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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 Interactives Downloads Modules   Future Deeper Definitions Timeline Myths Social & Personal Consequences Newsletters   Everyday Products Industry Research Pittsburgh Connections Competitions & Clubs General Good Sites   Select a Focus Area: Biotechnology Nanotechnology Robotics Advanced Materials Processes Environmental Technology Information Technology   Biotechnology         Talking Glossary (and more!) of Genetic Terms       A glossary of agricultural biotechnology and genetically modified food terms       Michael Crichton's "Prey"         GATTACA, a thoughtful film about society's prejudices and the potential dark side of messing with mother nature. A breathtaking, if somewhat cold and sterile, look into the future.         Interactive Quiz on Biotechnology and Genetically Modified Foods       Try this test of words used in the classrrom or in the news!         Genetic Counseling, Policy Decisionmaking Game - Learn as You Play!       Finding the Structure of DNA - Putting It together- Base Pair Interactive       Stem Cell, Policy Decisionmaking Game - Learn as You Play!       Tour... Your Chromosomes - Multiple Animations to work with!       How Unique Are You? See Human Origins - Variation - An Interactive Where You Record Some of Your Traits and Compare       An Animated Primer on the Basics of Genetics         Brief Guide to Genomics: Fact Sheets       Genetic Education Modules - see Other Resources DNA Kit Select Activities for grade appropriate activity list       DNA Interactive Modules including Lesson Builder         Enzyme Biotechnology in Everyday Life         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       What have we learned from the Human Genome Project?       Cloning Fact Sheet, Human Genome Program       Understanding Cloning         Biotechnology Timeline       Interactive DNA Timeline - click once you arrive at the timeline for images and links!         Genetic Horoscope       One of the 1st People to Have Their Genome Read - For Better or For...?         Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Initiative       Pittsburgh Lifesciences Greenhouse       Science News Presented by BIO, the Biotechnology Industry Organization       Pennsylvania Bio - PA bioscience industry         Wrongful conviction overturned by DNA evidence.   Nanotechnology         Michael Crichton's "Prey"       Glossary       The Dance of Molecules: How Nanotechnology Is Changing Our Lives.         NextWorld: What is a Bio- brain? Find out how biological computers and nanobots will drive our cars of tomorrow.       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       Nanotechnology will change your life...but how?       Ordinary becomes extra-ordinary when it's at nanosize! A song that is fun edu-tainment.         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?         Powers of Ten Game       Nanomission: Interactive 3-D learning game based on the nanosciences and nanotechnology       Policy Decisionmaking Game - Learn as You Play!       Interactive Scale       Here's your chance to guess what an item is from only looking at up close shots of it.       Click an image to see it under the microscope!       Nano Image Puzzles       'Powers of ten' with images and much more!         Nanoscale Ruler         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!         CRN - Center for Reponsible Nanotechnology       Helping the poor: the real challenge of nanotech       Societal impact - Grey Goo & Other Scarey Stories         Nano magazines for kids         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         Teacher's Guide for ODYSSEY™ Nanoworld       National Nanotechnology Initiative: K-12 Education, Teacher Resources, Careers       Good general 'nano' area for middle school students - activities, video clips and more! (dragonflytv - PBS)   Robotics         Video clip on the Daily Show by author of Wired to Win, The Robotics Revolution & Conflict in the 21st Century - informative and entertaining - inlcudes history of robotics, ethics and more!       Almost Human, Making Robots Think (creative nonfiction about CMU robotics - robots and their makers!)         I, Robot - Are Real Androids Ready for Their Close-Up?       Allegheny General Hospital is one of only a few hospitals in the Pittsburgh area that uses this ground-breaking robotic technology (daVinci® Surgical System).       Rat-Brained Robot in Action       Sort Circuit: No. 5 is Alive!         Step 1: Industrial robots - learn as they move Step 2: Quiz - see what you learned!         Lesson Plans         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       General news page with links         DARPA Grand Challenge       The Robotics Institute (CMU)       The Technology Collaborative         Pittsburgh Regional FIRST Robotics High School Competition and the CMU NREC Robotics Academy       Pittsburgh Robotics Society   Advanced Materials Processes         Glossary: It's an Advanced Material World         Library of 3-D structures for many molecules discussed in introductory biology and chemistry texts       Alcoa Display Advanced Materials - Aerospace Applications       Material Science as Art         How to shark a 'guess the number of M&Ms in a jar' contest...