Science Web Sites

collected by Jordan D. Beveridge

Natural Hazards, Weather, Plate Tectonics, Space, & Physics

Natural Hazards

Discovery Earth Alert - Gives up to date information on natural hazards throughout the world. From earthquakes, hurricanes and volcanoes to rat infestations.

 

Weather

The Weather Underground - Find dew points, humidity, wind speeds, ect.. Much more than just high and low temperatures.

The Weather Channel - Find any weather information. Great site for tracking large storms (hurricanes, tornados, ect.)

Lycos Weather - Get high and low temps, forecasts quickly. Not alot of extras.

University of Michigan Radar & Satellite - Pull up real time radar and satellite pictures. Great for Dopplar Radar.

National Weather Service - Any type of weather information. Climate data (averages) for the last sixty years.

 

Plate Tectonics

Plate Tectonics Tutorial from Volcano World Site - Move through this self paced lesson on plate tectonics.

United States Geological Survey- Understanding Plate Motion - Gives explanations and examples of all different types of plate motion.

Glossary of Volcanic and Geologic Terms from Volcano World Site

Ten Largest Earthquakes in North America - Most are not in California.

Earthquakes Today from the USGS - What is shakin' today?

 

Space

NASA Home - Anything and everything about space. A huge site. Bookmark if you like something within the site.

Origins of the Universe (NASA, JPL) - Move through this self paced lesson.

University of Michigan Windows to the Universe - An expansive site on the solar system and beyond. Many graphics and lessons contained within.

 

Physics

Glenbrook South High School (Chicago) Physics Home Page - Wonderful site including notes, online acitivities, quizes, review session.

Explore Science - Includes many interactive activities which you can change the variables of an experiment. Requires the Shockwave Plug-in (can be downloaded from the site)

Java Applets - Interactive experiments. You can run a lab online and recieve great data. Change the parameters of the experiment and find what relationships exist.

Univerisity of Hawaii

Converging Lenses

Diverging Lenses

Single Slit Difraction

Pendulum

Circuits Kirchhoff's Rules

University of Utah

Projectile Motion

Center For High Pressure Research

Waves Superposition

 

AP Physics

The College Board (AP Physics B explanation) - Basic course and testing information.