Biochem

Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences:
http://www.fhs.mcmaster.ca/biochem/

• Biology, Chemistry and Biochemistry educational web sources -
  http://biochemlinks.com
  
  
• Science NetLinks: providing a wealth of resources for K-12 science educators -
  http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/
  
  
• Animations outlining biochemical techniques -
  http://pathology2.jhu.edu/molec/techniques_main.cfm
  
  
• A collection of facts and resources -
  http://www.chemistry.about.com/cs/biochemistry/
  
  
• Virtual laboratory -
  http://www.bio-link.org/vlab/Equipment.html
  
  
• Site for health & bioscience teachers and learners -
  http://www.accessexcellence.org/
  
  
• Biotech Applied looks at the practical applications of biotechnology - including drug development, the use of bacteria in industry, biotechnology on the farm and at the dinner table (the issue of genetically modified foods), the use of DNA forensics, and strategies for introducing biotechnology into the classroom. -
  http://www.accessexcellence.org/AB/BA/
  
  
• Links to sites of interest to biotechnologists -
  http://www.bio-link.org/library.htm
  
  
• Amazing visuals and animations for cell biology and microbiology -
  http://www.cellsalive.com/
  
  
• Cold Spring Harbor: DNA learning centre for teachers and students -
  http://www.dnalc.org/
  
  
• National Centre for Biotechnology Education: gm food information -
  http://www.ncbe.reading.ac.uk/NCBE/GMFOOD/menu.html
  
  
• National Centre for Biotechnology Education: protocols and links -
  http://www.ncbe.reading.ac.uk/
  
  
• Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Journals -
  http://www.geocities.com/~jrbeasley/biochem/journals.html
  
  
• Science links -
  http://www.ed.gov/free/s-scienc.html
  
  
• Biointeractive: Animations, virtual labs and videos -
  http://www.biointeractive.org/
  
  
• Biochemistry, Immunology, Cell Biology and Genetic Engineering Links -
  http://www.lcusd.net/lchs/mewoldsen/Ebiolink.htm#Biochemistry
  
  
• Biochemistry web pages -
  http://www.lcusd.net/lchs/mewoldsen/Availablepages.htm
  
  
• Some material on the history of Biochemistry -
  http://www.calstatela.edu/faculty/nthomas/biochem.htm
  
  
• Biotechnology Educational Resources -
  http://www.nal.usda.gov/bic/Education_res/
  
  
• Education and careers in biotechnology
  http://www.ausbiotech.org/
  
  
• NOVA: Science in the news -
  http://www.science.org.au/nova/index.htm
  
  
• Genetic Engineering at Air Academy High School -
  http://academy.d20.co.edu/kadets/lundberg/
  
  
• DNA from the Beginning -
  http://www.dnaftb.org/
  
  
• Genetic Science Learning Centre: Helping people understand how genetics affects our lives and society. Activities for students and teachers. -
  http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/
  
  
• Collaborative projects for teachers and students -
  http://www.k12science.org/collabprojs.html
  
  
• Stalking the mysterious microbe -
  http://www.microbe.org/
  
  
• A help site for students and teachers in the field of science -
  http://www.angelfire.com/stars2/kristinking/
  
  
• Online lectures about Understanding Gene Testing and Understanding the Immune System -
  http://rex.nci.nih.gov/PATIENTS/INFO_TEACHER/blckbrd.html
  
  
• Exploring Science and Technology: Photosynthesis, Energy and Life -
  http://www.ftexploring.com/photosyn/photosynth.html
  
  
• Exploring Science and Technology: Energy changes make things happen -
  http://www.ftexploring.com/energy/energy-1.htm
  
  
• Science2discover: Genetics and Biotechnology Made Simple -
  http://www.science2discover.com/
  
  
• Careers in Biochemistry, Nutrition and Dietetics -
  http://www.mun.ca/biochem/general/undergrad/careers.html
  
  
• Carolina: World Class Support for Science and Math. An excellent source for teaching models and science experiment kits. -
  http://www.carolina.com/
  
  
• Beginning Biochemistry for High School Students -
  http://chemistry.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.worthington-biochem.com%2FintroBiochem%2FbeginBiochem.html
  
  
• Human genome project education resources -
  http://www.ornl.gov/hgmis/education/education.html
  
  
• National Science Teachers Association -
  http://www.nsta.org/
  
  
• Canadian Society of Biochemistry, Molecular & Cellular Biology -
  http://www.csbmcb.ca/
  
  
• American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology -
  http://www.asbmb.org/
  
  
• Biophysical Society -
  http://www.biophysics.org/
  
  
• Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology -
  http://www.faseb.org/

