West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District

Check out these links to help study!!

Biology Textbook Link:
https://www.pearsonsuccessnet.com/snpapp/login/PsnLandingPage.jsp?showLandingPage=true


GENERAL SCIENCE LINKS:
Science in the News!!
http://www.sciencedaily.com/
http://www.sciencedaily.com/news/earth_climate/environmental_science/

Cool Science Links
http://forensics.rice.edu/en/For-Educators/Cool-Links.html

National Geographichttp://www.nationalgeographic.com

Cassini Space Orbiterhttp://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.cfm

Science resources and references includes space and weatherhttp://www.explorezone.com

How Stuff Workshttp://www.howstuffworks.com

Extreme Science has resources for latest scientific newshttp://www.extremescience.com

Science News - fun website to answer your questions: https://www.saveonenergy.com/kids-learning-center/

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE LINKS:
Weather Webquest 2016
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream/clouds/color.htm
http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/Atmosphere/clouds/cloud_types.html
http://www.weatherwizkids.com/index.htm
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/cld/prcp/home.rxml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/whatisweather/aboutweather/index.shtml
http://www.edheads.org/activities/weather/frame_loader.htm
http://www.weatherwizkids.com/index.htm
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/picture-galleries/9494532/Weird-Cloud-Atlas-a-collection-of-spectacular-cloud-formations.html

Weather Systems & Fronts​
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream/synoptic/airmass.html
http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es2002/es2002page01.cfm?chapter_no=visualization
http://www.geog.ucsb.edu/~joel/g110_w08/lecture_notes/midlat_surface/agburt09_10c.jpg
http://www.phschool.com/atschool/phsciexp/active_art/weather_fronts/
http://research.utep.edu/Default.aspx?tabid=45023

Fracking: What It's Really Like to live Next To A Shale Gas Well
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/dec/14/fracking-hell-live-next-shale-gas-well-texas-us

Energy WebQuest - Nonrenewable and Renewable Energy

http://www.eia.gov/kids/energy.cfm?page=1
http://www.eia.gov/kids/energy.cfm?page=2
http://www.eia.gov/kids/energy.cfm?page=renewable_home-basics
http://www.eia.gov/kids/energy.cfm?page=electricity_home-basics
http://www.eia.gov/kids/energy.cfm?page=electricity_science-basics
http://www.eia.gov/kids/energy.cfm?page=electricity_in_the_united_states-basics
http://www.eia.gov/kids/energy.cfm?page=nonrenewable_home-basics
http://www.eia.gov/kids/energy.cfm?page=natural_gas_home-basics
http://www.eia.gov/kids/energy.cfm?page=coal_home-basics
http://www.eia.gov/kids/energy.cfm?page=nuclear_home-basics

Rocks

http://www.learner.org/interactives/rockcycle/index.html

Mining
How coal is formed:
http://teachcoal.org/energy-and-you/how-coal-is-formed-2/

1. Pennsylvania:
http://www.pacoalhistory.com/history.html
http://www.amphilsoc.org/exhibits/wallace/intro.htm
http://www.perryopolis.com/coal.shtml
2. West Virginia:
http://www.wvgenweb.org/wvcoal/
http://www.wvepostcards.com/coal-mining-tipples/index.php
http://www.matewan.com/History/mine%20life.htm
3. Wyoming:
http://www.wyomingtalesandtrails.com/coal.html
http://hschistory.org/page_pathcoalmining/
4. Other states:
http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~duncanrw/campsindex.html
http://illinoislaborhistory.org/articles/166-early-days-of-coal-mining-in-northern-illinois.html
http://www.coaleducation.org/coalhistory/default_H.htm

Soil Webquest
Part B: http://agverra.com/blog/soil-types/ AND ttp://forces.si.edu/soils/02_01_04.html
Part C: www.enchantedlearning.com/geology/soil/
Part D: http://www.soil-net.com/primary/ks2/topic6/topic6_factsheet.pdf AND http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/investigations/es1401/es1401page04.cfm

​​​Light and Optics Lab​
https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/color-vision
http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/wave-interference
http://www.calctool.org/CALC/other/converters/e_of_photon

Electromagnetic Spectrum
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPcAWNlVl-8

Blue Gold: World Water Wars

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1a3tjqQiBI

​​​Population Activities​
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sc4HxPxNrZ0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dD-yN2G5BY0&feature=related

Environmental Science - Mysteries
http://www.writerguy.com/sciencemystery/index.htm

Eco-footprint - 2015
http://www.earthday.org/footprint-calculator


Getting Into the Fossil Record
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/explorations/tours/fossil/5to8/Intro.html

Exploring Fossils Webquest

1. Marine Fossils from Antartica
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/science/cgi-bin/splitwindow.cgi?top=http://www.glencoe.com/sec/science/top2.html&link=http://www.oceansofkansas.com/antartic.html

