Some Interesting Science Web Sites

"Special Places", Science Supplies, Web Content, Other Science Centres, Misc.

Special Places

Bert Edwards Science and Technology School (BEST)

Applied Science Technologists & Technicians of British Columbia - ASTTBC

Tourism Kamloops

Science World

KamloopsCity.com

Web Content

http://www.polymer-search.com/covalent/kid-safe-experiments.html - info about polymers (link suggested by Mrs.Thompson's 3rd graders)

http://www.open2.net/roughscience/index.html - The BBC's Rough Science program

http://scifun.chem.wisc.edu/ - The master of chemical demonstrations, University of Wisconsin-Madison Chemistry Professor Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, shares the fun of science through home science activities, demonstration shows, videos, and books. Information about these and other science fun stuff is available here.

http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/atlas/ - Canadian Geographic Atlas online, Geographic information on Canada

http://evolution.berkeley.edu/ - Understanding Evolution. Your one-stop source of information on evolution

http://oposite.stsci.edu/ - The Hubble Space telescope web site, containing tons of information and images of space

http://www.aquanet.com/ - The Aquatic Network web site; of interest to anyone interested in marine biology and the marine environment

http://www.okstate.edu/aesp/image.html - Libraries of space images. This web site has many “awesome pictures”!

http://www.waynesthisandthat.com/crystals.htm - Information on how to grow crystals.

http://discoverychannel.ca/- Discovery Channel Canada.

http://www.bocklabs.wisc.edu/ - A web site rich in information about the latest advances in Molecular Virology, Molecular Biology and Microscopy

http://www.enc.org/ - ENC (Eisenhower National Clearinghouse) Online is a K-12 math and science teacher center, containing lessons , activities and more. “Ask ENC” allows you to seek assistance from reference librarians at ENC as you search for information, materials, and valuable web sites for math and science

http://www.enter.net/~holostudio/ - A web site that tells you how to make your own holograms and lasers

http://iop.org/ - This is the web site for the Institute of Physics. Clicking on “Education” leads to a vast amount of physics-related information and resources for students, parents and teachers

http://southport.jpl.nasa.gov/ - Gives many images of the earth using imaging radar

http://www.onlineschools.org/resources/growing-crystals/ - from Online Schools - Recommended by Ms. Brooks

Other Science Centres

www.canadiansciencecentres.ca
- Canadian Association of Science Centres member information and science related links from across Canada

www.theexplorationplace.com - The Exploration Place – Prince George, British Columbia

www.scienceworld.ca - Science World – Vancouver, British Columbia

www.odyssium.com - The Odyssium – Edmonton, Alberta

www.teachersfirst.com - A teacher resource, including science related curriculum

www.funology.com - This site lists "brainteasers, home science experiments, magic tricks, and jokes, all designed for fun with a scientific twist" and is appropriate for kids up to about grade 7

http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/nineplanets.html - This site "contains a treasure-trove of information about our solar system with detailed information on each planet and their moons, starting with the sun and moving all the way to Pluto. Photographs, history, mythology, and much, much more"

http://www.howtoons.org - This web site designs science experiments for kids.

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html - Astronomy Picture of the Day

http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/index.html - Molecular Expressions: Science, Optics and You...

http://www.exploratorium.edu/explore/handson.html - Exploratorium: Hands-on Activities

Science Supplies

http://www.arborsci.com/ - Arbor Scientific Home

http://www.teachersource.com/ - Educational Innovations

http://www.boreal.com/ - Boreal Laboratories: On-line Catalog:

misc.

http://tru.ca/index.html - Thompson Rivers University. Located at Kamloops in central BC – we have the program for you whether it is technical, vocational and degree in nature – visit our website for more

www.nserc.ca - Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

http://www.nsf.gov/start.htm - The official web site of the U.S. based National science Foundation

http://www.sciam.com/ - American Scientific website.

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