http://bancroft.geol.ucsb.edu/-FR/Overview-FR.html

This website produced by the University of California -- Santa Barbara provides users with an abundance of information on the minerals in the internationally respected Bancroft Mineral Collection. For each specimen, students can find information divided into three parts. The main page supplies users with a summary of the chemical and physical properties and an image of an amazing array of minerals. The Properties section displays the physical, chemical, and geographical information of the specific mineral. The last section, Locality, provides users with additional information about the geographical origin of the mineral along with an interactive map and an image of the mineral's origin. [RME]

http://www.volcanoworld.org/

VolcanoWorld, part of BrainSpace, is an online learning center for users of all ages. Visitors can find information and images of volcanoes for all over the world. The website features many short videos of volcanic eruptions. Through a series of colorful tutorials, students and teachers can learn about different types of volcanoes, volcano models, and the field of volcanology. Users can find fun games including crossword puzzles, matching games, and puzzle games. The website offers links to many other volcano-related education sites. [RME]

http://web.chem.ucla.edu/~harding/tutorials/tutorials.html

Steven Hardinger at the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at UCLA created these tutorials to assist students with the difficult concepts presented in introductory organic chemistry. Students can find tutorials dealing with acids and bases, carbocations, Lewis dot structures, and more. Within each tutorial, users can find links to a dictionary that adequately explain the unfamiliar terminology. The tutorials include example problems and exercises to challenge users. [RME]

http://www.colby.edu/chemistry/OChem/demoindex.html#table

Produced by Thomas Poon at Claremont-McKenna College and Bradford Mundy at Colby College, the Poon-Mundy computer animations are Macromedia Shockwave movies created to assist students with organic chemistry. Students can observe the production of hybrid atomic orbitals, a simulation of a mass spectrometer, the pyramidal inversion in amines, and much more. With sixteen colorful animations covering most of the topics discussed in class, organic chemistry students will surely find the site very helpful. [RME]

http://wright.grc.nasa.gov/airplane/shortw.html

At this website, NASA provides users with many pages discussing the science of the Wright Brothers' aircraft as well as information that has been discovered since 1905. Physics students can find lots of materials on fundamental concepts such as Newton's laws, equilibrium, thermodynamics, basic aerodynamics, and power. The website features interactive sections to educate people about lift, drag, and the parts of an airplane. Anyone perplexed about the relationship between physics and flying should visit this website. [RME]

http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/SS160

At this website, the University of Florida discusses the characteristics of a soil survey and the contents of a published survey. Users can discover the difference between general, reconnaissance, and detailed soil maps. Students and educators can learn how a survey is executed. The website addresses the benefits of the soil survey as well as the cost/benefit ratio. The information is available in a downloadable document for easy printing. Interested users can also learn how to obtain surveys. [RME]

http://marsed.asu.edu/

Arizona State University (ASU) Mars education program is a planetary imaging facility created to accommodate research for fifth grade through post doctoral students along with the professional scientific community. Users can download a variety of manuals containing step-by-step explanations of projects created to help students learn about the scientific process, the topographic features of Mars, and more. Teachers can find out about a variety of events and workshops taking place around the United States. Educators can also learn how to get their fifth grade through college sophomore level classrooms involved in the Mars Student Imaging Project (MSIP). [RME]

http://www.scs.uiuc.edu/~mainzv/exhibit/

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign created this online exhibit to illustrate several of the major shifts in chemistry from alchemy to modern chemistry and how chemists changed the way in which they discussed their field. Curious students and educators can find descriptions of thirty-six chemistry books covering the years from 1500 to 1964. Historians will adore the images of pages from the old books and find source links for some of the books discussed. [RME]