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be a law against it...
The Science
Search Engine at http://www.scirus.com/
Science Centre and
Planetarium in Fairy Meadow, about 1km north of Wollongong, NSW.
Australia's
Future Scientists? Experience of a Science Fair judge.
Science Writer's
Festival in Brisbane, October 3rd - 6th
Qld Uni
Bright Minds Project to attract and nurture more
high-achieving students to a career in the biological and chemical
sciences
http://www.news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/find_out/guides/world/earth_summit
This online resource for children provides an in-depth guide for
children on the summit. Answering questions from global warming to the
conservation of endangered animals and GM foods, this is an excellent
online teaching and news resource for children.
http://mathcurve.com A French site, produced by Robert
Ferreol, that provides a whole lot of mathematical
information. To quote Alex Low, who posted it to the list:
Going up a level or
following some of the links reveals a vast site describing just about
every 2D and 3D geometric shape you could think of (and more such as
fractals etc); there seem to be full mathematical
descriptions of
everything, but more importantly there are:
excellent picturesI particularly liked the elliptical billiard table with a hole at the focus.
simple animations
examples from nature
even reference to Escher prints
The descriptions
are all in French but it matters little. The mathematical terms are easy
enough to decipher if that's what you're after and its the pictures that
count. If you're in need of a laugh you could probably put the
text through a
translator.
Australasian Science
To quote Toby Fiander, who posted it to the list on 31/8/2002
I received the
September issue of Australasian Science during the week and have just
opened it to see articles on Stem Cells (about 12pp in all), Coral
Bleaching on the GBR and a couple of related articles, the fossil
finds on the Nullarbor, two articles on nuclear history and politics,
some guff on the garrotting of CSIRO and a whole lot of other most
interesting stuff, including a star chart for the southern sky.... might
be the best issue yet.
The Centre for Alternative Technology in
mid-Wales, at an old slate quarry near Machynlleth. Definitely
worth a visit when you are in those parts, or failing that, take their
virtual tour. http://www.cat.org.uk/
will get you in reach.
Peter Macinnis recommends it
-"Note for civilised people -- you can also read about it in Welsh!"
Celestia
Ian Musgrave was
highly enthusiastic of this solar system simulator "...not only is it a
great toy, but it is also Astronomically accurate, so it is great for
teaching (see the lesson plan at the shatters site for an actual
example), and following current astronomical events. I plan to
use it as an adjunct to my skywatch site to illustrate some aspects of
astronomy."
Mathematical models
using Lego - would you believe a
Klein bottle? Also some ingenious gearings on this site -
and a few Dilbert models, just to show what you can do with a
superabundance of time and the little plastic block.
Local Earth Science news - "This site is designed to allow researchers, research groups and organisations to publicise recent work, achievements or earth science related events such as conferences." In a letter from Dr Tim Rawlings, forwarded by Peter Macinnis, he wrote "Recently I have been trying to make our website's content more dynamic and appealing to a general audience by including Australian earth science related news items. Unfortunately I found that the only earth science related news feeds available on the web were very strongly biased toward a North American audience. As a result I have put together a website that provides an Australian Earth Science News Feed."