http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Tue, 21 May 2013 10:13:40 PDT Tue, 21 May 2013 10:13:40 PDT http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/images/merlot.gif http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ 44 34 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=75704 Nice site for learning about water for middle and high school students, primarily. Excellent resource from a government laboratory. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=81823 (From the authors) The Chemical Reactivity Worksheet is a free program you can use to find out about the reactivity of substances or mixtures of substances (reactivity is the tendency of substances to undergo chemical change).It includes * a database of reactivity information for more than 6,000 common hazardous chemicals. The database includes information about the special hazards of each chemical and about whether a chemical reacts with air, water, or other materials. * a way for you to virtually "mix" chemicals to find out what dangers could arise from accidental mixing. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=300557 University Library of Regensburg offers the "Electronic Journals Library," which contains over 25,000 titles, of which over 10,500 journals can be read free-of-charge. There are journal articles in the following areas: Agriculture, Archeaology, Civil engineering, Biology, Chemistry, Art, Computer Science, Education, Economics, History, Mathematics, Media, Medicine, Linguistics, Philosophy, Sociology, Science,Technology and many more. For more information about Electronic Journals Library see: http://rzblx1.uni-regensburg.de/ezeit/index.phtml?bibid=AAAAA&colors=7&lang=en. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=291702 Highwire facilitates access to over 1.1 million full text scholarly articles on medical/biomedical topics. Most journal titles covered include back issues older than 12-24 months. This website features images/graphics and links to related material. For more information on Highwire (Stanford University) go to:http://highwire.stanford.edu/lists/freeart.dtl http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=80965 This web site is a periodic table of elements that includes information about each of the elements properties, health effects, and environmental effects. This periodic table is colorful and easy to use. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=445079 EWG specializes in providing useful resources (like Skin Deep and the Shoppers' Guide to Pesticides in Produce) to consumers.This website is filled with highly useful scientifically based current information on Environmental Health. It includes many printable family health & healthy home guides including SAFER baby products, sunscreens, a plastics guide, a healthy home checklist, and much more. It is an excellent & highly informative resource! http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=84121 CA Earth Science Standard # 6b- Great explaination of thermal inversion. Good illustration of normal compared to inversion. Explains chemicals involved and gives thermal inversion links along with photochemical smog links. Gerneral information on air pollution, water pollution waste, solid waste and toxic and hazardous waste in the state of California. You can type in the name of other places outside of California. There are also links to Earth quakes and other naturally occuring events (volcanoes, floods). http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=298377 Provide access to all publicly available World Bank operational documents (project documents, analytical and advisory work, and evaluations), formal and information research papers, and most World Bank publications. Includes over 15,000 full text documents. For more information about The World Bank see: http://www-wds.worldbank.org. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=84073 sitemaps/FAQ/Links/Glossary/Click on the Earth and date that you want to see. Click on El Nino/La Nina and PDO. There are great illustrations and explanations. Science objectives for the mission are listed and explained. Also, Practical application of the data collected is listed and explained. CA science standard # 5g http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=297483 AGORA provides free access to more than 500 journals from major scientific publishers in the fields of food, agriculture, enviornmental science, and related social sciences. AGORA is available to students and researchers in qualifying not-for-profit institutions in eligible dveloping countries. For more information about AGORA contact, agora@fao.org or see: http://www.aginternetwork.org/en/.