2. New Dinosaur Finds in Antartica
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/science/cgi-bin/splitwindow.cgi?top=http://www.glencoe.com/sec/science/top2.html&link=http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=102864&org=olpa&from=news

3. Fossils from Mesozoic Era of Antartica
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/science/cgi-bin/splitwindow.cgi?top=http://www.glencoe.com/sec/science/top2.html&link=http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/dinofossils/locations/Antarctica.shtml

4. When Dinosaurs Roamed Antartica
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/science/cgi-bin/splitwindow.cgi?top=http://www.glencoe.com/sec/science/top2.html&link=http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg13718603.300-science-when-dinosaurs-roamed-antarctica---.html

5. The Lost World Discovered?
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/science/cgi-bin/splitwindow.cgi?top=http://www.glencoe.com/sec/science/top2.html&link=http://www.hpcnet.org/cgi-bin/global/a_bus_card.cgi?SiteID=405635


Life has a History Webquest
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/explorations/tours/intro/Intro5to12/tour1nav.php

Geologic Time
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/explorations/tours/geotime/gtpage1.html

Landfill Background Check
http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-science/landfill.htm

Landfills Project
Geochemist Links:

http://www.environmentalpollutioncenters.org/chemical/pollutants/

http://ull.chemistry.uakron.edu/erd/

http://www.ehow.com/list_6829847_effects-landfill-pollutants.html

http://oceanworld.tamu.edu/resources/environment-book/groundwatercontamination.html

http://www.gseworld.com/Applications/Waste/

Ecologist Links:

http://www.ehow.com/info_8293427_landfill-effects-plants-animals.html

http://www.ensobottles.com/pdf/Aerobic%20Anaerobic%20Biodegradation_20090430.pdf
http://www.thinkgreen.com/pointofview/?p=16

http://www.clu-in.org/download/remed/revegetating_fact_sheet.pdf

Human Health Professional Links:

http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/hac/landfill/pdfs/landfill_2001_ch3.pdf
http://www.environmentalpollutioncenters.org/water/diseases/
http://www.ehow.com/list_6064235_diseases-caused-soil-pollution.html
http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/16621
http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/CBDMP/Documents/MO-CBDMP-HazWasteSites.pdf

Climatologist Links:

http://www.epa.gov/lmop/faq/public.html

http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/wycd/waste/measureghg.html
http://www.jcgep.org/collection.html
http://deq.state.wy.us/shwd/SW/owner%20manager%20workbook/MM5EA.pdf
http://www.aidg.org/biodigesters.htm
http://www.biolithe.com/landfill.html

Other Helpful Landfill Links…

Exploring the history of landfills:

http://www.archaeology.org/0201/reviews/trash.html

Visiting an actual landfill site in your hometown:

http://www.mapquest.com/maps?cat=Landfills&state=IL#e79c5f8650aeae9375877ec4

Landfill Management Plan

http://www.landcom.com/downloads/file/forpartners/EMPBrochureR1.pdf

Sample: Landfill Management Plan

http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/resources/waste/envguidlns/solidlandfill.pdf

Solutions to Landfills

http://www.unep.or.jp/ietc/Publications/spc/Waste&ClimateChange/Waste&ClimateChange.pdf

http://www.epa.gov/lmop/faq/public.html

How Engineers Construct Landfills

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ijn9FtBtWGc

FORENSIC SCIENCE LINKS:
Blood Typing - Will the Patient Survive?

https://www.nobelprize.org/educational/medicine/bloodtypinggame/gamev2/index.html

Fiber Webquest 2016
https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/about-us/lab/forensic-science-communications/fsc/july2000/deedric3.htm

The Romanovs and DNA
http://www.dnai.org/index.htm

CSI Web Adventures: Case 2
http://forensics.rice.edu/

FORENSICS: A HISTORICAL WEBQUEST 2015
Historical uses of fingerprints:

http://www.ancientfingerprints.org/fingerprints.htm

http://vcp.e2bn.org/justice/page11571-habitual-criminals.html

http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/history-from-police-archives/Met6Kt/Crime/crmCrCrim.html

http://www.nleomf.org/museum/news/newsletters/online-insider/november-2011/bertillon-system-criminal-identification.html

FORENSICS:  FINGERPRINT CASES

The Night Stalker

http://www.biography.com/people/richard-ramirez-12385163

 Machine Gun Kelly

http://www.biography.com/people/machine-gun-kelly-507610

http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/history/famous-cases/machine-gun-kelly

