Structure and Function
Videos:
Atomic Structure Tutorial (Kyle Dunn) (6:47)
Dogs Teaching Chemistry - The Atom (1:50)
How Small is an Atom? Ted Ed - Jonathan Bergmann(5:27)
How to Draw a Bohr Model (7:56)
How to Draw a Lewis Dot Diagram - Bozeman Science (5:06)
Bohr Models vs. Lewis Dot Structures - Kyle Dunn (9:44)
A Dance of Opposites (3:17) - Whitney Thwaite explains Static Electricity
They Might Be Giants - Meet the Elements (3:15)
What are Elements? Laura Nappi, MST (2:50)
Reaction of Group 1 metals with water (3:05)
Short History of the Periodic Table - Crash Course Chemistry(11:21)
Tom Lehrer's Elements Song (1:25)
Jimmy Fallon Makes a Cloud (Helium, Hydrogen, Sodium Hexaflouride, Nitrogen) (4:38)
Websites:
Interactive Periodic Table - Annenberg Learner
It’s Elementary: Building Elements Interactive (orbital filling rules - #AdvancedRulesBookLevel2)
KScience - Atom Interactive
Bees detect electric fields! (3:23) - Listenwise Podcast
NPR Story about the "Radium Girls"
Interesting podcast articles about Elements from MarketWatch:
Extensive information about elements found here:
Interactive Periodic Table - Royal Society of Chemistry (this is a good one!!)
The Periodic Table of the Elements by WebElements
Periodic Table of the Elements - Los Alamos National Laboratory
It's Elemental - The Periodic Table of Elements - Jefferson Lab
Interactive Periodic Table by Chemical Elements.com
American Chemical Society - International Year of the Periodic Table
Periodic Table of the Elements and Chemistry - Element Costs
The Comic Book Periodic Table of the Elements
Atomic Bonding and Molecules including Carbon Chemistry and Polymers
Videos:
"It's a Chemical Bond" Remix Song (3:41)
Atomic Bonding Song (4:48)
"Covalent Love" in the Studio (2:58)
Mr. Parr's Chemical Bonding Song (4:06)
Dogs Teaching Chemistry - Chemical Bonding (1:49)
Making table salt from elemental sodium and chlorine (Lonnie Labs - UC Berkeley) (3:23)
Ari Daniel: Coral Reefs can Communicate with Fish
Ocean Acidification - Alliance for Climate Education (3:01)
Ocean Acidification - Cal Academy (4:04)
Acid Test: The Global Challenge of Ocean Acidification- NRDC (21:34)
TED Talk: Ron Dunbar - The Threat of Ocean Acidification (18:45)
Cal Academy: Demystifying Ocean Acidification and Biodiversity Impacts (12:12)
Websites:
Chemical Reactions and their Applications: Making New Things
Videos:
Is it OK to Pee in the Pool? (2:27)
How to Balance a Chemical Equation:
Bozeman Science (11:08)
Post Science (10:49)
Khan Academy (5:03)
Websites:
Practice for Balancing Chemical Equations:
Classic Chem Balancer
Review Chem Balancer
PhET Balancing Chemical Reactions
Natural Resources and Synthetic Materials Resources
Plastic Bags
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How Stuff Works, Which is more environmentally friendly: paper or plastic?
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Canadian Plastics Industry Association, All About Bags, Paper vs. Plastic Bags
Plastic Bottles
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American Chemistry Council, The Basics: Polymer Definition and Properties
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Environmental Impact, Environmental Impact of Glass Production
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Packaging of the World, Plastic vs. Glass - Why plastic containers are better
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Washington Post, Why glass jars aren't necessarily better for the environment than plastic jars
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Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Eat Right, Glass Versus Plastic Containers
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Oregon Public Broadcasting, Which Is Greener? It's Not What You'd Expect
Disposable Diapers
Synthetic Fiber and Cloth (Polyester, Nylon, Rayon)
Kevlar
Artificial Sweetener
Synthetic Rubber
Synthetic Fuel
Taxol (Cancer drug)
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National Cancer Institute, Natural Compound Helps treat Breast and Ovarian Cancer
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American Chemical Society, National Historic Chemical Landmark - Discovery of Camptothecin and Taxol
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American Chemical Society, Chemical and Engineering News - Taxol
Physostigmine (Glaucoma drug)
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Chemical Heritage Foundation, Science Alive, Physostigmine and Glaucoma
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Chemical Heritage Foundation, Science Alive, Synthetic vs. Natural: What's the Difference?
