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- https://nerc.ukri.org/planetearth/
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- Science and Technology
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- Biology, Environmental Studies, Geography, Geology
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- Film/Video, Radio/Sound
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- Information Sources, Podcasting, Streaming/Download, Web Links
The goal of this website is to explain how environmental scientists work and why the work they do is important. The site is run by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), the UK public body that supports and funds the natural and environmental sciences, via major environmental research centres: the British Antarctic Survey, the British Geological Survey, the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, the National Centre for Atmospheric Science, the National Centre for Earth Observation and the National Oceanography Centre. As well as News and Features sections there is a Podcasts and Video page, where various aspects of the work done by the above bodies are discussed.
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- https://www.bl.uk/voices-of-science
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- Science and Technology
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- Computing, Engineering, General Science, Geography, Geology, Physics
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- Radio/Sound
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- Streaming/Download, Web Links
This is the website of the Oral History of British Science programme. At the heart of the project are 100 interviews with British scientists about environmental science, British technology and engineering from 1940 to the present. The home page provides a good introduction to the project: it features short audio and video clips, with transcripts, of scientists and engineers talking about their lives and careers.
Users can search by themes (including education and lab work, and also by scientific discipline. The site also includes links to articles and papers written by members of the project team.
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- https://www.antarctica.ac.uk/images/video/index.php
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- General Science, Geography, Geology, Nature
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- Film/Video, Radio/Sound
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- Streaming/Download
This section of the British Antarctic Survey website features a selection of video clips and streamed recordings of interviews from the oral history project. The video clips show wildlife, including whales, penguins, and marine life, scenery and geological features, (such as ice shelves and icebergs), Antarctic transport, data visualisations, as well as a seleection of clips withe scientists and geologists talking about their work and research.
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- https://www.geolsoc.org.uk/Plate-Tectonics
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- Geology
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- Film/Video
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- Streaming/Download
The Geological Society have created this useful resource, which is aimed principally at UK science and geography students aged 14-16 (Key Stage 4), and their teachers but it may of interest to others too. The home page is a world map, through which users can view the Earth’s tectonic plates, different types of plate boundary, and the distribution of volcanoes and earthquakes. The site features a nice mixture of videos, maps and animations, with clear explanations of concepts and processes, and a quiz, glossary and Teachers’ Zone.
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- http://www.geoset.info/
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- Bio-Medical, Science and Technology
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- Archaeology, Art, Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Computing, Engineering, Ethnology, General Science, Geology, Mathematics, Physics, Psychology, Social Studies, Technology
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- Film/Video
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- Streaming/Download, Web Links
GEOSET (Global Educational Outreach for Science, Engineering and Technology) is a freely accessible, searchable internet gateway to a selection of SET and related educational materials. Most of the videos take the form of ‘concept modules’ - rather than whole lectures or courses - focused on specific topics, in the form of split-screen presentations, in which the video of the presenter is in one window and the educational material synchronised and presented in a second window. GEOSET also links to other major sources of educational material such as at the Vega archive site and the Royal Society. Users can filter by age suitability, type of video, and subject.
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- http://www.palaeocast.com/
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- Biology, Botany, Geology
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- Podcasting, Streaming/Download
This excellent series of free podcasts explores all aspects of fossils and the evolution of life on earth. Each podcast is around an hour long and features contributions from specialists and academics, who discuss a particular aspect of palaeontology, from mass extinctions to the The Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event. Each episode is extensively illustrated with still images, charts, maps and diagrams. Users can search for topics by keyword or narrow their search by geological period.
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- https://www.3d-fossils.ac.uk/
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- Science and Technology
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- Biology, Geology, Nature
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- Film/Video
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- Archives/Museums, Databases, Streaming/Download, Web Links
This website - the world’s first virtual 3D fossil collection - is the result of a project led by the British Geological Survey. The database, which is still being populated, aims ultimately to hold records of all macrofossil species and subspecies found in the UK, including links to high resolution 2D photographs, stereo (anaglyph) photographs and a selection of 3D digital models, many of which can be reproduced by 3D printers. Freely available and aimed at researchers, university and school students as well as amateur geologists, the database collects information about invertebrates, bivalves, corals and plants, with plans to expand in the future to dinosaur bones and skeletons. Detailed metadata for each record, including locality, age, taxonomic identification and registration number, means that highly refined searches are possible. A selection of free software packages for viewing and manipulating 3D images can be downloaded here.
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- https://nctr.pmel.noaa.gov/
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- Science and Technology
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- General Science, Geography, Geology, Physics
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- Film/Video
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- Organisations, Streaming/Download, Web Links
This organisation, based at the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) in Seattle, undertakes research to devise faster, more accurate ways of forecasting tsunamis, predict the effect of their impact on coastal communities and develop detection technology. Their website features a number of model animations of actual and simulated tsunami events. There is also a link to a YouTube and teaching videos and other educational resources.
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- https://www.thirteen.org/wnet/savageearth/animations/index.html
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- Science and Technology
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- Geography, Geology
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- Producers/Broadcasters, Streaming/Download
These animations supplement the PBS Savage Earth television series, which was first broadcast in 1998 and tells the story of natural disasters. A series of flash animations, which are accompanied by explanatory text, show, in a step by step way, the action behind earthquakes, volcanoes and tsunamis, while articles on the website explain the science of the phenomena. There are also links to other web resources, from general geophysics sites to resources specific to tsunamis, earthquakes and volcanoes.
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- https://www.virtualmicroscope.org/
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- Science and Technology
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- General Science, Geology
- Type of resource
- Discussion Lists, Web Links
This Earth Sciences resource was developed by the Open University to broaden access to rock collections previously only available in universities, museums or specialist institutions. The aim is to engage with students at school or in higher education and to help develop identification and classification skills without the need for expensive microscopes or the facilities to prepare thin slices of rock. Users can zoom, pan and rotate specimens in light conditions that mirror those previously only possible using specialist petrological microscopes. The collections include meteorites as well as a news section and a list of teaching resources.
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