Project Resources & Info

Bookmark this page, and plan to use it as your primary source of information about various branches of science as well as to learn the basics about charts & graphs & data, biology and physical science terms & classifications, chemical reactions, the periodic table, bacteria & cells, the geologic time scale, and many more resources to help you with your science project.

Math, Statistics and Data

Biology and Life Sciences

Environmental Science

Physical Science

Earth Science

Miscellaneous

Also see our regularly changing RSS science news feeds on the right hand side of the page — new articles every few days!

Math, Statistics and Data

Graphing Tutorial – learn about line graphs, pie charts, bar graphs, which type of graph to use, definitions, independent and dependent variable…and more
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/help/user_guide/graph/index.asp

How to choose which type of graph to use
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/help/user_guide/graph/whentouse.asp

Survey and Tally Chart
http://network.blendedschools.net/bsntube/videos/8546/u4-survey-and-tally-charts

A Circle Graph or Piegraph
http://network.blendedschools.net/bsntube/videos/14851/bar-&-pie-graphs

Create Charts and Graphs
http://www.chartgo.com/

Learn about data, surveys, measurements, graphs. Using and handling data
http://www.mathsisfun.com/data/index.html

Measurement
http://www.mathsisfun.com/measure/index.html

Geometry made Simple
http://www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/index.html

Everything from shapes and number types to graphs, grids and units of measure
http://www.numbernut.com/

Analyzing data (observation, polls, tally marks)
http://www.risd.k12.nm.us/assessment_evaluation/ImprovSBAscores/3rdgrade/Day%2027%20Analyze%20Data.pdf

Data and Reasearch Statistics from the U.S. Government
http://www.usa.gov/Topics/Reference-Shelf/Data.shtml

Estimation and Problem Solving
http://network.blendedschools.net/bsntube/videos/14840/estimation

Estimation and Place Value
http://network.blendedschools.net/bsntube/videos/14839/estimation

Interpreting Data
http://network.blendedschools.net/bsntube/videos/14709/interpreting-data

Charts and Graphs – advanced
http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/Charts_and_Diagrams.htm

Learn the parts of a Graph
http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/weblessons/alltheparts/default.htm#page8


Biology and Life Sciences

Classification – what is classification and how do you group things together
http://utahscience.oremjr.alpine.k12.ut.us/sciber00/7th/classify/sciber/intro.htm
http://utahscience.oremjr.alpine.k12.ut.us/sciber00/7th/classify/sciber/intro.htm

Introduction to Cells and Genetics
http://utahscience.oremjr.alpine.k12.ut.us/sciber00/7th/cells/sciber/intro.htm
http://www.biology4kids.com/files/cell_main.html
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/begin/cells/insideacell/
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/cell_bio/tutorials/cell_cycle/cells2.html
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/cell_bio/problem_sets/membranes/index.html

Studying Cells Tutorial
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/cell_bio/tutorials/cells/cells.html

Microscope Parts, Slide Preparation and Hints for Microscope Observation
http://utahscience.oremjr.alpine.k12.ut.us/sciber00/7th/cells/sciber/micrpart.htm
http://utahscience.oremjr.alpine.k12.ut.us/sciber00/7th/cells/sciber/slidetip.htm
http://utahscience.oremjr.alpine.k12.ut.us/sciber00/7th/cells/sciber/slidepre.htm

The Visible Human Project
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/visible/

Body Quest – an exploration of the anatomy
http://library.thinkquest.org/10348/

A Guided Tour of the Visible Human
http://www.madsci.org/~lynn/VH/

The Human Body – an online tour
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson065.shtml

The Body Zone
http://www.sciencebob.com/research/bodyzone-noflash.php

Digital Anatomist Project
http://www9.biostr.washington.edu/da.html

Virtual Dissections
http://biology.about.com/od/onlinedissections/a/aa112805a.htm

The DNA Basic and the DNA Files
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/cell_bio/tutorials/cell_cycle/cells1.html
http://www.dnafiles.org/

Textbook of Bacteria
http://www.textbookofbacteriology.net/

Virtual Museum of Bacteria
http://www.bacteriamuseum.org/

Mitosis
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/cell_bio/tutorials/cell_cycle/cells3.html

Molecular Expressions: Images from Microscopes
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/

