Don Callejon School Library

Middle Index

CLICK HERE FOR DON CALLEJON SCHOOL LIBRARY CATALOG

Library Home

 

 

Links to Middle School Science and Technology Web Sites

 

Index to the Topics

 

Ask an Expert

Biography

Biology

Earthquakes

Earth Science

 

Educational Games

Evolution

General

Inventions

Manufacturing

 

Science Magazines

Science of Sports

Space

Volcanoes

Water

 

 

Ask an Expert

Ask a Scientist

Do you have a question about science? E-mail your question to this California scientist.

Ask Dr. Universe

Ask Dr. Universe a question you've always wondered about.

Ask Dr. Geologist

Do you have a question about earthquakes, volcanoes, mountains, lakes, or rivers? Try this expert for an answer.

 

Back To Top

 

Biography

4000 Women of Science

Includes biographies, photographs, and drawings of notable women scientists

 

Biology

Welcome to the Microbe Zoo

Discover the many worlds of hidden microbes

 

Back To Top

 

Earthquakes

USGS Earthquakes Hazard Program

Answers frequently asked questions about earthquakes

Understanding Earthquakes

Includes information on how and where earthquakes occur, first person accounts of earthquakes, and links to other reputable earthquake sites

Earthquake Intensity Scales

Explains how earthquakes are measured using the Mercalli and Richter scales

Faultline: Seismic Science

Explores all facets of earthquakes with great photos, graphics, and activities

What is an Earthquake?

Explore earthquakes through text, simulations, and photographs. See how buildings are affected by earthquakes.

 

Back To Top

 

Earth Science

The Virtual Cave

Explore differences between kinds of caves

The Lithosphere in a Nutshell

Explains the basics of the earth's lithosphere.

Rock Cycles

Learn all about rocks and geology, the science of rocks, how rocks can be identified, how they are formed, and how they change over time.

Nature Unleashed

Nature Unleashed investigates what we know and are still learning about nature’s terrifying power by focusing on four types of disasters—earthquakes, volcanoes, hurricanes, and tornadoes.

Interactives: Dynamic Earth

Delve into the earth's interior, learn about its tectonic plates and their movements, and discover how mountains, volcanoes, and earthquakes are formed.

UCAR Digital Image Library

This is a Library of weather, climate, and Earth system imagery. This site includes photographs and illustrations of clouds, lightning, tornadoes, floods, storms, air pollution, and more which can be used free of charge by students. Every photo is clearly labeled and described.

 

Back To Top

 

Educational Games

Science Games and Trivia from MIT

Do you know who invented the dishwasher, or which came first—radar or sonar? Check out this site.

Who Wants to Win a Million Dollars

Test your knowledge of math and science as you work your way to the million dollar level!

Mystery of the Poison Dart Frog

Discover the art and biology of the Costa Rican rainforest and "solve a mystery" with clues from ancient treasures

EPA Student Center

 

There are games, pictures, stories and other activities on this site for Middle School Students.

 

Back To Top

 

Evolution

Prehistoric Man

Covers human's three million year journey from the treetops of Africa to civilization

Gregor Mendel: Planting the Seeds of Genetics

Information about Gregor Mendel and his relationship to the discovery of genetics. This Museum Exhibit also illustrates how art has been affected by genetics.

 

Back To Top

 

General

Science Buddies

The Topic Selection Wizard: Gives you a brief survey and recommends Science Faire projects that are best for you.

CalPhotos

This collection has a large amount of images of plants, animals, fossils, people, and landscapes.

Science.gov

A general science site maintained by the United States Governement. It searches over 40 databases and 1,950 selected websites, offering 200 million pages of authoritative U.S. government science information, including research and development results.

Suzie’s World Science Fact Sheets

Are you interested in science or do you have a science question you need answered? This site just might be for you. It explains lots of things in our world.

Extreme Science

Check out the gallery of world records in science and meet some of the way cool scientists who are on the edge studying this stuff!

How Stuff Works

This award winning site explains how things work

Ology

An introduction to many branches of science such as geology, astronomy, genetics, marine biology, and paleontology. Click on the Stuff to Do links to find activities. This site is by the American Museum of Natural History.

NASA For Students

This is the student gateway to all the resources of NASA.

Windows to the Universe

This is an outstanding site that has interactive programs on lots of science subjects.  It's worth a look.

Don't Buy It!

This PBS site is a media literacy Web site for young people that encourages users to think critically about media and become smart consumers.

Ology

The American Museum has lots of information on a variety of science subjects. It includes games as well as great graphics and text.

An Science Odyssey

This website spotlights people and the discoveries they made. It also has some interesting activities that you can do ---about the brain, technology, earthquakes --- and illustrates how ideas have changed from 1900 until today

Make Science Toys

These toys are easy and inexpensive to make.

 

Back To Top

 

Inventions

Technology Games and Trivia from MIT

Do you know who invented the dishwasher, or which came first—radar or sonar? Check out this site.

 

Back To Top

 

Manufacturing

How Products Are Made

This site tells about the processes involved with the manufacture and assembly of simple to complex products.

How Everyday Things Are Made

This introductory website shows how 40 different products are made and includes many video clips.

Inspiring Gases

Here you can explore how gases are manufactured and used across a huge range of products in everyday life.

 

Back To Top

 

Science Magazines

The Why Files

A weekly magazine which spotlights news stories about science. It has an archive of all news stories.

 

Back To Top

 

Science of Sports

Sports Science

Explores the relationship of science to sport through interactive activities and an archive of answers to questions

 

 

 

Back To Top

 

Volcanoes

Cascades Volcano Observatory

This site gives understandable answers to questions about volcanoes

This Dynamic Earth

An online book which explains plate tectonics

Eruptions of Mount St. Helens

This online book describes the background, eruption of, and present activity of this volcano in Oregon

Eruptions of Hawaiian Volcanoes

This online book describes the background, eruption of, and present activity of Hawaiian Volcanoes.

Volcano World

Lots of information about volcanoes, including 'Ask-A-Volcanologist'

What is a Volcano?

Explore earthquakes through text, simulations, and photographs. Experiment with how different kinds of volcanoes erupt.

 

Back To Top

 

Water

Water Science for Schools: a USGS site

This site has information on the many aspects of water, such as the properties of water, the earth's water cycle, etc.  The site includes pictures, data, and maps.

 

Back To Top

 

 

 

 

 

Updated August 28, 2009