Apr
9
Exploratorium
April 9, 2006 | Leave a Comment
Exploratorium: the museum of science, art and human perception. ‘Online since 1993, the Exploratorium was one of the first science museums to build a site on the World Wide Web. Our site now contains over 15,000 Web pages exploring hundreds of different topics. We currently serve eighteen million visitors a year. That makes us one [...]
Apr
8
Chemical Safety and Environment in OECD
April 8, 2006 | Leave a Comment
OECD: Chemical Safety. ‘Chemicals play an important role in daily life. Therefore, their safety for man and the environment has to be considered carefully. This program works on the development and co-ordination of environment health and safety activities internationally.’ OECD: Environment Directorate. ‘The Environment Directorate provides governments with the analytical basis to develop policies that [...]
Apr
3
Open Educational Resources
April 3, 2006 | Leave a Comment
Open Educational Resources (OER): open content for higher education. ‘This site is a place where members of the IIEP Open Educational Resources Community can work together on questions, issues and documents. This list of links to OER initiatives, resources and tools was compiled following the first IIEP discussion forum on Open Educational Resources (24 October [...]
Apr
2
Ozone Hole Tour
April 2, 2006 | Leave a Comment
Centre for Atmospheric Science: The Ozone Hole Tour. ‘The Beginning… Halley Research Station Dramatic loss of ozone in the lower stratosphere over Antarctica was first noticed in the 1970s by a research group from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) who were monitoring the atmosphere above Antarctica from a research station much like the picture to [...]
Mar
30
Health and Medicinal Chemistry Resources
March 30, 2006 | Leave a Comment
Health, Safety & Medicinal Chemistry. ‘This is a collection of resources for chemistry as it relates to health and medicine. You’ll find facts on toxic chemicals and dangerous mixtures. Information on pharmacology and safety is also provided.’