Science

Vitamin Resource List

Mr. Todd

 

 

Online Subscription Databases

 

 

SIRS

http://www.proquestk12.com

Click on SIRS Products

Includes the following:                                                                                

SIRS Researcher                                                                                                                                 This general reference database containing thousands of full-text articles exploring social, scientific, health, historic, economic, political and global issues.

ProQuest

http://proquest.umi.com/login

This resource contains more than 2,000 periodicals covering a broad range of material: business, education, general reference, health, language arts, sciences, social sciences, and many other curriculum-specific subject areas.  Includes The New York Times (1994+) and The Wall Street Journal (1984+) plus additional international, national, and regional newspapers.

 

Thomson Gale

http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/nysl_me_mildrest (Please note: there are no spaces in this URL, there are two underscores _)

Remote access: Password:  empirelink

NOVEL is a statewide virtual library provided free to the public by the New York State Library. It is currently a project funded through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant to the New York State Library by the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).

Use:

Health Reference Center: InfoTrac

Contains mostly full text articles from 1996+ including topics such as fitness, pregnancy, medicine, nutrition, public health, occupational health and safety, alcohol/drug abuse, HMOs, prescription drugs and more. The material contained in this database is intended for informational purposes only.

 

Health Reference Center Academic 1980 - Aug 2005
Use this database to find articles on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health and Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, HMOs, Prescription Drugs, etc. The material contained in this database is intended for informational purposes only.

 

Junior Edition-K12
This periodical database is designed for students in junior high and middle school, with magazines, newspapers and reference books (most are full-text) for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.

 

Gale Virtual Reference Library
Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.

 

Internet Resources:

 

Harvard School of Public Health

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/vitamins.html

 

Indiana State University School of Medicine

Michael King; Presents information on the biochemistry, functions, and deficiency symptoms

http://web.indstate.edu/thcme/mwking/vitamins.html

 

Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University

Discussion of functions, deficiencies, disease prevention and treatment, food sources, and research

http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/infocenter/vitamins.html

 

Medline Plus

National Institute of Medicine and National Institute of Health

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/

 

USDA National Agricultural Library Food and Nutrition Information Center

http://fnic.nal.usda.gov/nal_display/index.php?info_center=4&tax_level=2&tax_subject=256&topic_id=1342&placement_default=0

Student Resource List

Bamboo Shark

Mr. D’Auria

Enchanted Learning Shark Index provides general information on a variety of topics

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/sharks/Sharkcontents.html 

 

Fish Domain.com fish store provides basic information

http://www.fishdomain.com/shark_bamboo.shtml

 

Sharks provides information from private citizen in Germany, Teresa Zubi

http://www.starfish.ch/reef/shark.html

 

The Vibrant Sea, photos by Jeff Rosenfeld

http://www.vibrantsea.net/bamboo26_anilao6.html

 

Wet Web Media.com provides information for the aquarium and background info, including a bibliography

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/sharks.htm

 

Keeping sharks in the home aquarium

http://www.reeftectonics.com/shark_keeping.htm

 

Animal Planet from Discovery

http://animal.discovery.com/guides/fish/marine/brownbamboo.html

 

Riverbanks Zoo

http://www.riverbanks.org/s02zoo/factsheet/wsbshark.shtml

 

Columbus Zoo and Aquarium

http://www.colszoo.com/animalareas/shores/bamboo.html

 

University of Southern Florida

http://luna.cas.usf.edu/~motta/bamboo.htm

 

National Geographic

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/09/0925_020925_virginshark.html

 

Aquarium of the Pacific click on Animal Database

http://www.aquariumofpacific.org/WWW/indexwww.html

 

Biology

Cells Alive is the place to take a look at 3-D cells, time lapse photography and fascinating facts

    http://www.cellsalive.com/

eNature is an online guide to over 4800 Plants and animals found in North America.  Find facts about breeding, habitat and more sponsored by the National Audubon Society.

    http://www.enature.com

Journey North allows you to track wildlfe migration and Spring's journey north for dozens of migratory species from February 'till June each year.

   http://www.learner.org/jnorth/orientation/About.html

MedLine PlusThis site is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and theNational Institutes of Health. The site provides a variety of information about human health

    http://medlineplus.gov/

National Library of Medicine

     http://www.nlm.nih.gov/

National Wildlife Federation provides information on the sights and sounds of over 5500 species

    http://www.enature.com/home/

Naturescence provides virtual nature tours with a naturalist and photojournalist

   http://cfmedia.scetv.org/naturescene/index.html

RiverVenture the interactive story of South Carolina's cultural and natural landscape as told by its rivers.

   http://www.riverventure.org/

Smithsonian National Zoo invites you to learn about animals at the zoo, view live webcams, take a virtual tour, learn about science and conservation efforts

   http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/

Blood Drive Resources

American Blood Centers quick facts 

     http://66.155.15.152/medical/default.htm

BrainPop is a fun way to discover great info on blood

     http://www.brainpop.com/health/circulatory/blood/

New York Blood Center fast facts about blood and its components

    http://www.nybloodcenter.org/framesets/FS-2b.htm

Cells Alive Check out this site for a great video on red blood cells!

    http://www.cellsalive.com/

New York Times Learning Network info on blood, blood banks and donations 

   http://www.nytimes.com/learning/students/scienceqa/archive/010322.html

ThinkQuest: What is Blood?

