Why Does an Ice Cube Float in Water?
A Surfnetkids Honorable Mention site.
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Understanding Color
"This site is designed to provide you with information on how color plays a role in our lives by examining the properties, theories, meanings and effects of color. It offers a cross-curricular approach by making connections between the art, the science, the psychology and/or sociology of each aspect of color. Written by anonymous high-school students for the ThinkQuest Internet Challenge, Understanding Color includes student activities and lesson plans for teachers."
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Top Biography - Albert Einstein
A Surfnetkids Honorable Mention site.
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Time Travel: Think like Einstein
A Surfnetkids Honorable Mention site.
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Thinking Fountain: Bubbles
A Surfnetkids Honorable Mention site.
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The Ph Factor
""The numbers on the pH scale run from 0 to 14. Substances with lower pH’s have muchmore hydrogen, or H+, than substances with higher pH’s." Written for both elementary/middle school students and teachers, this lesson on acids and bases includes many hands-on activities such as cleaning pennies, making invisible ink and mapping the tongue’s taste buds. The seven E sections (Excite, Explore, Explain, Expand, Extend, Exchange, Examine) can be used sequentially, or in random order."
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Surfing the Net with Kids: Richard Feynman
"Although American physicist Richard Feynman won the Nobel prize in 1965, it was his books of anecdotes (""Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!"" and ""What Do You Care What Other People Think?"") and his appointment to the presidential Challenger disaster investigation commission in 1986, that raised him to icon status. Feynman was an independent thinker, extremely intolerant of stupidity. Learn why Feynman fans are so devoted at today’s website picks."
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Surfing the Net with Kids: Albert Einstein
"Albert Einstein, known as one of the greatest scientists of all time, was born on March 14, 1879 in Ulm, Germany. The following sites explore his life and his work and what struck me most was how accessible Einstein’s theories can be when explained with examples and illustrations."
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Surfing the Net with Kids: Science of Colors
"To understand the science of colors, we must first know something about the nature of light. Light is an energy source that behaves like a wave. The distance between the each wave is called the wavelength. Light of different wavelengths appear as different colors. Intrigued? Here’s where you can learn more."
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Surfing the Net with Kids: Chemistry
"To celebrate the contributions of chemistry to our modern lives, the American Chemical Society has established the second week of November as National Chemistry Week. Despite the common misconception that "chemical" means toxic and is the opposite of natural, chemistry is the study of all substances (natural and man-made, toxic and nontoxic). Here’s a sampling of what the Net has to offer those interested in Online Chemistry 101."
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