The Minnesota Academy of Science provides many programs for students of all ages to learn and grow in
your knowledge and application of science. Team competitions, Research Paper and Project competitions, Scholarships,
and the chance to compete in National Competitions are all available.
Annual Meeting / Winchell Undergrad.
 Abstract Deadline: 3/1/2009 Registration Deadline: 4/1/2009 April 17-18, 2009
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Submissions from all colleges and universities in the Upper Midwest are encouraged.
All accepted abstracts will be published in the Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science.
Awards are given to the best undergraduate research papers presented at the Minnesota Academy of
Science Annual Meeting.
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Minnesota State Science Fair
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Sponsored by Seagate
The Academy coordinates the Science Fairs in the nine regions of Minnesota. From approximately
2,500 participants, about 350 are selected to present their projects at the Minnesota Academy of Science State
Fair which is held in a different part of the state each year. At the fair, over 75 organizations and businesses
present over 300 awards to students with outstanding projects and research papers. Awards sponsored by Seagate
include: 30-40 First Year Awards, 2 expense-paid trips to compete at the International Science and Engineering
Fair, and 2 trips to compete at the American Junior Academy of Science.
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Jr. Science and Humanities Symp.
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Sponsored by the U.S. Air Force, Army and Navy.
At this Symposium, high school students from Minnesota and the Dakotas present the results of
their scientific research in a formal presentation to over 250 students, teachers and judges. Students visit
government, industry and university facilities to talk about work and career opportunities. Workshops help
students prepare and present research. The five top research paper presenters receive an expense paid trip to the
National Junior Science and Humanities Symposium.
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Regional Science Quiz Bowl
High School Deadline: 12/15/2008 Middle School Deadline: 1/15/2009 High School Bowl - Jan 23, 2009
Middle School Bowl - Feb 21, 2009
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Four person teams from high schools in Minnesota compete in a College Quiz Bowl format. The
questions for this event are from all fields of science and math. The winning team receives an expense paid trip
to compete at the National Science Bowl sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy.
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Scholars of Distinction
Applications accepted through 12/5/2008 |
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This designation, the Scholar of Distinction in Science, is given to high school students who have exceeded the requirements for graduation standards in the sciences. The Scholar of Distinction in Science recognizes students:
who have acquired a substantive base of scientific knowledge that reflects a broad and effective integration of scientific content and principles across several disciplines.
who can place science and technology within the contexts of society and history.
who can effectively use scientific principles and methods to advance research in particular areas of science or to identify and address significant current issues confronting society.
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Research & Eng. Apprenticeship Pgm
Applications accepted through 3/7/08 Internships Summer 2008
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The Minnesota Academy of Science will coordinate the placement of two students in a college/
university near their homes during the summer of 2001. Women and underrepresented minority youth studying science
are especially encouraged to apply. Students who have not had an opportunity to work in a research environment
with a professional scientist will be given priority.
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http://math.golonka.seAmong other things an extensive list of free (open access) journals in mathematics. Submitted by: Anders Wandahl
http://www.all-science-fair-projects.com
Hi,
This site has over 500 fully searchable and dynamically categorised science fair project ideas, with full instructions and explanations.
Submitted by: Vicky Turner
www.agiweb.org
The American Geological Institute is a nonprofit federation of 41 geoscientific and professional associations that represents more than 100,000 geologists, geophysicists, and other earth scientists. Founded in 1948, AGI provides information services to geoscientists, serves as a voice of shared interests in our profession, plays a major role in strengthening geoscience education, and strives to increase public awareness of the vital role the geosciences play in society's use of resources and interaction with the environment.
Earth and Space Science
www.aip.org
The American Institute of Physics (AIP) is a not-for-profit membership corporation chartered in New York State in 1931 for the purpose of promoting the advancement and diffusion of the knowledge of physics and its application to human welfare. It is the mission of the Institute to serve the sciences of physics, astronomy, and related fields by serving the Societies, by serving individual scientists, and by serving students and the general public.