 The Farrow Case

http://www.murdermap.co.uk/pages/cases/case.asp?CID=275631645

 The Mona Lisa Heist

http://news.discovery.com/history/fingerprints-mona-lisa-peruggia-110819.htm

 Thomas Jennings

http://jimfishertruecrime.blogspot.com/2012/03/historic-fingerprint-jennings-case.html

 Brandon Mayfield

http://forejustice.org/wc/mayfield/jd/brandon_mayfield_jd_issue25.htm

 Chad Enderle

http://smithforensic.blogspot.com/2014/01/chad-enderle-davenport-iowa-how.html

 Donald Smith Case

http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/atlanta-twin-murder-case-echoes-fingerprint-origins/story?id=9909586

FORENSICS - Crime Scene

http://www.crime-scene-investigator.net/respon1.html

http://www.crime-scene-investigator.net/respon2.html

FORENSICS - HAIR ANALYSIS WEBQUEST
http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/lab/forensic-science-communications/fsc/july2004/research/2004_03_research02.htm
http://lawandordnance.com/Mystery-in-Colorado.html
http://articles.latimes.com/1998/jun/25/local/me-63470
http://www.nytimes.com/1998/07/08/us/man-convicted-in-cosby-death-faces-life-term.html


FORENSICS - The Art of Crime Detection
http://stem-works.com/subjects/3-forensics/activities/71

FORENSICS - Newton's Laws Webquest
http://regentsprep.org/Regents/physics/phys01/accident/default.htm
http://www.exploratorium.edu/baseball/scientificslugger.html
http://www.learner.org/interactives/parkphysics
http://www.jclahr.com/science/earth_science/animate/
www.sciencenetlinks.com/interactives/gravity.html

The Mystery of the Bones
http://library.thinkquest.org/04oct/00206/text_index.htm
http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/techniques/forensic_feature.html
http://www.exploreforensics.co.uk/
http://anthropology.si.edu/writteninbone/index.html

The Mystery of the Bones Part II
http://www.biologycorner.com/projects/bones/scene.html
Feet to Height Conversion site:  http://www.manuelsweb.com/ft_in_cm.htm

Forensic Crime Scene Creatures Online Activity
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/crime-scene-creatures/interactive-determine-the-time-of-death/4390/

Forensic Virtual Labs
http://www.classzone.com/books/hs/ca/sc/bio_07/labs.cfm

BIOLOGY SITES:
 Wolves of Yellowstone
http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/a58e3ca2-52ab-45f5-87ac-26ee0d681146/wolves-of-yellowstone-earth-a-new-wild/

 Survival Quizzes

http://adventure.howstuffworks.com/survival/wilderness/survival-quiz.htm

http://www.m4040.com/Survival/SurvivalQuiz.htm

http://www.wilderness-survival.net/quiz/quiz.php

DNA Structure & Replication Animation 2016
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/molecules/
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/chromosomes/intro/
http://www.lpscience.fatcow.com/jwanamaker/animations/DNA%20Replication%20-%20long%20.html

Virtual Lab: The Cell Cycle and Cancer
http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/genbio/virtual_labs_2K8/labs/BL_03/index.html


Cell Defense: The Plasma Membrane
http://cdn.fupa.com/swf/cell-defense-the-plasma-membrane/CellDefense.swf

​​​Active Transport Webquest​
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072437316/student_view0/chapter6/animations.html

Wooly Mammoth Webquest
http://www.nature.ca/notebooks/english/woolly.htm
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schooladventures/woollymammoth/migramap.html
http://www.scienceinschool.org/print/609

Invasive Species Webquest

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwRdqkEcmbs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niHlx0f2x4s

http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/Invasives/what.html

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/06/0603_040603_invasivespecies.html

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/animals-behaving-worse/americas-least-wanted/911/

http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/Invasives/control.html

Using Family History to Improve Your Health
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/

Bacteria Lab Animations

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=J6akNYlkehY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=4lmwbBzClAc

Science Animations
http://science.nhmccd.edu/biol/animatio.htm

DNA Replication

D:\BIOLOGYElife\index.html

DNA & Mutations Webquest

http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/mutations_01

Osmosis & Diffusion Tutorial

http://www.mun.ca/biology/Osmosis_Diffusion/tutor2.html

Human Genome Projecthttp://www.genome.gov/education

Science Experiments to do at homehttp://www.glencoe.com/sec/science/cgi-bin/splitwindow.cgi?top=http://www.glencoe.com/sec/science/top2.html&link=http://www.tryscience.org/home.html

Plant Cell Organelleshttp://www.glencoe.com/sec/science/cgi-bin/splitwindow.cgi?top=http://www.glencoe.com/sec/science/top2.html&link=http://www.cellsalive.com/

Animal Cell Organelleshttp://www.glencoe.com/sec/science/cgi-bin/splitwindow.cgi?top=http://www.glencoe.com/sec/science/top2.html&link=http://www.cellsalive.com/

