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Asteroid Impact Simulation
This simulation allows you to type in variables of an asteroid impact. How big the asteroid is, how fast it’s traveling, its impact angle, what kind of surface it hits and more. Then you can calculate the effects and find out the crater dimensions, thermal radiation and much more. Each is explained in detail.
American Geological Institute: Education
Through funding from the National Science Foundation and the corporate contributors of the AGI Foundation, AGI continues to produce innovative inquiry-based curriculum for K-12 earth science education.
Scivee TV
SciVee, the so-called YouTube for science, features research papers and accompanying video in which authors can demonstrate and explain their work in simple terms that everyone can understand. The new video-sharing site, created by and for scientists, presents a platform where researchers and lecturers can produce multimedia presentations of their work.
Exploring Earth
Earth science textbook introducing students to the Earth's structure and motion, rocks and minerals, atmosphere and weather, and water resources.
Pacific Northwest Seismograph Network
The organization collects data to provide information on earthquakes and volcanic activity in Washington and Oregon. Find real time data on earthquakes in the region as well as learn about how to prepare for an earthquake, and what the organization is researching.
Cool Science News
Labspaces.net is a social network for the scientific community designed to spread scientific news, maintain and create friendships, and harbor collaboration through the internet.
The Australian Centre for Astrobiology
The center has published many reports on physics, biology, geology, and philosophy. Learn about the atmosphere on Venus, the earliest life on earth, or even microbial diversity in extreme environments.
The Wild Classroom
As an organization of next generation scientists, the goal of this site is to provide teachers and students with quality videos for use in their classrooms.
Bonus Links
Pupil Pages
Pupil Pages allows students to create and maintain an online portfolio of his/her work. This online portfolio will follow students and their progression in school. At the close of your student's secondary schooling he/she has an organized and stylized way of presenting their accomplishments.
Backcheck: A Hockey Retrospective
"The site includes a chronological presentation of hockey stories from English and French language newspapers, providing a valuable resource for online hockey research."
Careers in Animation
A nice summary of some career paths that a film/television animator could take. Besides this article, the website also offers information on animation and computer animation schools.
Play Music
Koda, the conductor, is your guide through music making both backstage and center stage at playmusic.org. Listen to classical hits on the juke box, e-mail musical postcards and see how you compare to Molly Mallet when it comes to playing percussion!
Database Basics
A concise and simplified explanation of databases with an interactive quiz at the end.