Viruses
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/cell_bio/tutorials/pev/page4.html

Gray’s Anatomy
http://www.bartleby.com/107/


Environmental Science

National Institute of Environmental Health Science site for Kids
http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/science/index.htm

Society of Toxicology
http://www.toxicology.org/

Environmental Diseases from A – Z
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/topics/atoz/

Digital Learning Center for Microbial Ecology
http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/dlc-me/

Chemicals and Human Health
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/chh/

Agricultural Research Service – Science 4 Kids
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/kids/

All You Can Eat – info on pesticides and chemicals in food
http://www.ewg.org/foodnews/

Chemistry

Chemical Reactions FAQ
http://www.chemtutor.com/react.htm

All About the Periodic Table
http://www.barcodesinc.com/articles/all-about-the-periodic-table.htm

General Chemistry Glossary
http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/glossary.shtml

Organic Compound Terms and Structures
http://www.chem.qmul.ac.uk/iupac/class/

Physical Chemistry Terms
http://www.chem.qmw.ac.uk/iupac/gtpoc/index.html

Chemistry Guide
http://www.chemistryguide.org/

Physical Sciences

What is Matter – how is matter classified
http://www.chem4kids.com/files/matter_intro.html
http://www.kentchemistry.com/links/Matter/ClassifiyingMatter.htm
http://utahscience.oremjr.alpine.k12.ut.us/sciber00/7th/classify/sciber/clmatter.htm

Mineral Classifications and uses of common minerals
http://utahscience.oremjr.alpine.k12.ut.us/sciber00/7th/classify/sciber/minclas1.htm
http://utahscience.oremjr.alpine.k12.ut.us/sciber00/7th/classify/sciber/minclas2.htm

Electric Motors 101
http://www.electricmotors.machinedesign.com/

Gravity Gizmos
http://www.explorelearning.com/index.cfm?method=cResource.dspResourcesForCourse&CourseID=359

Inclined Planes, Levers, Pulleys
http://www.explorelearning.com/index.cfm?method=cResource.dspResourcesForCourse&CourseID=361

U.S. Department of Energy resources for Science Fair Projects
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/education/printable_versions/science_projects.html

Build a simple spectroscope
http://scitoys.com/scitoys/scitoys/light/cd_spectroscope/spectroscope.html

Accelerator Related Terms
http://www-bdnew.fnal.gov/operations/accgloss/gloss.html

All Physics Equation
http://www.gcsescience.com/peq.htm

Fundamentals Physical Contants
http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Constants/index.html

How Light Travels
http://www.geom.uiuc.edu/education/calc-init/rainbow/light.html

Reflection of Light
http://www.geom.uiuc.edu/education/calc-init/rainbow/reflection.htm

Units Dictionary
http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/

Global Climate Maps
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/GlobalMaps/

Earth Science

Astronomy for kids
http://www.kidsastronomy.com/

Geology for Kids
http://oedb.org/articles/online-education-resources-geology-for-kids.html

Earth’s Structure
http://www.geography4kids.com/files/earth_intro.html

Earthquakes for Kids
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/kids/

Earthquake Preparedness
http://usinsurancenet.com/earthquake-preparedness/

Journey to a Black Hole and the Black Hole Encyclopedia
http://hubblesite.org/explore_astronomy/black_holes/

Earth Science World Imagebank
http://www.earthscienceworld.org/imagebank/

Interactive Geological Time Scale
http://www.earthscienceworld.org/timescale/

National Geologic Map Database
http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/

Zoom Dinosaurs
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/index.html


Misc 

National Science Digital Library Science Literacy Maps – science concepts and standards
http://strandmaps.nsdl.org/

Introduction to Photosynthesis
http://photoscience.la.asu.edu/photosyn/education/photointro.html

Rice Genetic Map
http://rgp.dna.affrc.go.jp/publicdata/geneticmap2000/index.html

Animal/Insect Education
http://www.jr.co.il/hotsites/edu-anim.htm

Sniffy the Virtual Rat
http://www.wadsworth.com/psychology_d/special_features/sniffy.html

Science Research Guides – Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/tracer-bullets/

Plants
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/kids/fair/story.htm

Science and Art Gateway for Educators
http://www.cac.cornell.edu/education/SAGE.aspx