This Web site introduces seismology--the study of earthquakes--from the vantage point of how San Francisco's 1906 quake pushed science forward. A short history of seismology begins with the first society...

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This activity provides instructions for remembering a list of things for a long time.

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This Web site annotates the synopsis of the opera Doctor Atomic, which is about the building and testing of the atomic bomb. The annotations provide history and scientific information.

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This activity provides instructions for making sentences without words.

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This activity provides instructions for studying ancient petroglyphs, modern symbols, and making a personal "petroglyph."

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In this activity, you'll begin to decode the Mayan number system as it's written in a document known as the "Dresden Codex."

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This Web site discusses the concepts of plate tectonics, continental drift, and geologic history. A series of images shows the breakup of the supercontinent Pangaea into the continents as we know them.

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A Web site that explores how imagery--from low-tech sketches to high-tech MRIs--affects the way we look at our bodies. A provocative and offbeat mix of Webcasts, multimedia, and text, this site takes...

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This extensive Web site serves as an introduction to the Hubble telescope and its mission of exploring space and looking at the origins of the universe. The site includes a short history of humankind's...

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This detailed Web site describes CERN (The European Center for Nuclear Research), the world's largest particle physics research center. Its centerpiece, the world's largest particle accelerator, draws...

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