Physics
www.asbmb.org
The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) strives to promote understanding of the molecular nature of life processes.
ASBMB is a nonprofit scientific and educational organization with over 10,000 members. Most members teach and conduct research at colleges and universities. Others conduct research in various government laboratories, nonprofit research institutions, and industry.
Microbiology, Biochemistry
www.asm.org
The American Society for Microbiology is the oldest and largest single life science membership organization in the world. Membership has grown from 59 scientists in 1899 to over 42,000 members today located throughout the world. ASM represents 25 disciplines of microbiological specialization plus a division for microbiology educators. The mission of the American Society for Microbiology is to promote the microbiological sciences and their applications for the common good. ASM publishes 10 professional journals and frequently sponsors meetings and workshops. ASM conducts and supports education, training, and public information programs to facilitate the dissemination and application of new microbiological knowledge addressing scientific matters affecting the public interest.
Microbiology
www.asme.org/education
Founded in 1880 as the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, today ASME International is a nonprofit educational and technical organization serving a worldwide membership of 125,000. ASME conducts one of the world's largest technical publishing operations, holds some 30 technical conferences and 200 professional development courses each year, and sets many industrial and manufacturing standards.
Engineering
http://www.biolum.org
Visible light made by living creatures is known as bioluminescence. The images on this web site provide a rare glimpse of this remarkable phenomenon.
Zoology
Submitted by: LILY LARSON
Camping for Courage Center. Our camps run a variety of programs for kids and teens who have physical disabilities as their primary or only disability. We have a particular interest in science and technology. Our main programs include; HANDI-HAMS/radio camp - one week sessions in MN and California for people who have disabilities and have an interest in HAM radio (lots of engineers, physicists, math people are part of our corps of volunteer instructors); environmental education resident programs including significant facility and curriculum adaptations for special needs students and, finally College Preview Camp. This session is for teens who have disabilities and have college potential, especially in areas of math, science and business. We run the program in partnership with the University of Washington's DO-IT program. Their director and key staff come in for 10 days to teach and upgrade computer communication skills with students while also giving campers a preview of college life and how to be successful.
Physics, Engineering, Environmental Science
Submitted by: Bob
http://www.chem.umn.edu
A great site for Chemistry research and news.
Chemistry
Submitted by: Chemistry Department UMN
http://www.colossal-fossil-site.com
This fossil site was created specifically for newbie collectors, students, and teachers with something for many different grades, as well as information about colleges and careers in paleontology. There is a great deal of Paleontology 101 written "down home style," photos, and individually selected quality links (no reciprocals--just great links). The site was selected as fossil resource site by National Science Olympiad.
Zoology
Submitted by: Beverly Billingsley
http://www.pca.state.mn.us/hot/frogs.html
Deformed frogs have been found in Minnesota and in other parts of the country. They were being studied by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and other government agencies to determine the cause of the deformities.
Environmental Science, Zoology
http://pbskids.org/dragonflytv
DragonflyTV features kids presenting their own investigations on television. Part of our mission is to be a resource to teachers and students who are looking to improve the quality and variety of their science fair submissions. Our target age is 9-12, late elementary and early middle school.
Submitted by: Rick Swanson
http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/einsteinlight
Einstein Light has had a rave review in Science magazine and an award from Scientific American.
Relativity is 100 years old this year - but not widely understood Einstein Light aims to change that. Aimed at the lay person Einsteinlight has several film clips (about a minute each) that use demonstrations and 3D animations to give overviews to Galilean relativity, electromagnetism, Einstein relativiy, time dilation and length contraction, E=mc2 and beyond relativity. But for those who have questions and who want to go deeper and further, there are dozens of supporting pages, at levels with or without mathematics.
