Animal Web Cams at the National Zoo The National Zoo is home to 2,000 individual animals of nearly 400 different species. Our best known residents are our giant pandas, but great apes, big cats, Asian elephants, birds, amphibians, reptiles, insects, aquatic animals, small mammals, and many others can be found at the Zoo. You can take a virtual visit to the Zoo any day of the week by tuning into our live web cams, which feature many of the Zoo's animals. Watching Asian small-clawed otters: A family of otters, parents and offspring, live on Asia Trail. Small-clawed otters, the smallest of the world's 13 otter species, live in family groups and play often. Watching clouded leopards at the Zoo: Clouded leopards live at Asia Trail. Watching clouded leopards at the Zoo's Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia: The cam features a male and female that were paired at a young age to create a bonded pair for future breeding. Watching fishing cats: Fishing cats live at Asia Trail. Naked mole-what?
Science Websites for Children Science Websites for Elementary School Students by Mandy Donoghue Elementary school students are fascinated with using technology to text friends sitting right beside them, to listen to or even record music, and play games filled with gripping graphics. These activities are all science related. Children are inquiring, observing, gathering, organizing, and concluding. Granted, the youngsters' focus may not be a scientific topic, but the skills they are acquiring can easily be applied to some of the best science websites for elementary school students. Use these websites with students as motivators when introducing new science subjects, research projects, and enrichment opportunities. BBC Science & Nature ( page opens up with amazing photography depicting current events on television and radio programs as well as ongoing specials like tracking species in danger of becoming extinct and the world on the move with sea life. Kinds News ( is all about animals.
11 class activities with sensors you didn’t know your phone had Mobile devices can do more than we imagine! Rebecca and Chrystian Vieyra developed apps for classrooms to tap into their sensors. (Google Hangout screenshot) Smartphones and tablets are powerful devices that people use every day to make their lives easier. They’re even smarter than we give them credit for. For example, many devices have: an accelerometer that measures acceleration forcesa magnetometer that measures magnetization/magnetic fieldsa light sensor that measures the strength of lighta gyroscope that measures orientationa hygrometer that measures moisture in the atmospherea thermometer that measures ambient temperaturea barometer that measures atmospheric pressurea proximeter that detects when something is close Try to put a series of instruments together like that in your classroom and the price tag will make it next to impossible. That’s where Rebecca Vieyra and her husband, Chrystian, come in. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. This wasn’t the end of the conversation! Related
Astronomy: Sites & Projects Astronomy & Space Return to Mars Join us as we follow NASA’s latest rover, Curiosity. Never Lost: Polynesian Navigation Imagine yourself in the middle of the vast Pacific Ocean. Transit of Mercury See the tiny disk of Mercury slowly travel across the face of the sun in this rare event. Saturn: Jewel of the Solar System Explore Saturn, its rings and moons, and see the latest images. Solar Max Explore our 2000 guide to the solar max, the period in the solar cycle during which the number of sunspots is greatest. Auroras Your guide to the Northern and Southern Lights (also in 'Observatory') Solar Eclipse Explore stories, dispatches, photos, and articles, as well as archived webcasts of total and annular solar eclipses and transits. Ancient Observatories Journey into Chaco Canyon, where ancient people built monuments to the cosmos. Spectra From Space An introduction to spectra and to the space-based telescopes. ExploratoriumPier 15, San Francisco, CA 94111 (415) 528-4444 © 2014 Exploratorium Follow Us At
Zoo Atlanta Hangouts On Air Hangout with us! We’re planning our Hangout lineup for 2014, and are excited about participating in Google's Connected Classrooms with our Virtual Field Trips. If you are an educator interested in participating in a Virtual Field Trip be sure to check out the Connected Classrooms link. We'll list out our Hangout schedule here as they become finalized. Stay tuned! Participating in a Hangout If you are interested in participating watch our Google+ page to RSVP to the event. Technical Guide to Hangouts on Air (PDF) Recent Hangout On Air Panda Twins' First Birthday HangoutJuly 15, 2014 at 2:30 p.m. Celebrate the twins’ first year on their birthday on July 15. Lun Lun the giant panda gave birth to twins on July 15, 2013. You’ll hear firsthand from keepers Jen Webb, Heather Roberts and Shauna Dankberg as they recall their favorite moments of Mei Huan and Mei Lun’s first year. Join in on the birthday fun! Zoo Atlanta's Hangouts On Air Sloth Week Hangout June 24, 2014 at 5:30 p.m. Public audience
Games@NOAA Khan Academy Ask an Astronomer -- on Video Below you will find a list of questions that have video answers available. To view a segment, simply select your connection speed after the format you wish to view the answer in. (Windows Media is more common for PC users, and QuickTime is more common for Macintosh users. However, players exist for all formats on both platforms.) A video podcast version of these videos is available. iTunes users can subscribe directly. A video podcast version of these videos is available. iTunes users can subscribe directly. Brought to you by the Cool Cosmos Team (the joint Education and Public Outreach group for the Spitzer Space Telescope and the Infrared Processing and Analysis Center) located at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California.
Deep Below Antarctic Ice, Lake May Soon See Light hide captionWhile a team of Russian scientists were drilling ice core samples from their Vostok base in Antarctica, new satellite imagery revealed the outline of a lake the size of New Jersey buried two miles underneath the ice. Scientists have been drilling through the ice and are now just 100 feet away from breaking into the third largest lake on the planet. Earth Observatory/NASA Russian scientists are on the verge of punching a hole into a vast Antarctic lake that's buried under more than two miles of ice. If the Russians break through, they may tap into and disturb a primitive and pristine ecosystem that has been untouched for millions of years. Lake Vostok is actually the third largest lake in the world, measured by the amount of water it holds. In fact, they had no idea there was a lake there when they built their Vostok camp more than 50 years ago. "The Russians went to the magnetic South Pole in 1958 because they missed the race to the rotational South Pole," Bell says.
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