MathSciSem
What is Science? (what is pseudoscience?)
- Nature of Science (Berkeley Evolution)
- Frontiers of Science: Scientific Habits of Mind
- Introduction to the Scientific Method
- Scotsman.com News - Sci-Tech - Welcome to Mars express: only a three hour trip
- Burkhard Heim - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Thirty - Eight Ways to Win an Argument, by Schopenhauer
- Rhetorik: Schopenhauers Eristische Dialektik (Original)
- Pictures of Jesus - Fake or Real - A Mystery Picture 2005
- General Chem Online: Scientific Method, "natural laws",...
- General Chem Online (FAQ): Scientific Method
DNA, genomes
- DNA Interactive
- DNA From The Beginning
- NCBI Human Genome Resources
- Entrez Genome view (Map Viewer)
- NCBI Genome biology
- DNA Forensics Problem Set (U Arizona)
- Plant Genome Mapping Projects
- Plant Genome Database Tutorial
- USDA PLANTS Database
- Polymerase Chain Reaction - Xeroxing DNA (follow links)
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press - DNA Science: A First Course, 2nd Ed
- National Centre for Biotechnology Education | DNA50 | Trivia quiz
- The Patenting of DNA -- Doll 280 (5364): 689 -- Science
Darwin, natural selection
- AboutDarwin.com - Home Page
- Charles Darwin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- The complete work of Charles Darwin online
- The Darwin Digital Library
- Darwin | American Museum of Natural History
- The writings of Charles Darwin on the web
- Fisher's The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection -- Edwards 154 (4): 1419 -- Genetics
- The Chronicle: 4/7/2006: The Case for Evolution, in Real Life
- HHMI's BioInteractive (Evolution lectures)
- Modern evolutionary synthesis - Wikipedia
- Evolution mini-lesson: Card shuffling
- Evolution: The big issues
- Evolution 101: How It Works (Natural Selection)
- Chains of Reason - Evolution by Natural Selection
- Natural Selection Q&A (Answers in Genesis)
- Herbert Spencer survival of the fittest
- Digital Classroom Resources | DeFinetti 1.0
Birds (Dinosaurs)
- Dinosaurs and Birds
- Birds from Dinosaurs (Nat'l Geog)
- Dinobuzz: Dinosaur-Bird Relationships
- Press Events @ nationalgeographic.com
- Journal of Dinosaur Paleontology
- ScienceDaily: New Species Clarifies Bird-Dinosaur Link
- birding.com - Are Birds Dinosaurs?
- Did Birds Evolve from the Dinosaurs?
Human Origins (dating Homo)
- Tree of Life Web Project
- "Origins of Modern Humans: Multiregional or Out of Africa" by Donald Johanson
- Becoming Human: Paleoanthropology, Evolution and Human Origins
- Prominent Hominid Fossils
- ASM104 Biological Anthropology MCC
- Human Evolution (Farabee)
- RACE - The Power of an Illusion | PBS
- The Mitochondrial Eve
- Mitochondrial Eve simulation (Java)
Computer software for #s, graphs
- KaleidaGraph - scientific graphing, curve fitting, data analysis software
- StatCrunch Main Page
Mathematical Models
- Biological ESTEEM (MAA, Excel)
- NetLogo Models Library: ProbLab Genetics
- Conway's Game of Life
- LifeLab (Trevorrow)
- Interactivate: Rabbits and Wolves
- BBC News | Sci/Tech | Virtual natural selection
- Phylogeny and reconstructing phylogenetic trees
- DeFinetti 1.0 (evolution of gene)
Misc Math Resources
- Mathematics Study Tips
- Powers of Ten (Eames)
- Quarks to Quasars, Powers of Ten
- Benford's Law -- From MathWorld
- Math across Curriculum (AMATYC)
- www.keycollege.com: DevMAP: Table of Contents
- National Numeracy Network
- Gen Chem Online Quiz: Significant figures
- Gen Chem Online: Measurement
- Gen Chem Online: Tutorials, Drills, and Quizzes
- NIST Guide for Evaluating and Expres/ Meas. Uncertainty
- Algebasics (talk through solutions)
- The MER Forum (Mathematicians and Education Reform)
- Home Page of Bonnie Saunders
- Quantitative Reasoning in Frinq
- Math Alive (Daubechies)
- DePaul QRC Home Page (Jabon)
- Quant Literacy - The Liberal Studies Program at DePaul University
Misc Science Resources
- Understanding Evolution
- MIT Biology Hypertextbook - Home
- An On-Line Biology Book (Farabee)
- Biology Project (U Arizona)
- General Chemistry Online: Home
- The Physical Sciences Resource Center
- Molecular Motion Demonstrator - Science Kit and Boreal Laboratories
- The Fall of Parity
- Home Page of Frank Wolfs (U Rochester)
- Eric S. Lander - Broad Institute
- ERIC LANDER Interview
- NOVA Online | Cracking the Code of Life | Dr. Eric Lander
- HHMI's BioInteractive - Eric S. Lander, Ph.D.
