Science Department
Helpful Links
Teacher Resources
Pedagogy:
- Scientific Principals
- EPA Climate Change
- Science News for Kids
- Web-Based Resources for Science
- Education World: Science Sites
- Science Fair Links
- Internet 4 Classrooms
- Interactive Periodic Table
- Middle School Science Lesson Plans
- Homework Spot.com
- The Science Spo
- Virtual Middles School Science Librar
- The National Science Digital Library
- BBC Science Clips
- Smithsonian Science and Technology
- Mad Scientist Network
- Science Lab Generator
- Exploratorium
- Edheads
- Interactive Science Game
- Measure 4 Measure
- Internet 4 Classrooms
- In The News-Chemistry
- On the Web-Chemistry
- NSTA Articles
Earth Science Activities and Simulations:
- USGS Videos and Animations
- Mars Quest Online
- Exploring Earth
- Amazing Space
- Geoscience
- The Why Files
- NASA’s Planet Quest
- PhET: Online Simulations
- The World at Night
Biology: Activities and Simulations:
- Dolan DNA Learning Center:
- NSF – Tour of the Cell
- Molecular Workbench
- Microscope Imaging Station
- Genetic Science Learning Center
- 3 – D Brain Anatomy
- Genetics: Tour of the Basics
- DNA Microarray Virtual Lab
- Inside Cancer
- Molecular Stepping Stones
Chemistry: Activities and Simulations:
- Interactive Periodic Table
- Molecular Workbench
- PhET: Free Online Simulations
- Chemistry Animations
- Flash Animations
- Quicktime Movies
- Chemistry Animations (No Sound)
Interactive Science Exercises
Chemistry Websites:
Physics: Activities and Simulations:
- The Science of Music
- Seeing Math Interactives
- PBS: Building Big Labs
- The Why Files
- PhET: Online Simulations
- Physics Animation
- MIT - TechTV Physics Videos
- The Physics Classroom
- Interactive Science Exercises
- MIT Opencourseware
Physicas Websites:
- Physics.Org:
- Physlink.com:
- Internet Sites for Physics Standards:
- American Assoc. of Physics Teachers
- American Institute of Physics
- American Center for Physics
Parent Resources
Museums/Aquariums:
- Long Island Science Center
- The Long Island Museum of Science and Technology
- Rose Center for Earth and Space
- Liberty Science Center
- Science Museum of LI
- Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery
- NY Hall of Science
- Atlantis Marine World Aquarium
- American Museum of Natural History
- LI Children’s Museum
- Franklin Institute Science Museum
- The Body’s Exhibit
- The Smithsonian Air and Space Museum
- Vanderbilt Museum and Planetarium
- Hicksville Gregory Museum
- Queens County Farm Museum
Nature Centers/Wildlife Refuges:
- Planting Fields Arboretum
- Old Westbury Gardens
- Caumsett State Historic Park
- Sweet Briar Nature Center
- Connetquot River State Park
- Hoyt Farm Nature Preserve
- Sands Point Preserve
- Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge
- Uplands Farm Sanctuary
- Caleb Smith State Park Preserve
- Fire Island National Seashore
- Elizabeth A. Morton National Wildlife Refuge
- Tackapausha Museum and Preserve
- Theodore Roosevelt Sanctuary and Audubon Center
- Long Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex
- Garvies Point Museum and Preserve
- Quogue Wildlife Refuge
- Target Rock National Wildlife Refuge
- The Marine Nature Study Center
- Long Island Parks
- Long Island Pine Barrens Society
Student Resources
Federal/State/Gov’t Sites:
- National Science Foundation
- National Science Teachers Association
- National Institutes of Health
- American Assoc. of Physicists in Medicine
- Centers for Disease Control
- National Cancer Institute
- National Weather Service
- World Health Organization
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- American Medical Association
- Space Weather Center
- Food and Drug Administration
- NASA
- International Atomic Energy Agency
- Kennedy Space Center
- U.S. Department of Energy
- Johnson Space Center
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Department of the Interior
- American Petroleum Institute
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- U.S. Endangered Species Program
- National Conservation Training Center
- Department of Agriculture
- U.S. National Wildlife Refuge System
- NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation
- U.S. Geological Survey
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Riverkeeper
- "From Sea to Shining Sea": Exploring America's Ocean Realms with 3 online lesson plan
- Animations showing erosional/depositional processes
- Picture of the day for earth sciences
- Allows students to see the position of various parts of the solar system from their vantage point.
