This annual contest is designed to encourage teachers to include geography in their classrooms, spark student interest in the subject, and increase public awareness about geography. Schools with students in grades four through eight are eligible for this entertaining and challenging test of geographic knowledge. This site contains details about past competitions, how to register for and participate ... Full description.

This 70-minute Webcast discusses radio occultation (RO) and the latest RO mission: Taiwan's Formosa Satellite Mission 3/Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere & Climate. Though designed for specialists, this Webcast will also be of interest to other users of atmospheric or ionospheric data. Full description.

Rob Dunbar discusses climate change and three issues that affect the oceans: sea level rise, ocean warming and ocean acidification. Dunbar looks deeply at ancient corals and sediments to study how the climate and the oceans have shifted over the past 50 to 12,000 years and how the Antarctic ecosystem is changing right now. The talk provides information about how the research data was gathered and ... Full description.

The I2I-Acid Ocean virtual lab is an e-learning activity where students become virtual scientists studying the impact of ocean acidification on sea urchin larval growth. Students recreate a real, up-to-date climate change experiment. They also learn important general scientific principles, such as the importance of sample size and numbers of replicates, and discuss what this research into a specific ... Full description.

Dr. John Delaney leads a team that is building a cabled network of deep-ocean sensors that will study, over time and space, the way the ocean's complex processes interact. The lecture explores the need to understand these interactions and research that is currently on-going and planned for measuring, sampling and sensing the deep ocean processes and organisms that are new to science. Full description.

Science360 Knowledge Network features the latest discoveries in science, engineering, technology and math. The most recent videos highlight global warming and astronomy and space which are provided by scientists, colleges and universities, science and engineering centers, the National Science Foundation and more to be freely accessed and embedded. Each video is available to put on your personal websites, ... Full description.

Videoconferencing technology allows people at two or more locations to see and hear each other at the same time. The SBC Knowledge Network Explorer Videoconferencing for Learning web site supports the effective and educational uses of videoconferencing technology by providing basic information about the technology and instructional applications as well as resources to help you link with other videoconferencing ... Full description.

This museum exhibit allows visitors to examine how medical imagery has changed the way we look at our bodies. Exhibits include modern medical imaging, art and artifacts, and historic medical illustrations and models. Full description.

Created by San Francisco's Exploratorium Museum, this site offers a look at the science and scientists who make the Hubble Space Telescope work. There are images, a tour of control facilities, and a feature to access live webcasts of Hubble activities. Full description.

Antarctica Online is a comprehensive site covering science and research on the continent of Antarctica. Along with educational materials about this continent, the site contains Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), weekly updates from stations, recent news, details about each Australian research station (Mawson, Davis, Casey, Macquarie Island), environmental information, the downloadable Australian Antarctic ... Full description.