September 13, 2003

The Orca show

http://www.orca-live.com/

OrcaLive features virtual tours of underwater world of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, allowing you to observe the movements of orcas. A site by Nature Network is a creation of hard work by Dr Paul Spong, the man who established OrcaLab in 1970. The idea of this site is to relay live imagery and sound from cameras set up in the sea.

 

Mystery of numbers

http://www.turbulence.org/Works/nums/index.html

Nourish your mind with this site which offers a mind-blowing Java application renders a complex interactive graph that charts the relative popularity of each number. Whether you picked 27 or 94,587, you’ll see exactly how many times that particular number is referenced on the web!

 

Virtual aquarium

http://www.sheddaquarium.org/

This online aquarium unroll the map and take you on a voyage into the Oceanarium, and allow you to be touched by the beauty of the aquatic world and conservation efforts to ensure its survival by one of the oldest public aquariums in the world. The aquarium homes nearly 8,000 aquatic animals representing some 650 species of fish, reptiles, amphibians, invertebrates, birds and mammals.

 

Everyday science

http://www.strangematterexhibit.com/

This site is dedicated to the study of materials science, or in other words everyday stuff. Here you will find about over 300,000 known natural substances such as metals, wood, or the silicon or man-made ones such as plastics, polymers, and the like. Find how sand becomes a cell phone, athletes stay ahead of the curve, and bridges stay in place.

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