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POPSScience for Kids This site devoted to science news for children of ages 9 to 14, the portal offers timely items of interest to kids, suggestions for projects and group activities, and links to Web resources and other useful materials. Sections in the website include PuzzleZone, for inventing and solving puzzles, SciFiZone for science project ideas and tips, GameZone, which has a selection of logic and memory games, and TeacherZone, which has question sheets related to the feature article of the week, so that teachers can bring science news topics to the classroom.
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POPSThe Oldest Book from the Americas Codex Dresden can be accessed from Sächsische Landesbibliothek in Dresden (click on the book icon) http://digital.slub-dresden.de/sammlungen/titeldaten/280742827/
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POPSAll humans are 'aliens from outer space', scientist claims
"These then multiply and seed other planets." He added: ""We are thus part of a connected chain that extends over a large volume of the cosmos. Evidence is pointing inexorably in this direction." Prof Wickramasinghe believes life is transferred from planet to planet over billions of years. He believes comets hit planets and pushed living matter out into space. He said some survived and got transferred to new planets over a timescale of millions and millions of years. But he accepts this model still does not explain how life actually began in the first place. The professor and his late colleague Sir Fred Hoyle championed the so-cllaed "panspermia" theory from the 1960s. "Evidence from astronomy overwhelmingly supports the view that life did not start on Earth but was seeded from outside," Prof Wickramasinghe said. "Although we have no definite knowledge how life started in the first place, once started its spread in the cosmos and survival is inevitable. "As w
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POPSThe Evolution of Evolution Interesting collection of essays and audio/video material on the subject of the evolution of evolution. How far have we come since Darwin's groundbreaking "Origin of the Species"? If you have a bit of time and are interested in this sort of stuff, it's a great place to click around. Enjoy! :D
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POPSIntroducing Astronomy to Young Children Obviously the easiest thing to first point out to a young child is the moon. Then you get into stars, and it helps to know your way around a bit. Most kids also love planets. I've yet to find a book on planets that's not a hit with my two year old. Not all of the books have been revised to eliminate Pluto from the planetary lineup, but I don't think there's much harm in that. You can explain the change in Pluto's classification while reading the book. How about you? Do you do astronomy with your young children? If you need some help finding your way around, check out some ideas above: http://freemanhunt.blogspot.com
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POPSHow to create a more beautiful Blog ... this post from Matt Silverman reminds me that I wanted do a redesign for my own blog http://www.oberhauser.at, but I never found time and I never know how to beginn ... Thanks to @Matt_Silverman for this useful tips now I am really motivated and sure I will even beginn tonight doing the redesign ;-) ...
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POPSFree online video courses from leading universities This site is a treat for graduate and post-graduate academics. The resource strives to collect video lectures by professors from universities such as Berkeley, Harvard, MIT, Princeton, Stanford and Yale. From Walter Lewin’s popular MIT lectures on physics to Guy Kawasaki’s talks at Stanford on Entrepreneurship, the site covers a variety of subjects, including economics, philosophy, medicine, religion, engineering, political science, and more.Those with a thirst for knowledge could spend hours on this one
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POPSEarth As A System: El Niño, Plate Tectonics, Human Activity This heat and moisture drive atmospheric circulation and set weather patterns in motion. The weather patterns then influence vegetation, as well as erosion and sediment transport. Ever since the first photos were sent back from space, our view of Earth has changed. Remote sensing instruments, such as satellites, allow us to better understand the interrelationships between the different subsystems. For instance, recordings made by remote and Earth-based instruments show that significant surface warming has occurred over the past three decades. Knowing this, scientists are working to determine how this will affect " and already is affecting " the entire Earth system. YouTube video (5:31)
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