SciTech High School Programs Middle School Programs Links    Back to    Year-Round Resource Area    Please email us with suggested additions! Below are links that explore our region’s growth industries and the SciTech focus areas of Biotechnology, Nanotechnology, Robotics, Advanced Materials Processes, Environmental Technology and Information Technology. On the linked pages you will find resources grouped by these icons: Books Blogs Glossary Movies/Videos Animations Slide Shows Images Fun Quizzes Games Downloads   Future Deeper Definitions Timeline Social Consequences Newsletters   Everyday Products Industry Research Pittsburgh Connections Competitions & Clubs     Select a Focus Area: Biotechnology Nanotechnology Robotics Advanced Materials Processes Environmental Technology Information Technology   Biotechnology         A glossary of agricultural biotechnology and genetically modified food terms         Michael Crichton's "Prey"         Interactive Quiz on Biotechnology and Genetically Modified Foods         DNA Interactives         What are stem cells and what are they used for?       The UK, Dolly the sheep, and more!       Council for Biotechnology Information       Biotechnology In the News       Overview of Biotech       Cloning Fact Sheet, Human Genome Program       Understanding Cloning         Biotechnology Timeline         Genetic Horoscope         Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Initiative       Pittsburgh Lifesciences Greenhouse       Science News Presented by BIO, the Biotechnology Industry Organization       Pennsylvania Bio - PA bioscience industry   Nanotechnology         Teacher's Guide for ODYSSEY™ Nanoworld       National Nanotechnology Initiative: K-12 Education, Teacher Resources, Careers         Glossary       The Dance of Molecules: How Nanotechnology Is Changing Our Lives. Ted Sargent. x + 234 pp. Thunder's Mouth Press, 2006. $25.         How big is a nanometer video? Three brief clips explain this in different ways.       Art Gallery       In pictures: Nanotechnology - Building the future from the bottom up       Liquid Body Armor - in the lab and in the field         Interactive quizzes - the nanoscale world that is rapidly expanding internationally - NanoKids™ visual concept utilizes universally recognized forms exhibiting human characteristics to instruct, motivate, and entertain.       What's your Nano IQ?         Nanomission: Interactive 3-D learning game based on the nanosciences and nanotechnology         The Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies       Nanotech in Fashion         Nanouveau – Why Nanotech Will Happen       Realistic visual of a nanotech future         What is Nanotechnology?       Nanularity - A variety of links, resources and more!         Launch the interactive timeline - 30BC to the 21st century!         Overview: Benefits? Worries? and Public Involvement       CRN - Center for Reponsible Nanotechnology       Helping the poor: the real challenge of nanotech       Societal impact - Grey Goo & Other Scarey Stories         Small Times - leading source of business information and analysis about micro and nanotechnology.       National Nanotechnology Initiative       The Center for Nano-enabled Device and Energy Technologies (CNXT) in Pittsburgh       PPG and Nanotechnology       Local Giants - The Big Business of Nanotechnology   Robotics         DARPA Grand Challenge         I, Robot - Are Real Androids Ready for Their Close-Up?         Living on Earth: The Future of Robotics       How Robots Will Affect Future Generations         How Robots Work - Honda's Asimo         Timeline for Robotics       What Happened to the Robot Age?       Robot Hall of Fame         Ethical & Social Implications of Artificial Intelligence - Quotes, References & Links         Great Site for Robotics in the News         The Robotics Institute       The Technology Collaborative         Pittsburgh Regional FIRST Robotics High School Competition and the CMU NREC Robotics Academy       Pittsburgh Robotics Society   Advanced Materials Processes         Advanced Materials - A Take on Tennis       Beer is chillier and unbreakable - a Pittsburgh icon in a new aluminum package       Ferrari F-430 gets performance and comfort from a new-generation Alcoa spaceframe.       Electronically dimmable systems for the windows of the 787 passenger compartment       SunCleanTM Self-Cleaning Windows       Plastic photochromic eyewear lenses that automatically darken when exposed to sunlight       Add quality, not cost, to fresh food to go!         Tomorrow's spacecraft will be built using advanced materials with mind-boggling properties (scroll down)       How Self-healing Spacecraft Will Work       Space chic - scroll down and click on the slimline spacesuit         Materials Science Resources on the Web       Institute for Advanced Materials, Nanoscience and Technology - definition       Advanced ceramics provide the perfect solution and a cost-effective, high performance alternative to traditional materials such as metals, plastics and glass       Materials Science Definition and more!       How Luminol works - a chemical that reveals invisible blood traces         Timeline of Materials Technology         Using advanced technology to solve problems on the other side of the world!         