Internet Resources by Subject - Math/Science
General:Marshall Brain's HOWSTUFFWORKS
Explains complicated devices, systems, and concepts using diagrams, animations, illustrations, and clear writing. Includes topics such as how a nuclear bomb is detonated; DNA and how it works; why Alka-Seltzer fizzes.Public Library of Science (PLoS)
This site is published by a non profit organization of scientists and physicians committed to making the world's scientific and medical literature a freely available public resource. To that end, PLoS has published its own in-print and online journal, PLoS Biology, which began publication in October 2003 and is available on the website. PLoS Medicine will follow this year.
Individual disciplines:
Math:
American Mathematical Society: Math on the Web
Graphics for the Calculus Classroom
The Math Forum @ Drexel: A Virtual Center for Math Education on the Internet
Biology:
The Biology Project: An Online Interactive Resource for Learning Biology (University of Arizona)
Environmental Sites on the Internet
Human Genome Project Information (U.S. Department of Energy)
Kimball's Biology Pages
Online reference manual designed for introductory biology students. Terms are defined and, in some cases, linked to a brief essay on the subject. Terms are arranged alphabetically or can be searched from subject groupings in a "Table of Contents." Information is updated by John W. Kimball, author of an introductory biology text, on which much of the information is based.
MIT Biology Hypertextbook
Topics covered include: Chemistry Review, Large Molecules, Cell Biology, Enzyme Biochemistry, Glycolysis and the Krebs Cycle, Photosynthesis, Mendelian Genetics, Central Dogma, Prokaryotic Genetics and Gene Expression, Recimbant DNA, and Immunology. Also includes practice problems.
National Library for the Environment
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
This site is published by a non profit organization of scientists and physicians committed to making the world's scientific and medical literature a freely available public resource. To that end, PLoS has published its own in-print and online journal, PLoS Biology, which began publication in October 2003 and is available on the website. PLoS Medicine will follow this year.Tree of Life (information on evolution and characteristics of all groups of organisms)
Chemistry:
Chemdex: Directory of Chemistry on the WWW Since 1993 (University
of Sheffield)CHEMINFO : Chemical Information Sources from Indiana University
A Visual Interpretation of the Table of Elements (Chemsoc)Earth Science/Geology/Astronomy:
Academic Info: Environmental Studies
Eco-Portal: The Environmental Sustainability Info Source
Environmental Education on the Internet (North American
Association for Environmental Education)Extreme 2000: Voyage to the Deep
Hubble (Telescope) News Center
NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
National Information Service for Earthquake Engineering
National Library for the Environment
The Nine Planets: A Multimedia Tour of the Solar System
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Physics:
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