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General Science links | Table of Contents

• http://www.nsta.org/ - The National Science Teachers Association.  Good resources for teachers.
• www.omsi.edu/ - The Oregon Museum of Science and Industry home page.
• www.popsci.com/ - The Popular (Boy) Science Home Page.
• http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/volcanocams/msh/ - Image of Mt St Helens updated every 5 minutes

Physics links | Table of Contents

• http://www.scitoys.com/ - Science toys.  Incredible stuff - build really cool stuff at home.  Don't hurt yourself.
• http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/everydaylife/defy_gravity.html - NASA Amusement park physics site - explains g force effects.
• http://atom.kaeri.re.kr/ - Chart of the Nuclides.  Never wonder again about the masses of atoms, or the binding energy of their nuclei. Faster than using the appendix in the back of the book.  It's even got energies of radiation.   (click on the table to begin)
• http://www.geigercounter.org/ - A concise summarization of radiation, radioactive decay, and Geiger counters.
• http://sciencedemonstrations.fas.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do - Harvard Natural Sciences Lecture Demonstrations.  Amazing stuff.  Check out Oscillations and waves > Simple Harmonic > Pendulum waves.

Astronomy links | Table of Contents

• http://www.shatters.net/celestia/ - Software that lets you fly around the solar system and beyond...
• oposite.stsci.edu/ - The Space Telescope Institute Home Page.  Very nice pictures
• http://www.solarviews.com/eng/homepage.htm - Site of extensive info about the people and planets in the universe!  Presents and assortment of stuff
• http://www.solarviews.com/eng/solarsys.htm - General Solar System Information
• http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/- VERY good site for JUST pics, featuring pics of the Mississippi and YOUR MAMA!
• http://nineplanets.org/- A site consisting pretty much only information.  Even about every moon and comet.  For every subject they give a good picture of that subject.
• http://maps.jpl.nasa.gov/ - Maps of planetary systems
• http://www.astro.washington.edu/courses/labs/clearinghouse/activities/Flowchart/ - An interactive flowchart for stellar evolution based on star size
• http://chandra.harvard.edu/edu/formal/stellar_ev/stellar_ev_flash.html - Chandra X-Ray Flash site that shows you what different mass stars do, with links to pictures.
• http://skysurvey.org/ - High resolution picture of the milky way - 5,000 Megapixels.  Very cool.
• http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/solar_system/index.cfm - Sexy site with missions to the solar system

   

   

   

Other links | Table of Contents

• http://www.ttsd.k12.or.us/tualatin-high-school/library - Our Library website.  Has tons of research tools for research papers.
• www.liquidsculpture.com - High speed photography of colliding water drops - Very cool.  Check out the "How To" stuff.  It is pretty amazing.
• http://www.bubblemagic.com/index.html - Tom Noddy's Bubble Magic site.  You won't believe your eyes.
• http://www-math.mit.edu/~bush/bones.html - Strobe images of colliding water jets.  You won't believe your eyes.
• www.nationalgeographic.com - Lots of neat science stuff. 3-D tours of mars, virtual reality aboard old ships
• www.kgw.com - Check out satellite pictures, and the sky cam network. Links to other cool stuff.
• http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/index.html - Powers of ten - zoom from intergalactic space into the nucleus of an atom in an oak leaf on earth.

Contests | Table of Contents

• http://bridgecontest.usma.edu/ - The West Point Bridge Building Contest