Science bites

Interesting News Articles

1. Research shows that alligators breathe like birds
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/01/100114143014.htm

2. "Haiti quake could not have been predicted"
http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre60f02b-us-quake-haiti-research/

3. Biologist "revives" dormant virus to create possible cure for HIV
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/01/100113131512.htm

4. "Chances of discovering Earth-like planets are rising"
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080402201541.htm

Interesting Videos

1. World's most powerful lazer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8h5ZuPQWZw&feature=player_embedded

2. "Dark Matter"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJN2X3NrQAE&feature=player_embedded

3. Watch a venus fly trap in action
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUWQFF0RJN4&feature=player_embedded

External learning sites or tools

1. An overview of the history, mythology and the current scientific knowledge of the planets in the Solar System.
http://nineplanets.org/

2. An interactive website which makes use of animation to aid learning
http://www.brainpop.com/science/

3. A website that is updated daily with the latest news on science.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/

4.An interative website which explains the mechanism behind interest stuff such as a roller coaster.
http://www.learner.org/interactives/


"Discovery consists of looking at the same thing as everyone else and thinking something different." - Albert Szent-Gyorgyi