Homer Junior High Library
Information Center
Science
Alternative
Energy
The
Alternative Energy Institute Look under
"Renewable Energy"
Energy Sources Look under “Energy Sources”;
Site sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy
National
Renewable Energy Laboratory
A national laboratory of the U.S. Department of Energy
Energy
Alternatives Ltd. A Canadian alternative energy company – look
under “Online Store” or “Resources,” then “System Design” for information about
the equipment requirements for each type of alternative energy.
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Grolier
Online
THREE
online encyclopedias! Over 100,000 articles -- maps, flags, timelines and
more!
Student Resource Center
Includes 82,000 biographies, 15,000 maps and photos, 16,000 timeline event
descriptions, 41,000 source documents, including diary entries & letters,
and much more.
Green
Technology
www.abcnews.go.com/gma/tenways/story?id=3614076
www.bhg.com/home-improvement/remodeling/eco-friendly/
Bird
Sites
Online Bird Guide at the
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
USGS
Breeding Bird Survey Scroll down to “Learning Tools,” click on “Bird
Information”
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Weather: AccuWeather
Climate Surveys
Climate
Change Survey-Clarkson University http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/WEB22BYLH2995N/
NASA
Project Survey https://oedc.nasa.gov/dc/anonymous.jsp?a=51333079979371446513312912184
Periodic
tables of the Elements
Chemical
Elements Interactive periodic table;
excellent site for diagrams.
Periodic
Table of the Elements
From the Los Alamos National Laboratory's CST Division – interesting facts
about the elements.
Genetics
Grolier
Online
THREE
online encyclopedias! Over 100,000 articles -- maps, flags, timelines and
more!
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Student Resource Center
Includes 82,000 biographies, 15,000 maps and photos, 16,000 timeline event
descriptions, 41,000 source documents, including diary entries & letters,
and much more.
Basic Principles of Genetics A tutorial with interactive
vocabulary, graphics of each process and "Practice Quizzes" at the
bottom of each lesson. Probability of Inheritance = Punnett Squares
Genetics Online Concepts Short one page explanations
of genetic concepts. Check out the buttons at the bottom of the page,
including the "Animation" and the "Problem" button.
Mitosis and Meiosis a good explanation of both
mitosis and meiosis with good graphics.
Recessive and Dominant
Inheritance
Online
Genetics Activities
Plate
Tectonics Webquest
Alfred Wegener http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/do12we.html
Continental Drift http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/geology/anim1.html
Plate Boundaries http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/understanding.html
Sea Floor Spreading http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/ritter/glossary/s_u/sea_flr_spread.html
Convection http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/unanswered.html
Mountain Building http://library.thinkquest.org/05aug/00184/Mountain%20Ranges%20Page.htm
Humans & Plate
Tectonics http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/tectonics.html
The Science of
World War II
Scroll down for links on Atomic
Bomb, Chemical Warfare, Medicine, Parachutes & Paratroopers, Radar, Sonar
& Rockets, Vehicles, Weapons, Scientists, and General Links & Databases
Atomic Bomb
The Manhattan Project: the atomic bomb in WWII
http://www.nuclearfiles.org/menu/educators/study-guides/history_manhattan-project.htm
Atomic
Bomb
http://www.worldwar2database.com/html/atombomb.htm
Atomic
Bomb – Damages Caused
http://mothra.rerf.or.jp/ENG/
National
Atomic Museum
http://www.atomicmuseum.com/Tour/atomicage.cfm
Chemical
Warfare
The Allies and the Use of Gas in WWII
http://www.rense.com/general83/gas.htm
Chemical
Warfare
http://www.bomb-shelter.net/
Mustard
Gas
http://library.thinkquest.org/27393/dreamwvr/agents/mustard1.htm
Counter-Intelligence
& Code Breaking
Counter-Intelligence and code breakers
http://www.fas.org/irp/ops/ci/
Code breaking
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/
Medicine
Penicillin
http://www.mcatmaster.com/medicine&war/penicillin.htm
Morphine
http://med-dept.com/morphine.php
Developments
in weaponry, communication, aviation, and medicine during WWII:
Scroll
down for many topics –
Sulfanilamide,
Morphine, Penicillin, Plasma, Weapon Mobility
http://www.dsusd.k12.ca.us/users/scottsh/Developments%20in%20weaponry%20communicationr.htm
Parachutes
& Paratroopers
D-Day Paratroopers
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/dday/sfeature/sf_paratrooper.html
Parachutes: Background, History and Manufacturing
http://www.madehow.com/Volume-5/Parachute.html
Uniforms & Equipment
