Science Olympiad Links and Resources

Astronomy Chem lab Circuit lab Compute this Designer genes
Disease detectives Dynamic planet Ecology Entomology Fermi questions
Food chemistry Forensics Health science Physics lab Practical problem solving
Remote sensing Robot ramble Rocks and minerals Scrambler Storm the castle
Tower Wright stuff Write it do it
Chandra X-Ray Observatory - stellar evolution and photo gallery
Wright Center - old SO astronomy tests
HubbleSite News center
Astronomy Picture of the Day - one of my personal favorites; has searchable archives
Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS)
Chemistry Coach - oodles of links for all things high school chemistry
Davidson's calorimetry applets
Measurements of heat capacity
Phoenix College - calorimetry and Hess's law
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - this is the site the event will be based on
CDC Office of Science Education - epi curriculum
FDA - Bad Bug Book
UCLA - John Snow (if you've had me for bio, you've spent lots of time here...)
BAM! - CDC's middle school disease detectives site (a good intro)
University of Pittsburgh's Epidemiology Supercourse - tons of lectures online
CDC's Public Health Training Network - a pdf epi course (textbook + exercises)
EpiMonitor newsletter - current events, epi style
College of Alameda - physical geology
Illustrated glossary of alpine glacial landforms
Montana State University - glaciers and glacial geology
Canadian Geographic article "Shapes of the land"
Satellite image atlas of glaciers - USGS
USGS snow and ice links
National Park Service - Ice Age floods
Texas A & M insect order characteristics
Gordon's introduction to the classification of insects
Minnesota Department of Agriculture - photos and characteristics
University of Florida, Department of Entomology - chart and keys
Bugaboo pest control - impact on health, disease, etc.
University of Wyoming - Insects affecting man
North Carolina State University -Insects and related pests of man and animals
Utah Education Network - Food and science
The Science Company - food chemistry testing - how to do it all!
FDA Center for food safety and applied nutrition - scroll down to "Food and chemistry"
Institute of Food Science & Technology - labs
Institute of Food Technologists - labs and materials (for teachers)
Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation - how to build and use a bomb calorimeter
University of Georgia - Science behind our food
A to Z Home's Cool - simple experiments
Our Food - database on food science
About.com food and cooking chemistry links
University of Kentucky food science links
Health science (I have more links on paper...)
Online biology book - endocrine system (lots of illustrations), nervous system, and excretory system
NIDDK - Cushing's syndrome
Pathophysiology of the endocrine system - textbook with quizzes
Endocrine system lectures - PowerPoint slides
Hormone Foundation - Endocrinology 101
American Diabetes Association - All about diabetes
An AP bio course webpage on the nervous system
National Parkinson Foundation - Parkinson's Primer
ALS Association - about ALS
National MS Society - about MS
NINDS - Huntington's disease
University of Maryland Medical Center - what causes Alzheimer's disease
Kimball's Biology Pages - the kidney
Georgia Mineral Society - place to ask questions, and info
Georgia Perimeter College - rocks and minerals lab
USGS Ask a Geologist - get questions answered quickly
Ripcords trebuchet plans
West Point Bridge Design Contest - for bridges, but has a simulation for testing stresses
Freedom Flight models - highly recommended