LHS Science Homepage

	Lincoln High Science Department

ScienceLinks

Websites for the improvement of science education at LHS

The following science categories each contain scientific information that is relevant to the science curriculum. Students can access these sites for additional information and sources for research.

General Science & Science Research

Science News & Information

Earth Sciences

Life Sciences

Physical Sciences


General Science & Science Research

Government-Related Agencies & Research Institutions
	National Science Foundation	National Academy of Science	Science.gov
	National Institutes of Health	Center for Disease Control	Science@NASA
	Howard Hughes Medical Institute	Europa. Science Research from Europe	National Center for Biotechnology Information
	Smithsonian: The National Museum of Natural Science

Education
	National Science Teachers Association	The Nebraska Assoc. of Teachers of Science	Lincoln Public Schools Science
	United States Department of Education	Nebraska Department of Education	National Institutes of Health. Office of Science Education
	The Association for Science Education. United Kingdom.	National Institute for Science Education. Univ. Wisc-Madison	Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
	Biotechnology Institute	Earth Observatory. NASA	Science Olympiad Homepage


Science News & Information

Science News
	ScienceNews	NewScientist	ScienceNews for Kids
	The Scientist	ScienceDaily	Bristish Broadcasting Corp. Science/Nature
	ChemResearchNews. ACS	ScienCentralNews

Search Engines
	Google	SciNet Science Search Engine	Scirus - for Scientific Information
	SciSeek - Science Search Engine

Resources
	Dictionary.com	Science Line	The Nature of Science
	The Medical Dictionary	Wikipedia

Science Laboratory: Safety, Procedures & Practices
	Science Education Safety	Chemical Laboratory Safety. Oxford U.


Earth Sciences

Geology
	Earth History	Mineral & Gemstone Kingdom	Physical Geology Lecture by P. Gore
	Earth Observatory. NASA	Minerals

Meteorology
	NOAA graphical weather map	Encyclopedia of the Atmospheric Environment	Weather Report
	The Weather Channel	Weather Photography	Weather Underground

Oceanography
	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration News	Scripps Institute of Oceanography
	Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute


Life Sciences

Anatomy/Physiology
	Anatomy of the Heart. Texas Heart Institute	Chemicals & Human Health	Human Digestive System
	Human Endocrine System	Virtual Hospital: Atlas of Human Anatomy in Cross Section	Gray's Anatomy Online
	The Human Brain. Dissections	LUMEN Structure of the Human Body	University of Utah Visible Human

Animal Behavior/Zoology
	National Wildlife Federation	Guide to the Animal Kingdom	African Apes Study Sites
	BBCi: Nature-Animals	Biology of Sharks & Rays	BirdCentral.net
	Invertebrates. Kingsnake.com	Animal DiversityWeb. Univ. Michigan	Animal Behavior Society
	Animal Behavior & Ethology	Smithsonian. Research & Collections

Biology
	Microbes.com	Microbiology. Webbed out	Cell Biology Animations
	The Big Picture Book of Viruses	The Biology Project. Univ. of Arizona	Photosynthesis
	Cell Biology Problem Sets	Online Biology Book	AP Biology Outline
	Biology Online. The Skinny	Studying the Cell	The cell. Estrella Mountain C.C.
	Protein Synthesis. Estrella Mountain C.C.	BioMedia. Visualizing Cell Biology	Biology-Online.org
	BioInteractive. HHMI

Botany
	Botany.com	Botanical Society of America	Center for Plant Conservation
	Introduction to Botany- UALR

Ecology/Environmental Studies
	The Sacred Balance. David Suzuki	The Environmental Scorecard	The Environmental Literacy Council
	The Environmental Protection Agency	Exploring the Environment	Grassroots Recycling Network
	Earth Observatory. NASA

Entomology
	Entomology Index of Internet Resources	Beetles	General Entomology- NCSU
	Nebraska EntWeb (UNL)	UNL State Museum - Division of Entomology	UNL Cooperative Extension-Entomology
	BugBios	The Butterfly Lab

Evolution
	Evolution, a journey. PBS	National Center for Science Education	Icons of Evolution
	TalkOrigins	Becoming Human	Timeline of Evolutionary Thought
	Human Origins. Smithsonian	The Origin of Species. Online format	Hominid Index
	Deep time (Geologic Time). PBS

Genetics
	DNA from the Beginning	Genetic Science Learning Center	Human Genome Resources
	Blazing a Genetic Trail	Molecular Biology Problem Set	MendelWeb
	Gene Almanac. Dolan DNA Learning Center	Genetics Home Reference	National Human Genome Research Institute
	Evolution of Dogs. Nova	Mendelian Genetics	DNAInteractive. HHMI


Paleontology
	Paleontology Portal


Physical Sciences

Astronomy
	Constellations & their stars	Explore the Moon. Nova	Earth Observatory. NASA
	Solar System Exploration. NASA	Views of the Solar System	Beyond Einstein: Structure & Evolution of the Universe. NASA

Chemistry
	Chemistry Dictionary	Chemistry Coach	The Catalyst
	Chemistry at Frostburg State	Spark Notes	Chemical Concepts. Hyperphysics
	Interactive Chemistry	Chemistry at Virginia Tech	ChemFinder.com

Biochemistry
	Biochemistry I at Carnegie Mellon	Biochemistry at Akron State	Medical Biochemistry
	Interactive Biochemisty	Journal of Biochemistry	Journal of Biological Chemistry
	Molecular Models for Biochemistry	Expert Protein Analysis System	Chemistry of Life
	NetBioChem	Protein Synthesis. Estrella Mountain C.C.

Organic Chemistry
	Organic Chem at Akron State	Organic Chem at Ohio State	Organic Chem at Michigan State
	Organic reaction mechanisms	Named reactions in organic chemistry	Advanced Organic Chem at Harvard
	Glossary of class names-IUPAC	IUPAC Nomenclature of Organic Compounds

Physics
	Physics Applets	Hyperphysics	Physics 2000. Univ. Colorado

Last edited: June 10, 2005