http://www.101airborneww2.com/
German Paratroopers
http://www.germanparatrooper.org/German_Paratrooper/Willkommen.html
German Parachutes
http://www.fjr2.be/Pagina%2026-%20German%20parachutes.htm
Radar, Sonar
& Rockets
World
War II RADAR
http://www.century-of-flight.freeola.com/Aviation%20history/WW2/radar%20in%20world%20war%20two.htm
Sonar
http://www.navy.mil/oceans/sonar.html
Aircraft Rockets of World War II
http://www.tarrif.net/wwii/guides/a2g_rockets_2.htm
Rockets
http://www.stanford.edu/~xuanwu/v2/
Developments
in weaponry, communication, aviation, and medicine during WWII:
Scroll
down for many topics –
Sulfanilamide,
Morphine, Penicillin, Plasma, Weapon Mobility
http://www.dsusd.k12.ca.us/users/scottsh/Developments%20in%20weaponry%20communicationr.htm
Vehicles
LVT-1:
The Marine Corps’ First Amphibious Vehicle
Higgins
Boat: A New Tool to Storm the Beaches
http://www.marines.com/main/index/winning_battles/history/innovations/higgins_boat
Jeeps
http://www.rensjeep.com/history.html
Submarine
Technology
http://www.fleetsubmarine.com/subtech.html
Submarine Warfare in
the Pacific
http://www.worldwar2database.com/html/sub.htm
The
Science behind the U-boat War
American
Aircraft of World War II
www.daveswarbirds.com/usplanes/
Saratoga
Aircraft Carrier
http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/ships/carriers/histories/cv03-saratoga/cv03-saratoga.html
Weapons
Strategies,
Battles, Weapons, People and Intelligence
Infantry
Weapons of World War II
http://www.newberry.k12.sc.us/mchs/WWIIWeapons.htm
Weapons
Developments
in weaponry, communication, aviation, and medicine during WWII:
Scroll
down for many topics –
Sulfanilamide,
Morphine, Penicillin, Plasma, Weapon Mobility
http://www.dsusd.k12.ca.us/users/scottsh/Developments%20in%20weaponry%20communicationr.htm
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Scientists
Scientists
and the Second World War
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/2WWscientists.htm
Historic
British figures – use the clickable alphabet to find your person
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures
R.V.
Jones and Electronic Warfare
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A0DE5D81E3FF93AA25751C1A961958260
Barnes
Wallis
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/wallis_neville_barnes.shtml
Barnes
Wallis
http://www.solarnavigator.net/inventors/barnes_wallis.htm
Robert
Watson-Watt
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/robert_watson_watt.htm
General Links
& Databases
World
War II searchable database
http://www.worldwar2database.com/html/frame1.htm
World War II links from the Windward School
http://www.windwardny.org/home/content.asp?id=88
World War II – general links
How Stuff Works
A great place to learn about how things work in the world around you. Excellent
explanations and great illustrations.
Grolier Online
THREE encyclopedias, AND The New Book of Popular Science AND Lands
and Peoples!
Encyclopedia Britannica Britannica Online School
Edition
Student
Resource Center Junior Includes
82,000 biographies, 15,000 maps and photos, 16,000 timeline event descriptions,
41,000 source documents, including diary entries & letters, and much more.
Scientists
Grolier
Online THREE
encyclopedias, AND The New Book of Popular Science AND Lands and
Peoples!
Student
Resource Center Junior Includes
82,000 biographies, 15,000 maps and photos, 16,000 timeline event descriptions,
41,000 source documents, including diary entries & letters, and much more.
Inventions
How Stuff Works A great place to come to learn about how things work in the world around you. Excellent explanations and great illustrations.
Kid Info...Inventors & Inventions Sites that contain information about Present and Past Inventors and Inventions
Grolier
Online THREE
encyclopedias, AND The New Book of Popular Science AND Lands and
Peoples!
Student
Resource Center Junior Includes
82,000 biographies, 15,000 maps and photos, 16,000 timeline event descriptions,
41,000 source documents, including diary entries & letters, and much more.
Weather
Webquest
Use
the following websites to define the terms and answer the questions in Part I
of your Weather Webquest:
http://www.weather.com/glossary/
http://www.weatherwizkids.com/Weather%20Words.htm
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/home.rxml
http://www.srh.weather.gov/jetstream/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/understanding/
http://nsidc.org/arcticmet/factors/
Part
II: Interactive & Web-based activities
1. http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/wwatch/investigate/weather_maker.htm
2. http://sunshine.chpc.utah.edu/labs/atmosphere/atm_measure2.html
3. http://www.weatherbugschools.com/exploration_zone.asp?focus=2
4. http://www.weatherbugschools.com/exploration_zone.asp?focus=2
5. http://www.sercc.com/education_files/wxmap/wxmap.html