http://nobelprize.org/physics/educational/index.html

The Nobel Foundation provides a host of animated and interactive materials to educate individuals about the fascinating world of physics at this website. Through clear articles and helpful images, students can discover the principles of special relativity, quantum mechanics, vacuum tubes, x-rays, and accelerators. The website offers an interactive microscope simulator, a pictorial tutorial of how to prepare specimen, and an interesting photo gallery of fluorescence microscope. Users can play online games to learn about liquid crystals, lasers, and transistors. This website will kindle everyone's interests in physics. [RME]

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/education/index.html

The Met Office, the commercial weather and environmental information of the British government, developed this website "to help teachers and pupils by extending their knowledge of weather and climate - in the UK and around the world." With materials covering each level of education, everyone can find educational and enjoyable games, puzzles, and activities at this website. Users can locate current and past meteorological data, charts, and satellite images for the UK and other parts of the world. Individuals can learn about the latest severe and unusual weather occurring throughout the world. The website also features six webcams located all over the UK. [RME]

http://www.ucdsb.on.ca/tiss/stretton/CHEM1/30001.html

Tom Stretton, a science teacher in the Upper Canada District School Board, provides chemistry notes, figures, and quizzes intended for eleventh-grade chemistry students. Within the Databook link, students can learn the origins of names of the elements, electromagnetic spectrum, ionization energies, and much more. Visitors can find twelve laboratory activities, fun chemistry-related conundrums, a timetable of the history of alchemy and chemistry, and information on the metric system. The website offers details about molecules, ions, bonding, stoichiometry, and additional topics usually discussed in high school chemistry classes. [RME]

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tsunami/

This NOVA website addresses the tsunami disaster that occurred in December 2004 in the Indian Ocean. Users can learn about the warning system in place in the Pacific Ocean and both the need for and difficulties of setting up a similar system in the Indian Ocean. Through an animated module, visitors can discover the tsunami's path, speed, wave height, and its changes in characteristics once it collided with land. The website presents summaries of past, disastrous tsunamis as well as locations of predicted future occurrences. With its enlightening materials, this website educates individuals, not just about the recent disaster, but also about the creation of tsunamis and plate tectonics as a whole. [RME]

http://microscopy.fsu.edu/primer/index.html

Produced by the Florida State University, this website offers a host of tutorials about microscopy and its related principles. In the Physics of Light and Color link, students can learn about electromagnetic radiation, fluorescence, light filters, lasers, and much more. The website offers an introduction to the use of a microscope, animations of light pathways, and a history of the instrument's development. Researchers can discover countless techniques to aid in contrast enhancement, the properties of digital images and processing, fundamentals of photomicrography, specimen preparation for confocal microscopy, and much more. With the handy Java tutorials and images, individuals are sure to find help understanding the intricacies of optical microscopy. [RME]

http://genchem.chem.wisc.edu/lab/PTL/PTL.html

Periodic Table Live!, produced by the Division of Chemical Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, allows users "to explore a broad range of information about the elements, their reactions, their properties, their structures and their histories." After selecting an element from the periodic table, users can access a myriad of information divided into three sections: Description, Physical, and Atomic. Students can view short videos of many of the elements' reactions with air, water, acids, and bases. The website is equipped with a helpful glossary and images of the elements, scientists, and other related items. [RME]

http://www-ed.fnal.gov/hep/home.html

This Fermilab website offers physicists the chance to educate individuals about the "fundamental particles and forces of our universe." The website offers a database containing over 250 hands-on activities, special events, research participation, and other educational and outreach programs. The information can be searched by state, audience, and institution. The database offers a brief description of each program and a link to its website. Students can learn about the basics of particle physics through a concise article. Educators can discover why particle physics education is important. [RME]

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/explorations/tours/geotime/index.html

Through this University of California, Berkeley website, both students and teachers can understand the complexities of geologic time. Through interactive timetables, students can discover when key events occurred in the earth's history, the difference between relative and absolute time, the Law of Superposition, and the Geologic time scale. At the end of the tutorial, users can test their knowledge. Educators can find preparation steps, technical requirements, standards, and user tips. The website provides a list of terms, simplified version of the geologic time scale, quizzes, assessment materials, and other lesson plan ideas. [RME]