Homework Help! -- SCIENCE

Irondale High School's Ultimate Homework Help Site

SCIENCE

General

Bad Science (explanations of common misconceptions)
"Why Files" -- "Science behind the news"
Nat'l Science Ed Standards
Electric Library (NOTE: This will only link from a computer in a District 621 school)
Science News Online -- Online version of the popular magazine.
How Stuff Works
The Math and Science Gateway -- Links to resources.

Biology

Molecular Logic Database -- Atoms, Molecules, and Genetics
The Virtual: Cell | Embryo | Sheep Brain Dissection
NSF Biology Research -- Overviews of current research by the National Science Foundation
Genscope Project
Meiosis Tutorial
Kimball's Biology Pages
Human Anatomy On-Line
The Genome Database -- Genome information.
BrainPop -- Movies on health and science
BugBios -- "Shameless promotion of insect appreciation"
Insecta -- "A website devoted to insects with photographs and information"
Insecta Inspecta -- A little bit about a lot of bugs.

Chemistry

Periodic Tables

Irondale Periodic Table
- printable periodic table
Webelements.com - properties, background information, etc.
Ptable.com - element properties, orbitals, isotopes
Animated periodic table -- an animated periodic table with all kinds of information.
Los Alamos Nat'l Lab
Chemicalelements.com
U of British Columbia
Chemicool
Wikipedia Isotope Table - shows isotopes of all elements, stability, mass

Tutoring / Question & Answer / Online Textbooks

Online quizzes and tutorials -- from Ohio St., Interactive chemistry question quizzes covering just about every topic in high school chemistry, and more! Excellent practice for tests.
Practice Questions -- from Cal St. Dominquez. Hills -- Interactive chemistry question quizzes covering just about every topic in high school chemistry, and more! Excellent practice for tests.
Cruising Chemistry -- An internet supplement to high school chemistry by Duke University
General Chemistry Online -- Helpful chem site from Frostburg St. Univ. in Maryland
Organic Chemistry Help -- Online help with organic chemistry from Frostburg St. Univ. in Maryland
Chemguide -- Helpful information to supplement your textbook. Written in the UK.
Virtual Chembook -- Online chemistry textbook by Elmhurst College
CHEMystery -- a virtual chemistry textbook
Balancing Equations Tutorial -- tutorial on how to balance equations!
Spark Notes -- online chemistry study guides and quizzes by topic. More test practice!
Balancing Oxidation-Reduction Reaction Equations

Atom or Molecule Viewers/Simulations

The Orbitron -- See the shapes of orbitals!!!
Electron Orbital Viewer -- See the shapes of orbitals!!!
Virtual Chemistry Lab (JAVA)
Chemistry (Flash) videos on many topics - essential chemistry flash videos (Chang)
Intermolecular Forces Animation/Tutorial

Other Chemistry Sites

Dr. Cotton's Chemistry Notes -- Lecture notes and test practice for every chapter of the Prentice Hall Chemistry text (used in our regular chemistry class)

Adrian Dingle's Chemistry pages -- General HS chemistry stuff, including reference sheets and AP test help.

Sciencegeek.net -- General HS chemistry stuff, including notes, labs, programs for TI-83 plus calculators.

Chemmybear -- General HS chemistry stuff. Includes a few helpful sheets for AP test takers.

Sheffield ChemPuter -- various chemical calculators and chemistry information

NSF Chemistry Research -- Overviews of current research by the National Science Foundation

Countertop Chemistry -- Ideas for labs

Virtrual Dating!!! -- Sorry, not a dating service...it's an online exercise on radioactive dating methods.
Chemical Scorecard -- Environmental quality information
ChemFinder -- Searchable chemical database -- enter the formula and get the chemical info!!!

Earth Science

Astronomy

The Nine Planets (U of Arizona)
Views of the Planets
Views of the Solar System
Windows to the Universe
A JAVA tour of the solar system, 3D Model, run by NASA
Current Sky Chart (go to page and click on "Astronomy") (Weather Underground)
Solar Databases
Aurora Page (northern lights) (Michigan Tech)
Inconstant Moon -- More moon information than you ever wanted.
NASA -- NASA's web site with links to information about current and past projects
Hubble Telescope -- pictures from the space telescope
Science@NASA-- Space and science news, with archives
Virtual Solar System -- by National Geographic
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day -- new picture each day, with an explanation by an astronomer

Geology

USGS Ask-A-Geologist-- Email questions to a panel of USGS geologists
Volcano World (U of N. Dakota)
Virtrual Dating!!! -- Sorry, not a dating service...it's an online exercise on radioactive dating methods.
Understanding Earthquakes -- a java animation, quiz, and stories
US Geological Survey
Minnesota Geological Survey
Plate tectonics animations (UC Berkeley)
Plate Tectonics- USGS
Climate & CO₂ -- one person's take on climate change
U of Minn. Climate Dept.
Dinosaurs
Dinosaurs: Ancient Fossils, New Discoveries
Life of a Vertebrate Fossil

Meteorology

Water in the Earth System -- Links to many sites regarding weather (including maps), climate, water
The Weather Channel -- forecasts and weather maps
AccuWeather -- forecasts and weather maps
Unisys Weather -- forecasts and weather maps.
Unisys Satellite Weather Map with Station Models
National Weather Service -- Twin Cities

Environmental

Shorelandmanagement
Sustainable Development
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Soils of Minnesota
Water quality of Minnesota Streams (requires Adobe Acrobat)
Lakefinder (MN DNR)
Chemical Scorecard -- Environmental quality information

Physics

General Relativity
Physics Education Technology -- over 35 physics experiment simulations
The Electromagnetic Spectrum
Marie Curie and the Science of Radioactivity -- Biography
Virtual Physics Lab -- Has many Java based physics simulations

Send questions and comments about this website to Mr. Kris Nelson
Last modified 12/3/08 by KJN