For those interested in (or being asked to memorized) the Periodic Table....

The Comic Book Periodic Table of the Elements

Anyone else remember the Metal Men and what a wuss Tin was? This site catalogues some of the more obscure comic book periodic table references as well as some of the more common ones.

www.uky.edu/Projects/Chemcomics/

Jefferson Lab

Several learning games here. Check out Element Hangman and their section on general element games.

education.jlab.org/

The Periodic Table of Poetry

Finally, the real reason geeks and poetry don't mix. Oddly enough, poetry was one of the earlier tools for teaching physics and other scientific subjects. It may be worth your time to check out this site.

superdeluxe.com/elemental/

The Pictorial Periodic Table

See the pictures instead of just reading the tiny boxes on the table!

chemlab.pc.maricopa.edu/periodic/periodic.html

For those interested in some Physics (and general science) organizations and associations....

American Association of Physics Teachers

Important for those going into teaching.

www.aapt.org/

American Institute of Physics

Listing conferences, awards, grants and other nuts and bolts of the physics community. This site may be a bit "dry" for the non-physics majors.

www.aip.org/

American Physical Society, the

Another "dry" site for the non-physicists. Yet useful information can be found.

www.aps.org/

SETI Institute

The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute. No, you won't find Jodi Foster or her character Ellie Arroway from "Contact" here, but you will find out about a neat group who members are trying to answer the question: Are we alone in the Universe?

www.seti.org/

Society for Amateur Scientists

Check out the home experiments section. You too can separate DNA at home...in your kitchen...using a blender.

www.sas.org

As for some general Physics resources, check these out...

How Things Work

Very nice question and answer format showing several common appliances and other simple devices work.

howthingswork.virginia.edu

PhysLink: The Ultimate Physics Resource

Name pretty well says it all. Check out the fun section....some nice cartoons and jokes. And check out the employment section to see what kind of job a physics degree can get a person these days.

www.physlink.com/

Physical Sciences Resources Center

The Resource section provides meta-links to nearly every physics subject under the 'Net.

www.psrc-online.org/

Physics Web

Lots of resources for the budding physicist....or a non-physics major trying to get through a physics course.

physicsweb.org/

To see how Physics is being taught (or not taught) for fun in television and other media, try out these sites....

Fun Science Gallery

This site has several simple experiments one may easily do at home or in an elementary classroom.

www.funsci.com/texts/index_en.htm

The Particle Adventure

A humorous look at the Standard Model in particle physics. (Yes, that last sentence was suppose to make sense!)

ParticleAdventure.org/

Warp Drive When?

See what NASA has to say about warp drive and what they are doing to bring it to a space shuttle near you.

www.lerc.nasa.gov/WWW/PAO/warp.htm

And what is a look at Physics without a look at some of the junk science which tries to pass itself off as Physics?

Alan Sokal, Professor of Physics, New York University

Hero or demon: you decide. Dr. Sokal attack on the fallacies of Post-Modernism has made him a rather controversial figure. Check out his personal site to read aboutthe paper which started it all; the subsequent fall out; and his views on the eroding of rational thought.

www.physics.nyu.edu/faculty/sokal/

Committee for Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal

Just one of the many groups trying to apply strong science to claims of the alternative, paranormal or fringe-science groups.

www.csicop.org/

James Randi Educational Foundation

A major crusader against the paranormal. Read at his site how one can win $1,000,000.00 by demonstrating something from the supernatural realm.

www.randi.org/

Junk Science Home Page, the

Pretty much a clearing house of all which passes as science in the court room and other places.

www.junkscience.com/

Finally, for those times when only humor will do....