Web watch
DOI: 10.1063/1.3206090
To suggest topics or sites for Web Watch, please visit http://www.physicstoday.org/suggestwebwatch.html . Compiled and edited by Charles Day
http://www.compadre.org
ComPADRE is a compendium of digital resources for physics educators and students at all levels. Web Watch first featured the site in 2005. Now, six years after its debut in 2003, the site has grown considerably in size, scope, and usefulness.
http://www.esa.int/esa-mmg/mmg.pl?b=b&keyword=earth%20views&single=y&start=1&size=b
Watch Earth views and you’ll get an idea of what our planet looks like to an astronaut in low-Earth orbit. The 12-minute video, which was put together by the European Space Agency, contains scenes shot from the space shuttle, Soyuz spacecraft, and the International Space Station.
http://www.stmary.ws/physics/home/crossword_puzzles
Aspiring physicists among the high schoolers you know might like to test their knowledge of physics by solving the Crossword Puzzles devised by students at St. Mary’s High School in Manhasset, New York. The puzzles can be completed online.
More about the authors
Charles Day, American Center for Physics, One Physics Ellipse, College Park, Maryland 20740-3842, US .