- Sci Inquiry - The Liberal Studies Program at DePaul University
- Online Anatomy and Physiology Resources
- Acid-Base Tutorial - interactive pH playground (Tulane)
Statistics, Probability
- Chance Welcome Page
- NetLogo Models Library: Central Limit Theorem
- NetLogo Models Library: Galton Box
- NetLogo Models Library: Random Basic
- Connected Mathematics: ProbLab
- Sir Francis Galton F.R.S (complete works)
- t-test for two means (demo,calc)
- Sampling Distributions simulation (Rice)
- HyperStat Online: An Introductory Statistics Textbook and Online Tutorial (Rice)
- Rice Virtual Lab in Statistics
Genetics
- heredity -- Encyclopædia Britannica
- The Biology Project (Genetics HW?)
- MendelWeb TOC (Columbia 1981)
- The Genetics of Human Eye Color
- Quantitative Genetics Resources
- genetics course Whitman College
- Understanding Genetics (TheTech)
- Understanding Genetics: red hair
- PLoS Biology: What Controls Variation in Human Skin Color?
- Genetic recombination - Wikipedia
- The Biology Project: Genetics Vocabulary
- MAA ESTEEM: ABO Blood Group Frequencies
Light
- Two Slit Interference, One Photon at a Time by TeachSpin: Experiments
- Overview of TeachSpin Prices (two-slit)
- Photoelectric effect - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Photo effect applet
- Arthur Holly Compton -- Encyclopædia Britannica
- Quantum theory of light (from light) -- Encyclopædia Britannica
- Edwin Hubble, 1929 paper
- Hubble Constant -- from Eric Weisstein's World of Physics
- Hubble Constant (Univ New South Wales)
- The Hubble Constant (1920-2000)
- Sky & Telescope
- Parsec -- from Eric Weisstein's World of Astronomy
- Ångström -- from Eric Weisstein's World of Physics
- Richard Feynman QED lectures video
- Quantum electrodynamics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Physics Flash Animations
Case Studies
- National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science
- Return to Mars: How Not to Teach a Case Study
- Case Method Teaching
- Hemophilia: The Royal Disease
- Ninos Desaparecidos: A Case Study About Genetics and Human Rights
- Ninos Desaparecidos: A Case Study About Genetics and Human Rights - - Case Teaching Notes
- A Rush to Judgment? A Case of Research Ethics and Design
- Thinking Inside the Box - Part I - Case Study Collection - National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science
- Prayer Study: Science or Not?
- The Effect of Lignin on Biodegradability
- Avogadro Goes to Court - Case Study Collection - National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science
- Sample Chemistry Problems - Mole and Gram Conversions
Skeptical Inquirer articles
- Houdini and Conan Doyle
- Kurzweil: Humans transcend Biology
- US public rejects evolution: SkepInq
Shodor (Java activities)
- Computational Science Education Reference Desk
- Interactivate: Activities (see Normal Distr, Estimator)
- NetLogo Models Library
Columbia - Frontiers of Science
- Frontiers of Science: A Science Course for the Core Curriculum at Columbia University
- Columbia College Academics > Core Curriculum
- Columbia College Academics > Core Curriculum > Frontiers of Science
- Frontiers of Science: Scientific Habits of Mind
- Frontiers of Science "Syllabus", Lectures
- Core Curriculum > Science Req
- Frontiers of Science, Course Structure, Refs
Similar courses elsewhere
- Princeton University - Students gain scientific savvy in popular biology course for humanities majors
- Princeton - Undergraduate Announcement
- Virtual High School Welcomes You! Academics-Catalog
- Academics - Hampshire College - Amherst, MA
- Rethinking Race Institute - Hampshire College - Amherst, MA
- Hampshire: Ever since Darwin NS 0198
- Hampshire: Structure of Randomness NS 0167
- QELP About
- enviromath (Langkamp,Hull)
- Drury University: see Math 203
- Peer Review | Summer 2006
- Peer Review | Summer 2004 | Lynn Arthur Steen
- The "I just don't understand..." paper
- Understanding Alcohol—Lesson 1—Alcohol: Separating Fact from Fiction
- BioInteractive's Animation Console (Body-Mass Index)
- HHMI's BioInteractive - Obesity Animations
- BBC NEWS (Biology of AIDS)
- The Mismeasure of Man - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Arthur Jensen Replies to Steven Jay Gould
- Nuffield Council on Bioethics
NSF
- US NSF - Funding - Math and Science Partnership Program
- Welcome to MSPnet: The Math and Science Partnership Network
- US NSF - Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) Funding - Education and Interdisciplinary Research
- US NSF - Biological Sciences (BIO) Funding - Interdisciplinary Training for Undergraduates in Biological and Mathematical Sciences
- US NSF - Biological Sciences (BIO) Funding - Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement
- PIRS DUE - Data Retrieval Page
- PIRS DUE - (FL) Discovery-based Mth&Sci
- PIRS DUE - Non-science majors
- PIRS DUE - DNA sequencing
- PIRS DUE - StatBio ApplStUniv
- PIRS DUE - BioChemMath Connections
- Amazon.com: A Short History of Nearly Everything: Books: Bill Bryson
- Davis Family Foundation: FAQ