Math Evolver is a game by DimensionM used to teach pre-algebra to middle school students.  While perhaps not quite as exciting as Halo, its very good.  Good enough that my older son is willing to actually think in order to play the game (at least when I won't let him play Halo which, of course, requires very little thinking).

Heh, heh. Now my kids are going to love this Internet Radio Station: http://www.live365.com/stations/trappedinlab/. Okay, so it's really me that's loving it, but they'll have to listen anyway....

Well, I'm a bit late putting this up, but I took some pictures last Monday night of the conjunction between the crescent moon, Jupiter and Venus. 

The image was taken with a Canon 350D (Digital Rebel XT) and a 70-300mm zoom at around 200mm focal length. The insert shown is Jupiter and two of its moon can be clearly seen.

The most recent issue of the National Science Teacher's Association newspaper included information on some groups with fun science songs. Having just wasted, er, spent some time looking at music videos on YouTube and the artists' web sites, I thought I'd share.

And this one is geeky instead of gamey. Er, I didn't quite mean that it was stinky, but anyway...

I first read about it in technical journal (I forget which one, they all sort of blur together in my aging brain), but apparently I'm behind the curve on this one (another sign of advancing age) as its all of the Internet at this point.

If you're into geeky videos, you'll find some at the AIP Journal Chaos YouTube site. Some of the videos are fascinating, like the one currently highlighted on their page, which shows thermal convection. Watching it is kind of like staring into the campfire, it's mindless, but somehow soothing. If' you've got a Lava lamp, the convection video will look quite familiar...

October 12-18 is Earth Science Week! PS 102 will be kicking off the Astronomy Club that week and unfortunately, we don't have our first outdoor event planned until the following week on Oct 24 (see "Upcoming Events" in the sidebar). The week's activities focus on in-school lesson plans (with suitable opportunities to do the "in-class" out of doors). The American Geological Institudte is sponsoring the activities and have put together some material on the Earth Science Week web site for students and teachers.