links for 2009-10-01

• Mabona Origami — …beyond paper folding
  incredible origami art, abstract structures, animals, you name it
  (tags: origami animal art knutselen kunst)

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links for 2009-04-28

• Common Sense for Uncommon Physics | Cosmic Variance
  Tricks to get 'a feeling' for very large or small quantities. I learned from this post that light travels a foot per nanosecond (12 million miles a minute, according to Monty Python) and that
  "the sensitivity of the human eye is such that it can see a match flame from a mile away"
  and …
  "an ultra-high-energy cosmic ray has about the same energy as a good fastball."
  (tags: physics)

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links for 2009-04-12

• Screencasts maken zonder software te installeren | Antoine van Dinter: Frans & ICT
  Dit klinkt handig: online een screencast maken (een filmpje van je beeldscherm).
  (tags: web screencast software)

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links for 2009-03-04

• KleinKracht: Sterrenkunde in het basisonderwijs
  Gevonden via het NTvN: Karin Heesakkers, sterrenkundige en voormalig IT-er, maakt en geeft onderwijs over sterrenkunde op basisscholen.
  (tags: sterrenkunde onderwijs)

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links for 2009-03-03

• SAM Animation Home Page
  Do it yourself stop motion animation! Download the software, hook up a web cam and make your own movie.
  Could be an alternative presentation form for students, a way to escape the endless list of posters and power points.
  (tags: science education video software free)
• Noorderlicht Noorderlog bericht: Krabbeltjes houden je bij de les
  Ik wist het wel, dat die tekeningetjes die ik tijdens overleggen en vergaderingen maak niet zinloos zijn! Deed het vroeger ook al tijdens college. Toch fijn als onderzoek uitwijst dat t inderdaad ergens goed voor is… (Al mis je het voordeel van aantekeningen die je kan nalezen)
  (tags: geheugen tekenen psychologie)

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links for 2009-02-24

• Chemistry Meets Choreography to Enhance Student Comprehension | Edutopia
  Learning about chemical reaction by dancing.
  (tags: chemistry education dance)

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links for 2007-12-08

• Chaotic Utopia – Fractal Paper Snow Crystal
  Make your own fractal.
  (tags: knutselen crafts fractal math wiskunde)
• Retrospectacle: A Neuroscience Blog
  A knitted model of the brain. Talk about hands-on science!
  (tags: knitting breien wetenschap science)
• a k8, a cat, a mission.: December Scientiae Carnival!
  The latest edition of the Scientiae blog carnival on women in science.
  (tags: blogs women wetenschap science vrouwen)
• Arrow of Time FAQ | Cosmic Variance
  Everything you always wanted to know about the arrow of time…
  (tags: academics blogs physics entropy time)

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links for 2007-12-02

• FreeRice
  Work on your vocabulary and donate free rice while you’re at it.
  Strange concept, I’m not sure how it works.
  (tags: education vocabulary charity)
• Pientere Puzzels: Werktekeningen
  wiskundige puzzels om zelf te bouwen. via de wiskundemeisjes (wie anders?).
  (tags: wiskunde knutselen)
• De Nationale Wetenschapsquiz
  De vragen staan online, inleveren kan tot 17 december.
  (tags: wetenschap tv quiz fun onderwijs onderzoek)

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links for 2007-12-01

• Amazon.com: Who’s Afraid of Marie Curie?: The Challenges Facing Women in Science and Technology: Books: Linley Erin Hall
  A new book on – well, the title says it all. Via greengabbro.
  (tags: books academics science women)

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links for 2007-11-20

• Acme Klein Bottle
  Real glass Klein Bottles, knitted Klein bottle hats and matching Moebius scarfs, even one in origami. Lots of pictures, and they’re for sale…
  (tags: fun geometry knitting math wiskunde kunst crafts)

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