New resources are added regularly and many schools are already finding them useful additions to their course materials. The other sites chosen included NASA ,Bell Labs, NPR, NIH, Exploratorium, Franklin Institute of Science, American Museum of Natural History, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, PBS, Los Alamos National Lab, MIT, IBM, FDA, etc. From the venerable see-saw torque to the floating log problem to the orbit simulator. Of course, you'll need the free Shockwave plugin, but this is as good a reason as any to install it. Observe harmonic motion, mouse genetics, and the physics of golf.
Reality begins to swirl, dance, and coalesce . . . .
4kids.org is published in about 150 newspapers across the county and highlights 3 kid-friendly web sites each week. Mouse genetics, the physics of golf and the forces on an airplane wing are just some of the far-out theories you'll observe. There's also an orbit simulator for the spaceset, a terminal velocity freefall lab, and a seesaw torque experiment. From 2D collisions to harmonic motion, this is no ordinary science site. Explore Science is an interactive science lab targeted at educators and should prove an invaluable classroom resource.