Internet Scout sites

I will list sites that might be of interest to me or others sometime.

YouTube: SciCafe:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrfcruGtplwG0Dj6cSfmH7RVnIP7CDirG

Every month, the American Museum of Natural History hosts SciCafe, inviting experts from all scientific fields to share their research. Many of these experts are AMNH staff. On the museum's YouTube channel, visitors can watch lectures featured during previous SciCafe events. As of this write-up, the collection contains 38 lectures - most are approximately 30 minutes in length. These lectures include a discussion about the ethics of reversing extinction by AMNH curator Ross MacPhee; an explanation of the role that plants played in human evolution by anthropologist Fatimah Jackson; and an exploration of the enduring question, "Are we alone in the universe?" by astrophysicist Lisa Kaltenegger. [MMB]

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Smithsonian Science Education Center: Game Center:

https://ssec.si.edu/game-center

The Smithsonian Science Education Center offers this collection of nine interactive online games for elementary and middle school students. These games are designed to engage young learners with a range of topics relating to life, earth, space, and physical science. For example, in the Weather Lab, students are prompted to make weather forecasts based on information about ocean currents and air masses. When students make accurate predictions, they will view an animation of the predicted weather event. In Aquation: the Freshwater Access Game, students must figure out how to provide freshwater access to communities around the world. Some of these games require certain plugins, which are noted in each game description. All games are also available as a download in the App Store or Google Play. Each game is accompanied by a short description and labeled by subject and grade level. [MMB]

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