With his famous kite experiment and other forays into science, Benjamin Franklin advances knowledge of electricity, inspiring his English friend Joseph Priestley to do the same.

This resource provides a detailed diagram of animal, bacterial and plant cells and viral structure. Also included are detailed drawings, with definitions, of each of the cellular organelles.

Florida State University provides a discussion of polarity of binary and polyatomic molecules, with tables and graphics.

Manipulate the incident angle, color of light, wavelength, and medium to see how the refracted angle is affected.

[Free Registration/Login Required] In this formative assessment task, students are asked to explain how rational and irrational numbers differ and why the product of a non-zero rational number and an irrational number is irrational....

Biography of Albert Einstein (1879-1955), one of the most famous physicists of the last century, best known for his theory of relativity.

This site features activities for the letters of the alphabet. Students have an opportunity to click on a letter and hear a story about that letter.

This website provides in-depth information on "The Old Folks at Home," a song written by Stephen Foster and performed by Christy's Minstrels. Includes information on the meaning and significance of "Old Folks at Home" and a history of...

A clipart illustration by Phillip Martin titled "Famous Landmarks of Florida -- The Southernmost Point of the Continental USA."

This article is provided for by the Florida State Univeristy. It contains class notes and discussion of enthalpy of formation.

Animation going from the Milky Way all the way down to inside an atom by powers of ten. This animation helps illustrate and quantify the powers of ten.

Explore and compare physical properties of substances.

As Florida's electoral votes became too close to call, controversy ensued over hanging chads, dimpled chads and butterfly bullets. Five hundred thirty-seven votes. That's all that separated Democrat Al Gore and his Republican challenger...

Florida State University provides this article on electronic configurations of atoms and Hund's rule.

A tutorial that looks at how to identify precipitation as rain, snow, sleet, and hail A PDF file of the tutorial is available.

Comprehensive explanation of mitochondria includes structure and purpose. Helpful graphics are also provided.