Science

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Amazing Animals of the World
Information on animals from aardvarks to zebras, including color photos and games. Details
Subscription purchased with funding from suburban Hennepin County property taxes.

Birds of North America Online
Comprehensive life histories, including maps, image & video galleries, and audio recordings of birds' songs and calls. Details
Subscription purchased with funding from suburban Hennepin County property taxes.

Discovering Collection
Use this comprehensive database to retrieve in-depth reference content for the core curriculum areas of Literature, History, Biographies, Science, and Social Studies. Details
Subscription purchased by Electronic Library for Minnesota (ELM) with a state appropriation to the MINITEX Library Information Network.

General Science Collection
Search more than 200 scientific journals for articles on physics, mathematics, nanotechnology, geology, chemistry, and biology. Details
Subscription purchased by Electronic Library for Minnesota (ELM) with a state appropriation to the MINITEX Library Information Network.

Health & Wellness Resource Center
Magazines, journals, newspapers, definitions, directories, and information on health and wellness topics. The material contained in this Resource Center is intended for informational purposes only. Details
Subscription purchased by the Metropolitan Library Service Agency (MELSA), with funding from state and federal tax revenues.

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Websites

Invention Dimension 
American inventors, past and present, as well as links to related resources.
http://web.mit.edu/invent/

Technology in America 
Focused on a few pivotal inventions, plus resources on forgotten inventors.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/techno
logy/

Multimedia Tour of the Solar System 
A multi-media tour of our solar system.
http://www.nineplanets.org/

ABC's of Nuclear Science 
Learn about antimatter, beta rays, and radioactivity.  Do you know that you are being bombarded constantly by nucle...more
http://www.lbl.gov/abc/

Amusement Park Physics 
Explore roller coaster physics, history, and design; then try your own design.
http://www.learner.org/interactives
/parkphysics/

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Last updated: Nov. 13, 2009
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