Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley Lab: Micro Worlds Project: Advanced Light Source
A discussion of the Advanced Light Source (ALS) facility and its use in material analysis and medicine.
Society for Science and the Public
Science News for Students: Concussion: More Than 'Getting Your Bell Rung'
This article explains the science of concussions, including the damage they can do to the brain and symptoms of concussion. The article also describes the technology that scientists are using to detect concussion and how helmets are now...
Other
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Scientific Progress
An article which attempts to explain how science has influenced society. Traces the history of scientific progress and how this has influenced societal behavior.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Technology at Work
In this classroom activity, students research the importance of technologies which contributed to societal advancements throughout history.
Other
History of Science Society
Home page for a group dedicated to understanding science, technology, medicine, and their interactions with society in their historical context.
National Museum of Science and Industry (UK)
Ingenious: Science and Technology Images
This collection of images from Ingenious combines the collections of several museums - Science Museum, the National Museum of Photography, Film & Television, the National Railway Museum, the Science & Society Picture Library and...
PBS
Pbs: Tesla, Master of Lighting
Inventor Nikola Tesla is the subject of this extensive PBS site. In addition to information on Tesla's life and work, the site offers insight into the ways in which society and invention affect each other.
PBS
Art21: Mel Chin
This artist enjoys infusing art into unlikely places and uses current culture, such as technology, to bring about awareness of global issues.
BBC
Bbc News: The Road to Riches: The 2nd Industrial Revolution
A brief look at some of the inventions and technologies associated with the second industrial revolution, which came into existence thanks to the new discoveries made by chemists and physicists. Offers a look at how these advancements...
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Education: Spotlight Biography Inventors
This site provides information on American inventors Benjamin Franklin, Robert Fulton, Eli Whitney, Thomas Jefferson, Isaac Singer, Wilbur Wright, Thomas Alva Edison, Elias Howe, and Alexander Graham Bell. It offers pictures from and...
Stephen Byrne
History for Kids: Science in Ancient Rome
From the development of concrete to state of the art military technology, students will be fascinated by the achievements of ancient Rome when they read history for kids on science in ancient Rome.
University of Houston
University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity
The Engines of Our Ingenuity is a radio program that tells the story of how our culture is formed by human creativity. The program uses the record of history to reveal the way art, technology, and ideas have shaped us. Episode topics...
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Eureka Alert: Fear of 'Foreigners' May Slow Scientific Progress
Science is a very important part of social progress. But since 9/11, foreign students, many of whom study science and technology in the United States, have had more difficult times of obtaining and renewing visas. This could lead to a...
Other
Pocket Lint: Life in the Future: Tech That Will Change the Way We Live
Technology has the power to do many things, and changing the world is one of them. We're privileged to be living in a time where science and technology can assist us, make our lives easier, and rethink the ways we go about our daily...
Alberta Online Encyclopedia
Alberta Online Encyclopedia: So, This Is Alberta
As a part of celebrating Alberta's 100 years of being a province in Canada, The Heritage Community Foundation has created "So, this is Alberta", a website that thoroughly captures who Alberta is. From History to Innovation, from Natural...
PBS
Pbs: First Successful Kidney Transplant Performed
Discusses the first successful kidney transplant performed in 1954.
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Places on the Planet: Latitude and Longitude
Students learn how citizen scientists involved in the Geological Society of America's EarthCaching project use GPS technology and latitude and longitude coordinates to find special places on the Earth.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: Japanese Politics and Society
Presenting an overview of the history of Japan explore the optional enhancements provided by MIT.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: Japanese Politics and Society
Presenting an overview of the history of Japan explore the optional enhancements provided by MIT.
University of Arizona
University of Arizona: Pulse: Striding Into the Future: Clinical Trials
An interdisciplinary unit teaching the topic of scientific research performed on human subjects for a skin cancer study. The physics principles behind imaging techniques, the biological implications of UV radiation on the skin, the...
Physics Central
American Physical Society: A Century of Physics
This site presents year-by-year timeline of physics discoveries during the twentieth century. Just click on "Timeline," for a complete summary of physics history since 1896.
Other
London Grid for Learning: History of Computing: A Brave New World
This resource aims to teach the history of computing and the effect of landmark moments in computing history on today's world. Crosses different curriculum areas. Explanations of many of the world's significant computers were provided by...
Stanford University
Stanford: Bioengineering Boot Camp Draws Young and 'Fearless' Talent
Learn about the cutting edge inventions being brought about by teens at Stanford University's bioengineering boot camp for high school students.