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Water & Water Safety
  • North Harris County Regional Water Authority
  • Flooding: Cypress Creek Watershed
  • See also Floods
  • See also More Water Safety
  • Hydrologic Cycle (Evaporation/Condensation/Precipitation, etc.)
  • Waters (Natl. Wildlife Federation)
  • TX Water Development Board
  • Harris-Galveston Coastal Subsidence District
  • Safe Drinking Water Act (EPA)
  • Protect Your Home's Water [EPA]
  • Water Outreach and Engagement (Houston-Galveston Area Council)

    Wind Waves & how they form

  • Ocean Surface Waves
  • Wind Speed & Wave Height
  • Sea vs. Swell
  • Making Waves
  • Waves (explorezone)

    Tides

  • What are Tides? | More Tides |
  • Ebbs & Flows of the Sea
    Plants
  • Plant Care.com | House Plants | See also Leaf Identification |
  • USDA Plants Database | Mendelian Genetics |
  • The Quiet Invasion: A Guide to Invasive Plants of the Galveston Bay Area
  • Photosynthesis | Why do leaves change color in the fall? |
  • State Flowers (Stately Knowledge / Internet Public Library)
  • Germinating Seeds | All About Fertilizer |
  • Hydroponics | Composting for Kids | Compost Resource Page | Recycling (TNRCC) |
  • Language of Flowers | Meanings of Flowers | Flowers & Their Meaning |
  • Birth Flowers (like birthstones but flowers instead) |
  • Common Texas Wildflowers
    Leaf Identification / Tree Finders
    General
  • Tree Finder: Leaf Identification Guide (Missouri Botanical Garden)
  • Native Pines of Eastern North America | Virtual Library: Forestry |
    Trees Which Mostly Live in Specific Portions of the United States
  • Foliage-Vermont.com | What Tree Is It (Ohio Public Library Information Network) |
  • Common Iowa Trees | Trees of the Pacific Northwest |
    Science Fair Projects
  • Science Projects (Science Buddies)
  • Science Made Simple | BioInteractive |
  • How Stuff Works | How Things Work (National Geographic) | How Products Are Made |
  • SciencetoyMaker: Mysterious, Kinetic, Noisy, Do-It-Yourself Science Projects that Entice Scientific Investigation
  • Share Science.org (Critical Thinking Through Science)
  • Stuck At Home Science (California Science Center FunLab)
  • Science Activities (Exploratorium)
    | General | Chemistry | Biology | Physics | Earth Sciences / Energy | Materials | Food & Soft Drinks | Water |
    Biology
  • Online Biology Textbook
  • Mold Facts & Experiments (for science fair students)
  • Cell Structure (Plant, Animal, & Prokaryotic Cells)
  • DNA From the Beginning
  • Circadian Rhythms | Pulse (Heart Rate)
  • The Senses | Taste&Smell | Taste & Smell (Newton's Apple) |
  • Optical Illusions: Face or Eskimo? | Elephant | Black Dots | Shrinking Haze | Circles | Squares | Young Girl/Old Woman |
  • Archimedes Lab (Puzzles, optical illusions)
  • Science, Optics, & You
  • Neuroscience For Kids
  • Color Blindness Test
  • Psychology of Color
  • Color, Contrast, & Dimension in News Design
  • Noise Pollution/Hearing/Decibels
  • DNA from the Beginning | Hemophilia & Queen Victoria's Children | Hemophilia |
    Chemistry
  • Periodic Table of the Elements (ACS) | Celebrating Chemistry (See pages 3-4 for the Periodic Table/Elements) |
  • Periodic Table (Ducksters) | How to Read the Periodic Table (ChemTalk) | Chemical Elements.com |
  • Gold, Silver, and Other Precious Metals
  • Minerals For Kids (Earth Sciences Museum) | Web Elements |
  • Nutritional Values For Common Foods And Products
  • Food and Nutrition Information (USDA)
  • My Plate (USDA)
  • Acids, bases, pH, and buffers (Khan Academy) |
    Physics
  • Guide to Physics on the Internet (Institute of Physics)
  • High School Physics Tutorial | Fear of Physics | Physics 2000 |
  • Way the Ball Bounces | Baseball Physics | Amusement Park Physics |
  • Simple Machines & Compound Machines
  • Virtual Coin Flipping | Soap Bubbles | About Bubbles |
  • Surface Tension (About.com)
    Earth Sciences / Energy
  • Lightning
  • Project Starshine | Nine Planets / Solar System |
  • Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Network (EREN) (DOE)
  • U.S. Natl. Energy Policy | Renewable Resource Data Center |
  • Energy Hog (Promotes energy conservation)
  • Electrical Safety World | Electric Universe | Electric Utilities |
  • Solar Power Projects | Solar Cooking Archive | Solar Now |
  • Clean Power Estimator (Calculate cost of switching to solar or wind energy)
    Materials
    | Fabric University | Stain Removal Answers to Common Care Questions | Stain Removal Links | Stain Detective |
  • Paper Quest! | Paper: Ignition Temperature |
    Food & Soft Drinks
  • Popcorn |
  • Science of Cooking (Exploratorium)
  • Soda Fountain (Soda Pop / Soft Drinks, including history)
  • The History Of America And Soft Drinks Go Hand In Hand
  • Soft Drink Collection
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