The Cell Cyclehttp://www.glencoe.com/sec/science/cgi-bin/splitwindow.cgi?top=http://www.glencoe.com/sec/science/top2.html&link=http://www.cellsalive.com/

Complete a Web Quest on Cellshttp://www.glencoe.com/sec/science/webquest/content/newresearch.shtml

View Microscopic Organismshttp://www.glencoe.com/sec/science/cgi-bin/splitwindow.cgi?top=http://www.glencoe.com/sec/science/top2.html&link=http://ebiomedia.com/gall/gallery_main.html

Animal Cells and Descriptionshttp://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/A/AnimalCells.html

Parts of Plants

http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookPLANTANAT.html

Parts of a cell quizhttp://www.biologycorner.com/bio1/cellquiz.html

Evolution - Peppered Moth Simulationhttp://www.biologycorner.com/worksheets/pepperedmoth.html

Biology quizzes of all types!  Try one out.http://www.biologycorner.com/quizzes.php

Complete an Evolution webquesthttp://www.biologycorner.com/quests/evolquest/index.html

Complete a Biome webquesthttp://www.biologycorner.com/quests/biome.html

Animation - Phases of Mitosishttp://www.biologycorner.com/resources/mitosis-animated.gif

Explore Viruses

http://library.thinkquest.org/23054/gather/index.shtml

What are microbes (Bacteria, Protist, Fungi, etc.)http://biology.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.microbe.org%2Fmicrobes%2Fmysteries.asp

Monohybrid Crosses - practice!http://www.ksu.edu/biology/pob/genetics/mono.htm

Photosynthesis Animationhttp://www.fw.vt.edu/dendro/forestbiology/photosynthesis.swf

Genetics Science Learning Center

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/

Genetics Disordershttp://www.ygyh.org/

Textbook unitshttp://www.phsuccessnet.com

Interactive Cell Puzzleshttp://www.rkm.com.au/PUZZLES/index.html

Counting Atoms Gamehttp://education.jlab.org/elementmath/index.html

Construct DNAhttp://learn.genetics.utah.edu/units/basics/

Chemistry Practice Testshttp://lrc-srvr.mps.ohio-state.edu/under/chemed/qbank/quizmain.htm

Scientific Method Practice Testhttp://school.discoveryeducation.com/quizzes15/biolessonscom/BasicsQuiz.html

Another Scientific Method Practice Quizhttp://chemistry.about.com/library/weekly/blmethodquiz.htm

Mitosis Illustrations and Descriptionshttp://www.biology.arizona.edu/cell_bio/activities/cell_cycle/01i.html

Mitosis Under the Microscopehttp://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/micro/gallery/mitosis/mitosis.html

What Is Your Learning Style?  Take the test!http://www.ask.com/bar?q=inclusion+classroom+benefits&page=2&qsrc=178&ab=7&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wjcc.k12.va.us%2Fjbms%2FFACULTY%2FScullionTim%2Findex-2.htm

To Diet or Not To Diet webquest

http://www.healthline.com/galecontent/pritikin-diet?utm_medium=ask&utm_source=smart&utm_campaign=article&utm_term=The+Pritikin+Diet&ask_return=Pritikin+Diet

http://www.dietwords.com/pritikin_diet.shtml

http://altmedicine.about.com/cs/dietarytherapy/a/Detox_diet_plan.htm

http://www.webmd.com/diet/liquid-diets

http://www.dietsurf.com/diet/jenny_craig.htm

http://www.webmd.com/diet/jenny-craig-what-it-is

http://www.pcrm.org/magazine/GM98Winter/GM98.Win2.html

Exploring the Fad Diet Myth webquest

 http://www.thefreedictionary.com/nutrition

http://whatscookingamerica.net/HealthBeauty/ObesityHealth.htm

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/what-should-you-eat/pyramid/

http://www.medscape.com/medline/abstract/9614169

http://www.atkins.com/how-atkins-works.html

 http://www.atkins.com/Science.aspx

http://www.webmd.com/diet/the-truth-about-fad-diets

  Mitosis Webquest 2015-16

http://www.quia.com/servlets/quia.activities.common.ActivityPlayer?AP_rand=1538401416&AP_activityType=12&AP_urlId=3371&AP_conti

http://www.biology.arizona.edu/cell_bio/activities/cell_cycle/cell_cycle.html
http://www.cellsalive.com
http://www.quia.com/rr/89527.html
http://plaza.ufl.edu/alallen/pgl/modules/rio/stingarees/module/what.html
http://plaza.ufl.edu/alallen/pgl/modules/rio/stingarees/module/index.html
http://www.counterbalance.net/biogloss/mitspin-body.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/dna/#