public marks

PUBLIC MARKS from jlesage with tags learning & science

December 2006

Plants In Motion

"Time-lapse photography allows us to easily see the movements of plants and clearly demonstrates that plants are living organisms capable of some extraordinary things." various phases of plant life, both on cellular and external level

Gene Pool

by 2 others
a science game: "a virtual Darwinian aquarium .. you initiate a primordial soup, and .. check up on what Virtual Mother Nature is up to - about every 15 min. (or every few days)"

November 2006

HHMI's BioInteractive

by 1 other
excellent science site with explanations and many visuals; interesting site design

Sharpening 101

by 1 other
an explantion of what sharpening in Photoshop does and the theory behind it, plus workarounds

Librarian Chick - tools for learning

by 4 others
links to resources like Books/Audio books, Calculators, Collaboration, Student Loans, Foreign Language, Graphs/Presentation, Lectures, Notes/Writing, Online Learning, Poetry, Reference, Science/Space, Test Taking/Prep

October 2006

HowStuffWorks - Learn how Everything Works!

by 4 others
Check out how blogs work, how MySpace works, how DSL works, how digital cameras work; also how to buy....

September 2006

Intute - the best Web resources for education and research

by 4 others
UK academics and researchers write entries on many topics of interest, a bit like an encyclopedia that you ask questions of.