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New Theories May Shed Light on Dark Matter: Scientific American
If current theories prove correct, ordinary matter—all that we can see, smell and touch—makes up just a fraction, maybe 4 percent, of the universe. The rest comes from the so-called dark sector: dark matter and dark energy, a mysterious and pervasive ener
Why is science important? - A collection of thoughts from leading scientists, public figures, ...and you.
“Happy is he who gets to know the reasons for things”. I wish this 2000 year-old statement from Virgil was enough to deal with the question that must plague teachers all over the world — “what’s the point of this?” But, as someone who’s just returned to t
Virtual Skies - A NASA Educational Web Site
Explore the exciting worlds of aviation technology, air traffic management, and current research in this web site designed for use in high schools and flight technology programs. [343]
Archive: June 2009 : Image of the Day
The Earth Observatory’s mission is to share with the public the images, stories, and discoveries about climate and the environment that emerge from NASA research, including its satellite missions, in-the-field research, and climate models.
NASA Images
NASA Images was created through a partnership between NASA and the Internet Archive, a non-profit digital library based in San Francisco, to bring public access to NASA's image, video, and audio collections in a single, searchable resource.
About Explore
Explore's film and images document how people from all over the world, from every walk of life, are taking positive steps that have local impact and global relevance. Inspirational content for the web, television and theatrical viewing include interviews,
Prehistoric Ages of the Dinosaur : Dinosaurs : Discovery Channel
Nope, it's not about dinosaurs but it is just as fascinating! "Walking with Prehistoric Beasts is the Discovery Channel's new television series on the creatures that inhabited Earth after the dinosaurs disappeared 65 million years ago (mya). The program's
Visible Earth: Home
The goal of Visible Earth is to provide a consistently updated central catalog/collection point to the superset of Earth science-related visualizations and images. These images will be useful to the interested public-at-large, as well as representatives o
Virtual Skies - A NASA Educational Web Site
Explore the exciting worlds of aviation technology, air traffic management, and current research in this web site designed for use in high schools and flight technology programs. [343]
Views of the Solar System
Views of the Solar System presents a vivid multimedia adventure unfolding the splendor of the Sun, planets, moons, comets, asteroids, and more. Discover the latest scientific information, or study the history of space exploration, rocketry, early astronau
U.S. Centennial of Flight Home Page
At the heart of this site is the celebration of the Wright Brothers first Powered flight, here in North Carolina. The bulk of materials fall into three main sections: the timeline, essays, and images. The essays provide helpful background reading on almos
Space history, education, space collectibles, astronaut autographs, space memorabilia, NASA spinoffs, astronaut autographed collectibles
The Ultimate Space Place is a world leader for space information and history along with space related autographs, photographs and memorabilia. With a combination of photographs and words, we tell the story of mankind's quest to leave the earth and give yo
Nuclear Files - From nuclear proliferation to nuclear testing, from Hiroshima to North Korea, Nuclear Files offers the A to Z on nuclear issues.
This page comprises links to primary source documents including treaties, governances, and personal correspondences. There is also a teachers resources page available. [228] In Your Classroom: One of the most interesting aspects of this site is the person
The Dynamic Earth @ National Museum of Natural History
The reason we know that glaciers covered certain areas of the globe while continental plates buckled elsewhere is because of rocks. Thanks to these gatekeepers of the past, we are better able to understand the earth's history and the present. The National
The Dinosauria
This is a rich web site about dinosaurs. Its main purpose is to dispell many of the myths about this planet's former inhabitants. [239] In Your Classroom: This site would make a wonderful resource for a WebQuest
The Amazing Picture Machine
Are you looking for pictures to use in your lessons, or images for your students to include in their reports or HyperStudio stacks? Here is one logical place to come, a searchable archive of images from space, to cars, to people, to maps. [31] In Your Cla
Alexander Graham Bell Family Papers: Home
The online version of the Alexander Graham Bell Family Papers at the Library of Congress will comprise a selection of approximately 4700 items (totaling about 38,000 images). This first release contains 1400 items consisting of correspondence, scientific
TerraServer-USA
Imagine being able to aim a satellite-based camera to just about any space in the United States and many other countries. What could you do with access to these images to help your students learn? Well, you can�t. But you have the next best thing. TerraSe
Stromboli Project
An indepth analysis of one particular volcano. This site features pictures, seismic data, QTVR files and a wealth of other data. [29] In Your Classroom: This site has a wealth of media that illustrates varies phenomena around volcanos that can be used as
NCDC Storm Events-Select State
Search the NCDC Storm Event database to find various types of storms recorded in your county or use other selection criteria as desired. [392] In Your Classroom: This data can easily be used to identify trends, both seasonal and annual of certain weather
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