Biology

Department of Biology:
http://www.science.mcmaster.ca/biology/index.html

Chemistry

Geo

• Air Quality Ontario -
  http://www.airqualityontario.com
  
  
• David Suzuki Foundation -
  http://www.davidsuzuki.org
  
  
• Environment Canada -
  http://weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/
  
  
• Encyclopedia of the Atmospheric Environment -
  http://www.doc.mmu.ac.uk/aric/eae/
  
  
• The Plain Man's Guide to Aerosols -
  http://www.yorks.karoo.net/aerosol/index.htm
  
  
• Information On Teaching and Learning About the Environment -
  http://www.ericse.org/eeindex.html
  
  
• Canadian Environmental Solutions (Industry Canada) -
  http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/CES
  
  
• EDU Web Index -- to find anything on the Ministry's web site -
  http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/webmap.html
  
  
• Environmental Education Resources on the Internet -
  http://eelink.net/
  
  
• Green Ontario -
  http://www.greenontario.org/
  
  
• National Science Foundation (USA) -
  http://www.nsf.gov/
  
  
• Web resources for physical geography, geoscience and environmental science -
  http://www.library.uu.nl/geosource/index.html
  
  
• Web directory for cartography and mapping -
  http://oddens.geog.uu.nl/index.html
  
  
• Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society -
  http://192.139.141.69/cmos/
  
  
• American Meteorological Society -
  http://www.ametsoc.org/AMS/
  
  
• Canadian Geoscience Council -
  http://www.geoscience.ca/
  
  
• The Canadian Association of Geographers -
  http://zeus.uwindsor.ca/cag/cagindex.html
  
  
• The Association of American Geographers -
  http://www.aag.org/
  
  
• American Geophysical Union -
  http://earth.agu.org/
  
  
• Careers in Geoscience prepared by the Canadian Geoscience Council -
  http://www.science.uwaterloo.ca/earth/geoscience/careers.html
  
  
• Geological Survey of America -
  http://www.geosociety.org/
  
  
• Australian Geological Survey Organisation
  http://www.agso.gov.au/
  
  
• Australian Governments Geoscience Portal -
  http://www.geoscience.gov.au/
  
  
• Crop Science-Soil Science-Agronomy News -
  http://www.asa-cssa-sssa.org/an/
  
  
• Soil Science Division -- International Institute for Geo-information Science & Earth Observation (ITC)
  http://www.itc.nl/~rossiter/research/rsrch_ss.html
  
  
• European Society for Agronomy -
  http://www.inra.fr/esa/
  
  
• Netherlands Organization for Agricultural Research -- Wageningen University and Research Centre -
  http://www.wur.nl/index.html
  
  
• Netherlands Research Institute for Agrobiology and Soil Fertility -- Plant Research International -
  http://www.plant.wageningen-ur.nl/
  
  
• Centre for Precision Farming -- Cranfield University -
  http://www.silsoe.cranfield.ac.uk/cpf/
  
  
• Institute of Arable Crops Research -
  http://www.iacr.bbsrc.ac.uk/iacr/tiacrhome.html
  
  
• Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research -
  http://www.iger.bbsrc.ac.uk/igerweb/
  
  
• John Innes Centre -
  http://www.jic.bbsrc.ac.uk/
  
  
• Macaulay Land Use Research Institute -
  http://www.mluri.sari.ac.uk/
  
  
• American Society of Agronomy -
  http://www.agronomy.org/
  
  
• Crop Science Society of America -
  http://www.crops.org/
  
  
• Soil Science Society of America -
  http://www.soils.org/
  
  
• Land, Air, and Water Resources (LAWR) -- UC Davis -
  http://lawr.ucdavis.edu/
  
  
• Geological Association of Canada -
  http://www.esd.mun.ca/~gac/
  
  
• Royal Ontario Museum -
  http://www.rom.on.ca/
  
  
• Atlantic Geoscience Society -
  http://is.dal.ca/~walla/ags/ags.htm
  
  
• GSC Pacific Division -
  http://www.pgc.emr.ca/
  
  
• Canadian Geoscience Publications Directory -
  http://ntserv.gis.nrcan.gc.ca/
  
  
• Ontario Mines and Minerals Division -
  http://www.mndm.gov.on.ca/MNDM/MINES/mmdhpge.htm
  
  
• Canadian Geomorphology Research Group -
  http://cgrg.geog.uvic.ca/
  
  
• Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists -
  http://www.cspg.org/
  
  
• Geological Survey of Canada -- Terrain Sciences -
  http://sts.gsc.nrcan.gc.ca/clf/home.asp
  
