WEB SITES

Seeing, Hearing, and Smelling the World
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute explains how three of our five senses work. Color blindness.

Eye Anatomy
"A guide to the many parts of the human eye and how they function."

The Human Brain
An online exhibit presented by the Franklin Institute.

Brain Basics
Understandable explanations of how the brain works, including the five senses.

• Successful Science Fair Projects
• Color and taste experiment

Color

• Color and the Brain
• Taste and jellybean color--an experiment
• Color vision and art

ONLINE ENCYCLOPEDIA

Grolier Online: New Book of Popular Science
The online version of the reference books by the same name.
To use Grolier Online at home, see the Library PASSWORDS email on the FirstClass INFO FOR STUDENTS & PARENTS folder for user name and password.

ONLINE MAGAZINE

Scientific American
Scientific American offers understandable, authoritative reporting on developments in every field of science.
To use Scientific American at home, see the Library PASSWORDS email on the FirstClass INFO FOR STUDENTS & PARENTS folder for user name and password. If you need help accessing this resource at home, watch this online tutorial.

SUBSCRIPTION DATABASES

Science Online
Science Online is a complete reference database containing thousands of entries covering almost every field of science. Categories include: Diagrams, Definitions, Biographies, Essays, and Experiments and are cross-referenced through hyperlinks and are searchable by keyword, topic, and year. In addition, the site includes a Timeline dating from the big bang to the present.
To use Science Online at home, enter a library card number from Fay School (see the Library PASSWORDS email on the FirstClass INFO FOR STUDENTS & PARENTS folder) or any public library in Massachusetts in the box below. If you need help accessing this resource at home, watch this online tutorial.

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updated 03/13/2007