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Chemical Heritage Foundation, Science Alive, What is Synthesis?
Chloroquine (Malaria drug)
Cortisone (Arthritis drug)
Aspirin
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Chemical Heritage Foundation, Aspirin: Turn of the Century Miracle Drug
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The Conversation, Natural Medicine is Great but Chemists Can Make it Even Better
General
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Motion Examples
Videos:
Pharrell WIlliams' Happy Song! (4:06)
Bill and Mark's Parking Lot Skate (1:08)
Pool Skate Roosevelt (0:38)
Travelodge Pool Skate (0;45)
Lake Cunningham Pipe Skate (1:08)
Skullbowl Skate(0:48)
Italian Job Car Chase (1:54)
Blues Brothers Car Chase (2:56)
Blues Brother Mall Car Chase (3:49)
Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk Giant Dipper Roller Coaster (1:35)
Walt Disney World Expedition Everest (2:51)
Frames of Reference
Videos:
Frames of Reference - High School Boys (3:44)
Fred Astaire Ceiling Dance (3:44)
Classic 1960s Professors Frame of Reference (2:13)
Flipping Physics - Reference Frames (2:30)
Speed and Velocity
Videos:
Speed vs. Velocity; Speed Triangle - Mr. Higgins (5:44)
Websites:
Instructions for calculating speed from videos - frame by frame capability
Momentum
Videos:
Conservation of Momentum - Flipping Physics (3:58)
Websites:
Forces
Videos:
NOTES:Forces (31:38)
What is Force? Veritas (3:39)
Corvette Museum, Kentucky - Normal Force vs. Gravity (1:30)
The Force Song - Newton's Laws (4:19)
Crazy Quicky: What is Pressure? (0:50)
Measuring Forces; Impacts on Youth Football Helmets (1:57)
Stanford Researchers Measure Impact of Football Concussions (3:06)
Slow Motion Flipping Cat; Smarter Every Day (6:25)
A Giant Electromagnet at the scrap yard! (0:21)
Forces and Motion: The Physics of Car Crashes (2:40)
What is the force of gravity at the center of the Earth? Professor Matt Anderson (7:11)
What happens if you jump into a hole through the Earth? Professor Matt Anderson (4:17)
Nice explanation of Bernoulli's Principle (3:08)
Websites:
PhET Friction Simulation
PhET Forces and Motion Simulation
The Physics Classroom Net Force Interactive
Newton's Laws of Motion
Videos:
Newton's Laws in Space (2:13)
Newton’s 3 Laws, with a Bicycle - Joshua Manley TedED (3:32)
Newton’s Three Laws of Motion -Varsity Physics (3:27)
Understanding Car Crashes - Newton’s First Law (4:19)
Fall Leaves/ Newton's 1st Law (0:58)
Flippin’ Physics 1st Law of Motion (5:30)
Flippin’ physics 2nd Law of Motion (9:42)
Flippin’ Physics 3rd Law of Motion (5:58)
Newton's Third Law of Motion: Astronauts in Space (4:50)
Websites:
Physics Classroom Newton's Laws Tutorial
Exploratorium: Mass vs. Weight; Your Weight on Other Worlds
The Horse and Cart Problem - N’s 2nd and 3rd Laws
Newton's Laws Research Packet Resources
Newton's 1st Law:
Newton's 2nd Law:
Newton's 3rd Law:
Last Page Activities:
Apply the Laws! Football Collisions
Apply the Laws! Amusement Park Physics
Quizlets
General Earth Science
Videos:
Websites:
Cycling of Earth Materials and Sculpting the Land
Videos:
Mineral Characteristics - Hammocks Middle School (7:54)
Rock Types and the Rock Cycle : Untamed Science (3:30)
How the Grand Canyon Formed: NOVA (3:42)
Grand Canyon Shaped over Time - Ranger Minute (3:51)
The Dust Bowl of the 1930s (2:49)
Saltating Sand Grains on Oregon Beach (1:21)
Close up of Saltating sand grains (1:32)
Sahara Dust - All the World's a Stage...for Dust! (NASA gif)
The Power of Water Erosion - How Stuff Works (1:14)
Websites:
Interactive Rock Cycle - Annenberg Learner
Human Impact and the Environment
Videos:
Websites:
Calculate your Carbon Footprint:
TerraPass Carbon Footprint Calculator
EPA Carbon Footprint Calculator
Nature Conservancy Carbon Calculator
