http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/fun/diamonds_flash.html

While diamonds play a significant role in many cultures, the Earth processes that create diamonds are less familiar to many people. With the use of Macromedia Flash Player, Thirteen/NET New York educates the public about the formation of diamonds two to three billion years ago deep underground. Users can learn about indicator minerals, kimberlite chimneys, and secondary diamond deposits. Through the colorful illustrations and animations, the website offers a great introduction to the creation of this desirable stone. [RME]

http://edspace.nasa.gov/

This Macromedia Flash Player enhanced NASA website provides students with the opportunity to experience the life of an astronaut. Users can take part in virtual training exercises and online projects. Through a series of videos and animations, visitors can discover the challenges of living in space and can meet real-life astronauts. The website features the Earth Crew challenge where teams of students, teachers, and parents from around the world can plan and complete exploration activities. Those interested in NASA careers can learn about the educational requirements and employment opportunities. [RME]

http://www.learner.org/resources/series168.html

This Annenberg/CPB website offers a video workshop for high school chemistry and physical science teachers. After completing the free registration, users can gain insight on new, revolutionary approaches to teaching chemistry by viewing eight one-hour videos. The chemistry topics covered include Energetics and Dynamics, the Chemistry of Life, and Chemistry and the Environment. The workshops are a great way for educators to learn about other teachers' practices and hands-on lessons. The website also provides other related Annenberg/CPB educational resources. [RME]

http://oceanworld.tamu.edu/students/iceberg/

At this website, Ocean World provides a host of beautiful images and effective lessons about the presence of icebergs. After discovering how they are formed, students can learn about the different colors of icebergs, their classifications, and their life cycle. The website discusses the dangers icebergs pose to humans as well as their potential benefits to desert dwellers. The hyperlinked glossary allows users to more easily understand the concepts presented. Once users have covered the materials, they can take an interactive quiz. [RME]

www.energyhog.com

Using Macromedia Flash Player, the Energy Outreach Colorado created this amusing, yet educational website filled with games and trivia to help children learn how to lower their families' energy consumption. The student and teacher guides, designed for grades three through eight, explore numerous energy concepts via fun activities. Through a series of games, visitors can learn which materials in their homes use excessive amounts of energy. After successfully completing the challenges, the user receives an Official Energy Hog Buster certificate. [RME]

http://www.shodor.org/unchem/index.html

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chemistry Fundamentals Program offers an interactive review of the fundamentals of chemistry for incoming college freshman chemistry students. The basic link offers materials about chemical nomenclature, atomic structure, stoichiometry, and acid base chemistry. After learning about these essentials, users can progress to more advanced topics such as gas laws, thermodynamics, kinetics, and redox chemistry. The explanations are linked with a useful chemistry glossary. The website offers many online calculators to deal with compressibility, unit conversion, and various other chemical problems. Students can also find a helpful review of mathematics used in chemistry. [RME]

http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/ce/eek/nature/snow.htm
Learn about Snow
http://www.units.muohio.edu/dragonfly/snow/snow.shtml

These two websites introduce the reasons for the presence of snow through understandable text. At the first website, created by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, children can learn how Wilson Bently discovered that no two snow crystals are alike. The website presents the seven types of ice crystals and the ingredients that make up snow. The second website, provided by Miami University, addresses how dust affects snow precipitation. Users can find out why some snow types are better for making snowballs than others. The website also supplies translations of many Inuit words for different snow types. [RME]

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/features/mars/mars.html

This Discovery Channel website furnishes news articles and interactive modules about the latest information on the NASA mission to Mars and the rovers. Using Macromedia Flash Player, students can explore the equipment on the rover, view videos of the rover landing on Mars, and examine panoramas of Mars. The stereo images of the Martian landscape are amazing, especially when viewed with 3D glasses. The website offers answers to the common questions related to NASA's mission. While many of the links on the side panel were not working at the time of this review, the same headings are presented within the main part of the website and function properly. [RME]