  
• Fjords -
  http://www.gfc.dfo.ca/habitat/aifm12.htm
  
  
• Canada Volcanoes and Volcanics -
  http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Canada/framework.html
  
  
• Growth of Canada -
  http://www.science.ubc.ca/~eoswr/lithoprobe/slide.html
  
  
• Canadian Geoscience Education Network -
  http://agcwww.bio.ns.ca/schools/cgen/index.html
  
  
• Earthnet -
  http://agc.bio.ns.ca/schools/EarthNet/
  
  
• GeoExpress -
  http://nrcan.gc.ca/geoexpress/
  
  
• U.S. Geological Survey -
  http://www.usgs.gov/
  
  
• National Council for Geographic Education -
  http://www.ncge.org/
  
  
• National Association of Geoscience Teachers -
  http://www.nagt.org
  
  
• ESRI -
  http://www.esri.com/
  
  
• Geographic Education National Implementation Project -
  http://genip.tamu.edu/
  
  
• The National Geographic Society -
  http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
  
  
• Alexandria Digital Library Project -
  http://www.alexandria.ucsb.edu/
  
  
• Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation -
  http://www.its.csiro.au/
  
  
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency -
  http://www.epa.gov/
  
  
• NOAA -
  http://www.noaa.gov/
  
  
• River Systems & Meteorology Group -
  http://oddens.geog.uu.nl/index.html
  
  
• Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society -
  http://www.usbr.gov/rsmg/
  
  
• Environment Canada: Freshwater Web Site -
  http://www.ec.gc.ca/water/index.htm
  
  
• British Hydrological Society -
  &nJobs in Energy, Oil, Geosciences, Geology, Mining, Geography and Environmental Sciences -
  http://www.earthworks-jobs.com/
  
  
• International Association of Sedimentologists -
  http://www.blacksci.co.uk/uk/society/ias/
  
  
• Indonesian Sedimentologists Forum -
  http://fosi.sphosting.com/
  
  
• Great Barrier Reef -
  http://www.reef.crc.org.au/
  
  
• Ask an Earth-Scientist -
  http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/GG/ASK/askasedimentologist.html
  
  
• GIS -
  http://www.gis.com/
  
  
• Canada Centre for Remote Sensing -
  http://www.ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca/ccrs/homepg.pl?e
  
  
• Remote Sensing Data and Information -
  http://rsd.gsfc.nasa.gov/rsd/RemoteSensing.html
  
  
• Principles of Remote Sensing -
  http://gislounge.com/ll/remotesensing.shtml
  
  
• GeoGratis -
  http://geogratis.cgdi.gc.ca/frames.html
  
  
• National Soil Database -
  http://sis.agr.gc.ca/cansis/nsdb/intro.html
  
  
• CCSR Spatial Data Warehouse -
  http://ceoware.ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca/cubewerx/cubeview/cubeview.cgi
  
  
• What's in a Map -
  http://gislounge.com/features/aa112200a.shtml
  
  
• Cartographic Resources -
  http://gislounge.com/ll/cartography.shtml
  
  
• NASA Remote Sensing Tutorial -
  http://rst.gsfc.nasa.gov/Front/tofc.html
  
  
• Introduction to Remote Sensing -
  http://www.esa.int:8000/exercises/default/
  
  
• United Nations Environment Programme -
  http://www.unep.org/
  
  
• Water Environment Federation -
  http://www.wef.org/
  
  
• National Council for Science and the Environment -
  http://www.cnie.org/
  
  
• Exploring the Environment -
  http://www.cotf.edu/ete/
  
  
• Centre for Science and Environment -
  http://www.cseindia.org/
  
  
• Stockholm Environment Institute -
  http://www.sei.se/
  
  
• Desert USA -
  http://www.desertusa.com/index.html
  
  
• Friends of the Red Hill Valley -
  http://www.hwcn.org/Information/NEST/environ/conserv/forhv/
  
  
• Bruce Trail -
  http://www.brucetrail.org/
  
  
• Canadian Environmental Network -
  http://www.cen-rce.org/
  
  
• Environment Hamilton -
  http://www.environmenthamilton.org/

Math & Stats

Department of Mathematics & Statistics
http://www.math.mcmaster.ca/

MedPhys

Department of Medical Physics and Applied Radiation Sciences
http://www.science.mcmaster.ca/medphys/

Physics & Astronomy

• Department of Physics and Astronomy
  http://www.physics.mcmaster.ca/
  
  
• Canadian Association of Physics Careers and Jobs -
  http://www.cap.ca/careers/careers.html
  