Electro-Optics Outreach Newsletter, incuding invisibility and more! (pdf)         Minerals, Metals and Materials Society's JOM Technical Journal   Environmental Technology         CLIMATE CRISIS SOLUTIONS       RECYCLING FACTS AND INFORMATION       Eco Experience at Carnegie Science Center       Water Sites, Hands-on Projects & Information       Friends of the Riverfront includes activities and more!       Go Guide to Outdoor Recreation       PA Association for Environmental Education       PA Dept. of Conservation and Natural Resources, PA Geological Survey       Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy       US National Park Service         I have decided to explore my own environmental impact – where the stuff I buy comes from, and what happens to my waste and recycling. My blogs from the road will be published here on the New Scientist Environment blog.       The Allegheny Front - Voice of the Environment       Energy Glossary         Audio-visual records of life on Earth       Video on Global Warming: Goldilocks and the Greenhouse       Operation Migration and the movie "Fly Away Home"       Climate Connections A Global Journey: How climate changes people AND how people change climate. CLICK - on a topic to explore a global warming issue CLICK - on a map to see what is being reported       Global warming powerpoints...and much more at the IGLO Site - International Action on global Warming       Contemporary Artists Viewing the Natural World - perspecitves on a planet that sustains, enchants and - increasingly - frightens us.       Video - Shrinking Ice: Himalyan Glaciers Retreat - NY Time time 3:15       Ice Shelf Interactive       View Podcasts - Women's Health & the Environment Conference. A must see with wonderful speakers and topics that you, male or female, really need to hear.         Test Your energy IQ - Is Your home a "Green" House?       Ecological footprint - and how choices you make can shrink or expand your footprint.       A different look at your ecological footprint including clothing choices ... (Hectare = A metric unit of area equal to 2.471 acres.)       The Happy Planet Index which incorporates three separate indicators: ecological footprint, life-satisfaction and life expectancy       30 questions to elevate your awareness (and literacy) of the greater place in which you live       Interactive Trivia Quiz - with game show hints & eliminators!         Identify birds!         Make-A-Guide for Birds (subscription is really minimal for unlimited personalized guidebooks)       Extinction Crib Sheet - download!         Everyday products made from oil.         Geoengineering: Guns and sunshades to rescue climate         Interactive of a 'green' roof, and examples of green roofs around the world - for ex. in Pittsburgh (see image #10).       Top Ten Emerging Environmental Technologies       The UK, Sustainable Development - and more!       DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy       Forum on Science and Technology for Sustainability       Green Building Alliance       PA Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)       US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)         Pittsburgh Green Story, The Pittsburgh Transformation Story       Energy Timeline         The Facts on Environmental Literacy       Clean Water Action       Conservation Consultants, Inc.       Engineers Without Borders USA       CleanWays of Allegheny County       PA Greenways Clearinghouse       Pittsburgh Riverlife Task Force       Rainforest Alliance       Construction Junction - Promotes Conservation Through the Reuse of Building Materials       The Nature Conservancy       Western Pennsylvania Conservancy         TUNZA: for young people - by young people - about young people       Our Planet: The United Nations Environment Programme's flagship magazine for environmentally sustainable development       Grinning Planet       Environmental E-Magazine         PA Biodiversity Partnership       Rocky Mountain Institute       Sustainable Pittsburgh   Information Technology         Exploration of Planet Earth from space (see image # 6)       Researchers crunched Einstein's theory of general relativity on a supercomputer to create a 3-D image of merging black holes. (see image #2.)       The Aviary - Golden Eagle GPS tracking. Use your browser’s Refresh button to see the animation.         Basic computer terms quiz         Predictive Technology Meets Fast-food Nation (Pittsburgh Firm, Hyperactive Technologies)         Computer Simulations at the Forefront of Science       An interactive home display depicting tools (existing and underdevelopment) that make use of Information Technology and Robotics to help maintain senior independence.         How Biometrics Work       Automated Facial Recognition at CMU       How Computer Viruses Work         In Pittsburgh, 50 years ago, scientists hatched artificial intelligence.         TechBridgeWorld       Computers and Learning Disabilities       Medicine, IT & Cambodia         Body Media, a Pittsburgh-based company, launches SenseWear       Cirque du Soleil - The Amazing Traveling IT Show         This IBM portal provides games, resources and information. Learn - to host programming contests - about new contests and - about the exciting things you can do with basic, easy-to-learn programming skills. Please email us with suggested additions! Back to High School Programs Back to Middle School Programs

site search uses Clusty.com 2007 Home   |   Site Map   |   Privacy Statement    |   Copyright   |   Hosted by: Ripple Effects Interactive