http://www.thinkquest.org/library/lib/site_sum_outside.html?tname=5777&cid=2&url=5777/cir4.htm  OR http://www.thinkquest.org

and go to library, look for the site What is Blood?  This is a student designed website with great info

Buoyancy, Density, Flotation

Archimedes’ of Syracuse: the Father of Buoyancy

      http://www.engineering.usu.edu/jrestate/sitemap.htm

Brain Pop: Play the movie and take the quiz on buoyancy

     http://www.brainpop.com/science/forces/buoyancy/

Buoyancy and Archimedes’ Principle from the Exploratorium

    http://www.exploratorium.edu/xref/phenomena/buoyancy.html

Infoplease...search for Archimedes' principle, density

    http://www.infoplease.com  click on encyclopedia

PBS NOVA  Buoyancy Basics

    http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lasalle/buoybasics.html 

PBS NOVA  Buoyancy questions and puzzles

    http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lasalle/buoyancy.html

Chemistry

Chem4Kids provides great basic chemistry info

    http://www.chem4kids.com

Chemical Elements.com provides and interactive periodical table of the elements

    http://www.chemicalelements.com

Chemistry: Web Elements Periodic Table

    http://www.webelements.com

Los Alamos National Laboratory's Chemistry Division Periodic Table of the Elements

    http://pearl1.lanl.gov/periodic/default.htm

Pictorial Periodic Table sponsored by the Chemistry Department of Phoenix College

http://chemlab.pc.maricopa.edu/periodic/periodic.html

General Science Topics

Reekos Mad Scientist Lab

    http://www.spartechsoftware.com/reeko/

Cool Science for Curious Kids from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Questions about science? Find answers here!

http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/index.html

Geo-Mysteries from the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis helps teach students about rocks, fossils and minerals.

    http://www.childrensmuseum.org/geomysteries/index2.html

The Hobby Shop is an interactive site with three areas: Microscope Lab, Chemistry Set, Catapult and Rocket

    http://www.knowitall.org/hobbyShop/fset.html

The Why? Files Science Behind the News provides the latest in cool science news.

    http://whyfiles.org

Science Fair Projects  Sponsored by the Internet Public Library, this site is extremely helpful to students who need to create science fair projects.

    http://www.ipl.org/youth/projectguide/

Shipwrecks

 California Shipwrecks plus pictures of artifacts, underwater video, an online database and more

    http://shipwrecks.slc.ca.gov/ 

Egypt Red Sea Shipwrecks lots of lists of wrecks in Egypt and nearby

    http://www.touregypt.net/vdc/shipwrec.htm

Del-Mar-Va history of shipwrecks and rescues which occurred on the  (Delaware, Maryland and Virginia) coastline

    http://www.ocmuseum.org/shipwrecks/

Lake Michigan and Lake Superior Photos and video ofwrecks, diving history, information on local underwater archeological sites…

    http://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/shipwrecks/

Minnesota's Historic Shipwrecks The cold fresh water of Minnesota’s lakes and rivers have preserved an important part of history.

    http://www.mnhs.org/places/nationalregister/shipwrecks/

Scientists and Inventors

African Americans in the Sciences profiles men and women chemists, biologists, inventors, engineers, and mathematicians. Sponsored by Princeton University.

    http://www.princeton.edu/~mcbrown/display/faces.html

American Institute of Physics features information on Albert Einstein, Marie Curie and more!

    http://www.aip.org/history

Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Inventors and Innovations

    http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/nmah/invent.htm

The Galileo Project sponsored by Rice University features information on the life and work of Galileo Galilei.

    http://www.es.rice.edu/ES/humsoc/Galileo

Inventors many links from About.com

    http://www.inventors.about.com/

Inventors Assistance League: Multicultural Center features inventors of all cultures and both genders.

    http://www.inventions.org/culture/

The Lemelson-MIT Awards Program Invention Dimension provides information about inventors and invention related links.

    http://web.mit.edu/invent/

Invent Now Hall of Fame sponsored by the National Inventors Hall of Fame.

    http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/1_0_0_hall_of_fame.asp

Inventors Online Museum where the magic of Invention lives online

    http://www.inventorsmuseum.com/

Kids' Science Page features biographies of Scientists, sponsored by the National Agricultural Library.

    http://www.nal.usda.gov/Kids/biog.htm

Leonardo da Vinci resources sponsored by the Museum of Science in Boston.

    http://www.mos.org/leonardo

Louisiana State University Chemistry Library important Historical Inventions and Inventors.

    http://www.lib.lsu.edu/sci/chem/patent/srs136.html

Multnomah County Library Homework Center biography links to inventors, scientists and biography megasites.

    http://www.multcolib.org/homework/biohc.html

NASA archived biographies of scientists.

    http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/features/bios/archive_bios.html

Nobel e-Museum features information on current prize winners and an archive of Nobel Laureates in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, peace and economics.

    http://www.nobel.se/index.html

SACNAS  (Society for Advancement of Chicano and Native Americans in Science) Biography Project provide profiles of scientists, mathematicians and engineers.

    http://www.sacnas.net/biography/default.asp

University of Alabama's 4000 Years of Women in Science archive features biographies of famous and not so famous women in science.

    http://www.astra.ua.edu/4000WS/4000WS.html

 

Math & Science

Edventures Term Browser look up tricky math and science terms.

    http://live.edventures.com/x/terms/terms_idx.html

 

Last updated: September 8, 2005 by Donna Baratta