Exam Preparation

This website describes plate tectonic theory, how it works, and how it relates to Earth's history. 

The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) received funding from the National Science Foundation to prepare a middle school mathematics module incorporating real-time weather data.  This section of the module includes information on basic concepts in thermodynamics.

This site provides various visual examples of atmospheric optics. 

Students in biology will find this site useful for information on molecular biology. At the bottom of the main chapters, you will find links to relevant documentation.

The Principia Cybernetica Project aims to develop a complete philosophy based on the principles of evolutionary cybernetics. Their website has a large section devoted to Biological Evolution.

This site contains information and resources for cell and molecular biologists.

Discusses four chemical naming systems, when to use them, and how to write out chemical formulas.

Includes many links to articles and resources on cosmology and astronomy.

This web site contains tutorials on basic topics in physics. It also includes a tutorial on basic math skills required for physics. The tutorials clearly explain the basic concepts and provide practice opportunities.

This site contains featured articles and links related to the field of Ecology.

These web lecture notes from the Physics Department of the University of Winnipeg discuss phenomena associated with electricity and magnetism.

Provides a review of electrochemistry including information on electrochemical reactions and electrolytic cells in addition to practice problems.

The Environmental News Network (ENN) is the largest, most recognized online environmental news source in the world. Since 1993, ENN has provided balanced and non-partisan news, information, and interactive resources for individuals, organizations, and corporations with environmental interests. 

This site provides a definition for fluid mechanics and includes equations that describe the flow of fluids.

This website discusses the gas laws and includes detailed examples as well as practice problems.

Geoscience (also known as earth sciences and geology) covers the broad sweep of Earth history and all Earth-forming processes. This online resources includes detailed information about the Earth, minerals and gemstones, and the latest research in the field of geoscience.

This site discusses the structure and composition of the Earth including Earth's layers, its chemical composition and related terms.

This web site by C. R. Nave hosted by Georgia State University provides a comprehensive coverage of physics with very nice tutorials on all major concepts of physics.  Clicking the topic of interest on the concept map will produce a concept map of subtopics; further clicking gives well written tutorials.  These concept maps help one see how the various topics are interrelated.  You can access the web site or  purchase the materials on CD ROM.

This site discusses mechanical waves and their motion. 

This site discusses kinematics and 1-dimensional motion. It also includes animations and practice problems.

This webpage from the University of Virginia's Physics Department introduces concepts that are useful for describing motion.

This website contains a lot of information and resources related to the study of oceanography.

This tutorial consists of five modules on organic chemistry covering: structure, bonding, spectroscopy, stereochemistry, and functional group reactions.

This site develops general
equations about dynamics for the motion of solid objects. 

Established in 1926, Plant Physiology is an international journal devoted to physiology, biochemistry, cellular and molecular biology, genetics, biophysics, and environmental biology of plants. This site offers free access to archived articles.