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Teachers! This is an invitation for
your classes to take part in The
Noon Day Project. This project, which will be taking
place in March 2006, is a global
collaboration among students who will be comparing their observations
to determine the circumference of the earth. This Web Site
will be updated soon to reflect the new observation period.
William Gurstelle’s
book, Adventures
from the Technology Underground, takes a look
at the endeavours of backyard DIY amateur scientists and engineers.
Also, see his Blog --- Notes from the Technology Underground.
Wanderings
The advanced photography techniques
that are illustrated on the Fotoopa Site,
such as Photographing Flying
Insects,
are a good example of what an ambitious amateur can accomplish.
Dr. Anne Helmenstine
shows us how
to make liquid magnets or ferro-fluids.
The
Sci-Toys Web Site has DIY instructions covering how to build a hand vacuum
pump.
The
Virtual Kite Zoo is all
about kites, every kind of kite, big kites, little kites, strange kites,
fancy kites and plain kites.
Expand the memory of your PIC microprocessor with a Multi Media Card.
Then while you are at this site, have a look at:
Cosmic
Ray Telescope Muon Detector
Magnetometer
- Measuring the magnetic field of Earth
Jupiter
Radio Astronomy
Jim Gallant has a collection of DIY Human Powered Vehicles.
The
Earth and Moon Viewer and NASA’s
Real Time Satellite Tracking sites offer us several real time or simulated views of the earth and
her satellites.
Flight
Club --- an online gliding simulator.
The
String Theory --- What
is it?
The goal of the National
Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Engineering
Statistics Handbook is to help scientists and engineers
incorporate statistical methods in their work as efficiently
as possible.
Frank Tapson’s
Dictionary of Units provides a summary of
most of the units of measurement to be found in use around
the world.
Einstein Was Right
(Again): NIST/MIT
Confirm E=mc2.
Green
plants may contribute to global warming by releasing methane.
“Researchers
Slam Media Over Wrong-Headed Plant-Methane
Hype”
The headline in Jan 29 2006 National Post
read --- “Video captures giant octopus attack
on sub.” Actually it was an ROV
not a sub.
The Kids Room
Make your own bouncing
balls and slime.
My little foster daughter loves light sticks or glow sticks. But,
how do they work?
The
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education
(CIESE) sponsors interdisciplinary
projects that K-12 teachers can use to enhance their curriculum
through compelling use of the Internet.
“Windows to the Universe
is a user-friendly learning system covering the Earth and
Space sciences for use by the general public.”
The
Internet Science and Technology Fair (ISTF) was created to give the 3-12 student
the opportunity to experience the excitement of researching
solutions to real-world problems.
NASA’s
JPL Education Gateway offers a selection of challenging K-12 Student Competitions.
How
long can you survive? Move the RED block without
being clobbered by the BLUE blocks or running into the wall.
On The Lighter Side
Homeland
Security and the Internet.
The purpose
of the Where's George?
---
and --- Where’s Willy? Web Sites
is to track the natural and geographic
circulation of US and Canadian currency. From The Far Side
The R.I.O.T. Wheel or the “Re Invention Of The" Wheel.
The Townsend Brown Foundation.
The Cook Inertial Propulsion (CIP) engine.
Gyroscopic Inertial Thruster.
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