This site includes a good presentation for use with colleagues as well as examples of projects. Students can explore live and archived webcasts, the history of antimatter, everyday uses of antimatter, a kids corner, and the ability to ask CERN physicists questions. The everyday section includes examples of using antimatter in PET scans as well as a look at antimatter in science fiction especially Star Trek. Students are assigned the role of a character, and then use the web site as well as other resources to gather information needed by their characters to solve the problems. Once the research is done, the students hold a classroom discussion ranging from 45 minutes to two hours to resolve the problems.
Evaluation is done on the basis of the discussion.
The site includes an evaluation for the students to use when the activity is finished. Overall, this is a very well developed activity, which engages students in the topic. Explore Canadas aquatic environments via this interactive educational site. Here students learn about aquatic habitats, animals, plants, human interaction, and research in Canada. The human interaction section includes information on water management, fish harvests in fresh and salt water, as well as invading species.