(understanding more about solids and packing fractions)         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 from PPG       SunCleanTM Self-Cleaning Windows from PPG       Bayer MaterialScience's Sustainable Snowboard Offers a Surf-Like Ride       Plastic photochromic eyewear lenses that automatically darken when exposed to sunlight         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       It would take an elephant, balanced on a pencil, to break through a sheet of graphene the thickness of Saran Wrap.       Interactive online periodic table of the elements         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         Strange Matter – lots of stuff at this website!   Environmental Technology         "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle" - Her 'regular' family of four spends a year eating locally. Audio interview with author Barbara Kingsolver.       "Omnivore's Dilemma": What’s at stake in our eating choices is not only our own and our children’s health, but the health of the environment that sustains life on earth.       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       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?       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!       Ice Shelf Interactive       Climate Change - Policy Decisionmaking Game - Learn as You Play!         Make-A-Guide for Birds (subscription is really minimal for unlimited personalized guidebooks)       Extinction Crib Sheet - download!       Organic Food Handout including the 'dirty dozen' - the best nonorganic produce to avoid!       Guide to Safe Drinking Water         The Dirty Dozen Chemicals in Cosmetics       Skin Deep - Cosmetic Safety Database       Slow Food Pittsburgh       Game - 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 (Western PA)       PA Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)       US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)         Pittsburgh Green Story, The Pittsburgh Transformation Story       Energy Timeline         Youth Online Climate Pledge       Join the Hunt for Bees - The Great Sunflower Project       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       Biogems: The Place to Protect Wildlife & Wetlands         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       Video - Pittsburgh Renews Itself With 'Green' Technologies - 'NewsHour with Jim Lehrer' on PBS         Pittsburgh Organizations you can be part of!         Good general resource - Eco Education       Classroom Earth Online Resource: Learn How to Teach High School Students About the environment       RECYCLING FACTS AND INFORMATION       Water Sites, Hands-on Projects & Information       Friends of the Riverfront includes activities and more!       Go Guide to Outdoor Recreation - Now Walls are Bad!       PA Association for Environmental Education       National Environmental Education links, newsletter...       PA Dept. of Conservation and Natural Resources, PA Geological Survey       Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy       US National Park Service       Creek Connections Teaching Modules Available!   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. (You can use your browser’s Refresh button to see the animation.)         Basic computer terms quiz       Biometrics Interactive Quiz         Free Software: Students everywhere want to build interactive, 3D virtual worlds, but most tools for doing so are too complex, and take too long to learn. Here are two open-source authoring tools - beginner and advanced!       Unplugged: computer science isn't really about computers at all. It's binary numbers, algorithms, data compression & fun! Free registration and then visit - http://csunplugged.org/index.php/en/about-unplugged-mainmenu-131         What Information Technology is all about - making the information (Shakespeare) more useful and interesting using technology (the search)         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       How Computer Viruses Work         In Pittsburgh, 50 years ago, scientists hatched artificial intelligence.         TechBridgeWorld       Computers and Learning Disabilities       Medicine, IT & Cambodia       Use the idle time on your computer to cure diseases, study global warming, discover pulsars, and do many other types of scientific research. It's safe, secure, and easy.         Body Media, a Pittsburgh-based company, launches SenseWear       Cirque du Soleil - The Amazing Traveling IT Show       CMU Facial Recognition Research       Innovative Method To Detect Genetic Causes Of Complex Diseases Identified By Computational Biologists at Carnegie Mellon University       CMU's captcha pioneer - “completely automated public Turing test to tell computers and humans apart.” Because a computer cannot think like a human! Captchas help websites block abuse - spam e-mail, illegal postings and skewed online voting.       Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center         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.         PSC's (Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center) Education, Outreach & Training Portal       Science Fair Resource - PSC (Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center) Please email us with suggested additions! Back to High School Programs Back to Middle School Programs

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