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The Fairview Science Department offers high-level courses designed to educate students in the sciences. We are proud to utilize the latest in teaching methods and technology to educate our students in the best way possible. Fairview Science emphasizes a learning-through-experience strategy, and we offer the highest in facilities for our students. Fairview offers courses for Physical Sciences, Chemistry, Physics, and Biology. We are also proud to offer upper-level AP/IB courses for all three of the core subjects (Bio, Chem, Phys).

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Cammie Wickham
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Expand/Collapse > : Biology ‎(3)
MSN - Cell Biology
This site explains the inner workings of a cell, the basic unit of life.
DNA From the Beginning
A wonderful site on genetics for beginners and experts alike! It has a series of notes (41 total) on genetics, each equipped with images, animations, biographies and problems and links relevant to that note.
The Evolutionary Mechanism
This site takes an in depth look at evolution. It covers different models of evolution, and it also dicusses how the theory of evolution has "evolved" through time.

Expand/Collapse > : Chemistry ‎(2)
Go Learning: Chemistry
This is a good site with a basic but useful overview of chemistry.
Web Elements: Periodic Table on the Web
Everything periodic table related is right here, in different formats and editions to cater to your needs. You should be able to find everything you need here.

Expand/Collapse > : General Sciences ‎(8)
National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation Website has information for most any science category.
ScienceNet
ScienceNet is a great site specifically desined to help its users find answers to their questions. If you can't find an answer to your question, you can submit it, and they will email you an answer.
Online Science Activities
This is a fun site that lets you experiment with inertia, acceleration due to gravity, acceleration as a function of force and mass, and geometric concepts. It is also a fun site to experiment with.
The Sciences Explorer
This site is designed to teach you science and for you to have a good time. It is seperated into the categories of Math, Biology, Chemistry, and Physics.
MSNBC: Science Headlines
This site is good for finding out about breaking science news. Here, one can find out what is going on in the experimental world.
Science Magazine Home
This is another good current events magazine for science.
Science News Online
This is another good site for finding out about recent discoveries in the scientific fields.
Internet Connections: Science
This site has a vast number of science links. At last count, its index included 321 science related sites.

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NASA Homepage
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration site is the official site for you to get all your astronomy information.
GeologyNet
Geology Net: where you can explore Earth Science to your heart's delights.

Expand/Collapse > : Physics ‎(7)
Windows to the Universe
This is a useful site for obtaining recent images and scientific data from various solar observatories.
Space Environment Lab
This is a useful site for obtaining recent images and scientific data from various solar observatories.
The Very Latest SOHO Images
This site contains a useful archive of solar images.
Go Learning: Physics
This is a good site with a basic but useful overview of physics.
Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove of Physics
A nice site with tons of physics tutorials.
Periodic Table
An awesome site that has the periodic table. Click on any element and it will give you tons of information about that element and its isotopes.
Physics Tutorials
The name says all. These are a whole bunch of great physics tutorials.

 
 Department Faculty Pages

Dan Albritton Brian Cox Jay Donaghy
Josh Glaab Joe Guthrie Erin Hinkle
John Hubbard Elisa Passarelli John Rundell
Tammy Van Meter Cammie Wickham Steve Wozniak
Betsy Frazer
  • PIB Biology
  • IB Biology
    		•  Helen Petach
  • IB Physics I
  • IB Physics II
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    1515 Greenbriar Boulevard
    Boulder, CO 80305
    Email: bvsd.fah@bvsd.org
    (303)499.7600