- Glaciers, fiords, static peaks, and glacier national park
- Topographic map creator
- Website devoted to all aspects of minerals
- Internet investigations on exploring the earth
- Extreme weather course from the University of Michigan
- Demonstrates fundamental concepts related to earthquakes and global warming. Learn how to find the epicenter of an earthquake, how to determine richter magnitude, and how rocks are dated. Interactive tutorials explain the carbon cycle, water cycle, greenhouse effects, seasons, Milankovitch cycles, and albedo. Animations, inquiry-based activities, and assessments are provided.
- Gateway to information on NASA education programs and services
- A worldwide distribution center for NASA's educational multimedia materials
- Hands On Labs for Earth Science
- Digital Library for Earth System Education. Searchable library of lesson plans, labs, resources, and activities
- Amazing Space: An astronomy and space science education program
- Weather and climate interactive
- Earthquake science explained.
- Living in Earthquake Country: A Teaching Box
- How does a hurricane form Game included
- Subscribe and get NASAcast offering free downloads of videos and podcasts.
- Earth Science Week toolkit
- Auto technology and the environment
- What's Up with the Weather?
- Questions and answers about global warming
- Tidal predictions questions and answers
- Astronomy picture of the day
- K-12 Space Day Activities
- Virtual pig dissection
- The entomology research museum's site
- Biomining. The use of microorganisms to extract metals and minerals from ores
- Many lessons about DNA. Excellent Site and resource
- Bird watching from Cornell Ornithology Lab
- Biology Animations: 1, 2, 3
- Evolution Sites: 1, 2, 3, 4,5,6 ,7 ,8
- Images for presentations
- Human Genome Project materials
- Excellent protein database of the three dimensional structure of many proteins such as cancers, aids, insulin and many more
- Presents activities, animations, and lessons on cells, diversity of life, ecology, evolution, heredity and genetics, and the human body. Topics include cell division, embryos, energy, genes, traits of life, muscles, eyes, optical illusions, depth perception, mutant fruit flies, frogs, extremophiles, bacterial terrarium, mold, yeast, and more.
- The New Genetics explains the process by which all living things pass genes to their offspring. Discover how genes serve as "instruction books" for making molecules (such as RNA and proteins) that perform the chemical reactions in our bodies. Learn how genes influence health and disease. Find out how studies of evolution drive medical research and how computers are advancing genetics in the 21st century.
- Free publications from the National Institutes of General Medical Sciences
- Resources and living environment activities
- The Biology Project.
- The Biology Corner
- "The Science of Fingerprints"
- Virtual labs and other interactivities
- Online forensic science units
- NYS Biology-Chemistry Professional Development Network has a variety of teaching strategies and activities
- Biology worksheets, demos, and videos
- Genetics lessons
- Biology lessons and labs
- What students must know to pass the living environment regents
- Review Sheets by standard
- Genetic engineering site
- Genetics games and motivations (do now)
- Genetic Research and Life Science video clips and lesson plans
- Simulated chemistry labs primarily for AP Chemistry students
- All the resources you will want or need for Regents Chemistry
- Search engines for chemistry related resources
- Flinn Scientific offers 2 demonstrations to show density, conservation of energy and Hooke's Law
- Printable Periodic Tables
- Visual chemical reactions
- Chemistry worksheets, demos, and videos
- A database of physics websites
- The story of fiber optics
- Concert hall acoustics
- General acoustic web site
- Connects high school physics classes with physics graduates in all types of careers
- Lessons for biology, chemistry and Environmental science classes
- Global warming sites: 1 , 2
- Learning about renewable energy
- 10 things to do to accompany "An Inconvenient Truth"
- Easter Island Assignment. Assignment and 2 PowerPoints
- Environmental education resources for Environmental Education Week
- Dept. of Homeland Security Science and Technology Snapshots
- The Excitement of Scientific Discovery