January 24, 2004

Online paleoparaphernalia

http://www.fossilnews.com/

WHETHER you are an armchair paoleontologist or an experienced field collector, this free e-journal of avocational palentology is targeted at fossil fans and provides a huge collection of articles, covering everything from Mesozoic plants, through to fossil preparation and the social behaviour of dinosaurs. Each feature comes complete with diagrams, maps and amazing photos.

 

Palaeontology at your fingertips

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/

University of California’s this online virtual museum is aimed at adults, and focuses its discussions on the subjects, such as fossil records, morphology, systematics, terminology and the latest palaeontology news. Although the language is technical in places, but there are some accessible exhibitions outlining developments in the field of dinosaur research.

 

The Universe in a nutshell

http://www.hawking.org.uk/home/hindex.html

Welcome to Professor Stephen Hawking’s website. On this link you will find almost everything you ever wanted to know about Stephen Hawking, his life and his work. It stores transcripts of Steven’s lectures on black holes, expanding universes and extra-terrestrial life, aimed at both technical and non-technical audiences.

 

Multimedia lessons

http://tlt.its.psu.edu/fmc//tutorials.html

If you are new to the field of multimedia, this link by Faculty Multimedia Centre will serve as a handy guide for you and exposes the most detailed information on creating web-based audio. It presents free online tutorials that focus on audio-video, web presentations, image scanning and Flash.

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