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Interactive Physics Simulations

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“Inter­ac­tive Physics Sim­u­la­tions [Flash]

http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/category/physics

At the top of this site’s home­page, vis­i­tors will see a ban­ner that pro­claims “Over 70 mil­lion sim­u­la­tions deliv­ered.” Need­less to say, the Inter­ac­tive Physics Sim­u­la­tions site is quite pop­u­lar, and the offer­ings here can be used in the class­room or by per­sons with a gen­eral curios­ity about sta­tic elec­tric­ity, alpha decay, and other related top­ics. The site is spon­sored by a range of insti­tu­tions, includ­ing the William and Flora Hewlett Foun­da­tion and the National Sci­ence Foun­da­tion. The site includes three dozen dif­fer­ent sim­u­la­tions, many of which are avail­able in over a dozen lan­guages, includ­ing French, Russ­ian, Chi­nese, Ital­ian, and Viet­namese. First-time vis­i­tors might want to start with the “Build an Atom” which affords vis­i­tors the oppor­tu­nity to build an atom out of pro­tons, neu­trons, and elec­trons and then play a fun game after they’re done. Also, users can look at the sim­u­la­tions by top­i­cal head­ings, which include “Sound & Waves”, “Heat & Thermo”, and “Light & Radition”. ”

Source:  Scout Report, Univ. of Wis­con­sin, Apr. 13, 2012

NSF requests data sharing plans with grant applications

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“National Sci­ence Foun­da­tion Sets Rules for Shar­ing Data

The National Sci­ence Foun­da­tion will soon begin requir­ing all grant appli­cants to sub­mit a two-page plan describ­ing how they will man­age and share any data that is accu­mu­lated as part of their grant, in the lat­est exam­ple of a grow­ing effort to ensure pub­lic access to find­ings financed with tax­payer dol­lars, Sci­ence magazine’s Sci­en­ceIn­sider blog reported.”

Source:  Chron­i­cle of Higher Edu­ca­tion, May 7, 2010, via Jane Holmquist

Applied Math and Science Education Repository — AMSER

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The Applied Math and Sci­ence Edu­ca­tion Repos­i­tory is aimed at pro­vid­ing web resources for com­mu­nity col­leges, tech­ni­cal schools, and the gen­eral pub­lic.  The link takes you to the sci­ence — and tech­nol­ogy — resources.

From their home page: “AMSER is a por­tal of edu­ca­tional resources and ser­vices built specif­i­cally for use by those in Com­mu­nity and Tech­ni­cal Col­leges but free for any­one to use.”

“AMSER is funded by the National Sci­ence Foun­da­tion as part of the National Sci­ence Dig­i­tal Library, and is being cre­ated by a team of project part­ners led by Inter­net Scout.”

Science & Engineering Statistics at NSF.gov

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National Sci­ence Foun­da­tion: Sci­ence and Engi­neer­ing Statistics

http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/

“Schol­ars, jour­nal­ists and mem­bers of the gen­eral pub­lic will have a field day with the National Sci­ence Foundation’s Sci­ence and Engi­neer­ing Sta­tis­tics web­site. Vis­i­tors will note that the data con­tained within the site includes pub­li­ca­tions, work­ing papers, data spread­sheets, and analy­ses divided into broad areas that include “Edu­ca­tion”, “Fed­eral Gov­ern­ment”, “Indus­try”, “Inter­na­tional”, and “Social Dimen­sions”. Users can delve deeper into these broad areas and come up with related pub­li­ca­tions, pol­icy briefs, and so on. Near the bot­tom of the page, vis­i­tors can look over the “New Releases” area for new reports on fed­eral sci­ence and engi­neer­ing sup­port to uni­ver­si­ties, research expen­di­tures, and the eth­nic­ity and gen­der makeup of fed­eral sci­en­tists and engi­neers. Finally, vis­i­tors can also sign up to receive their RSS feed.”

Source:  Uni­ver­sity of Wisconsin’s Scout Report