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Secret Worlds: The Universe Within

View the Milky Way at 10 million light years from the Earth. Then move through space towards the Earth in successive orders of magnitude until you reach a tall oak tree just outside the buildings of the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory in Tallahassee, Florida. After that, begin to move from the actual size of a leaf into a microscopic world that reveals leaf cell walls, the cell nucleus, chromatin, DNA and finally, into the subatomic universe of electrons and protons.

Scientific American

Feature articles, online exhibits, bookmarks, interviews, special topic explorations, and ask the expert are features on this companion site to Scientific American magazine. Many of the magazines articles from past issues are archived here.

Bubbles

Amaze your friends! Most bubbles pop instantly when you puncture them, but not super bubbles. With a funnel, string and super bubble solution, you can create a bubble that can be pierced with a pencil.

Casey, Susan. The Devil’s Teeth: A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America’s Great White Sharks. 2006. Henry Holt/Owl Books.
While studying migratory birds on the remote Farallones Islands, 30 miles off the coast of San Francisco, biologists noticed red blotches in the surrounding waters. These sightings evolve into a full blown scientific study of great white sharks revealing unknown secrets of this prehistoric beast.

Blumenthal, Karen. Let Me Play: The Story of Title IX: The Law That Changed the Future of Girls in America. 2005. Simon & Schuster/Atheneum.
This nonfiction work looks at Title IX, the 1972 legislation mandating that schools receiving federal funds could not discriminate on the basis of gender, ensuring equal treatment and opportunity for girls in sports and education. Included are period photos, a time line, “then and now” commentary, extensive source notes, and suggested resources for further reading.

View the complete 2009 list of Outstanding Books for the College Bound.

Check out the history of Valentine’s Day.

Here are some books to help with those New Year’s Resoulutions!

‘Tis the Season

Curl up with a great Christmas novel…

New This Season:

Movie Tie In:

Disney’s A Christmas Carol official web site

 Previous favorites: 

Create some beautiful decorations or tasty treats…

Or maybe you’d rather track Santa Claus on his midnight run?

Norad Tracks Santa

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Pretty Little Liars

Never trust a pretty girl with an ugly secret….

Reserve Killer: A Pretty Little Liars Novel Today

 Polar World: Wyckoff Hall of Arctic Life at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History

Gates of The Artcic National Park

Arctic Biome

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