Contacts/Resources

   
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