Ralph J. Coppola --- r_j_coppola<at>hotmail.com
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Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah.
NORAD, once again, has volunteered the
use of their facilities to track
Santa’s progress around the globe.
Citizen
Science ---- Why not take part in the 2005 Audubon Bird Count? If you can’t make
it on Christmas, in February there’s the ninth annual Great Backyard Bird Count, 17-20
February 2006.
Wanderings
The American heart Association has
issued dramatic
new guidelines for the administration of cardiopulmonary resuscitation
(CPR).
I am listing a few links,
if you wish to follow up on Forrest Mims’s article in the
07 October
2005 issue of TCS --- Are
you Ready for Lead-Free Solder?
The
Funny Science Site at the University of Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy contains many
DIY ideas. Most of the text is in Italian, but you should
be able to find many items that will be of interest to you.
Among other interesting items, the
Draft
Activities page on Paul Doherty’s Scientific Explorations and Adventures
site contains instructions on how to build Einstein's Freefall Toy.
The Argus Project is a UK-wide
network that monitors background
gamma radiation levels and meteorological data. The
network is made up of stations that are owned by local authorities,
universities, environmental groups and individuals.
Virtual Textbook
of Organic Chemistry --- William Reusch, Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University,
USA.
The
Digital Library that is located on the
Circuit Cellar’s Web Site contains
many interesting projects that may be of interest to the amateur.
For example, have a look at The Flight
Computer for High-Power Rocketry, Data
Acquisition in Model Rocketry, or A 2-D Optical
Position Sensor.
The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory takes us
through a Particle Adventure.
Of special interest is the Quark
Dance and their vast collection of Particle
Physics Education and Information Sites.
Structural
Geology and Metamorphic Petrology Resources on the WWW.
Benjamin
Franklin and Electrostatics --- a collection by Robert A. Morse.
LINUS PAULING
--- a two time winner of the Nobel Prize.
Climate change? Have the record high water temperatures in the North Pacific,
attracted the giant
Humboldt Squid to the Alaskan and British Columbian
waters?
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia,
will
no longer accept articles from non-registered users.
The Kids Room
Dr. James A. Van Allen answers the
question --- What
Is A Space Scientist?
Experimental
Science Projects: An Introductory Level Guide.
Fold a piece of paper, of any size,
in half. Then fold it in half again--- and again--- and so
on. Now, how many times can you fold the paper? 6,
7 or more times?
Food Force --- The game.
Doc
Brown's Chemistry Clinic packs a lot of information into his 500+ pages.
The
Geometry Forum discusses Archimedes' method for trisecting an angle.
Suppliers
Being listed here does not constitute
an endorsement by SAS or me of any information, product or
service.
Arbor
Scientific contains a wide selection of science related tools, kits and toys for
the K12 teacher. This site also contains many easily performed
demonstrations, such as the one on static
electricity.
On The Lighter Side
Try Elf bowling
--- A traditional Christmas game.
Transgressing
the Boundaries: Towards a Transformative Hermeneutics of Quantum Gravity.
From The Far Side
The
Crackpot Index --- John Baez’s simple method for
rating potentially revolutionary contributions to physics.
Top Secret
Projects?
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