Education Resources for Science & Health

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I have included a list of some of my favorite on-line resources and web sites for your education and entertainment.

Education & Science

CHNOPS:  Elements for Life video is an excerpt from the Hunting the Elements video listed below.  It provides an interesting persepective of the compositions of the human body.

Elements - Hunting the Elements site contains a special NOVA video, along with fun games and apps related to the periodic table of elements.

Exploratorium home page for the Exploratorium museum in San Francisco - has lots of interactive pages and videos

How Stuff Works covers all kinds of information from science to cross-word puzzles.

Khan Academy offers excellent free on-line tutorials on science, math and economics.

Laboratory Safety doesn't have to be dull.  Check out this video.

Learning Styles lets you take an inventory to give you information about the best way that YOU learn.

Mark Bishop's Web Site is written by a member of the Monterey Peninsula College faculty for chemistry students.

Mixed Reception (a mystery) is an interactive game that has you solve a mystery, using the scientific method, logic, deductive reasoning and knowledge of some basic chemical concepts.

Periodic Table Interactive helps you to learn important facts about the Periodic Table of Elements.

Science Daily News is a collection of the latest news about science, health, medicine and the environment.

Snopes collects information on urban legends and rumors, trying to determine if they are true or not.  It can help you become a more intelligent consumer of information. 

The World of Chemistry can provide helpful information about chemistry, although an older set of videos. There are 26 videos in this set.

You Tube has an amazing collection of short videos on many different science topics. How about Daniel Radcliffe singing the Elements Song?  Or try this one on laboratory safety set to music. Or these on the powers of ten from Cosmic Voyage and the scale of the universe from Cary Huang.

Environmental Issues

ACS Green Chemistry and Green Engineering from the American Chemical Society

Air and Waste Management Association home page has resources and links to agencies and organizations involved in environmental issues

CalEPA, the California Environmental Protection Agency, is the branch of California government that oversees the protection of our health and environment from environmental hazards.

CARB or the California Air Resources Board" is part of CalEPA.  It is responsible for protecting our air quality.

Envirofit an organization that uses Western technology to create simple products to reduce indoor and outdoor air pollution in third-world countries

EPA or the United States Environmental Protection Agency, is charged with protecting our health and environment from environmental hazards.

Green Technology magazine web site 

MBUAPCD is our regional agency responsible for protecting our air resources.

University of Oregon Green Chemistry resources at the University of Oregon

Integrative, Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Ayurvedic Institute founded by Dr Vasant Lad and located in Albuquerque, New Mexico

Duke Integrative Medicine part of the Duke University hospital system

Eat, Taste, Heal  a wonderful reference and cookbook based on Ayurvedic principles

National Ayurvedic Medical Association  the official web-site for NAMA, an organization for Ayurvedic professionals

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine the home page for NCCAM at the National Institute of Health

Osher Center at UCSF the home page for the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at UC San Francisco

Stanford Center for Integrative Medicine the home page for the Center for Integrative Medicine, part of the Stanford University hospital system

Please let me know if you find any broken links, or would like to suggest other resources.  Just send me an email with the information.  Thanks!