Einstein Light is at http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/einsteinlight
thanks for your time
George Hatsidimitris (Animator)
Joe Wolfe (Presenter and Author)
Submitted by: George Hatsidimitris
http://www.engineeringedu.com/competitions.html
Engineering Competions
Engineering
http://www.engineeringedu.com
Engineering
http://www.engineeringedu.com/events.html
Engineering
http://www.engineeringedu.com/competitions.html
Engineering
http://www.engineeringedu.com/summercamps.html
Engineering
www.fass.org
FASS, the Federation of Animal Science Societies, is a model in association management for animal science and animal agricultural associations. Founded January 1, 1998 by the American Dairy Science Association, American Society of Animal Science, and the Poultry Science Association, FASS provides its member societies with a unified voice for animal agriculture, supports common interests, and is an effective advocate for scientific perspectives to the general public.
Zoology
www.fsea.org
A University professor in Puerto Rico, a retired engineer in Massachusetts, an advocate for "Women in Technology Project" in Hawaii, and the Specialists for Science programs for LAUSD all wanted to improve the K-12 education of science, mathematics, and technology. They all selected FSEA, the hands-on program for grades 4 through 12, where students learn by doing science rather than by memorizing.
Engineering
http://www.glaquarium.org/
Visit America's Only All-Freshwater Aquarium!
Environmental Science, Zoology
http://www.histochem.net
There are free and useful protocols for immunohistochemistry, tissue fixation and other related information. The troubleshooting section helps optimize experimental protocols to obtain quality, reproducible results.
Submitted by: Andrew Jones
www.ieee.org
The IEEE ("eye-triple-E") helps advance global prosperity by promoting the engineering process of creating, developing, integrating, sharing, and applying knowledge about electrical and information technologies and sciences for the benefit of humanity and the profession. The IEEE is made up of 10 Regions, 36 Technical Societies, four Technical Councils, approximately 1,200 individual and joint Society chapters, and 300 Sections.
Engineering
http://www.sciserv.org/isef
This the THE official site for the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. Go here to get information for the upcoming fair. Also download Science Project forms that you will need for participating at your regional fair.
Submitted by: Dezra Helgeson
http://www.wolf.org
The International Wolf Center provides online curriculum including an interactive wolf quiz for students, scientific wolf articles and research, and educator resources; the Wolf Center also offers workshops and adventure learning vacations across North America. It’s a great resource for students, teachers, and families who want to learn more about wolves.
Submitted by: Ann Treact
www.maa.org
The Mathematical Association of America (MAA) is the largest professional society of college and university teachers in the world. Along with two-and four-year college and university faculty, the roughly 30,000 Association members include high school teachers, government and corporate professionals, research mathematicians, and graduate and undergraduate students. The MAA sponsors two national meetings a year, one held jointly in the winter with the American Mathematical Society, and a summer MathFest. The Association has twenty-nine sections throughout the United States and Canada, providing a regional base and strong support among members. The mission and tradition of the MAA have four major goals: to stimulate effective teaching and learning, to foster an atmosphere of professional development, to enhance student interests and talents, and to influence institutional and public policy. In addition to its meetings, the Association uses workshops, publications, and teacher education activities to foster its mission. The encouragement of underrepresented minorities to enter mathematics is one of its main goals.
Mathematics
http://www.seek.state.mn.us/
Environmental Science
http://www.seek.state.mn.us/
Environmental Science
http://www.seek.state.mn.us/
Environmental Science
http://www.seagrant.umn.edu
This site contains great information about exotic species, Lake Superior, fish, and recent research findings by Univeristy of Minnesota scientists. Sea Grant also offers a lot of free publications that are useful for students doing reports or for teachers to use in the classroom.
Environmental Science, Botany, Zoology
Submitted by: Marie Zhuikov
http://www.aipgmn.org
This site lists field trips, technical talks, and conferences for professional geologists. There is also a speaker request form for educators at all levels.
Earth and Space Science
Submitted by: Jane Willard
http://www.audubon.org
An excellent source of information for environmental scientists, life scientists, ornithologists, environmental educators, policy advocates, and all those concerned with humanity's relationship to the land.
