Web watch

To suggest topics or sites for Web Watch, please visit http://www.physicstoday.org/suggestwebwatch.html . Compiled and edited by Charles Day

http://www.suntrek.org

Sun|trek is a rich and extensive website devoted to teaching schoolchildren about the Sun and its effect on Earth’s environment. In addition to projects, lesson plans, and teachers’ resources, the site provides engaging biographies of the 40 “solar guides” who volunteer their time to create and maintain the site.

http://blogs.america.gov

The US Department of State’s Bureau of International Information Programs hosts several blogs, including New Enterprise, which is devoted to intellectual property, and Adaptation! which describes the ways people, communities, and countries are facing climate change.

http://www.aps.org/careers/insight

The American Physical Society has put together a series of slide shows called Physics InSight. The shows are designed to interest undergraduates in physics careers and include profiles of physicists, descriptions of internships, and accessible summaries of recent research.