Computers in Science Education
EDU 298
Resources Page


Biology

Biology Guided Inquiry Learning Environments- http://www.letus.org/bguile/
    Galapagos Finches- http://www.letus.org/bguile/software/software.html

Biotech Systems - http://www.biotechsystem.org/
Biotech Systems Resources-  http://www.biotech.ucdavis.edu/Navigation/otherresources.cfm

DNA Interactive- http://www.dnai.org/index.htm

BioQuest.com http://bioquest.org
Math and Biology- Excel Spreadsheets for Biological modeling- http://bioquest.org/esteem/index.php
Bioinfomatics  - http://bioquest.org/bedrock/

Dolan DNA Learning Center- http://www.dnalc.org/home.html

DNA Sequence resources
BLAST Tutorial web site http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Education/blasttutorial.html
Matching site  http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/posters/chromosome/blast.shtml

Gene Therapy http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/units/genetherapy/
Gene Therapy Clinical Trials information - http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/
Understanding Genetic Conditions- http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/

BioEthics Lessons http://www.nwabr.org/education/ethicslessons.html
Virtual PCR lab http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/disease/vlab.html
Earth Science

Astronomy
Astronomy Simulations http://instruct1.cit.cornell.edu/courses/astro101/java/simulations.htm

Stellar Evolution http://astrowww.phys.uvic.ca/~afont/java_astro_lab.html

Jet Propulsion Laboratories Home Page (Earth Science, Solar System, Galaxies etc.) http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/

Star Chartshttp://stardome.astronomy.com/stardome/customize.aspx
#-D Guide to the Galaxy  http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/SIMGuide2Galaxy_launch_page.html

Parax and Star Evolution  http://instruct1.cit.cornell.edu/courses/astro101/java/simulations.htm

More interactives  http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072482621/student_view0/interactives.html#
Cratering http://www.astro.ubc.ca/~scharein/applets
Solar System  http://jrgraphix.net/research/flash/sol.swf
Canadian Space Agency-applets, lesson plans and worksheets


Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics

1906 Earth Quake Alliance- http://1906centennial.org/
1906/Loma Prieta Shaking Maps  http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/nca/1906/simulations/
Virtual Earthquake  http://www.sciencecourseware.org/VirtualEarthquake/
Virtual Earthquake and Environmental Sciences  http://www.sciencecourseware.org/eecindex.php
Savage Earth Online  http://www.thirteen.org/savageearth/
Hot spot Volcanism http://www.mantleplumes.org/


Jet Propulsion Laboratories Home Page http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/
JPL Tectonic Time Series http://sideshow.jpl.nasa.gov/mbh/series.html

Weather
San Francisco Bay Wind Patterns- http://sfports.wr.usgs.gov/cgi-bin/wind/windbin.cgi
Cricket Chirps and Temperature- http://www.dartmouth.edu/~genchem/0102/spring/6winn/cricket.html

Chemistry

Simulations
    http://www.cetl.gatech.edu/services/step/stepweb/chemsim.htm
    http://www.chem.iastate.edu/group/Greenbowe/sections/projectfolder/simDownload/index4.html#gasLaws
    http://www.chem.uci.edu/undergrad/applets/

Rutherford Experiment Sites
    http://www.physics.upenn.edu/courses/gladney/phys351/classes/Scattering/Rutherford_Scattering.html
    http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/electromag/java/rutherford/

Animations http://ull.chemistry.uakron.edu/genobc/animations/

Modeling Software: http://xeon.concord.org:8080/modeler/

ChemCom Site: http://www.lapeer.org/chemcom/

Submitted -not reviewed

Kristin sent the following links and brief overviews:

High school Chemistry powerpoints, illustrations, presentations, & animations  http://facweb.eths.k12.il.us/weinerj/
Review game in the "who wants to be a millionaire?" format  http://www.sciencegeek.net/Chemistry/taters/directory.shtml
Delights of chemistry- demos illustrated & explained-  http://www.chem.leeds.ac.uk/delights/
Animations of pretty basic topics- need shockwave player  http://chemmovies.unl.edu/ChemAnime/index.htm
College level animations with some lower level topics that can be picked out  http://ull.chemistry.uakron.edu/genobc/animations/index.html
Looks a little higher level, but cool simulations at the same time
                 http://www.chem.iastate.edu/group/Greenbowe/sections/projectfolder/simDownload/index4.html
Links to animation & movie files on many topics, a lot higher level, but some cool phenomenonie stuff  http://www.klte.hu/~lenteg/animate.html


Physics

Simulation applets  http://www.phschool.com/science/cpsurf/mechanics/1simu.html
Simulations and Virtual Labs http://www.hazelwood.k12.mo.us/~grichert/sciweb/applets.html
Physics simulations and models http://www.colorado.edu/physics/phet/web-pages/index.html
                or http://phet.colorado.edu/web-pages/index.html
Planet Quest 3-D http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/SIMGuide2Galaxy_launch_page.html
Astronomy Simulations
    http://instruct1.cit.cornell.edu/courses/astro101/java/simulations.htm
    http://www.walter-fendt.de/a11e/index.html
Interactive Star Charts  http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/constellationjavalist.html
Constellation Resources  http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/constellations.html
Astronomy Software Downloads http://astro.nineplanets.org/astrosoftware.html

Submitted but not reviewed

Melissa has a number of links on her web site. Some are listed above and others are new.  You might want to visit her site for links and overviews of the different sites.
    http://soe.ucdavis.edu/ss0607/marcuccim/ResourcesandLinks.html