Zoology, Environmental Science
Submitted by: Russ Sewell
www.nationalstep.org
National Science and Technology Education Partnership (NSTEP) works on behalf of the greater electronics community to develop tomorrow's technology leaders.
http://www.pkal.org
Friday afternoon symposium sponsored by MN group of Project Kaleidoscope Faculty for the 21st century. This is an excellent resource for all academy members or visitors to the website about science-math education reform.
Submitted by: Susan Chaplin
http://www.rmcybernetics.com
Very useful site for students. You can ask questions, or just read through information and practical examples of science projects and experiments covering lots of subjects.
Submitted by: Richard Morrow
http://www.diracdelta.co.uk
This is a great free online science and engineering resource with descriptions, equations, conversions, calculators and material data. Organized by A to Z, subject and interlinked.
Submitted by: Charlie Hawkins
http://www.all-science-fair-projects.com
Hundreds of free science fair project ideas with full instructions and explanations. This site is a great place to start looking for an idea for your science fair project.
Submitted by: Kenneth Chee
http://www.scienceforpeople.com
Science For People finds breaking news from research labs around the world and translates it into simple English. The site also has essays on science and government policy.
Submitted by: Scott Anderson
http://www.smm.org/
The Science Museum of Minnesota offers exhibits, shows, classes, and programs in all areas of science.
http://www.smm.org/educationprograms/schoolsandeducators/
The Science Museum of Minnesota has innovative and exciting programs for students and teachers to help translate Minnesota Standards from paper to practice.
http://www.sciencenews.org/
Science News is a weekly e-zine that covers all areas of science. They even have a searchable archive of all their publications going back to 1982.
Submitted by: Mark Lucas
www.sciencenewsforkids.org
http://www.seek.state.mn.us/
Interactive directory of Environmental Education Resources
Environmental Science
http://www.algebra-test.com
We provide an automated calculator to aid you in solving linear equations and other algebra related problems.
Submitted by: Jennifer Baclia-an
http://www.spacemessageboard.com
A higher signal to noise ratio than other Space forums and a friendly atmosphere too. Meet other space enthusiasts, ask questions of writers and industry professionals, give an opinion on space related issues and news. It's not just astronomy. Its everything space. Military and civilian launches. The solar system, astrophysics, cosmology, cosmogony. SETI and exobiology. Even an alternative section. This is the official message board for SpaceDaily.com, the leading professional space news portal on the web.
Earth and Space Science
Submitted by: Carl Williams
http://www.adamauton.com/warp/
A fantastic site for anyone who is studying special relativity. Simulate Einstein's theory of special relativity on your computer!
Physics
Submitted by: Adam Auton
http://www.smm.org/SCWRS/
SCWRS is the field research station of the Science Museum of Minnesota.Founded in 1989, the SCWRS is located on the St. Croix River just south of Marine on St. Croix, Minnesota, approximately 35 miles from St. Paul. Station scientific staff conducts ongoing ecological research at the watershed scale. The SCWRS welcomes visiting researchers conducting field investigations here or in the area, offering both housing and laboratory facilities to the scientific and educational communities.
Environmental Science
http://www.nationalacademies.org/
This is the link to the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine, and the National Research Council.
Submitted by: James Fulbright
www.waksmanfoundation.org
The Waksman Foundation for Microbiology is a private, charitable organization established in 1951. Its purpose, in the broadest sense, is to promote the science of microbiology wherever and whenever possible.
Microbiology
http://wow.nrri.umn.edu/wow/
Our primary goal is to train students to understand and solve real-world environmental problems. Water on the Web (WOW) offers unique opportunities for high school and first year college students to learn basic science through hands-on science activities, in the lab and in the field, and by working with state-of-the-art technologies accessible through a free web site.
Environmental Science
http://www.westernblotting.org/
Western blotting is a useful technique to compare protein expression, however it takes some optimization to get good, consistent results. This site has protocols as well as troubleshooting and tips to help the process along.
Submitted by: Phillip
