Science Links

Community Science Resources
Links about DeKalb and the surrounding communities.

• Northern Illinois University - http://www.niu.edu
• NIU Physics Department
• NIU Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
• DeKalb High School
• Sycamore High School
• Kishwaukee College - Kishwaukee College is a comprehensive, two-year college offering five transfer degrees and 64 occupational degrees and certificates.
• Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FermiLab) - FermiLab, in Kane County, IL, is a national science laboratory of the Department of Energy's Office of Science and the home of the Tevatron, the world's most powerful particle accelerator.
• Argonne National Laboratory - Argonne National Laboratory, in DuPage County, IL, is one of the U.S. Department of Energy's largest research centers.

Internet Resources
The links and information below are Internet resources for science and technology.

PHYSICS RESOURCES
• Learn Physics Today - Learn Physics Today is an online physics tutorial.
• Bang! Boing! Pop! - Interactive Physics on the World Wide Web

CHEMISTRY RESOURCES
• Periodic Table Resource: Tungsten, Palladium and Other Transition Metals - An informative resource about the transition metals on the periodic table. Thanks to Mrs. McVey and her 6th graders for recommending this link!
• WebElements™ periodic table - WebElements aims to be a high quality source of chemistry information on the WWW relating to the periodic table. Coverage is such that professional scientists and students at school interested in chemistry and other sciences will all find something useful.
• WebElements™ Chemistry Nexus
• Chem Web Online - If you are taking any Chemistry class, high school chemistry, A.P. level chemistry, or even college level chemistry, you will find this site to be an informative study helper.
• Chempire - A Kingdom of Chemistry Resources

EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
• ThinkQuest Library - The ThinkQuest Library provides innovative learning resources for students of all ages on a wide range of educational topics.
• ThinkQuest - ThinkQuest inspires students to think, connect, create, and share. Students work in teams to build innovative and educational websites to share with the world.

ONLINE SCIENCE PUBLICATIONS
• Seed Magazine - Science is Culture content that communicates science's fast-changing place in our culture to an international audience. Their mission is to help nurture a science-savvy global citizenry by increasing public interest in science and public understanding of science.
• PhysOrg.com - PhysOrg news: latest science and technology news
• TFOT - The Future of Things - The Future of Things (TFOT) is an online magazine dedicated to bringing original content on science, technology, and medicine from around the world.

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• George Jaros - The site's web designer and developer.
• Web 2 Market - The site's web hosting provider.