Science project suppliers

Edmund Scientific
Boreal's Science Equipment Home Page
Meredith Instruments
Pasco Scientific
MS Office 97 K-12 teacher and student tools
Diffraction grating glasses and supplies at Rainbow Symphony, Inc.
Physical Science (light) supplies from Science Stuff, Inc.

Environmental Education

EE Environmental Education: Audiovisual and Software links
EarthAware: Environmental Awareness Software
Learn about oil spills or hazardous chemical accidents (NOAA)
Photos of some of the world's largest oil spills (NOAA)
David Rezachek's Energy and Environmental Education links
Storm damage images
Clouds imaged from space
Images of weather monitoring
Clouds, sunsets, sunrise images
Lightning photos

Optical experiments

Using an Overhead Projector to Project a Spectrum
Diffraction and interference of light passing through slits
What Kinds of Gasses Are In Light Bulbs?

Laser information

CO2 Lasers and Laser Materials Processing
The Laser Adventure: The Virtual School about "Lasers and their Applications"
History of the ruby laser
Laser technology resources
Light scattering and powders
Sam's Laser FAQA Practical Guide to Lasers for Experimenters and Hobbyists
Laser and Fusion Education (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
Spotlight on Lasers
Argon lasers
Laser, Optics, and Spectroscopy Page

Laser experiments

Rami Arieli: "The Laser Adventure"
Diffraction and Interference - laser
Halo by diffraction from small particles
diffraction of laser light around small spheres
Investigating the Helium-Neon Laser with a Fabry-Perot Etalon
Some fun experiments with lasers
Light and Optics Activities
Ideas for laser pointers

Atmospheric science and meteorology

Ultraviolet Light and Electronics FAQ
UV information from the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
The planet earth hotlist
Online Meteorology Guide from the Univ of Illinois WW2010 project
High winds in Routt National Forest blew 4 million trees down
The Severe Weather Information Kit (SWIK)
The Air Up There! Investigating Air Pressure
Using a sling psychrometer to determine relative humidity
Wind Power (grade level: 9-12)
Weather forecasting (grade level: 9-12)
Forecasting weather using the internet (grade level: 9-12)
Let's Talk About the Weather
The Earth's atmosphere and temperature
Living in the "greenhouse"
Heating the atmosphere: an intermediate level unit about temperature
Humidity
Hurricanes
A elementary unit about air pressure
An elementary unit about temperature and thermometers
An elementary unit about winds
An elementary unit about precipitation and humidity
Temperature graphs
Relative humidity of your school
How do weather conditions and lunar cycle affect fishing success?

Air Pollution Education Resources

ParenTalk Newsletter: Pregnancy: Air Pollution and Other Hazards
Air Pollution: The Ozone Layer
Air Quality Lesson Plans and Data
EnviroLink Library - Air Pollution
Fine Particulates, What They Are and How They Affect Us
Backyard Burning: Smoke Gets in your Eyes . . . and Lungs!
Air Pollution
Burning Issues/Clean Air Revival
Natural Resources Research Council on air pollution
Air Pollution
Network PM10
Urban air pollution home page
The adventures of the SMOGINATOR A clean air action hero
Cars and Air Pollution - Coloring Activity

Aerial and satellite images

NASA's Observatorium Earth and space data
X-SAR images
Canadian Center for Remote Sensing
Visualization of Remote Sensing Data NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
NASA's Remote Sensing Public Access Center
NASA/JPL Imaging Radar

Physical geography, mapping and cartography

An intermediate level unit about topography and weather
Map coordinate bingo
Longitude and latitude (elementary)
cookie topograph (intermediate)
3-D topographic map (intermediate)
Painting the hallways with pixels (intermediate)
Beach ball cartography (secondary)
How Can Any Point On The Earth Be Easily Located? (secondary)
Topographic maps: introduction (secondary)
Topographic maps: interpretation (secondary)
Map Your Way Home

Geology

Mount St. Helens, VolcanoCam (live view from Johnston Ridge Observatory)
The Electronic Volcano
Links to volcano servers
USGS Programs in Nevada
NOAA Laboratory for Satellite Altimetry
Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument
Cascades Volcano Observatory photo archives (volcanic features and phenomena)
Computer-generated color-shaded relief poster (from the National Geophysical Data Center)
Digital terrain data
US state topography images
GeoVu data browser
Home Page of VolcanoWorld
Hawaiian Volcanoes
Earth and Environmental Science
Earth science resources at the USGS
The Learning Web at the U.S. Geological Survey
USGS Mapping Information: Educational Resources
Preparing for the next Eruption in the Cascades

Chemistry

The Periodic Table on the WWW

Biology

Frogwatch USA is monitoring frogs for fun and science

Astronomy

Astronomy Magazine
Current sky events
Next months sky events