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There is a great educational resource available on the web: card models.

I remember first1 making such models as a small child.  I can say from memory that folding paper and card in three dimensions is a great way to get an intuitive feel for three dimensional geometry.

The great thing about making models as a child is that you don't realise just how much science you are learning.  With guidance from a good teacher, small children can learn a lot about the universe just from making models.


What causes earthquakes?

What's inside a volcano?
MODIS Rapidfire For Citizen Scientists - #3

This is part #3 of a brief explanation of the NASA/GSFC MODIS Rapid Response System - Rapidfire - together with a Howto for citizen scientists.  The first parts were -
MODIS Rapidfire For Citizen Scientists - #1
MODIS Rapidfire For Citizen Scientists - #2


In this part, I'll show you some more tips on using the Arctic mosaic and images from the various bands available.

Pinpointing the North Pole
BP's Tried And Tested Failures


If you have a problem which has been attacked before, you don't try failed methods again unless your name is Homer Simpson - or you are too young to remember the event.

The methods tried by BP in the Gulf of Mexico have been tried before.  They have failed before.  In the Gulf of Mexico.  At 18,000 feet, the same depth as the Deepwater Horizon well.

When Art Meets War


If you want to make a good historical movie you should find yourself a good historian.

If one of the characters is a singer, make sure they sing in a contemporary style.

Now add in a stirring contemporary theme tune and you may well have a blockbuster.

A war movie which misses an opportunity to show the realities of war is just so much blood and guts.  The realities of war are not just the horrors of bloodshed.  There are realities of psychology, physics and philosophy: of human interactions, of weaponry and of theories of war.
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MODIS Rapidfire For Citizen Scientists - #2

This is part #2 of a brief explanation of the NASA/GSFC MODIS Rapid Response System - Rapidfire - together with a Howto for citizen scientists.  The first part was -
MODIS Rapidfire For Citizen Scientists - #1


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