| Contacts Central District
(District 7) Contacts
Larry Hohman, Willard Grizzell Middle School
hohman_larry@mail.dublin.k12.oh.us
Michael Bailey, Columbus State Community College
mbailey@cscc.edu
Project Planning and Regulations
Science Day Standards
Start Here! project standards, required forms and more
The Ohio Academy of Science
Organizing body behind Ohio regional and state science days.
1500 W Third Ave, Suite 228, Columbus, OH 43212-2817
(614)488-2228, (800)OHIOSCI, Fax (614)488-7629
email oas@iwaynet.net,
www.ohiosci.org
International
Science and Engineering Fair
international organization that sets standards for affiliated science fairs
Research: General
Directory of Open Access Journals
indexes scientific and scholarly journals will full-text articles
available on-line
Mad Sci Network
NEW LINK
general science education site with answers to common science questions,
science news, and science fair project ideas as well as a place for posting
science questions
The Naked
Scientists NEW LINK
weekly podcast of science news discussed in simple terms as well as a weekly
"do-it-at-home" project demonstrating a scientific principle PBS
links to science-related program sites which often include synopses of
current topics and bibliographies
"Science Fair Projects" - University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
science fair resource page hosted by UMDNJ; has links to many sites
providing science fair project ideas and other resources
Science News For Kids
NEW LINK
news, articles, science fair ideas, activities, etc.
Science.gov: FirstGov for Science
links to science information from various US Government agencies, grouped by
scientific topics
Scientific American
popular monthly science magazine; web page includes brief articles on
current science news, previews of articles available in the magazine, an
editors' blog on current science topics, and a weekly podcast discussion of
current topics in science
"Talk of the Nation,
Science Friday"
weekly radio program discusses newsworthy issues in science; web page
includes a downloadable archive and links to related resources; the
Science Friday
Kids page is based upon the same programming with a program archive
grouped by topic and additional resources Research:
Behavioral/Social Science
American
Psychological Association
current topics in psychology and links to psychology journals
Social Science Research Network
topics in social science and a literature search tool Research:
Biology/Medicine
ActionBioscience.org
a resource provided by the American Institute of Biological Sciences with an
extensive collection of biology-related articles sorted by field and
covering all areas of the biological sciences
National Institutes of Health
health information, current topics in medical research, fact sheets,
bibliographies, and other resources; each institute provides different
resources
PubMed
free biomedical literature search provided by the National Library of
Medicine many abstracts available free, a few full text articles available
free (current medical journal articles can be very difficult to read)
Research: Chemistry
American Chemical Society
wide variety of resources for professional chemists, educators, and
students; ACS
Publications includes links to journals and articles (most have
abstracts available online, some have full-text articles free online)
Research: Earth Science/Geology
Environmental Protection Agency
links to information and resources on a multitude of environmental
topics U.S. Geological Survey
a large collection of resources related to earth science; follow the "Science
Topics" link for an extensive collection of links to information an
diverse earth science topics including geology, meteorology, oceanography,
and much more Research: Engineering/Mathematics/ Computer
Science
CiteSeer.IST
science literature search with an emphasis on computer sciences
Computer
Science and Mathematics - Oak Ridge National Laboratory
follow the links to individual "groups" to find descriptions of
current research areas at this U.S. National Laboratory
Engineering
Classroom Resources - National Science Foundation
a collection of links to engineering related educational sites Research:
Physics and Space Science
American Physical Society
physics news, current areas of research, a literature search with
many full text articles available free online, and an
internet resources link
with resources sorted by field
Kavli
Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research - MIT
this resource page from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology provides
an extensive collection of links to space-associated sites including news,
current missions, observatory web sites et c.
Physics Central
education-oriented physics site with online articles and links to
physics resources
PhysLink.Com
physics and astronomy news and other resources |