Interactive Oil Spill Model - Living Oceans
Plate Tectonics: Our Dynamic Earth
Videos:
How Deep is the Ocean? 131 Seconds (2:11)
BBC Men of Rock 1 of 3 : Deep Time (59:06)
Journey to the Center of the Earth - MIT (6:26)
Bill Nye - The Earth's Crust (23:10)
Alfred Wegner/Pangea - Animated Short HHMI (7:36)
Websites:
Interactive Dynamic Earth - Annenberg Learner
Earthquakes and Volcanoes: Changing Earth From Within
Videos:
The Hayward Fault: Overdue for Disaster - KQED Quest (9:22)
Induced Seismicity: Man-Made Earthquakes - KQED Quest (10:39)
The New Bay Bridge: Earthquake Makeover - KQED Quest (9:45)
A New Earthquake-Proof Calaveras Dam - KQED Quest (6:36)
The San Andreas Fault Documentary - A&E (43:48)
How a Seismograph Works (1:04)
Volcanoes 101 - National Geographic (2:28)
USGS Caldera Model (2:20)
Volcano Lava - National Geographic (1:11)
USGS Molten Paradise: Kilauea (26:37)
Mt. Ranier Volcano is a Ticking Time Bomb (44:43)
Websites:
Iris Seismic Monitor - Real time data on Earthquakes
Two Types of Earthquakes - Listen Current
Oklahoma Has More Earthquakes than California - NPR
Earthquake Damages Hydropower Systems - Listen Current
Fracking and Earthquakes - Listen Current
Compressional Wave (P-wave) Animation - Purdue
Shear Wave (S-wave) Animation - Purdue
Rayleigh wave (R-wave) Animation - Purdue
Love wave (L-wave) Animation - Purdue
How to Triangulate the Epicenter of an Earthquake Interactive - Earthguide Online
Review Quizlet for Earthquakes
Volcano Explorer - Interactive
Volcanoes and Volcanic Glass - Artisan Elevators
Good volcano research sites:
Cascades Volcano Observator USGS
The Electronic Volcano- Dartmouth
US Geological Survey Volcanic Hazards Program
Global Volcanism Program (GVP) - Smithsonian
Volcano Watch Newsletter - Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
Atmosphere and Weather
Videos:
The Coriolis Effect due to Earth's Rotation:
Merry Go Round Model (0:20)
Merry Go Round Animation (2:11)
A Journey Through the Atmosphere - BBC (7:32)
Atmospheric Pressure - Hila Science (5:11)
Convection Box Demo (2:12)
Predicting Weather by Reading the Clouds - Jeff Spira (5:17)
Make your Own Lightning - Charge and Carry - Exploratorium (2:46)
What is Thunder? (0:48)
Websites:
How to Make a Wind Vane - WikiHow
Quizlet Review - Atmosphere and Weather
Webquest Links - Hurricanes!
LINK 1: Hurricanes 101 - National Geographic
LINK 2: What is a Hurricane? - National Ocean Service
LINK 3: How Does a Hurricane Form? - SciJinks
LINK 4: What is Storm Surge? - SciJinks
LINK 5: Hurricane Names - Hurricaneville
LINK 6: Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale - National Hurricane Center
LINK 7: Deadliest Hurricanes - Wunderground
LINK 8: Stages of Hurricane Development - University of Illinois
LINK 9: How a Hurricane Forms - How Stuff Works
LINK 10: Create-A-Cane Game - NHC/NOAA
Climate and Climate Change
Videos:
Green Ninja Climate Science:
Websites:
General
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Websites:
Biology 4 Kids: A great resource for all kinds of topics in Biology.
Cell Biology
Videos:
The basic parts of an animal cell (4:53)
The Virtual Cell (6:47)....climb aboard your cell submarine!
Websites:
CELLS alive! represents 30 years of capturing film and computer-enhanced images of living cells and organisms for education and medical research.
Evolution
Videos:
Websites:
Evolution of Life: Discover the principles of evolution through
animations, movies and simulations
Comprehensive Sexual Health
Videos:
The Story of Menstruation - Walt Disney (1946) (5:13)
Baby, It's Cold Outside Rewrite (Consent) (2:05)
The Signs - Dating PSA (3:50)
Talking to your Parents about Sex (5:07) -PP
Consent: It's as Simple as Tea (2:49)
Websites:
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