Prof. French’s Best Web Sites for Math and Science:

Are you tired of miscellaneous spam and sales pitches? Are you desperately seeking useful, educationally rich math and science web sites?

Look no further!

 Best Web Picks for Math

http://www.mathforum.org   ( k-12 +)  Arguably one of the best math web sites , this site has a searchable library of FAQs , a comprehensive set of resources, with many links, for K-12 and beyond, for GED and college. Try the "Ask Dr. Math" feature, and also check out the "Problem of the Week" ( POW ) for algebra and geometry.

http://www.purplemath.com  An interactive, fun web site for help with all kinds of basic math courses.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/webguide/science/ Good web site with great math and science links that change every week.

http://archives.math.utk.edu/visual.calculus/ Good web site for calculus ( advanced level) students ( University of Tennessee at Knoxville).

http://www.mathnotes.com You have to download the "Interact Math" utility first then pick the tutorial material you want. This Addison-Wesley Publisher site has downloadable files , as do dome other publishers’ sites.

http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/index.html This web site, run by the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, is a very good source of Math History information. Check out the " Famous curves" – for advanced level ( College and University +)

http://www.mathwright.com/index.html This is a good web site for mathematical discovery and "play". It features an interactive downloadable math library with a good number of interactive math texts. The content tends to be Algebra , calculus and beyond.

http://archives.math.utk.edu/popmath.html A great web site for all kinds of math links.

http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/HistoryTopics.html A great web site for math history.

http://www.anglia.co.uk/education/mathsnet/dynamic/javasketchpad.html A high-tech web site powered by Javascript .

http://www.thinks.com/webguide/mathrec.htm A treasure trove of interesting mathematical topics , puzzles and games.

http://faculty.ccp.edu/faculty/dfrench/index.htm Yours truly's CCP web page…

Best Science Website Picks:

Chemistry: http://www.webelements.com/  The Periodic Table of the Elements in full color! (by Mark Winter, University of Sheffield, UK)

http://klaatu.oit.umass.edu/microbio/rasmol/index.html From UMass , a site where you can view rotating biochemical molecules.

http://www.miamisci.org/af/sln/ An extremely cute web site featuring  " The Atoms Family" = Adams Family - good graphics ; interactive pages for beginning students of chemistry. Grades  K-8.

http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/Chemistry/MOTM/motm.htm Bristol University’s (UK) “Molecule of the month”. 

http://www.caos.kun.nl/~borkent/.netscape-bookmarks.html Multi-site links -- a huge list!

Physical Science:

http://www.ex.ac.uk/cimt/dictunit/dictunit.htm Surely one of THE most comprehensive sites on UNITS of Measurement from the University of Exeter, UK. Good for Math, too!

http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/pickover/omega.htm A Javascript –powered page from the University of Wisconsin that models dynamical systems

http://www.howstuffworks.com Everything you always wanted to know about….you name it!

Biology: http://www.biology.arizona.edu/ This University of Arizona site is great – good questions and some on-line labs

http://www.carnegielibrary.org/subject/homework/ask.html  This excellent  website  has an "Ask an Expert" feature   with many links for posing all kinds of questions – e.g. "Ask an Astronomer" or "Ask an Astronaut" .  A Must-see!

(Most of these web addresses are active as of Sept 2004)

Dr. D.French  dfrench@ccp.edu

Associate Professor of Mathematics, Community College of Philadelphia ,    Fall 2004