The following Macromedia Shockwave sites are
excellent for some interactive revision and can assist in the learning
process.
Explore Science
- Resource has a cool, interactive interface, plus lots of fun
activities that make learning biology, physics, and chemistry
a painless experience.
Museum of Science & Industry In Manchester
- Visit the permanent and changing exhibits, or discover the
hands-on experiments and puzzles. Download them to your Shockmachine.
Orbit Simulator
- Deploy a number of planets, set each one's gravitational pull,
mass, and velocity, then see what happens when you set them
all into motion.
Questacon - The National Science and Technology
Centre - Discover this unique
Australian Science resource. Try out Flash-enhanced activities
such as puzzles, optical illusions, and experiments.
BBC Science in Action - Discovering Microbes
- Choose a cleaning agent and an item from the kitchen that
you would like to rid of bacteria and other microorganisms.
DNA Workshop
- Learn the science behind DNA replication and protein synthesis
by finding the correct match for every broken tag.
Reaction -
Illustrates the different response times human beings have to
light and sound signals.
Search for the Sequence
- Play DNA sleuth by looking for the matching sequence in an
array of multicolored dots.
BBC Science in Action - Flashover
- Open the house's door to find out what air does to an open
flame. Describes the term "backdraft."
Atom Builder Activity
- Balance your neurons, protons, and electrons to create a carbon
atom. Beware of unleashing a radioactive element!
BBC Science in Action - Bending Light
- Follow the step-by-step instructions with this interactive
experiment to find out the effect bent light has on the way
we read letters.
BBC Science in Action - Expanding Creamcakes
- Play with the balloon to learn the effects of air pressure.
BBC Science in Action - Force
- Help the Eskimo load bags of gold into the submarine to learn
how force affects pressure.
BBC Science in Action - Tricia in a Tank
- Watch how the values for pressure, force, and area change
as each of them is increased or decreased.
Find The Highest Note
- Kids can earn about tones, pitch, and chords by playing this
unique keyboard and trying to find the highest notes.
Hands-on Zone - Sink or Swim
- Explore the principles of positive and negative buoyancy with
this simple interactive exercise. Includes a full explanation.
Meltdown at Three Mile Island
- Peruse an illustration of what happened to Three Mile Island's
Unit 2 Reactor during its famous nuclear accident.
Move a Megalith
- Form a workforce of Easter Islanders to move one of those
fabled stone heads. Feed them with sweet potatoes, lest they
starve to death.
Hot Air Balloon
- Move the lever to find out how hot air affects a balloon's
altitude.
Lever an Obelisk
- Raise the obelisk's tip by piling weights on a lever. Puzzle
teaches how levers work.
Pipes - Hands-on
experiment illustrates the relationship between a pipe's length
and the pitch of sound it produces.
OhmZone - Build
and test any type of circuit by dragging components, such as
resistors, batteries, and even a voltmeter, onto the circuit
board.
PowerHouse
- Select a household appliance and its usage time in order to
calculate how much energy a house consumes over a day, week,
month, or year.
Racing Circuits - Manchester Museum
- Puzzle simulates a light bulb's electrical circuit by showing
a ring traversing a piece of wire.
The Scientific Slugger
- Discover the science behind Mark McGuire (baseball - USA remember).
Step up to bat, and change playing variables, such as angle
and swing strength, to hit a home run.
Seven Stones Multimedia
- Tutorial modules for math and physics are designed to bring
out the Einstein in all of us.
Shockwave & Flash Player let you experience animation and entertainment
in your Web browser. The new Shockwave 7 provides auto-updating of the player.
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