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Water & Water Safety
  • Find your Water Service [i.e. M.U.D.] (by subdivision) [Harris County Public Health & Environmental Services]
  • Find your Water Service [i.e. M.U.D.] by name[HINT: Click download list. This puts entire list on single Web page. Use FIND and search by name of M.U.D.]
  • North Harris County Regional Water Authority
  • Cypress Creek Flood Control Coalition
  • See also Floods
  • Hydrologic Cycle (Evaporation/Condensation/Precipitation, etc.)
  • What's Up With Our Nation's Waters (EPA)
  • TX Water Development Board | Region H (Includes Harris County) |
  • Harris-Galveston Coastal Subsidence District
  • Safe Drinking Water Health Fact Sheets (EPA)
  • Texas Environmental Profiles
  • Texas Drinking Water (Check your local water system!)[EPA]
  • Water Quality (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 Library Network) |
  • Common Iowa Trees | Trees of the Pacific Northwest |
    Science Fair Web Sites
    | Science Fair Handbook | ScienzFair Project Ideas | Science Fair Project Index | How to Do a Science Fair Project |
    | Most Popular Myths in Science |
    | General | Chemistry | Biology | Physics | Earth Sciences / Energy | Materials | Food & Soft Drinks | Water |
    How Stuff Works / WhyFiles / How Products Are Made
  • How Stuff Works | How Things Work |
  • How Products Are Made
  • Simple Machines & Gears
  • Science Made Simple | Ask An Expert |
  • ScienceNet | Cool Science |
  • explorezone.com | WhyFiles | New Scientist (site search engine) |
  • Science Fair (Cyberspace Middle School)
  • Science Fair Project Resource Guide (Internet Public Library)
  • Do It Yourself Science (California Science Center)
  • Iron Science Teacher (Exploratorium)
  • Hands-On Activities | Phenomena Index | (Exploratorium)
  • National Science Teachers Association
  • Science Fair (Free Internet Encyclopedia)
  • Science Pages for Kids (U.S. Dept. of Energy)
  • Useless Knowledge.com
  • Virtual Environments (Mazes)
    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 |
  • 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: A Resource for Elementary, Middle School, and High School Students
  • Chemical Elements.com | Minerals Information | Chem4Kids (First 18 elements only) |
  • Web Elements: Scholar Edition | Web Elements: Professional Edition |
  • Nutritive Value of Foods | Dietary Reference Intakes (DRI) & Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDA) | Non-Dairy Milks |
  • Food Pyramid (USDA)
  • Environmental Chemistry.com | ph Factor (Miami Museum of Science) |
  • Chemistry of How Things Work (Chemcases.com)
    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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    Last Modified: 8/26/2008