Ocean Conserve

Ocean Conserve is an ocean conservation portal and internet search tool that provides access to reviewed ocean conservation news and information. It includes news web links and a subject directory.

http://www.oceanconserve.org/

Boston Museum of Science Podcasts

The Boston Museum of Science has collected podcasts feature weekly interviews with guest researchers and their own staff members. The series started in May 2009, and currently there are over 65 podcasts available. Topics include "Energy Saving Technologies", "Wearable Electronic Fibers", and "Bonehenge: Assembling A Sperm Whale Skeleton".

http://www.mos.org/events_activities/podcasts

Geologic Time: The story of a changing earth

The Smithsonian Institute of Paleobiology has created an interactive annotated time line summary of the ages of the earth. Information includes dates and geological evidence for each era.

http://www.paleobiology.si.edu/geotime/index.htm

PhysOrg.com

"A leading web-based science, research and technology news service which covers a full range of topics. These include physics, earth science, medicine, nanotechnology, electronics, space, biology, chemistry, computer sciences, engineering, mathematics and other sciences and technologies. Launched in 2004, PhysOrg’s readership has grown steadily to include 1.75 million scientists, researchers, and engineers every month. PhysOrg publishes approximately 100 quality articles every day, offering some of the most comprehensive coverage of sci-tech developments world-wide. Quancast 2009 includes PhysOrg in its list of the Global Top 2,000 Websites. PhysOrg community members enjoy access to many personalized features such as social networking, a personal home page set-up, RSS/XML feeds, article comments and ranking, the ability to save favorite articles, a daily newsletter, and other options."

http://www.physorg.com/

BioMed Central

BioMed Central provides free access to original peer-reviewed research and some subscription services. Publications include full text journal articles, current reports, and meeting abstracts in the subject areas of medicine and the biological sciences.

http://www.biomedcentral.com/inst/gateway/

MAA Online: Classroom Capsules and Notes

The Mathematical Association of America (MAA) provides a range of high-quality educational resources for educators all across the United States and the world. Recently, they completed digitizing over 114 years of their short classroom materials, and they are now available right here. On the homepage, visitors can look over "Featured Items" to get started, and then they can
type in keywords to look for specific items. Recently featured items have included "Proof without Words: Geometric Series", "Museum Exhibits for the Conics", and "The Birthday Problem Revisited". Visitors should also check out the "Tips on Searching" area to help out with their exploration of this archive. Educators will find that the site is worthy of several visits, and this material can be used to illuminate a wide range of mathematical topics and concepts.

http://mathdl.maa.org/mathDL/20/

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Science360 Knowledge Network

http://www.science360.gov/files/

Science360 Knowledge Network immerses visitors in the latest wonders of science, engineering, technology and math. They gather the latest science videos provided by scientists, colleges and universities, science and engineering centers and the National Science Foundation. Videos can be embedded.

Patent database up and running

U.S. Patent data that once carried a high access fee is now available for free online.

"The system is now in full production including all the current feeds that were previously only available for big bucks by subscription. Also available for the first time is the Patent Application Information Retrieval (PAIR) data, which is the full "wrapper" for a patent application. PAIR data was only available previously on a rate-limited query-only service"

http://radar.oreilly.com/2010/11/patent-database-up-and-running.html

Evolution of Normal Fault Systems During Progressive Deformation

The Teaching Structural Geology in the 21st Century website from Carleton College brings together lesson plans, interactive modules, and in-class evaluations that help college professors work more effectively with their students. This recent addition to the site comes from H. Robert Burger of Smith College. This activity is based on a series of Quick Time movies and color digital photographs, and the students will first view movies to "gain awareness of the basic evolution of normal fault systems." After this, students are asked to investigate the formation and evolution of a fault system for a particular structural system. Users will find a bit of information on the audience for the activity, a set of goals, the movies, and a description of the activity.

http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/structure04/activities/3861.html

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Impact: Earth!

http://www.purdue.edu/impactearth

The Impact: Earth! calculator was developed by a Purdue University research team. It calculates the damage an asteroid will cause when it hits Earth, based on user entered data such as size, density, the angle of entry and the location of its hit.

The Habitable Planet

http://www.learner.org/courses/envsci/index.html

The Habitable Planet is a multimedia course created by Annenberg media for high school teachers and adult learners interested in studying environmental science. The Web site provides access to course content and activities developed by leading scientists and researchers in the field. Resources include an online textbook, videos, animations and interactive laboratory classes.

Environmental Contaminants Program

From the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, this site provides information on how wildlife and fish are affected by environmental contaminants

http://www.fws.gov/contaminants/index.cfm