  
• American Association of Physics Teachers -
  http://www.aapt.org
  
  
• American Physical Society -
  http://www.physicscentral.com
  
  
• How Stuff Works -
  http://www.howstuffwork.com/sports-physiology.htm
  
  
• The Multimedia Physics -
  http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/mmedia/index.html
  The Multimedia Physics Studios consists of a collection of GIF animations and
  accompanying explanations
  
  
• Ontario Science Centre, Science North, and other heritage sites and museums
  which will provide background on earlier transportation forms and recreation
  activities. The following web-site references all museums and heritage sites in
  Ontario by region -
  http://www.gov.on.ca/mczcr/english/culdiv/heritage/muinfo/htm
  
  
• Misconceptions: the following web-sites provide background on misconceptions
  commonly found -
  http://www.ced.appstate.edu/intercollege/3850/studwork/danoliv/
  http://www.physics.uoguelph.ca/people/gfac/miscon97.htm
  
  
• Glenbrook South Physics Classroom -
  http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/mmedia/index.html#kinema
  a collection of GIF animations and accompanying explanations of kinematics
  concepts
  
  
• Glenbrook South Physics Classroom -
  http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/Class/1DKin/1DKinTOC.html
  an online physics classroom covering most high school concepts
  
  
• http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/projects/q1/tparub.html
  
  
• http://www.physics.uoguelph.ca/tutorials/vectors/vectors.html
  University of Guelph tutorial in which the use of vectors in Physics is
  developed and demonstrated
  
  
• Glenbrook South Multimedia Physics Studios -
  http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/mmedia/index.html#vectors
  More GIF animations demonstrating physics concepts
  
  
• Sciene Joy Wagon -
  http://www.sciencejoywagon.com/physicszone/www
  
  
• Sciene Teachers Association of Ontario -
  http://www.stao.org
  
  
• Multimedia Physics Studios -
  http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/mmedia/index.html#work
  
  
• Physical Sciences Resource Center -
  http://www.psrc-online.org
  
  
• The Institute of Physics -
  http://physicsweb.org/resources
  
  
• The Physics Teacher's Index -
  http://www.messiah.edu/hpages/facstaff/barrett/phy_ind.htm
  
  
• Glenbrook South Physics Classroom -
  http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/Class/BBoard.html
  Covers many topics, most with graphics.
  
  
• University of Tennessee -
  http://www.onlineastronomy.com/astr162/lect/cosmology/forces.html
  Astronomy lecture series.
  
  
• Astronomy 161 The Solar System -
  http://www.onlineastronomy.com/astr161/lect/history/newtongrav.html
  The Universal Law of Gravitation.
  
  
• Glenbrook South Physics Classroom -
  http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/Class/circles/u6l3c.html
  Discusses Universal Gravitation; includes graphics.
  
  
• http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/projects/q1/tparub.html
  Rubric for physics investigation.
  
  
• Ghozx.com - http://24.226.123.161/ghozx/SNC2D0/ip2000/ipindex.htm
  The Interactive Physics 2000 page includes a vector addition module which is
  included in this general site maintained by David Miller, a teacher in Niagara Falls.
  
  
• University of Kentucky -
  http://www.pa.uky.edu/~phy211/VecArith/
  Interactive java applet for vector manipulation.
  
  
• The Physics Classroom -
  http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/Class/vectors/vectoc.html
  Lesson 1: Vectors - Fundamentals and Operations
  
  
• The Physics Classroom -
  http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/Class/newtlaws/u2l3a.html
  Lesson 3: Newton's Second Law of Motion
  
  
• The Physics Classroom -
  http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/Class/newtlaws/u2l4a.html
  Lesson 4: Newton's Third Law of Motion
  
  
• The Physics Classroom -
  http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/Class/newtlaws/u2l4b.html
  Lesson 4: Newton's Third Law of Motion: Identifying Action and Reaction Force Pairs
  
  
• Kathy Schrocks Rubric Guide -
  http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/assess.html
  
  
• The Internet Public Library -
  http://www.ipl.org
  
  
• American Association for the Advancement of Science
  http://www.aaas.org/
  
  
• Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development variety of high quality
  publications and videos on a wide variety of topics many principals and
  superintendents have memberships and can purchase materials at reduced rates.
  Also the home of Educational Leadership magazine.
  http://www.ascd.org/
  
  
• Canadian government and research sites related to science and engineering
  http://www.nserc.ca/relate.htm
  
  
• CBC Educational Resources
  http://www.cbc.ca/insidecbc/educational/
  
  
• Education Network of Ontario
  http://www.enoreo.on.ca/
  
  
• Education resources on the web (Canadian site)
  http://www.educ.uvic.ca/depts/snsc/pages/weblinks/weblinks.htm
  
