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Welcome to the laboratory that never sleeps! MadSci Network represents a collective cranium of scientists providing answers to your questions. For good measure we provide a variety of oddities and other ends as well.

The purpose of the Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C) is to help learning organizations continually improve the quality, scale, and breadth of their online programs according to their own distinctive missions, so that education will become a part of everyday life, accessible and affordable for anyone, anywhere, at any time, in a wide variety of disciplines.

The Particle Data Group of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory presents an award-winning interactive tour of quarks, neutrinos, antimatter, extra dimensions, dark matter, accelerators and particle detectors.

See the solar system from a multitude of angles and directions of view. View Saturn as seen from Jupitor, or Earth viewed from Mars. Find the exact position of the planets at a given time +/- 5 years from the present. See planet and satellite orbits.

Resources for learning and teaching strategy for business and life. Lecture notes: online notes for teaching game theory. Books: reviews of textbooks. Interactive materials: Java applets and online games. Quizzes and tests: evaluation materials, print and online. Pop culture: game theory in the popular press. Games strategy games to test your skill. Dictionary: glossary of game theory concepts.

National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP). Partnering ocean science. education, and technology. Educators: Use data from ocean drifting buoys to integrate ocean science into your classroom science and math instruction. Enhance your lessons with suggested educational activities and curriculum materials developed and tested by teachers, or you can use only the data, background information and reference images. Scientists: Utilize near real-time data on flow, sea surface temperature, wind and ocean color to augment your current research or future investigation plans.

About oceanography. PPT lectures for teachers. Teacher resources. Global ocean data viewer. Plate tectonics. Seafloor exploration.

Climate. Oceans and coasts. Weather and atmosphere. Environment. NOAA photo library. K-12.

What is the Earth Exploration Toolbook? The Earth Exploration Toolbook (EET) provides step-by-step instructions for using Earth science datasets and software tools in educational settings. Each chapter of the EET walks users through an examplea case study in which the user accesses data and uses analysis tools to explore issues or concepts in Earth system science. In each chapter, users produce and analyze maps, graphs, images, or other data products. How can I use EET? Chapters in the EET. Contribute a chapter. About EET.

This is the home of "Discovering Plate Boundaries," a data rich exercise to help students discover the processes that occur at plate tectonic boundaries. I have used DPB with students from 5th grade to Earth Science Majors at Rice University. It works well over this wide range because it requires the students to observe and classify data. It does not require prior knowledge of plate tectonics. However, I do vary my expectations of the students at different levels. The exercise is built around 4 global data maps: 1) Earthquake location and depth, 2) Location of recent volcanic activity, 3) Seafloor Age, and 4) Topography and Bathymetry.

The Geographic Data in Education (GEODE) Initiative is dedicated to the improvement of Earth and environmental science education through the use of data visualization and analysis tools to support inquiry-based pedagogy. Through an integrated program of research and development, the GEODE Initiative is advancing our understanding of learning in the Earth and environmental sciences, design of curriculum and educational software, and teacher professional development. Equally important, the GEODE Initiative is creating useful and useable products for students and teachers at levels ranging from middle school through college.

Advancing and supporting education efforts to develop an environmentally conscious and responsible public and inspire personal responsibility in caring for the environment. Environmental kids club. Student center. High school environmental center. Teaching center. Regional environmental education programs. Grant solicitations. Education event. Fact sheets.

The Universe Forum is the national center for teaching and learning about the structure and evolution of the universe. Sponsored by NASA and based at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, the world's largest center for astrophysical research, the Forum uses the unique resources of NASA's space science research program to create exciting learning experiences for students, teachers and the public.

Learning Resources for educators, scientists and scientists. What can you learn about the universe? Explore out extensive Learning Resources and discover activities, images, educational research, teaching and learning guidelines, and extended support opportunities for investigating the structure and evolution of the universe -in the classroom and beyond.

Black Holes are among the strangest objects in the universe. Made of nothing but space and time, black holes are among the strangest of nature's creations. Anything falling into a black hole, including light, is forever gone from out universe. Black holes were long predicted to exist, but only recently have they been discovered throughout our own galaxy and others in the universe. What are black holes like? How do we know they exist? What are we trying to find out about them? Technology has finally given us the eyes to find black holes and reveal their dark secrets. Join us in the exploration.

Welcome to Imagine the Universe! This site is intended for students age 14 and up, and for anyone interested in learning about our universe. If you're looking for grade school level astronomy information, please see the StarChild web site. Enjoy your cosmic journey!

This site contains Interactive Plasma Physics Topics, ranging from electricity, magnetism, energy, and fusion. Please visit the "Virtual Tokamak" and our "Virtual Magnetic Stability Module" to learn about Plasma and Fusion Containment.

Welcome to Smithsonian Education, the central education website of the Smithsonian Institution. Access information and resources for educators, families, and students.

Basic genetics, genome draft sequence, and post-genome science.

See all the excitement at ParticleAdventure.org. Other fun sites on particle physics. Charts, posters, and materials on frontier physics from the Contemporary Physics Education Project. The QuarkNet program involves high school teachers and students in exciting research. Learn how your world works at Physics Central.