  
• EDU Web Index to find anything on the Ministrys web site.
  http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/webmap.html
  
  
• Gateway to Educational Materials
  http://www.thegateway.org/
  
  
• Midwest Mathematics and Science Consortium (MSC)
  http://www.ncrel.org/msc/msc.htm
  
  
• National Science Foundation (USA)
  http://www.nsf.gov/
  
  
• National Staff Development Councilissues of implementation
  http://www.nsdc.org/
  
  
• Online Resources for Assessment
  http://www.rmcdenver.com/useguide/assessme/online.htm
  
  
• Ontario Ministry of Education (EDU) -- curriculum documents page
  http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/document/curricul/curricul.html
  
  
• Regional Education Laboratories in the USAfocus on educational research
  http://www.sedl.org/RELs.html
  
  
• Science Teachers Association of Ontario (STAO) links to science sites
  http://www.stao.org/hotlinks.htm
  
  
• STAR Centre for Academic Renewal (Texas)
  http://www.starcenter.org/
  
  
• USA National Academy of Sciences
  http://www.nas.edu
  
  
• University of Guelph -
  http://eta.physics.uoguelph.ca/tutorials/index.html
  
  
• This is a general site maintained by David Miller, a teacher in Niagara Falls.
  Science-Ebooks -
  http://www.science-ebooks.com/physics.htm
  
  
• This site has a variety of links to other physics sites.
  Java Applets on Physics -
  http://pathfinder.esu2.k12.ne.us/java/physics/physengl/physengl.htm
  
  
• A variety of physics Java applets
  University of Queensland -
  http://www.physics.uq.oz.au/people/mcintyre/PH145/optics/geommain.shtml
  
  
• How Stuff Works -
  http://www.howstuffworks.com
  General explanations of how technologies work.
  
  
• Physics Demonstrations -
  http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/demobook/intro.htm
  
  
• A variety of physics demonstrations.
  About: The Human Internet -
  http://physics.about.com/education/physics/library
  
  
• Physics in the News
  Canadian Association of Physicist -
  http://www.cap.ca
  
  
• The association web site
  The American Institute of Physics -
  http://www.aip.org
  
  
• The association web site
  Netscape Physics site -
  http://search.netscape.com/Science/Physics
  
  
• Many links to physics concepts
  Yahoo Physics site -
  http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Physics/
  
  
• Yahoo Nobel Prize winners
  http://nobelprize.org/physics/
  
  
• Encarta Encyclopedia -
  http://encarta.msn.com/category/CategoryMedia.asp?cat=69&pn=0

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Specific Physics Topics Internet resourses

• Yahoo Mechanics -
  http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Physics/Mechanics/
  
  
• Many mechanics links
  http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Physics/Mechanics/Amusement_Park_Ride_Physics/
  
  
• Physics at the amusement park
  Netscape optics -
  http://search.netscape.com/Science/Physics/Optics
  
  
• Many links to optics concepts
  Yahoo Lasers -
  http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Physics/Lasers/
  
  
• Many links to lasers
  Yahoo Optical Engineering -
  http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Engineering/Optical_Engineering/
  
  
• Many links to optical engineering
  Davidson College Applets -
  http://entropy.davidson.edu/alumni/MiLee/java/Final_Optics/optics.htm
  
  
• Optics Bench a Java Script optics program for your web browser.
  Molecular Expressions -
  http://www.micro.magnet.fsu.edu/optics/index.html
  
  
• Science, Optics and You is a science curriculum package being developed for
  teachers, students, and parents.
  Software Teaching of Modular Physics -
  http://www.ph.surrey.ac.uk/stomp/
  
  
• STOMP computer based teaching
  University of Oregon -
  http://guernsey.uoregon.edu/~phdemo/demo/Light_and_Optics/LO-Optics.html
  Descriptions of twelve demonstrations of light and optics from the
  University of Oregon.
  
  
• Netscape Sound -
  http://search.netscape.com/Science/Technology/Acoustics%2c_Ultrasound_and_Vibration
  Many links to sound
  
  
• Netscape Electromagnetism -
  http://search.netscape.com/Science/Physics/Electromagnetism
  many links to electromagnetism
  
  Yahoo Magnetism -
  http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Physics/Magnetism/
  many links to magnetism
  
  http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Physics/Magnetism/Electromagnetism/
  many links to electromagnetism
  
  
• Netscape Energy -
  http://search.netscape.com/Science/Technology/Energy
  
  many links to energy sites
  http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/projects/q1/tparub.html
  rubric for physics investigation

Psychology

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